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You sigh as the steam from the shower rises around you, licking the ceiling as it tries to float higher. The tiny dorm bathroom area was abandoned this late at night and frankly, you were most thankful. You stayed over an extra three and a half hours at the small gym the training facility had to offer. Being around other people here usually was more draining than letting loose with some sweaty boxing gloves.The lights above you flickered quickly, reminding you about the water limit. You rush to run some conditioner through your hair with one hand while the other ran the luffa that smelt like sunshine under your arms. You finish rinsing just as the valve for the shower snaps shut. Normally, you took cold showers because you hated being hot, especially since you kicked serious ass at the training dome today. Today, however, was the start to your weekend and you were about to relax like there was no tomorrow. You sit down at a mirror station and start combing your hair until it’s free of knots and throw it up in a ponytail.The women’s bathroom was considerably smaller than the men’s which only made sense. Come to think of it, there were hardly any women here. Most of them were stars or smaller moons who came to be with their planets. Rubbing some sunshine smelling lotion onto your legs you wonder why you haven’t really made an effort to get close to anyone. Sur,e you had become friendly with people. Were they even people? Technically yes, technically no. They were planets or at the very least moons or large stars. They had gifts, some even had two or three. And then you sigh and remember why you can’t be all buddy-buddy with the people here. You had to fight to keep you and your planet alive.You were twenty-two years young when they plucked you from Earth. Here you were, just studying biochemistry at your small apartment on a Thursday evening, when they literally beamed you up into this alien spacecraft and demanded you be the “champion of earth”. You gently declined the offer but it wasn’t an offer you could refuse. You were the chosen champion for earth. They being the government of five people in this tiny steel craft. They looked like regular people so you were worried this was, in fact, going to be a scene straight from a horror movie. How did they pick a nobody studying biochemistry to be Earth's savior? It was from your “rich DNA” that they had determined that you were the best fit, after their first choice failed, of course.They had blood samples from everyone in the country and yours was the second-best lottery ticket. You asked if this was a dream and bit down on your cheek hard feeling the pain instantly. You were terrified when you felt the blood form in your mouth. You had watched only a handful of conspiracy videos so you couldn’t figure out if this was surely one of them. They led you over to a metal table with straps hanging from it. Your eyes grew with tears and you pleaded that they wouldn’t hurt you. At this time in your life, you had zero combat ability so you struggled only to the best of what your body could muster, but they grew impatient. After a few shocks from what looked like a taser, you were on the ground floating in and out of consciousness you knew that this was not, in fact, a dream.You blinked back at yourself in the mirror. You shook your head, squeezing your eyes shut, not wanting to think about that week from hell any longer. You finished dressing into your T-shirt and shorts and ran some mousse in your hair. Stepping out into the dim hall, loud music wafted through the corridor. It wasn’t close by, but you knew exactly what room it was coming from. ‘The fire starter’, you thought to yourself.Although that was dangerous, thinking to yourself as you walked by Mercury’s room. Peeking your eyes to his door on the left, you tried to silence your thoughts. Mercury, better known as Kim Namjoon, gifts were reading thoughts and projecting them onto others. You prayed he’d be asleep and not always listening with his mind like you imagined he did all the time. The music was getting louder now as you approached the winding hallway to the right. Your shuffling slippers and swinging ponytail adding to the noise in your ears. His room came into view on the right and with every pounding note you could feel like the music was trying to escape.Suddenly, the steel door to the left of you swung open revealing a disheveled looking blonde man who was frowning dramatically. His thick black glasses were on crooked and his clothes were all wrinkled.“Oh, Minhyuk...?” You quietly gasp as you realize it's your moon that orbits you. Tall and lanky as ever, he peers down his long nose at you and his frown deepens.“Earth, I thought you’d be in bed by now.” He states as he adjusts his glasses. Moons, though usually very pompous, cannot call planets by their given name. You weren’t sure if it was a power thing or just something they did for this event. ‘Earth, my earth, Mother Earth, earth angel, my planet’- were all nicknames given to you by moons. Your moon, la Luna, you thought would be a woman when you first met, after all the things you have heard about the moon. Alas, no. “That’s my mother they always talk about when referring to the moon.” He snaps at you when you ask him. He was a very childish, cold-hearted man named Lee Minhyuk who was absolutely stunning and you resented him for that. You hated to admit it, but you two were the closest to each other here, besides Venus. Constantly partnering up with each other or being in each other’s presence. You didn’t like his attitude but at least he kept an eye on you, and did the same for him.“I thought you’d be in bed too, catching up on your beauty sleep.” You smiled, jokingly, knowing he wouldn’t like that last bit. ‘Though he’s as snarky as they come!’ You exclaim to no one in your head.He sighs and runs a pale, boney hand through his hair. “There’s nothing more than sleep I’d like to do right now but...” He trails off, motioning to the other side of the hallway where the music would not stop pounding, asking to be released from behind the large frame.“Are you going to stop him?” You ask, amused by his sudden determination before he practically ran you over.“Well, maybe I can now that my planet is here beside me.” He smirks down at you. ‘Half-assed flirting with me tonight?’ He does this to you often. Getting down to your level, whispering sweet words in your ear that meant nothing to him. You raised your eyebrow about to start something with him, but sleep was seriously beckoning you back to your bed. Unfazed, you whip your ponytail around and start to march past him. You feel his long fingers slide down your wrist and grip onto it, causing you to pause, and look back at him. “For my sanity and the rest of the dorm's sake, can you please ask him?” His bloodshot eyes, usually a beautiful light grey, bore into your soul as he pleaded with you.“Why would he listen to me?” You ask him. He snorted and leaned in so that you could feel him looming over you. Hot breath on your ear as he whispered “Please?” You shook his hand free, feeling your cheeks getting hot from him acting like the tall jerk he was. You didn’t even think he’d be the type of man to say please.Standing in front of Mars’ door, you puffed out your chest instinctively, trying to seem tough, but probably failing miserably. The music was low and slow now and you’ve never felt so dizzy in your life. You raised your right hand, looked back at Minhyuk (who you just now realized was in his boxers, and not in fact shorts) and shook his head frantically yes with folded arms. You crane your head back to the door in front of you and you breathe a deep sigh. Interacting with Mars usually required a lot of effort. An effort that you just didn’t have right now.‘He’s arrogant, impulsive, manipulative... good looking.’ You halted your thoughts. ‘Absolutely not. Stop it right there, girlfriend.’ You pointed a finger at yourself in your head.One, two, three. You knocked and then the music abruptly stopped. You heard silence and then a clatter of a chair moving and paper rustling. The pad of footsteps towards you signaled his arrival soon. You braved the impact that was surely going to be verbal abuse. The heavy door clicked open, he threw it back without any hesitation. He was holding an alien beer with his free hand and the other was holding himself up along the door frame.“The fuck does it look like to you? Visiting hours?” His low gravelly voice quipped, not even looking at you once. He was just examining the floor, acting like a tough guy. You rolled your eyes.“When you’re done taking in the ground for all its glory, could you please turn your music down, Min Yoongi.” You asked him as flatly as you could. You were surely going to get slapped for using his full name. His head snaps up with full force at the sound of his name. Red, dark blood-red eyes widen when he realizes who the voice belonged to. He moves himself to be propped along the steel frame with his back and ran his free hand through his rich, dark hair. The locks shifted back over his face as he smiles wickedly at you.“Earth,” he cooed as he then notices Minhyuk a few feet behind you. “La Luna.” He laughs into his beer can as he takes a drink.“Mars,” Minhyuk said flatly.“Mother Earth is gracing us with her presence tonight.” Yoongi hisses at you, but you suppose he’s really talking to Minhyuk. You really didn’t mean to be antisocial. You just didn’t want to become attached was all. Minhyuk was about as close as you wanted to get.“To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you, outside my door...looking cold.” He smiles looking you up and down, licking his lips. “Do you need me to warm you up?” You shift uncomfortably at his question.“Can you please turn your music down?” You ask him a second time as he takes a drink of his alien alcohol.“Maybe.” He grins salaciously at you. “Tell me why you’re really here.” His eyes pierce through his bangs, red molten lava swirling around, as he speaks to you, voice incredibly low.“I’d just really like to go to bed, if I’m being honest.” You sigh weakly to both of them.“Well, princess, the universe doesn’t revolve around you.” Yoongi states. He smiles and slams his door right in front of your nose. The music resumes and you swear it’s a little quieter than it was before. You turn to Minhyuk and shrug your shoulders. He looks down, a frown apparent, putting his hands on his hips.“This is my life, huh?” Minhyuk askes the floor. You walk back towards him and touch his arm softly.“Sorry, I have no power here. I hope you manage to rest.” You barely smile and walk back to your room a little ways past the thumping music. You felt his tired eyes searching your back for answers. “Maybe make some noise-proof headphones?” You call to him, never turning around. Minhyuk’s ability was producing small objects from his stomach, surely, he’s tried that?Reaching the end of the winding hallway, you shove your key card in the little slot above your door handle. You remember when you first got here how wild it was that it felt like a hospital with all the steel and a hotel-college hybrid with how everything was laid out. It really perplexed you.Before you could even turn the handle into your room, your escape place for the weekend, the door behind you flung open. Loud cheering and whooping were filling up the hallway, on top of the already loud music. You peek over your shoulder as Jupiter and Uranus were making out. Uranus was the only other planet who was a female. You tried so hard, in the beginning, to give it your all with her and be nice to her, until she went out of her way to make a mockery of you at training your first week here. It was something you’d never forget.Jupiter’s size was engulfing the otherwise tall blonde in a sloppy embrace. He ate more than he trained, yet, he was muscular. He was build to conquer and destroy. He had to breathe through a gas mask, claiming this atmosphere was toxic. You figured he’d been encapsulated in universal particle storms his whole life and he didn’t know any better. Making out, you guess, was okay enough to remove the bottom part of the mask. He grunted and growled more than he talked and you could hear him breathe if you were ten feet from him. He was a giant of a man. Commanding power with his 61 moons and countless admirers, Uranus being one of them. ‘She’s trying to get claimed.’ You thought pushing your way back through your door entrance.You felt the wind rush behind you and you gasped as you felt a sweaty hand wrap around your waist. His large fingers held you in place as you felt his gut bump behind you. ‘This was a horror movie.’ you thought as you turn around to look at the man holding you hostage. Your eyes widen. Panic setting in.“You like what you see?” His muffled, incredibly low voice sent a chill down your spine.“I-uh no, I just want to go to my room.” You state with a nervous smile. You were not allowed to use your powers in the dorm. You were not allowed to engage in anything sexual either, but that’s not something you’d really like to dive into. “I’d really like to go to bed... please.” You whisper as you feel his grip tighten, your eyes widen as your breathing hitches.“Come on Tulley,” Uranus whines from behind him. She was twirling her short, curly locks around her finger. “We don’t need her to have fun.”“What’s better than one?” He asks you as he leans in real low and close your face. You could smell the sweat all around him. Terror was making your legs shake. You’ve heard stories of him, crushing competitions-people-with one hand. You didn’t want to be another blood spatter or another defenseless champion of earth. Or worse. You didn’t want to become claimed - the worst possible outcome. You swallowed hard at the impending doom lingering before you.‘Think.’ You prompted yourself. ‘This is not the time to be scared.’ You could feel your legs giving out but his firm grip on you made it so you were steady. ‘Self-defense. Yes! I’ll say it was self-defense and start an earthquake to get out of this.’“Two, but in your case zero.” A quiet, sweet voice came from beyond your view, making all three of your heads whip around to see who it was. Venus rounded his way across the corner, hands in his grey sweats. His white t-shirt clinging to his toned body. His puffy lips sat in a flat line. Deep blue eyes were fixated on Jupiter behind his smokey grey hair. His room was next to Uranus’ so he could probably hear everything was happening.“Venus.” Uranus gasped and ran back into her room, shutting the door. The click of the lock was heard through the still droning music. Venus has made people weak in more ways than one. He was beautiful, yes, but a truly deadly competitor.Jupiter growled and released his grip on you and waddled over to loom over Venus. Venus wasn’t a big man by any means, but man oh man, was he beautiful. That’s to be expected from the son of the goddess Venus herself, right? You’ve caught yourself staring at him more times than you’d like, and you sure he has too. His only gift, that you knew of, was receiving/ giving emotions to people. He could change the way you felt about something, or someone, in the blink of an eye.Venus just stood there looking up at Jupiter. “Park Jimin.” Jupiter breathed, muffled by his mask.“Tulley Reef.” Jimin’s voice was so sweet, even if he’s trying to be mean. “Can you please leave Mother Earth alone? She just wants to go to bed. I suggest you do the same.” Jupiter hesitated for a moment then huffed and stormed off. You were so relieved when he actually obeyed. Venus seriously was a top competitor, always receiving glowing marks. Venus was a true threat, an enemy, but you couldn’t help but smile at him as you came out from the door frame that you were so desperate to get in before to shake his hand. You held it out for him and he shocked you by embracing you in a tight hug.“I felt your distress.” He whispered in your ear. “I felt like you were in pure terror.” You instinctively had wrapped your arms around him too, so you dropped your arms as he pulled away, lightly still embracing you. Nobody here gives hugs. Physical affection was usually forced or bonded by an unwanted claim.You looked away shyly. Shifting your body so you were out of his light hold. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to get you involved Jimin. I was thinking about starting an earthquake but I still don’t have control over all of... me yet.”He smiled. His eyes becoming little crescent moons and his pearly whites becoming so dazzling you had to snap your face away so you wouldn’t be blinded.He grabbed one of your hands with his and said, “You’ve saved me from the ‘evil clutches’ of Yoongi more times then I can count, noona.” You blushed. The fact that he would call you that has you floored. You shifted your weight nervously, you could feel your heart practically beating out of your chest, and you knew Jimin could feel it.“Sorry again. I hope I didn’t wake you up.” That was all you could manage. He led you back to your door still holding on to your hand.“Please, don’t worry about it, my earth.” He smiled again. You dropped his beautiful hand gently, after giving it a tight squeeze before you let go. You shoved the key card back into the slot and you waved goodnight to him. “Goodnight Jimin.” You turned around and finally crossed the threshold of your room. “Goodnight my noona.” You heard him purr behind you.You stumbled through your room, finding your way to your bed and flung yourself on it. ‘MY NOONA!?’ You screamed in your head. ‘No. No, no, wait. He was just making you feel like this. That’s what he does. Makes his enemies his friends by telling them sweet nothings and influencing them with his gift. He’s never done this before. Not even when he’s thanked you countless times for ‘saving him’ from being the brunt of Yoongi’s jokes.’You sigh and snuggle into your sheets. It’s the weekend. You didn’t have to worry about anything. Isn’t that great? You felt your eyelids flutter and the sweet release of the dream world slowly envelope you. Little did you know that the weekend ahead of you would change everything.

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Artificial daylight was just peeking through the curtains of your fake window, the hologram wall in your living room roared to life. The blaring alarm was jarring and you groaned as you reluctantly got up to shut it off. ‘Isn’t it the weekend?’ You ask yourself rounding the corner to your tiny living space. Time doesn’t really have a purpose here, most people just call it an off day, rather than the weekend. Maybe you had slept more than you’d like? ‘No.’ You whined in your head looking at the date and time you had it set for-local Earth time. ‘March 25th, 5:30 AM.’The hologram wall indicated it was a line up call instead of an alarm. ‘Oh shit.’ You rushed to put a black and green training suit on and type in your code on the keyboard to let the bosses knew you received the message. The wall went dark and you grabbed your key card and your shoes and rushed out the door, trying to throw your hair up, once again.There was really no need to rush as you were one of the first ones there. You go to the glowing green platform specifically for planets. The purple moon platform and the orange star platform were not lit up which you thought it was odd for line up. Line up was basically your bosses, your drill sergeants, making sure you were on task to the competition. They gave your stats in front of everyone and would cut people if they were truly deemed unworthy. You weren’t sure what happens to people who didn’t make it, but you knew that they didn’t go back to their dorm.Neptune, Venus, Mercury and some smaller planets outside your galaxy were standing on the platform as you walked to your position in big glowing green letters ‘EARTH’. Taehyung, Neptune, waved and yawned at you. You gave a small wave back, not really wanting to converse with someone so chatty in the morning. You greeted Venus as you came to your spot with a small smile and a soft good morning. How is he is dazzling this early?“Good morning, noona. Long time no see.” He winked at you and you saw Mercury lean over behind Venus to study you.‘No doubt reading my mind?’ You raise an eyebrow at him and frown. He just shakes his head and smiles up at the ceiling. Dimples showing.The rest of the planets filled in while you and Jimin complained about being up so early. ‘He’s here!’ You snickered to yourself. You could feel his fiery presence beside you, without turning your head.“Not into my music, earth angel?” He laughed as he stands in position. Red eyes showing playful intensity.“I wasn’t going to say anything, but I ran into my moon on the way back to my room last night and I couldn’t refuse him.” You shrug your shoulders and shuffle your feet.You could feel several pairs of eyes on you and you instinctively looked down at the floor. You really didn’t know why last night was so crazy. You never, hardly ever, run into anyone in the dorms. If you did, it was Uranus because you, practically, ran on the same schedule as her, as well as living across the hallway from the blonde. You had encountered five people last night and you knew that news travels fast. They knew you were just the epitome of social butterfly.You could hear Jupiter seethe in your direction from under his mask and your spine went rigid. Jimin lightly touched his pinky to yours and you felt instant calm. You wanted to look at him to thank him but the green platform doubled in brightness and raised suddenly. You all put your hands behind your backs and stood at attention. Line up was beginning.All the bosses had to wear blue jumpsuits and had a special weapon of their choice. Peggy was a tall, dark-haired, curvy woman from Mercury. She was your usual boss, otherwise, it was Shownu, the tan, handsome man from Neptune. Peggy snapped her taser whip at the green platform in front of you. Bosses had an ego complex but Peggy was usually pretty tolerable. Today, however, she looked like she was just as annoyed to be up on the weekend like the rest of you were.“Planets. Good morning.” She stated in a hoarse voice. The bosses liked to gamble and play cards on the weekends and you suspected she was nursing a hangover.“Good morning.” The group states back to her in a monotone effort.“Now, the reason you all are up so early on your day off is that one of the planets here has been caught cheating so, we are bringing in a replacement right away.”You looked around confused at all the other planets close to you. Cheating was something that was very hard to do since they could monitor your every move. Venus shrugged. Mars just rolled his eyes. Jupiter huffed and puffed while Mercury just stood with his eyes focused on Peggy. Surely he knew what was coming.“We don’t have time to train him properly. So we are going to assign him two training partners so he can get used to it here, as well as get prepared for the competition.” Peggy said, snapping her whip around as she paced back and forth in front of the platform.One of the platforms below you had risen. On it was a tall, dark-haired boy who looked so pale, so frail that you were sure he’d be thrown off the rising platform by a gust of wind. He was wearing all white, a raggedy looking potato sack. Like you did when you first arrived here two years ago. His hands chained behind his back. He looked around as the platform was now on par with Peggy’s. He was terrified, tears streaming from his face as he looked at your faces. He caught your gaze and you heard him hiccup. He looked like a frightened bunny caught in a trap.“Jeon Jungkook is now your planet 55 Cancri,” Peggy said gesturing to him. He looked at her with such confusion. “Watch closely, this is how line up works.” She said to him, cracking her whip, starting from the smaller planets outside your galaxy like usual. You couldn’t even remember what the old 55 Cancri looked like, you just knew he was an exoplanet, way outside of your orbit.“Can you make him less scared?”You whisper in a hurry to Jimin without looking away from the new planet. He wouldn’t take his wide bunny eyes off of you as tears fell from them.“I’m trying.” He hushes back to you. “He’s so scared, he’s stressing himself out too much. “‘Poor baby.’ You can’t help but pity this fragile boy in front of you.Peggy finally gets to you and you outstretch your right hand. She scans your wrist and a holographic statistic tracker beams up from your body. She searches it with her eyes and giggles. “Earth, you get stronger every day here.” The hologram collapses, you felt the eyes of all the other planets watching you closely. You just give a small grin as she moves on to Venus and Mercury.“Based on your stats you all pass this week. Based on what we know from your trackers and your personalities, Earth and Mars, you will be helping train the new kid.” Peggy chirps. “Dismissed except you two.”The rest of the planets shuffled out. Returning to their rooms for some much-needed sleep. You wished with all your might that this was a crazy dream, but at this point, you knew better. Jimin grabbed your hand and squeezed it softly before dropping it and whispering good luck to you. You felt like you were in a haze when you looked at him. You smiled at him, hoping the way your stomach flip-flopping was not apparent in your eyes. He walked out, but, not before looking at you, smiling that crescent moon smile. Yoongi snorted and stepped in front of you to block your view. He put both of his hot hands on your shoulders and spun you around so you could face the problem of the boy together.Your heart is heavy. Your fingers feel like they are going numb. You shift your weight back and forth to stop feeling dizzy. You bite down on your lip to make you snap back to reality. You could barely keep yourself together, now you have to worry about a kid? You couldn’t even fully control your gifts yet but you were one of the strongest here? What was happening? And to top it all off you had to work with...You glance over at the fire starter as he is glaring at the boy. His red eyes hot with irritation.“Let’s play nice, yeah?” Peggy says as she uncuffs the boy, pushing him in your direction. He stumbles as you reach out to catch him in your arms. His legs give out and he falls, sobbing into your embrace, as you guide him to the floor. You wished Jimin was here to help, you wished you could have some sort of power like that. Instead, you just caressed his hair and rocked him back and forth gently as he sobbed into your chest. The training suit was waterproof but you felt like the whole ocean was being poured onto your chest.“How old is he, Peggy?” Yoongi asked her as she started to walk away. He hasn’t stopped staring at him.“Nineteen.” She remarks over her shoulder. “His key card is in his pocket. All his stuff is in the old 55 Cancri’s room. That’s his now. Mars, please show him the showers. You all start training in two days.” She walks into the boss's door and disappears, leaving the three of you in the middle of the cold, metal room. The young boy's teary cries were echoing around you both. The lights were starting to dim.“He’s just a baby.” You whisper, petting his hair. Yoongi set his palm on fire to provide light for the three of you. You watched the flames dance on his face, watching as he scrunches up his nose in irritation.“He’s going to be a thorn in my side if he doesn’t get it together.” Yoongi rolled his eyes, turning away from you. This caused the boy to sob harder. He was hyperventilating now and you didn’t know what to do.You were about to go into extreme Mom mode now, doing the only thing you could think of. You grabbed him firmly and swayed him to a tune your grandma used to sing to you every night. It’s was in your range, though you had little to no singing ability. ‘Again, where’s Jimin when I need him?’ His voice was perfect. Like stained glass windows with light pouring out of them. It was heavenly. You shook our head.You hummed this tune for only a few minutes more. Yoongi turned back around and was eyeing you up and down. The boy actually quitted down and looked like he was about to go to sleep with tears still streaming down his face.“Do you remember when you were first brought here?” You ask Yoongi softly, who hasn’t peeled his eyes away from you. “I remember I felt the same as this guy. I had no friends, no loved ones. I was ripped away from my family. Their memories washed clean of me. I couldn’t even call home and tell them I miss them.” Your memories of your grandma and grandpa on your mom’s side raised you from the time you were a little girl flooded back. Your mother and father pretty much unknown to you because of work. You blink a few tears back and smile shyly up at Yoongi.“I just want to sleep and I’m sure he does too.” Yoongi just growls as he shakes the boy awake. “Come on we’ll show you the important stuff, then I’m going to bed.”The boy jolts up, legs still pretty weak, stumbling around. You guide his arm to steady him. He looks down at you and gives you the faintest glimmer of a smile.Yoongi and yourself guide him around showing him the dorm, the men’s showers, the training grounds, the line up room. You start to feel the onslaught of sleep approaching you again. Yoongi looks like he’s about on the same level. You lead the boy back to his room and show him the key card and how to work the hologram wall. You yawn and state that you need to go back to bed and Yoongi nods in agreement.It’s a silent walk back to your dorm as your head was swimming with so many thoughts. Your training shoes padding the floor was the only thing you heard. The dorms were silent this morning. You really just wanted this whole thing to be over with, but that’s not how this life works. Yoongi’s room is first and he just waves goodbye at you, not even bothering to look at your face.Finally, you were back in your room. You crawl back into your bed, so ready to sleep away this whole weekend, when you hear a light tap at your door. You groan, spinning around to open your front door, and go open it reluctantly. The young boy was standing in front of your door, fidgeting his fingers, still all dressed in white. You were sure you showed him where his fresh clothes were.“Can I stay with you?” He whispered. His voice shaking.No man has ever stayed in your dorm before. No man had ever stayed at your apartment when you were an insignificant earthling. You raise your eyebrows in surprise.“That’s really against the rules....” you start to say. You see him tearing up and you grab his wrist, leading him inside. ‘This kid is going to be the death of me.’ You yelled into the void that is your mind right now. His doe eyes wide as you lead him to the couch and grabbed an extra blanket.“I’m really tired.” You say to him looking at him, hoping he would get the picture and leave you alone. “You don’t know how hard I train and that’s fine, but, I’d like to just go to bed.” He nods and sits on your couch. “I’ll be in my room if you need me. Eat anything from my fridge, if you want.”“Thank you.” He mutters quietly, almost as quiet as a mouse as you make your way back to your room.You unzip your training suit and let it fall to the floor. You were over everything. Not ready to take care of yourself. Definitely not ready to take care of a little kid.You put on some comfy clothes and sat on your bed. You heard him cry softly from the couch and you wanted to hug him. You hoped he would be all right. Yoongi and yourself weren’t the best role models here. Okay, you were, but he certainly wasn’t.‘You really are Mother Earth now.’ You muse to yourself, wrapping yourself in your pink sheets. You breathed in deep and let sleep take you for a second time, hoping nobody else would bother you.

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You woke up to your outside door opening and clicking shut. Rolling over, you threw your hands over your face. ‘He must be hungry or in need of a shower.’ You thought to yourself, frowning. You hoped he would be okay and nobody would try to hurt him in the dorm. You sat up, swinging your legs off your bed. You slid off the bed as it beckoned your name over and over. ‘Do not taunt me. I know I’ve slept for a long time.’ You yell back to your bed. You go to your hologram wall which faintly displays the time and date. March 25th. 8:07 PM. ‘Yes,’ You shout in your head, ‘almost a full day of sleep.’ You feel so accomplished right now. You scan the hologram wall and see that your message icon was flashing. You press your pointer finger to it and two new messages pop up. One was from Jimin and the other was from Yoongi.You open Jimin’s first. The message displayed across your wall read, ‘Hello, my Earth. If you are not busy later, I wanted to know if I can dine with you tonight? My place at 9:30? I look forward to seeing you.’‘Hello, what? The son of the goddess Venus wants to dine with this Earthling from Michigan?! This is a dream! You are still asleep.’ Thoughts whizzing through your head as you run to your little bathroom and splash some water on your face.You remember you still have a message from Yoongi to read as you look at your reflection in the mirror. Water drips from your chin and you quiet your nerves. Sighing and drying your face, you make your way back to the wall and open Yoongi’s message. ‘When you are up, princess, we need to talk.’ You could feel dread coming over you. Yoongi never wanted to talk, he just wanted to flaunt his power around and annoy others. You didn’t think he was evil, just spiteful and full of underlying issues. You were not a physiologist or even majored in it, so you had no room to talk.‘Meet me at my room when you are ready.’ You typed back to Yoongi. You also told Jimin that you could see him, but it would be around 10. He responded immediately with an okay. You remembered you had a visitor and looked back at the couch. The blanket was folded and placed neatly on the arm of the couch. There was a little note on your coffee table, under the books you had brought back from Earth to make you feel more like home. The handwriting was scribbled and you could barely make out what it says. You clicked on the light above you, scanning the note. It was written in your favorite pink notepad and your glitter pen sat beside it.‘Hello, thank you very much for taking care of me. I went back to my room for the night. I will see you soon?’A loud knock on the door indicated Yoongi’s arrival. You were in your favorite sleep t-shirt and yoga pants but felt weird without support. “Coming!” You yell as you threw a sports bra on quickly. You put the notepad in your drawer in your tiny, tiny kitchen.You open the door to Yoongi standing there, in all black, rips in his jeans, with a flower in his hand. A day lily. Your favorite. ‘How did he know?’ You blinked a few times. He grinned a wicked smile.“Princess.” He said stepping past you bewildered self and entered into your room. Your room was very plain, very clean with accents of pink, white, and gold. Suddenly you were aware that it was very girly. “My peace offering.” He said scanning your room with his hand with the flower outstretched, not looking at you. You took it from him. Shock was clearly written all over your face and the silence was too much to bear. He looked over at you and you could swear he was blushing. “You should put that in water.” He gestured to your hand. You looked down at the beautiful orange flower and nodded. Realizing that the living thing in your hand was looking weathered and sad, you found a tall glass in your drink cabinet and filled it with water. Yoongi’s eyes were boring into your back, never leaving the sight of you, as you felt the weight of his stare.“What did you need to talk to me about?” Your voice cracks, still full of sleep. You walk to your mini-fridge and pull a bottle of water out. You raise one for him but he shakes his head. You pop the bottle open and pull out a stool under your counter, and motioned for him to do the same.“Your moon said that those were your favorite.” He pointed to the day lily sitting by your sink, looking refreshed sitting in the water. Your eyebrows shot up to your forehead. ‘Minhyuk and Yoongi. Talking. About me. Me.’ Your thoughts echoing in your head, going back and forth, repeating over and over again. “Don’t get too excited.” He quipped at you with a smirk. “I figured if we wanted to work together, I’d better be nice.”“At least you acknowledge that you are mean.” You giggle at him, pointing your finger. The intense stare he was giving you right now made your stomach float. ‘You need to eat.’ The little voice of reason in your head was convincing you out of the crazy that you thought were butterflies. “I’m not mean.” He shakes his head and looks at you from under his dark hair. “People just can’t handle how dry my humor is, so, I come off like an asshole.” He smiles a genuine smile, putting you off from his honesty.The hologram wall glowed to signal the hour had turned and you gasped. In an hour, you had a meeting with Venus and your stomach flipped again. It was more like a date but you couldn’t let yourself get excited. Mars looked between the glowing wall and back to your face.“Yoongi, I love my daylily, thank you. I forgot I told someone I’d meet them in an hour and I need to get ready...” trailing off as you scooted off your seat and stood there. You really didn’t want to kick him out. He stood, sliding off his own seat. His eyebrows raised, realizing you were telling him to go, you lightly touched his forearm. “I’m sorry, but do you mind if we continue this tomorrow?” His eyes lingered on your face as you lowered your arm. He caught it, laced his long fingers with yours and brought the back of your hand to his lips. You felt blood rush to your ears. He pressed down lightly, kissing you. You were in shock and you felt your cheeks grow hot. He dropped your hand, moved towards the door, and clicked it open.“Tomorrow, at 5pm. I’ll bring the boy by.” He said with a smirk as he lingered in your doorway. “I’ll eat whatever but I like lamb.” He states with a wink as he walks through your door.You stood there puzzled by how soft he was being. You glanced down at your hand where he had kissed you. Fire starter, aka shit starter mars, was not being himself. You wondered if someone had influenced him, but you just decided you didn’t want to think about it. You had to get ready. You gathered your stuff for your shower, deciding not to wash your hair you threw it in a shower cap and whizzed down the hall. Yoongi’s music was loud as you skated by his room.You showered so quickly, you barely noticed the group of moons staring at you, puzzled. You applied lotion to your body and made sure your ponytail wasn’t looking awful. You threw your robe back on and left in a rush. You got back to your room and shoved your key card back into your door.“Hot date tonight?”How did you not hear the click from her door? How did you not hear her? “You’ve had two boys in your room in the past day. Inviting another over?” You could hear her voice dripping with disdain for you. You didn’t even want to look over your shoulder, but you did. She was in a tank top and tight shorts. Her tall, thin frame leaning against her door. Her hot pink lips curled into an evil smile. Her chin-length hair was in perfect spiral curls. “Jupiter is coming over later and I don’t want you to interfere this time.” She growled at you. “Don’t ruin it for me tonight.”“You could have anyone you want, but you’re choosing him to claim you?” You quip back to her. Her eyes widen at your remark, stepping out of her room and sneering at you.“You’ve got some nerve.” She starts but you’ve had enough as you walk fully into your room.Looking at the hologram wall, you have exactly twenty minutes to decide what to wear and throw what little makeup you had on yourself.You decided on a white short-sleeved blouse you had bought for yourself on your birthday and some khaki shorts. Your hair was up and you didn’t have any time to mess with anything else.‘9:55PM.’ The wall flashed at you as you just threw on some brown sandals, shoved your key card in your pocket, and a mint in your mouth.You heard moans and loud grunts coming from the door in front of you. ‘Whatever it’s her life.’ You stuck your tongue out and rolled your eyes in the direction of her door, feeling like a child.You rounded the corner of the hallway and there he was, standing right outside his door, with his hands in his casual navy slacks. His arms rippling under his grey long-sleeved button-down. He was looking at the floor, his left shoe was in the crook in the door, propping it open. You were worried that he was thinking you weren’t going to show.“Venus...” you breathed as he lifted his head to peer at you under smokey locks. His deep cobalt blue eyes disappearing as he smiles at you.“Gosh, you are stunning.” He purred at you. You looked down, away from him. You were sure the red glow on your cheeks was very apparent. “Come in.” He gestures to his room and you held your breath. You could feel his warm hand on the small of your back as he guided you inside.Gold. Gold was everywhere. His walls, his floors, it was ingrained into the marble countertop. There was a spread of food along said counter, a few candles, big and small all over his kitchen and connecting living room. It smelt so delicious and you felt your mouth watering. Soft violin music was playing from the hologram wall as a golden fountain was shown, pumping water over and over. You look back to him as he was shifting back and forth by his counter.“Come sit noona.” He pulls out his counter chair and you slip onto the gold plated marble. He picked up a plate and motioned to the amazing food in front of you. “What would you like?” He asks. Your eyes were wide with wonder at how half the stuff was presented before you were even real.“What is this stuff?” You whisper. He throws his head back and laughs.“I wasn’t sure how to make earth food, so I made some of my favorites from back home.” He was grinning from ear to ear.“This is so extravagant! Venus, hope you didn’t slave away in this tiny kitchen all day for me.” He giggles and starts piling food onto your white gold plate.“To be honest, I’m not that good of a cook, so I enlisted the help of resident pretty-boy Pluto.” You wanted to laugh. Venus calling someone else a pretty boy was seriously funny to you. “Seokjin is really something else in the kitchen.” He sat your full plate in front of you and grabbed his own, making it equally full. “Bon appetit!” He exclaimed happily. He ate quietly next to you while the music prompted you on.Taking your first bite of the orange lumps in front of you, you realized you haven’t eaten in about a day. You tried to contain your lust for the food in front of you, but you couldn’t stop yourself. You ate slowly as you could, reveling in every bite. He pointed out which ones were his absolute favorites and you agreed that they were a cut above the rest. You made a mental note that you needed to make better friends with Pluto to have him show you some things in the kitchen.You each made some small talk about the food, what you thought training was going to be like next week, and each other. He asked you sweet, innocent questions like what your favorite color was, your favorite earth food was, what it was like back home. You answered him in order: pink, cookie dough ice cream, and you weren’t sure how to answer him about that one. You looked down at your empty plate as you spoke to him.“My grandparents on my mother's side raised me. I grew up in a small lake town in Michigan. My parents were very busy, high profile lawyers. I’m an only child. To be honest, I don’t think they wanted me.” You lowered your eyes even more, trying not to be too vulnerable. You knew that you were failing. “The people who brought me here said that they wiped their memories clean of me. No pictures, no cards, nothing left of me. I got to bring most of my stuff with them in it here, so it’s not all bad.” You smiled up at him.He looked at you with teary eyes.“Oh noona.” He gasped as he hugged you. You hugged him back and repressed your tears. Blinking hard into his shoulder, you didn’t want to wipe off your makeup all over his pressed shirt. “I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to ask you such a deep question. I was trying to avoid that.” He sighs, pulls away from the hug and rubs your shoulders.“I’m fine.” You lie as his eyes flickered without hesitation into yours.“You know, I know when you’re lying to me.” The corners of his mouth twitch into a sly grin.A loud thump on the wall next to you made you jump. He sighed and shook his head, glaring at the wall.“She’s trying to get claimed.” You sighed softly, looking at the wall when you spoke.He raised an eyebrow. “You know that she is claimed or trying to?” He asks squeezing your shoulders lightly as you look back at him.“She told me she was trying to. I’m not sure if it’s true or not.” You shrug your arms. “She’s so beautiful, she could have anyone she wants.”“She’s not a very good person.” He remarks back to you. You shake your head in agreement.After an uncomfortable silence in the room, you cleared your throat and shifted in your chair. You felt his eyes roaming you and you didn’t know what to do. You felt overwhelmed, your vision a little foggy. You weren’t sure if it was the appropriate time to ask him this but you told yourself you’d do it anyway.“Are you keeping tabs on me or did you really feel my overwhelming emotions.” You come right out and ask him. It’s been on your mind, playing over and over. Venus was your friend, but also your enemy here. You really couldn’t trust him. Minhyuk, at least, didn’t want his planet to fail so you trusted him. Venus was increasingly lingering around you. You were unsure of his motives, worried he was looking for something you didn’t want to give.It’s not that you didn’t like Venus, no you did. But, again, you didn’t. Or, more like you couldn’t. You didn’t want anything serious. You didn’t want to hook up either. You really didn’t know how moons and stars got claimed so quickly, having babies, withdrawing from the competition. Their whole existence was on the line. Your existence and your planets were too. You couldn’t get swept away in feelings.That sly grin crept back over his face and he leaned back on his stool.“Noona, you know it’s no secret that I like you, right?” He eyes you up and down while keeping his grin on his face.“Huh?” That was all you could muster, feeling your jaw drop to the floor. You felt like your mouth was dry, your hands shaking. You reached for your water in the gold goblet, as he grabbed your hand and kissed the back of your hand softly. Right where Yoongi kissed it, hours before. You felt like the violin music was screeching all around you, your breathing becoming fast. He looked at you from under his smokey, beautiful strands of hair and kissed your hand again.“Noona.” He reached out for you.“Venus.” You started. He caught your hand again. You felt glued to the spot.“I’m sorry if this is so sudden.” He sighs, still holding onto your hand. “I thought I was apparent in making my feelings known.”You thought back to every brush of his shoulder, every time he stood by you, his smiles, the way he lights up when he sees you, his reassuring hands, when you caught him staring at you, the way he went out of his way to calm you, last night...You felt the lump in your throat grow as you swallowed hard. How are you this naive? How? It wasn’t like you didn’t enjoy the attention, it was the opposite. You weren’t entirely sure how you felt at this moment, though.Your head was spinning. You shifted your weight from one foot to the next as you slid out of the marble seat. Not realizing that he was staring so intently at you. Watching the way you were losing your mind in front of him was making him grin wickedly.“Noona.” He stood, not that much taller than you, but still lingering over your figure.“Have you influenced me in any way?” You looked up at him as he frowned. “Ever?”“I force you to calm down and not be so high stress all the time. I would never make you feel a certain way about me though.” He states, softly. “It’s fine if you don’t believe me, but it’s true.” He was looking deep into your eyes. His blue ones and your green ones connecting silently.“I’m sorry I didn’t realize this until now. This is a lot to process.” That was all you could say. You hoped it was convincing enough. You weren’t lying.“I’m glad you know now. Even if I did have to spell it out for you.” He smiles, rubbing his thumb over the veins in the back of your hand.“I guess I’m not as observant as I thought.” You smile back to him raising an eyebrow.His hologram wall lit up signaling it was one in the morning.“Ah, I didn’t mean to keep you this long.” He drops your hand and runs around the counter. “Do you want to take anything home?” He asks, lifting a plate up and some plastic to cover it.‘Yes,’ You muse in your head. ‘One of everything.’ You looked at the food and back to him. His crescent moon smile making your heart leap. “Yes, whatever you give me is fine.” You shyly state. You could feel your heart start to swell as he made a huge helping on his plate for you. “Do you want me to help you clean up?” You walk behind the counter to where he was and started to shuffle some empty pans around to his sink.He snakes his toned arms around you, his breathing filling your ears as he rested his chin in the crook on your neck.“No, my darling. That won’t be necessary.” He cooed. His plump lips brushed the skin behind your ear as he spoke to you. A shiver ran down your spine, reaching your toes, and coming back up to make your heart skip several beats. You dropped the pans on the counter, lucky unbroken.“Jimin...” You squeak out, barely a whisper. You grab onto his arms, feeling weak in the knees.“I hope you come by more than just tonight.” He nuzzles the spot where your neck meets your shoulder, you shuddered with delight at where this was going. You really didn’t have that much experience, but with this ethereal creature speaking to you like this, he could take your bones and run with it, if he so desired.“Noona...” His plump lips making your breathing shallow as he tickled all the way back up to your ear. He started to kiss the flesh behind it and you pressed back into him with a gasp.He slowly lets you go with a chuckle. It was agonizing. You wanted to be held there on the spot, you wanted him to say sinful things in your ear, and follow through with those words.“I’m sorry. I don’t want to overwhelm you.” He breathes a deep sigh behind you, he leads you with a plate in hand to the door. He grabs his key card off his counter and you both make your way into the hall.You were dizzy and hot. Literal stars in your eyes. You needed to lie down. You both rounded the corner back to your room, Jimin’s hand in the small of your back, you felt like a true princess. ‘Food and a beautiful man. What more could I want?’ You laugh in your head to yourself.Then you saw it. Taking in the scene in front of you. You stopped walking, stopped breathing entirely.Jupiter had his whole fist raised with the intent to kill above your baby bunnies head, who was sitting right outside your door. Uranus was cheering on Jupiter, neck littered with red bites and puncture wounds. The young boy was sitting on his butt, his knees close to his face, eyes snapped shut. Tears running down his cheeks. Getting ready to brace for impact.You moved fast, based on true fear that this boy was going to be crushed.“No!” You screamed as you ran in front of your new training assignment. Jimin was running after you trying to pull you back. You felt like your whole body was moving in slow motion, stuck in mud, as you forced yourself toward the scene.Jupiter’s giant hand was coming down. You thought of the only thing that could save him right now. You reach right in front of your baby bunny now, green eyes glazing over into a white glass across your eyes. Jupiter’s whole body started to slow down. His dirty skin turned a blue-purple color and he gasped feeling air leave his lungs. Ice pierced forth from the floor throughout his body causing him to become a giant statue before your eyes. Frozen solid. A giant glacier. if you’ve ever seen one.He was stopped, temporarily. You turned your back on the ice man you had just made.“My baby bunny.” You knelt down to your young training assignment. His eyes were wide as he just stared at you, lips quivering. “Are you hurt?” You ask examining him.He shakes his head as you hear Uranus scream bloody murder behind you.The hallway lights flicker red and you knew you were going to be in serious trouble.

