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"Good day handsome gentlemen, would you care for some nice cup of herbal tea and mouthwatering cuisine in our restaurant?"

"Good sir! I'll give you a discount, three rice bags for two gold, what do you say?"

"Young boy, we are available for you anytime~ We'll prepare something sweet and juicy for you tonight."

Drained, dizzy, and bone-tired after the events of the day, Taehyung and Jimin was shown to a crowded street with people shoving their valuables to their faces. Due to the fact their features gleamed wealth, people from the streets had been coming and shoving repeatedly for money. As you all know that these boys are simply students with natural features given to them by their parents. It couldn't be helped if they're that handsome.

"Hyung, what should we do?"

"I don't know, but I'm hungry. I didn't eat lunch because I was focused on my dance practice and exams. We should eat somewhere, maybe one of those restaurants."

"But this feels like its one of those movies. When the main character time travels back. Once arrived, everything they have showed no use in the culture and they would have to use their experience to survive."

"Meaning our currency won't be acceptable to buy meals? In this world?" Across his features, anxiety, were swamped by a surge of hunger. His stomach rumbled in desperateness and his energy slowly attempted to drop dead to its pit. Taehyung looking worried to the situation, he searched through his school bag to find anything edible to devour. Fortunately, gum is in his grasp. But is it enough to fill part of his stomach? It's edible and sweet so it could work.

"Hyung, I have spearmint gum. It's the only edible thing I have in my bag." Jimin's eyes brightens in relief, he slips out one piece of gum, unwraps it and slips it into his mouth. The juiciness of the gum spreads across his tongue and the taste slowly flowing down to his throat.

"Thank you god for healing me back to life~ Taehyung you're a lifesaver."

"No problem...So what should we do now? We don't have any money from this world nor know anything about their culture."

"That's why we ask. Let's ask that grandma over there, maybe she can help us out... Excuse me grandma!" Jimin walked towards the fragile grandma and immediately asked.

"Butー"

"Good day, I was wondering if you can help us?"

"Oh what handsome young man you are, how can I help you?" The grandma offered softly wrapping her hand around Jimin's biceps.

"Thank you, umm. Is there any way my friend and I canー" Softly and evidently, his stomach rumbled in hunger. Holding his hand across his stomach, he stared at grandma.

"Oh, you must be hungry. Come inside, I'll cook you something delicious since you're handsome." The grandma gestured the two inside. Jimin and Taehyung looked at each other and delivered the expression of 'hell yeah!'.

The two entered the residence and found ancient objects lying around the room. They turned to the corner of the room and there grandma already preparing ingredients for the meal. Raw chicken, watergrass, salt, and pepper. The fragrance of fresh Korean dishes flowing in the air to Taehyung and Jimin's nostrils. Drool can be seen overflowing their lips.

When the cooking was done, the set was placed onto the table in front of the hungry adults. They couldn't hold themselves back when grandma gave them the cue.

"Dig in!" Taehyung and Jimin grabbed the chopsticks into their fingers and started gobbling the food instantly as the grandma sits in front of them smiling, "It's been a while since I've last watched customers enjoy my meals. But you boys don't look like you're from around here, judging your peculiar approach and...your hair."

Taehyung and Jimin looking at each other, but the attention should be focused on Jimin because of his peculiar platinum blonde hair and flawless stature. Taehyung is the same, but different in a way that Jimin's approach looked more innocent and dazzling, while Taehyung, on the other hand, is more bold and mature in black hair and built stature. Like the man you'll see in host clubs.

"Well, we are not from around here. We came from somewhere far away."

"Somewhere that's not of this world I presume?"

The two's eyes widen in shock. "Oh nothing!~ Once your done, I will give you some candy."

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"We thank you for your hospitality grandma."

"Oh no problem, your handsome face made my day brighter. Here is some money, it may not be much, but use it wisely." Holding Taehyung's hand into her palms, she placed a pouch of coins into his grasps with a soft smile.

"But. We can't accept this much, this is your money."

"Aigoo, don't be such a brat. If I decided to give you my money, the money is yours."

Jimin and Taehyung bowed to the kind old lady. Before they depart, the old grandma stopped them dead in their tracks, "And be careful. While the night's still young, always be near light, otherwise you'll be fed to the shadows."

