Summer Camp (Taegi)

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I held Tae down by his shoulders as i attempted to scrub some of the blue from his skin. We were seated on the floor of the communal shower. Taehyung seated with his legs spread and an indifferent look on his face. While i knelt between them massaging shampoo into his soft hair.

It was a vicious cycle. Scrub the skin, rinse. Wash the hair ,rinse. I had repeated it about six times at this point and couldn't really see any improvement.

"The guys are probably wondering where I am by now." I grumbled.

Taehyung looked up at me from where the ink on his arm was running watery and fading away. He'd been a little upset when I first rubbed at it but was quick to pipe down after stating that It actually didn't matter anymore.

"Why are you friends with them?" He asked.

I furrowed my brows at him.

Taehyung was actually a very attractive kid with his pouty lips and almound shaped eyes. Really attractive besides the fact that all of his skin had a blue shine.

"Why not. They seem nice enough."

Tae tsked."once you've been coming to this camp as long as I have, you'll learn how it works." He mumbled tracing the outline of the tiles. "This place has a food chain. And kids like you and me? We're at the bottom."

"Is that why you're friends with jungkook? For protection?" I asked turning on the shower and rinsing Tae off to start the next cycle. He wasn't fighting me. He never really tried to fight me. He had just allowed me to drag him here and position his body like some kind of puppet. The empty look in his eyes didn't help whatsoever.

Taehyung shook his head. His wet locks spraying water everywhere. "I'm friends with Jungkook because he is gentle with me."

My face began to heat up. Curse my preteen mind for thinking so dirty! But who was to say that my thoughts were wrong? "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing really. " tae answered, but his voice sounded distant. His gaze was now trained on the long mirror up above the sinks."I need a pen." He said holding his hand out to me. His eyes shifted back and forth across the glass, dashing this way and that anxiously.

Then he flinched. A violent shiver racking his body as he scooted away from me.from the mirror. He kicked back furiously until his back bumped against the wall.

Then he screamed. A blood curtling scream that made my ears ring. He clawed at his eyes and ears simultaneously in panic thrashing about. When one scream died down he would start up an entire new one, the pitch ascending every time.

I didn't know what to do, so I just sat there dumbfounded. Wondering how we went from a steady growing small talk to an all out panic attack.

I don't know how long I sat in that bathroom listening to Tae scream before someone came rushing in.

The person shoved past me without so much as a word and stooped down beside Taehyung.

"Taehyung? What's wrong?" Jungkook asked, clearly just having woken up.
When he received no answer he turned to glare at me with black eyes. "What did you do!?" He snarled baring his teeth.

I raised my hands innocently and pointed to the mirror that had so offended the boy. "The mirror. "

Jungkook glanced back at the door nervously before taking charge and clamping his hand over Taehyungs mouth. The screams sounded even more sinister at that point. Taes brown eyes overflowed with tears as he registered Jungkooks presence. He punched the elder in the chest with tiny fists trying to get him off but Jungkook was stronger. He pinned Tae up against the wall covering his mouth and nose before the boy slumped forward passed out. Yeah, some real gentle vibes I'm getting from this guy.

He eased Taehyung down onto his side and then took his pulse.

"What did he see?" Jungkook asked. I blinked.

"What?"

Jungkook looked annoyed "what did he fucking see?!"

"I-ii-i-i-" I stopped to take a breathe. When I got nervous I tended to sound like a broken record. "I-i don't know what y-you're talking about."

Jungkook stared me down for a quick minute before nodding thoughtfully. "Let's go." He said scooping up the slumbering Tae.

"Where are we going!?" I called scrambling after them.

When we exited the bathroom it was still dark around camp. Somehow nobody had stirred during the whole ordeal, nobody but Jungkook.

We hauled ass across the clearing.