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Your weekend couldn’t get any worse. It was peppered with nice moments but you couldn’t help but feel defeated. Sad almost. You never interacted with this many people for this reason. You were always the cause of problems. Even back on earth you were clumsy and seemed to make everything worse.Sitting in a gift suppressant jacket in the middle of a cold, metal room you thought you’d be happy to be anywhere but this.The bosses questioned you about your behavior over and over. Why you froze him? Have you had anger issues before? Were you in a love triangle? Why were you with Venus? Why was your training assignment sitting outside your room? Asking you over and over. Seeing if you’d crack or tell a different story.You were tearing up after being alone for what felt like an eternity. God, why were you so stupid? You had to go and freeze that giant? If you didn’t though...You shook your head. These are not the kind of thoughts you need to have right now. You could hear the jingle of some keys and a male warden entered the room.“Champion of Earth.” He nodded towards you, rubbing his stubble on his chin. He was wearing a red jumpsuit to indicate he was a warden-he was not to be messed with. Some sort of snack food was in one hand, the other was holding the end of a baton. His short dark hair gelled back and his dark eyes tired. It was probably three in the morning by now.“Warden.” You said softly to him.“You have had quite the evening, huh?” He sat at the chair in front of you. Pulling his boots up on the desk, digging into whatever kind of alien snack he was eating.“I truly was defending my training assignment, sir.” You tear up as you spoke. So sick of being treated like this.“I know. You haven’t caused any problems in the two years we’ve had you here.” He says in between smacking his lips on his fingers. ‘Must be good.’ You thought.“We have Mars thawing him out right now.” He said. ‘I bet Yoongi is pissed.’ You laughed to yourself in your head, picturing that hot head thawing out that awful man.“Yeah, he’s pretty mad.” He quipped, smirking at you.‘Reading my mind?’ You ask him in your head. He sighs, putting his boots back on the floor.“Yes, I can read minds. I can’t communicate or project like other people who have this gift, though.” He says shifting his whole body forward. “Anyway, I know you are telling the truth. I honestly don’t really want to inflict punishment on you, but you were the one who struck first in this situation, so to calm everyone down I’m going to have your water regulated down to 5 minutes and an extra hour of only running. Seem fair?”“Is he getting punished too?” You ask, eyes narrowing. “I don’t know what was happening in that hall, I just know he was about to kill my training assignment.”“According to 55 Cancri, he was waiting for you, Uranus and Jupiter were drunk, had just come out bonded, so...high on pheromones, he thought that the little guy was going to steal her.” He laughed at that last bit. Looking you dead in the eyes he said, “He’s getting the same punishment. Deal?”“Deal.”You walk out of the boss's office and almost immediately broke down. You took a deep breath and walked down the dim corridor. Feeling like your legs could give out at any moment, eyes brimming with tears as you thought about how stupid this whole thing was.There were a few people into your view and you started to rush to them realizing who they were. Venus, Mars, your moon, and training assignment were all waiting for you at the end of this long boss hall.The youngest boy ran to you with outstretched arms and you did the same. He grasped you tightly and you heard him hiccup as your face was pressed to your chest. “Are you okay?” You ask as you try to pull back but he clung to you. “Hey, I’m fine, are you okay?” You asked him again. You felt his chin nod on top of your head and you felt relief.“You couldn’t have frozen a smaller planet?” Yoongi snaps at you. His red eyes looking at you, furious. You pulled away from the young boy and fell into Yoongi’s arms. He didn’t lift his arms to hug you back, he just stood there. You figured hugs were alien to most of them.“I’m sorry.” You pulled away, tears finally pooling over, making you cry in front of these people for the first time. Your moons boney hands grabbed you, hugged you, and you sobbed into his pale chest. You could feel the worry grow in the room before you felt a hand on your shoulder and knew Venus was standing behind you, making you calm down.After a few minutes of being embraced by all of your friends, you pulled away from your moon and wiped your eyes.“Sorry, you had to see that!” You exclaimed in a fake-happy tone. “I’m really fine! Thanks for coming to see me.”The boys gave each other little looks of confusion.“You were in there for a while,” Jimin says, his puffy lips raw from biting at the skin on them.“I’m sorry I made you all worry.” You cast your eyes down at the floor. The silence was deafening. You cleared your throat. “I’m at a five-minute shower limit and an extra hour of only running in training. Nothing I can’t handle.”“I’m sorry I made this happen.” The young boy hushes his words as his dark eyes searched yours as they met with worry. His eyes were so red and swollen. You just wanted him to stop crying.You start to walk back to your room. The boys following suit. “You didn’t make ME do anything.” You replied with a little chuckle. You gave him the best smile you could muster. He returned it with a little one.All four of them walked you to your room where there were fragments of ice still scattered about. Scratch that moment for feeling like a princess before, you really were a princess now with your entourage of good looking men escorting you to your room.You looked for your key card in every pocket you had but you couldn’t find it. That wasn’t like you, you always had it.“Maybe I dropped it earlier?” You ask to no one in particular as you scan the floor. They all look around but there was no sign of anything but ice shards in the cold hall.“Did you drop it in my room, noona?” Jimin asks, a little smug grin coming off of his lips. Yoongi glares at Jimin, but not a word is said.“I thought I had it....” You trail off, not trying to make being with Venus for a good portion of your evening a big deal.“You need to rest and we can’t get you another key card for another few hours anyway. Just stay with me for a little bit and we’ll get you a key card in the morning.” Minhyuk chimes in the conversation.“Fine. Sounds good.” You could feel how absolutely tired you were. You felt like the little makeup you had was smeared everywhere, your clothes all wrinkled and ragged. The ponytail you had up so tight was sagging and frizzy.“We aren’t going to draw straws for her to stay in with us?” Yoongi mocks. His molten maroon masses calling you back to his room with an arch of his eyebrow. You shoot him a mixed look of please-I’m-so-tired and god-so-help-me-I’ll-freeze-your-ass-too.They walk you back to your temporary room. The young bunny of a boy hugs you tight one last time for the evening and Jimin does the same, brushing your cheek with his. Yoongi gives a half-assed tired wave as he walks into is dark abyss while you walk into Minhyuk’s room.His room is crisp and clean. It’s the epitome of OCD. You were glad actually. You imagined staying with Yoongi for the night and he’d have garbage all over the floor and some kind of alien rap playing constantly.“Do you want my bed?” He asks you. He was peering down his long nose at you, his grey eyes searching until you spoke.“No, I appreciate it though! Do you have extra blankets? I’ve been cold since I set him in a freeze.” You sit down on his couch, realizing his sofa was much comfier than yours. He rolled his eyes and popped open a giant container by his hologram wall full of blankets. He grabbed five and handed them to you.You grabbed three you liked, unfolded them, then wrapped yourself in them. You sighed contently. “Goodnight, my moon.”“Goodnight, my earth.”Minhyuk’s hologram wall is glowing brightly as it flickers, waking you up.‘March 26. 9:00AM’ You rolled over to face the couch cushions and tried to fall back asleep. After a few minutes of silence, you groaned quietly and sat up. ‘No sleep for the wicked.’ You sigh and stand up. You feel sore all over and groan again. You do some light stretches in Minhyuk’s living room area reminding yourself of the eventful weekend you’ve had. Jimin had told you how he felt about you, Yoongi and yourself had a new training assignment, and you froze Jupiter and did not get away with it.After you don’t completely feel like death anymore, you walk to your moons fridge and pull out an orange, water bottles, and some yogurt. He ate most of the same foods you did, much to your surprise. “I’ll pay you back, Minhyuk, I swear.” You whisper into the yogurt you dip into, noticing how he has no dishes on his drying rack, how everything is so shiny in his kitchen.You finish your breakfast and pull out some drawers to try and find the garbage. Trying to hide the evidence. You felt like a food burglar, even if it was just an orange and some vanilla yogurt.“You come into my room, sleep on my sofa, and eat my food?” Minhyuk greeted you from behind with a sour tone. You peeked behind your back just as you had found the garbage.“You shouldn’t let your planet go hungry.” You grin, tossing the spoon in the sink. He was in a wife beater and loose red boxers with a long robe strapped over his folded arms.“I didn’t think you were still hungry from last night with Venus?” The evil, wicked, smug, awful smile he had in his face right now made you want to create a volcano on this floor and stick him in it.He grabbed a water and an apple and sat on the couch inviting you to sit next to him.“I hate you.” You whisper as you sat down next to him as he chuckled, shoulders heaving.“I hate that all your suitors come to me for advice.” He pushed his glasses up his nose. You froze, all the air you had in your body, vanished.“What do you mean?” You were frowning biting your lip as your heart started to skip as you remember the flower.Minhyuk threw a concerned look at you as he took a drink of water. “What do I mean?” He said, shifting on the couch to look at you more. “I mean that I had that hot head pounding on my door at like noon asking what flower was your favorite and I thought it was a daylily. He didn’t even say thank you, just slammed his door across from me.”Minhyuk threw up his arms as he became full of dramatics, telling you about his day yesterday. “Then, I had the God of Everything, Venus stop by shortly afterward, and I’m trying to live my life you know, just enjoy my weekend, but no. He comes by asking me what your favorite foods were and I literally have no idea. We aren’t best friends.” He shook his head. “To top it all off, I had Mars and some random planet I’ve never seen at my door, talking about how you froze that hog, Jupiter, at like one in the morning. Then, I house you for the night, miss ‘I am the center of gravitational pull’, and you are eating my yogurt.”You blinked at him. “I’ll pay you back for the yogurt.” You grinned. He threw his hands up at your remark, scoffing loudly.“I’m sorry your life is full of meaning and excitement now that I am in it.” You grin wider. “But I’m truly sorry so many people bothered you because of me yesterday. I really am. You’re right….” You lowered your eyes. “We aren’t best friends.” Guilty feelings started to bubble up to the surface in your stomach. Everything you did seemed to affect more and more people. And why was it happening all of a sudden?Minhyuk sighed next to you, pulling you away from your internal thoughts. “It’s really fine. I’m just being dramatic. We are practically best friends, here, at this point.” His glasses had slid down his nose and you pushed them back for him.“I’m surprised you knew my favorite flower, but not my favorite food.” You shove his boney shoulder lightly.“Is it yogurt?” He says smirking under his breath. You push him away from you as you both laugh.A knock is heard at the door and you both look at each other. Nervous for some reason, you hold your breath as Minhyuk walks gingerly to the door.“Who is it?” He asks holding his ear up to the door.“Jungkook.” You hear a timid voice say. “I, uh, I have a key card for Miss Earth.”You spring off your seat with a wide grin and walk to the door as Minhyuk laughs.“Miss Earth.” Minhyuk mocks as he opens the door for you to be faced with your young training assignment looking at you with a little smile on his face. You noticed that he had changed clothes and was in a white t-shirt, grey sweats, and had fluffy black slippers on.He handed you your new key card and you couldn’t help the small squeal you had in response to the sight. You were ecstatic! You hugged him and he returned it tightly, almost nervous.“How did you get one so quick?” You gasped, pulling away from your bunny as his eyes dilated.“Oh, Miss Earth, I didn’t actually get it for you. Mr. Mars had me deliver this. He gave this to me this morning and said he needed to deal with other things. He and told me to come by here.” He shifted his weight, shyly talking to you really for the first time. His voice was really stable and you wondered if he had a vocal gift.“Mr. Mars!” Minhyuk was wrapped around himself, laughing off to the side of the door.“Don’t mind him, he’s just salty because I ate his yogurt.” You tell your young student as he looks at him, embarrassed.“I don’t know what that is.” He said, looking down.“Well, I owe you both one after everything that’s happened. Friday is a scramble match tournament and that means payday.” You got paid the better you place. You usually came out in the top three for females so money wasn’t an issue. It was just having things that you liked or needed in the market was the hard part.Jungkook raised his eyebrows at your offer.“I’ll explain everything to you over the course of the week. Trust me, this place is overwhelming.” You shake your head, shrugging your shoulders.You flip your new key card around and it looks the exact same one as your old one. You haven’t lost it at all in the two years you’ve been here. Last night was really hectic so you cut yourself some slack.You looked back at Minhyuk who was digging into his apple on the couch, watching with little enthusiasm.“Thanks for letting me stay the night.” You wink at him. He rolls his eyes.“Vanilla. Yogurt!” He yells at you, pointing his finger, as you walk out into the dim hall where Jungkook hasn’t moved.You glance at Yoongi’s room, wondering if he’s sleeping, listening, or off somewhere. He’s usually a lone wolf so him being social on the weekend was highly unlikely.“He walked the other way. By the showers.” Jungkook said as he watched you thinking to yourself silently.“Can you read my mind too?” You laugh, grinning up at him. You saw his Adam’s apple bob, he swallowed as he held your gaze.“No.” He looked away from you to the floor. “I’m not sure what I can do.”You grab his hand and his eyes blew wide again, staring at the ground. There’s silence echoing around you in this dim hall, making you forget it’s morning.“Are you afraid of me?” You ask softly. Gazing at him still, he lifts his head up to you, dark eyes looking hurt and confused.“No. Not at all.” He gripped your hand tighter. “You have been the nicest, kindest person here.”“I’m not that nice.” You chuckle and he doesn’t let your hand go, even when you try to drop it.“You are.” He breathes. “I was hoping you would be assigned to me. You looked like you wanted to help me and I wanted you to help me.” He confessed. You gave his hand a little squeeze. He gasped, realizing that he was gripping you so tightly and immediately dropped your hand.You started walking to your room. “What did you want to talk to me about last night?” You ask him over your shoulder, as he takes a few small strides to match your pace. ‘Why is everyone taller than me?’ You ask yourself, wishing to yourself you were a few inches taller.“I wanted to thank you for everything again. I still haven’t really figured out the hologram wall.” He said, looking down at you with a small smile.‘Cute.’ You whispered in your head.“I didn’t scare you did I?” You asked him, rounding the corner before Jimin’s room.“No, absolutely not.” He shook his head. “That big man pushed me around and I thought I was really going to die. I don’t even know who that other woman was. I just wanted to see you...and... you showed up. Like, my savior.”You made it to your room. You turned to him with a soft smile. The thought that Jupiter could put a hand on him made you extra agitated. You hoped you could dish out some well-deserved punishment, again.“You did call me something really cute last night though.” He said as his pale cheeks turned a light rose color, pulling you away from thoughts of pouring the whole ocean on that giant.“Oh man, what did I say?” Your heart stops, knowing what he was about to confess.“Baby bunny.” He squeaked out.“Ah well. I was living in the moment! Sorry about that.” You laughed trying to play it off, hoping he wouldn’t see through your facade.He shook his head, dark hair shaking back and forth over his wide doe eyes. “I don’t mind it.”‘What a cutie.’ Your head muses.“Have you eaten?” You change the subject as you shove your new key card in the door. It turns green signaling that it works and you walk into your room. Something felt slightly off, but you put it in the back of your mind. The kid needed to eat.“I ate a little bit. They had some of my food from back home in my room so I ate some of that.” He followed in behind you. You clicked on the light in your kitchen and rummaged around in your fridge to find something he might like.“Ah hah!” You grab the container out, grabbed a bowl, put some granola and coconut flakes in there, added a little honey and served it to Jungkook with a spoon. He looked down at your concoction.“What’s this?” He asks you, cocking his head to the side.“Yogurt!” You exclaim happily with hands on your hips. “This is the way I like mine! Oh! I almost forgot the raspberries.” You dip back into the fridge, wash a handful, shake your hands and place a few in the bowl. Saving the rest to be eaten for yourself. “I promise you it’s good!”He dips his spoon in the pink bowl and takes a bite. Swallowing his first taste of yogurt, he looks at you, blankly, and blinks. “I thought it would be sweeter.”“Well, I can add more honey.” You giggle. Reaching for the honey in your cabinet, you tell him to mix it around so everything blends together. You put some more honey in it and he watches you with amusement.“Okay, now stir that in.” You tell him. He obeys obediently. “Do you mind if I get my stuff for my shower ready? I won’t be long now that I have a five-minute limit.” You glide out of the kitchen and place your clothes you’d wear later out on your bed. You finished gathering supplies for your shower and stepped back into the kitchen. He was patiently waiting for you at your counter, empty bowl, and a grin on his face.“I should take one too.” He said sliding off the seat. “I haven’t taken one since they sterilized me.” He lowered his gaze. Not wanting to think about what they did to him, you gather your soap, lotion, key card, and robe and you both made your way to the showers. “Mr. Mars said that we were coming over later? Like 5pm? Is that still okay? He said he wanted me to tell you he likes lamb.”‘Crap.’ You walked past Venus’ room and swore you heard shouting. Too wrapped up in your own thoughts you continued walking. ‘I forgot about them coming back over.’You were standing at your shower entrance and he was waving you goodbye.“I will see you at 5!” You waved back to him as he went back to his room in search of shower supplies.“Crap.” You whispered. Standing at the entrance to the showers. This was going to be a long week. A long week indeed.

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“Pluto, Seokjin, I could really use your help right now!” You knocked on his door politely. Hoping you’d hear a response. Nothing. Just you and this cold, metal hallway that echoed around your knocking. You lingered there for a moment longer and then decided you had to take matters into your own hands.The marketplace was open 24/7 so you were extremely happy at that. It was laid out like a giant grocery store supercenter. You needed to stock up on some supplies anyways so you grabbed a cart and pushed it into the aisles, scanning the products of what you wanted to make. You were fairly sure lamb skewers were easy enough with some red peppers in between the meat. Maybe a side or two? You weren’t that great in the kitchen but you did your best. You hoped that would be enough.There were all kinds of alien snacks and delicious morsels you couldn’t even begin to describe, but they loved the taste of meat on your planet.You had collected everything, including more yogurt for your moon and Jungkook, but the star of the show, the lamb itself. You wheeled over to the meat counter and stood in line. It wasn’t that crowded on a Sunday and you were internally grateful because it was noon and your guests were coming at five. You could feel your heart accelerating at the thought of Yoongi and Jungkook who you both barely knew, eating your food in your apartment.“Mother Earth is out of bed, ready to take down more giants?” A chuckle rose from behind you as Pluto walks up with his own cart, lots of alien foods stacked in the metal cart.“I was looking for you earlier!” You smile up at him as his violet eyes seemingly bore into your soul.“You were looking to fight me?” His puffy lips twist into a smirk. He leans on the handle of his cart propping palm up so he could rest his chin in it.“No no,” You wave your hands and shake your head. “I’m having some friends over later and I wasn’t sure what temperature I should have the oven set for lamb?” You smile shyly at him. He looks slightly bewildered and amused, your not sure which one.“You have friends?” He grins wider. What a cheeky man.“Ha ha. Very funny.” You grin back. “Besides, aren’t you my friend?”“Only if you don’t freeze me.” He muses as it’s your turn in line. “Sear the lamb for fifteen minutes then on four hundred and fifty degrees, and then turn it down to three hundred and twenty five degrees for another fifteen to twenty minutes... and don’t cover it! And don’t over salt it!”“Hopefully I’ll remember all that” You turn back to him after you got your meat. You place it in your cart and turn around one last time. “Thank you Seokjinnie.” You coo over to him. He just nods and waved his hands, studying the cuts of pink meat in the display.“All done.” You beam at yourself. Everything was set, the plates, the drinks, the silverware, everything you could think of. It wasn’t as elaborate as Jimin’s was but you don’t think either of these boys would mind.You glance at the hologram wall as it plays your workout playlist and the time glows in the corner ‘4:47PM’.‘Shit.’ You curse to yourself, flinging yourself towards your room, trying to find something decent to wear instead of workout gear. You’d never thought you’d be that girl who loves activewear, but you were oh so wrong.You decide on a black t-shirt with a scoop neckline and acid-washed jeans with little rips along the knee and thigh. You decide to wear your hair down, for once, hoping it doesn’t annoy you.“Honey, I’m home.” You hear Yoongi’s deep voice call from the hallway as you shut the door to your room. You forgot to light the candle you had gotten today; Maybe you’ll just ask the boy who can create fire.You bring the flower he got you yesterday with a little smile on your face over to the middle of the counter. “Coming dear!” You giggle, throwing your door open.There they were. Your boys. Excluding Jimin... and Minhyuki... and Taehyung... and Seokjin....okay so just two of your boys.Yoongi was in a red and black plaid button-down, with grey shorts and a black t-shirt underneath. He stood holding another flower, this time a single red rose. You could see he had carefully removed the thorns from the bottom. How very thoughtful of him. He smirked at you “I can’t believe you actually made us food. I hope it’s good.”You scrunch up your nose. “Me too.” His smirk turned into a gummy smile making your heart melt.You almost forgot about the tall young man standing next to him. “H-hello, Miss Earth.” He nervously stammered. He was dressed in a white t-shirt with a deep v and baggy jeans with fashionable tan shoes sticking out from under the fabric. His Adam’s apple bobbing up and down as he shyly stuck out a flower for you too. You weren’t quite sure what this one was.You smiled up at him. He gulped again. “What kind of flower is this? I don’t think I recognize it.” It was a beautiful, big flower with long white petals and red bursting out in the center.“They only grow on my planet.” He states proudly looking down with a smile. “They are called the Maiden's Gift.”“Uh, can we eat?” Yoongi practically drools pushing past you to enter the room, like it was his own.“Oh yeah, sorry guys.” You guide them over to their seats and their eyes scan the food and they suddenly dug in. It was almost comical how fast and how much they both ate. Especially the lamb. ‘Praise the gods for Kim Seokjin!’ You screamed into your head. The flowers were all resting in tall glasses with water and you were so amused that Yoongi would bring you more.“This is really good.” Yoongi stoops briefly after shoveling more in.“Jungkook, slow down, I promise it’s not going anywhere.” You beam at them. You had eaten a little but nothing compared to the carnage that was happening over the table. He finishes his bite and smiles at you sweetly.“Nobody has made me food before.” He gushes at you, going back to digging in the food. Your heart swells and clenches in your chest.“What do you mean?” You ask him slowly. He looks up at you with a blank stare, a noodle was hanging out of his mouth. You couldn’t help but laugh.“My planet is very poor. A lot of us get sold off as kids for money or our parents completely abandon us.” He states to you like it’s not the saddest thing you’ve ever heard.You glance away from Jungkook to Yoongi. He’s still eating, not caring about the conversation around him.“Jungkook, I’m so sorry that’s so sad.” You say as you reach out to touch his elbow. He looks down at the touch with wide eyes and back to your face.“That’s pretty much how it is everywhere in the galaxy,” Yoongi says to the Thai mushroom salad he’s scooping on to his plate. He takes a bite and looks over at the two of you. “I’m an abandoned child too.”You all talk about your planets, what you miss about them, what your dreams were, why were you all specifically chosen to be here. It’s really scary to think about what you all will do once this was all over of course. If you get to go home.“What is....what exactly is this place?” Jungkook shyly asks both of you. The food was all but gone and you were grateful you didn’t have to send them home with leftovers. Yoongi rubs his stomach, satisfied smirk on his face as you start to clean up.“I’ll help you.” Jungkook moves swiftly, helping you clean up all the plates and dishes you had set out.“Thank you, Jungkook.” You smile up at him as grins down at you. Yoongi notices your candle and lights it without hesitation. A tiny flame shooting out of his finger.“This is a place where we train to survive. You and your planet are on the line. If you screw up, they could all die.” You glare at the floor. “Champions and gifts. This war of the gods is criminal. Then top ten make it out alive. The battle is soon, like a month or two I think.”There’s a pregnant pause in the room. Jungkook suddenly dropped to his knees. The noise startles you. His large hands were pressed to the sides of his face. Yoongi quickly stands and walks over to you too as you drop down next to the hysterical boy. Rubbing his back in circles as you hear him start hiccuping.“Jungkook, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you. It’s going to be all right.” You try your best to sound reassuring. “Trust me, I felt exactly how you felt when I first came here.” He looks up at you finally, tears flowing down from beautiful chocolate orbs. How could someone abandon this boy? How has he survived?“I-I don’t want-t t-to die.” He breathes reaching out for your embrace. You hold him close and rock him. You stroke his hair and you sing him your grandma's lullaby. Yoongi dropped down too, now, all three of you were on the floor in your kitchen, cramped for space.“Baby bunny, nobody here is going to let you die.” He grips your shoulders tighter, continuing to nuzzle into the crook of your neck.“Yeah, your old man and woman have a tight grip on this competition.” Yoongi chimes in, trying to make light of the situation.“We are not a thing, dear.” You turn your head to the side and Yoongi’s eyes lit up like he’s trying to do a little dance in them for you.“That’s unfortunate because I’ve been telling everyone we were.” His smirk turns into something wickedly playful, something you haven’t seen from him.You sigh with a smile. “I can’t believe I’m stuck with your antics.”His eyes flashed again. “You couldn’t handle me if you tried, princess.” He smirked, mocking you.You felt all the little hairs on your body stand at attention. He was making your stomach clench and your heart burst. You wanted to reach over and kiss him. He who barely batted an eye at you, who made you so mad, who looked at you so menacingly, he was making your breathing shallow, staring into his molten lava, red eyes.“Anyways, sport, we had better be off. Someone needs her beauty sleep.” He stands, trying to pull Jungkook off of you with little to no avail. He was strong, clinging to you, but he never once hurt you or gripped you too tight. “Kid, come on. It’s time to go.” Yoongi growled, giving him one final warning call.Jungkook groaned into your neck that make you squeeze your thighs together. That’s not a noise he should be making while he’s buried in your neck. You tried to peel yourself off him and he lets you. His tear-stained eyes all red and puffy.“Jungkook, I promise I’ll be here when you wake up tomorrow.” You smile with all of the warmth you could give him.The next day you tell your new training partners where to go and you are shocked to see them at the meeting spot Tsuki met you at before when you were new here.Yoongi and Jungkook were having a small, polite conversation as you stepped in front of them. Jungkook particularly looked good in his training suit. How does a boring, ugly, training suit fit him so well? You weren’t sure. He eyes you, looking the expanse of your body up and down. You try not to notice as you speak.“Good morning guys.” You smile at the both of them and in turn they do the same to you.Inside the training dome, there’s a lot of commotion going on. It snaps you from your conversation to Jungkook about the training dome. You stood on edge. In the middle of the flatland, Jupiter is swinging around, jumping from foot to foot. Enraged about something.“WHERE IS SHE?!” He booms at the silent crowd as they all turn, eyes focusing on you all at once. Your heart drops as he bounds over to you, Uranus at his side. “Are you ready to die, you ugly bitch?!” He yells at you again, proceeding closer.You are a little more than shocked when Yoongi steps in front of you with his palm flat as if to say stop. The big bumbling man slows down right before hitting Yoongi with his stomach as he holds his ground.“Move Mars.” He thundered behind his mask. “I have no issues with you.”“I should have burned your skin instead of that ice.” Yoongi let his witty tongue slip.“I’m here to have a one on one with that slut, so, move Mars.” He sneers at you.The chime started but nobody moved. They waited with bated breath to see what would happen next. And honestly, so did you.

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“Class is starting.” You heard Peggy say on the microphone they used for warm-ups together. Nobody moved.Peggy walked down the platform and over to the circle that was formed around Jupiter, Yoongi and yourself. Her heels clicking on the ground was the only thing heard, besides Jupiters strained breathing. Jungkook was behind you with wide eyes as Uranus just egged Jupiter on.“What is going on?” She asked, breaching the circle and finding the scene before her.“I challenge the Champion of Earth to a one on one battle right now.” Jupiter points a meaty finger at you as you look at Peggy for some sympathy. You know she isn’t going to grant that to you.“Right now? What are the stakes?” She licks her lips hungry to find out more. Bosses loved to bet on their favorite champion and you knew you weren’t the one they usually place bets on.“I win, she dies.” He growls low under the mask.”I will not lose.”You swallow hard. This wasn’t the type of situation you want to be in. Your life was double extra on the line. You closed your eyes thinking for a good answer for your stake.“I win, Jupiter and Uranus are thrown out of the competition, period. All my restrictions are taken away too.” You were terrified as your voice shook. “I-if I-I lose, I accept any punishment deemed fit.”Peggy is smiling like an evil villain. She loved this. Ate all of this up. She rubs under her chin with one hand and the other sits placed on her hip, probably lost in the thought of punishing you. She then looks up at you and then back to Jupiter. “Sure. Why not start off Monday with a bang?” She grins like it’s Christmas. “Jupiter to one side of the flatland and Earth you go to the other. The rest of you stand in the sideline here.”This is insane. Nobody has challenged you willingly before, not that you really thought you could take him. As people started to shuffle around you, you stood there. It was your turn to be frozen though, you were frozen in fear. You lowered your hand that you didn’t realize was up to protect Jungkook behind you. People were staring again. You tried to move but you felt weak, you ended up tripping over yourself.It was Jungkook‘s turn to catch you. He righted you on your feet and smiled meekly down at you. You couldn’t even register him. Your ears felt like there was water in them, roaring around in your ear canal. Your breathing was as shallow as ever, fear had blown your pupils wide.Suddenly as a hot burst of air caught your attention. Yoongi had shot a little fireball past you to wake you from your fear-induced trance. “Get it together.” You blinked at him, clutching your hair with your hand.“I’m going to lose.” You dryly croak out. Jungkook shook his head no bangs flinging around as Yoongi rolled his red eyes.“You will with that attitude.” He walked closer his hot breath boring down on you. His molten lava eyes searched yours for something for a minute, which felt like forever. Not finding it, he sighed deeply. “Where’s that girl who froze him in the other day?” He asked you taking your hand and kissed it again. Your stomach was doing flip flops and you weren’t sure if you could keep your head straight or your food down.The heavy stares of everyone in the room were on you both. You shook your head as he dropped your hand.“Let’s GO, you dirty whore.” Jupiter was screaming at you from the other side of the flatland.“You’re right.” You looked at Yoongi with what you hoped was only determination.“We’ll be here when you’re finished.” He chuckled and stalked off with a very concerned looking Jungkook.You took your place at the other side of the flatland and hopped around a little, clenching and unclenching your fists. You didn’t know what was going to happen. All you could do was fight.**Jungkook’s POV**Jungkook took his place at the sideline next to Yoongi. He admired the way he was so calm under the circumstance that this girl was going to fight for her life right in front of you all. She did manage to freeze that giant the other day. Jungkook let out a nervous sigh.It looked like people had broken up into two cheering sections. Earth was smaller than Jupiter and not as loud. Jupiter’s group was standing closer to the other side by him.“She’ll win for sure.” He heard someone close behind him say, swiveling his head to find the voice belonged to a boy with cherry red-colored hair with a giant smile plastered on his face. He was talking excitedly to a tall dark-haired boy and a boy who had platinum hair with wings to match.Jungkook felt a sense of pride for this woman who had helped him without so much as a question to it. He wanted to hold her, be held by her. It was one of the best feelings in the world. He had never been treated with as much kindness as she had shown him and it made his heart flutter. He was devoted to her undoubtedly. His heart raced when he saw her. Her smile lit his body up in tiny tingles that made his spine shiver. He wanted to protect her with every fiber of his being. He knew he would. He would jump in front of her like she did for him, one day.Jungkook didn’t realize he was so tense until a hand touched his forearm and he felt so relieved. “Don’t worry.” Said an amazingly striking young man with hair the color of smoke and eyes as shiny as cobalt. “She’ll win.” This is the boy who was in the hall with Earth the other day. He was the one Yoongi warned Jungkook about.“She better.” Yoongi snorted beside you too.“Champions! Are you ready?” The woman in the blue suit roared on the microphone. Both crowds cheered, screaming in fact.“3-2-1-Begin!”Jupiter came straight at her, screaming profanities into the arena. She jumped back his fist came down with a thud, making the ground shake violently.“Does she have an ice gift?” Jungkook asked Yoongi as both watched her try to create ice around his fist as he pulled away. Some people sniggered around Jungkook as he looked around, confused.“Yes and no. She can do whatever the earth can produce. Lightening, ice, wind storms, earthquakes, typhoons, you name it. She’s kind of a polymorph with elemental abilities.” Yoongi said to Jungkook, never glancing away from her.“Yeah the day the typhoon happened, it was not a good day for us.” The man with the crescent moon eyes smiled at Jungkook warmly.They all looked on as the Earth dodged and jumped away from him. Attack after attack he was relentless. He was surprisingly fast for such a big man. Jungkook was getting worried now. She couldn’t get a clean hit in anywhere. The giant was beating up the ground around her, the dried-up dirt now in piles as he punched around at her. Someone said his gift was strength and it made so much more sense.Then it happened.She was fast and had been avoiding his attacks for several minutes, but he finally landed a strike. The sound of snapping and breaking was ringing in Jungkook’s ears. No blood was visible but she cried out in pain. She stumbled back, still on her feet and Jungkook shouted encouragement at her. She looked up at him with a pained look and then, Jupiter struck again, punching her so hard she was propelled several feet behind where she once stood, flying across the boulders clutching her side. She rolled several more feet until her body was limp, lying on her side.“No,” Jungkook whispered as he began to shake as he tried to step forward to reach her, to touch her, to defend her. He felt like someone had lit a match over his stomach, his desire to hold this woman was burning through him, making his skin itch and crawl.“Just wait,” Yoongi whispered next to him, holding up his hand to signal him to stop.“She’s going to die!” Jungkook shouted at him, tears welling up in his eyes, staring at her limp body. Yoongi was silent next to him. Everyone was holding their breath, waiting to see what happens next.“This stupid bitch thought she could really win against me?!” Jupiter roared, laughing as he walked over to her in the most arrogant way. “Hah! This slut couldn’t last ten minutes.” He was hovering over her now. He kicked her lifeless body, the room gasped. He picked her up with both hands and shouted, “Ready to die you, ugly bitch?”“Move!” Yoongi yelled, veins popping out of his neck, hot air blowing from his nostrils.The rocks that sat on top of the ground sprung to life, whizzing through the air and collecting at Jupiter’s feet and legs.“What’s happening?” He yelped in surprise letting Earth’s body free of his hold. Little gusts of wind started to twist around her feet, holding her up. They started to grow taller, winding around until she was hovering over the giant man. He was wheezing pitifully at the sight of her and the rocks that were holding him in place.Her head hung around her shoulders and Jungkook could see she was bleeding from her nose and mouth. His heart stung with the inability to help her.“What’s happening?!” He shouted in desperation again. He moved his arm up to grab her but the wind moved her higher. The rocks had grown taller around him and Jungkook could see the white of ice seeping through the cracks, holding him firmly in place.As the rocks were about to cover his head and his outstretched arm, they stopped. The ice still creeping upwards as Jungkook felt the little hairs on his body stand at alert.Clouds had formed over his grounded body. “Somebody help me!” He was so desperate to move, to free himself he didn’t notice it was raining. Rain was now beating down above his masked head. Earth was still winding around above him.In one swift motion, she lifted her head to look at him. This was not the Earth Jungkook knew. She was intense and never fearing but this Earth was scowling, green eyes transformed into angry light grey glass orbs that had no pupil.She muttered one word to him.“Die.”