"The shadows?" The two young men said in unison looking into each other, then to the grandma whose facial expression changed to seriousness and worry.

"We are not safe in the dark, remember that."

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Noise from the murmurs of the people they pass. Their face up to see the coloration of amber and navy painting the soon-to-be night sky. Trying to keep up the motivation of there to be a way to transport back to where they truly belong, home. The feeling of anxiety filled their chest, their hands squeezed together slicked with cold sweat, one of them finally attempted to speak.

"We should find somewhere to sleep for the night." Taehyung suggested holding onto Jimin's palms as they walk, "But the people locked their houses up. Remember what grandma said? While the night's still young, always be near light, otherwise we'll be fed to the shadows."

"I didn't want to believe such tales, but after being sucked into the book, I think that we should believe it... The only problem we're facing right now is that no one would help us after knowing, naturally, that shadows would come and search for their prey."

"From movies I watch, shadows tend to shapeshift and use it as an advantage to catch their prey, probably that's the reason. Knowing that fact, no matter how hard we try, we know that they'll never be convinced." Jimin mentioned in depth tightening his grip, "They might think of it as a trap."

Taehyung rubbed under his chin as he thought himself. His throat were dry as he gulped the liquids of his mouth while pressing his lips together to calm himself.

"Hyung, let's go over there." Taehyung pointed his fingers to the dark forest ahead of them. Jimin scoffed at his idea, "Wow Taehyung. One of the smartest students of Korean National University of Arts plans to get us killed by camping in the dark forest where shadows would most likely to appear at and where its nothing but darkness and no f*****g LIGHT! Real smart there."

"We have smartphones and brains for a reason Hyung." Taehyung pointed, "Oh, I forgot that we have our phones. But still! You're gonna get us both killed!"

"Grandma said to stay near light. Meaning that shadows are afraid of the light. As long as we have our smartphones, and fire, we are perfectly fine. And besides, where do you expect us to sleep when there's literally only locked up houses and people with the thought 'If we open these doors, the shadows will devour us!' in their heads?"

"You got a point...But still! Camping out in the forest?"

"My grandma taught me some survival skills, so leave it to me."

"Ugh. I will beat your ass up if they find us. " Following the path leading to the dark forest. Without realization, after taking ten or more steps, their footing was already at the zone revealing a world different from where they came from. Quiet atmosphere, no birds singing nor animals playing behind trees. Everything went asleep, except for crickets playing their night song.

Today's the full moon. One word to describe it, "beautiful". Its display was so alluring that Jimin couldn't avert his eyes from it. Illuminating its gentle and ominous aura to every living organism on the land, while Taehyung and himself sets up their camp. Making the fire, the bed out of sticks and leaves, and making the tent.

"I never knew the moon in this world can be this bright. It's light may be bright enough to rid the shadows."

"We have fire, much better than the moonlight." After all the hard work, Taehyung, then, laid down on one of the logged beds with Jimin sitting in the edge. Taehyung traveled his eyes to Jimins gaze.

"Hyung...Can you sing me that melody?"

"Again?"

"Come on, your singing is the only method of put me to sleep... Please? It's been a long day and I really want to rest."

"Fine." Lifting Taehyung's head onto Jimin's lap as a pillow, he placed his tiny palms on the youngers head and began humming the melody.

His humming voice soothing and melodic, beautiful enough as a mother putting her child to sleep. Ever since the two were kids, Taehyung couldn't sleep without Jimin's beautiful singing voice. And not to forget...

He also can't sleep without a pillow, so Taehyung used Jimin's thighs to act like one.

As ten minutes, estimated, go by, Taehyung was finally asleep. From Jimin's perspective, everytime he sang a melody to the young, he couldn't help but to admire his flawless and unique features.

Notice me

Take my hand

Why are we

Strangers when

Our love is strong

Why carry on without me

Not to mention that Jimin's gay. People would describe him as one of those impure beings, but that didn't stop him because he's not born to come into someone's expectations, but to prove he can control what he thought was right. Meaning that no one has the right to control his life except for himself.

You're so disgusting, liking a guy? Are you out of your mind?

I'll never accept a gay in this family!

You like me? Sorry, I don't date gay men like you. I don't want people to think weirdly of me.

