BTS Short Stories

A Maze to Escape

[This fanfic was written for the ARA Fanfic Club's (ARMY Amino) Halloween challenge]

[Word limit < 5000]

Halloween night planning

"—the man realizes that his wife and kids were already dead—murdered, and he couldn't deal with the truth. Whether he was mentally unstable or was REALLY seeing their ghosts, it's up to the audience to decide; I chose the latter. The movie is more emotional than scary, to be honest."

Namjoon glanced up at his audience: Jin was scratching his head; Yoongi was lying on the sofa, playing with the cushion; Hoseok nowhere to be found—still on a bathroom break; Taehyung was leaning on Jimin's laps, with JungKook on his side; the three of them were wearing similar nonchalant expressions.

"Yo," he plopped down on the sofa beside Yoongi, laughing, "none of you seem interested in the movie. Would you like to watch it or nah?"

"What's the point in watching it now that we know the plot, and the plot twist, and the ending?" Yoongi frowned.

"It's because you guys asked me to!"

"We asked for a synopsis, not the entire story!"

"I will watch it," Taehyung announced, his eyes on the door, grinning. "Only if Hobi hyung watches."

"Can't you leave me out of it?" Hoseok's head peeked through the door. His sudden appearance and such response made everyone laugh out loud.

"Shouldn't we watch something scarier? Maybe The Mummy of 1999?" Jimin said. "I mean, it's Halloween night so—uh, excuse me," he left the room to answer an incoming call.

"I'm against the idea of watching a horror movie ON the night of the Halloween." Hoseok said, with an air of determination in his voice, to which Jin nodded his support.

Fast forward a few minutes, Jimin burst inside, looking excited. "Guess what?" he demanded.

"Why guessing when you're right in front of us?" Yoongi yawned, earning a clap of appreciation on his shoulder by Namjoon.

Jimin grimaced at both, then said, "Remember Minyeon, my friend—the guy you met at the last MCountdown? They moved to their new house today, it's one block down from here. And they discovered a hole—no, not a hole—a cave on their backyard. The interior is filled with ancient markings, items and decorated large boxes, like the ones Egyptians kept their mummies in. So, Minyeon was asking if we'd like to drop by his house now before the archaeologists start swarming in tomorrow."

"I'm interested," JungKook raised his hand at once, turning his head at Hoseok, and smirked, "as long as Hobi hyung goes."

"I'M OUT, TODAY IS HALLOWEEN—" Hoseok started, but the thought of being one of the firsts to explore a 'pyramid-like' place started to take over his fear, eventually earning his consent. Everyone grabbed their coats in an instant and headed out. The freezing air enveloped their entire bodies; the thickness of the coats could not protect their skins against the deadly cold. Clouds were thickening every now and then, blocking out the light of the moon, intensifying the uncanny atmosphere of the night.

However, the boys failed to notice such foreboding. They were just too excited.

And so it began...

Minyeon was pacing up and down in front of his house, when he spotted a small crowd approaching him, and hurried over.

"OH MY GOSH—guys hi—you won't believe this," his face was beaming with excitement. "THIS IS DAEBAK! Let me take you there... erm... we've to sneak in cause mom-dad won't let us go in there this late at night."