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"My real name is Kim Taehyung by the way, these two dorks are my older brothers" V formally introduced himself, reaching out his hand for me to shake and I stared at it skeptically. Would he take it as I'm staying if I shook it? Or was he just being friendly?

"I... can... can I ask you a question?" I managed to mumble out and they all nodded, but seemingly none of them truly understood my actual request.

"Like... alone" I mentioned for V - or I guess Taehyung or whatever and the taller males made faces of realisation, quickly backing off behind one of those fabrics hanged up... they could without a doubt still hear me through that, but I got the gesture... they don't truly trust me to be alone with their younger brother.

"V-"

"Taehyung" said person corrected me and I nodded half heartedly.

"Yeah yeah, Taehyung - I don't know this clan... by your impression it's a good one... but I'm sure you can understand my reasoning when I say that I'm suspicious?" I explained and he hummed along, although he didn't seem to agree to my words too much.

"I know it's wrong of me to project my own experience onto you and your group, but the bears... the fighters among us they'd rip any stranger into shreds without questions first... you guys, your brothers as well - you've barely asked me anything and still feel like you could take me in? That's just weird" I continued on and he raised one of his hands, politely asking if he could speak next and I nodded vigorously... he shouldn't feel the need to do such a gesture... I was their captive and even if they'd untied me he was still the boss around there, not me.

"Yoongi - I'm sorry for not having introduced us better earlier, when I go hunting I'm more or less in a mood were I'm very specifically out to kill animals... I-I don't like the fact that that was the first impression you got of me. My clan, we're tigers. Jin, he's the oldest and is soon going to take over, so even though it might seem weird that we can just invite you in - and no matter how much you trust these words, you are welcome here" he stated, his hands coming to hold mine and I looked down on them, then up into his black eyes again.

"And for what its worth, we're not gonna rip you to shreds" he added quickly and I couldn't help but to laugh quietly, his words might not have been too much of a reassurance, but at the very least he proved that he was more than just a ruthless hunter.

"Tae-Taehyung? I... what can you tell me about your clan?" I asked, taking back my hands and putting them in my lap, just now noticing how dirty my last layer of clothes really were... back in the north - the lowest in our ranks would always clean them from time to time, while we were asleep and didn't need them... but now... I'd gone in the same clothes for gods know how long.

"I-we, we won't force you to stay, but please let us help you... after we got the news about the northern clans, we... we thought no one survived... not to mention that our group - I mean... I don't know how much you know, but we communicate with a lot of different people, we send out and take in humans from all different places... in order to gain trust in numbers, seeing as our motto goes like freedom lies in the strength of people working together" I heard his deep voice explain and I sighed heavily, shaking my head, before looking over to the fabric which I knew his brothers were still behind.

"Jin, Moon?" I asked and the two came waltzing in as if they hadn't just heard everything, though not even trying to pretend that they also hadn't heard nothing... which, I guess I appreciated their transparency.

"You agree with what Taehyung is saying?" I basically interrogated them and they shrugged lightly, nodding casually... okay they took it better than I expected.