Volition (VKOOK)

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Taehyung

Continuing on our stroll, we rounded a corner and could eventually see the end of the pathway that led into an opening. The end of the path beamed with the aid of the moonlight, Jungkook and I walked slowly towards the end and found ourselves on a hilltop.

"Woah, this is the hill nearby my house. This is awesome!" Jungkook squealed. "Has this path always been here? I don't recall ever seeing a pathway here" he wondered. I only smiled and shook my head as we stepped towards the middle of the hilltop.

"i just think of a location and the end of the path will lead to the place I just thought about" I elaborated. "I don't understand how it works but it's cool. So if I were to come to this exact place again, those arches won't be here anymore?" Jungkook pointed to them behind me.

Again, I shook my head, "Nope, it's kinda like a portal". "Ooh like Narnia?" he questioned. I debated about it in my head, "Uh sorta like that". I quickly pulled him in a hug and embraced him tightly, he was surprised by my abrupt move but nevertheless returned the hug.

I opened my mouth to say something but it felt like there was something stuck inside my throat that prevented me from doing so, my eyes watered and I held onto Jungkook tighter. Finally, I managed to articulate the words I have rehearsed and said every time I sent Jungkook home, "Visit me again, alright?"

"Of course, Taehyung don't you worry" he laughed. Mouthing, I'm sorry, I hurriedly wiped away my tears before breaking away from the hug. Walking backwards, I waved to Jungkook who did the same before turning around and disappearing further beneath the arches.

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Jungkook waved at Taehyung until he was out of his sight and then, the arches disappeared, the pathway and lights gone with it as well. Jungkook blinked several times to ascertain that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him, they really weren't.

It dawned on him that he was alone in the night, that did not sit well with him and he grew frightened of his surroundings. As if a switch flicked inside Jungkook, he suddenly had no idea what he was doing there.

He didn't know where he was, he didn't know what day it was, hell- he didn't even know what time of the day it was. He became afraid of the things he laid his eyes on, he didn't know what to do.

Jungkook decided to descend down the hill first, he was going to see if he could navigate through his way from there. The closer he got towards the bottom of the hill, the more he could see what appeared to be a house. It stood proud and tall in front of him.

He peered inside through the window to see a dining room that was lit, though there was nobody seated there. He glanced at another window that was half-covered with a translucent white curtain, there didn't seem to be anybody occupying the room either.

Jungkook saw an elderly lady whose back was to him, her movements were rapid and it looked like she was in search for something. She turned a corner and waddled around the back of the house.

"Maybe she's the owner of the house, I could ask her for the way around this place" Jungkook thought as he looked around at the trees that surrounded the house, he could barely make them out for only the moon provided him with light.

He thought no more and sped after the lady, "Excuse me miss, sorry for disturbing you at this time of the day but could you help me?" Hearing the familiar voice, the lady spun around and her eyes widened.

" Oh lord where have you been, young man?" she screeched to which Jungkook responded with a confused expression. "Does she know me? How's that possible?" he wondered. The lady touched Jungkook's arm and as if the switch in Jungkook had been flicked again, he jumped slightly.

"Oh it's you, Jo" Jungkook said after realizing it was his maid and feeling stupid for not recognizing her earlier. "Of course it's me Jungkook, where have you been?" she hit his arm. "Do you have any idea what time it is huh?" Jo scolded.

"Uh 7 p.m?" Jungkook guessed. "It's way past bedtime idiot, it's already 11.45 " she stated. He looked into the distance, it sure didn't feel that long when I visited Taehyung. "Sorry, guess I just lost track of time while exploring" He tried to reason helplessly.

Jo put her hands on her hips as she shook her head, then gave Jungkook a meaningful look. She beckoned him to come inside the house that he had also come to realize was his home, "Let's go, I've got something for you"

She made Jungkook sit in the living room while she ran off to fetch something, something of important to him as she claimed it. Jo came back with papers in her hand, they were old and obviously had seen better days.

"Jungkook..." she began cautiously as she held out the papers to me.

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ive got like 3 endings planned for this book so thats sumthin, so i gotta jus think which one of them should be the original ending so i could make the rest as alternate endings

my last year of school is startin n im not hyped