[BTS ONE SHOTS]

Into The Forest [Jeon Jungkook]

*Based off of "Hotarubi no Mori e" or otherwise known as " Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light" by Yuki Midorikawa*

At the age of 6, for summer, my parents sent me off to the country side to spend time with my grandma. She was living alone, said that she liked the peacefulness the country side had to offer. Of course, she loved that I was around but she wanted me to be a kid and go have fun. Behind her house was a forest; dense, leafy, lit by fireflies in the summer night. One day, when grandma was busy cooking lunch, I ventured out into the forest.

And I'm not sure what I met, but I knew he was real. He wasn't human, but he wasn't a ghost either. He said that he was a mountain spirit. When I reached out to touch him, to see if he was real, he pulled away from me. He said that he would disappear if a human touched him. And that his name was Jungkook.

For the rest of summer, I would sneak back into the forest to see him again. Our interactions went so far, but I enjoyed the times I got to spend with him, promising that I would return every summer from then on.

I'm 16 now. Summer break has started and I couldn't wait to visit Jungkook. Grandma welcomed me like always.

"You've gotten so tall," she complimented. "And pretty." She punched my cheeks. "But you were always a pretty one."

I smiled at her compliments, thanking each one, even if I heard it thousands of times. I went to put my bags in the extra bedroom. When I came out, grandma was lying on her bed, snoring away with the sun blazing overhead. I smiled as I covered her with a light blanket to prevent any coldness she might feel.

My first thought was set on heading off into the forest to search for Jungkook. During the school year, it got a little harder for me to focus and study whenever I would think about him. And soon my heart would start to beat a little faster than normal whenever he appeared in my dreams. It was a sinking feeling to be so far away from him, not knowing what's going on, not knowing how he is.

The forest welcomed me like I was one of their own as I pranced through the clear space with the big tree leaves up above shielding most of the sunlight from me.

"Jungkook?" I called out into open space. "Are you there?"

Walking further into the clearing, the sound of rushing water hit my ears. A small stream flowed openly in the middle of the forest. All rocks and no fishes. I hopped over it with ease. The trees started to disappear as I walked further into...somewhere. The sun was high above and with no trees to cover the brightness; I had to squint my eyes to make out what was in front of me.

Jungkook was lying on his back, in an open field. The grass swayed to one side when the wind blew, moving his brown hair along with it. He looked so at peaceful, arm on his forehead with one leg bent at the knee and the other one flat on the ground.

A huge smile crept onto my face. And I ran towards him. My heart fluttering with every step I took towards him. An urge in me wanted to fall on top of his and hug him, but I remember what he told me years ago. I'll disappear if a human touches me. 

I stood over him, shadowing him but he didn't seem to mind. His eyebrows scrunched together, and then his eyes fluttered open. I smiled down at him, and at the sight of me, he smiled back.

"Miss me?" I asked him.

And his smile got larger. I took that as a yes. I noticed he fisted up his hands, it was like he was preventing himself from hugging me.

For all the years I knew him, Jungkook never said a word. Not with his mouth at least. More with his eyes. But that was more than okay for me.

Jungkook patted the empty space of grass next to him, silently asking if I wanted to lie down next to him. And I did.