parallel universe

seven

he woke up to the smell of fragrant white rice and kimchi soup that the blonde presumably prepared for him. 

he let out a yawn, trudging down the stairs, greeted by a cheerful blonde, smile blinding the brunette. 

"morning, koo"

jeongguk still oblivious to his surroundings, obviously half asleep. 

"morning" he groaned. 

jimin gulped. it was a bit too sexy for a greeting. 

"go wash up and come eat? j-jeongguk? what are you doing?"

he caught the brunette whipping out his cellphone, snapping a picture of him preparing their meals. 

"for keepsake" he grinned and skipped to the bathroom, leaving the blonde clueless. 

jeongguk brushed the life out of his teeth and washed his face. the thought of having a whole meal prepared by jimin had him smiling from ear to ear. he sometimes forgot jimin is supposed to be a ruthless gangster. 

his happiness was short-lived when he heard another voice. 

"i'm telling you we should call the police! it's been almost 2 days and he's not back, it's worrying me.." 

namjoon. 

the youngest felt sorry for worrying his hyungs for his own misery because he technically "ran"away from home. 

"h-hyungs.."

"jeongguk?? when did you come in i-"

"all that matters is you're back now."

namjoon engulfed jeongguk into a big bear hug, letting out a huge sigh. 

"sorry hyung.. i really wanted you to believe me."

jeongguk pulled away and took out his phone, showing them a picture of jimin, and the timestamp of the picture as well as the location where it's taken. 

"i-it doesn't make any sense.. the address is our address and the time.. you weren't even here when you took this photo.." seokjin mentioned.

"that's why hyung.. i'm telling you, trust me. there really is another world.. and jimin exists in it, i have to save taehyung.."

"i don't know, jeongguk. this is a lot to process."

"of course, i'll wait, then we'll come up with something, i'm sure."

"s-so you're gonna disappear randomly like this again?" 

"i-i guess? i'm sorry.. there's not much i can do about it, i haven't found the reason why it's happening either.." 

"okay, could you try to text us next time you're there? maybe it'll work."

"i will." 

jeongguk went back to his room, wanting to end taehyung's misery, knowing that he's a real person. 

he took out his tablet and switched it on, petrified of what he saw. 

whatever happened with jimin reflected on his comics and it was too detailed, way too detailed for his hyungs to have drawn it. besides, they didn't even know what went down at jimin's place. 

he dropped the tablet, dashed to the kitchen and fetched a glass of water. 

he couldn't tell them, they'd think he went insane again. 

it's okay, i'm just seeing things.. 

okay let's see..

he opened the tablet once again. to his horror, nothing changed. the drawings of jimin and himself from the night before were still there.