Stranded【PJM • BTS】

15: Morning Stroll

"Great, way to produce the tension, am I right?" Jimin chuckled awkwardly, followed by me blinking profusely and nodding. Crap. Why won't I stop blushing. And Jimin's right, those idiots are making this way more awkward than it already is.

"So..." My eyes awkwardly wander around as I try to find a conversation topic. "Now that we're on the shore, we go find Jin and Min Seo..?" I internally facepalmed. What was that, Y/N.

"Mhm," Jimin nodded before turning to the coast where Taehyung and Jungkook were dipping their feet in the water. "YAH! Let's go,"

Without a blink they ran over and caught up fairly quickly, followed by Harlow trampling over while dragging Yoongi and her precious bag.

We start to walk past the small burrows by the edge of the woods from which we exited by. There was also a large log sunken in the mixture of dirt and sand casually sitting there, which made me uneasy for some reason.

"Well gee, let's take a casual morning walk by the beach like we're not stranded." Harlow groans as she catches up.

Silence engulfed us quickly and only the sound of the waves and our trudging was audible. The awkward silence was actually comfortable silence, as we were all presumably struggling to sort our thoughts.

"It's good that we're not panicking but it's a little weird, don't you think? Right, does anyone have a brief idea of what we're going to do after we find everyone?" Jimin chattered as he held Yeontan.

"Mmm... we could try exploring the island a little for maybe inhabitants, food, or materials to survive...?" I shrugged. "I mean, it's sunrise at literally 4am I think, so I doubt it'll be scary to explore in broad daylight later on."

I'm not sure if it's unfortunate or fortunate, but silence returned but tension and awkwardness lingered. Luckily, it didn't last as long as before since Taehyung spoke out of nowhere, almost scaring me.

"Hey, I just realized something..." A few moments of silence later Taehyung said something out of the blue. "Remember that interview? At SBS Pop Asia?"

We all stared at him with the most puzzled look as we tried to not stumble in the sand. "Yeah, what about it?" Jungkook furrowed his brows.

"I still remember that one question: 'If you were deserted on an island, what is one thing you would bring?'" He grinned, revealing his signature box smile which caught me off guard.

"Pfft, you're so random." Yoongi scoffed, flicking the back of his neck.

"You're the weird one, you responded 911, what kind of logic is that?" Jimin chuckled.

"You wouldn't understand a genius's logic." He grinned sarcastically. "And Taehyungie's answer was even weirder-- he said a freaking sports car!"

"Yeah, I might want to go for a ride, what's wrong with that?" He pouted, unaware of the expression of his natural aegyo.

"Nothing, Hyung. What's weird is Hobi-hyung, he said a camel." Jungkook remarked with a straight face.

Harlow cracked up in tears before catching her breath. "You guys have the funniest conversations. And how do you remember things from almost three years ago?"

"Min Yoongi. Genius. Did you forget already?" The pale boy beamed.

"I was the one that brought it up though... so I'm the--" Taehyung was cut off when Jimin quickly hushed him.

"Guys." We stopped in out tracks as Jimin spun around in horror. "When we exited out of the woods, there were burrows and a big scary molding log, or am I wrong?"

"Mm, I think I noticed it too." Harlow bit her lip, thinking deeply. "Why?" She looked up with a relaxed position but concerned eyes and a raised brow.

Jimin stepped out of view, revealing the exact spot we exited from. No way. No no no... please tell me I'm dreaming.

"Did we just ..." I trail off and stare at the exit of the half sunlit woods in terror.

"...walk in a circle?" Taehyung finished my thought aloud.

"Well..." Harlow glanced at Yoongi, followed by everyone else's gaze on Yoongi. "What now?"

"Why are you all looking at me? I'm not your leader, nor am I some genius!" Yoongi threw his hands up in defense and panic.

"Really?" Harlow rolled her eyes and leaned close to Yoongi. "You were just boasting about how you were a freaking genius like a second ago."

"Well-- actually in one exact second ago you were leaning close to my face, I actually was boasting a few minutes ago." Yoongi itched his neck, unbothered by Harlow's glare all up in his face and breath.

"DOES IT LOOK LIKE I CARE, YOU NERD?" Harlow flailed her hands.

"Okay, that's enough talking for a day. You two are accomplishing absolutely nothing." I pulled her away from Yoongi's side.

"So to make things clear, for the past hour or so we walked in a full circle, which brings us to our next realization: this island must be the size of a pea if it only took about an hour to walk the perimeter." I paused, trying to articulate my next few thoughts without making myself sound panicked.

"But," I sigh. "If we walked the entire coast without finding Jin and Min Seo...I guess we lost them. Not to mention Hoseok and Namjoon are still somewhere in the woods looking for Taehyung and Jungkook."

"Alright, so we lost everyone again. Might as well rename the book Lost, because sure, we're stranded but we're lost as well." Yoongi buried his face in his hands.

"Stop breaking the fourth wall!" I smack his shoulder. "Are you learning destruction from Namjoon?"

"Book?" Taehyung looks at everyone baffled.

"Everyone shut up, let's talk back on task. And the answer is yes, everyone is scrambled on this island and we need to retreat them." I uttered with my voice sounding stressed.

"And who's amazing idea was it to split up?" Jungkook peeked at Yoongi, who shot back a death glare.

"Stop bringing it up, and I actually meant it when I said I wouldn't care if anyone was lost, so you all go search without me. I didn't wreck my sleep schedule to be part of a search patrol." He spat.

"So what now, though? We circled the entire island..." Taehyung clung to Yeontan.

"Uh... circle it again? Teachers are always reminding to double check..." Jimin suggests.

"I'm pretty sure we wouldn't miss a tall broad-shouldered guy and a limping girl while walking." Jungkook scrunches his nose.

"Well, then do you have any ideas, you smart alec?" Jimin places his hands on his small hips sassily.

"No...then I guess we'll just keep circling stupidly until they show up magically." He rolls his eyes.

"Attitude, maknae." Taehyung reminds, giggling and tapping his nose, earning an exaggerated groan from the younger boy.

"So you're fine staying here alone?" Harlow smirks as she turns to see Yoongi sprawled on the sand, settling for a nap of some sort.

"Mm.." He replies with a small nod.

We all silently exchange glances, pondering on whether we should leave him or not. Harlow ends up fast walking ahead unhesitatingly so we shrug it off and follow.