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..⃗. chapter twenty : loading.... 𑁍ࠜೄ ･ﾟˊˎ
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"jungkook!! come down! it's time to go!"
jungkook raced down the steps of the white marble stairs, eager to see his boyfriend. they had been quite busy since they got back from daegu. he had finished taehyung's painting and figured he would give it to taehyung for his birthday, which was in a month. it was already packed and sat next to his bedside table.
the seven boys were going for a day out together. "to the beach, period," as namjoon said. they all agreed, surprisingly, and so now they were getting ready to head out to meet the others at the beach.
jimin handed jungkook a bottle of his sunblock to apply on his skin, then zipped up the cooler to put in the trunk of the car. hoseok, dressed in a bucket hat, dangled his car keys in the air.
"ready?"
jungkook and jimin replied with matching nods and grabbed all their belongings.
"it's so nice out today."
jungkook stepped out of the backseat, breathing in the scent of fresh air, seawater, and sunblock. birds soared in loops around in the sky, as if watching guard over the beach. the sound of waves crashing onto the shore drowned out all other noises, creating a serene atmosphere. he watched as they danced up onto the sand and fell back, never able to reach high enough.
"hey! what's up, bro?" he heard his brother greeting the others and jimin giggling. probably hugging yoongi. then he felt a pair of strong arms slip around his waist.
"baby," taehyung's voice was muffled by jungkook's neck, head resting on jungkook's shoulder.
jungkook smiled and put his hands on top of taehyung's. "hi, tae."
"okay, calling all lovebirds!!" hoseok, the only single of the group (poor hobi), called out. he waved everyone over to a spot in the sand and set up the large tent the cooler.
the seven boys wasted no time; after settling down their things and stripping down to their shorts, they jumped in immediately, cold ocean water contacting their lukewarm skin.
"let's go deeper!" jungkook pointed, and the others nodded in agreement.
with each stroke forward jungkook could tell that the distance between his feet and the sea floor only grew. jungkook's head bobbed up and down along with the waves as he searched for his friends. he saw jimin and jin on colorful floaties, pushed by yoongi and namjoon, who grabbed onto them for support. he saw hobi pop up next to him.
then he glanced around, expecting taehyung to appear beside him as well. after a few minutes of waiting, he grew more and more anxious. where was taehyung?
taehyung knew how to swim. he knew, but he wasn't the best at it.
his favorite sunglasses had fallen off his face and into the water.
he wiggled around and reached to grab them with his hands but to no avail. he watched as they disappeared under the surface.
i can't lose them, he said to himself. beads of sweat formed on his forehead. his mother had bought those for him for his birthday. it was the only thing that he had left from his mother except for a collection of faded photos.
should i let the others know first? should i just try to find my sunglasses first?
he made up his mind, pushing back a bad feeling brewing in his gut, and dove under.
he felt around the seafloor, moving his hands over the surfaces of the rock in search for his sunglasses. he ignored the sting in his eyes when he opened them, trying to blink the pain away, and swam around a large rock bulging out from the sand.
he was running out of air and was about to go up to the surface to breathe, but saw, from the corner of his eye, a glint. a small shining piece on the seafloor that had caught a beam of sunlight in its crevices.
his heart race increased. almost there.
taehyung waded his arms towards the area where he saw the glimmer of bright light.
he squinted and saw clearly that the gold-rimmed sunglasses wedged in between two big rock and coral formations.
shit. it's lodged. it'll be hard to get out. his insides clenched in frustration.
he used his remaining strength, that was diminishing by the minute, to reach inside the gap and pull at the glasses.
he winced as he felt his right wrist get scraped, cursing mentally at himself. his hand had gotten stuck.
jungkook was panicking now.
"TAE!! taehyung!! kim taehyung!? where are you!?!" he yelled as loud as his lungs allowed. the other boys joined him as well, six heads turning and twisting, six pairs of eyes scrutinizing the layers of blue waves, in search for a certain dark-haired boy.
the brunette muttered. "fuck."
he knew taehyung had gone underwater.
knowing he was the best swimmer of the group, jungkook took a deep breath and dove into the unknown sea.
