Who We Are BOOK 1 ✔

Riptide

"Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen"

- Vance Joy
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"Still nothing?"

"Not even a speck" Hoseok huffed out while laying on the grass. His hands were spewed out beside him as his eyes were closed shut.

"Surely you must have met him once. If anyone would have met him already it would have been you" Jimin reassured, trying to raise hope for the red haired hero.

"I appreciate your words, Jimin. But maybe me not meeting him is lucky, which is kind of concerning actually..." you chuckled at his words, knowing fully well how many times he had already bumped in to the president this week.

"Did she just chuckle at me? Are you laughing at my failure?!" He exclaimed while leaning up to see you fixing your lantern, ready for when the show starts.

"I'm not laughing at your failure, I'm laughing at your reasoning for your failure" rolling his eyes, he fell back to the ground and continued to sulk.

You and Jimin had bumped in to Hoseok who looked like he had given up his search and was wallowing in defeat. You three made your way to open land where everyone else was with their lanterns, getting ready to light them and send them off.

"Who is hosting this event?" You asked while opening up your large orange flower lantern.

"Irene is. She said it was better if she did it in case of any lanterns falling" Hoseok explained, reminding you of Irene's levitation power.

"So where's your lantern? Not making a wish?"

"I'm the luckiest person alive, why would I need to wish for anything?"

"...says the person who's sulking because his luck couldn't make him meet the presi- Ow!" before you could finish, you tried to dodge Hoseok's shoe that he had managed to take off and throw at you.

"Take that back!"

"Not until you say sorry for hitting me!"

"Guys! It's starting!" Jimin yelled at the two of you while pointing over towards the mini stage where Irene stood at with a microphone in hand.

"What a lovely night for a lantern show! Right guys?" Everyone cheered and whistled from below as they sat with their families and friends.

"Everyone got their lanterns at the ready?" Everyone, including you and Jimin, placed their lanterns up to get ready to press the button.

"Great! Remember to make a wish before sending them off! Let's give spring a warm welcome with our bright lanterns!" And with that, one by one, people started to let go of their lanterns after making their wish and letting them float in to the air.

"I wish for a new princess dress!"

"I wish for my crush to like me back..."

"I wish to get a pay rise... please" you heard from people nearby. Looking at Jimin, you saw he had already had his eyes closed as he whispered in to the lantern before slowly letting it go.

"What did you wish for?"

"Well, if I told you then it's not going to come true" he mocked, making you pout slightly before returning to your lantern. What should I wish for? Hmm...

Your deep thoughts were interrupted as someone snatched the lantern off you, making you open your eyes and see who the culprit was.

"I wish to meet the hero council president!" Realising what the bold, Eros hero was doing, you were too late as he had already let go of the lantern.

"Hoseok!"

"I was desperate!" You tried to reach over and grab the red haired male but lucky for him, you had slipped slightly on a wet patch of grass, allowing him to escape.

Giving up, you laid there while cursing under your breath at the pain in your wrist from the small fall.

"Are you okay, Y/N?" Jimin asked while leaning over and helping you up, concerned if you had injured yourself.

"...no, Jimin. Jungkook used Hyori's power on me and made me think that I was in love with him for two days. Not only that, Jin has been nothing but annoying these past few days - and Hoseok stole my lantern!" You complained in one breath.

Feeling like a massive weight had been lifted from your chest, you sighed in relief from letting the stress leave you.

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around your shoulders, pulling you backwards and making your head lay on their chest.

"...look at the lanterns" a little surprised from the sudden contact, you slowly started to look up at the night sky that was now filled with balls of light coming from within the flower lanterns. Your eyes widened at the beauty, never really getting used to the scene before you even though it happened every year.

"They're floating up to the sky while carrying people's wishes. It's not the lantern that are holding the wishes but the light inside of them" Jimin showed his open hand in front of you while allowing his power to surge through safely.

Lightning came out of his fingertips and the bolts connected in the centre of his palm, slowly but surely creating a ball of light.

Fascinated by the elemental user's power, you couldn't hear his loud beating heart coming from his chest.

"...make a wish" listening to his words, you closed your eyes and tried to think of a wish.

'I wish... that everyone can overcome their troubles... including me' and with that in mind, you blew at the ball lightning, thinking that Jimin would make it float away but no.

With his other hand, he bent his middle finger with his thumb and after gaining some energy, flicked at the ball and made it zoom in to the air.

"Woah! A shooting star!"

"Look, Honey! Make another wish!" Everyine around you stared in awe at the 'shooting star' that held your wish and flew past the lanterns and to the night sky.

"Jimin!"

"I should have held back a little...hehe..."

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