Beneath the City ✔️

Time

'WHERE'S JIN?' I shout, as Namjoon greets me at the door. My eyes scan the room. Where is he? He should be here. 'I ASKED YOU WHERE HE IS!' I shouted pushing past.

'What happened?' He asks Jimin, who was climbing down the ladder into our home.

'I don't know,' he said grimly, ' one moment everything was fine, then she rushed out, without saying anything.'

I turned back to Namjoon, and gripped his elbows.
'Please' I begged, 'I need to talk to him now.' I sad, blinking back tears that were threatening to spill.

'He'll be back soon' he promised. I nodded mutely. Honestly I was scared. If that was Taehyung, would I ever see him again? I thought he was dead. Had I just lost my final chance to see him again? I looked up as I felt a hand on my shoulder. Jimin drew me into a tight hug. I hiccuped through my tears as he rubbed a circle on my back, soothing me.

After Jin got home, we all sat down. I looked down at the table. I could feel their eyes drilling holes in my skull. I took in a shuddering breath, and looked at Jimin, then Joonie, then Jin, who gave me a nod, and a comforting smile. I nodded back; I'd put this off long enough. I pulled the sleeves on my jumper back, revealing the faint blue hue that had begun to creep its way up my fingers, wrists and the tips of my ears.

'... I've been hiding some things for a while... ...and this is the easiest place to start.' I began. No-one spoke, and for a moment, we were all silent. 'I've been ill for a while,' I continued. 'Magic withdrawal, Jin's been helping my symptoms, he's a very good healer. The blue is the main issue, but after too long, I get dizzy, then I get bouts of unconscious, lasting longer each time, nothing too bad.'

'Nothing too bad!?' Jin exclaimed. 'Two weeks ago you almost broke your neck passing out on the ladder!' He said. I squirmed slightly, and looked up. Jimin looked as though he wanted to kill me.

'Why don't you just use your magic?' Jimin asked.

'I can't.' I stated. 'I had an operation, to cut off my magic years ago.' I explained.

'I actually thought you just weren't very powerful.' Namjoon said with shock across his face.

'I don't see what that has to do with today.' Jimin said. I nodded.

'I'm getting there.' I said. 'I was 9, my brother Taehyung was 12. Tae for short. We used to live up top, the sky was incredible at night, but then the government began getting rid of anyone stronger than them. Tae would've been fine, but they came to collect me. I panicked. I shouldn't have panicked. I-I, I' I began to sob. 'I killed the night-guards, I passed out, but they, they thought it was Tae and they branded his wrist there and then, they knew he wasn't tier three, so they s-sold him to a gang, 'cause he was strong. I was too exhausted from the magic. I watched as they dragged my brother from our home. I just watched as..' I dissolved into tears.

'I'm so sorry' Jimin whispered. For the second time today, he wrapped his arms round me and I began to calm down. I breathed in his soapy scent.

'I thought I killed him' I whispered into his chest.

'Sssh' he said, stroking my head.

'But it's been so long, I barely remember what he looks like. 'I don't know if it's him, but the brand on his wrist was exactly the same.'

'Let's talk in the morning, see if CL can put us back in touch' jimin said. I nodded. It was a good idea.

I walked over to my mattress, Jin and Namjoon were both getting into bed. I turned my back on Jimin, and slipped into my night clothes.

'Jimin' I whispered.

'Mhm' he replied

'I can't sleep' I whispered back. I felt the other side of the mattress dip down.

'I'll keep you company until you fall asleep.' He whispered lying down next to me. I silently thanked the gods it was dark. If my face got any hotter it'd glow.

'Thanks' I mumbled. I felt him shift next to me, as he rolled over. His breath was hot on the back of my neck. Slowly, I fell asleep to the rhythmic sound of his breathing.

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Author's note
If anyone reads this, I'm not sure how to do paragraph breaks with speech. Tips would be great.
All my love,
Blue :)