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‘Just one more day.’ You thought to yourself, taking off your glasses, stretching over your books and papers laid out in front of you. It was a Thursday afternoon, you had been studying for your English final in between researching your thesis for your major, biochemistry.Maybe you needed a little break. You put your glasses back on and reached for your iced coffee, taking a sip. ‘6:03PM.’ Your small oven told you in red numbers. The house you bought next would have a huge oven in it, to curb the cooking endeavors that you dreamed about.You’ve been at this all day practically after your 10am elective painting class that you somehow needed for the semester. You stood out of your living room chair and walked towards your window to peek out at the sun setting around you. Your stiff legs creaked as you walked.It’s so quiet in your tiny apartment by your campus, you usually loved it. You felt uneasy this whole day and decided it was because so many things were happening at the end of this semester and you were simply stressing yourself out. Your birthday was a few days into the new year which was on the horizon. Christmas was also in a few days. Your grandparents and your parents weren’t really talking again, which always happened around this time of year. Grandma’s birthday was coming up too, right by yours and you hadn’t made her anything yet. She always loved when you made things, rather than buying her anything. Not to mention getting through these finals of your senior year in college was stressing you out.You took a deep breath and sighed. Several kids were playing in the snow around your apartment, having snowball fights and making snowmen and women. It was dinner time and you heard your cat, Misty, jump off her spot on the couch with the little bell jingling on her pink collar and slink up to your legs, rubbing herself around them. “Oh sorry Misty.” You pick her up as she gives a small mewl. “Hungry?” You pop open a can of wet food and scoop half of it in her bowl as she gives one more meow before eating.“Yeah, me too.” As your stomach growled. You didn’t have much, but frozen pizzas and ramen. Already having ramen for lunch, you decided on frozen pizza. You clean up your table and preheat your oven. All the screaming outside was gone now as it was completely dark outside.You hoped life after college would be more exciting than this. You had only made a handful of new friends, usually by partnering up with people for a project and realizing they were tolerable, you accepted their friend requests on Facebook. You hadn’t really lived the college life of partying and being around a bunch of strangers. The thought usually made you sick to your stomach with anxiety. You’ve been this way since you were young, since you realized that your parents really never wanted you or liked you.Your own mother telling you on your seventh birthday that she couldn’t care less if you lived or died, after you accidentally broke a fine china vase they had shipped in from Turkey. You then realized from then on it was all a façade, the marriage to your father, the big house by the lake, you, all of it. Your parents, the high profile lawyers that they were, were so disillusioned to everyone around then that by bringing up their lives-do bigger and better things- they tore their relationships apart. You really didn’t think they cared that much, though. Your grandparents on your mother's side stepped in to raise you at their lake house cottage more north and you were honestly so happy to be with them. They took you to therapy too and felt like it helped a lot.The oven beeped a few times to let you know that it was done heating up.You snapped out of your thoughts you were being consumed by.You turned on your TV, hoping to not slip back into destructive thoughts again. Misty jumped on the couch and cuddled up to you. The grandparents also bought Misty to help with anxiety when you turned twelve and you have been inseparable ever since.“Hi, old mama.” You smiled, petting her long, grey fur. She purred in response.After watching some mindless TV, the oven beeped and you took it out, letting the pizza cool before you dug in.More than half the pizza gone, you were knee-deep in a crime show when you heard a faint droning sound. Looking around your apartment for the source, you felt like it was getting louder. It sounded like something you’d hear in Star Trek, though you’d never really watched it. You made sure your oven was off, TV off, all lights off, using your phone's flashlight to guide your around.‘Electrical fire?’ You worried to yourself. You felt like the noise was so loud your body was vibrating off the ground. Misty’s hair on her back stood as she hissed at your ceiling and ran into your room.You tried to do the same, unsure of what was happening around you when you realized you were actually floating off the ground.Pure terror flooded your senses, unable to do anything else except standing there in shock. You wanted to do more, your body needed you to do more, but you couldn’t move a finger. You felt a gust of airflow up from your feet as you were being raised to the roof of your ceiling, fast. Fearing for your life at this point, you closed your eyes and let out a scream, waiting for the impact to hit.When you felt nothing happen to you, except the temperature change, you slowly peeled your hazel eyes open.You were in a metal room, surrounded by people you’ve never met before. The air around you was cold, you could see every ragged breathe as you huffed and puffed, letting your anxiety take a hold of you.“Hello.” A man in a suit stepped towards you, startling you as his voice echoed throughout the large room.You felt more scared. You just blinked at him while your body was shivering. You were both nervous and freezing.“Hello, I am Kry.” He said again to you, gesturing at himself, a short weasel of a man. His short blonde hair looking so incredibly greasy in the harsh light. “We are here to bring you to the Clash of the Universe as the champion for earth.” He smiled wide, like he was giving you this amazing, awesome thing.This was some type of weird horror movie you thought. ‘Too much sci-fi and conspiracy videos.’ You joked with yourself in your head.“I’m sorry.” You finally spoke up, your voice cracking, nervousness oozing out of your words. “I don’t want to be your champion at this clash thing. I don’t think I’d be a good fit. I almost ate an entire pizza tonight.” You hoped you seemed convincing enough.The man named Kry shook his head. “I’m sorry, my dear, it’s not really something you can get away from. The earth selects only a handful of champions every couple of years and you are the best fit.”“How do you know that? Can’t you ask the other champions if they’d like to play in your game?” You giggle. This is certainly a dream. There’s nothing in this universe called, whatever he called it. There’s no champion. You must have fallen in your apartment or something.You bit the inside of your cheek to see if it’s real. Confident you’d wake up. Instead, you taste the iron in your blood that spreads in your mouth. You gasp quietly.“The champion we chose before you, ended up getting pregnant.” He chuckled, walking closer towards you. “We’ll make sure that doesn’t happen this time.”“Your DNA sample we have is rich with everything needed to be a champion.” His brown eyes, intensely staring into your soul as you felt your body tremble.Suddenly, your arms were handcuffed behind your back and a pathway of lights that led up to a metal table flickered on. Straps of leather were hanging off of it. Frankenstein’s monster needed to be chained up to it, not you.People in suits push you forward as you stumble around. “Please.” You whisper to the man named Kry as they all smirked at you. “Please, who are you?” You stammered, your whole body continues to shake as they pushed you forward.“The government,” Kry says taking something out of his pocket.You felt the need to escape, resisting their pushing and prodding. You were screaming as tears pooled up in your eyes. What was happening? Why you? Why now? You just wanted to go home and sleep this crazy dream away.This was very real and your body was in real danger. You tried to run past the people behind you but it was too late. You felt the surge of pain explode from your side as you dropped to the floor. Your body, still trying to fight, tried to get up again as they shocked you a second time. Your vision became blurred as they picked you up with no effort and strapped you to the disgustingly cold table. You tried one last time to break free with what little courage and strength you had left as you felt the pain explode in your stomach.“Relax babe!” You heard Kry say as you started blacking out. “This will only hurt a bit.”This next bit was a fuzzy blur to you. Hospital gowns, people looking down at you, feeling sick and empty in your stomach, being unable to move. Bright lights, muffled voices also registering in your mind, but you not being able to do anything about it. In and out. Out and in. Consciousness was something you couldn’t keep for long. This was the true dream part. You were so drugged you couldn’t recognize anyone if you tried. You didn’t fight this part at all.You awoke to a different icy room as you shivered your drug-induced sleep away. You were strapped into the bed. An IV was in your left hand and an oxygen strap around your nose. You could finally register things happening around you and it made you increasingly happy.Then you remembered where you were and you wanted to throw up.The man named Kry and a man in a long white coat with a clipboard came into your room as if on cue.“Champion of Earth!” Kry exclaimed happily, sitting at the side of your bed.“Where am I?” You croaked, barely a whisper. You felt like you haven’t spoken in months.“The facility used to prep new champions.” He grinned at you. “It’s kinda like a hospital, I guess.”“Does my family know I’m here?” You asked Kry with worry. He shook his head as your eyes widened.“This is the worst part of my job.” He said looking back to the other man in the room who just stared back at him. “In order for this best-kept secret of the universe to work, we needed to erase all traces of you from everyone’s lives you’ve impacted. So, your family, your teachers, classmates, friends, that ex you have, even your cat's memories had to go. Pictures, things you drew when you were young, scrapbooks, all gone.” He explained to you.You leaned back in the bed. You didn’t know how to process this. You wanted to go back to your apartment so badly. To not be here. Then several things dawned on you.“Can I call them? Do I still have my pictures of them? What’s happening to my apartment? My cat??” You started to raise your voice at him with worry. This was not okay! How were you supposed to be stripped of your life and everything you knew and be okay with it? You glared at the man at the foot of your bed as you leaned forward. “Answer me!” You screamed.He smirked at you with his greasy, weasel grin. “You can call them, but they won’t know who you are. Your cat is going back with your grandparents like she never left. Your apartment is on lockdown right now, we wanted to bring some earth things into your new home so you wouldn’t hate us so much.” He practically sang to you. “You still have all your memories and pictures of them. Do you want me to erase those?” He asked you with his shit-eating grin on his face.“NO!” You yelled at him without hesitation. You felt a single tear fall from the side of your eye and you just sat there, frozen in time. Feeling powerless and numb. Absolutely devastated that you couldn’t see them or speak to them again.“Ah, sometimes it’s more painful to keep them.” He shook his pimple of a head at you. “Alright well, doc here is going to tell you what we did you, just so you know. My assistant will be in with a list of everything happening at your old apartment slash new one later! Rest up, champ, you go for your first day tomorrow.” He happily quips to you, running out the door, patting the doctor on the back.“Here’s a list of what we did to you,” the doctors monotone voice chimes in, not even greeting you. “We enhanced your eyesight making you have 20/20 vision. We rid your stomach and bowels of all impurities. We gave you an awakening pill so your gifts can start manifesting after laying dormant for so long. This pill does have a side effect sometimes, though, your eyes change color to represent the gift you will manifest. Your’s changed from hazel to a forest green. We removed the eggs from your body completely and tied your tubes for good measure. Tubal ligation. We also removed the organs you do not need such as your appendix and gallbladder. And lastly, we cut your stomach in half and boosted your metabolism. We also installed your tracker for your journey in your right wrist.” He finished reading off his clipboard and looked up at you. “Any questions?”“You just did all that without my consent?” You started to get angry again.He blinked at you and nodded.“I could sue you!” You choked back tears as you looked down.“Sterilization of your body happens tomorrow.” He walked towards the door too. “Try to eat. You’ve been out for a week.”Kry’s young assistant, Jeonghwa, came in shortly after everyone had left you alone to stew with your thoughts. ‘I’m over this whole damn world.’ At least she unstrapped you and gave you some jello.She asked you questions about what you wanted and didn’t in your new home from back home.“My couch, my bed, my sheets, my books!” You exclaim to her. “My scrapbooks, any picture you find. Am I allowed to bring all of this?” You are trying to remember everything. She types fast on her little laptop, fingers keeping up with your demands.She looks up at you as you stop. “You can keep whatever you like. That’s our gift to you.” Her little voice squeaks out.“My dishes, my clothes, my...” You continue to list things off to her as you hungrily eat your second jello.Once you are done chatting with her about everything you want, she asks if you wanted a color scheme and you pick your go-to.“Pink, gold and white, please.” You ask her.She types. “You are so humble.” She closes her laptop. “The last champions we’ve had have asked for everything and more.”The night comes, the air is quite around. Very cold still. You walked around that afternoon, not feeling so bad as a nurse held your hand. You moved into your new home tomorrow. An uneasy feeling filled your heart up. You felt your eyelids flutter and sleep embraced you.Light spilled out of the white curtains in your room. You peered through your lashes at the room you’d never see again. You pushed yourself up in your bed, looking at the sunlight spilling in the room. You weren’t really thinking about anything when a nurse walks in your room a helps you out of bed. Sterilization time.White lights and water hoses bore down on your naked frame as your hands struggled in the cuffs above your head. You have been on a conveyor belt of different women doing different things to you in every room for what had seemed like an eternity. You begged that every room would be your last, as your sobs got you nowhere. You had been scrubbed, combed, masked, washed, rinsed, waxed, shoved in a dark room, and repeated twice. You haven’t seen this room before so you hoped it was your last.The water stops and you are dripping, sobbing down into your chest. A gust of wind blows hot on your body over your head. Feeling like you aren’t so cold and wet, the electric belt jerks you through a different room, and a towel is wrapped around your body. Three dark-haired girls prep you as the handcuffs release you.You just stand there and let them drape you in a white sack, the brown leather rope being tied around your body as they fixed the cloth around you. One girl tied your hair in a braid, finishing it as it fell over your shoulder hitting your middle back. One put a large white flower behind your ear at the start of the braid.They hurried around in such a rush and you didn’t notice a woman in a blue jumpsuit cuff your hands behind your back loosely.You whipped around as they sprayed a sweet-smelling perfume in front of your face. The woman was tall and had short, dark curly hair and she just smiles at you.“She doesn’t need to be fixed up that much, right girls?” She questions the worker bees, flying around you both. “My name is Peggisli Ultimatum.” She says as the girls tie shoes to your feet that look like Roman sandals. “But you can just call me Peggy.”“I’m sorry,” You croak out. Your voice was still sore from all you endured earlier. “Who are you?”“Peggy. I’m your new drill sergeant, but we prefer to be called bosses. At the start of each week, you’ll have line up. That basically means you go to your platform, stand at attention on your spot, hold out your wrist,” She points to your wrists cuffed behind you. “When I get to you of course, and I beam up your results and if they are good, you stay. If they are bad, well...” She trails off looking away from you. “Don’t worry, we go a little easier the first couple of weeks. We know it’s hard to adjust. Just do your best. The others have been here five more months than you, so you have some catching up to do.”“Five months!” You breathe, so uneasy. Not sure if you could really do this anymore. You weren’t sure you could really do it in the first place, but you wanted to try and be optimistic at least.“Don’t worry.” She waved her hands dismissing you. “With eyes like those, you’ll surely be a threat.”You hadn’t really had time to look at yourself. You forgot they changed colors. You wondered if everyone has crazy colored eyes. Peggy definitely didn’t.“Okay, are you ready to meet everyone?” She asks you as she moves to the middle of the room to a black platform. “They are excited to meet the new champion for earth.”“Looking like this?” You question her. Her eyes soften as she says, “Lily, spin this girl around!” The girl with the long hair hurries from the corner of the room where they had gathered after finishing with you. She grabs the middle of your handcuffs and slowly turns you to the wall behind you.The whole wall is a mirror and you look at yourself and gasp. You could see your green eyes glowing from here. The white fabric hugging you in the right places with the leather chords keeping you in place. You were free from all body hair as you thought back to your day earlier.“Good? Good!” Peggy quips, suddenly in a rush. “Bring her over, LE.” Small, hard-working hands push you to the middle of the room with Peggy and she grabs your cuffs lightly.“Brace your legs.” She motions a thumbs up and the platform raises. You watch as the girls disappear below you, your reflection in the mirror hard to recognize as you float up into your new life.Tips of shoes and glowing green, yellow, and purple lights fill your gaze. You meet the eyes of people who are in black bodysuits with pops of colors coordinating with the platforms they were standing on. You reached the top and Peggy removes your hands.“The new Champion of Earth!” Peggy roared and everyone in the huge, alien room started to clap.You felt like you were on display, which you technically were. You hoped this fabric wasn’t as thin as you felt like it was.You caught the red eyes of a man who was not clapping for you on the green platform. He glared at you, his dark, thick hair hanging in front of his face, making him seem even more menacing to you. His gaze seemed animal-like. Filled with something carnal. His eyes seemed to draw you in, making you swim in his blood-red pools. You felt the lick of heat rise in your abdomen and you felt the creep of a blush crawling over your face. You realized you were holding your breath and managed to tear your eyes from his unwavering gaze. You didn’t catch the smirk rise from the corners of his mouth as you looked at anything else but him. There was an empty gap next to him and you felt your heart drop into your cut-in-half stomach.The man next to the gap was breathtaking. You felt you just stepped onto a fluffy cloud, heavenly light rays beaming at you. Smile radiating warmth, his deep eyes little half-moons, dimples carved into beautiful pale flesh. He wouldn’t stop staring at you as he ran a hand through his smokey colored grey strands. He continued clapping for you and Peggy ushered you into the gap that was in between what seemed like heaven and hell.“You’ll be in between Mars.” She gestured towards the dark-haired boy, as his eyes narrowed at you. “And Venus.” She gestures to the other boy next to you realizing where you actually were. Venus smiled at you, deep blue eyes searching your now green ones.“La Luna!” Peggy whipped around to the purple platform and a tall, blonde man with glasses stepped forward. “That’s your moon.” She pointed at him. “Show her around will you?”Here it started. Your new life. You felt like you were being reborn, this was some type of cleansing. No more biochemistry. No more Misty. You teared up. No more grandpa or grandma.You were the Earth. You were on your own.

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You heard muffled voices around you; your vision was dark, pitch black. Your eyes were closed and honestly, you didn’t have the strength to open them so you sat there, envisioning what was happening around you. The dream you just had reliving the events that brought you to this place drained you of every good feeling you’ve ever experienced. You felt like you’ve been here before, an eerie feeling crept over your skin. The place you were lying down wasn’t that comfortable so you knew it wasn’t your apartment. The muffled voices started to become clear, all you could do is listen on as you woke up.“When do you think she’ll wake up?” You heard Jungkook ask meekly. There was silence in the room. You wondered how many people were actually here in this space with you.“Hopefully soon so she can cook for me again.” You hear Yoongi’s smirk through his curled lips/“She cooked for you? And you are still alive?” Minhyuk asked, seemingly dumbfounded. ‘Ouch man, that hurts me real deep.’ You fake cry to Tsuki in your head.“She doesn’t seem like the cooking type.” Jimin muses to the room.‘Okay,’ You silently counted. ‘Five people including me are in this room, where ever it may be.’“She seems like the kind of woman you cook for instead you know? Wine and dine her instead of making her slave over a stove” He presses the topic. You weren’t sure if he was trying to flaunt that he was an expert on romance as you heard Yoongi snort loudly.“I can’t help that the Earth is interested in me.” You could hear the smirk in his voice as he mocked Jimin.It was kind of cruel you thought. Jimin has made you dinner and you, in turn, invited two other boys over and cooked them food. ‘I’m sorry I’m the worst Jimin.’ You plead with him in your head. ‘I’ll make it up to you.’“Why would she be interested in you?” You heard Jimin’s pitch rise higher, irritated at the thought of you being any sort of interested in anyone else than himself.Honestly, you didn’t know how you felt about either of them. You wouldn’t care if Jimin carried you back to Venus and made you his bride on the spot. His display of affection and how he could take care of you played over and over in your head, like a broken record.On the other hand, Yoongi’s eyes make you weak. Hell, his whole aura was screaming at you to touch him. You weren’t sure if the opportunity ever presented itself that you wouldn't be able to resist his passionate, red, swirling masses. Or those fingers that could ignite within a nanosecond...“Why wouldn’t she be?” Yoongi chuckled. Pulling you away from a potentially dangerous situation with mind readers. You were quite sure that a cocky smile was plastered all over his face. “We are an elemental dream team. Even the bosses think so. Pairing us up to look after ‘our little bunny.’” You hear Minhyuk giggle at the nickname you’ve given poor Jungkook. “To be honest, she probably likes you, Jungkook, most of all,” Mars says to Jungkook suddenly, drawing him into the conversation. You could practically feel the heat from Jungkook’s cheeks as you heard clothes rustling.“He’s a child.” You could hear the eye roll Jimin was dishing out. “She surely was not thinking about either of you when she was in my room the other night.” Jimin’s tone was so pointed, so clipped, so sure if himself, you weren’t quite sure yourself why he was acting this way. You’ve never experienced it before. Sure, you really haven’t interacted with him in a few hours but that shouldn’t have impacted him like it seems to have, right?“You can feel emotions, right? You tell me what she feels when she looks at you. And when she looks at me. Then we can talk.” For being the fire started that he is, Yoongi’s words were ice cold.“Why are you both acting like this?” Your own voice shocks you, croaking through the sleep stuck in your throat. You acted on impulse, your mouth felt numb. Eyes still closed, feeling awful and weak. Pitiful Champion of Earth.The silence in the air was heavy until Minhyuk broke it with a sigh. You felt someone linger over you and suddenly you were being hugged. You knew it was Jungkook by the way his powerful arms felt. Safe and sound. Weren’t you supposed to be protecting him, not the other way around? Oh, your bunny’s arms felt like home. You nuzzled into his neck and breathed in how he smelt, light and fresh. Like vanilla and citrus.“Bunny.” You weakly called out. He pushed one of his hands to cradle the back of your head and you went to do the same as you realized you were restrained.“Can you untie me, bunny?” You ask him sweetly, finally opening your eyes, peeling away from his embrace.It hits you all at once, your senses overwhelmed. This is the room where they told you were sterile. You were back here? What organs did they harvest from you now? You felt your eyes widen in fear. This is not what you wanted to wake up to. You could feel yourself start to hyperventilate, straining against the ties around you. You struggled to wiggle out of the restraints with little to no avail. You looked around in a panic. Everyone was getting up from their seats, running to help you. You tried to find something to ground you. Your anxiety was spiking and you didn’t have anything to bring you back down. Yoongi pressed the nurse call button as Jimin was touching your arm lightly, trying to calm you down, nothing was working.The room was spinning, your heart was beating so fast you thought it might burst. You couldn’t control the way your body started to shake. You wanted to be free and run far away from this nightmare-inducing place. Your eyes found Jungkook, his dark eyes wide with panic for you.Jungkook embraces you again and started to sing you a song softly, you were trying to figure out the foreign, alien language but you really had no idea what he was saying. You felt your body come down off your anxiety high. Black edges were trickling into your vision. You were slipping back into sleep as Jungkook finished the song. Your eyelids were so heavy, you could feel them fluttering. Then suddenly your back to being out cold.**Jungkook’s POV**“What happened?” Jungkook asked, body trembling from the adrenaline rush he just received from all the commotion. Releasing the woman he admired from his grasp.“How much do you think she heard?” Jimin asks, running a hand through his hair, looking very concerned at the floor, ignoring Jungkook’s staggered breaths.“Knowing Earth, all of it.” Earth’s moon chimes in. “I thought you told me you confessed? Or were going to?” He then looks at Jimin as he nods. Smokey grey strands covering his soft crescent moon eyes.“It’s true.” He whispered to the floor, this time his eyes were wide, unsure.The silence in the air was deafening again. Jungkook got the feeling that he was caught in the middle of something. He wasn’t sure what though. That made his blood boil.“You confessed what?” Jungkook heard Yoongi ask him, monotone. This was going to get ugly, he thought. The tension in the room was unbearable. He hated this awful gut-wrenching feeling his stomach was producing.“Why don’t we take this in the hall so she doesn’t wake up?” Jungkook asked the room as they all turned to him at once. They all exchanged knowing glances and decided that they would leave her alone. “But what if she wakes up and has another episode?” Jungkook actually thought about his question through a little and he realized that she might, in fact, have another freak-out, especially if someone wasn’t there.“You just want to be alone with her.” Jimin points out. Jungkook shakes his head frantically side to side.“No, I promise I’m not. But I don’t want her to wake up and be without someone. Besides, I have no idea what you are talking about.” Jungkook states a matter of factually. They all again look around and nod their heads in agreement.“We’ll be down the hall in the visitor's room. Find us if she wakes up.” Yoongi spins on his heels and waves.Jungkook slumped in his chair. Everyone around him was exhausting. Except her. He glanced back to Earth who was resting peacefully in the hospital bed, still fully restrained.It had been two days since she fought with Jupiter. The bosses had decided she won and true to her word, the boss lady threw Jupiter and Uranus out of the competition. They elevated her straight into the top ten after their little showdown. He was scared they weren’t going to crown her the winner, especially since the bolt of lightning she threw down to kill him barely missed him. Although, she did not leave unscathed. He had broken her left hip with his insane power gift. He also juried several of her ribs, nose, and cheekbone. She was already healing incredibly quickly, nose and jaw and some of the ribs back in place. The bruising hasn’t subsided though, her beautiful face was littered with pockets of black and blue, purple swirling around the bruising galaxy. The alien drugs they were pumping throughout her body were healing her at an alarming rate.She stirred, mumbling in her sleep. He reached out to touch the hair on her forehead, tucking it behind her ear. He looks down at her, studying the way her lips looked divine in her sleep, his desire to touch hers to his shot through the roof.“She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” A voice Jungkook doesn’t recognize makes him jump, spinning around to be met with a new group of boys. The incredibly handsome, tall boy walking towards him smiled, dimples forming in his cheeks. His eyes seemingly disappeared as he extended his hand to Jungkook to shake it firmly. “Hello there. I’m Kim Namjoon, I’m representing Mercury.” His light brown locks were slicked back, sides shaved close to his head, he was dressed very casually.“N-nice to meet you.” Jungkook stammered nervously, eyes darting around. He wished Yoongi was here to make him feel not so nervous. That was one thing he did like about Yoongi, he never let anyone walk all over him. Or Earth. He glanced at her again, making sure she was still sleeping. Her chest rose and fell and he knew that she was not waking up any time soon.“You’re the new 55 Cancri?” The boy with wide shoulders walked over to Jungkook, his arm raised too. His violet eyes and dark hair were striking, rivaling Jimin’s handsome features. “Kim Seokjin, Pluto.” His big lips turned into a polite smile.“Yes, hello. Nice to meet you.” Jungkook shyly states to all of them.“Oh, you’re Mars’ new buddy!” The boy with the platinum hair giggles behind Seokjin. “I saw you in the showers yesterday.” His wings behind him stretched out slightly. “That’s amazing you got him to hang out with you!”“Ew!” The boy with the cherry red hair walked up to Jungkook and the blonde boy now shoulder to shoulder. “Taehyung, no stalking people during their bath time.” He grins sheepishly at Jungkook. “Jung Hoseok. I’m here for Saturn.” He exclaims, touching his fingertips to his white t-shirt clad chest in excitement. “And this weirdo is Kim Taehyung.” He points to the winged man who shoots Jungkook a wide, boxy smile.“Neptune!” Taehyung exclaims again, pointing to himself this time.There was a lull in the conversation, the silence wasn’t really comforting right now.“Sooooo...” Hoseok started up again, his focus was still on Jungkook. “What are you doing here?” He asks Jungkook, as he looks back a forth at the girl lying in the bed next to him and Jungkook.“Making sure she’s okay.” He states, shrugging his shoulders. “She woke up, but then she freaked out. I was worried she’ll do it again.”A pause in the conversation happened again as Jungkook shuffled around nervously. “W-what are you doing here?” Jungkook stammers the question at them.“Just visiting,” Namjoon says cooly, taking a step towards the bed, hands thrust in his jean pockets, gaze never shifting from her. “She seems to have a spell over all of us.” He grinned wickedly at her body causing a chill to run down Jungkook’s spine.She shifted in the bed, tilting her head and whispering softly into the quiet room, “Bunny...” The room froze as they all shifted their gaze from the bed to Jungkook. He flattered under the weight of the stares.“Bunny?” Hoseok questioned the group with a disgruntled look on his face.“Oh,” Namjoon chuckles. “You are in deep.” His dark eyes were boring into Jungkook’s and he wasn’t sure if he was a human or prey at this point.“Ah!” Exclaimed Taehyung. “You’re Bunny!” He yelled across the room pointing at Jungkook, finally realizing who she was mumbling about. He was surely blushing now. His social anxiety at all-time high. He wasn’t used to being civilized with other people, especially males, especially about his territory. What should be his territory.“You’re so loud, Taehyung!” Seokjin elbowed him in the gut. He stumbled but smiled, stifling giggles under his hands.“Well, I came by to give her some soup,” Seokjin said handing Jungkook a little bag filled with treats from her planet. “Give that to her the second she wakes up.” He wags a finger at the young boy. Jungkook nods at him. Seokjin was pushing the other boys who were becoming rowdy over to the door, waving goodbyes. “Well, come back later!”Namjoon snapped his head back to Jungkook attention. “You’ve got some competition in the wanting to get her claimed department.” He grins the wicked grin at the young boy again. Jungkook cocked his head in confusion.“You are in love with her.” He gestured to Earth lying in blissfully unaware sleep.Jungkook was in shock. He was? “I am?” He asked the tall man as he just shook his head yes. He had never felt the things he had before, true. She made him feel so safe, secure,....loved. He was dizzy from thinking about the idea of it.“You are, indeed, head over heels for her.” Namjoon smirked as he walked away. “Don’t fight your feelings for her, but you do realize you aren’t the only one that has fallen deep for her.”Jungkook stood there, dumbfounded, thinking of all the things Namjoon had just said to him. Mulling it over and over in his head as she softly whispered Jungkook’s name again, his heart swelled with glee. She was dreaming about him and he was so incredibly happy about that. For the first time in his life, he could be loved.*Yoongi’s POV*Yoongi led the way to the visitor's room in the dimly lit hospital. It was getting late now, he wondered if the staff would kick them out or let them stay longer. Yoongi had been visiting here every day after training, he hoped she’d wake up if he squeezed her hand or the mere presence of him would jolt her awake. It never happened, but, today he finally got to see those bright green eyes...He stopped thinking when he saw the group that was approaching them.“Fancy running into you here.” Jimin almost snarled at Mercury from behind Yoongi. Namjoon just smirked.“I’m here to see how the Champion of Earth is doing.” He raises his eyebrows in mock surprise, tone was sickly sweet. “I heard Jupiter left her looking worse than death.”“Yeah what a pity the lightning didn’t hit him.” Yoongi smirked at Namjoon. “I wonder what made her miss?” Yoongi’s question rung in the groups ears for a moment, realizing what he had actually asked.“You wouldn’t dare manipulate her.” Jimin, again, was acting out like a possessive boyfriend, rather than JUST a friend.Namjoon dropped his smile and walked almost chest to chest with Jimin. “Don’t act like you are not above manipulating people.” He growled low, tone pointed at Jimin.“I would never make her feel things she doesn’t want to.” Jimin sneered at Namjoon, who raised his eyebrows at him. He thrust his hands in his pockets as he walked coldly past Jimin, turning to say, “I’m not talking about her.” He continued to walk as his pose behind him shyly stalks behind him, into Earth's room.Yoongi was a little more than irritated at the whole exchange. The heat from inside his body was simmering to the top of his skin. Kim Namjoon was not a bad person, just a hard one to get along with. He wasn’t sure whether he should throw a fireball at the back of his tall head or just swallow his pride and move along. He’d probably expect him to lash out anyways. They all do.Ever since he was young, Yoongi had to have a check on his emotions and feelings, to not be an emotional mess. When he was young he couldn’t. He was a being of fire and ash. Destruction would happen if he didn’t watch how he reacted to things when he was emotional. So, he had to resort to never showing emotions, never letting anyone in. Cutting himself off from feeling. Just controlling bits and pieces of his internal rage. His sense of humor becoming warped and serious as he slowly learned to never trust anyone. Not a single soul.They reached the visitor's room. Yoongi took the chair by the fake window as Jimin and Minhyuk sat across from him on the couch. The heavy silence in the air was maddening.Jimin sighed and ran a hand through his smokey locks. “I told her I was into her,” Jimin admits under his breath. His body was stiff with tension, his knuckles turning white from gripping his own hand too hard.Yoongi’s first reaction was to set his hair on fire. But, he decided against that one. Earth would probably be really angry if he did that to Venus.His second reaction was to come clean about his intentions, but, he too decided against that one as well. He couldn’t trust them with his feelings. He couldn’t even trust himself with those things.“Ah, I see.” Was all he could say. His curiosity getting the best of him, though, breaking down he asked Jimin, “And what did she say?” Yoongi crossed one of his legs over the other, slinging his arm across the couch. Trying to seem casual, knowing that they’d probably call his bluff.Jimin sighed a second time and he ran a hand through his hair. “She said she didn’t know how she felt.” He confessed. “And she wasn’t lying.” He was staring at the floor, unable to look at Yoongi.“Is there a reason you both are agreeing to talk about her so civilized?” Minhyuk joined in finally.It really wasn’t a secret. Both men had feelings for her. She was either dense or just plain naive to their advances. Jimin has been more upfront and aggressive with his feelings, Yoongi hadn’t really had the courage to put himself out there. It terrified him, frightened him in fact that he could be rejected. He honestly didn’t want to think about it. But, Jimin has already gotten close to her. Too close. And now Yoongi’s training assignment was somehow in the picture too. Yoongi’s subtle approach to romance was not working out like he thought.The day she got here, both men fell over heels for her in the physical looks department. Getting to know her solidified the fact of their true feelings and they knew neither of them was sharing.They were also nearing the end of their mating seasons. Yoongi has never had any sort of mate before. He was sure Jimin has. How could the son of the goddess herself not have a mate by now? They each needed to claim someone soon. If they didn’t their opportunity to breed would be long gone. And they had both chosen the same planet to fall wormholes through for. They formed a verbal pact two weeks into her being here that stated whoever she chooses, essentially, wins. No hard feelings, no more fighting, nothing.Minhyuk was well aware of this little pact, being the witness and Earth’s closest friend. Usually, they clawed at the chance to be anywhere near here, the civilized points of the pact. And honestly, Yoongi thought Minhyuk likes being caught up in all their drama, never breathing a word to Earth.“I haven’t told her anything.” Yoongi states cooly. “So, that’s why I’m being civilized.” There. Done. Let’s move on. She hasn’t chosen anyone yet so he still had time, right? Right?

