Never without you

Chapitre 39

Taehyung didn't want to stay like a rigid statue, but it took all his efforts to stop looking at the small silhouettes walking on the beach, each step from the group extending the distance between him and the man he loved. He didn't want to see them disappearing in the forest, so he came back to the camp, working hard all day to not let his brain think too much. It was almost the end of the morning when he heard some whispers from Jin and Namjoon, making him rise his head.

The couple was looking at the sky with worried face. Taehyung looked at the sky too, and he couldn't but gasp when he saw the dark clouds accumulating above the ocean, heading forward the island with no doubt. The wind suddenly rose, and in an instant, there were no more blue sky and shining sun.

Namjoon shouted to gather all the group sheltered in the cavern. All people were concerned, didn't know what to do as the quick weather's changing.

-we need to bring wood before the rain ! spoke Namjoon.

All of them ran in the forest and grabbed all the wood they could. They were smart and foresighted enough to have some in reserve, so it didn't take long for them to bring it all in the cavern.

Taehyung proposed to pick coconut tree's branches too to build some walls to protect them from the rain and wind.

With Hobi's tools, they hammered huge branches in the soil before the cavern's entrance, hopping it would be strong enough facing the wind. After a while, they decided to bring some huge stone to fortify the wall. It was harder than to bring the wood, but they were lucky the stones were around the waterfalls, near to the cavern. The wind became stronger as the sky darkened, the storm was here.

They were lucky the cavern entrance wasn't huge, so they didn't have to make a big wall, but Taehyung should not be able to sleep at his place at it was not protected now.

They used vines to tie the coconut branches between them before firmly tied it to the wood posts. They were all tired once it was done, and didn't know what to do once settled sheltered in the cavern. Of course, they couldn't light fire camp, afraid to be intoxicated with the smoke, but they fortunately have a coconuts and bananas stocked with them.

As they were gathered, sitting on the ground and chatting with each other, Taehyung suddenly realized how strong was the wind, whistling more and more and now accompanying with rain. He thought about Jungkook in the forest and hope everything would be fine for his group.

But did he know his concerns would not end anytime soon...

They barely could sleep as the storm was loudly outside. The wind was so hard they had to fortify the wall with more branches and stones. Taehyung was cold as never before, needed to wear three sweatshirts to stop chattering. He was grateful to Jin when the latter gave him another plaid and socks which warmed him a lot.

The storm didn't seem to stop but at least, they were safe.

Namjoon told them two days might have passed when they realized the wind seemed to be less loud than before, and one by one, they got out from the cavern.

They weren't ready to see the spectacle of desolation before their eyes : many trees were now on the ground with a lot of branches and leaves...

The storm was gone but there were still clouds in the sky with the sun, making the atmosphere be hot and clammy.

They agreed to work in the forest, clearing the ground by cutting wood and branches, stocking coconuts and bananas as much as possible.

All of this occupied them all day, but they soon realized they would have to do it for few days. They talked about the small group gone for days now and tried to comfort themselves and especially Taehyung that they were safe, truly trust on their ability to be alive.