You Need To Survive

His story (Part 1)

        Taehyung leaned against the wall, listening to the screams inside his house.
        Appa was probably drunk again. He was probably abusing Eomma again.
        Taehyung sighed and fingered his own scars, tucked away from sight by his long sleeves. Eomma's screams filled his ears. He needed to get out of there. He put on his hood and walked away, looking back at the house and Eomma.
        Taehyung walked to the spot he always met up with Namjoon before Jin hyung died. He traced the now-dry graffiti, back on that normal day when they were almost arrested. He smiled at the memory and swung himself into the train car.
        The bottles he had bought for Appa last time were still in the car. He picked one up. It was heavy with the intoxicating liquid inside. He leaned outside and dropped the bottle, and it shattered on the ground.
        Right at Namjoon's feet.
        Taehyung jumped back. "Namjoon! What are you doing here?"
        Namjoon grinned. "Come on. We-I mean, I-have something to show you."
        Taehyung stared at him. "What?"
        Namjoon laughed. "I'm not speaking alien! Come on!!"
        Taehyung shrugged and followed him.
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        "So, why did you bring me here?"
        Taehyung and Namjoon were lying down on a black patch of road, away from the main traffic. No cars traveled on this road because it was boarded up.
        Namjoon smiled. "Just wait."
        So Taehyung waited.
        After a couple minutes, Taehyung heard a sound. A car? No, it couldn't be. No cars could get here. But as he sat up, he saw two lights in the distance. Headlights?
        "They're here." Namjoon smiled and pulled Taehyung to his feet.
        Sure enough, it was a car. As it came closer, Taehyung could make out four people in it. A hand was waving out the open window of the back. The car revolved around Namjoon and Taehyung three times, then stopped. The driver rolled down the window.
        Suga was driving?!
        The back door opened, and Jimin stepped out. He grinned, and pulled out Jungkook.
        Jungkook?!
        Taehyung stared at the three of them with barely concealed shock. Then the fourth person came around the front of the car. When he was in front, Suga playfully brought the car closer to him. He jumped back, scared.
        Taehyung laughed. "J-Hope!"
        J-Hope was in Seoul when Jin hyung died, but Taehyung had left a voicemail for him so he would know. Now, seeing his smiling face, Taehyung felt a lot better. He knew.