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-Monday-Your moon, they called him la Luna, showed you where the female showers were, the lineup room, the hallway to the training grounds, bosses hallway, the marketplace, the currency counter, his room, and circled all the way back to your room.He was tall, lanky, very pale. You thought he was almost translucent. Purple veins swirling around, sticking out, visible under his skin. He walked with such a nonchalant attitude that you kind of envied. His silver-blonde disheveled hair swinging as he walks, glasses sliding down his long, broad nose as he explains the facility to you, never smiling.“So when they talk about the moon, do they talk about you?” You smile slyly as he hands you the key card after showing you how to work it.His icy grey eyes narrowed at you as he looked down at you with disgust. “When they talk about the man on the moon, they are referring to my father.” He pushes his glasses up.“I thought the moon was a woman?” You question him. You weren’t lying. You genuinely thought after everyone refers to the moon on earth as a woman, why shouldn’t you?His frown deepens. “That’s my mother.” He snaps. “ I’m Lee Minhyuk, the oldest son of those god-like creatures.” He sneered at you.You look away towards the ground, worried you’ve offended the first other champions you’ve met.“I’ve got my training to go to,” he turns his back to you and walks away. “Don’t forget that you have limited water when showering.”You guessed that was the end of the tour then.You used your key card that was similar to a hotel key and pushed your way through the big metal door. Why was everything cold and metal here? Where were you anyway? What really happened to the last champion?You snap yourself out of those thoughts as you scan your new living area.The walls are white with a trim of gold. As you step away from your shoe area (where you are pleased to see your shoe rack here), you are met with a long kitchen counter that circles the wall. There are two pink plated bar stools with gold legs in front of you. In your kitchen, you have a fridge, a sink, an oven, and a dish rack. There are several other cabinets lining the top and bottom of the circular counter.There was a hallway that separated your “living room” to your kitchen. No room for a desk or table in this big open room. Your white pleather couch was here from back home, as well as your coffee table and some books on it. There was a brand new light pink bookshelf pressed up against the outer wall, sitting under a window. You figured it wasn’t a real window but it felt more like an apartment that you had one.The wall to your left when you came in was this “hologram” wall. You weren’t sure what it was, but it looked like a giant touch screen on a phone. You walk down the narrow hall in the middle of the room to find on your left is a very tiny bathroom with a sink and toilet and that was it. To the right was a closet filled with your linens and cleaning supplies you requested. There was a room leading into what you figured was your actual room and you are correct.Your queen-sized bed sitting on a low frame with your favorite pink sheets was to the left of you, the headboard hugging the wall in the corner. A new nightstand with your funky lamp from IKEA looking slightly out of place here. A fake window greeted you as you walked through the door. To the right was a small walk-in closet with all your clothes from home. Black jumpsuits with green piping down the sides, like you saw earlier, were your training suits, you guessed. Shoes and socks with the same colors were under them. There were seven of the suits in total. One of every day of the week.You run through the tiny apartment and are surprised everything was there, neatly, where it should belong. You hoped you could keep it clean.The hologram wall flashed at you signaling it was ‘December 24th, 12:00PM.’You realized you’ve been away from home a week and a half. Tomorrow was Christmas. No friends. No family.You were alone.You felt like all the air in the room was strangling you. You dropped to your knees, clawing at your throat as you wailed. You felt like every breath was a stab wound on your body, it hurt much more than being tased. You felt the world tumbling around you. You were Alice and this was your rabbit hole.You scream at the floor in a fetal position, making yourself try and feel better. The reality was setting in. You hated this. Hated this place. Hated yourself for wishing for more adventures.You sobbed and sobbed until you could cry no more on the carpet of your new home. Your hair was tear-stained now as it hung limply over your shoulder. Tears falling onto the rough, scratchy carpet below you. You hated them for taking things from your body that you needed...or wanted.You hiccup. Did you want kids? You’ve never really thought about it before. You’ve only dated one boy and it lasted eight months until you saw him cheating with another girl.You feel yourself calming down. You had to have known this was coming. You had outbursts of crying episodes occasionally back on the planet Earth, why would here be different? With everything happening, did you blame yourself?You flipped over, lying on your back, looking at the light above you. You felt like your eyes were swollen and you sniffled. ‘Maybe I should take a shower huh?’ You groaned, getting up. You stalked into your bathroom and were shocked by how bad you managed to make yourself look. Hair was sticking out all over the place, wet in some areas. The braid was hanging on for dear life, the white cloth was wrinkled, lifting in the weirdest places. Eyes, puffy and swollen, ready for bed.You quickly looked under your sink and found a little gold shower caddy with a pink luffa, your sunshine shower gel, and matching body lotion, as well as your requested hair care products.Not thinking you could stand the sight of this white robe wrapped around your body anymore, you walked into your closet, tearing your shoes off as well as ripping the cloth from your body.You shudder as you felt the air hit you. Why are you so cold always? You gasp looking at your wrist where the doctor said he inserted the tracker, noticing, finally, that there was no scar or mark. Just your wrist. You slapped your stomach, a gasp escaping your lips as you ran naked to the mirror to look at yourself.Nothing. Nothing different or out of place, besides your eyes. It looked like you had colored contacts in. You don’t think you could get used to them. But this is the new you. New life. New you. And it’s almost the end of the year. Perfect. Human you would be jumping for joy over a prospect of a new life. New, alien you was not the thrilling adventure that you were seeking. Yet, here you are.You walk back to the closet and search for the robe that your grandma had bought you when you first moved into your apartment on Earth. It was red, even though you would have preferred pink, but you still love it nonetheless. Your fuzzy cheetah print slips were going to make you stand out like a sore thumb.You didn’t see anyone in the showers and you were honestly kind of happy. You took the shortest shower you could. Embarrassed to be in a dorm situation again, even though they were empty. You fluffed your hair in a towel and threw it up in a sloppy bun.Walking back into the hall, you felt refreshed as you rounded the corner away from the showers, you bump into someone.“Oh!” You exclaim, taken aback. “I’m sorry- I didn’t mean to hit you.” You say looking at the person you just shoulder checked, living in your own world.“No worries. Sorry, I was spacing out, ha ha, didn’t see you there!” The owner of the light, clear voice chuckled, grinning the most dazzling smile that rivaled that heavenly boy you stood next to earlier. His cherry red hair shook around his face as he laughs. His light brown eyes seemed to twinkle and you thought that maybe you bumped into him harder than you thought, making your head spin.His eyes bulged, realizing who you were, looking at you in shock, dropping his smile. “Oh, hey! You’re the new girl, right? From Earth? I stand three down from you!” He puts a hand out for you to shake it. “I’m Jung Hoseok, I’m here for Saturn.” He beams a bright smile at you again. You want to shield your eyes away from him, because he’s so darn bright, but you shake his hand instead.“I’m just a nobody from Earth.” You chuckle at him, giving him your best smile.“Nice meeting you, nobody!” He teases, dropping your hand, suddenly. “Ew! Sorry I stink, I gotta go!” He grimaces, rushing behind you to disappear in the men’s showers in a flash.You arrive back in your room and buried yourself in your sheets. They smelt like home and you snuggled into them deeper. Your eyes fluttered and you let yourself slip into the dream world.-Tuesday-You awaken Tuesday afternoon to eat. Your fridge and cabinets were stocked with several selections of your favorite foods. You settled on your favorite snack food. You opened the salsa jar with a pop and scooped the savory treat into your mouth.After your lunch, you stalk back to bed. You wanted to sleep more and if no one was stopping you, you were going to do it. You slept the rest of Christmas Day away.-Wednesday-You woke up early Wednesday morning, stomach growling for some real food. You make some eggs and toast as your hologram wall glowed. ‘December 26. 5:47AM’ You finish your food, cleaned up, gingerly making your way over to the hologram wall.You try to figure out all this alien technology. You got the hang of it pretty quickly. You had a ton of free movies and music from back home on here which made your heart leap. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all. You noticed the little notification box that looked like a mailbox app on a phone. You pressed it as it glowed dimly with a little red ‘one’ blinking next to it.The message pops up. The sender said Minhyuk. Your stomach drops hoping you aren’t in trouble.‘Are you surviving? I knocked on your door last night but there was no answer. You want to go to training tomorrow? I can show you around and what to do, if you want. I will not offer again. Merry Christmas. Lee Minhyuk- Your Moon.’You cocked your head to the side. You didn’t think he really gave any shits about you, but you smiled to yourself. Excited that you kind of had a friend. You press the reply button and typed him a thank you and asked when and where you should be ready. You smelt yourself and grimaced. You HAVE to take a longer shower.The showers weren’t that busy and you were grateful. Getting over your fear of being viewed by strangers, you practically skipped down the hallway. You passed a door on the way back to your room with loud music wafting through the walls.Minhyuk replied to your message and you were relieved you could figure out this crazy wall. ‘7:00AM. The hallway to the training grounds. Wear your training suit and shoes. Put your hair up too.’You zipped up the jumpsuit up over your chest and looked in your mirror in your bathroom. Not bad. Not that great either. You didn’t really care about what you looked like anyway. You tied your hair up in a ponytail, grabbed your key card, and took off.Minhyuk looked extra elongated, standing with his arms folded, propped up against the wall. His tracksuit was similar to yours but was piped in purple, not green. People in jumpsuits filed in down the long hallway. You didn’t stick out like a sore thumb this time.“Hi.” You approached him with a sheepish grin on your face.“Hello. Did you get enough sleep?” He asked you sarcastically with a shit-eating grin.“The first Christmas I didn’t get out of bed early.” You smiled, shrugged, shook your head. “I guess Santa doesn’t deliver here.” He just smirked down his nose at you, glasses shifting lower. You could tell that you’d get along just fine.You walk with him up the hallway to where the training grounds where located. These hallways were so long, you could barely see the end with your naked eye. As you walked into the area, people ran past you, a few at pretty high speeds rushes of wind hitting your face. Your eyebrows shot up in surprise when you arrived. A humongous glass dome housed with several different terrain locations made you gasp softly. He pointed out the gyms and they had an actual pool for the people with water gifts or if you just wanted to swim laps. He walked you over to the largest terrain location which just looked like a patch of dried up ground that spanned at least three football fields in length.“The flatland, here, is where we do most of our training.” He gestured to the space. It was free of any loose rocks and dirt. Just flat dried up ground.“Now, what IS training?” You cocked your head up to the side when you question him.“Training could be a lot of different things. You do an hour of required exercise together, then you can do whatever you want. We are required to do five hours every day at least. But it’s pretty much free time on your own for the next four.” He explains to you, talking with his hands. Pretty dramatic, you thought.“Every Friday is a mandatory sparring tournament, that’s how you make money. The better you place, the better your money is, then you buy stuff in the marketplace.” Makes sense, you guessed. This was like a job, except you had to go through a pretty lengthy, and unnecessary interview process. You both line up next to each other while people filled the space around you.“Don’t worry, they’ll go easy on you your first week here.” He gave you a little grin. You weren’t sure if you should believe him or not.“Wait, what are these gift things I keep hearing about?” You ask him with raised brows. He rubs his chin, trying to think about how to explain it to you.“I guess they are kind of like powers.” He sighed, not thinking of a better way to describe it to you. “It lies dormant in people on your planet and several others, no doubt because they are animals and can’t be trusted.” His eyes narrow as you chuckle, ponytail swinging behind you.“You aren’t wrong!” You agree with laughter. “So, everyone is different?” You press him for more information.“Yes and no. Take for example mind readers. Two people can read your mind. One might only be able to do that, the other could project thoughts, control you, communicate, the list goes on and on. People with physical and elemental abilities are like that too. There are generally three groups of gifts: mental, physical, and elemental.”“So what kind do you have?” You press the topic, interested to figure out more about him.“Ah, I technically have a mental one, but it limits me physically.” Fewer people filed in the room, you figured it was almost time to start. “I can manifest small things through my stomach but it takes a toll on my body.”“That’s pretty useful!” You state to him. He simply nods. The boy with the cherry-red hair catches your gaze a few lines ahead of you, laughing at with a beautiful tall boy with dimples. You tap Minhyuk on his arm, pointing to him. “What can he do?” You whisper.“Saturn?” He asks down at you with confusion and scrunches his nose in thought. “I think he is a polymorph.”“Come again?” You blink as you can feel the sunshine radiating from him, standing ten feet away.“You know, a polymorph. They can turn into several different things and have several different powers.” He raises an eyebrow at your lack of gift knowledge.An alarm chimes and everyone stands at attention in their lines, hands behind their backs, and you do the same. You hoped you had an awesome ability like that.With everyone lined up, you stretched and did some light exercises, not even realizing the hour had turned. Everyone disperses from where they were. Some of them tapping their wrists. Minhyuk did the same and caught your curious gaze.“Tap your wrist for water.” He states, like you were supposed to know. A little drone came by and handed you a large water bottle with a mechanical arm.“You can only tap it for water in here.” He says after taking a few sips. “So what are you going to do today, Earth?”Surprised slightly by your new nickname, you remind yourself that you are representing Earth and you needed to get some stamina up. “Is there a running track here?” You ask him. He gave you an amused look.He led you over to the small running track and parted ways with you. He was going to test his gift in a snowy, cold terrain to see if it was any different than in a normal setting.“Sounds fun!” You wave goodbye to him and walked over to the running track. You stretched a bit more and started a brisk jog. Your ponytail swaying behind you as you ran, dreaming about kind of ability you were going to have. You hoped for something fun like flying or maybe something like telekinesis. Lost in your thoughts, rounding the corner of the track, you didn’t realize the foot you were about to trip over.You felt yourself fall over a shoe, hands coming forward, turning yourself away from the impact of the track surface. You scraped the side of your cheek as your body slumped to the ground.“Oops.” You heard a sarcastic, bright voice talk down to your trembling body. You tried to get up but felt a shoe come down hard on your lower back. “I didn’t see you there.”You could see her tall body in the artificial lights as she towers over you. Short, curly blonde hair, hot pink curled lips, and green on her tracksuit. Brown eyes glaring as she sneered at you.You felt the tears welling up in your eyes. The sting on your cheek hurt like the worst rug burn you’ve ever gotten in your life. You could feel the blood oozing from the side of your face as you laid on the ground, helpless.“You don’t have to be so mean all the time, Uranus.” A deep, playful voice came to your rescue as the foot was removed off your back.“Suck a dick, Neptune.” She scoffed and walked away to a group of giggling girls in purple suits.You pushed yourself up, on your knees, looking for the owner of the voice as a large hand stretched out in front of you. You look up to see a platinum blonde man with a wide, boxy smile to be the owner of that voice. You smiled at him and placed your hand in his. Once you got to your feet, you notice how something tall, fluffy, and white moves behind him. No... way….“Are...are those wings?” You stammer, pointing behind him. His light blue eyes sparkle as he looks behind himself. He looks back at you and grins again. He outstretches them and you felt your mouth fall to the floor in wonder. How amazing. Perfect, smooth, alabaster wings flapped around you. You feel like you’ve seen the most awesome thing on this planet.“They’re beautiful.” Your wide eyes finally gaze back to his face and he’s blushing.“Ah, thank you.” He grins. “I’m Kim Taehyung, Neptune, by the way. I know you already, you’re the new Earth.” He says, squeezing the hand you didn’t know you were holding. You dropped it and looked away.“Are you hurt?” He asks, looking concerned at your cheek.“It stings, but as long as I’m not dripping blood, I’ll be okay.” You go to touch your cheek, but he shakes his head no.“Come,” he gestures for you to follow him. “I’ll take you to Pluto. He’s a healer.”Taehyung tells you a lot about everything, excitingly. You could barely keep up with the conversation. He was talking about his favorite routines he did here when you stumbled on a dark-haired man in a field of flowers. He was doing some light push-ups. Sweat dripping off his nose into the ground.“Seokjinnie-hyung!” Taehyung yells over to the man in the flowers. He stops what he’s doing and stands up, coming over to greet you two while taking a drink of water. You gulped as you felt the air leave your body.His tall frame and wide shoulders in that suit had you melting. His puffy lips, breathing hard as he was stopped from his workout. Violet eyes glued to you, making you nervous, for some reason.“Seokjinnie, this is my new friend, Earth.” Taehyung pats your shoulder then states, dropping his voice very low, “Uranus tripped her.”The man in front of you ran a hand through his sweaty hair, shifting it over to the side and you were so mesmerized by the action.“Taehyung, how many times do I have to tell you? I’m not a healer.” He sighs. He pulls out a large band-aid from his suit pocket, and opens it, approaching you. You stood, shocked on the spot, as he places the band-aid over your cheek. His face sitting on the same level as yours, he looked into your panicked eyes, then winked. You felt like steam was coming out of your ears. Man, was he beautiful? Everyone was beautiful here!“You’ll need to clean that so it won’t get infected, okay?” He says to you with a small smile on his puffy lips.“See? All healed!” Taehyung flashes you a boxy smile and you return it.“Kim Seokjin.” The dark-haired man gingerly held his hand out to you. You shook it, feeling dizzy at his touch.You spent the next four hours working out with the two of them. Taehyung did most of the talking as you and Seokjin huff and puff next to him. Seokjin cracked some jokes as you asked them about the place you are all held captive.“Just don’t piss anyone off, including the bosses, and you’ll be fine.” Seokjin stood as you were sitting legs crossed in the field. Taehyung next was to you, on his back, panting after your group cool-down stretches.Beads of sweat dripping off all of you. You tapped your wrist and the little flying drone came by again.“Thank you.” You told the drone out of polite habit. You gulped water down as the boys looked at each other, amused.-Thursday-You confidently walked toward your room from training that day with a gaggle of people flooding into the hall around you. You were getting the hang of it here, even though it had been a short time. You were sure that your new friends would look out for you if need be.“Mars!” you heard someone shout. The sound of feet ragging moving closer and closer to you echoed off the sleek, metal walls.You saw a flash of black as you squeezed your eyes shut, embracing the impact of someone hitting you at full force from the front.You landed flat on your ass as a boy with dark hair trips over you, coming face to face with his. You couldn’t help but stare at his fiery pools of molten lava he had for eyes. Your eyebrows shot to your forehead, pure shock was written all over your face, you were sure of it. His eyebrows were knitted together, creasing his pale flesh. His short breaths were fanning your face as his tongue darted out to lick his lips.‘What a beautiful man.’ You thought to yourself as his red masses were locked onto yours with apprehension.“Did you just not see me coming or…?” This man shocked you at his annoyed, lazy tone. You blinked back in response, unsure of how to tell him he ran into you. “Do you just like the floor?” People were shuffling around you two on the ground as a boy with the grey hair finally catches up to the sight.“Ah, ha!” He exclaimed pointing to the boy on the floor. “Gotcha! Hand it over!” He grins wide, eyes disappearing into his ethereal, handsome face as he looks from him to you. He extended a hand to you as the intense looking boy got up from crouching over you. His soft, wide smile never flattered as you gingerly accepted his warm hand. He looked at you with what you can only assume is adoration, but, that can’t be right. You don’t even know who this person is or why he’s choosing not to let go of your hand...‘This must be an angel.’ You swore to yourself in your head. ‘If only this was a cartoon! I swear my eyes would be heart-shaped and bursting out of my skull by now.’His eyes softened, revealing under beautiful dark lashes stunning dark blue eyes. No, more like a rich cobalt. He finally dropped your hand. He ran that same hand he was holding through his silky, smokey locks.‘This is the land of the most stunning creatures.’ You were swooning. You needed to stop staring. Did they know you were looking at them both so intently?The boy with the hair as pigmented as the night sky cleared his throat, fist coming to emphasize his action. The boy with the grey hair suddenly looked around frazzled, until his gaze locked with the other. The crowd in the hallway was thinning out now, hardly anyone was here. Grey-haired angel reaches his palm out again, this time extended in the direction of the dark-haired one. He sighs as he hands a thick silver ring back to the smug-looking crescent moon-eyed angel as he walks away, hands thrust in his pockets. You both watch him leave as nothing is said.“Uh, hi.” You finally work up the courage to say, really drinking him. He was on the shorter side, but he oozed sex appeal and confidence. His green lined training suit was hitting him in all the right areas. He slipped his now recovered ring back on his right-hand pointer finger as he gazed at you.“So,” His voice like clear crystal. “You’re the new Earth, huh?” He once more extended his hand to you in a handshake motion. “Venus.” He whimsically sighed. “But,” his tone grew dark, borderline salacious. “You can call me Jimin.”-Friday-“Minhyuk,” You muse to him after your exercises, before the match. “What happened to the last Earth?”It’s been plaguing your mind. They are the reason you are here now. Did they fail? Didn’t that weasel of a man say the one before you got pregnant? Is that even possible with the alien species? It’s not like you could find out anytime soon…He almost chokes on the water he’s sipping down. He turns his head ever so slightly and coughs. Your eyebrows raise with his reactions.“She uh….” He trails off, eyes darting around, not finding yours. “She got, uh, pregnant.”“By who?” You drop your pitch lower.“I don’t know.” He shakes his head, looking incredibly serious. “Rumor has it it’s Helios.”“Who’s Helios?” You glance around the room trying to pinpoint anyone who fits, but you had no description this far.Minhyuk leans lower to you, whispering in your ear, “Don’t make it obvious, but, look to your left. His hair is white with an undercut...He’s in an orange suit. He leans away from you, trying not to seem obvious, going back to drinking his water. You casually stretch to your left, hoping it seems like part of your cool down as you scan the immediate area for said person.There, stretching on the ground a few feet away from you was the co-conspirator as to why you were here. His hair was slicked back to reveal a clean undercut, the color was almost more pure than snow. He was lean, with trim muscle under his suit, no doubt. The orange in his suit was so fitting to you for some reason. His dark eyebrows were knit together in concentration as he reached for his foot with his hands. Soft amber eyes were focused on the task at hand.You wondered what the Earth before you was like. Did she get to go home? Did she get to make the same friends? Would she ever see Helios again?Questions flew through your mind, as you mindlessly followed Minhyuk to stand in on the sidelines of the flatland. A voice was talking as people’s hands shot up around you, volunteering to fight for payday.Minhyuk nudges your shoulder, pulling you from your thoughts as the man you were just muddling over was moving to the center of the arena. His opponent was a very large man with a gas mask covering his face.A woman shouted through a microphone at them to begin.White bursts of light emitted from the man with the slicked-back hair. His large opponent was stunned as he shielded his eyes from the hot, white light. Helios snapped his hands as flames of lightning poured out of them. The man with the mask roared to life and started to swing his arms at the smaller, more deadly man. Helios the streaming lightening up to the man as it brunt through his dirty flesh. The large man cried out pathetically as he begged for his life to be spared.Helios snapped his arms again making the light stop as the woman on the microphone claims him the winner of this round. The large man was then taken away by (a lot) of robots towards a hospital you hoped.Helios walks past you in line. His golden, amber eyes side eyed yours as you could feel yourself stiffen up. For a glance that lasted maybe a second, it left you feeling incredibly unsure of yourself.You were not made to be here.

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You were awakened by a loud, ungodly sound as it fevers in your ears, forcing you to be released from your slumber. Turning to see who was producing that racket, you see it’s none other than Jung Hoseok. He was on a large chair next to you, arms folded across his chest, head hanging to the side, cherry hair flipped over his face.“Sleeping beauty.” You grumbled to yourself. Wiggling to sit more upright in the bed. You wonder how long you’ve been out. How long has it really been? Your tongue felt dry and your throat burned. Where was Taehyung when you needed some water?“Hoseok.” You tried to wake him with a whisper. His snores just proceeded to grow louder. “Jung Hoseok!” You called to him again. He stirred, moving his head to the side, hair flopping the other way. “Why are you like this?!” You angrily whispered to him.“Hoseok!” You finally said at a louder volume, making Hoseok jolt from his sleep. Fear was twinkling in his brown eyes of his, but he softened seeing it was just you, then his eyebrows shot to his forehead.“Mother Earth!” He exclaimed clutching his chest for dramatic effect. “You gave me such a fright!” He chuckles at you, the shiniest, widest smile plastering across his face.He drops that smile, frowns, and looks you up and down. Standing suddenly, pushing the nurse's button and shouting at the top of his lungs, “You’re awake! You’re awake!” He ran outside your door and screamed, “Everyone!!! She’s up!!!” He was shouting like a kid on Christmas for everyone to wake up and unwrap gifts. All you could do was blink back at him as he came over to your bed once more.“Quick, how many fingers am I holding up?” He raised three fingers in front of your face and you looked at him and back to his fingers, very dumbfounded of what was happening.“Uh, three. Hos-“ You stopped suddenly. The sounds of thunderous footsteps suddenly hit your ears like a wild stampede, charging towards your door.Jungkook burst into the room first followed by Yoongi and Jimin who fought to get through the door at the same time. Minhyuk was next followed by Taehyung and last but not least was Seokjin. Everyone was a smiling mess, standing over your restrained body, blabbering on and on about how they’ve been worried and missed you since you’ve been here and then it hit you again. This place is where they...Jimin reaches over Jungkook and grabbed the shoulder he was nearest, snapping your attention out of destructive thoughts.“Breathe.” He commanded. His cobalt eyes never wavering under your stare. You could feel yourself subsiding with the pitted feeling you were having in your stomach. You went to smile at him but you felt like your jaw was cracked open. You recoiled under the pain and went to cradle your face in your hands, but unlucky for you, you were still tied down.You swallowed hard. Throat feeling like sandpaper. “Taehyung.” You searched for him with desperate eyes, whispering, looking at him. His baby blue eyes widened when you spoke to him then softened once he figured out what you wanted.“I need to find a glass, my Earth. Hold on.” His deep voice soothes as he rushes around the room looking for a cup.“Here.” Minhyuk pulled one out of his stomach and handing it to Taehyung. He took it from the tall blonde with much confusion. Your moon just shrugged and walked into the hall asking for a nurse again. You guess he’s off to find one since they don’t seem to respond to your call button.Taehyung shot some water into the glass with a finger gun, water flowing from the tip, filling it just below the brim and started to help you drink it.When you finished, Minhyuk had finally caught a hold of a nurse and steered her inside your room.She checked all of your vitals, apprehension apparent on her face with all the people in the room. She did everything you think a nurse should do. The boys distracted you with talk about the competition, how someone was amazing yesterday. You didn’t really notice who they were talking about. Tuning out everyone as she pulled the curtain that circled your bed around you both. She checked your female parts, removed your catheter, and took out your IV drip. She flung back the curtain and started to walk away.“Oh, I’m sorry, but can she get her restraints off?” Jimin asks her sweetly. She turns around with a cold glare on her face, looking directly at you. You froze.“She’s kinda dangerous, don’t you think.” She quipped back to him. Shock was written on some of the boys' faces as she lashes out. Eyes narrowing when she finds yours. You guessed she was either from Jupiter or she was one of his admirers. He had the second most. Right behind Helios.“She’s not.” Jimin waved his hand back and forth before his stare turned serious. “Untie her. Now.”A shiver went up your spine. You’ve never really seen this commanding side of Jimin, and you had to admit, it made your skin tingle slightly. His brows knit together, his eyes usually so soft were dark as he ran his persistent feelings through her.She complied with his gifts will and indeed untied you. You bolt upright, swinging your legs over the side of the bed. A shockwave of pain made you flop over again the bed again. Your left side was on fire. You remember hearing a snap and seeing Jungkook, but after that, your memory is blank.“Ah, my earth!” Taehyung gently pushed you back on the bed.“You got pretty banged up.” Yoongi sighs to the side of you as Taehyung righted your body back in the head.You groaned. “What did I do?” You gingerly touch your side, glancing down at yourself, like you could see anything in this hospital gown. “What did he do to me?” You look up at everyone’s faces and they just stared at you with blank expressions.“They recorded it for future reference, apparently.” Seokjin cleared his throat speaking to you. The little TV in your room switched on and he pushed the play button on a device that looked like a USB jack.The TV burst into a blue screen then switched to one angle of Peggy counting down and you hopping from foot to foot before everything started. The crowd cheered as you dodged his wave of attacks. Then you saw where you miss stepped too close to him and he just barely grazed you with his fist. Snap. You could feel your hip breaking all over again as your mouth parted in surprise. A few of the boys were staring at you, trying to gauge your reaction. All you could do is stare at yourself in disbelief.You heard Jungkook say, “Come on Earth!” As you, again, let your guard down as he broke a bunch of your ribs this time. You clenched your sides watching in horror as you tumbled several feet behind where you once stood, laying on your side as he screamed at you. Jupiter was getting close now and you wanted to yell at yourself for just lying there, he kicked your face and you recoiled at the scene. Yoongi shouted, “Move!” He picked you up as the rocks started to climb up his feet, holding the giant in place. White was seeping through, your ice ability kicking in. Clouds swirled around his head, raining hard, and you rose higher to be angled above him as he tried to reach for you. You heard yourself speak but didn’t hear what was said. A single bolt of lightning caught the tip of his outstretched hand and you fell from where you were circling in the air.The rocks fell around him as he tumbles to ground on his hands and knees. A huge wet patch covered his front area of his brown pants as the tape cuts off.You were still clutching your sides, eyes wide in shock. In horror. Your head was swirling with thoughts. You swallowed hard, finally looking at them all once again. They were all smiling at you. Hoseok was bouncing up and down like he wanted to tell you his secrets. You raised your brows at him and he took it as an opportunity to gush. “It was really incredible!” His smile radiating through the room. “He peed himself! You made him pee himself! Oh god, that was amazing! I’d pay to see that!” He bounced on his tiptoes. You giggled. You made that giant of a man pee himself?You let yourself focus on why you’re still here and alive. “Does that mean...?” You could barely finish your sentence. Taehyung shot more water in the glass and handed it to you. Your fingers trembled at the anticipation of someone answering you.“Yep,” Yoongi states, shoving his hands in his pockets, casual as ever. “You won.”You parted your lips again in bewilderment and shock. “But how?” You whispered to the group. “I didn’t even hit him properly.” You looked down at the water in your cup, frowning to your reflection. You could see the bruising on your cheek, jaw, and right under the eye.“He submitted actually, right as you were about to bring down your lightning.” Jimin smiles at you reassuringly. “We thought that’s maybe why you missed him, well, pretty much.” Eyes disappearing as his grin grows wider.“I honestly don’t remember anything.” You sink back into your hospital bed with a sigh. “How long ago was this?” You ask everyone. “I remember waking up, but that’s about it.”They all shifted uncomfortably not wanting to break the news to you.“It’s been about eight days,” Seokjin mumbled.“Oh.” You sighed. You let your gaze drop to your lap. Eight days away from everyone. Eight days away from life, training, and the competition. They all talked about what you missed since you were out and it wasn’t much apparently. You noticed they all looked incredibly tired. “You guys should go get some rest! I’m fine I promise.” You smile, pushing past the pain on your left side of your face.Hoseok, Seokjin, and Minhyuk nodded their heads and hugged you goodbye. Hoseok looking the worst out of all of them. Taehyung was being dragged out by Seokjin, but, not until he filled up your cup again with a very boxy, wide grin. You thanked him as they disappeared through the door.You turn to the remaining boys and they are all looking at you eagerly. “What?” You ask cocking your head to the side. “What’s wrong?”Jungkook starts to cry as he reaches out for your embrace you lift your arms up, wincing through the soreness in your weak arms. He lightly held you as you stroked his hair, trying to calm him.“We were all so worried,” Jimin says, looking at the floor and running a hand between his hair. He glances up at you. His blue eyes making you melt a little more. “You were incredible noona.” You glance away, feeling your cheeks grow hot as Jungkook starts to quiet down, hiccuping slightly around you.“There’s something else, too.” Yoongi walks to the other side of the bed, no longer next to Jimin. His wild eyes seemed to dance behind his dark strands of hair, gaze never flattering. “Earth angel...” He reaches out to touch your shoulder and you flashed back to when he kissed your hand. It was so out of character of him. He touches you lightly, fingertips brushing the fabric of the hospital gown. You shuddered at the feeling.“You made it straight through to the winners round.” His gaze drops from you, darting to Jimin for reassurance. “You’re in the top ten.” He monotony informs you. Jungkook unwrapped himself around you, pulling back to stare down at you. They waited for your reaction with bated breath.You did it? You made it? You didn’t have to fight anyone else? You were safe and sound? You sighed happily, tears welling up in your eyes as you beamed at them. They seemed relieved too and smiled back.And then it hit you.“Wait, does that mean...?” You couldn’t finish your sentence. Your throat feeling dry again as you reached for your cup. Yoongi handed it to you, dropping his touch on your shoulder with a blank stare. His eyes seemed worried behind his usually stoic personality.“Yep, the competition is on.” He almost whispers to the floor. “Jimin and Kook fight tomorrow.” He motions his chin towards the boys on the other side. “I already got through to the second stage.”“No...” You mouthed. Your frightened eyes finding Jungkook’s sullen, dark ones as he smiled meekly and peered at the ground.Your mind went blank for a second, then you sat yourself up right, a surge of adrenaline flying through you. You swung off the bed, throwing the thin sheet behind you as you stood, legs wobbling. You felt weak. Dizzy feeling filling up your head. “Woah there!” Yoongi chuckles as he rights you. “Where do you think you’re going?” He asks. You look over as the other boys rush to your aide, worry paints their faces.“I need to see the bosses.” You sigh out meekly. Eyes meeting them all individually.“You haven’t been discharged yet.” Jimin clears his throat. “You can’t even walk.” He points out. Your nerve was wavering as the others shook their heads with agreement with Jimin.“Jimin,” You say to him as you look at your nightstand where your key card sat. You turn to retrieve it as Yoongi releases you. You handed Jimin your key card and firmly said, “I need you to bring me my training suit and my shower supplies. No funny business in my room. Just get it for me, please.” A confused look spread over his face as he took the key card from you slowly.“Yoongi.” You turned behind you, wincing at the pain in your shoulders. “Get me Namjoon.” You ask him, your green eyes filled with fire. His suddenly grew dark.“Why that asshole?” He thrusts his hands in his pockets, turning his angry face from you. “Just take Jimin.” What a smart-cookie Yoongi was, already figuring out your plan.“I need Namjoon to be one step ahead of everyone, like he always is. Besides, he plays poker with them sometimes, they love him.” You grab his arm as you hop around to look at him, steadying yourself with his body. “Jimin does a great job of convincing people.” You flash Jimin a wide smile, his cheeks light up red as he grins. “I just need someone there who’s got an in with the bosses.”Silence falls on the room. The stillness in the air making you uncomfortable.“Yoongi please.” You plead, gripping tighter to his black sweater, eyes searching his face frantically. You could feel the heat radiating off his body. It rose and swelled around the two of you. He turned as his face as it practically collided with yours. “Please, Ares.” You call him the Greek name for Mars as he flares his nostrils, eyes burning into yours. You didn’t really understand what you were doing until you did it.You lifted yourself off the ground on your tiptoes, reaching his face, planting a small kiss close to his lips. Missing only by the smallest distance. His cheek was so warm, you could feel how hot he really was. You heard Jimin clear his throat behind you, snapping you back to reality.You can’t believe you just did that. You were smacking yourself in the head for being so forward. You didn’t really know what came over you…? It just kind of happened….?!Yoongi’s jaw was clenched. Tense was the only word to describe him right now. He was staring at one spot on the floor, not breathing. “Fine.” He said hoarsely. “You have to take Jimin with you though.” His eyes were dark as they finally met yours and you couldn’t tell if he had blush creeping through his skin or not.“Jungkook.” You spun back around looking for the tall handsome boy. His eyes were locked on Yoongi, jealousy flickering behind his stare. “Jungkook?” You cocked your head at him in question. He turned his head finally, finding your eyes, softening his stare. “I need you to get me a wheelchair.” You ask him sweetly. “You think you can handle that?”He nods his head in approval. “Good.” You huff, adrenaline spiking through your veins again. “Let’s go!”*Yoongi’s POV*Yoongi is out of breath, running through the winding corridors to Namjoon’s room by the showers. He was just here, talking with him the other day about what he should do in the whole situation of being into Earth, their training assignment, and his rival Jimin. Yoongi doesn’t consider Namjoon a friend but he knows everything about everyone. His advice was just to go for it. Tell her how he really felt, but that seems like too much of a burden for Yoongi.When he reached Namjoons door, he huffed trying to catch his breath, hands on his knees, leaning over himself. He didn’t even have to knock he just was screaming Mercury’s name over and over again in his head. The door creaks open. Namjoon pokes his head out to meet Yoongi’s fiery eyes and sweaty face. Namjoon was in a black t-shirt and black sleepy shorts, hair was a mess, eyes full of sleep.“Yeah?” Namjoon yawns as he starts to wake up. “You need something?” He asks. Yawning again and rubbing his face.“Yes actually. I need you to help Mother Earth.” Yoongi asks him with amusement. Namjoon has never looked more vulnerable.“I see that.” Namjoon smirks. Reading Yoongi’s mind of what had transpired between the four of them. He frowned suddenly. “I’m not an asshole Yoongi.” He looks genuinely hurt. “Just because I can’t turn off my mind doesn’t mean I like to hear everyone’s constant thought about everything.” He states matter of factly at Yoongi as he rolls his red eyes at him. “I don’t know why she thinks bringing me along will make much of a difference.” He leans up against his door frame as he watches Yoongi. “I’m not even sure I should help her.” He says cooly to Yoongi. “What’s in it for me?”“You couldn’t be nice and help a friend out?” Yoongi smirks at him. The pair is silent for a minute or so.“All right.” Namjoon sighs as he starts to close his door. “Give me a few minutes.”Yoongi actually expected this to go poorly. Namjoon was not one to comply at all. Maybe that’s why he’s doing it, to prove Yoongi wrong. He smirked at the thought. ‘We’re one in the same buddy.’****Earth’s POV****You were ready to go. Hair was washed and dried, body clean from the hospital smell. Even being back in your training suit was refreshing. The aches and pains running up and down your body though were driving you crazy. You could barely reach your own hair without feeling like you were on fire with pain. The whole left side of your body was looking awful. Green, yellow and black were tangling around each other from your forehead to your mid-thigh. You couldn’t even smile without it hurting you.When you slowly approached the front of the showers, sliding your hand along the wall for support, you notice Jungkook and Jimin there, waiting for you to emerge, wheelchair next to them. They were making small talk and it filled you with so much glee.The sound of your shuffling feet alerted them as they turned their heads to see you. “My Earth.” Jimin breathed out. “Much better.” He outstretched his hand as you took it from him. They were both in their training suits, ready for whatever was about to happen. Jungkook twisted the wheelchair for you to back yourself into and sit comfortably in. They start their journey towards the long corridor. Jimin took the lead heading straight for the boss's office. Yoongi and Namjoon both waiting before the long descent into the bosses hallway. Namjoon was in his training suit, but Yoongi was not both had small smiles on their faces.“You sure you want to do this?” Namjoon asks you cautiously, eyes scanning your body up and down.“Yes.” You firmly state to them as they walk forward with your approval.Jimin looks back at you with confusion. “What exactly are we doing?”You just look down at your lap Jungkook presses you forward. The only sound around you was the sound of walking and the wheelchair spokes clicking.“She’s giving up her immunity to Jungkook,” Yoongi states, slight harshness in his tone, never looking back at you or the group. Jungkook halts the chair as Jimin and Namjoon turn to look at you. Jimin's eyes were jealous and wild. Namjoon just smirks on, reading everyone’s thoughts.You turn to look up at Jungkook as you are met with angry dark eyes, boring down into your green ones. You part your lips in surprise, gaze never faltering from his.He shook his head and said, “But why?” You turned back around, facing forwards in the chair. Pain creeping up your spine from the way you were twisting. “You can’t fight. You’ll die.” You whisper out, hands starting to shake. "I told you I wouldn't let that happen to you."“You can’t give up your place for me.” He growled low at you. You could feel his anger swelling around you.“That’s not for you to decide.” You look over your shoulder, his fists were clenched around nothing. Anger boiling off of him. Knuckles turning white. You felt incredibly guilty.“You can’t do this.” He says through gritted teeth.“Jimin, please, push this for me.” You swallow as you motion to the cart. Jungkook was frozen in anger. This was not the time to talk about it though, you needed to ask the bosses as quickly as possible before you changed your mind.Jimin moved over to take control of your moving chair and suddenly Jungkook runs in front of you, tears pouring out of his eyes. He didn’t embrace you just looked into your eyes while the silent tears flowed from them. He squats down to your level looking at you with such confusion and anger. “You don’t even know me.” He says in a monotone voice. “I don’t deserve this and you know it.”You shake your head from side to side. “I don’t know if you deserve immunity or not, but, you certainly don’t deserve to die.” You state back to him, reaching it for his hand. “You mean a lot to me Jungkook.” He tries to blink back the tears as they keep coming, the other boys silent as they stare on. “You don’t even know what your gifts are like. I don’t want you to die.” You pat his hand that he gave to you without a second thought. “I’m trying to do a good dead for you. Will you let me do this?” You ask him confidently.He hesitates. His eyes searched yours for a sense of approval. “Yes.” He squeaked out. He then embraced you in the wheelchair. You smiled at his tight grasp then felt Jimin pulling Jungkook off you. Pain creeping up your side again.“She’s still fragile.” He points out to Jungkook who stands smiling apologetically, running to push your chair again. Pain from the hug made you grit your teeth silently. You felt your stomach start to pit as the door grew closer. You were happy he was allowing this. You didn’t want to think of his rejection of your idea again. You certainly didn't want to lose him when you were the one who could fight.You all reached the end of the hall, pushing through the doors, seeing the bosses and wardens conversations come to a brief halt as they all looked at the group with much confusion. Jungkook wheeled you up by the secretary's desk as Namjoon asked to speak with Peggy with a wink. She blushed a bright red and paged Peggy’s office. “Let then in.” You heard Peggy sigh in the device. The secretary showed the group Peggy’s office over to the left as you all stood outside her door. ‘This was it.’ You told yourself. This is where I really have to fight.“So, let me get this straight.” Peggy leans back in her seat, throwing her boots on top of her desk. Jimin cautiously looks at you then back at Peggy. He was to your left and Namjoon was to your right. “You want to give up the privilege, the honor, we bestowed upon you to a planet you barely know?” She narrows her eyes at you. You just blink back at her, trying not to waver and show her your weakness as you nod. This was supposed to be a selfless act of kindness. You supposed it was a little rude to those who placed you in the winner's circle already.Your eyes shift to Namjoon for support as the heavy silence in the air was deafening. He was looking at you with a little smirk on his face. You couldn’t quite read him. Jimin was doing his best to make the room remain calm and you were silently thanking him. “Why would you give this up?” She asks you, disdain dripping out of her voice.“He doesn’t even have his gifts yet.” You told her as flatly as you could. “He means a lot to me and I would hate to see him disappear, knowing I could try to help him.”She hesitates again. Eyes roaming yours then the boys. “Do you love him?” She asks, low, grinning like she's caught you in a trap.You blink back at her. She’s trying to exploit your weakness to the boys about how soft you really were for your bunny. You’ve never acted that way for anyone in your life. In fact, you were sure you were incredibly selfish thinking back to the night with Jimin while you invited Jungkook and Yoongi over the next day. You weren’t sure if you were in love, but you certainly did not want to see him die. You certainly did not want to let go of his strong arms-ever.You shook your head no and said, “I love him as if he was a dear friend. Romantically, no.” You felt the room breathe a sigh of relief, unsure if it was Namjoon or Jimin. Peggy smirked at your comment. She slid her boots off the table, leaning forward, she placed her elbows on the table and placed her palms on her temples.“Fine.” Your heart swelled with overwhelming emotion. You were unclear if it was good or bad. That was definitely Jimin.She picks her head up to look at you again and her eyes stern. “But, you have to fight again tomorrow, assuming you’ll take his spot in the line up.”The happy feeling you just experienced flew out the window. It was like someone shut off all the lights and left you in a cold, bleak, dark room. Jimin and Namjoon craned their heads to look at you. Fear both consuming their eyes. What did you really think was going to happen? They give but they take. It has to be a pull and push relationship for it to work you supposed.You swallow and took a shaky, deep breath, looking down at your wheelchair at your sore hip. “Yes, I’ll do whatever if he can take my place, please.”Jimin wheels you out of the office as Yoongi and Jungkook stand from where they were sitting on the floor. Concerned looks were shared as they found your sullen face. You tried to give a soft smile as they all stared at you. “Y-your through.” You flicker your gaze to Jungkook. He smiles meekly at you.“Why don’t you look so happy about this?” Yoongi asks you, knitting his eyebrows together. You look down into your lap where your hands are grasped tightly together. Your left hand was looking rough compared to your right.“I have to take Jungkook’s place in the line up.” You gulp as they both gasp. “I have to fight tomorrow.”“You couldn’t convince the boss to do anything more...safe for her?” You heard Yoongi ask Namjoon.“You know, she’s from Mercury too.” He sighs. “She’s got the same gift as me, so, me trying to control her would not have happened. I thought if I pushed this idea in her head that Earth could take his place it would be more plausible.” Namjoon explains to the group as they started to wheel you out of the corridor.“I’ll be fine.” You touch Yoongi’s elbow as you reach the end of the hall. He looks down at you and rips his elbow away. Angry eyes were locked on the floor. You part your lips in shock as he walks towards his room, hands shoved in his pockets. You all watched him leave around the corner. Sparks emitting from all around him. He was so angry with the group, no doubt trusting Jimin and Namjoon to handle the situation.“Thanks for everything.” Jungkook grins down at you and picks up your hand from your side. You knew he was trying to distract you, make you not feel so guilty. He kissed the top of your hand lightly, his eyes playful under his long lashes.“Let’s get your back to your room,” Jimin says as Jungkook pushes you forward. They started to walk away as you turn to Namjoon. “Thanks for coming with me.” You wave a smile as he just stands there with a little smirk on his face.You could feel the shift in the air. Something was about to happen. You knew by now this was all centered around you. You might not be the center of the universe but you are certainly front and center for the drama that's unfolding.

