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Eventually, Jimin, Yoongi, and Jae returned to the others. The rest of the boys lit up like a Christmas tree when they smelled the food, and Yoongi barely had enough time to open it all up before everyone swarmed around it like hungry wolves. It was actually pretty cute to watch. I guess the way to a man's heart really is his stomach Jae thought.

After Yoongi had passed the last meal out, nobody even hesitated to start digging in. It made Jae laugh, and seeing the food her stomach grumbled. Yoongi heard this and he paused. Jae saw him feeling the empty bags and he looked at her, "Where's yours?" Jae froze. Crap.

"Oh...I guess I was so focused on getting the right thing for everyone else I sort of...forgot." she said, awkwardly laughing. Everyone stopped eating at her words, and they all looked at each other.

    "Jae come sit with us, we can give you some of ours." Hobi said, motioning her to join the natural circle they had formed. Jae hesitated, "I don't want to-"

"Jae. Sit. Please." Jin said, in a tone Jae hasn't heard from him before. It made her stomach flip inside itself, and she sat down between him and Taehyung soon after. Yoongi tossed her a plastic fork and everyone offered her some of their food. They all took turns sharing a portion with her, and she was surprised she ate so much. She thanked them over and over. Jae remembered she needed to thank Yoongi properly. She noticed while the rest were still eating and talking amongst themselves, he had swiftly pulled Namjoon aside, and they were talking a good distance away.

Her palms began to sweat, as Yoongi looked back at her, then back to Namjoon. Both their expressions were serious. He's telling him I messed up. He's telling him they need to ditch me. I'm too much trouble, they're probably just going to leave me here-

"-right Jae?" She snapped out of her daze. Taehyung was looking at her expectantly, mouth full of food. His stuffed cheeks reminded her of pieces of bread. "O-oh what? I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention." she said, trying to rub off the sweat that had formed on her palms. "I was saying that next time if you need someone to carry you, I'm the one you'll come to!" he said urgently.

"No no, he'll just drop you. I'm way stronger than him, let me." Jungkook said, eyes sparkling with determination. "Jungkookie you've already had too much time with her already, we heard what you did earlier!" Jimin said, pulling playfully on one of his bunny ears. "Ack- Jimin, let go!" Jimin looked at Jae and winked. "I got to hold her hand earlier. The whole.Walk. Back." he said smugly.

The two other boys were in disbelief and started shoving him playfully accompanied with groans of jealousy. Hobi was laughing at the scene, eyes twinkling with content, and Jin had just sighed gotten up to "break them up" but smiling as well. Jae couldn't help but giggle at the sight of them all. They all made her feel at ease, seemingly with no effort. Her heart felt tight in her chest. She felt like she was home. She never wanted to leave.

Namjoon and Yoongi eventually returned, and they continued their journey. Jae tried to read their faces, but it was impossible. She tried to force herself not to worry about it too much. Jin wanted to stay behind with her again, but a bunch of the others protested, more passionately than expected.

In the end, they all played rock paper scissors except for Yoongi and Namjoon, who were already waiting in their animal forms. Jae still couldn't get over how majestic they both looked. There was a loud "YES" followed by groans from the others. Taehyung had won. His big boxy smile beamed at her, and she couldn't help but smile back as her cheeks flushed.

When everyone had shifted except for Tae, they continued their long seemingly endless walk. Jae had realized she had never seen Jin's animal before. He was the most adorable stoat she had ever seen. His little whiskers wiggled as he hitched a ride on Namjoon's back, settling to plop his head right on Namjoon's. His fur was so white it was almost blinding. If it had decided to snow, she knew they would lose him because he would blend right in.