Neverland // TAEGIKOOK

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He didn't mean to find it. It just very suddenly, one day... Happened.

Yoongi was asleep. Taehyung, too. Yoko weaved in between his ankles as he reached to open the door, meowing up at him, blinking her golden-green eyes.

"Coming with?" he murmured, slowly pushing the door open. The cat bounded out the door the second it creaked open, tail shooting up in joy.

"Wait!" he hissed, pushing the door open and tumbling out in order to catch up to his feline friend.

And he fell to his knees, jaw dropping.

He'd never been here before.

The sky was an inky midnight purple, dotted with stars, and the ground was soft and springy, dark green moss. He ran his hands over it. So soft. So springy, under his touch.

He gazed out across the dark meadow, and his breath flew from his lungs. About 100m away, an inky black lake spread out across the meadow, so shiny and reflective he could see every star in the sky. And beyond that, deep purple hills framed the horizon.

Yoko leaped through the mossy meadow, her dark form matching the surroundings and making her look like she was made for this planet, a creature of its night, a shadow itself.

This place was gorgeous.

Jungkook had come to not trust such places.

He followed Yoko cautiously through the area, stopped to examine things, running tests occasionally, quite frequently collecting all the different types of flora he came across.

Still, no signs of intelligent life. The place was a ghost town. Alive, but quiet, empty.

Something buzzed near his thigh, and he got both extremely startled and excited for a moment before remembering that his phone existed, and that yes, it was simply a text.

Taetae
Where r u?

Me
Outside

Taetae
Without permission again

Me
You know it

Taetae
Bad boy
Ight where you at i wanna talk
Come back

Me
Come find me

Taetae
Brat
U want me to tell yoongi u went out alone?
Or do u want to let him find out himself?

Jungkook didn't even bother to attempt to bite back his stupid grin. He absolutely lived for the thrill of disobeying.

Me
This place has really good readings. Do what you like, but I'm not leaving until I found what I came for

"Shame," a voice muttered behind him, and Jungkook yelped, body jerking to look.

Taehyung smirked as the younger boy tapped his chest, breathing out in relief. "Oh, you're gonna pay for that," he promised.

"Am I?" the elder murmured, voice low. "Or are you going to pay when I..." He held up his phone, revealing his texts with Yoongi.

And a draft test. With a screenshot of their conversation.

"But Taetae," Jungkook whined. "There really are great readings. Look!" He held up the mini atmospheric stabilization reader, which contained a small row revealing all the current numbers of elements, gravity, and pressure in the air.