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Your alarm blared at you, waking you from your slumber. You really didn’t get a chance to do too much of that, though. You tossed and turned all night. You couldn’t get comfortable or shut your brain off. Yoongi was mad at you and you were completely unsure of how to fix it. Jungkook’s in the winner’s circle, so you didn’t have to worry about him. Jimin was presumably jealous of the other two and Namjoon was up to something. You just knew it. You could feel it.You were pulled from your pressing dilemma by your stomach growling a loud for food. Your alarm continued to blare, begging you to turn it off. You groaned as you slid off the bed. Your left side was on fire and you were furious you didn’t know any healers if there was any in this competition.You opened your door to your living area, hobbling gingerly, making sure you didn’t move too much. You turned off your hologram wall and sighed. ‘April 4th. 6:01’You were successfully taking care of yourself this morning, you were able to get to the showers, wash yourself, come back, and eat breakfast. Albeit very slow, but, you were moving nonetheless. You slipped into your training suit and made it to your door, wrapping your hair in your signature ponytail.You open your door stepping out into the corridor when you see Jimin in his training suit waiting for you. He was propped up along the wall, next to the room Uranus used to occupy.He lifted his head and smiled at you warmly. “Good morning noona.” He cooed to you, pushing himself off the wall towards you.You smiled back at him. “Good morning Jimin.” A warm feeling spread throughout your entire body.You walked together to the training dome as others shuffled around you, heading towards the same fate. You heard hushed whispers behind you. As you turn to glance, Jimin puts his arm softly along your shoulder, blocking your view, you look back up at him as he just stares straight ahead. That warm feeling enveloping your body as you felt your stare grow.“I hope I make it through today.” He sighs as you both enter the arena. Jungkook was waiting for you with Hoseok and Taehyung. Yoongi was nowhere in sight. It made your stomach drop a little. You never wanted to be close to him until now. He was crawling back in his secluded hole and it made you feel sick. He was extremely anti-social, more than yourself, but, you thought maybe he was making an effort with Jungkook.“I’m sure you will.” You smiled at Jimin as he slipped his arm off your shoulders. The alien medicine they made you take home with you must be working in full force. You felt like you could run ten miles now, not that you wanted to. He grins his crescent moon smile as Jungkook runs over.“Good morning.” Jungkook greets you both. “How are you feeling?” He asks you, concern dripping from his tone. You open your mouth to speak as the bell chimes and you all scramble to formation. You were feeling better but still a little bit slower than the rest of them.Peggy explains the rules of the one on one in the round one, these rounds the last before round two starts tomorrow. There were five rounds until the top ten in the winner's circle.There were two screens and multiple cameras this time. Everyone’s names were displayed, flickering fast and at random, deciding who was going to fight each other.It landed on a star and a Moon first. They battled it out only for a short period until the female moon shot him a wind attack so powerful, the male star doubled over, hitting his head in the process. She stopped attacking as Peggy announced she’s moving on to the second round.More and more people attacked each other, fighting for their lives and the lives of the people they represent.The fight between the moon and the planet had finished signaling the planet had won. It never crossed your mind as you realized you might actually have to fight Jimin as his name popped up on the first screen. He stepped into the arena from the other side of you to fight and you yelled, “Good luck!” You felt many pairs of eyes resting on you, surprised at the fact you were recovered.He grinned over his shoulder as he walked forward to take his place. The other screenshot the name of the person he’d be facing. A female star you didn’t know. She walked over to the other side of the flatland. Peggy counted down as Jungkook took the gap that Jimin had left on the other side of you and slipped his hand into yours. You grinned up at him as he shyly squeezed yours a little tighter. As soon as the buzzer went off and Peggy stopped counting, the star went running at Jimin, but then was stopped. She stood up straight and froze. A single tear rolled down her cheek as she was locked in place. Jimin had his hands in his pockets as he casually strolled up to her.“I think it’s time to go.” He said, hooking one of his hands out of his pockets and twisted her chin up to look at him. His smile was so cold, so evil, you shuddered at the sight before you. This was a Jimin you’ve never encountered. Cold, calculated, unpredictable, you didn’t know if this was the same person you’d get butterflies around.You’d absolutely felt a chill run down your spine when he was so authoritative in the hospital and when he wrapped his arms around you after he told you how he felt about you. You knew this was a competition and yet, here you were, thinking about the way you swooned over him countless times.You knew that he would take care of you, in every sense of that statement. You’d probably live on Venus, be his queen, be showered with gifts and grandeur. And it wasn’t that you didn’t want that. You did. At least part of you did. You also liked the idea of a wild, not so perfect life.You were pulled from your thoughts when Jungkook’s grip on you tightened, horror filling his eyes. You glanced forward at the mental battle that was happening before you.The star's arms were lifting up her rigid body, stopping at the sides of her head. She whispered a single no as her own hands snapped her head so violently to the side, she dropped to the ground immediately after that.He made her kill herself.You shuddered again as Peggy claimed him the winner. Could he do that? Could he manipulate people? Maybe his gifts run deeper than he thought. He casually walked back your way, a soft smile on his pillow lips were present. Jungkook’s whole body felt so completely tense.You knew that it was an awful, disgusting sight. That’s how it was here. You didn’t like that you even had to justify it. That’s just how it was. You shouldn’t be saying things like that. It shouldn’t be normal here. You squeezed your bunny's hand back, hoping he’d get the message as the screen flashed names again. Yours popped up as Jimin had made his way back to the group.“Congrats.” Hoseok flatly said to him with a mildly amused expression. “Don’t let me get on your bad side.” He looked away smirking.“It’s not something I take pride in doing.” He dropped his smile and ran a hand through his hair as you started to walk over. Jungkook’s hand was still attached to yours and he pulled you back firmly. Jimin looked at him with wild, dark eyes.“Bunny, it’s my turn.” You softly stated, looking back at him. His eyebrows were knit together, his lips in a flat line, and his eyes were swimming with so much emotion. Hurt? Confusion? Anger? Sadness? You saw the screen pick a second person and your heart sunk to the bottom of your chest.Ganymede.You try to walk forward as he pulls you back into his arms. “Jungkook...” you start but then you heard him breathe, “Thank you. Please win for me.” In your ear before releasing you. You looked around confused when you were out of his Vulcan grip. Jimin gave you a small smile as they moved to the front to watch you better. Jungkook had a blank expression on his face, you had to look away.You take your place across the way from the huge moon. Looking him up and down. ‘Okay, so what do we know about Ganymede?’ You ask yourself. ‘Tall. Ginger. Works out a lot. Physical or elemental?’ You couldn’t remember. Certainly not mental. He was almost dumber than the planet he served under. ‘Moon of Jupiter. Oh shit!’ Peggy had finished counting down and the bell chimed as he rushes towards you.“Lightning!” You shouted as his fists lit up with sparks shooting from them.“I’m going to take your ass out for my prince!” He roars as he continues to rush towards you.‘Fuck, what’s going to stop lightening!?’ You scream at yourself as you duck his head first attack. Winching in pain from your previous injuries, you crouched down on your knees and swung your own fist up with ice shooting out of your fingertips, trying to hit his face. He barely missed them and waddled backward. You made the ground shake violently around him to keep his balance off. He fell as streams of lightning shot up at the sky. You took a deep breath and pushed your palms up as the ground still continued to shake. You weren’t as good with plants as you’d like to be but you felt your vision haze over green and you knew that it was working. Quickly, a huge tree sprung up from the ground and captured him in its limbs. Vines swung down and around his throat as the ground stopped moving and you just stood there as he screamed. He was entangled with the branches and limbs, tears falling from his face. White lightning was shooting out from his fingertips in short little sparks. You stopped.The dome was silent except for his screams of terror.“Finish him!” You heard someone yell. You shook your head. Your adrenaline rush was over. Your own eyes started to tear up as you hung your head. More silence.“You have to have him submit or you kill him.” Peggy’s tired voice rang through the hall on the microphone. Your eyes shot up trying to find Namjoons brown ones. ‘Joon, please make him submit to me.’ You were screaming in your head but all you were getting was radio silence. You figured the bosses were listening in too and that’s cheating, truly.You turned back to the man hanging from the tree, trying to light it up with sparks.You tightened his grip on his wrists with loose vines as you shouted up to him “Ganymede, submit to me! Please!”He stopped thrashing around. “Never! Kill me, you stupid bitch!” He screamed down at you.You took a deep breath. You squeezed your eyes shut at the inevitable that was to come from your hands.“I’m sorry.” You muttered as you tightened the vines around his neck, turning around, not wanting to witness the murder you were committing. You heard his struggled breaths as he thrashed around. Then nothing. Tears streamed from your eyes as you are crowned the winner.You remove your hold on him and sink the tree back into the ground in a reverse motion as his body smacks the ground with such force, the noise is jarring in the silent dome. You start to walk back to your friends as you heard the drones come in to collect his body. You were dizzy, your side ached, you felt like every happy memory was being drained from you. Champion of Earth. Twenty four. Biochemistry major.Murderer.

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‘When will I wake up from this shitty dream and head back to my apartment?’ You muse to yourself as you halt you mid- morning yoga to lay on your back and stare at your ceiling. Though, you’ve been laying here for thirty minutes now. Your mind was reeling at all the events transpiring as of late. You were almost there, the top thirty remained. The galaxies toughest titans. You had to get through another moon and a star to be where you are today. All of them resulting in murders. You felt your eyes water as you pulled yourself up onto your couch. Your sweaty tank top was clinging to you, your body was begging for a shower, but, you just stared on and on at the floor. Your head was going light years per minute. Not to mention the issue of three particular male planets. Jimin has this aggressive behavior by continuously inviting you to his humble abode every night for the last week and a half after training. You’ve declined every time. Right now you have to be stronger than ever in your resistance towards him and focus on yourself and winning. But his lips....his eyes....His thighs...He literally was like a living, breathing angel. You were sure of it. Jungkook. Your bunny. You’d walk a thousand miles for that kid. You’ve never felt so comfortable being around someone you’ve just met, you could tell him anything, it would be safe information with him. Such a loyal, sweet young man. You knew he was pining for you, there was no question of his feelings. He clung to you the moment he was assigned to you. But, unfortunately this is not a game of schoolyard crushes with love notes. Speaking of writing, you had typed several messages to Yoongi on the hologram wall, each of them in vain. You couldn’t muster enough courage to actually type him up a letter. You also didn’t have the strength to see him in person. You hadn’t seen him except for fighting days in which he avoided you like the plague. You knew he was getting punished for skipping training. You knew that he was skipping because you were there. He knew that you’d talk to him. You were fed up, tired of giving him space to sort himself out. Something else had to be going on there. You couldn’t be the soul reason for his absence, right?You threw yours hands over your face as you sunk into your couch. ‘I hate this place.’ You could feel the tears about to flow out of the corners of your eyes. Your quite room felt incredibly still today. It was your own thoughts driving you mad. You need a distraction. From the fighting, from the boys, from your mind honestly. And you knew just the guy to help you. ---“Well, well, well.” Two beautiful dimples quickly carved into the flesh of the man in front of you. His wide smile hooked up more, showing off his pearly whites. “I was wondering when you were going to show up.” He muses down to you softly. “No pose of hot boys to ogle at you today, Earth angel?” He looks behind you, a salacious smirk now crossing his face. “Or are you here to draw me in too?” “You already know why I’m here, Mercury.” You sigh and shake your head, hair swinging slightly with the ponytail fixed into place atop your head. “Namjoon, I need this to stop.” You point to your skull. He continues to smirk down at your body, lingering right outside his door. You look around quickly, not really wanting anyone to see you, especially the boys you couldn’t get your mind off of. “How do you suppose I can help you, hmm?” He leans now, a muscled arm rising to sit above his body as his torso comes to sit at eye level with you. “I can’t even turn my own thoughts off, let alone everyone else’s.” He quirks an eyebrow at you. “You want me to what?” He asks, picking both his eyebrows up to his forehead. He surely heard you, or rather you asking him with your mind for this favor. “I want you to just transport me back to my apartment in my mind, please? The way I remember it? At least for an hour?” You plead with him. Not caring anymore if anyone hears your requests to Namjoon. He looks into your eyes as you remember every intimate detail in your home from your life before this god awful place. His wide, dark gaze is full of wonder as you very vividly remember Misty and pictures on your fridge of your family together. “Namjoon, please.” You beg him as he blinks, leaning himself back upright, arms slumping to his sides. “I know you’ll probably want something in return...” You trail off. You really didn’t have anything to barter for, unsure of what he might want. “I heard you’re a pretty good cook, angel.” He’s back to that cat like smile. “Who told you?” You scoff as you fold your arms over your black t shirt. He rolls his eyes and points firmly to his temple. You chuckle. “I forgot you can’t stop.”“Can’t stop, won’t stop.” He chuckles back deeply. He extends his hand for you to shake. You question this pact for a minute, remembering why you are stood in front of his door. You shake his hand firmly. ‘Those dimples are going to be the death of me.’ You smile shyly up at him as he raises a brow to you again. “Ah, angel, I’d never hurt you.” How could you forget? You literally just had this discussion. You face palmed yourself as he chuckles again, stepping to the side, ushering you in to his clean apartment. “Thanks Joon. I really, truly, appreciate it.” He closes the door behind you. “I live to serve.” He purrs in your ear as you look at his brightly colored room. He had his living area beach themed with yellow, blue, and white. How cute. It was pretty clean except for some books laid out along his counter he was reading before you dropped by. “Yeah, I was reading about someone on your planet named Einstein?” He picks up a book written in an alien language. “My planet is fascinated with this guy so I thought I’d give it a read.” He sets it down as you notice there’s crab decorations everywhere in his beach themed space. “Yeah, I had the privilege to see the beaches on your planet.” You’ve never seen him look so embarrassed, talking about stuff he likes. “I caught a blue crab there and I’ve been obsessed ever since.” “Your planet doesn’t have beaches?” You cock your head to the side as he gestures to his tan couch, he shakes his head slightly. “We do but they are not as vast and as beautiful as yours.” You simply nod back, unsure of what to say next. “They are called black beaches. The water is black, the sand, the animals.” He rubs his chin while reminiscing about his life before here. “Quite scary actually.” You have a quick, interesting thought that you blurt out. “Can you read animal minds too?” “Ah, that’s one thing I cannot do.” He smiles wide at you again. A glint in his dark eyes takes over. “So, are you ready to go back for a while?” He asks you. “Yes!” You practically jump in his lap and kiss him you’re so excited. He stands from his couch as he instructs you to lay down. You do as you are told quickly, eager to go home. He chuckles, watching you with amusement. “All right,” he inhales, “I’ll see you soon.” You close your eyes at his words and you are filled with excitement to go cuddle you cat again. You sigh deeply. You were practically screaming. You were almost there. Back home.  *Jimin’s POV* -Earlier that day- “Good morning, Jimin.” She breathes up at him with a giant smile plastered on her face. Sun rays were not as radiant as her gaze, which lingered a little longer than usual today before greeting Jungkook. He was always awestruck by her presence. She could move mountains, conjure entire oceans, but, Jimin would move galaxies for her. He COULD and WILL move them for her. Moon beams lived in her hair which she hardly had out of place, even though she fussed with it often. Her bright green eyes twinkled with the power of a thousand light particles. Her laugh was stardust contained and bottled up, only to burst around him. She was intoxicating, her perfume from her planet made him feel drunk. Earth was everything to him. He knew he was coming off desperate now, asking her to dine with him every evening. He paid no mind. He was in love with her. Absolutely, undeniably, enthralled with this alien, this foreign creature to him. The last Earth was beautiful as well, but she didn’t have quite the punch that this walking, talking Earth angel did. His mother, the true goddess Venus herself, would tell him stories of true love. Specifically, love at first sight. Jimin knew that his brother, Cupid, had struck him deep in his heart with his arrow, she was lovely, from head to toe. Her gentle yet irrational personality drove him mad as he wished she would give in to him. He has had many mates in the past, none of which he’s ever bred with. Nobody has ever been able to satisfy him. He’s been saving breeding for his special someone. He hoped it was her. He prayed it was her. His cycle was coming to a close. He needed to find his life partner soon. His alien breeding cycle was tearing him up inside, hormones raging. Driving him up a wall, consuming his thoughts. He wasn’t sure how much more he could wait. His mother had bred with several people by his age. His family tree was enormous. He was only half mortal though. Maybe his cycle would last longer? He just had to keep being patient. He had been patient. It was wearing thin.  She turns to him. “Have you talked to Yoongi?” She says his name. He hates his name. He forces a smile because she is talking to him. “No.” He hopes that his tone is light and convincing. “I haven’t.”Her smile flatters. He sees it. He sees how unhappy she is for the briefest moment. Her green eyes very bright and glittering become dull for a second. “Ah well.” Her voice is unsteady, not her usual easy confident tone. “I haven’t either.” Jungkook shifts behind her. Jimin glances up at the younger man for a split second. Jimin knows he feels it too. She’s unhappy. They weren’t enough for her. Jimin continues to smile. Calm down. He can’t let his emotions jump out at her. She needs relief, not to stress. His eyes disappear, he needs to let her know that HE is here for her. That HE won’t run and hide. His emotional state was not going to get the best of him, unlike some people. Jimin was here for her. He didn’t even mind this younger man being around her. But she clearly wasn’t herself. She needed all three of them to be happy. He just wanted her to be happy. That was his favorite emotion she put out into the universe. Jimin shuddered remembering the thought. “My Earth...” He reaches down. Lacing his fingers into her warm palms. She blinks up at him. She’s concerned. She’s worried someone will see this. He squeezes tighter. “What’s wrong?” He poses the question to her. His eyes darting across hers. She shakes her head. That smile is fake. “Oh, it’s nothing.” She lies. He bristles. “Noona.” He squeezes her hand again. “Do not lie to me.” Uncertainty. Puzzlement. Confusion. The emotions she’s sending into the air made his head spin. “I’m sorry.” She softly responds to the ground. “I’m sorry Jimin.” She says his name. “I guess I’m just worried about Yoongi.” She says his name. “I’m worried that he is getting punishment for not showing up to training.” Sadness. “I’m worried that he’s not eating right.” Fear. “Im worried that I’M the one who made him feel like this.” Heartbreak. “Would you like me to talk to him?” He asks her before he could form a thought, brain working on its own. Eagerness. Joy, even. “Jimin, you really don’t have t-“ “No. I do.”  ***Yoongi’s POV*** “Min Yoongi!” Bellowed a obnoxiously familiar voice. “We need to talk!” Yoongi grumbled under his covers in his dark room. He’s been up for hours, he couldn’t shut off his mind, this was the second week of punishment, second week without social interactions. ‘This must be how Mercury feels all the time.’ More loud knocking. “Yoongi!” It wouldn’t stop. It was pounding. Knock, knock, knock….Mars kicked his covers off in a fit of rage. Didn’t this asshat know he wanted to be left alone?! He was racing to his door, feet slamming into the ground. He could taste the ash in his mouth he was so worked up. Sparks were emitting around him. He needed to calm down. He couldn’t. He wouldn’t for him. He wrecked open his door. “The fuck do you want, Park Jimin?!” He didn’t recognize his own voice, laced with malice. Jimin’s hair was always so perfect, although he runs a hand through it. Yoongi seethed. His face was so perfect. His body, the way he walked, and carried himself, also perfect. The way he was so prince-like. Yoongi was self loathing himself, staring at the Prince of Venus, in all his unbothered glory. “Yoongi, I just want to talk.” He casually remarks as Yoongi notices he’s actually breathing heavy. Sparks were shooting into the air, crackling like a fire around the two. “Well, I don’t.” Yoongi tried to close the door but his body won’t let him. He’s stuck. No. He tries again, blurred vision at best, but it’s in vain. No. “Let me in to talk.” Jimin commands cooly as Yoongi’s body willingly responds to his suggestion. “Par-k-k J-J-Ji-Min-n...”Yoongi shudders out as he moves out of the threshold of the doorway into his room so Jimin can glide past. No-o...” “I don’t actually want to be here Yoongi.” Jimin confesses with a shrug of his shoulders. “I’m here because of her.” Her. Earth. The fire flaming in the back of his throat is dissolved to smoke that snakes its way through his room, like a hazy cloud. “What about her?” Yoongi can move and speak to his own free will again. Jimin has let go of his mental hold on the fuming man. The Prince sits on his couch as Yoongi grumbles about being woken up which is a lie and Yoongi knew Jimin would pick up on that. Yoongi watches Jimin ponder what he is going to say for a brief moment, deep blue eyes looking very concerned. “She’s unhappy.” Jimin states, sighing deeply after his thought is thrown out in the universe. He pauses again. “She misses you.” Yoongi is shocked Jimin is even saying of this to him. “Yoongi,” Jimin looks at him with wet eyes. “Yoongi, she’s not happy until she’s with you, me, and the kid.” Jimin was crying on his couch now, telling Yoongi everything he’s been missing with her. How she asks about him often, how she doesn’t smile as much, how she is emitting sadness into her emotions. Jimin doesn’t think she knows or recognizes her feelings. Jimin tells Yoongi that the kid also misses him and that Yoongi needs to reach out if he’s feeling like this, he can help. Yoongi’s expression remains deadpan as Jimin tells him all of this, but, his mind was reeling. Was he telling the truth? There was no way that he can make all of this up, right? Why would this emotional wreck be crying on his couch now if it wasn’t true.Jimin wipes at the corners of his eyes with his thumbs. “Yoongi.” He whispers looking away from the fire starter. “Yoongi, my cycle is closing.” Silently more tears fall from his eyes as he focuses on Yoongi’s lava colored eyes. “If she doesn’t pick me soon…” He trails off, words left hanging in the air. “I would never want to force her into anything. True love, the purest love, behind first love, is so important not to be tainted with forced feelings and thoughts.” His sad eyes crinkled again, fresh tears pouring out of them, shoulders looking heavy from his quick hushed sobs. Yoongi is staring at Jimin, the beautiful Prince of Venus being so vulnerable and open to a low life from the fiery pits of Mars. It was mind blowing, really. Yoongi did not want it to come to this. He reached his arms out to Jimin. For the first time in his existence, Yoongi was giving physical comfort to someone else. He was hugging Jimin. This monster of fire and destruction was being soft. Just then, on the hologram wall across from Yoongi's couch lit up. It was an official message from the head wardens office. Yoongi and Jimin looked at each other puzzled. Yoongi was terrified he had been kicked out of the program, returning back home, lacking a trophy or fame. Or worse. He could be killed.He typed in his code and tapped the message to open. His mouth hung open in shock as Jimin stood and stalked over to him, silent as he read."'To our lovely representatives of the Clash of the Universe, Please be aware there is a mandatory meeting tomorrow at 5PM concerning sponsors. Please dress extremely formal, as this meeting will be an actual meeting, as in you will meet past Champions and sponsors for the game in the form of a ball. The dancing kind. The marketplace will be open all night/ morning/ afternoon so everyone can prepare accordingly. Please be advised if you do decide not to attend, you will be kicked out of the game and will not return home.-Warm Regards Warden JYP'As if Yoongi's day couldn't get any worse, he had to worry about cramming himself into a stuffy suit. "Well I guess I have to figure out what to wear."

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The dream Namjoon put you in was pure bliss. Literally, everything was right where it should be, smelled like it should have, felt even like it should have. He had put you back to fall break, where the leaves were changing color outside to your apartment, the warm of the sun rays bleeding through the curtains made you feel extremely cozy as you made yourself pumpkin spice tea you knew you had. It tasted like how autumn should feel, warm and inviting. Misty was there too, in all her grey fluffy glory. You snuggled her in your sheets, putting on your favorite pair of sweats, enjoying your tea. You turned on your favorite chill playlist with Misty in your arms, spinning her around and around your apartment. It was heaven. You were laying down, petting your grey fluff ball as you could feel yourself becoming thick with sleep. The dream you were going to sleep so real you could awaken.Only you were shaken awake by Namjoon as he stood over your still body with his tall frame.“What?” You ask him again as your rub your sleepy eyes. Your lids still felt incredibly heavy but you could not risk being shaken by his strong hands again in this state. That was probably the best sleep you’ve received since you had been here. You were seriously grateful for him.“Earth angel, there’s something you have to see….” He trails off as he gestures to his hologram wall. You slowly peel yourself off the couch and come to stand next to where Namjoon was settled, looking extremely concerned at the screen. His eyebrows were furrowed as he chewed on his lip.You turn to see what he was pondering so heavily about and your stomach drops. You reread the message over and over and over in your head, mouth reading along with your brain silently.Oh, hell no.“I am not going to a ‘ball’.” You air quote, finally processing the information given.“It’s not like we really have a choice here.” Namjoon sighs. He thinks carefully about his words before he tells you, “They’re never done this before.”You cock your head to the side, hair swinging with your motion. “What do you mean?” You ask him, hoping he has some insight into his statement.He sighs deeply as he runs a hand through his short hair. “They’ve never had a meeting before, let alone a ball.” He chews on his lower, puffy lip again. “My uncle was a participant in the last game a long, long time ago. Your people were in the 1960’s I believe…” He trails off, continuing to explain his statement to you. “He told me about how the game worked and operated, what to do, who to look out for. His information he gave me was so volatile. But, he never told me about any of this.” he raises his arm, motioning to the wall again. “This is unexpected and it’s thrown me off my course…” His brows furrowed in disbelief again.“Your...course?” You question up at him, your own brows raised this time. His dark eyes slide to the corners of his eyes, locking in place with your green ones. An uneasy feeling suddenly washes over you. You could feel all the little hairs on your body stand at attention. Your throat felt dry suddenly like you needed water. His body shifts in front of you, towering your small frame.“You know,” He leans closer to you, intimidating you like he had done when you first got here. “I changed my mind about the subject of my payment.” He shoots down at you. This situation felt incredibly vivid, a sense of deja vu hitting you a full force. The way he talked down to you was oddly similar to that giant man. Flashbacks of Jupiter's hand gripping you made your mind reel. You unconsciously took a step behind you as his dark were swimming with something so wildly evil, making your breathing hitch.“Namjoon.” You breathed out. You were sure his eyes didn't dilate when you said his name. You were sure he wasn’t about to do what you think he was insinuating. You were sure he wasn’t licking his lips in a salacious manner. You were positive he wasn’t looking at you like you were something to play with.You needed to get out of here.“No Princes to save you today.” Namjoon’s tone dipped into something devilishly playful. He chuckled around the quiet room, making the sound bounce off the walls. This was a losing battle. He would know your every move as soon as you thought of it. He would know how you would react to him if you did, in fact, want to break out of this prison of a room.He reaches for your hand and you just let him, knowing he could knock you unconscious in the blink of an eye. That’s where you would really not have any power.He leans in closer, his breath hitting you square in the forehead. You visibly gulp at the thought of Namjoon going to do what Jupiter only dreamt of doing to you before Jimin stepped in.Namjoon was right.No one to save you. No one to rescue you. This was all on you.You could feel your eyes were blown wide with fear. Your body was shutting down due to the shock you were in. You felt weak, pathetic, helpless. You WERE helpless. There was nothing to do, nowhere to go. You knew he was reading everything happening flashing back and forth in your mind at this moment.You watch as his lips curl even more upward into a devilish smirk. “N-namj-joon-n…” You manage to stutter through your hazy thoughts. He leans in closer, his breath is fanning your face as his nose touches yours. Every fiber of your being is telling you to hit him, escape, remove yourself from this situation.But you can’t.But you don’t.He tilts his head as he leans in over you. No way. You could feel your eyes bulging from your head as he presses his puffy lips into yours. You try to step back as he cages you between both his arms and the hologram wall. He continues to press his lips into yours, slipping his tongue between your lips, he searches your mouth for answers it seems. Time is moving ungodly slow, you make no effort to escape, no effort to move away, no effort to kiss him back. You stand there limp.You think about Jimin or Yoongi or even Jungkook in this situation. Would it feel different? Would you kiss them back? Were you even a good kisser? Jimin would surely blow you out of the water. Yoongi’s kisses would be fiery and passionate. Jungkook would probably be nervous or stumble around and you’d giggle that you could make anyone act so frazzled around you. Not that any of this mattered. Or would ever happen, you scold yourself in your head.Namjoon pulls away, only to press his forehead to yours. He opens his eyes slowly, you wonder what he’s thinking. “Even when you are here, with me, why can’t you focus on me?” He chuckles darkly after voicing his thoughts to you.Not him too.“Namjoon…” You trail off. This was unbelievable. Back home, you could barely catch the attention of guys on your planet. Now, they were throwing themselves at you. You chalk it up to lack of variety here in the game, that you’re decently strong with your gifts, and losing some weight due to the hard training you put yourself through. This was mind-blowing to you.He snorts as he pulls away from you, releasing you from his arms. “I know I’m not the one you desire.” He quirks a sad smile. “Or ones, in your case.”He walks to his door and holds it open to you. You are frozen still on the spot as you haven’t fully recovered from the shock he’s placed you in. “Don’t worry, no hard feelings.” He says cooly, but you know he’s annoyed under that cool facade. “That is,” he hooks his finger in your direction and you feel your feet move due to his beckoning. Out of all the planets, he was the tallest right behind Seokjin, so he naturally dwarfed your frame. “For the last subject of your payment, which changed, is that you have to go to this ‘meeting’ with me.” He air quotes his long fingers at you.Your eyes felt like saucers, the way you were looking at him. “Me?” You scoff as he drops his hands. Releasing you from his gifts. “I can’t dance.” You whisper out, telling him the truth. You think back to going back to the one frat party you went to, where even drunk you were embarrassed to be flailing around in such a way.He grins wide at you as you step outside his room, turning back to catch his words.“I can’t either. I’ll get you at 4:45.”*Jungkook’s POV*He laid in his bed after parting ways from Venus and Earth an hour ago. He really did not feel like doing anything productive. He had made decent friends with the planet of Neptune's representative, Taehyung, who invited him to lift weights at the training dome after practice.Honestly, Jungkook just could not bring himself to be social today. Even when he was with Earth and Venus, he felt frustrated with himself and his inability to be social with them. He was missing Yoongi and his home planet severely. He felt like every fight, every murder he witnessed was slowly taking a toll on his mental health. He felt sick every time he watched, but, he couldn’t look away. The horror he’s seen in his brief time here was draining him of everything he’s worth. He was thinking of how much it affected his kind mother Earth, Yoongi, and even Jimin.Yoongi had warned Jungkook as soon as he arrived here what Jimin was like and what he could do. Jungkook had tried to remain in his good graces as much as possible, not wanting to be emotionally manipulated, and so far he’s succeeded. As far as he knows. He witnessed the son of Venus snap someone’s neck without lifting a finger. Maybe his emotional manipulation is one aspect of his gift and Jungkook as so much more to learn. He wasn’t sure. The only thing he was sure of, though, is that he did not want to end up like that poor girl.Dead.Earth made sure he wouldn’t though. That he couldn't. As long as the game was played the way bosses wanted, then he was safe. Earth had given up her hard-earned protection in order to prolong Jungkook’s life.He could never express how grateful he was. There just wasn’t enough words, or at least that right words that Jungkook wanted to say. That he hadn’t been able to yet. He could never find the right time, or courage to explain the way he felt.He wasn’t sure if he ever would.A loud dinging sound was emitting from his hologram wall, breaking the swirling tornado of thoughts that were consuming Jungkook’s mind. He rolls out of bed, shaking his shaggy bangs in the process. He missed his knife he made from back home. It was one of the only things he had as far as material possessions go and it was the only thing they didn’t let him bring with him here.He types in his code to signify that he got the message so that his wall would stop yelling at him. “Damn wall.” He frowns to himself as he starts to read the message. Oh, a meeting? A BALL? Sponsors? How was this all going to work? Did he even have anything decent to wear? What even was a ball? What was he supposed to do at one of those? Was he supposed to go with anyone?He gasped quietly to himself.Of course.Earth.His body went into panic mode as he grabbed his key card off the table and rushed down the hall to her room. Feet were making the metal walls of the dorm clank all around himself. There was no one is sight. Not one person in this godforsaken cold wasteland of a place. Only a handful of people remained anyways, it was never as lively as it was was Jungkook first got here.Just as he was about to round the corner to her room at the end of the hall, he bumped into something solid in front of him, causing himself to be taken aback, stumbling slightly as he twists his head to look for the culprit. No one was in sight. The only person down this hall was Jimin and Earth. “Hello?” He asks the still air of the dorm as if he’ll pry a response out of anything.Nothing. Silence. Like he expected.He shook his head and made his way to her room again. Nothing blocking his pathway this time. How odd he thought to himself. He makes it, almost breathless as knocks on her door a few times to make sure she knows he’s there. Nothing. Huh. “Oh.” He almost chuckles to himself. She’s probably busy getting ready for this silly thing. He giggles to the floor in front of her room as his long bangs hung in his face.Maybe he should get ready too?

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“I guess this will have to do.” You voice your thoughts out loud as you smooth your sweaty, gloved palms over your black dress for comfort. Being a big fan of the classics and not missing an opportunity to wear something like this again, you had chosen to recreate the iconic look from Breakfast at Tiffany's, pearls and gloves and all! You had spent the better half of your afternoon yesterday getting ready to look presentable for all these so-called sponsors.You really just wanted to throw life-sized boulders at them instead of dancing the night away, but, you were going to try and be on your best behavior tonight. You needed to talk to Yoongi, first and foremost and figure out why he’s been avoiding you like he was. You had a sneaking suspicion that he was distancing himself because he too did not want to become attached. You knew all your efforts to keep to yourself for the two years you were here were in vain. You had formed bonds with pretty much everyone in your solar system. Some good. Some bad.Most bad.A loud knock on the door signified your dates arrival, leaving you no more time to fret upon your looks or muse to yourself in your mind. You finish applying your dark red lipstick, popping your lips in the process.“Coming!” You shout, hoping he’d hear you. You figure he’ll just hear you making mental lists in your head as you scramble to get into your sparkly, strappy heels. ‘Namjoon, I’m coming.’ You shout into your head before grabbing your tiny clutch and heading out the door.“Oh!” You almost bump into someone in your haste. “Oh, hi there, Helios?”You question the tanned man standing before you. He looked incredibly fresh in his crisp, white suit, fitted with a black satin tie and sleek black shoes. His hair was purer than snow, slicked back to reveal his faded undercut. His dark brows were knit together, looking down at you with something you couldn’t quite put your finger on. “Helios, hello?” You question him again as he blinks at you in response. His amber eyes were swimming with something intense.“Jackson.” His voice was surprisingly deep, tone a little dark. “My name is Jackson.” He says softer this time. He shifts his weight from foot to foot. He was giving off the vibe that he was incredibly unsure of himself, but still trying to be seemingly cool. “Please...call me Jackson.” His gaze doesn’t waver as you continue to stare at him, wondering what’s happening right now.“Uh, hi, Jackson.” You gave him a sheepish grin. “What can I do for you?” Wondering why this man was here instead of Namjoon right now.His eyes sparked with a wildfire behind them. He took a step closer to you. “You know,” He rumbled deep in his chest. “I miss her.” He growled at you. His towering frame was instilling slight fear that was pricking the back of your thoughts. You felt like a mouse, trapped under a cat’s paw. “No one can fill the void Rose left.” He sighed, hot breath hitting your face as you stared up at him.Rose.That was the name of the champion from your planet before you.“What does that have to do with me?” You sounded more annoyed than you had meant to.He chuckled pulling away from you. “I know she’s still alive.” His gaze fixed on your door. Rose’s old door. “She’s still alive.” It sounded like he was just telling himself that. “Her and our child.”You’ve been here for two years now, the child had to be at least a year old by now. Assuming Rose and Helios’ child was alive. His gaze snaps back to you quickly. You could have sworn you heard the sound of faint footsteps coming towards you. “Get as much information as you can from the bosses, wardens, sponsors, whoever tonight.” The footsteps were getting louder as the person creating them was drawing closer. “I’m the strongest star here, but, I’m not the strongest one in this game.” He confesses to you, eyes were erratic as he was telling you this. “I probably won’t make it into the winner's circle, but you will.” His hands are gripping your shoulders as the footsteps sound like they are close to rounding the corner. “Please, I know you don’t trust me, but please, find Rose when you win. Please make sure she’s safe. That’s all I ask.” He sighs again, retreating his grip from you. “Give her this letter please?” He grabs a white envelope from his breast pocket and slips it into your still sweaty palms. “Thank you, Earth.” He says spinning away, rounding the corner just as Namjoon walks around the metal wall.His face is full of puzzlement as he comes to a halt as Jackson’s body disappears from view, leaving your mind reliving everything that just happened for Namjoon’s gift to pick up on. You’re still frozen by the door as he comes to greet you.“Earth angel.” He says, cooly. You shift your gaze to him as you feel the weight of his stare on your face, studying your every move. “You okay?” He tilts your chin up with the curve of his large pointer finger. His eyes showed worry and confusion in his dark ones.“Yes.” It was all you managed to squeak out. “I’m just shaken up a bit.” You confess to him, thumbing the envelope in your hand. “I feel like I never know what’s going on in this hell hole.” You state to him.He chuckles throwing his head back slightly. “Yeah, this place does that to you.” He removes his hands as he stands back to look at you with a soft whistle escaping his lips. “Wow. I don’t think anyone will be able to contain themselves after seeing you tonight.” He grins with a brow raised. You rolled your eyes and studied him for a quiet moment. He was in a dark green suit, with a caramel undershirt, and tan shoes to match. Hair was perfectly quaffed over to one side of his head and he smelt like expensive aftershave.You turned around quickly, knowing that he had caught you drinking him in and slipped the envelope under your door. You would ask Jackson later what had gotten him so riled up suddenly.“Shall we?” Namjoon stuck his elbow out for you to slips your own arms through. The gesture was charming you thought. Boys back home on Earth could barely text back after a first date. Intergalactic boys were certainly well behaved…Well...Most of them.**Jungkook’s POV**Jungkook was finally satisfied with how he looked in the mirror of his tiny closet, giving himself a tiny huff, tugging on his white, pressed cufflinks. He was consumed by his thoughts of what had happened yesterday instead of finishing dressing for the evening.After he had run to Earth’s room and back, he spent hours getting ready at the marketplace. He wasn’t completely by himself though. Taehyung and himself got a haircut together, Hoseok and himself got a colorless manicure together, and Seokjin and himself got their teeth brightened together. Before he knew it, he was cleaning up incredibly handsome.That’s where his night had taken a turn. He was out of Earth’s money she had given him in case anything happened. He had blown right through it in the blink of an eye. Since he wasn’t here for very long, he didn’t have time to participate, let alone win a scramble match tournament, so he was out of money. And he was very much out of luck.He stood at the entrance to the suit shop, facing his dilemma, as he heard familiar bickering in the distance. He turned his head over his shoulder to see Jimin and Yoongi headed straight for the shop as they were throwing angry insults at each other. Arguing over and over about something stupid and small, no doubt, Jungkook thought.“I feel like she’s going to wear black. Black is my color. I’m wearing it.” Yoongi barked as he almost ran over Jungkook, never taking his eyes off of Jimin who scoffs and replies with, “Yoongi, you’re going to look absolutely ridiculous if you’re only going to wear black.”“Oh!” Jimin exclaims, finally bumping into Jungkook. “Sorry kid, I didn’t see you there.” At the mention of the pet name Jimin had given Jungkook, Yoongi’s attention snaps to the taller, but younger of the two.Jungkook could feel his eyes widen at the glare that was piercing through the raven-haired boys bangs directed at him. Jungkook hadn’t dropped by or asked how he was doing in two weeks. When he did see him on tournament days, he was always far, far away from his solar system friend group. Jungkook wasn’t sure if he himself was a part of the reason that he’s stayed away. It made him feel rotten inside. He knew it was selfish. Trying to be with Earth as much as he possibly could. But, Yoongi was the other half assigned to look after him. And that he did. Or, at least- through his best efforts in the beginning. Yoongi had told Jungkook everything about this place, even hanging out with him on occasion. Jungkook was a shitty friend at this moment to Yoongi and he needed to apologize for it.“Mars.” Jungkook’s own voice betrayed him as he heard it shake slightly. He knew that the two older men would pick up on it. “Yoongi…” He trails off wondering where he should go with this. “I’m sorry I’m a shit person.” He makes sure he looks Yoongi right in the eye to show him he’s serious. “I should have done better, checked on you, made sure you were okay. Instead, I was selfish and I wanted to soak up all of Earth’s time she gives to you. But, she wasn’t happy, nor was I.” Yoongi’s eyes seemed to sparkle with Jungkook’s honesty, but his face and body language were telling you a completely different story. “I’m sorry I never dropped by. You’ve been nothing but good to me since I’ve been here, and I can’t thank you enough. You really are a good person Yoongi. I want you to know that I have your back in the future.” Jungkook finishes, blood rushing to his cheeks with his confession out in the open.Yoongi sighs and grips one of Jungkook’s shoulders. “You’re a good kid, 55.” Jungkook could practically feel himself light up at his small compliment. “I’m not mad you. Promise.” His gaze floats down to the ground then up to find Jimin’s frown. “Jungkook, you know about cycles and all that?” He suddenly asks out of the blue. Jungkook can only nod, unsure of why he’s asking about breeding cycles, especially at a time like this. “Well…” He looks at the floor again, the sparkle in his lava colored eyes long gone. “Mine is almost up. So is Jimin’s. We are a little desperate now to be bonded. You can only guess who we are both after?” He asks Jungkook again.Jungkook’s stomach felt like it had flipped inside out. His brow furrowed. He wanted to scream and cry. He wanted to throw things. He wanted to act out, become violent, but, he just stood there. Fists balled, knuckles turning white. He knew all along that this was happening behind the scenes. He just never wanted it voiced out loud. How they felt. Bonding and cycles.Breeding.Jungkook felt so sick, nausea seeping into his stomach. His head felt light as a feather. He had to hold his ground. “You’re going to force her?” Jungkook gritted out. His jaw was clenched so tight, he thought his teeth would break. “You’re going to force her into an unwanted claim?” Jungkook was furious as he looked between the two. They seemed taken aback that the youngest, gentlest, dare they say bunny of a boy was going to let them do that to Earth.His Earth.“Absolutely not.” Jimin scoffs at the Jungkook in disbelief. Yoongi shakes his head from side to side. The tension in the air was being cut, Jimin’s emotional gift was moving throughout the three to calm them all down. “We would never do that to her. Of all people, her.” His eyes soften as he looks at Yoongi as they exchange a knowing glance. “I’m in too deep to do that to her.” He looked back to Jungkook, smokey colored strands falling around his cherub-like face. “We are going to ask her about how she feels tonight though, finally come clean about everything. And I mean everything. She already knows how I feel, but, not everything. And I want her to know.” Jimin finishes his rambling as a figure starts to emerge from the suit shop.“Don’t bother.” The tall man that was representing Mercury chuckles down at Jimin and Yoongi. The tension was back. The air was heavy with unspoken anger directed towards the smirking man. “She’s already got herself a hot date tonight, and, it’s none of you three.” He bids the group a farewell to leave them stewing in their own thoughts.Jimin whispers as a single tear rolls down his eye, “He wasn’t lying.” His voice was so heartbreakingly heavy with sadness, Jungkook felt himself start to tear up. Though, it was probably just his gifts just acting on their own.Jungkook could feel himself breaking into little tiny pieces. This is why he’s never wanted a bond of any kind. He hated feeling rejected, cast aside, thrown out. She wasn’t even the one to do it to him! Which made him feel even worse, not hearing it from her.“We have to try.” Came a weary sigh from Yoongi. “We can only try.” He repeated, turning to walk into the shop. “C’mon kid, you need a suit and I bet you don’t have any money on you.”Jungkook perked up at Yoongi’s sudden act of charity. Maybe this wouldn’t be as bad as his gut was telling him it would be.Jungkook jolted out of his thoughts by the hologram wall which he had set knowing himself not being on time for the majority of things in his life. “Shit.” He mumbled to himself as he turned off the wall. He scrambled to lace up his shoes.If the other two were going to confess, so was he.Jungkook pulls the door open as he adjusts his suit jacket once more and heads out the door.Showtime.****Earth’s POV****Namjoon and yourself are quite possibly one of the last people to arrive at the training dome which they’ve turned into a booming, loud dance floor. The flatland that was once just dried, cracked dirt was glittering and shiny, especially under all the shining lights bouncing off the dome. You took a second to admire how extreme the whole situation was. This is the ground where you killed people. Now, you were making merry with the people who brought you here, forced you to kill your friends, and stripped you of everything that you’ve ever known and loved.Only in this crazy, godforsaken universe would that happen.Namjoon steers you to a group of his friends, exoplanets, and moons that you recognize being close to your solar system. After you chat with the group for a while, you decide it’s time to find your friends and converse with them. Namjoon seems reluctant to let you go, not wanting to part with his group. You promise him to meet back in a half-hour to dance and have fun with him. He agrees, kissing the top of your gloved hand as you dash away while you spot a boy with white wings tearing it up on the dance floor.“Taehyung!” You bellow as he grins, grabbing your hands and twirling you around to the beat. After being spun around on the dance floor a few more times you ask him if he’s seen Yoongi as Hoseok comes up to dance. “He’s over there with Jimin!” Hoseok shouts at you over the raging music. He points to a table nearby and your blood nearly runs cold.Three of the most good looking men in this whole galaxy were staring at you with hungry eyes. You felt yourself swallow your saliva because your throat stopped producing it the second your eyes shifted over to look at them. Namjoon was absolutely stunning this evening but, God were they handsome. You weren’t sure if it was the silly lights making your head dizzy or the multicolored space punch that you had been sipping on, but, man oh man, did your stomach feel like it was on fire with their weighty stares. You felt your composure weaken as you walked towards them, drinking every detail with your eyes.If you yourself were able to produce a boner, this would be the time that it would happen.Jimin was always handsome, you knew that. Just so effortlessly sexy. Nothing less from the son of Venus. But tonight, the way he slid his hands through his hair, glancing at you out of the corner of his deep blue eyes, it sent a shiver down your spine that your not sure you’ve ever felt before. His blue suit jacket matched his eye color so well, it led you to look right at his neck where a red and black checkered silk choker was hanging loosely. Your eyes then fell to his chest where his black vest was parted in a deep v, revealing a lot of skin. You felt your cheeks grow hot as your eyes shifted to the form behind him. You missed the smirk that arose from the god-like creature you were just admiring.Jungkook loomed behind him, hands in the pockets of his very tasteful classic black suit and white undershirt combination, a soft smile on his face. Bunny like teeth slightly poking through his soft cherry-colored lips. You softly smiled back to him, your feet moving closer on their own. A glint of something sparkling sitting to the left of your bunny made you almost choke on your multicolored drink.Yoongi.He was in silver- a suit jacket. And white- an undershirt. Okay, there was some black mixed in his color palette too, but your jaw nearly fell out of its socket seeing him in something other than black. You had to be drunk. You blinked through your confusion, your feet carrying you just several feet away from the table. His shit-eating grin was plastered all over his face as you were cocking your head to the side as you came to a halt in front of the group of beautiful men.“Hey, beautiful.” Jimin purred, looking up at you, hair falling around his angel face.“Hey, guys.” You sighed out, feeling slightly dizzy from the drink and the spinning Taehyung put you through. You turn to Yoongi. “Welcome back, stranger.” You felt like your tone was slightly too harsh, but, really, you didn’t care about that right now. You wanted to know why he’s been avoiding you like you avoid the rash colored doughnuts at the marketplace. Yoongi just stares back at you dropping his grin.“Mother Earth.” He practically growls at you. “We need to have a talk.”Your own jaded feelings getting the better of you, mouth working on its own accord, “We sure do!” You quip back to him as he blinks in shock. “Tell me why you’ve been avoiding me, Min Yoongi.” He stands as you don’t back down, chest to chest now with the man in question. “Tell me why you’ve been so moody with everything, Min Yoongi.”“Earth.” Jungkook starts with you as you hold a gloved palm up to silence him.“Tell me why you think it’s just okay to run away from me and your friends who obviously care about you, while you retreat into this seclusion chamber you’ve built around your heart and not letting any of us in, Min Yoongi.”With that, he presses his lips to silence you. Heat pools in your stomach, you’re sure it’s the drink talking. His lips are hot and sparked with passion and eagerness you didn’t expect from him. He pulls his soft lips away from you to your apparent disappointment.“I’m sorry.” He whispers, breath hot, hitting your face. “I didn’t think you wanted me.” He pulls away more to look down at you, “I’m sorry I avoided you. It wasn’t right of me. In all honesty, I was jealous you’d give up your position to the kid, and not to Jimin or myself.” His red eyes were lit with the raw emotion he was giving you. “I just want you to be happy and I didn’t think you’d find that with me, so I let you have your pick of the crew. But, after two weeks, Jimin told me you weren’t happy.” Your eyes were wide with his heartfelt confession to you. “I just want you to be happy.” His eyes were on fire. He was practically on fire. You could feel the heat radiating off of him, swelling with his emotions. “I can’t die in this universe knowing you are not happy.” What?“What?” You question his last remark to you as a breathy sigh. “Die?”He opens his mouth to speak to you again as a sweaty hand grabs your shoulder and gives you a firm yank to look behind you, you are faced with your worst nightmare.“Can I have this dance?”A crooked grin, a fat, greasy weasel of a man asks you, eyes ranking up and down your body salaciously.Kry.You do the only logical thing you could do to the man that stole you from your peaceful life back on your planet:You threw the rest of your drink on him, splashing it up in his face as you drew back your drink-less hand and lit it up with lightening. Anger and rage consumed you as you punched the slimy son of a bitch square in the jaw, lightening and all, ripping through one of your gloved hands. He went flying several feet back, landing with a solid thud as the music stopped and the lights started to flash red. His body was being lit up with the residuals of the sparks from your lightning-induced punch. Where they inserted your tracker two years ago sent out a beam of light. Drones that carried the dead away from the tournament swarmed you, circling you, as your lightning suddenly shut off. You shook your hand several times, not understanding why you couldn’t fight back. Blind panic and flashbacks to the day they kidnapped you from your home flashing before your eyes.“You always gotta try and show everybody up, huh Earth?” A small built woman stepped through the wall of drones, joining the circle with you. You recognize her as Io, one of Jupiter’s many moon’s. She puts her long golden hair up in a ponytail, short purple dress swinging away with her movements. “You’re the reason we can’t have nice things, you dumb bitch.” She points at you suddenly. You’re faintly aware that Jungkook and Jimin are yelling for you, unable to breach the wall of metal drones, but you have no way of recognizing their voices. All you could do was focus on her.That’s when it hit you.Io was Jupiter’s moon. Io was here because of her ability that rivaled Jupiter’s. Where he had strength as his gift, she did not. Her gift was incredibly rare, which garnered her success this far into the competition. You were a witness to it many times, how could you be so stupid. You looked down at your hands, empty of any gifts being able to be produced by your will. A sense of dread seeped through your adrenaline spiked body as she calmly runs toward you.A blackout ability.The gift of being able to erase other gifts.You. Were. Fucked.