Go suck a d**k at a night club!

He remembered the face he made. The smile that didn't have the energy to rise, the furtive eyes. A pathetic attempt to disguise his uncomfortable fear that spun like bladed fans inside him.

Every time I try to fly I fall, without my wings

I feel so small

I guess I need you baby

And every time I see, you in my dreams

I see you face, It's haunting me

I guess I need you baby

Jimin didn't want to bring himself back to past, otherwise it'll decay his motivation. His face caged behind his tender fingers, he slowly pulled over his lips and let a sigh heavily escape from his lips.

Even after a few moments of singing to the young and thinking of the past, the clouds had yet to conceal the moon's beauty. He looked up to the night admiring the dazzling picture drawn upon the sky.

"So beautiful. I wish the night sky in Seoul can be as beautiful as this." His voice was then carried on through the night just because he mentally needed to rid the disguise off his face. But little did he know that his hums brought forth a phenomenon, a wisp, but in gold trailed with emerald. Not only that, but it had eyes bright like the stars.

But a wisp? Like the ones from the movie Brave? But they're blue, not gold!

"A-A-A-A w-wisp? Tae...Taehyung! Wake up!" Jimin shook the young's shoulders. Taehyung slurred in his sleep and mumbled, "It's just a firefly Hyung. Wisps are blue. Now go back to sleep."

"But Taehyung it'sー wait...It-It's gone." The wisps disappeared to the nightly breeze leaving only the sight of sleeping nature. Jimin gulped down his anxiety, stared to the young's back and back to the view with anxiousness still in his throat.

From what he remember earlier, he was humming one of his favorite songs, so he thought of humming again to bring back the fantasy to his eyes. This time with a different tune, a song that he loved from a drama that he just watched recently.

He began humming.

The door has opened to a new world

You are in there

One step over, the dazzling world

It's greeting me

As soon as he started singing, the gold phenomenon reappeared in front of him. His face holds no fear nor nervousness, he's relaxed. Slowly he approached the golden wisp reaching out his hand towards it. The moment his fingertips touched the flame, it immediately flew backwards from his touch.

Jimin stood up and followed the flying wisp deep into the forest mesmerized by its blazing beauty. His fingertips still in front of his eyes, the wisps flew through every obstacle in its path. Jimin's lips still humming the song, and the moment he puts energy into his voice, lights began to rise from the ground.

It was a beautiful sight. He stopped dead in his tracks to appreciate the beauty floating around his footsteps, responding to his alluring singing voice. Bringing back focus, he followed the wisp deep. Deep. Deep into the dark forest.

Slowly the wisp flew. I was about to touch it.

I want to go to you, into your arms

I want to stay in a world that is you

I want you I miss you

I need you I love you

Forever in your arms

It disappeared from his reach.

"Whoa! W-what?" He stopped singing and the lights have died out instantly, inviting eternal darkness to his surrounding. The forest was so dark, Taehyung just found out Jimin went missing.

"Hyung? Hyung?! Where are you?!" Taehyung sprang up from his bed and brought out his smartphone as his flashlight and ran to search for Jimin.

"Taehyung?...It's too dark...R-right! My smartphone!" Out of panic he searched through his pocket to find his phone with much battery to keep him company. But not enough to protect from what's coming.

"What...A beautiful la-lamb..."

Eyes widened. He turned around, placing the light to the source of the voice.

Nothing there.

"LET ME EAT YOU!" A sudden aggressive shove was forced upon Jimin's shoulder causing his whole body to fly far into the forest. Pain crawled over Jimin's shoulders, his eyes trembling in fear, he didn't know what hit him except what Grandma warned.

The shadows.

"Oh no, my smartphone! Where is it?!" Stomps were heard, and it's coming closer. The phone doesn't even matter anymore, what matters was getting out of danger alive. He stood on his footing and dashed for escape.

"Don't worry, it won't be painful once you get into my stomach! LET ME DEVOUR YOU WHOLE!"

The stomps ran up in rapid pace. Jimin tripped repetitively, injuring his knees and shoulders. He needs to SURVIVE! Blood trickled down his shoulders, his breath panting irregularly and his thighs sore and painful from the shove.

"Taehyung!"

Somebody!

Please...

HELP ME!