Bitten [BTS]

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(hi (once again, lol) i just republished this fixing some spelling/grammar mistakes, if you already read this then carry on:))

I hope I at least looked like I was calm. I try my best to keep my voice steady, and to keep myself from staring at Jimin's ethereal features. This was a dream come true. Minus the broken world and the possibility of being ambushed by dead people. Other than that, it was amazing.

"So what did you do before all this?" Jimin pipes up.

Is the Park Jimin initiating a conversation with me? I'm trying so hard not to scream.

"I uh, I was just beginning university. I had moved over to Guri to attend, but my family stayed back home in  Gwangju. I'm, well I was studying to become a mechanical engineer, but that was all put on hold when this whole thing happened," I share, gesturing around to the current situation.

"And you?" I ask out of habit.

Idiot, I know exactly what he was up to, millions of people know what he did before all this.

He lightly laughs, his smile widening to a grin.
"Well, I was a musical performer, idk if you've heard of my group. I'm a vocalist in this group Bangtan Sonyeondan," he explains, going along with it.

"Um, I think I might've heard of you guys a couple of times. You won like your fourth Billboard award early this year right?"  I remark, thrilled at his joke.

"Yeah, that's us, thanks to our fans, called ARMYs. I don't know if you've heard of our newest album, we had released it in September, and so we had started our tour, but then.. this happened," he trails off, his smile fading and his eyes drooping.

I focus my attention back on the road ahead. Everyone's lives were ruined because of this. Whether you were a student or the President, your life was ruined. Everything you worked your whole life for was taken away. All your loved ones taken away. Never to be brought back again. Well, they could but.. They're dead.

"Hey," I start, turning back to him.

He blinks a few times and looks at me.

"We'll get through this. We all will. I swear on my life I'll protect you. I'll protect all of you," I promise.

He stares at me, processing what I just said, trying to come up with an appropriate response.

"That's really not necessary you know. We only just met," he finally says.

I falter, but continue walking as nothing happened.

That's right. He doesn't know me. None of the others know me. Even though I feel like I know them, I don't. I'm a total stranger to them.

"It was just an exaggeration. You know, I watch your back, you watch mine," I lie.

"Oh... Well why didn't you just say that?"

Because I meant what I said.

"Because I was-"

"Shh!" he interrupts, placing his finger on his lips.

"Rud-"

I'm cut off again by Jimin.

"Shh!" he repeats with more urgency.