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Time seems to stop as Io races towards you, short purple dress swinging with the movement of her gracefully headed towards your frozen body. Jimin and Jungkook are yelling, screaming at you to do something, anything as she draws closer by the second. You just can’t will your body to go, move. You weighed your options as she raises a fist, closing in for the kill.You were a joke at hand-to-hand combat. You’ve watched her destroy people with her petite hands more times than not. She was nearly almost always number one on scramble match days, you've been beaten by her a handful of times. Io lacked in gifts she made up by kicking the shit out of her opponents with her bare hands.A flash of light caught your eye making you take your focus off the impending doom hurtling towards you. The flashes happened, again and again, devastation in the form of wildfire was blazing behind the wall of drones. You see smoke billowing from someone’s mouth, it swirls up around itself, tangling in the air, trying to pierce through the untouched sky. The person turns around quickly on their heel, meeting your eyes with an undeniable smirk that you can see from where you are stood plastered to the floor.Yoongi.His gifts haven’t been snuffed out like yours have been. He’s throwing fire from his fingertips at the bosses and wardens, the younger two boys behind him, caught between the fire and the metal. You were sure Jimin was doing everything he could to manipulate the bosses into not fighting back against Yoongi, to be defeated easier.“Earth!” Namjoon’s unmistakable voice echoed somewhere to the side of you. “Earth, she can only block one gift at a time and it takes a toll on her body!” His words hung in the air for a second as you hear the crunch of gravel under her heel as she is right next to you. “Just wait it out until she can’t black you out anymore!”Well if it’s a waiting game, you can surely play along.**Jungkook’s POV**This was getting worse by the second. The bosses, wardens, and more people Jungkook didn’t recognize were coming over to kill them he thought. Surely that’s why they were snarling and crying out for their heads. Jimin was holding on to his shoulder, making sure he wasn’t too scared, too frightened of what was happening before him.Yoongi was doing an incredible job, throwing wave after wave of fire and ash into the air to stop them getting towards the circle, but there was only so much he could do, only so much one person could do. More and more, they seemed to pile themselves through the blazing flames in front of him, like moths drawn to the flames that were harming them, burning their flesh.Suddenly a man in a white suit came to Yoongi’s aide, arms lighting up with magma colored strings of heat, throwing as much as he could to stop the angry captors.Jungkook turned to look over his shoulder to see Earth in between the wall of the steel bots. He let out a sigh of relief, she was dodging the female moons attacks, feet finally moving on her own. Jungkook knew this female moon was a force to be reckoned with. He’d watched as she’d ripped another female's moons eyes clean out of her skull in horror. She was a monster. There was no doubt about it.Earth was dodging, weaving, not letting her land a single blow to her body. Io couldn’t get a perfectly manicured finger on his Earth at all. He was feeling absolutely helpless, but, proud in this moment that her confidence was soaring. She couldn’t let that moon get a hold of her like her planet had done.Another man quickly stepped to the other side of Yoongi, flashed him a dazzling smile, and turned into Yoongi himself. Hoseok. It always amazes Jungkook the number of power people have in the form of gifts. He was still gift-less. He wondered if he would remain gift-less or in fact awaken them at some point.“Pssssttt!!!!” The air next to him breathed. Jungkook and Jimin both jumped about ten feet in the air. “Hurry up, we gotta go!” It hissed again. Jungkook and Jimin exchanged confused glances. The air then suddenly parted to reveal Seokjin’s head and his arms holding out for them to take them. “C’mon boys we have to get to somewhere safe.” Jimin took his hand in a rush, removing his hold from Jungkook who looked over his shoulder.“What about Earth?” He yelled into the air that Jimin and Seokjin were dissolving into.“Jungkook,” Jimin hurriedly said with a furrowed brow. “Jungkook she’ll be okay!” The hand outstretched for him was disappearing before his eyes.“GO!” Yoongi bellowed, smoke releasing from his mouth in hot sparks of light. Jungkook reached out to catch Seokjin's palm in the nick of time, dissolving into thin air. Or, so it seemed.Kim Seokjin had an amazing ability to become invisible, anything or person he touches could also disappear in the blink of an eye. He could also teleport small distances too, but not with all the extra people he had to hold on to. They stalked around the circle of metal drones, Jungkook couldn’t take his eyes off Earth, making sure she was truly all right. She was continuing to bob and weave her way through the onslaught of vicious attacks from the purple-clad moon. It had almost looked like the moon was slowing down but Jungkook was unsure, the view blocked by the view of the bots.Namjoon was on the other side of the blockade, Earth’s moon throwing bombs from his stomach, looking incredibly tired. He felt back slinking away but he had no choice. He had to run, he had no way to defend himself. He couldn’t defend himself.SNAP.Jimin breathing stops as his head whips around to the center of the circle, where earth was. Jungkook took his eyes off her for one second and Earth’s already getting hurt again?!She had Io in a headlock, repeatedly punching the side of her flawless face, blood staining her beautiful purple fabric. Earth’s brows were twisted in anger, jaw clenched as Io tried to escape with little to no avail. Mixed blood from her knuckles and Io’s face were splattering about, the fancy get-ups were ruined with the entanglement happening in the middle of the metal wall.Okay good, better than he thought. Jungkook felt the ground shake, heard the metal clanking, watched Earth intently. The ground parted in a circle, swallowing the bots up first along the outer edge first then crumpling in on itself, the pair of girls in the wake of the devastation Earth was causing.“No!” Jungkook shouts, releasing Jimin’s hand to go run to her, save her as she continues to knock into Io’s head with her fist, the ground falling in on itself under them. Jungkook stared down at the black pit. She’s fine right? She’ll be okay right? He heard the bots try to fly away. Sounds of breaking and snapping were heard, Jungkook was slightly panicking, looking down into the darkness. He heard the rush of wind, it climbed higher and higher, until she reached the light. Tornado of wind gusts twisted around her feet making her rise to the surface, coming up out of the darkness with bloody knuckles and a scowl on her beautiful face. He reached his arms out for her, she snapped out of her thoughts, seeing his motions and smiled, raising her own arm behind her, sealing the pit in the ground up, like a giant zipper.“Jungkook.” The air twisting at her feet vanished as she fluttered down to him. “Are you alright?” She asks him with that smile he loves.“Of course I am.” He grins down at her, heart tingling with pride for her. “Now that you are safe.” He reaches for her hand to hold.The next part happened so quickly.A large metal object hurdles so suddenly behind her, Jungkook barely had any time to react, as the sharp steel impales her, metal coated in her blood. The tip of the steel beam was razor-sharp, coming out of the other side of her body, almost meeting Jungkook’s face. Her eyes blew wide, Jungkook stood there in horror. She looks down as a wave of red seeps out of her body. Earth looks at Jungkook as Jimin is screaming, no longer invisible, running to the person behind her who threw the item, it went unheard, Jungkook could only focus on her. She coughs, blood rocketing out of throat, splattering Jungkook in the face. He didn’t care. This was absolutely devastating. He was quaking, he didn’t know what to do. She grabs the object with equally shaking hands and pushes it the opposite way out of her, back the way it came. She bit her bloody lip as she got about halfway. She screamed the most god-awful shriek Jungkook as ever heard. Her eyes were glazing over, she pointed at him to help her thrust this item out of her.How she was even still conscious was beyond him.He grabs the metal as it cuts his own skin, pushing it as hard as he can backward. Jungkook pushes and pushes, as the metal slicing him burns in the openings he’s making on his palms, she stumbles, trying to stay conscious. What a fighter. She screams again, the whole building felt like it was shaking as Jungkook gives a final thrust, pushing the metal out her, landing on the floor with a loud clattering bang. Jungkook catches her as she falls forward, eyes rolling back into her skull, hair completely a mess.Jimin is thrown past Jungkook on the ground, being tossed to the side like a rag doll. Jungkook yells for him but he doesn’t get up. A muffled form of thunderous laughter erupts beyond the smoke that was clearing from the fire. Jungkook knows this voice.“God, do you know how long I’ve wanted to do that?” He booms out to a smaller figure standing next to him. A woman laughs, the sound is like nails on a chalkboard. “Park fucking Jimin. Prince of fucking Venus, what a bastard, he’s only a half-mortal.” The heavy breathing continues as they make their way to Jungkook. Jungkook knows it’s them, he doesn’t want to believe it but he knows. He can’t escape this time.Jupiter is back and so is his mate, Uranus.“Ah, look at the little bunny.” The giant is only several feet in front of him now, Jungkook is filled with shaking dread. “I can’t wait to squash you.” He runs now, Jungkook forgot how quickly he could actually move his thick body. He squeezes his eyes shut, holding onto Earth for impact, this was all he could do as far as protecting her. Pathetic.A lanky man steps in front of Jungkook at the last minute, he peeps an eye open to see that it is Earth’s moon, throwing small bomb after bomb out of his stomach, trying to stop him. “Move aside.” His fist collides with the pale man in front of him, Jungkook was sure that he has shattered every bone in his already fragile-looking body as he is cast out of the giant's way. Jimin has gotten up, crawling over to Jungkook who was just staring in horror, shock had consumed his body.“Kid,” Jimin croaks out, patting his shoulder. “It was nice knowing you.”“Don’t give up, you asshole.” Yoongi bellows, stepping into view, throwing angry fireballs at the man in front of him, keeping him at bay.Jupiter’s mate shrieks, zooming out of the way at an ungodly speed. Jungkook has never encountered her and her gifts as much as her mate, he realizes she’s a speedster. Yoongi continues his onslaught of fireballs, they were dulling though, more hot ash than anything. He was probably exhausted. The star named Helios comes to his aide once more, throwing golden, molten streams at the giant planet. He was yelling profanities at them, trying to dodge the burning fire. The woman zooms up to Jungkook, he barely had time to blink as she punched his face repeatedly. Jungkook tried to brace for impact with no luck. She was too fast he couldn't anticipate her next blow or what direction it was coming from. Jimin was receiving some kicks and blows to his body too as the woman just cackled. It rang in Jungkook’s ears, the screeching, god awful sound.She suddenly tripped to the side of the three of the beaten, bloody bodies, stumbling around, losing her footing. No one was there. Or so she thought. It had to be Seokjin. As she pauses to let out a yell of frustration. It was enough for Taehyung who was flying overhead to grab onto her and twist her neck. The pop of her neck was deafening as she fell limp on the ground, eyes still wide open.Jupiter roared as could feel his mate dying through their bond. He grabbed Helios, not even caring if his dirty skin was being burnt clean off, and snapped his spine in half. Jungkook felt sick. It was nothing for him to rip apart another alien, snapping him in half like a simple twig. Helios didn’t even time to react, Jungkook was sorry for this man he had never really met, watching him die protecting people he didn’t exactly know well. Jupiter makes a swipe for Yoongi who loses his own footing, falling back on his ass, the fire stopping for a minute.“Enough,” Earth yelled, startling Jungkook, bloody body rising to her feet. The ground was shaking right along with her. Jungkook stood too, making sure she was decent enough to stand, worried she’d go and kill herself for real this time, but he couldn’t stop her. The ground behind Jupiter’s giant form was splitting, red hot lava pooling out of it. “You die for real today, you dirty pig.”Her green eyes glaze over with a grey hue, Jungkook stepped back as lightning burst out from both her hands. She ran towards him, not a fluidly as she would normally, teeth bared. “Yoongi!” She called to him as he hopped to his feet, giving everything he had into pushing Jupiter backward towards the new pit, this one filled with hot lava. It was working. Yoongi was throwing fire at his feet as Earth swung the electricity by his arms. He teetered on the edge of the pool of fire as Yoongi gave a final few thrusts of red-emitting from his fingertips. Jupiter yelps, reaching his arms out, grabbing Earth by her arm as pulling her back with him, into the lava.“NOOOO!!!” All three boys scream. Yoongi reaching out to grab the arm that wasn’t being pulled in, fingering slipping through each other as she smiles at him, disappearing into the molten pool of fire and rock.No. Jungkook started to cry. No. No. No!!!! NO!How could she leave him, how could she do that to him?! Jungkook was quivering, blood-smeared hands tremoring with his anger, his sadness, his confusion.Earth couldn’t be dead right? She just couldn’t be.

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“Come on, we have to go!” Someone is shouting at Jungkook. Calling to him. Yelling at him. He doesn’t know this voice all too well. He ignores it. Hearing almost muffled as his brain can’t focus on anything other than her.Earth.She couldn’t be dead. She just couldn’t be.This person is shaking his shoulders as he watches the pooling pit of lava, on and on. He’s waiting. Where is she? When is she coming back? Will she come back? The hands leave him in a hurry. He’s not even sure if he’s breathing, blinking, anything. Jungkook assumes time has stopped. Is he underwater? He certainly feels that way, everyone’s movements slow and hazy around him. What is this miserable life if Earth doesn’t exist? Jungkook doesn’t even realize he’s walking closer and closer to the bubbling red hot mass in the ground. He’s reaching out, he needs to know if it’s real, if he can touch it, if she’s below in the melting puddle.“Kid.” Yoongi’s teary voice snaps him out of his thoughts. Jungkook reaches out more, the air from the pit searing the little hairs on his arms. Yoongi pushes him backward, breaking his stare on the molten red pool. “Jungkook, stop.” He looks at Yoongi who is staring down at the ground where she was last seen. “I can’t even jump in there.” He shakes his head slightly, tight-lipped frown on his face. “We have to go.” He tries to pull Jungkook with him as he refuses, pulling back, staying rooted in place. “We have to go, kid, reinforcements will be here any minute!” Yoongi pulls at him again. “We have to leave! We have to go, now! Namjoon found a ship we can use to escape!” Yoongi is trying with all his might to get the younger one to back off the pit, leave the dome, not wanting him to jump in as well, pushing him little ways backward.Jungkook is more than a little upset.How can they just leave her? How can they not even care about Earth like that? Cast her aside like she was yesterday’s old news...She’s so much more than just a pretty face to Jungkook. The only person that he truly cares about. How can Jimin and Yoongi just leave?! They spent all this time fighting over her just to let her disappear, let her die? Jungkook’s stomach flips over itself. No, there was no way. She’s still alive. She has to be.He has to save her.“C’mon Kook!” Yoongi reaches out once more.“NO!” Bellows Jungkook, his voice slightly distorted. Golden light burst forth from his body, eyes becoming shining orbs of glittering gold. Yoongi’s mouth parted in awe. “I SAID NO!” Anger had taken over Jungkook, picking up Yoongi and tossing him behind himself like he was made of thin air as he gave a confused yelp in return, landing on his side with a thud. “WHERE IS SHE?!” Jungkook’s distorted voice bellows again, asking the pit itself like it would speak back to him.More wardens and bosses fly in from overhead. Drones and big metal bots swarm the remaining boys. This was overkill. It was like every remaining person in charge of this hellhole came at them full force, teeth barred, ready for a fight to the death.Namjoon, Taehyung, Seokjin, and Hoseok all come to stand with Yoongi who is righting himself to his feet, the look of terror on his face as he grabs Jimin whose legs are out of commission.“We’re screwed!” Jimin croaks out, body hanging in Yoongi’s palms as Jungkook is glowing brighter and brighter by the second.“Get them!” A male warden shouts, pointing to the huddled group. A huge, clanking metal bot crushes Earth’s moon in the path to the group of boys. If he wasn’t already dead, he currently was now.Jungkook turns to the sound of the noise, snarl in his throat as he hovers off the ground, he lunges for the warden, zooming forward in his levitated state. The warden tries to manipulate his body with his mind, tossing him backward with no luck. The golden boy continues to float toward him at an incredible speed. He reaches the wide-eyed warden in a flash, his body exploding in a golden burst at the touch of Jungkook’s fingertips. Jungkook sets his sights on anything that moves, anything that comes by him, at him, he eradicates with the touch of his finger.“His emotional distress triggered his gifts…”Jimin trails off, staring at the scene over Yoongi’s shoulders in alarm. Jimin couldn’t get a good read on his emotions. It was almost like he was casting them out, like the first day they had met him. He was not responsive to Jimin’s gifts at all as he hopped from one boss to the next. Golden fireworks of people dying were left in his wake. It was beautiful in the most horrific way. The groups stays still as Jungkook is taking out everything in his wake. No power could touch him, nothing could manipulate him, he was truly golden. Jimin has only seen this power in one person. The strongest alien in the universe, Helios’ father, the star in the milky way, the Sun or famed God named Apollo. His gifts were nicknamed “Star Bursts” because what it looked like when he killed people, leaving glittering explosions in the wake instead of piles of rotten corpses.The pit bubbled behind the group as Yoongi turns his head, being the most sensitive to fire and all. It bubbled and it bubbled, becoming loud bursts of lava popping, the pressure of something rising out of it immensely, the steam from the hole in the ground rising and rising as a white-hot hand appears. Yoongi’s eyes were the size of a black hole by now he thinks, throat going dry as he sees her crawl out of the oozing fiery chasm.It was like a fallen angel crawling her way out of hell.Bathed in dripping, sizzling magma, she stands to her feet. Steam rising off her body, green eyes piercing through the molten liquid. All of her clothes burned off, leaving nothing for the imagination. Yoongi’s stomach pits as he chastises himself in his head. This is not time to be thinking sinful thoughts as everyone’s lives were on the line. But, my God, if she wasn’t perfect in every way. The scorching lava doesn’t seem to cool, leaving her looking menacing in the blistering lava form. Yoongi wasn’t sure how she could withstand such heat and pressure. She’s probably unaffected by her own power he thinks as she looks down at her hands, coming to terms with not being dead, instead of being a white-hot magma monster for the time being.Yoongi whispers a “Psst!” to Jimin who looks in the direction he wants him to, away from the bursting gold of bodies and bots to be met with the scalding form of Earth. Jimin’s jaw drops in shock, thinking there’s no way that she can be alive, there’s no way she’s really standing there. She meets his gaze, eyes like neon lights finding him in the golden dust Jungkook was creating.She looks at Jimin, Yoongi, the group of boys, back down at her hands and legs. Jungkook snarls at the bot several feet in front of her, coming towards her. He reaches the drone as the metal arm is swinging rapidly, she braces for impact as light explodes above her head. She doubles over, gripping the middle of the black hole on her chest where the liquid was dripping into. She screeches in pain. Jimin wants to help her, has to help her. There’s not much he can really do in this state, legs were broken, pain seeping into his own senses. He reaches out, he has to calm her down as Jungkook rips another animal-like noise from his throat, becoming distorted with his newly formed gifts, looking down at her scalding form. The liquid melts off her, revealing her naked body, giant hole present in the middle of her body, she clutches her chest tighter as she screams again. She’s been badly injured, the hole producing blood, spilling from her wound. Jungkook goes to touch her as she cries out, “Jungkook!” It rang in the air for a split second. The group looked around as they weren’t met with jeering and yelling.The dome was silent.Jungkook took out every last warden, boss, and metal robot on this ship.He freezes, the light around him dimming slightly. Eyes still shining with glittering gold. He is frozen, and it’s not by any one’s gifts. It was only by her voice. “Bunny!” She calls to him again, pain lacing her tone. Green eyes were flowing with tears as she looks up at him, eyebrows knit in confusion. “Baby bunny...It’s me. It’s Earth.” She says more gentle this time as Namjoon and the others break away, going to escape, ready for freedom. Seokjin vanishes, warping in on himself, teleporting somewhere unknown.“Jungkook, it’s me.” She chokes out again, body starting to quake in pain. “Baby bunny.” She soothes as the gold fades, light dying from his eyes. He falls to his knees with equally shaking hands reaching out to hug her as they both sob uncontrollably.“I killed them!” Jungkook cries out. “I’m sorry I killed them! I didn’t know what else to do-o-o-o!” He wraps her in his arms, her naked body being crushed by the weight of the young man crying on top of her. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” He repeats, crying even harder, tears running down her hair.Seokjin returns, arms full of her clothes and an envelope.Yoongi is puzzled...He knows Seokjin can only teleport to places he’s been to. Has he been in Earth’s room? Were they that close?“We have to go!” Taehyung and Hoseok return, panting heavily as Jungkook and Seokjin dress her in her training suit, for now, blood still oozing out of her body. Taehyung grabs Jimin’s hands as he flies out of the dome, carrying him towards the ships to freedom, wanting to get out of this prison.“Minhyuk…?” Earth muttered out in question, wanting to know where her moon was. Jungkook hiccuped. Yoongi just shook his head as she started bawling as Jungkook carried her to safety.-----Namjoon’s mind proves to be a powerful one as they fly through open space, speeding away from the floating dome. He was able to dismantle the tracking devices in their wrists, just in case they, the bosses and wardens, were somehow alive and able to get to them. He was able to operate the ship and steer it beautifully through the hanger. They were currently headed towards Venus, Jimin and Earth needed a healer. The famed goddess herself being the most powerful in the galaxy.They all couldn’t wait to escape, to go back home.To sanctuary at least.-----Jimin closed the door to his room, exhausted, healed and happy to be home.His mother was shocked and appalled at what everyone had recanted to her. She called upon the other rulers of the galaxies to look into this at once. She had kissed Jimin’s forehead and then the women representing Earth that he had often wrote to his mother telling her about. Her pale yellow hair masked the small smile she dawned as she kisses her forehead. She had passed out from crying herself silly in Jungkook’s arms. She missed meeting the glittering goddess for the first time. Jimin and Jungkook had placed Earth in Jimin’s giant of a bed, tucking her in, making sure she was alright from time to time throughout the night.The others had wanted to return back to their planets, rightfully so, two and a half years was a long time to be away from your friends and loved ones.Jungkook asked to seek shelter on Venus, begging the goddess not to place him back in a life he wasn’t cut out for. He would work hard for his keep on the planet, he didn’t want to go back to his exo-planet outside the milky way. She laughs and tells him, of course, he can stay, he can be Jimin’s personal attendant. He doesn’t really know what that means, but Jungkook lit up regardless, soft golden hue being produced from his body.Yoongi surprisingly did not want to go home either, he would rather float dead in space than return to his ash-filled planet. She laughs at him too, saying that he can be Jimin’s advisor. Yoongi just nodded, content with anything but going back.They all hoped she would want to stay too.-----****Earth’s POV****“Good morning, noona.” You hear Jimin’s soft fluffy voice call to you, drawing you out of your peaceful slumber.“Jimin….” You groan out, not opening your eyes, fearing that this was heaven, you had all died or you dreamed the colossal fight happening. “Is this heaven?” You groan again, clutching material that felt like silken sheets, tossing your head to the side on something cloud-like.He chuckles as he kisses her forehead with those full, fluffy lips. “No, noona, this is my bed.” Your eyes spring open. Jimin is sitting to the side of you, soft light trickling from the curtains behind him, making him seem like an angel. Gold soaked walls and furniture, you felt like you were back at his small room at the floating prison. You sit up, your body was indeed in between some powder blue linen. His smile widens, cheeks pulling up, eyes disappearing becoming little crescent moons.Moons…“Jimin.” You grab his arm closest to you, he drops his smile, you startled it right out of him. “Jimin, where is Minhyuk?” You ask him, your tone very alarmed, worried, your brows touching together, trying to remember what happened.He sighs and runs his free hand through his soft locks. “Your moon…” Your breathing stops for a minute, “didn’t make it…” He confesses with a whisper.Your arm gripping Jimin drops, falling limp at his side. “No…” you whisper back. Your heart plummets. All the memories you have with your moon start to whiz around your mind, filling you up with pain and sorrow. You start to cry again, mourning the loss of your best friend and ally in the game. “Minhyuk...La Luna….” You say in between sobs and breaths.Jimin holds you as you continue to wail in his bed, the sun setting fully as you stay in Jimin’s arms. You knew he was calming you down, making you cry less, you want him to take the pain away too. You start to calm down, letting Jimin work his gifts through you. You sat in silence for a minute, coming to terms with everything happening.Then it fully hit you.“Oh, my god! Where will I go?” You gasp out, breathless. “They took my family's memories of me away...I don’t have a home on Earth anymore…” You shake your head, feeling so crestfallen. You had lost everything. Your friend, your home, their love, everything.“Well…” Jimin pulls away from your watery embrace. “I was hoping you’d stay here with me, noona?” He asks you suddenly, you raise your brows, not expecting that from him right now. “Yoongi and Jungkookie are staying here on my planet too.” He smiles gently at you, tucking a loose strand of hair back behind your ear.“You want me to stay on Venus with you?” You question him.He nods. “With the prince of Venus.” He smiles once more, eyes closing, teeth showing.This was probably the best thing that’s ever happened to you, in your whole pathetic existence in the universe. You nod as he leans in to kiss your lips this time.Prince charming was awakening his princess, you think as you kiss him back. How fitting.

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Your crazy life just couldn’t get any weirder it seemed.You’ve been living on the golden planet of Venus for a week now, adjusting to a new life once again. Jimin really did the most to make you feel comfortable and you couldn’t thank him enough for taking you in, letting you stay rent-free in his giant, golden palace. What a kind and generous prince Park Jimin was. He wouldn’t let you sleep in one of the guest beds, making you stay in his room, taking your place in the guest bed, not taking no for an answer. You couldn’t really complain or object, he basically was your saving grace here.You thought about it though. You could go home if you wanted to. You could go back to earth, to start a new life all over, but, it would be extremely difficult since you basically didn’t exist anymore. You also didn’t have any money so it would be increasingly harder to get by. No, you decided it’s better for you right now to continue to stay on Venus with Jimin, his family, and the other two boys.You were happy they were here too, Yoongi and Jungkook. You weren’t sure you could live without them, for some reason. You loved seeing them every day still, talking and laughing, it was amazing that they remained positive- even Yoongi- despite the trauma you all went through, mentally and physically.It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows though.Your mental health was declining.You would wake up in the middle of the night screaming half the palace awake, Jimin coming to the rescue, once more, to hold you and calm you down until you were back fast asleep. Sometimes you couldn’t sleep at all, staring at the gold-leaf ceiling, thinking about everything and nothing all at once. The dome haunted you, your powers haunted you, the whole experience of being there and being a slave to fight to the death in that hellish place scared you in your waking and sleeping hours. You would see him, Jupiter, and the many people you’ve killed, they frequented you at every turn. The faces of others warped, becoming the faces of the people you’ve destroyed, they pop out behind corners, they lurk in the darkness of the shadows, the bloody bodies of everyone you've killed coming to know that you would never be free.You could never escape the game.You were not cut out for this life, but, here you are, thrust into a new environment once more. But, this time, you were safe. That much you knew and it gave you some comfort at least.You haven’t met her, the goddess Venus herself, but you know that she’s a stunning, kind, warm-hearted individual, taking in three refugees into her own home, scott-free, without any questions asked. Jimin was so much like her, it made your heart swell knowing that you were safe and loved. You were actually currently waiting for her, sat with the other boys, waiting for dinner. You hoped that she had some insight into the game and bosses and everything that had happened up until this point.At least you were safe, Jimin told you this every night before bed. You weren’t home but you were safe.Before you all escaped, Seokjin (you need to seriously praise this man more you think) grabbed some of your clothes and the envelope, which you haven’t read yet, as it hasn’t been addressed to you that Helios had given you before...before he….Jimin tightens his grip on your hand he was holding under the dinner table, breaking your swimming thoughts that were consuming you. You turn to face him, snapping away from the glittering mirrored wall you were staring off into space at. He smiles at you, eyes disappearing, teeth blinding, you can’t help but smile back at the beautiful man. And, my God, he was beautiful.“She’ll be here soon.” He reassures you gently, giving your hand another squeeze as you look over to Yoongi and Jungkook on the other side of you. They give you wide smiles too, filled with gums and bunny teeth. Your heart swells once more, but you can’t identify with what emotion. Love? Happiness? Both? Something deeper? You wonder if Jimin is having an influence on your heart recently, but, you are too content with your situation to care.The huge doors to the dining hall open swiftly, as a few people enter, light chatter breaking the through the air around them before a very tall woman brings up the rear, dressed in white robes, yellow hair with a subtle wave to it was fluttering behind her as she glides into the room. Her light pink, rose-colored eyes are soft and kind as she talks to the smallest of the people in her wake.It’s her. Venus.You stand as the boys do as well, showing her the respect of bowing as she laughs lightly, a pure ethereal sound that was like many bells twinkling rang around the hall. She sits at the head of the table with Jimin sat right next to her as you all sit after her. You recognize the people sat across from you instantly as Jimin’s siblings the younger ones being a little rowdy and loud. It felt like Christmas day dinner with your external family visiting you from out of town with your wild cousins running around and around. It brought a smile to your face.Food was being brought out on gold plates by the dozens. You could not imagine the sight before your eyes. It was just like the feast Jimin had prepared for you that fateful night. Your eyes bulge slightly taking in the smells and the sheen of the tantalizing morsels before you. You identify some of the food laid out before you, a lot of it being food Jimin had prepared for you (with the help of Seokjin, of course).“Dig in!” She brightly exclaims as everyone politely scoops different things onto their plates. You go for the globs of orange jelly-like balls again, your mouth practically salivating as the two boys to your left hungrily shoveled food into their mouths. Jimin, always the polite and studious one out of the group, made small talk with his siblings. While everyone talks about their day, you sneak a peek at Jimin’s mother, the goddess herself.Jimin surely got his ethereal face from his mother.The sharp jaw bone, high cheekbones, beautiful round puffy lips sat in a delicate smile across her face, yellow locks of hair hung around her like a halo…. You were smitten with her beauty, her palace, her grace, her son, her family that she had welcomed you into. Jimin said she had healed both of you the first night everyone arrived here. You were curious to understand how her gifts worked. You wondered if she could heal your insides too?Your brain continued to clink on, churning thoughts out like it was nobody's business as you stared on at the tall goddess at the head of the table, not really focusing on eating any longer as she catches your bright green ones in her light pink orbs, cracking a smile your way.Oops.You were caught staring. You felt like a schoolgirl, stealing fast glances at your crush. You also know that you’ve done this with her son several times, looking at each other from afar, seeking out the presence of each other. You blush, giving her a quick grin in return as you go back to eating the treats that the planet had to offer you.-------After the meal winds down she dismisses Jimin’s other siblings so she can speak to the four of you directly. She stands as you all do the same to follow her to her personal library for some tea and to have a proper chat. Jimin has shown you around the palace many times, except for his mother’s private quarters, which you respected of course. She’d willing accepted you into her home, the least you could do was not snoop around the mansion of the goddess.The doors opened to reveal shelves upon shelves of beautiful books and scrolls that stretched the expanses of every wall in the dimly lit library. You look all around you, taking in the sight of ancient texts and writing, mostly written in languages you couldn’t decipher. She led you to two beautiful white couches that could probably fit more than ten people on each, sat across from each other with a marble coffee table placed in the middle of a beautiful ornate rug.She sat with Jimin who sat next to his mother across the way as Yoongi and Jungkook sandwiched you in between themselves. Yoongi ghosted his knuckles across your draped thigh as Jungkook took you other hand without a second thought, clasping his around yours.“Thank you for taking us in. You’ve really been too kind” You blurt out, feeling like you had to say something regarding her graciousness and generosity. Why do you always act on impulse? Her eyes grow wide briefly as her attendants bring everyone tea, whizzing around the books and expensive furniture. Jimin cracks a sweet smile, eyes disappearing as his mother does the same and laughs lightly, angelic voice coming out to play once more.“I can see why my son has taken a liking to you.” She smiles wider as Jimin groans as he covers his face with his hands. You see the twinge of redness coming out behind his fingers which makes your heart nearly explode with how adorable this current situation is. Yoongi brushes the back of his hand against your thigh, reaching for his tea to sip as the tall woman giggles once more and pats her son’s shoulders.“I should be thanking you though, my dear. You’ve kept a good batch of people alive because of your actions. Well, all of you really.” She gestures to the three of you across from her. “We’ll talk about your powers in a minute, but, your elemental powers and your star bursts really saved the day on that ship.” She picks up her gold teacup and sips her tea softly. You go to do the same as Jungkook hands you your cup with his free hand a giant grin on his face.“Now, I’m sure you are all curious as to why I’ve been absent from my planet and my family for some time.” She sets her cup down as the tone shifts, becoming serious. You perk up, wanting to know the full reason, wanting to be focused on her. “I was gathering intelligence from the other celestial leaders as to why the games took a dark turn, why Jupiter left and came back, and where your former champion of Earth disappeared to.”Your eyes blew wide as you looked to Jimin who uncovered his face to mouth a silent, “Sorry noona.” to you with a sheepish expression. What a shit! He read Helios’ letter! You shoot him an incredulous look quickly before turning back to his mother.“First things first, Rose is safe.” You exhale, not realizing you were holding your breath. “She was transported to a breeding facility on a meteor that orbits Saturn. Your friend Hoseok was very grateful in aiding our search, I cannot thank him enough.” You could cry, not knowing who she is, but, feeling a strong connection to her. She was safe and that’s all that matters.“Did she have the baby?” You ask again out of nowhere. Jungkook and Yoongi turn to look at you with curious gazes. One lingering stare was asking ‘what do you mean?’ and the other was screaming ‘stop talking out of turn!’.Venus chuckles softly again, sipping her tea before she speaks to you. “Yes, a healthy baby girl she’s named Cosmos.” You beamed at her name choice- you quite liked this Rose lady. “I’ve offered her a room here, but, she feels more comfortable at the facility with the other women and children.” You’d make a mental note to ask the boys what a ‘breeding facility’ is. It did not sound pleasant to yourself but none of the boys protested or batted an eye, so, maybe it wasn’t all bad?“Second,” Venus begins again, hopefully putting your mind at ease with her next words. “The games turned dark at the turn of the last game being ‘too boring’. They used to be a place where one would simply show off one another's gifts and abilities, much like the Olympics back on your home planet.” You inhale sharply, wondering where this was going. “There was always a chance that someone could be killed, it happened quite frequently, but, it was never a blood bath like it was this round of the monstrous games.“Jupiter and his mate were never really kicked out. Your friend Mercury confirmed that for us. They, the bosses and wardens, wanted a total annihilation- type battle before the top ten so they can claim him and his mate the victor without any qualms. The ball was just a way to get everyone who wasn’t on their side together to be round up and slaughtered. What their purpose for this was unknown at this present time. We believe, though, it was to overthrow the current powers of the galaxy, specifically on Jupiter, to make his planet the strongest in the galaxy, no questions asked. He was greedy and he wanted more than what his father was reaping from the universe, which was already too much. All of the celestial rulers have been none the wiser and I do apologize.” She shakes her head, looking absolutely crestfallen.“The champion from your planet before you, Youngjae, was a spy for the ‘rebels’ and once they found out about him, they murdered him in cold blood, claiming that he cheated.” She motions to Jungkook who, when you glance over at, was staring at her with a dumbfounded expression, bunny teeth being revealed. She continues, “The ‘rebels’ are everyone who was being suppressed by the planet of Jupiter, who refused to be tortured and victimized any longer. Jupiter was taking every small planet in its path to control the galaxies, including yours, 55 Cancri. They specifically wanted the Maiden’s Gift flower, seeing that it only grows on your planet. Apparently, if you crush and grind the flower into a fine powder, you have regenerating qualities that don’t require the skill of a gift.”This was too much information, your brain was swimming with everything that’s happened to you over the past few years, everything making sense now, all of the pieces of the puzzle slotting together finally.“Anyways, the bosses wanted to harvest the flower with the aid of the giant planet, seeing how many people they could experiment on, push the limits of the flower on. It drove them mad, to see if they could kill and bring people back from the dead.” She shakes her head again, pausing for another sip of tea. “Of course they can’t, but they can heal without the gift of healing, such as mine. Speaking of powers…” She trails off looking at Jungkook directly.“You have something that is nicknamed a “Star Burst”, Jeon Jungkook.” He lights up at her saying his name, squeezing your hand a little tighter. “Only my brother, Apollo is the known soul to share these gifts with you.” Her gaze turns firm, as well as her next words. “You will have to meet with him several times a week to get a grasp upon your new life with said gifts. I shall arrange it after we are finished speaking. Please, try to keep your emotions in check until then, they trigger your power.” He nods his head, black bangs flopping around with him.She smiles at him softly. “Good.” She turns to Yoongi sat next to you and chuckles. “The quiet wild Min Yoongi.” He nods, maroon eyes igniting at the beautiful goddess speaking to him directly. “You already know what you are, Fire Starter.” She laughs more outwardly this time. “Thank you for giving my son a run for his money. I’d like to see you train more so we can hone your light show.” He inches a smirk on his face as you do the same, glad he was still here with you.“Now you, my lush green-eyed Earth.” You almost gulp but refrain, she won’t hurt you, you know this, but, she just commands so much power, it almost left you stunned on the sofa. “You have a unique gift as well, the elemental gift of Creation and Destruction. Only a few people have been known to control multiple elements at once, usually, elementals can only handle one or two at a time. You have done a fine job of honing these gifts yourself.” She beams at you and you can’t help but return the gesture, she was making your heartbeat so fast. “You also have a uniquely human ability to take damage to your body, for some reason. This means you won’t go down without a fight, you struggle until you are out cold.”It clicked in your brain. From being tased, the fight with Jupiter, to everything you’ve been through throughout your time there to being impaled, you were made for these games, just like that slimy asshat Kry had said. Son of a….“Anyways that’s all I have for you all now. I’d like to retire, for I am much too sleepy to continue.” Jimin stands as she shoots your group a sheepish smile. You all stand to leave, shooting her praises and thanks for filling everyone in. You are almost out the door as she softly calls your name. You wonder briefly if you are in trouble as she beckons you to stay behind. Jimin shuts the door with an unreadable expression as she waves you over.Oh my god. You’re alone with Jimin’s mother. You’re alone with the goddess herself.She ushers you to have a seat with her once more as you do so willingly. There’s a slight tension in the air. You fidget with your thumbs slightly as she clears her throat. “My dear, are you aware of breeding seasons and cycles?” She asks you out of the blue seemingly.Your eyes blew wide at her question. You tilt your head to the side at her, more than a puzzled expression gracing your face.Huh?What is happening?

