Aokigahara

Chapter 1: Farewell

Aokigahara, 5 miles ahead
Read one of the road signs in bold letters.

Jungkook read the sign as the bus he was riding on drove past. He looked around at his surroundings etching them into his memory. Everything felt like a dream to him. This was really happening. They were going to the notorious suicide forest, and he didn't know whether to be terrified or excited.

"Jungkook?" said Taehyung sitting to the left of him snapping his fingers in front of his face. "Are you okay? I mean you spaced out for a moment and I was starting to worry."

Jungkook snapped out of it looking at the brown haired boy sitting next to him dressed in his navy zip up hoodie, white t-shirt and dark stone wash jeans. He took a look around him seeing all of his friends sitting on the bus that was transporting them to the place they have been excited about for weeks.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine" Jungkook giggled nervously, "I'm just worried about how this is gonna go."

"So am I, but its gonna be fun so don't even worry about it alright?" Taehyung says as he places a hand on his friends shoulder, gently squeezing.

Jungkook just smiled and started looking out of the bus window once again back in his worrisome thoughts, dark hair falling in his eyes. 

Taehyung with one headphone in, looked away as well. Why am I doing this right now? He thought to himself. What if we get lost and stuck in those haunted forests for god knows how long? I wonder how everyone else feels about this.

Each of the boys, apart from Yoongi, had a worried look on their face. If anything, Yoongi wore a look of unadulterated fascination. He loved doing new things, especially crazy things like this. He loved the feeling of adrenaline pumping through his veins. When it came to him the most terrifying things in life were the most fun.

"Aokigahara forest, next left." The bus driver's raspy voice crackled over the speaker system, pulling Jungkook out of his daydream and back to reality.

They all started getting their things ready for the trip of a lifetime.

The bus stops and the boys started walking down the steps one by one. They see the vast greenery spread out in front of them.

The Sea of Trees.

"WAAAA!" Hobi yelled grabbing Jin's sides, scaring the life out of him, making him jump and recoil, screaming.

Jin immediately turned around,  looking at him with an exasperated expression on his face. "That wasn't funny!" He said.

"Don't let the yurei snatch you up when you're not looking." said Hobi.

They all knew that the yurei was a japanese phrase meaning spirit of the dead.

Jin was getting more and more nervous by the minute. They started walking towards the forest while Jin stood in the same spot, not moving a single muscle in his body. He didn't want to do this in the first place. I could be at home comfortable, not caring about a single thing.

Namjoon turned around noticing that Jin hadn't moved. "Come on Jin, everything will be okay. Hobi is just messing with you."

"I wish you would have just left me at home," Jin murmured. "The deal on me agreeing to come was good food, and the biggest bed. And what happened? I didn't get a good meal and I got the smallest, lumpiest bed."

Just great.

Namjoon chuckled quietly. "Are you gonna complain the whole time, Jinnie?"

"I might."

"I won't let anything get you okay?" Namjoon said.

Jin feeling a lot more satisfied, looked at the blonde headed boy and began walking towards the group.

They had no clue how far over their heads they were getting themselves into.