THE STAGE

THREE

(Namjoon P.O.V)

The next morning, I was woken up by loud quarrelling.
It seems that Hoseok and Jimin had come.

I woke up and dragged my feet outside and saw Yoongi hyung sitting with his head on his palms with  a bandage around his arm. Hoseok and Jimin were quarrelling.

"What am I supposed to do?! " shouted Jimin.

"You could have told him....made something up...atleast saved us from all that shit! "

Jin hyung stood silently there trying to control his tears. I nudged him and asked him what was going on.
I learnt that early morning Tae had arrived and had an argument with Yoongi hyung. Yoongi hyung hates Tae after what had happened. In the heat of the argument. Yoongi hyung slapped Tae and Tae stabbed yoongi hyung 's arm with his pocket knife. If Hoseok hyung hadn't arrived, Yoongi hyung would have been dead...

"You know What?! " said Jimin.

"I can't understand a single thing going on! Why Tae betrayed us? Why is all of these things going on with us? Why Jungkook lost his memories? Why Yoongi hyung gave his eyes to him who....who will never...come back... atleast hyung you could have saved yourself when Tae stabbed your arm, if you could see... Atleast... We could go on... Without Tae.... Without Kookie... Atleast we would have some happiness... At least... "

Jimin started crying. In such times my leadership skills were frozen. I became one with them. Confused... numb...as if whatever was going on here passed by like strong wind of misery giving us more hurt each time they touched us. Life back then was life, now I think we are living just because we can't die.

3 YEARS AGO

"waah! This place is so beautiful "

"Ahh Jin hyung! How do you feel after breaking your good boy image and bunking school?" said Jungkook.

"Ahh this rascal! Who do you think I am? I am your hyung, I've lived 5 years more than you. "

"Oh really? I've acted 5 years older than you. I've bunked more classes"

"Aish this Kid! There's a huge difference in acting and being. And Yah! Do you think it's grown up to bunk class? "

Life... We all stood on the bank of Han river. It used to be our little spot were we forgot all worries, all troubles and felt our youth. The smell of life,  the smell of companionship. The smell of togetherness.

I hugged Jin Hyung and said,  "Ahh Hyung when Jungkookie graduates we'll come for a picnic here. "

"I'm giving a treat at a black bean noodles restaurant. " said Kookie.

"Yahhh!  I want meat. " said Jin.
"Listen to mommy! " said Jungkook. "I'm five years elder than you. "

"aissh you come here! " and Jin hyung dashed at Jungkook. Jungkook took large sprints and ran over to the bridge while Jin hyung stopped mid track and started panting. We all laughed.

Taehyung and Jimin sang some songs to which Yoongi, Hoseok and me muttered and added our broken voice to while we dreamt of creating our own musical band, singing around the world,  we even decided a name for ourselves - BTS - BEYOND THE SCENE.

I miss those days...