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You walk back to Jimin’s room, shoes clicking on the glittering gold floor, thoughts of what his mother just said to you swimming around in your head as you continue on, immersed in thought. “My dear, are you aware of breeding seasons and cycles?” She asks you out of the blue as she shoots your a sheepish smile, soft rose colored eyes staring at you with concern. You tilt your head to the side, completely unsure of where this was going and why she was asking you these questions. “No,” You answer, cheeks turning pink, wondering what you have to do with the situation of breeding cycle seeing as you can’t have any children. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what breeding cycle or season is.” You think about it for a second. “Or what a breeding facility is.” You shake your head slightly from side to side, hair falling around your shoulders. She takes a deep breath, closing her eyes briefly as if this was about to be a burden to explain to you. Your brows furrow with the tension hanging in the air, worried you have pushed too far or not studied enough about the aliens you were currently living with. She opens her eyes and gives you a wry smile on her plush lips before she starts to explain her question to you. “A breeding facility is where some aliens go to continue on their existence or become pregnant. They are like hospitals back on your planet, but, the women sometimes find solace there if their mate dies or if they have been abandoned and I can’t say I blame them. They are well kept and fed and the children are with their mothers until they are eighteen so not to worry, Rose and her new sisters are safe and sound. She seemed happy that you were still alive, though, understandably upset with the news of Helios’ passing. My brother is equally upset with his only son not being alive. Knowing he has a daughter has given him some hope in the form of a grandchild though. Not to mention the fact that Jeon Jungkook has the same unique powers as he does. It’ll give him something to look forward to, so, I’m equally happy and saddened about that.” She confesses with a gentle grin, looking at you intensely as she continues. “Breeding and cycles and seasons can last for a very long time or a short period of time depending on the alien when they come of age, powers, if they are around the one they desire to be their mate, what planet they are from and so on.” She twists one of her wrists, waving it around as she speaks. “My dear, I do not wish to alarm you or seem incredibly frank, but, my son’s time is running out.” Your eye sockets enlarge with her words. Your breathing hitches and you fall in your seat on the cushion a little. “Wh-what do you mean?” You ask, brows knitting together once more as you both stare at each other, sharing empathetic looks of concern. “Does that mean something when his, uh, cycle is over?” You push more, feeling incredibly saddened by the news for some reason. She blinks rapidly before she speaks. “Yes. He will die.” Your breathing all but stops, jaw unhinging and dropping to the floor. “Die?” You echo as she nods, yellow strands of hair bouncing with her movements. “Yes, die.” She confirms, voice soft but full of emotion as she makes a pained expression. “I don’t understand.” You shake your head fast, looking away from her, body going rigid with everything she was trying to tell you. “How will he die?”She clears her throat as you flick your gaze back to Park Jimin’s mother. “If aliens don’t claim a mate and have a child during their first cycle, they will die.” You stare at her in horror as she continues on. “It’s not something anyone can prevent and it happens to people on your planet too, just not as extreme and we live longer anyways. Breeding facilities help with these issues, that’s why we have them, although the women usually don’t have to or want to leave because they basically continue to get pregnant while supplying the galaxy without the issue of mating full time.” You close and open your mouth to speak to her once more as you look at her with a dumbfounded expression. “Before you ask, mating is basically just having sex, breeding if you want to, but, claiming and mating is like what some animals and humans do on your planet. The term, mate for life, your husband or wife, death til you part kind of situation is claiming. You create a bond with your claimed partner and the feeling is describable. You feel them, smell them, hear them, share what they are feeling through the bond so it is an intense feeling.” She finishes as she looks at you again with a worried glint in her soft pink eyes. “Back to my son,” she starts again, “his cycle started as soon as he met you.” Your green eyes blow wide again. “I don’t know why or how, but you triggered his cycle starting.” A pink tint heated your face as you look down at your hands in your lap, not looking up at the goddess. “He says it’s been you ever since.” You jerk your head up, staring at her unashamed now as she continues. “Min Yoongi is in the same boat as my son. Jeon Jungkook might not be ready for breeding yet, but, he’s keen on you and I know you feel the same about all the boys.” You give her a questioning glance and a raise of your brow as she chuckles lightly into the air, the sound of bells twinkling filled the quiet room. “I may only be a healer, but, they don’t call me the goddess of love for my kindness, no.” She shakes her golden locks as her pink eyes lock onto yours, the tall mother figure sitting across from you on the couch was commanding attention and respect once more as she was focusing her being entirely on you. “I know you cannot pick a boy, loving each of them differently for different reasons, and I’m not asking you pick one, no. In fact, I’d rather you be bonded with all of them than just one.” You cock your head to the side again as a wave of embarrassment flows over you. “I have quite the favor to ask of you, mother earth.” You were internally sweating and externally biting you the skin on your lower lip. “I am asking for my son to claim you in exchange for living here. I will give you anything you desire if you are willing to comply.” She leans forward in her seat a bit as you process what the goddess of Venus has just asked you.“I can’t have any children.” You blurt out, eyes tearing up, lips starting to tremble as she gulps some salvia down her throat. You don’t look away as the salty liquid blurs your vision. You hiccup as you try to speak to her as she coos to you, reaching out to cup your face with her one hand. “I know.” She says comforting you with a gentle smile on her lips, making you give her a questioning glance. “I know. When healed you, I have the ability to look at your body internally as a whole and I realized you were missing some things from your body.” She gives you an abashed, light smile, rose colored orbs staring at you fondly. “I can heal that for you too if you accept my offer?” She surprises you once more as she pats your cheek lightly, pulling her body back to sit on her couch comfortably. You sit there and search her face for any traces of doubt or worry or something. Anything. Anything to tell you she’s joking or this was a prank and she was just getting your hopes up to see you cry. You ponder her question for a while as she chuckles lightly. “I’ll give you week to think about it, but, time is running out for my son and Min Yoongi.” Venus muses out, watching the storm of emotions and cloud of worry rolling around in your brain. You nod, taking in her beauty as you want to ask her one more thing. “You are sure you want me to do it? To be your daughter in law?” She blinks at you and laughs again, head falling back, tendons in her neck exposed to you as you stare shyly back. “My dear,” she coos after she’s had a good, hearty chuckle, “I wouldn’t want my son to choose any other being in this universe than you.” She stares at you with something fierce, something like a command. You blood runs cold as you gulp, saying you will think about it and you are grateful to be in loving in her house once more as you both part ways from the room. You reach your sleeping quarters as you finish mulling over what Venus and you had talked about. You enter and strip out of your formal white robes into some comfortable earth clothes Jimin had gotten for you. Your head was spinning with thoughts of him and Yoongi and Jungkook. It seemed like everyone knows you better than you know yourself, especially your emotions. You were caught. The floodgates of holding back from fear of becoming too attached to all three of them being opened, pushed aside now. Your mind reels with the thoughts of all three of the boys being into you, every smile they gave, every brush of their bodies against yours, every time they risked their lives for you, it was like flashing signs in the middle of a dark field in Michigan saying, ‘You’re an idiot- They’ve liked you all along. You were just too stupid to realize it.’You climb into Jimin’s powder blue sheets as you can’t help but feel small and lonely in the dark room, tossing and turning as the usually plush mattress was feeling stiff and hard. Your whizzing and swirling thoughts weren’t helping. You wanted comfort. A hug, maybe? As you could feel the string of emotions climb down off the self you’ve placed them on and threw a curtain over in the deep depths of your mind. The realization that you could be with all of them together happily was the brightest light bulb going off in your mind. But, what if they didn’t want to? You know that Jungkook and Yoongi get along for the most part. Yoongi and Jimin on the other hand…..And what about Jimin and Jungkook? Do they get along? You question their friendship, flipping the other direction in the bed as a warm breeze flutter through the curtains, the warm summer air on Venus wafting in the room. What if they don’t want to share you? That’s the other main concern. The most pressing issue was if you wanted to have a child or not. You never really wanted one though. A couple of cats and maybe someone who loves you and you thought that was all you’d be content with. Now, that you are here in this situation, could you risk someone else's existence for your happiness? You weren’t sure. But, you think as you flip the other way in the bed, not being able to lay still for a long time, he could surely have another mate and be fine right? Your eyes pop open as you lay in the bed and stare into the darkness. Then you’d be out of the house and away from the boys forever- you were sure. Ugh! Why was this so confusing and aggravating?! You huff as you sit up, slinking out of the bed as you peak your head out behind the gold and white door. You turn left and right, peeking down the hall as you tiptoe quickly to Jimin’s guest room where you were hoping he was now. You tap on the wood of his door, hearing the muffled voice of your saving grace beyond the door alerting you that he’s coming. You hear another voice beyond the frame too as he pulls back the wood to reveal his glowing, ethereal smile at you as you immediately dive in for a hug. You usually would hold back and be more formal, especially with this handsome creature in his pajamas standing before you. But, you really just wanted a hug from the Prince of Venus.“Woah, y/n!” He startles but ultimately hugs you back, lean muscled arms wrapping themselves over you as you feel a wave of peace and calm flood over your body. Your tense muscles relax as he pets the back of your hair with one hand, the other holding onto your opposite shoulder. You couldn’t get used to them not calling you by your real name. You used to hate the nickname earth, or some form of the name earth, but, the three boys calling you that as an endearing term for so long really melted the animosity you had towards it. “Y/n, what’s wrong?” Jimin asks you in your ear, making the little hairs on your body shoot up at attention to his lips so close to you. He hasn’t really made a move on you since the first night you’ve awakened here. The one kiss and that was that. It was a wildly different Jimin behavior from his aggressive asking you to dine with him almost every day back on the game ship. You clench your fingers tighter as you dig into the white fabric of his cotton v-neck, burying your face into the crook of his golden neck. “What did you and my mom talk about?!” He asks, half laughing, not trying to pry away from you but trying to glance at your face instead, looking at your face and reading your expressions. You were sure he was feeling your emotions, his hand smoothing the back of your skull as you just lean into him, smelling his fresh aftershave scent. “She told me about your cycle.” You sigh out, not caring about the sound of someone coughing and choking coming from behind Jimin. He inhales sharply through his nose, his own body going tense as he pulls you fully into his guest room and shuts his door as you peel yourself off of his body. “Oh!” You exclaim, seeing that Yoongi and Jungkook where also in his room, sat in some large red armchairs, playing a card game at his little table he had in the corner of his room. Yoongi was pounding his chest with his fist, coughing a little as Jungkook was wiping up something on the table with a rag. They were dressed in their sleeping clothes as well and you wonder if they were up waiting for you to come after your private meeting. “Were you waiting for me?” You turn towards Jimin, worry slotted in your tone. He gives you a beaming smile once more, eyes turning into little crescent moons as ushers you over to the fourth empty armchair. He sits you in between himself and Jungkook as Yoongi clears his throat across from you as he casts his eyes down and shuffles the cards vigorously. “Was everything he okay?” His low voice calls out as Jungkook holds out a hand for you to take. What a baby bunny you think as you give him a gentle smile, receiving a small one in return from the youngest as you turn back to Yoongi. “Everything is fine!” You exclaim brightly, not wanting to give the illusion that you are anything less than okay. Jimin shoots you an incredulous look as Yoongi deals some cards out to the four of you. “Don’t lie to me noona.” Jimin states matter of factly as Jungkook squeezes your hand. “What exactly did you talk about?” He further questions you as your eyes dart around to see the three alien boys were looking right at you with piercing, wild eyes. You sigh, Jungkook squeezing your fingers slipped into his once more. Your cheeks get hot with everything she’s asked you- echoing in your head, ringing in your ears. You don’t want to tell them, but, you know that in order for this to work out, for you all to become four claimed, mated beings that you had to be open with them. “She told me all about breeding cycles in general and what happens when you first come into season.” You elaborate your private meeting with Jimin’s mother as the three stare on at you. “She told me that you two,” you say pointing between Jimin and Yoongi with your free hand, “are almost at your limit for the cycle, that you need to breed and you need to breed now.” Yoongi’s jaw unhinges as the cards fall from his grip to the table with a soft patting sound as Jimin hides behind his hands in embarrassment again. “She said that Jungkook can claim but he hasn’t started his cycle yet. She also said that she can heal me if you...if you...you know…” You trial off, realizing what you just said to these three boys sat here, looking at you with a range of expressions. “Heal you?” Jungkook questions as you turn your head to face him fully. His dark brows were knit together in confusion as the cogs in his brain were ticking away. “Venus already healed you?” He looks away from your face to Jimin who you couldn’t see his expression at this point but you assume it’s only one of shared bewilderment. You shake your head slightly, removing your hand from his as he lets you slip from him, you turn your brows up from the thoughts of the very beginning of your journey here being a rollercoaster of emotions for you as you look down at your sleep shorts. “I am healed from all the last fight - yes.” You reassure them as the tension in the air was growing thicker. “I….They...made sure I wasn’t going to be like the champion of Earth before me...Helios got her pregnant and that’s why I was brought in as her replacement….They made sure I couldn’t do the same.”The silence after your words was so palpable and heavy, it made your head reel as Yoongi stands, the chair shooting out from behind him as he snarls, “They what?!” You flinch at his malice laced words, looking up to meet his molten red eyes boring down into your green ones. “They made sure there was no way I could have a child before the games started so they scrapped and removed whatever they could to make sure I was clean of that for the games.” “I’ll kill them.” Jungkook starts to glow a golden hue as you place your fingertips on his bicep, trying to calm him down. “Kookie, It’s okay.” You muse out, trying to break the hard tick of his jaw clenching. “Venus can heal me if I bond with you all.” You cover your mouth with your free hand as the glowing stops. In the light ceasing to exist, the boys own eyes start to glow. It glimmers and gleams with something unrecognizable as you can feel the tension being thrown out the door. What just happened?Oh my god, you think as Jungkook suddenly scoops you up and throws you on the guest bed as you bounce, not breaking eye contact with Jimin who comes to lay on the bed with the pair of you with Yoongi bringing up the rear.Oh my god, is this happening now? For real?!

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What’s going on?!“Wait!” You yell, holding up your hands to your body defensively. They continue to descend on the bed. Their eyes were gleaming bright gold, cobalt blue, and fiery red, hunger and desire filling the room. Jungkook slinks his arm behind you, trying to nuzzle into your neck. Yoongi’s hot long fingers move up your legs, steam billowing out of his nose, dilated maroon eyes staring at you with something intense. You turn the other way, being caught in Jimin’s snare in the opposite direction as you gulp. ‘Oh...my god!’ You were screaming in your head as Jungkook inhales deeply into the crook of your neck. “Boys, stop!” You stay once more, jerking your head back, the three boys removing themselves to the foot of the bed, waiting patiently as you catch your breath.You inhale and exhale a few times, trying to come back to reality in the guest bedroom, trying to come back from almost drifting away on a cloud of ecstasy. Was this what it was going to feel like with three lovers at once? You shake away those thoughts as you address why you asked them to stop. “Boys, we need to talk about this first. Plus, I’M not even sure I want this. And I have to be healed first.” You look at them one by one, each so different and ethereal, these alien boys in different ways. “Can you all share? Do you want to share? Can we all get along? Do you all want a baby? Do I even want a baby? What if-” Jimin takes your hand, reaching across the expensive bedspread, a sense of calm washes over you as he beams at you, puffy lips sat in a calming smile as he cuts your questioning and rambling short.“Noona, I know without a shadow of a doubt that I want this.” He muses to you, cobalt eyes full of adoration. You couldn’t help but smile back. “Yoongi and I have worked out our differences and I don’t mind the kid. I want you to feel comfortable though so we don’t have a strain in the bond.” He stares at you now, smiling dropping slightly as he looks from one of your eyes to the other. “What do you want, noona? Do you want us all?” Jimin turns the tables now as his gaze is a little sad looking.You look at each of these beautiful creatures from outer space again, watching how you consider them all individually. You open and close your mouth several times, words escaping you as your green eyes flick to each boy in the room. Whatever you say, Jimin will know you are lying, you need to approach this with how you honestly felt. “I’m not sure.” You finally say as the hopeful eyes become crestfallen. “I don’t know a lot about you all past the two years with you two and a few months with Kookie.” You point with your free hand to the boys respectively. “I know we don’t have a lot of time, but, can we please like, go on a date or something and see what happens?”They all stare at you with questioning looks, Yoongi quirking one of his dark brows up and asking, “Date? Like a calendar?”You have to push the laugh that was threatening to escape your throat down. You shake your head, trying to hide the snort you produced instead. “No, on Earth, humans ask each other out and do various activities by trying to impress the one they, uh, desire. Jimin looks back at the other two as Jungkook shrugs his shoulders. “So, say Jimin likes me…” You point to Jimin and then to yourself as they all nod. “Jimin would say would you like to go out to dinner and a movie tomorrow night at like say seven or so. If I accept, it’s called a date.” You finish explaining to them as Yoongi mouths a deep “Ah.”You aren’t sure they understand, but, Jungkook perks up. “My earth, would you like to go out with me to the move-ee’s tomorrow?” You giggle a little as he glows a bright gold halo around his body.“I don’t think they have movies on Venus, Kookie.” You look at Jimin, giving him a questioning glance as he shakes his silver-grey hair.“No.” He confesses. “But we can go to Earth for that if you want?” He gets a crazy idea, you see the little sparks of light bulbs going off in his mind as his expression shifts to a happier one. “Why don’t we go on vacation there so we can have as many “dates” as you want and that we can before the week is over?” He grabs both of your hands, clutching you with his, looking incredibly hopeful. You glance at the other two boys who are nodding their heads with Jimin’s thought. “My mother has more than enough green earth money, it shouldn’t be a problem.”Your eyes widen, looking away from all of them for a moment.Tomorrow was Minhyuk’s funeral. Could you really land on the moon, grieve him, and then fly to Earth, have fun and get to know all the boys more? Your heart throbbed with the ache that Minhyuk wasn’t alive any longer. You often cried about him in secret. You hoped that whenever he was that he was happy, watching down from the heavens, waiting for you to join him one day. You suppose he’d be mad if you were to dwell on him so much, knowing him, he’d want you to be fulfilling your life, not thinking about him and crying all the time. Not to mention the atrocities of the game that haunt you more times than not.You think about this as Jimin strokes his thumb over the back of his hand, loving the way you scrunch your nose slightly as you think about unsightly things.Your gaze flickers back to Jimin’s then to Yoongi’s then to Jungkook’s. “Do you all want this?” You question firmly once more, brows knit with how serious your tone becomes. “Do you want this together and with me?” You clarify, wanting each to tell you exactly how they feel.“Absolutely.” Yoongi’s low voice rings out in the room, cutting away the tension with his fiery gaze upon you. “I need to be with you.”You feel yourself gulp, eyes growing wild as Jimin clears his in front of you, calling for your attention to be placed on the man with the piercing blue eyes in front of you. “I need you too noona, very badly.” You feel yourself shiver slightly at his words, desire thick in his tone as he stares at you. You shiver slightly at his words, little hairs on your body standing upright as you shudder into his palms. You wonder if he’s influencing you in any way as Jungkook shyly steps into view behind the silver-haired boy.“Earth, I-uh- I mean Y/N…” He glances at the floor, stammering, rubbing the back of his head with his palms, “I want to…” He trails off as he looks up through his thick lashes batting up at you now. “Need to be with you.” He then confirms confidently, staring at you as his eyes glow.“Okay…” You say as you inhale deeply. “We’ll go after we visit Minhyuk.” You say with a small smile. Jimin lights up, kissing your fingers laced in his as Yoongi and Jungkook fist bump, giant smiles spread on their faces.You are smiling, but, you are a little worried. Where you ready to go home? You wouldn’t really wouldn’t be going home, but you would be heading back to your home planet and that was more than enough to get your nerves racking your insides with a jackhammer. Jimin sent another wave of calm through your body as he doesn’t look up from the hands he’s kissing as he whispers low so only you could hear it. “I’m right here for you, noona. I always will be.” His lips are tickling your skin, sending a signal of arousal straight to your core. He smirks and you know he can feel everything that is happening to you internally.“Okay, tomorrow we leave, so you better get ready to go!” Jimin says smugly as he unlaces his fingers from yours and pulls you off the bed towards the door. “I’ll see you bright and early noona.” He says as you pause to look over your shoulder, wondering what’s gotten into him. “Goodnight.” He says as he steals a chaste kiss in your forehead before shutting the door. You hear the chorus of complaints come from the other side of the door as he just laughs.You smile as you walk back towards Jimin’s room.Maybe this is what you needed? All three of them…?———-You just landed on the dark side of the moon, the palace a glittering silver color, so different than the different shades of gold you were getting accustomed to. You step off the metal flying machine, but not before Jungkook hands you an oxygen mask, thinking about the whirlwind of a morning you’ve had.The ship ride here was riddled with laughing and disagreements as you all had to decide where you were going to go once you all reached your planet. Yoongi was more than upset that earth was like seventy percent water, saying that everyone was trying to kill him, drown him. The only place you knew that had active volcanoes off the top of your head was Hawaii, which Jimin agreed to and Jungkook right away. Yoongi begrudgingly agreed after you had bat your lashes at him several times as he sat with his arms crossed in the seat across from you in the smaller of the ships from Venus, Jimin’s personal ship. Venus herself was more than happy for you all to get away and have your own alone time, just the four of you, so she gave Jimin stacks of earth money and you are sure that it’s the most abundant amount of green you’ve ever seen. You wonder why she has so much of it and she laughs and says she pays off your government every year to not come and inhabit her planet and the exchange rate for crystals to money is astronomical, literally.Speaking of Venus, you also asked her to heal you and she seemed perplexed at first, then when it registered with her, she seemed more than overjoyed that you wanted this with her son and the other boys. “This may take a few minutes.” She leans over, giving you a long hard kiss on your forehead, puffy lips like Jimin’s, touching you delicately. You don’t feel anything as you stand there in silence and let her healing abilities flow through you. You won’t tell the boys you think as head into the flying vehicle, some of your clothes packed away already on board as you are the last to arrive on the metal ship.Now you are here, on the moon you’ve looked up at many nights, masked, and dressed all in black to mourn your best friend in the games.You sigh as Yoongi extends his hand to you, Jungkook and Jimin bringing up the rear. You keep your fingers placed in his long ones as he continues to hold onto your digits as you exit the spacecraft. “We’re here for you, Y/N.” Yoongi says, fire in his eyes, not looking at you, as you tighten your grip on his hands.You breathe in and out as you approach his open casket once inside the lobby of the palace where he once lived. Yoongi squeezes your hand as he and the other two boys hang back, letting you have your moment with him, taking off the masks in the pressurized house. You turn to give them a small smile, taking your mask off as well, as Jungkook waves at you. Several of your other friends were there from the games, naturally, the group gravitated over towards each other as you hear them exchange greetings.“Oh, Minhyuk.” You say as you pull out some vanilla yogurt from your small bag around your body. You had asked permission from his mother to do this once you got in contact with her and she had agreed bluntly. You know that she probably hates you and everyone who participated with him in the games. You were alive and he was not. It wasn’t fair. Your hands shook as you place it on the ledge of the silver casket. You stare at his milky, translucent skin, his white-blonde hair, his glasses folded up on the ledge closest to him. “I’m sorry.” You whisper as tears start to roll down your eyes. Good thing you didn’t wear any makeup today as you brush away the steadily falling tears with the back of your hand.“Re-remember when you had to teach me how to use the wall and you kept muttering what an idiot I was under your breath?” You say in between sobs. Luckily it’s not super quiet in here, otherwise, you are sure you’d have some boys hovering over you. Little did you know that all seven of them were staring at your shaking shoulders with your back to them. “I’m sorry that I wasn’t strong enough to protect you.” You grab your arms around your torso, wishing you could hug him instead of yourself. “I’m so sorry that you died protecting me. I hope you know that I love you and I will remember you every day as long as I live.” You lean over to kiss his forehead as you hear someone clear their throat behind you, stopping you in your tracks.“That’s quite enough, champion from earth.” Same sneering, cold tone Minhyuk used to use to you, you turn and are faced with La Luna herself. She was beautiful, the absolute opposite of Minhyuk's almost bleached features, she was dark-skinned, dark eyes and hair, all of it- the only thing that connected them was the glasses on the bridge of their noses. You give her a sheepish smile as you remove yourself from being in the vicinity of her icy stare, thanking her for letting you put something with him, and saying sorry for her loss.“He wouldn’t have died if you weren’t so busy worrying about yourselves.” She spits at you, the room going silent as you thank her again and duck out of the room before anyone has anything to say about you leaving. Fresh tears spring from your eyes as you put your mask on and head back to Jimin’s spacecraft named “Chimmy”, his childhood nickname apparently. You hear someone climb up the steps behind you as you rip the mask off as sob into your black leggings, drawing yourself close to your body for comfort.“My earth.” Jimin coos, removing his mask he pulls up next to you, wrapping you up in his arms. You grab his black shirt, sobbing into his shoulder, staining his fabric with your flowing tears, whimpering something between, “I wasn’t strong enough” and “I’m sorry Minhyuk”. He holds you tightly, flowing compassion and calming thoughts through your nerves, relaxing you so you wouldn’t be such a mess.‘Wow’, you think as you pull away from Jimin’s grasp, sniffling and wiping your eyes. ‘If he can put up with me like this, he can surely put up with me at my other low points.’ You stare at his blue ones, full of kindness and love for you as you embrace again. The other two come running in the craft, hugging the two of you which you are sure was hard for Yoongi to do as you see him grimace hugging Jimin over his shoulder.“Let’s go on vacation,” Jimin says, a gentle smile on his face as you all nod, ready to not dwell on the anguish of Minhyuk‘s passing.————“Oh...my god!” You stammer as you see the beach house Jimin’s rented for the rest of the week. “This is too lavish!” You exclaim, looking at the private tropical house that has a slide leading into the ocean.“Yes, and wet.” Yoongi pouts looking in the direction Jungkook was heading in his swim trunks already.“A little water won’t kill you!” Jimin says, setting the bags for the store on the island in the kitchen, as Jungkook yells going down the slide, disappearing from view as a giant splash is heard with more shouts of excitement. You had all gone to the store for food, clothing, sunscreen, literally everything for your vacationing needs at a surf store down the street. Jimin’s spacecraft could turn into a boat. It was something out of a spy movie- it was too freaking cool. He had parked it here after he asked the ship to show him a private resort that was interesting. After he docked the boat (the ship?), he basically led everyone around with his GPS from Venus, telling everyone about everything interesting and cool you could do here.You walk into all the rooms, examining the sea decor and shells that were everywhere. There were only two rooms with king beds, and you figure the boys would probably want to rotate in and out with you every night. And you were willing to let them... Honestly, who were you anymore? Definitely not the meek biochemistry major from Michigan like you once were.You set your stuff down in the peach room as Yoongi settles in the one across the hall as Jimin puts stuff away in the kitchen. He bought food for an entire army and you weren’t sure why? He was kind of like that, going above and beyond for everything, big and small! That’s just how he was you guess as you flop down on the bed, face-up on your back, body exhausted with everything happening today as well as the traveling everyone went through today. You close your eyes as they start to get heavy, body wanting desperately to go to sleep. You lids flutter a few times as you struggle to stay awake. You close them finally, giving in to yourself as you feel something abruptly hover over you on the bed, drops of something wet hit your face as you peep an open.“Jeon Jungkook!” You shout as he drips water all over you, smelling like the sea, grinning from ear to ear, dropping down to kiss you dead center on the mouth as you are startled fully awake by his quick kiss.“You can’t fall asleep now Y/N!” He grins wider, pressing his forehead to yours as he spills more seawater off of him. “You promised me a move-ee and a date!” He shouts now, pulling you up off the now damp comforter as he hands you the bags of the clothes the boys bought you at the surf shop before closing the door and laughing as you huff in the abandoned room, clutching the bag to your chest.You sigh. This was going to bed a lonnggggg vacation.

