Luminous Kingdom | Jikook |

•Chapter 8•

      The birds are migrating together, to find somewhere safe. However, there isn't really anywhere safe. Not when the grounds are splitting open, consuming everything it can. Not when the thunder tornado is sucking in every living thing it can. And not when the air is turning black, making everyone blind. Panic on the streets, terror in everyone's eyes. The humans have no chance surviving what Nol said, the end of the world.

     "End of the world is suppose to come in millions of years. Even scientists couldn't predict this, you must be wrong-"

    Nol placed his hand on Jimin's mouth, he can already see the horror in his eyes. His small body trembling in his lover's arms. "There is no time for this, Jimin. Let's go outside, if we don't, we are going to die." He said calmly, so he won't make him even more frightened.

     Thunder struck again, cries, screams, and sobs were heard outside. Jimin wanted to cry, a normal day, he started it off like a normal day, not expecting that the world was going to end. Nol held his hand tightly and dragged him outside since Jimin was unable to reply. The sight he witnessed was not pretty. He can see children getting sucked by the scary thunder tornado, that was getting bigger each second. He couldn't take a look at it for a long time because Nol started running the opposite direction. "Byeol- Byeol," Jimin had a scary realization, did his precious sister get hurt. "I need to go find her." He barely managed to say.

  The boy with the orange hair was too busy to consider what Jimin said, "No," he strictly replied.

   Jimin tried pulling his hand away so he can run back to the house, but Nol's grip was too tight, too strong. The blonde boy started crying, "Let go of me!" He yelled, however, the thunder struck making him fall silent. It was too close to them.

"You can't think of others in this situation, you're lucky if you can survive. The world is ending, we want to help everyone but we can't." Nol leaned in and kissed his cheek, "Please, listen to me."

Jimin nodded. He listened to what Nol said, he felt a crack in his heart. He gave up on saving his sister, his star, his precious gem. The blonde boy couldn't see anymore. Blackness has spread out everywhere, his eyes burning, fighting the tears just to get a glimpse of where he was going. "I can't see," he panicked.

Nol held his hand tighter as he led him in the roads, "It's okay, close your eyes." He claimed. "We're close."

He didn't have any other choice but to close his eyes, to be temporarily blind, sightless. Having to trust Nol to wherever he was leading him.

He then felt a gush of air surrounding them, "The tornado, we are in it." Jimin shouted to Nol. Feeling strong, heavy wind around them. Nol hugged Jimin while he kept yelling, thinking he was getting consumed by the thunder tornado, and that it's the end.

"I am dying," Jimin thought, he couldn't even open his eyes to see his death. It wasn't how he envisioned his death at all. It was horrible and awful.

He inhaled for oxygen, but there wasn't any. His lungs were aching, in needing of air. His body felt weak, dizziness bewitched his body. He was going to kneel down and fall to his death-

A gasp.

His lungs hungrily consumed every bit of air that it can. The dizziness disappeared and there were no more screams, no more cries, no more thunder, he heard the birds singing. "I'm in heaven?" Jimin whispered, still visionless.

A giggle was released, "No, but better. Open your eyes Jimin." Nol stopped holding the blonde boy's hand. Waiting for him to open his eyes and see where he was.

The blonde boy's Adam apple bobbed, his body trembling, opening his eyes and his mouth. "What is this place?" He observed, speechless.

A lot of green trees everywhere, filled with birds and bird nests on them. Every type of bird, and every color. They all sang together. A pond that it's water looked too luxurious and clean to touch. Vines of flowers surrounding the trees with its beautiful colors, that the human world couldn't even dream of seeing.

There was human-like creatures, but not humans. They only looked like them, but not so much. Their beauty couldn't even compare to humans.