You Never Walk Alone [1st Draft Ver.]

Chapter 83

TW: Similar to the last chapter; implied child abuse, child SA, child abandonment.  

"Woah, the dam looks so cool at night!" Ki-ha exclaimed as he stood up and looked over the dam's half-wall and peered down at the water below.

The reservoir's water, though stagnant, had a tiny touch of silver as the moonlight hit it, the weather had gotten a bit windy, the winds greeting everyone rather un-politely, by simply hitting everyone's faces with its chilly temperature, but despite that, the wind also had this underlying sweet smell from the many flowers around the dam.

"Yeah, but it's so cold!" Jimin whined, rubbing his hands together to warm himself.

"You want a scarf?" Byung-hoon asked, hurriedly opening his backpack and pulling out a scarf.

"No, it's yours, if I take it, you'll be cold." Jimin shook his head, "I'll be fine, I've survived wor— nevermind."

Byung-hoon furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, "What do you mean, 'survived worse'?"

"I— nothing, I was just... joking, haha!" Jimin let out an awkward chuckle, his eyes doing their best to avoid meeting with Byung-hoon's.

"What's goin' on here?" Kyung-se asked as he walked up to the two of them after he was done taking pictures of the dam.

"Jimin was feeling cold so I offered him my scarf, but then Jimin said that he wants me to take it and said that he's survived worse. What does that mean?" Byung-hoon questioned.

"Ah," Kyung-se exhaled, swinging an arm across Jimin's shoulders, "So you have let the cat's claw out of the bag?"

"I didn't say it on purpose! I don't know why... but nowadays, that's all I say to difficult situations." Jimin spoke, "I didn't mean to say that in front of Byungie."

"Why not?" Byung-hoon frowned, "Did I do somethin—"

"No!" Jimin interrupted, "It's not your fault, not at all, I'm just spewing random shit again."

Kyung-se simply patted Jimin's shoulder lightly, "Are you planning to let the whole cat out of the bag?"

Jimin gulped, "You think I should?"

Kyung-se shrugged, "I mean, he's your best friend. And I'd want my best friend to know about my trauma."

Byung-hoon's eyes widened, "Oh, is this about—"

"But what if he gets disgusted, or— or what if he starts to hate me? Or wh—"

"—what if you just tell him and we find out his reaction together?" Kyung-se interrupted Jimin's spiral.

Jimin looked at Kyung-se and took a deep breath before finally making eye-contact with Byung-hoon, "Okay... But do you want to know?"

"Does Byung-hoon want to know what?" Taehyung asked as he practically jumped over to their corner, "Did you know that the carousel thing Kook and Mi found has a weird door on the wall behind it?"

"Nope, are they checking it out right now?" Kyung-se replied, "It'd be cool if it's something spooky."

"Yeah, the maknaes and Yoongi hyung and Su-hye noona are trying to break the lock and no thank you, halloween passed by two... weeks ago, and judging by my experience, it's more likely that there's a... torture chamber or a dead body or two in there." Taehyung said, "Anyways, what were you all gonna tell Byung-hoon?"

"Excuse me for a second, but on what experience are you guessing the contents of that room?" Byung-hoon questioned.

"Uh... based on my experience that most adults are... fucked up in the head?" Taehyung replied, "Don't ask me how I came to that conclusion."