Perilous

Chapter 29 - The A-Rank Games

The sound of an air horn screeching loudly into the school speakers caused all of the students to wake up in a jump.

It lasted for a full minute until Skye pulled the air horn away with a small smirk, and Namjoon slid the microphone toward his lips. "Good morning students, please change into your training gear and meet at the arena in no less than half an hour."

With that it cut off, and the students could finally try to get their hearing back

One of them was Taehyung, who hid himself underneath the covers before peeking his head out a little, exposing his messy fluffy black hair.

Carefully he slid up into a sitting position, everything still feeling stiff as he rubbed at his face. As long as it's been already, he still wasn't used to waking up with his roommate completely missing. All of his things were still in place, but the bed was empty and unmade.

All Taehyung could wonder, was where Jackson was. Maybe still in that hidden room, or somewhere else. He didn't know.

No one really knew....except for Jeongguk. Jeongguk also knew that everyone was looking for his boyfriend for reasons he still didn't understand.

Everyone had a different reason for their suspicious to all center to Jackson, but they didn't realize how connected it all truly was.

All they could do, is wait for the storm to hit.

Taehyung stepped outside of the dorm room, wearing his uniform underneath a warm dark green coat with a fuzzy hood. He noticed others walking down the hallway wearing their own winter clothes, even if it was only November 1st. It was still so freezing because of the incoming snow storm.

"Tae!" a voice called, and Taehyung recognized it immediately. He turned to see Jennie approaching him, wearing a pinkish-red jacket with her hair gently braided to the side. "Today is the day!"

"Are you excited?" Taehyung asked and Jennie nodded. "Let's walk together," she suggested.

The two made their way to the front doors where everyone else was either standing around or leaving to walk down to the area. The arena was around a twenty minute walk through the woods, so no one really minded.

"I really hope this is my year," Jennie admitted to him. "Even if you weren't here the past couple of years...I've always been second place when it comes to these competitions. But I never win."

"I'm sure you're going to do amazing today," Taehyung assured her, watching as her face lit up a little more. "You've won every training match so far, haven't you?"

Jennie nodded, twirling her long braid around a little with her gentle hands. "I have been training hard. All I want to do is become an A-Rank student. It pretty much guarantees the rest of your life in luxury."

"If that's what you think, then do your best today," Taehyung encouraged, watching as Jennie glanced back up to him. "I'll be rooting for you."

"I think that's all I need," Jennie admitted with a small sigh, smiling excitedly. "Maybe the reason I didn't win last year was because you haven't been here," she flirted, causing Taehyung to blush a little. "Maybe..."

"Good morning you two!" Hoseok sped to them, walking on the other side of Taehyung.

"Morning Hoseok!" Taehyung and Jennie said in unison, the two of them chuckling. "Are you participating today?" she asked.

"Not me. I already have my destiny in place," he hung his arm around Taehyung's shoulders, causing Taehyung to giggle.

"Some of us aren't so lucky; not being born into a destiny," Jennie responded with a scrunched nose.