Remember me (BTS AU)

Scared

They were all best friends. Just seven boys with a bond so strong, they referred to each other as brothers They each wore a ring to signify their friendship and a pact to always stay together, no matter what. Their closeness to each other as a result of being bullied at school and for some of them, bullied at home also. The boy's believed if they stayed together they would be safe and nothing could hurt them. As long as they always had each other, they could protect each other.
However, one day something happened that would change everything. One of the boys went missing. Min Yoongi, the one they all call Suga. He was one of the toughest in their group. So, it seemed impossible that someone could have taken him. Yoongi's family and the police believed that the boy had simply just run away. Though the police of course still knew a kidnapping could have taken place, with Yoongi being a troubled and rebellious child, they assumed he had taken off. The six remaining boy's however felt sure that he had been kidnapped. Because Yoongi would never just leave his brother's, he would not break their pact. After all, the pact was his idea.

Hoseok awoke and stretched in bed. He grinned at his gorgeous boyfriend Taehyung by his side/
Sometimes Hoseok still cannot believe that they ended up together. He guessed that due to the pact they all shared. It was inevitable for at least some of them to be gay and end up in a relationship. Hoseok gently stroked Taehyung's blond hair and lightly kissed his soft full lips. He sat up and reached for his phone. smiling at the picture of himself and Taehyung on his phone. Once upon a time, Hoseok's phone wallpaper had been of himself and his best friend Yoongi. It seemed unbelievable that five years had already passed since that fateful day. Yet Hoseok remembers it like it was yesterday.

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Five years earlier

The boys were sixteen years old at that time, feeling glad that school was finally over and they could, hopefully, move on to better happier times. They would always go out walking together. On their own little adventures. The woods was their favourite place to hang out. Since it was deathly quiet and isolated. They never had to put up with other people judging them. They would not be bullied there. It was a secret world just for them. They would spend the day walking the nature trails or swimming in the lake. And when the sun started to set they would all head home. Wishing they could stay. The leader of the group Namjoon, would stand and say "Okay, let's go." And the boys would gather together to go back to their horrid daily lives.
Only this time not all of the boys were there.

Hoseok glanced around the trees. "Where's Suga?"

"Is he at the lake?" Jin suggested.

They stepped through the trees towards the water but, Yoongi was not there.

Taehyung sighed. "It's too hard to see anything because of the trees."

Jungkook quickly jumped up to scale a tree. Being the most agile of the group he was always climbing something. With his muscles, he was able to climb almost anything.

"Anything?" Namjoon called to him.

Jungkook shouted back. "No."

"Ah." Jimin gasped. He bent down to pick something out from the water.

"What is it?" Hoseok rushed over.

"It's Suga's ring."

"Okay," Namjoon said. "You guys stay here and watch out for him. But don't wander off. Tae, come with me. We need to get help."

Hoseok started to panic. His fingers shook as he took the ring from Jimin. "Why was his ring here? He never takes it off. Did he go into the water?"

Jimin threw off his trainers and his sweatshirt, handed them to Jin and quickly jumped into the water.

Jin shouted. "Jimin, be careful!"