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Moon

     Jae could have sworn they had been walking for hours, but when she asked Jin how long they had been walking, he said thirty minutes. She could barely see her own hand in the dark, much less the huge animals in front of her, but she could see a little thanks to the bright moon above them. It was quiet for a while, so quiet the only thing she could hear were their own footsteps, and the occasional wind blowing through the trees.

     If she was being completely honest, it was a little scary. She hated the dark, but when you add the stillness of the forest they were in, it tends to give one a sense of uneasiness, even if she wasn't alone. Jin started talking to her little by little to fill the silence. She wasn't sure if he could sense her anxiety or if he was just trying to be friendly. Maybe both. While they were still behind everyone else, they trailed a little behind, as to not disturb the others. Jungkook had fallen asleep on Jimin's back, so he was walking slower as well, trying his best not to wake the sleeping bunny. 

     Jae had wondered where exactly they were going, and she can't believe she didn't think to ask until now. Trust seemed to naturally be there when it came to them. "So, did Namjoon say where we were going?" Jin nodded, "Yes, it's...kind of like a safe haven for hybrids who don't have anywhere else to go. I'm not sure why we're going there first, but if I know Joon like I know I do, there's a logical reason behind it." He smiled a little when he said that. "How's your arm?"

     Jae lightly brushed the bandaged wound with her fingers and she could barely feel a thing anymore. "It's fine now, thanks to you. You're a natural." Jin smiled from ear to ear, watching his footsteps. "How did you learn to do stuff like that? I mean, doesn't anything medical take years of practice?"

     "Well, my father started to teach me as soon as I could read. If you want to get technical, I didn't really have much of a choice. My family was...owned at the time." Jin said, his expression slowly turning dark. "He was their family doctor, so I had to follow in his footsteps to avoid being shipped off. I guess they didn't want a useless child hybrid that wasn't supposed to happen running rampant in their home. My father trained me, tirelessly."

     Jae immediately felt bad. He probably didn't want to talk about this. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories." she said quietly. He was quick to respond, "No it's fine, it was a long time ago. Don't worry." Despite his reassurance, she wanted to change the subject.

     "So...you guys can communicate with each other without talking? Like..you can read each other's minds?" she asked, genuinely curious. Jin chuckled softly, "Well, yes and no. When we are in our animal forms, yes we can communicate. Sometimes, when we are in tune with each other for lack of better words, we can read thoughts. It's a little complex but...think of it like a radio frequency when it comes to that. When we want to hear each other, we can. It's a switch we can turn on and off. It's easier and comes more naturally when we are animals. When we are in our human forms it's like the radio. I can choose to hear bits and pieces." he said with a smile she could just make out under the moonlight.

     Jae could really see how handsome he was now. His smile brightened up his whole face, and not only that, but it was very comforting. "For example, hmm.." he closed his eyes and put tips of his fingers to the side of his head, making Jae giggle. "Jimin is thinking something about...food, I think. Tae..." Jae looked back and forth curiously waiting for him to say. "He's thinking he wants to go back to sleep."

     "Food and sleep...I can definitely relate to those." Jae said, hiding her smile. "I had never heard of that before. Sure, similar species I assumed it would be easy for them, but you guys are all...I mean, you're all different from each other, except for Namjoon and Jimin..." she didn't want to offend by asking him by asking the question, after all, they did seem really close. "You want to ask how us predators and prey manage to live together and not rip each other to pieces?"