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Chapter 14

Seokjin's phone lights the way as we continue to run in silence.

We have less than fifteen minutes left before they come to hunt us. It may be the last fifteen minutes where all six of us are alive. And we're broken apart instead of surviving together.

All I wanted was one last annual stay at our shared summer cabin. The last night would have been full of carefree, fun. But instead, this may be our last night ever.

I wanted to announce my engagement to our friends. I'm not even sure if I want to marry Jungkook anymore. I've basically been on the fence since we've been here. So much has been happening and my fiancé hasn't seemed bothered by any of it. Or, at least, he's too simple minded to understand what happened. If anything, he's only worried about marriage and sex.

I can't believe he's the guy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

I should've been more alert of the red flags. He's never told me about his past; he just randomly showed up with Namjoon one day. I should've known something was off when he offered to spend Christmas with me.

Jungkook was always around, like when he overheard Taehyung and I talking in the kitchen that morning. He was always clingy, even possessive... like the time he popped up on me and Taehyung at the coffee shop. He made an issue of me not wearing my ring when he knew that I wanted to surprise our friends.

He was manipulative. He seriously tried to use him being attacked as a reason to have sex with me. He claims he was afraid. He even gave me a blowjob early this morning just to convince me to stay with him. Manipulative! But why try to manipulate me into sex if the sacrifice has to be pure?

Stupid, attractive idiot that I loved.

I can't believe I loved him.

Loving him is the reason why we're even in this predicament.

"It's Joon's fault for bringing him around."

I stop running to look to the source of the voice. I must've been thinking aloud again.

Seokjin crosses his arms and leans against the nearest tree to catch his breath. Yoongi walks towards me with a smirk. "Joon brought that demon kid around. You couldn't help falling for him. He played us all."

I begin to fiddle with the band on my engagement finger. This tiny, gold band symbolizes the promise that I made him to be his.

"Why even give me the ring if he knew I was just a sacrifice?"

"He had to play the role," Yoongi replies bluntly. Seokjin shakes his head, silently.

"I wanted to spend my life with him, you know? I always wanted to spend my life with that special someone. And that special someone was Jungkook. I love him, Yoongi! Loved! I was going to give myself to him on our wedding night. I thought he was worth the wait."

"Sucks you'll die a virgin."

Seokjin scoffs at Yoongi's offhanded comment. It was mean, but true. I'm going to die a virgin. Everyone else in the group, minus Jungkook, has had sex. Even Taehyung! He's more quiet about his... fun, but he's told me about quite a few instances.

Namjoon has had enough experiences to last a lifetime.

And then there's me, the one who waited. I waited only to end up alone and sexless in the end.

"I'm going to die a lonely virgin," I bitterly spit. The band on my finger burns my eyesight. It reminds me of the boy who is the reason for all of this. It reminds me of the fake love, the broken promises. I want to take it off but for some reason, I can't.