Forbidden forest • Yoonmin •

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The next few days they continued meeting in the forest. Somehow, June passed by and it was already July. One warm day Yoongi was with Jimin, both laying on the grass in comfortable silence, listening to the birds chirping. Yoongi had his eyes closed, fully submerging himself into the peace. Then suddenly Jimin made a wild offer.

"Hey, Yoongi, would you like to visit my village?" Yoongi sat up and eyed Jimin.
"How? Wouldn't I accidentally step on everything there?" Jimin giggled.
"Well you would, in this form at least." Yoongi squinted his eyes, not knowing whether he should be scared of what was about to come out of Jimin's mouth.
"I told you that I practice alchemy, right?" He hummed. The older felt a bead of sweat run down his neck,
"Yea?"

"Soo, I whipped up a potion of shrinking, just for you!!" Jimim exclaimed, throwing his arms out in triumph, "And you better appreciate it, because it is one of the hardest potions to brew and took me three days."

Yoongi sat there, processing the newly fed information. "So, what you're trying to say, is that I'll be the same size as you?"
Jimin nodded, giving him the signature eye smile.
"Wait Jimin, I'm not very bright, but even I sense that this is a bad idea," he began, but noticed the younger fairy pouting.
"You're doubting my abilities?" He crossed his arms and glared at him. He was supposed to look intimidating, but he came off as adorable to the latter.

"No I'm not-" Yoongi was going to defend himself but gave up, "I'm going to return to my normal size after, right?"
After seeing the fairy nod once more, he sighed and gave in. "Alright, I'll do it." Jimin clapped his hands and handed Yoongi a flask in a leather case. Yoongi eyed him, still suspiciously,
"Aren't fairies supposed to enchant people with magic? Like sprinkle some fairy dust or something.. Or maybe you have wands?"

Jimin looked at him, confused, "How's that supposed to work? Magic has to be ingested, so either inhaled or eaten. How else will it go through the bloodstream and reach the brain?"

"So are you saying magic is like drugs?"
Yoongi's knowledge on fairytales was starting to crash.

"Not sure, magic has to work together with the brain to work, something about the synapses and neurons... i don't remember that well. But it's mostly science with some supernatural."
"Didn't understand anything but I'm just going to go with it," Yoongi sighed, and took the bottle with the weird liquid, which was incredibly tiny and fit on his fingertips.

"Here goes nothing," he mumbled and 'drank' the liquid, only a few drops of a bitter potion going down his throat. He made a face of disgust and Jimin chuckled.
"What's wrong?"
"It's so bitter," Yoongi shuddered.
"Of course it is, what did you expect? Honey-nut juice?"

"My childhood is ruined."

"Oh stop!" The blond boy giggled. "The potion should work any minute now, better close your eyes or you'll feel very dizzy," He warned, and Yoongi quickly followed his advice, shutting his eyes fast.
A moment or two passed where Yoongi thought the younger was pranking him, when suddenly all of his muscles began contracting, his insides feeling weird. He lost his sense of balance and fell on the ground, hard. He didn't open his eyes, as his heart was pounding in his head, and well as feeling about to burst. The clothes around him felt heavy and loose. He felt nauseous, but it all quickly disappeared the moment after.

"It's over," he heard Jimin's high pitched voice and slowly opened his eyes. He lifted his gaze and his breath hitched. Yoongi knew that Jimin was beautiful, but seeing his face clearly and up close, really made his heart race. With a loss of words, Yoongi watched the younger as he threw something at his knees, smirking.
"You might want to wear these, your old clothes are just a tad too large.

Indeed Yoongi just realized that he was sitting in a pool of fabric, the collar of his T-shirt blanketing his shoulders and to his relief, the front as well. He thanked the fairy and turned around, proceeding to dress quickly. These fairy clothes were not as fitted as his own were, but they were oddly soft and more durable. He was pleasantly surprised of the comfort. They were, of course, of similar earthy tones to Jimin's outfit.

"Okay I'm done!" He turned around to Jimin, and held his breath, still not used to seeing his ethereal looks up close. Jimin smiled.
"These suit you," Yoongi's ears turned red from the compliment, "Now let's go! I have to show and tell you so much!!" Jimin cried out of excitement and hastily took Yoongi's hand, dragging him behind. The older chuckled and tried to keep up with the energetic boy, with anticipation to finally witness the unexplored.

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I really forgot my own writing. While editing I was thinking to myself, Wow, this is actually pretty interesting. Still a bit cringey but nonetheless XD