The Gifted (Txt x Itzy)

十九

The morning sun filtered through the leaves, beaming onto the three who groggily sat up. Yuna gasped, "Did I actually sleep on the-"

Taehyun is, amazingly, still asleep. Their fire is nothing more than faded embers, which Kai splashed out with a jet of water. Jisu frowned, "Why do you use your power so much if it hurts you?" Kai looked embarrassed, "I just got used to using it too much."

Taehyun caught sight of a faint shimmering thread, which he had trailed after quickly, the others following behind, confused. "What...what are you running after?" Yuna asked. Taehyun vaguely gestured forward, "A thread. A thread that leads to the next gifted." Kai perked up, "Is that what we're called?" Jisu shrugged, her shoes clanking. Taehyun turns back apologetically. "Does running tire you? I'm sorry, we can-" "No, it's fine," Jisu waved off, "I'm good. We need to hurry. If my guess is right, the government would want to track us down, and they know what we look like." "Wonderful," Yuna said, bending down to rub her sore ankles. Taehyun wasn't listening, he was purely focused on following the thread. They burst out of the forest, and were met with a quiet, desolate neighbourhood. "Wow," Yuna commented, "This is the bleakest, most empty place I've ever seen-" "There," Taehyun said softly, pointing to a boy. He was leaning against a motorcycle, old and scratched, his eyes trailing across the surrounding scenery, before they came to a stop at the four others. He immediately averted his eyes, and was about to move away before-

"Wait," Jisu walked forward. Taehyun wanted to stop her, mainly because he might kill her, but she clunked towards the boy, her rope coiled in her hand. "Jisu!" Taehyun started to run after her. "Hi, I'm Jisu, what's your name?" She asked gently, as if introducing herself to a child. The boy furrowed his eyebrows. "Why do you need to know?" "Because I'm like you. We're like you," Jisu said, gesturing to the other three. The boy's handsome face curled into a smirk. "Nice try, miss government official, but I'm afraid-" "She's not from the government," Taehyun interrupted, "We're not from the government." The boy tensed up, ready to bolt at a moment's notice. "Prove it," He spat out. Taehyun looked really tired of growing his fingernails into flowers, so Jisu bent down, unlatched her shoes, and Taehyun scrambled to grab the rope as she floated up. The boy stared at her in shock, his jaw slack, and Kai and Yuna looked equally amazed, since they had never seen her power in motion. The boy composed himself, and nodded at Taehyun. "I'm Choi Yeonjun."