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“What move-ee do you want to see?” Jungkook asks you as you both head into the dome-shaped building that was the local movie theater at this tourist town on the big island of Hawaii. This felt like a real date, Jungkook had combed his hair back and dressed very nice in a white T-shirt and some black jeans. God, he was looking like an entire snack, The youngest of the three boys were dressed to impress on this occasion, looking stunning and handsome for his desired alone time with you. He laces your finger together as you wait in line, swinging your linked arms back and forth slightly, taking in the sights and smells that the movie theater has to offer.It’s been so long since you’ve been away, so you had no idea what was out at the show, hell it’s almost three years at this point, a completely different human being you once were. No, you had powers, GIFTS. You! Little miss nobody from Michigan. You could survive being inside a volcano that you’ve created, you could fly with little gusts of wind from your hands and feet, you could make the ground shake with your fists clenched. You could do all of that. You look up at the boy who is softly glowing next to you, a golden halo covering his whole body in a warm afterglow. You hoped it was that dim in the lobby that people would think their minds were deceiving them.You squeeze Jungkook’s hand, tugging on his fingers a little to get his attention that snaps back to you directly, suddenly. He breaks out into a bunny smile as he meets your gaze. His dark eyes were swimming with an unreadable emotion you wanted to dive into but it appeared to be your time at the counter for tickets as the line had moved up.Crap. You still didn’t know what you wanted to see as you look at the names of the films across the board quickly. Oh, something that said “Galaxy Starship”. He would probably like something space-related right? Or would he find it insensitive? You didn’t know him that well but you figure he would tell, you if he was uncomfortable. You didn’t even know what the movie was about to make a clear pro and con list as you tell the cashier you’d like two tickets for the space film. Jungkook’s gaze lit up as you pick the desired movie, grip on your fingers tightening as his glow begins to intensify. You give him a questioning glance as he almost hands the teenager the whole wad of hundreds Jimin had dished out to him earlier, his ration while he was on Earth. You weren’t sure if you should giggle or facepalm, he was so endearing, and he didn’t know how to use money here so you’d give him a free pass.“Oh no, Kookie, I got it.” You give the confused cashier a single hundred bill as Jungkook pockets the rest of his green spending money. “Thanks.” You say as the teenager hands you your tickets and change with the most confused look on her poor face.You head to the snack line, Jungkook, pointing at all the candy behind the glass and asking you about with ones tasted the best, wanting to try them all but you had told him he should probably get like one or two plus popcorn and a drink - it was a lot you think as you explain the ones you like personally. He nods and decides he’ll try the Twizzlers and snow caps. You order and pay as he looks around the big open area of the lobby, taking everything in with utter enjoyment. You were happy that he received your planet so well and wasn’t afraid to try new things. It honestly would have made your life ten times harder than it was if none of the boys weren’t that into where you were staying. Well, Yoongi didn’t exactly like where he was but you can’t say you didn’t blame him.You settle into theater three to watch the space movie, having just enough time before the previews ended, getting a seat right in the middle of the red plush pull-down cushions with the theater being almost empty except two other couples in the back. They were already making out with each other, one of the pairs being a particularly loud one at that. Jungkook makes a disgusted face at which you throw some popcorn his way, giggling all the while, feeling like a teenager again with the atmosphere currently.The lights dim as the movie starts, the air in the theater-going quiet as the movie begins, opening with a beautifully shot scene from a mock planet in space. The CGI and graphics were amazing! You were shocked that there weren’t more people in the movie to enjoy this really pretty piece of cinematography. You watch Jungkook’s reactions in between watching the screen, his wide doe eyes glued to the cloth on the wall, watching the actors being dramatic about a meteor shower. He jumps and smiles and laughs and chows down on popcorn like it was nobody's business all the while. You were smiling to yourself, watching him with delight as he was entranced by the film. He slips his arm around your shoulder as he grazes on a handful of Twizzlers at a time. You want to yell at him for eating the red straw looking candy like that, but, you refrain. If he was enjoying it, that’s all that matters. The movie comes to a close with a dramatic kiss of the romantic couple on stage as the film pans away from the ship to the billions of stars in the sky. Jungkook slumps in his seat, turning to look at you with huge, puppy dog eyes, full of sparkle and wonder.“Y/N...” he says a little breathlessly. “That’s a move-ee?!” He asks, voice rising. You giggle as you stand, your knees creaking a little from not being able to stretch them for a while.“Yep, it sure is!” You say, sliding out of the theater, discarding your devoured snack containers as you both head out of the theater. “Did you like it?” You ask him with a smile, knowing the answer already. It was still relatively early and you weren’t that tired as you walk through the little downtown area of the town. Jungkook was describing in detail everything he noticed about the movie. From the clothing to their expressions, to the stunning cinematography, Jungkook was having the time of his life as he explained over and over about every little thing he enjoyed about the movie. It was so endearing, his words were so animated, he was so pure - Jeon Jungkook was melting your heart. And this time, you’d let him.Speaking of melting.You got some ice cream from a beachfront shop on the coast as you say and enjoyed your treat at one of the little tables plopped right in the sand. You were gazing between the pink hues of the sunset to Jungkook’s sweet face that was immersed between asking you about how you make a movie and what equipment you needed. You dig into your strawberry ice cream, not even fathoming how you were still hungry after everything you had consumed earlier in the day.“Well, Kookie.” You suck the spoon a little in thought as you look at the seabirds circling above the waves farther out in the water. “Firstly, you need a camera to record the movie or whatever you are going to make.” You dip into the dairy treat once more, sucking on the spoon after you’ve picked the pink cream off the metal as you think of an easy way to bring up what’s been on your mind for more than half the evening. You miss the way his nostrils flare, wide eyes narrowing, focused on your mouth as you pull the spoon out from in between your pink lips while you are staring far off innocently eating your cold treat. “Kookie,” you trail off, focused on a couple walking along the beach now. You stare at them fondly for a minute, wishing you could be with all the boys, hold all their hands at this moment. You swivel your attention back to the youngest of the three. “H-how do you feel about being with me? And all of us?” You ask, a little breathless, as you stare at him, fidgeting in your seat a little as you anticipate his answer. “Do you want to even share? Do you like Jimin and Yoongi enough?” You shuffle around, the anxiety bubbling up in you and you wanted to cry and he hasn’t even given you a response yet!Jungkook watches you with upturned brows, his bunny smile being exposed now as he leans over his chocolate ice cream cup to grab your hand in his while he speaks to you. “My earth…” he coos out as he watches you with a glint in his eye. “I want to be with you for the rest of my days.” He squeezes your paws in his for reassurance with a small smile on his lips. “Yoongi hyung and Jimin hyung both want the same thing I do, I know that for a fact. I can share - I don’t have a problem with it. And I love them too. But I cannot live my life with you being happy.” He gives you a questioning glance as you squeeze his hand back with wide eyes, drinking in everything he’s saying to you. “I want you to make a choice you want to make and not one you think you have to make to prolong someone’s life.” He states to you and you are honestly a little taken aback at the words he’s saying. “Jimin hyung can get another girl pregnant. He can still bond with you, though it won’t be as strong, the bond, I mean.” He clarifies as he sees your brows shoot to your forehead in surprise. “I love you more than you’ll ever know and I just want you to know that whatever you decide, I’m happy with.” He finishes, gazing at you with soft eyes and a soft smile.My, my you think as you lean over the table to kiss him sweetly, my have the tables turned, Jungkook giving you life advice while you were the one who should be doing that with him - that you had been doing with him up until this point.You can feel the heat from his glow as you abruptly break the gentle kiss from the youngest of the trio. “Let’s go home Kookie.” You whisper as you scoop some of his half-melted ice cream upon your finger and bop it on his nose as he giggles so sweetly at your gesture, brushing the chocolate off his face and following you down the shoreline, coming up behind you to spot his fingers in yours.———It was 3 AM.You were staring at the peach walls while Jungkook was lightly snoring in your ear behind you, holding you close to his body gently. The rise and fall of his chest were very soothing, but, you just couldn’t bring yourself to sleep. You ever so gently and slowly, peel yourself out of his arms, replacing your body with a pillow which he clutched tightly to his front.You shook your head slightly, walking to the kitchen for a drink as you can feel your throat becoming more drier by the minute now that you were truly up and awake. You are compelled to stop right in your tracks as you hear the light sounds of moaning and breathless whispers coming from the room across the hall. Your green eyes bulge out of their sockets to the two voices you know very well, but, you honestly couldn’t believe it. You honestly were shaking as you approach the door with caution.Jimin and Yoongi were sharing a room. Were they swapping spit too? Or more?Your breathing hitched as you stare at the white stained wood across the way in bewilderment. Jimin could probably sense you were here or at least awake so you needed to tread with caution as you tiptoe to the blue room across the hall. And thankfully they’ve left the door open just a crack, the room illuminated by the soft glow of the lamp on the bedside behind the men.You peer into the room as you get a view of what was happening inside, making heat pool in your abdomen and your breathing stop altogether at the sight.Yoongi was on his knees in front of Jimin while Jimin was sitting wide-legged on the bed, carding his hands through the others raven locks, a look of complete bliss on his face. He threw his head behind him, thick lips parting, a raspy moan escaping his throat, dark blue eyes closing, your whole body felt like it was lit with a match watching the sinful display. Yoongi sucked him, slurped him down, the thick head of Jimin’s aching member disappearing behind the oldest’s thinner lips, coating the younger ones cock in his translucent saliva as he takes him down to his pubic bone, gulping and guzzling what the prince of Venus had to offer.“Yoonggiiiii!!” Jimin moans wantonly, bucking his hips lightly upwards, fisting Yoongi’s dark strands as he pants for air, Adam’s apple bobbing in his throat as he struggles to retain control, coming to his high. Yoongi must sense his urgency as he holds Jimin’s hip in place with one hand and the other cupped under his balls gently, fondling them with care. “Don’t stop! Don’t stop!” Jimin whispers as Yoongi grunts, confirming that he’s going to take Jimin there, bring him higher, bring Jimin to his steadily approaching high. “Yoongi please, please will you swallow me?” Jimin pleads breathlessly, stroking the side of the older males cheek with his pale fingers. Yoongi half-heartedly nods, taking his cock deeper and faster, pumping him with vigor as he builds Jimin up to his approaching high. “Ah! Yoongi-hyung!” Jimin hisses, thrusting his hips up as much as he could in Yoongi’s grasp. He pulls his head behind him as you rub your thighs together, wanting more than just the friction of your sleep shorts fabric right now. “I’m coming!” He declares quietly as Yoongi continues to suck his weighty cock down his throat, giving him grunting and growling noises all the while. Jimin’s throat produces a soft cry, a wanton moan from all the bliss he’s receiving currently from Yoongi’s bobbing and sucking actions. You feel yourself become slick at the sight, the hot coil in your lower body winding up at watching the two men interact.Jimin rolls his back forward, his spasms dying down, the twitching in Yoongi’s mouth coming to an end as he opens his cobalt eyes to lock with your green ones with rapt attention, a smirk coming to play on his deliciously pink lips. You were caught.Shit! You think as you duck away from view, heading to the kitchen as quickly as you honestly could, moonlight pouring through the windows, lighting your way - you were desperate for that glass of water now more than ever. Your sleep shorts were sticking to your middle and you needed a shower to cool off after the sight. You suppose they really have worked out their differences you think as you turn on the faucet, shaky hands finding a glass and dispensed some liquid for yourself, trying to calm the empty ache between your thighs.You hear a light pad of footsteps coming up behind you, to which you are frozen on the spot when large hands wrap around your waist, a low raspy, “Hey there…” coming out of his throat as he nuzzles in the crook of your neck, skin incredibly hot against yours. The fire starter from Mars you were just spying on. He continues to rub his face into your body. You took a drink of water hastily, trying to calm yourself down.“Yoongi…” You whisper out into the night air. His fingers ghosting the hem of your shirt, soft butterfly touches sent scorching signals straight to your stomach to add to your heat growing there. “I just needed some water.” You explain why you were up currently, your pelvic floor was clenching around nothing at all and everything at the same time. He merely responded with a hum, trailing kisses up and down your neck, nipping your jaw bone in the process. Your breathing stops as you turn your head to follow the path of his lips towards your own. He captures your lips gently in his swollen, heated ones.“Yoongi…” you groan in between passionate pecks to chaste swipes of his tongue. All you can picture is Yoongi’s mouth wrapped around Jimin’s cock as you groan into his wet cavern. Your head was spinning, you felt so incredibly dizzy, you set down your glass as you start to shiver with the need for his long fingers to either travel higher or lower.“Ready for our date tomorrow?” He asks you, nipping the shell of your ear, his hot breath tickling your skin.“Mhmm.” You muse out, your lids flutter, your head tilting back to rest in Yoongi’s shoulder, your mind - the whole world- was focusing in on Yoongi. The way he held you, the way he smelled like musk and sandalwood. Wait, you think as he hums low in your ear again. Wait, you couldn’t get this cozy until you had your date with all of them...Right? You owed it to all the boys to wait until all the dates were over and you could make a clear decision. Your eyes suddenly pop open, you wiggle out of his hold as you stammer on about just needing to get a glass of water and you were going to bed, wishing him goodnight as you immediately miss the warmth from his naturally hot body pressed up behind you.You ran back into the room and closed the door, removing the pillow from Jungkook’s grasp and sliding yourself in between the sheets once more. Yay, you think as you sigh in the youngest’s tightening hold. Time to lay in bed and not go back to sleep for a few more hours.———“Yoongi!” You huff out, hands on your knees as you stare up at the black-haired man continuing up the rocky slope of the volcano. “Yoongi, please! Do we have to see every volcano on the islands?” You shout to him breathlessly as he climbs onward up the black peaks of hardened lava rocks.He turns around a raises an eyebrow, smirking down at you on the path behind him. “Princess, are you tired already? This is only the tenth one!” He chuckles, raspy voice carrying out in the jungle around the two of you. Only you think, rolling your eyes, still panting hard “I thought you could keep up?” He questions you as he heads back down the volcanic rock road, looking mildly concerned with how much liquid you were dripping in. “Hey, babe.” He coos very gently, bending over and kissing your slippery forehead covered in your sweat. “Are you okay?” He asks, now just realizing you are gasping for air.You shake your head no, hair sticking to your soaked skin. You look at him and notice he’s barely broken a sweat, his body being able to handle the heat of the sun and the lava you were nearby better than you were.“Do you want to go back?” He questions you and you shake your head, yes, drenched hair barely flopping with your motions.God, when have you gotten so out of shape? You were used to kicking ass and training every day, climbing ten mountainous volcanoes shouldn’t even be a problem for you right now. You were mother - freaking - earth for god sakes! A titan! You have called typhoons and created windstorms, what was a few different journeys up various hot rocks for you? You could create ten more - twenty more - for Yoongi if he so desired.“Okay, princess.” He smiles, red molten eyes softening at your weathered appearance, waiting for you to catch your breath before heading back down the mountain.“This…” You say as you move down the rocks with caution. “This is the most adventurous date I’ve ever been on!” You chuckle, a little more than breathless at this point. Yoongi had warned to bring rock climbing gear and to wear breathable clothes, your backpack was filled with sunscreen and water bottles as well as he didn’t tell you where he was taking you on his date this morning. You certainly didn’t expect this from him, though, you suppose he’s researched what normal dates were, made a disgusted face at his phone, and came up with an over the top idea for a date.He snickers, smirking once more, reaching the base of the giant elevation. “No one has taken you to a volcano on a date?” He asks, grabbing your backpack off your sticky shoulders, slinging it over his shoulder.You shake your head no, laughing as you say, “Nope! Not to mention ten of them in a row!”His eyes light with something dark and wild behind them as you stare back with your green ones for what feels like an eternity. His lips twitch upward again, revealing a gummy smile as he says, “Let’s go cool off in the ocean.” He points to the white sandy shore as he nudges you off balance slightly, you watch him run like an old man ahead of you. “Race you!”Min Yoongi was just full of surprises.---------You run headfirst into the ocean, easily beating the oldest of the trio, splashing as you enter the cool of the waves, clothes still attached to your body and everything. The relief of being sweat-free was instant, the water cooling and refreshing as Yoongi merely stood with his feet in the water, discarded backpack along with electronic devices on the shore in a spot on the deserted beach.You float on your back, closing your eyes as you let the push and pull of the waves soothe you. The sun was making its way back down the sky for the evening, though it wasn’t quite sunset yet, the golden rays of the sun were still beating down on your skin. “Yoongi!” You call out to the black-haired boy, not peeping your eyes open. “Yoongi come in here!” You call, laughing as you float along in the water.“There are sharks in there!” You hear the pout apparent in his voice. You’d roll your eyes if they were open.“I’m earth’s chosen human! I’m sure they’ll steer clear of me!” You giggle out to him as you float along in the swell of the waves, reveling in not being a soaked disaster any longer.It’s quiet, just the sound of the waves moving in and out of the beach, the occasional sea bird calling in the distance. It was so peaceful here. You were so happy fate had led you here to this island, these boys, even the games.CRASH!You smile to yourself, knowing Yoongi was making his way over to your floating body as you lie there, suspended in the liquid.He splashes some salty ocean water on your forehead as the orange glow of the sun is blocked from hitting you in the face. “Just so you know, I can’t swim.” He chuckles down at your smiling face.You splash him back, righting your floating body to the sandy bottom of the ocean floor as he muses a “Yah!” out in his deep rasp.“C’mon fire starter, show me what you got.” You challenge him as he raises a brow and a straightened palm to slap the liquid in your direction with force.Min Yoongi - the fire starter - was in the ocean with you, YOU, currently, playing a little game of cat and mouse with each other and you honestly couldn’t be more thrilled.------Yoongi and yourself drip dry on land once the sun was barely visible in the sky. You sat on the sandy shore with him as he found some dry sticks and started a tiny fire for the two of you to dry around. It was crazy how once the sun went down, the night air was so cool and cold. You shiver slightly, moving closer to the fire. Wet strands of hair clung to the back of your neck as you re-tie your hair in your signature ponytail. He sits next to you, slinging a warm arm over your shoulder, watches the flames dance in the fire he’s created for the two of you. The stars were fully out tonight, not a cloud in the sky on this perfect evening night in paradise. You sit in comfortable silence, the only noises around you were the frogs and bugs chirping out and the fire crackling the twigs Yoongi’s built the burning pile with.“Where’s Mars from here?” You ask him, tilting your head up to the sky, swiveling your head around as if you could really see anything without a telescope as he points with his free hand behind him.“That way.” He says confidently, not breaking his gaze with the red-hot embers.“And Venus?” You question him as he points to your left side with a long pale finger extended.“That way.” He repeats in a bored, monotone voice and you chuckle at him, looking towards his face so close to yours then.“Yoongi…” You trail off, not knowing where to start with him. Out of the three, he was always the most unpredictable, unstable, and rash. You weren’t sure if he was even ready to talk to you right now about this, but, the whole reason you wanted to have alone time with them individually is to see if you even were compatible with them, if they each like you, visa versa and the like. “Y-Yoongi… I...I...uh…” You stutter, unable to form a clear thought as his fiery eyes find your green ones, sliding to the edges of his sockets.“I’m ready to spend the rest of my days with you, princess.” He says it so casually, so calm, you almost want to laugh at his semi-bored expression on his face right now.Your mouth unhinges and hinges open and shut a few times as you look up at his profile. His tiny freckles on his nose, his blazing red eyes, his lips...Oh my god, his lips, that were wrapped around Jimin’s...Jimin’s…“Do you not want the same thing?” He asks you, as heat shoots straight to your core as your eyes blow wide. His brow furrows as he turns his head to face you more, looking at you with worry that, that he’s gone too far.“No, I-I do!” You stammer, gripping his black, damp t-shirt as he leans in to trap his sinful lips with yours once more. He kisses you sweetly a few more times, your cheeks surely the same color of the fire now as you part the connection of your flesh, looking at him with green doe eyes. “Are- are you okay with sharing?” You question him as he places his free-handed thumb on your lower lip, smearing the shared salvia around on your pinkened flesh, smirking down at you with such a shit-eating expression he’s never given you before.“I want you to be happy,” he growls, yanking your chin up as see his nostrils flare, “and I want to be apart of your happiness.” He admits as you gawk at him with a blank expression of your own this time. “I need you in my life.” He continues, monotone voice still low and deep. “I’ll share you with them if that will make you happy?”You crack a wide smile, cocking your head to the side as you watch him fondly. “Nothing would make me happier.” His mouth twitches up again as he attaches your lips together with his in a passionate, heated kiss that left you hot and panting, itching to be touched, but, you still had one more boy to get to.The biggest challenge of all.Park Jimin.-----------“Noona, please wear this tonight. Heels too. Be ready at 7 PM. -Love Jimin”You flick your gaze in between the little note attached to your door in from Jimin to the low cut dress hanging from said wood, the black material contrasting with the white of the door leading into the navy blue room across the hall.“Fuck…” You whisper out loud to yourself, even though there was no one in the house besides yourself. Jungkook and Yoongi were off exploring and getting into messes of trouble without you to guide them on your home planet. “Jimin...How am I going to fit into this?” You question the dress as you pull the fabric gingerly this way and that way, studying the black material. You gasp when you see the label, from one of the most well-known designers on this planet and you were going to try and shimmy into this garment. Come to think of it, you haven’t seen the silver-haired man all day and it was nearing sundown. He had wasted his whole date day with you! You have barely seen him when you were with Jungkook and Yoongi now that you were really thinking about it. Where was that handsome devil and why have you barely seen him? “And what heels Park Jimin?” You ask aloud, no one there to answer back as you peek inside the room that had been rotated to be Yoongi’s and Jungkook’s for this evening.You walk back into your room, questioning yourself how you’ve missed the dress hanging there for half the day, deciding the other two had helped the prince of Venus out with this one. You weren’t always the most observant, but, there was no way you’d let this black material bypass your mind. You spot the glittering golden stilettos sitting atop the dresser which you had your belongings upon a long sparkly golden necklace and earring sat next to them and you really question your sanity. Were you dreaming? Were you in a daze? You must still be at the games, none of this was real.You gasp, looking at the clock on the wall, noticing you only have less than an hour to get ready for whatever Jimin was going to throw at you today as you quickly race to the shower to scrub and shave your body.---------“Noona?” Jimin calls as he enters through the front door, dressed to the nines in the most expensive-looking suit he could afford - a Valentino black suit with a matching black undershirt hugging his chest, making him appear taller and paler than he already was.“I’m in here!” You shout, giving yourself a final coat of mascara, fluffing your hair and spinning in the tiny bathroom. The dress fit perfectly, hitting you in all the right places, exposing your favorite things about yourself. “One second!” You call out to the silver-haired boy who was waiting outside the peach room with delight, itching to see what the dress he’d spent hours finding would look on your body...and hopefully, on the floor later.You exit the bathroom, a little unstable and wobbly in your golden strappy heels with the red bottoms, grabbing everything you think you’d need in the small, gold clutch Jimin has gotten you as well. “Jimin, sorry, I’m- oh!” You exclaim, black coated lashes blinking a few times as you drink in the incredibly handsome man before you, clad in all black, making your heart race and the familiar heat shoot down your spine once more. Oh my god, what a man. You think as you watch him take in the sight of you all dolled up for him. He can probably sense your heartbeat and your arousal, the last time you’ve seen him was when Yoongi was between his legs, going to town on his lower half.“You look…” You trail off, unable to take your eyes off his steely, cobalt orbs as he ravishes your body with his hungry-looking gaze.“Incredible.” He clarifies, finishing your exact thought, finding your green eyes in his, licking his lower lip with his longer than the average tongue. “You look incredible.” He smiles innocently then, eyes disappearing as he holds out his elbow for you to cling on to, the fear of falling probably written all over your face as you make your way to the door.You gasp when you see what was waiting for you up the street from the villa. A shiny blue Corvette convertible, glittering in the setting sun rays on the island. You turn to Jimin, mouth agape, as he shrugs, opening the passenger door for you to sit in. “I like pretty things.” He purrs in your ear as you walk past him. Your heart rate increased tenfold you assume as you sit on the leather seat of the expensive vehicle. He hops in the driver's seat as he starts the engine.“Woah!” You say as he starts driving away from the villa hotel. “When did you learn how to drive and why do you have a car?” You question as he turns the radio down. “And where are we going, Jiminnie?”“If you were wondering where I have been noona, I’ve been getting my driver’s license!” He laughs, smoothly guiding the car down the road. “I rented the car, don’t worry, I have it until tomorrow.” He gives a sheepish grin, never taking his eyes off the road as he chats with you about his recent escapades. You miss the way his cheeks turn pink at your nickname for him rolling off your tongue as you stare at the scenery of the tropical island passing you by, wind whipping your hair you had spent more than two minutes on around your face. “We are going to a place where they bring you food and you can dance there!” He says excitedly, steering the car with expertise down the pavement.Once you arrive, you see the building is a giant indoor-outdoor restaurant with tiki torches and fairy lights strung across the dance floor. You take in the fancy atmosphere as you sit down with Jimin across from you at a high top table, your legs dangling above the marble floor. This building reminded you of being back on Venus. You were slightly homesick you realize looking around at all the white pillars and marble tile, even though Earth was technically your home planet, Venus was where you found solace and comfort. You almost look forward to the few days you had left here, wanting to return to your golden planet so badly.While Jimin and yourself dine on fancy foods with the smallest portions, chatting with each other about the island and the animals here, you study his features, raking your green eyes over his muscled and toned body, the most out of the three. Even in his slimming black suit, you could tell he was built like a god, like a half-immortal person would be. You knew you didn’t have to ask what his intentions with you were. He was far too into you for you to even question his drive with you in mind now.He takes your hand and leads you to the dance floor after you are finished eating, pulling you close with his lower ringed palm on the small of your lower back. His other hand was entwined with yours held by your sides. He looks at you with half-lidded blue hues, a little glassy from the bottle of alcohol you’ve shared tonight. He sways your body expertly to the rhythm of the slow, jazzy song, moving your bodies to the beat. He really looks like an angel you think to yourself, knowing he was picking up on all of your emotional signals, smiling at your sheepish face. He spins you and twirls you thankfully, you weren’t sure how much longer you could stand looking at him for he was far too beautiful for you to even comprehend in your drunken state right now.He dips your body deep after he’s spun you around yourself, kissing you with fevered passion as the crowd in the restaurant cheers at your affectionate display. He releases you with a pop, righting your body and leaning in to whisper in your ear, “I know you saw Yoongi and me the other night.” You feel your heart drop out of your stomach as he snickers, kissing your neck sweetly. “You naughty girl, spying on us.” Your eyes blow wide as you feel that hot, scorching feeling from earlier return to the place in between your thighs. “Are you ready to go home and receive your punishment?” He asks you, voice husky and low.Your breathing stops as you pull away to look at him, almost making you gasp, you could feel the slick pool in between your legs. His gaze was more than hungry at this point, tongue darting out to lick his lower lips, which made you shiver at the thought of this ungodly alien touching you.Jimin was the predator and you were the prey.

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“Jimin!” You scream as you brace against the leather seat of the shiny blue vehicle as he wheels his way down the winding road of the island back to the villa. “Slow down!” You turn your head to face him, ringing in your ears from the buzz of excitement under your skin, realizing he’s got his jaw clenched tight. His cobalt orbs were still focused on the road as he propels the car forward on the pavement. The cool night breeze whipping through the open-aired vehicle as you brace and wait: either for death or the prince of Venus to claim you this evening.“Noona…” He purrs out, nearing the oceanfront villas, placing his right foot on the brake gently so you both don’t fly forward. “I’m...I’m just….ready….” He explains his wild, rushed behavior as he slows the car down to the speed limit, making your beating heart settle in your chest ever so slightly, unhinging your nails from the door and seat under you.You have a sudden thought, knowing everything and nothing about your alien men (or were they your boyfriends?) at the same time as he parallel parks the car with expertise. You’d have never guessed he was new to driving seeming comfortable behind the wheel. “Jimin…” you trail off as you feel your heart rate increase again, you figure it’s in part his gifts seeping into your body finally and in part your literal nerves at what he was “ready” for this evening. He hops out of the topless Corvette quickly, coming around to your side to open your door. “How old are you?” He takes your arm in his, your golden heels sinking in the grass underfoot a little as you make your way across the lawn to the door.“Two hundred and twenty-two.” He says with a sheepish grin spreading across his face, eyes disappearing from view.“Two hundred and twenty-two…” You trail off, feeling like you know nothing about each truly. “Then you shouldn’t be calling me that?!” You realize with a giggle.He opens the white door to the villa, jaw ticking hard again as he looks down at you, blue eyes full of something dark behind them as they narrow holding your gaze. “I’ll call you what I please, noona.” He growls as you walk through the threshold of the villa, the air around the two of you incredibly tight - strained almost - as you know what he’s been waiting for this for a long while.“And what if I don’t want you to call me that?” You say, teasing lit to your tone as his eyes narrow, brushing past Jimin as you enter the villa, turning to say to the prince over your shoulder, fluttering your black coated lashes in the process, “What are you going to do, huh?” You hold your steadfast glance as you continue to saunter past him, moving your hips in a tantalizing manner, beckoning him towards you.“You’re asking for trouble.” He warns low, the usually soft angelic voice he has has a harsh, brash tone to it. You felt a wave of arousal pool in your stomach, the flames licking upward, making you suddenly too hot in this pewter flowing dress.“Maybe I want it?” You slide your hand up the side of the wall leading to the bedrooms, glancing at Jimin as seductive as you honestly could, abdomen lit with fire and butterflies, your brain asking you what are you doing? To which you ignore. The thrill of being in Yoongi’s position he was in the other night on your mind, right in between Jimin’s smooth, muscled legs too much to pass up right now.His nostrils flare, his eyes expand at your words, he clenches and unclenches his jaw several times before he descends upon your body quickly, hungrily. He pushes your back flush against the cool coral wall with haste, lingering over you, one arm raised above your head, resting on the wall, the other still resting on your exposed shoulder. You can’t make yourself look at anything other than his chest in front of you, you’re not ready to endure the passion behind every single glint and gleam you know he’s producing looking down at you from above. You are overcome with the urge to drop to your knees, right now, and right here in the middle of the hall. Who are you right now? A slut. That’s who you affirm to yourself as you get a whiff of his expensive smelling cologne again. God, you just wanted to taste him, to feel him, to wrap the prince of Venus in the warm, wet of your mouth...You question your sanity as you rub your thighs together under the black fabric dress at a low growl he produces, deep from his throat. He was probably picking every little seep and pool of emotion from you. Was the bond going to link you two together? Would it heighten his gifts? You don’t know and you hated yourself for questioning anything other than why he wasn’t buried in you at the moment.“Last chance to get away from me...from Yoongi, from the kid...from us.” He warns for the final time this evening, tone unwavering, letting you know what role he wanted to play in the bond. You were overcome with buzzing anticipation, baby hairs standing erect as your green orbs finally snap up to find his cobalt ones looking at you with upturned brows. Did he really think that you would leave him and the other boys at this point? His concerned eyes flick between yours, trying to mask that he was truly worried you would leave them all at the drop of a hat.You almost want to laugh at that thought. Fat chance of that honestly.Namjoon knew. You knew. They knew - from the moment they first laid eyes on you that you’d be theirs and visa versa. You all had a weird bond you couldn’t explain, being drawn to one another. Especially rare with a planet outside of your solar system - though, Jungkook’s gifts and powers were shared with only the God, Apollo, Jimin’s uncle. You were all connected.You were theirs and only theirs.“No, I’m not going anywhere.” You say a little breathlessly, looking at him with determination, placing your palm on top of Jimin’s ringed hand for reassurance.The hidden emotions of trepidation written all over Jimin’s face melted away with your words and the light touch. His eyes softened, his tight lined puffy lips morphed into a smile laced with seduction without reservation as he leaned his body forward to kiss you.And, my god, weren’t you just a quaking, shaking mess stood in the hallway awaiting the pleasures that the prince was ready to give you.Jimin’s lips crash into yours, tongue gliding into your cavern as he snakes his arms over your body, pulling your body close. You attached to each other, lips, arms, fingers, entwining the pair of you together in the hallway. You hum at the feeling of his muscle working you expertly, exploring you like you were a foreign object, inspecting you with his tongue. He kisses you in between slow, gentle movements to heated, fevered kisses, not letting up until you are a moaning mess in your conjoined mouths. Your head certainly was back in the upper atmosphere of the clouds the way it was spinning. He nips and sucks on your swollen flesh, pulling your tender pink lips away with a smack, earning him a wanton moan from your mouth as he finally parts the series of kisses, pulling back with a string of saliva attached to your panting mouths. He stares at you with something fiery, something you expected to see out of Yoongi’s eyes and not Jimin’s.A shiver rolls its way up and down your spine at his heavy-lidded stare, leaving you a quaking mess. The air around the two of you was too hot, too full of tension for you to comprehend.You were officially captured. The predator has caught you in his snare. No turning back now.“Well, well, well…” Came the low slow drawl of the hot head from Mars, breaking the eye contact between the pair of you standing at the mouth of the hallway, dropping your arms around Jimin, suddenly embarrassed by being caught in the act with him like you were a teenager or something. “About damn time.” Yoongi snickers, red eyes set ablaze as he looks to Jungkook whose body is lit with a faint glow around him. “Ready?”And with those words, you are picked up over Jungkook’s shoulder, beelining it to the peach room. He smacks your ass a few times, making your bum zing with pain first, then pleasure. He laughs like he is having the time of his life as he throws you on the bed, making you bounce a little as your stinging backside meets the plush of the bed. No lights were on, though, you didn’t need to really worry about that - Jungkook could light up the whole island and then some with how strong he was glowing now. He looks down at you with a dark smile, bunny teeth being exposed by the curl of his lip upward. “My earth…” He whispers as Jimin and Yoongi stroll into the room, arms slung around each other, holding each other tight.“Wanna show her what she was missing the other night, Yoongi?” Jimin says so casually into the room like you all weren’t about to engage in activities with each other. The prince of Venus pulls the older boy from Mars into his arms as he kisses him openly in front of you and the exoplanet.Their tongues swirl and tangle with each other in assertion for dominance, the slick muscles colliding around one another was making your breathing falter, laying on the bed propped up by your elbows, staring on unashamed at the two boys shoving each other down their throats. Yoongi is the first to give a moan, signaling Jimin the victor of a hidden, secret battle they were participating in. “Jungkookie will help me get ready, too okay?”The night light that was the youngest boy in the room moves away from the bed to Jimin, but not before leaning down and catching your lips in his in a chaste, quick kiss. He pulls away, bunny smile present as he was replaced by the smaller form of the hot head that was Yoongi.“You ready?” He asks you, raising a raven-colored eyebrow, glowering down at you with a sly smirk plastered across his face.“For what handsome?” You ask coyly, tilting your head to the side as you hear a snarl from your right. You weren’t quick enough to turn and see which boy it was as the pair of hands hold you steady looking at Yoongi’s bright red eyes. You knew who it was immediately by the cool of the silver wrapped around the digits.Park Jimin was seriously going to be the death of you, you think as he laughs darkly to the side of you, the coil in abdomen tightening already and they’ve barely touched you.Jimin’s ringed hands slither around your windpipe lightly, holding you there, still letting you breathe, but, holding you so you stare forward at the boy from Mars. “No,” Jimin growls out, a wave of arousal pooling out of your middle as he muses in your ear, “No, my love.” His thick lips tickle the shell of your outer ear, inhaling deeply as you are stopped in your tracks. “You don’t set the terms.” He bites the top of your ear, sucking on the flesh there, moving your strands of hair out of the way to earn a soft mewl from your mouth. He comes off your ear with a lewd popping sound, humming all the while, flowing emotions of seduction and lust through your body. “We do.” The prince says roughly as he bites down a little harder, making you scrunch your face in pain, crying out, trying to turn your head, but, being stopped by the fingers laced around your throat. “Do you understand?” He asks you, his grip increasing slightly, making you gasp out a yes with a hiss. “You’ll do as we say, got it?” He tightens is hold on you once more, making you choke a gasp.“What if I don’t feel like it, hm?” You ask suddenly, attitude bubbling up from behind the surface you’ve kept it under - feeling like the stubborn, brat the boys have come to know you for as Jimin snarls in your ear again, not liking you being completely submissive to him - to them.“Jungkook.” He growls out, releasing you completely, moving away from the bed. Yoongi then descends on your body, lowering himself to your heated core, the look of starvation crossing his face as he pulls up your dress slowly, starting from your ankles up, leaving a trail of hot kisses up your thighs. “Kneel.” You hear Jimin command the youngest and you almost say something but don’t - can’t - for your cocky speech dries up in your throat going dry for what happens next.Your sight is then replaced by Jungkook’s bright, slender thighs coming to rest on your shoulders, still clothed, but a massive tent is stuck uncomfortably behind the confines of his khaki Bermuda shorts. He barely sits all of his weight on you, probably more than worried he would crush you between his massive thighs. You gulp as Jimin watches from above the both of you, chuckling as you hear the rustle of fabric being removed and discarded haphazardly on the other side of the bed.“Kook,” Jimin says, the words laced with a warning once more as Yoongi’s digits finally reach the threshold of the middle of your center, circling around the edge of your panty line for teasing effect. You felt your bottom lip quiver as your body is rushed with the feeling of anticipation, endorphins from Jimin running on high. “Silence that slut.” He commands as you hear the fly of his suit pants being undone. “Shove that long cock down her throat.” He hisses as Jungkook flinches at the prince’s tone and sudden demand. The youngest boy's hands shake slightly, coming down to the waistband of his pants, hesitating for more than a few seconds. You feel a gush of calm flow through you, knowing that Jimin senses the anxiety and slight tension in the room, wanting everyone to feel as comfortable as you all can.“She’s being a brat.” Yoongi rasps from between your legs, fingers still skating outside the lace of your midnight panties that were dripping with the slick of your wet arousal. “She needs to be punished.” He comments on your stubborn behavior, sounding passive like he usually does say in between your body, toying with you, leaning in to paint you thighs with violet and magenta bruises all over your delicate skin on your lower half.Jungkook has started to unzip his pant fly, revealing the Marvel print boxers he must have gotten here on earth. The long length of the youngest springs forward, making your brows turn up at the sight. You desperately wish he wasn’t leaning on your shoulders so you could wrap your hands around what he has to offer, feeling the skin move with your motions in between your hot palms, but, you settle for holding the tops of his clothed thighs. Jungkook reaches into his boxers with his dominant hand pulling himself out of his underwear, exposing his member which was springing to life once set free, waving back and forthright in front of your face.You feel your green eyes bulge out of their sockets. Fuck, you think as you get a fresh wave of arousal flooding through your senses, making the coil in the pit of your stomach ache. You whimper wanting to taste the bulbous, pinkened head of the youngest who was very well endowed as you eye the veiny extremity twitching as your stare lingers on.Jimin laughs softly above your head, “What do you want her to do you Kookie?” He asks the boy, “What did you say you wanted her to do to you, hm? Something about a spoon and ice cream?” Jimin prompts Jungkook on, leaning on the bed now, you look up to Jimin’s exposed flesh hanging in front of you, curving upward, twitching with a desperate need to be touched. And oh, how you ached to take care of the pale prince swapping spit with the exoplanet holding you hostage.They break the kiss, Jimin seemingly winning this struggle too, Jungkook not putting up too much of a fight for unspoken dominance this as Yoongi did.Jungkook looks down at your waiting form, Yoongi’s warm touches and kisses all the while have your head spinning out of control. “I...I want you to suck on me like that spoon you were using the other day.” The youngest muses out, looking down at you with flushed cheeks, the halo of gold around him looking ethereal and heavenly. His member twitches at his words and your weighty stare moving from his eyes to his girth hanging in front of you. Yoongi bites down particularly hard on your thigh, causing you to gasp out, opening your mouth, giving Jimin just enough time to guide Jungkook’s cock inside your mouth.You take him willingly, letting him fill your mouth with his long shaft, hitting you in the back of your throat. You hum around him, tonguing down his long vein on the side of his member. Jungkook gasps and wiggles his hips back and forth, still not putting his full weight on your shoulders. He moves then, back and forth gently, prompted on by your moans vibrating up his body, and your upturned brows egging him on to continue filling your mouth. He whimpers out, carding one of his hands through your hair, the other Jimin places on his own awaiting member, stroking him up and down.“Show her some of the tongue technology you were bragging about the other night, Min Yoongi.” Jimin’s rough voice comes out more breathlessly as he parts the fevered, passionate kisses Jungkook and himself were entwined together with.Yoongi finally stops teasing you on command with his fingers, ripping the dark lace clean off the lower half of your body, earning a muffled yelp from your stuffed mouth. He chuckles darkly as he inhales the scent of your arousal finally being flushed out and open for him to stare at with his molten ruby red hues. “Princess…” He purrs, low and gravely, sending a shiver up your nerves as he dips into your center, hot breath hitting your folds, causing you to recoil at the sudden gust of heated air hitting your aching center. He guides your legs to rest on his shoulders, making your wetness more apparent for him to drink in with his observant eyes. “So perfect for me...for us earth angel.” You hear the smirk in his tone as he lays his tongue flat to your center, tasting your wet slick on his warm muscle. He produces a low animalistic noise from his throat as he swirls your folds over and over with that devilish tongue. You cry out as Jungkook rocks his length into your throat, loving the way you were being pleasured from above and below.The feeling of Jungkook in your mouth was simply divine, you had fleeting thoughts about the sizes of the celestial beings from outer space that had chosen you to bond with, how large, how wide they would be more often than not. Especially since the games ended, wondering if this was the way it was going to be from now on. Reveling, savoring every whine and groan, every touch and caress the three of them were laying on you, letting you know that they were here for you, that they wouldn’t hurt you.Yoongi’s long, slender digits slowly circle around your aching, empty pussy with the pad of his thumb, making your hole clench around nothing. You hear him snort a laugh in response to his teasing, not pushing his thumb fully in yet. You buck your hips up, wanting him to be inside of you with something, anything at this point. Tears form in your eyes from the stimulation and the giant cock hitting the back of your throat repeatedly, the motions driving you insane, making it hard for you to breathe and focus Jungkook’s pubic hair tickling your cheeks as you slurp him down as best you could muster.Jungkook’s thrusts become faster, more erratic as you choke, full of the golden boy who is shining more and more with every drive of his cock into your mouth. Jimin his guiding the youngest hand over his own member, sliding in the hold of hot palms. They are moaning, breathless, panting, their mouths working the other relentlessly as the younger two continue to lap and lick the other clean.Speaking of lapping….Yoongi was working the wound coil in your abdomen, making you cry around Jungkook’s hard member. Your clit was being abused by his tongue as he rolls and sucks on every inch of your pink folds with intensity. Tears were streaming, running rivers down your face as you close your eyes to the feeling of his tongue building you up. He replaces his thumb with his pointer finger, inserting himself into your heated center. You roll your hips up, walls closing tight around his finger as he pumps in and out of you at the same pace Jungkook was rocketing his member into your mouth. You cry out, brows twisting in pleasure, Yoongi adds another finger as he curves his molten digits to mold with your body, continuing the onslaught of his sucking and lapping at your clit. The oldest between your thighs start to scissor you, moving his fingers apart in your clamping, clenching walls, wanting more and more with each glide in and out of your hole. He parts your middle wide with the insertion of a third finger and if you could scream, tell him how much you didn’t want him to stop. But instead, you busy your tongue with the underside of Jungkook’s shaft. The youngest boy's thighs were beginning to shake, barely able to hold himself up off of you any longer.Jungkook breaks the frenzy of steamy kisses, resting his head on Jimin’s pale shoulder briefly to hiss out a moan, “I’m… c-clossse...” Jimin chuckles as he kisses Jungkook’s sweaty, glowing forehead sweetly.“As am I.” He states, honey, dripping from his vocal cords as he grips Jungkook’s hips, ceasing his movements from inside of your mouth, stilling the twitching, hardened length in your mouth. “I need to claim her with Yoongi together.” He purrs into the youngest’s ear, patting his thigh to get the exoplanet to move off of your flushed and pinked body.Jungkook slides out of your wet cavern, but, you are unwilling to let him leave, sucking him with might as he leaves your mouth, hollowing out your cheeks as he lets a wanton moan escape his throat, looking down at your form with fucked out golden pupils. He exits you with a wet pop, you look up to him with fucked out eyes, smirking coyly to the youngest of the boys hovering above you.Jungkook gets up as Yoongi greedily laps and drinks all you are spilling from your center, earning him delicious mewls and cries from your hoarse and empty mouth, your nails find the oldest’s raven hair, holding him in place as he sighs into your lower half. “Pleasseeee Yoongiiii…” You cry out into the room as Jungkook watches on with bated breath, Jimin moving to stand behind the man from Mars. All the while, Jimin rubs himself up and down with a hand on himself slowly, watching Yoongi’s tongue swirl and dart every which way in your folds.“Yoongi…” Jimin groans stroking his weight, watching the oldest open his eyes and look at you with fiery hues that not even white-hot magma could rival. The coil in the middle of your stomach was so tight, you were afraid you would burst at any moment. “It’s time Yoongi.” Jimin places his free hand on the pale, boney shoulder of the hothead who was working you to oblivion.He shakes his head in the middle of your body, pressing himself deeper, fingers being pushed inside of you as far as your aching, clenching pussy would allow them to go, slurping you up a few times as he parts your body, coming up for air finally. You are whimpering, trembling, as you watch your juices drip from his chin, glistening in the light Jungkook’s body was producing.“Heaven.” He grits out, biting your thighs several times, causing you to jolt with the nips of pain and pleasure. “You taste like heaven.” He proclaims red eyes trained on your face, his mouth shiny with your arousal coated on his lips which are morphing into a dark smirk as he removes himself from your empty body.“Dress off,” Jimin growls helping you off the bed, standing you to your feet as Yoongi touches his sweltering fingertips to the black fabric that was your designer garment. Your head was spinning, the illuminated room was fuzzy as you could barely form a coherent thought from all the lust that was flowing through your veins currently, the pleasure the boys were bringing you too was too much, too powerful for you to comprehend at this moment. The midnight colored dress begins to be eaten by the flames from the oldest’s blazing digits. You yelp in surprise as the flames lick the garment clean off your body, never touching your skin all the while as it disappears quickly, leaving you to completely naked in the middle of the room as stare with wide green eyes at Yoongi who only chuckles in delight.When did he learn this level of control? You shoot him a questioning look as he smiles smugly on at the three of you in the room.Jimin scoffs, brows furrowing, shooting the oldest a dirty look. “That was a Valentino!” He mumbles quietly as Yoongi kisses the prince to silence his pouting, your juices transferring from one hungry boy to the other.Yoongi parts the kiss abruptly, coming to stand behind you, discarding the rest of his clothes in haste, chuckling all the while. “They all burn the same, name brand or not, Jimin.” Yoongi’s palms ghost the underside of your weighty breasts in his blazing palms, thumbs coming up to rub slow circles around your hardened nipples. You gasp at the hot sensation on your sensitive nipples, growing needier by the second.Yoongi guides you to the bed behind you, the sheets positively ruined with your juices staining the sea print beneath you. Yoongi settles on his side, moving your hips to mold with him, to be the little spoon. Jimin descends on the bed, moving so he was facing you, looking at you fondly with adoration - a stark contrast to where his behavior earlier, this Jimin being the one you were familiar with.“Are you ready, my earth angel?” He purrs as he gets situated, famous eye smile coming out to play, his member twitching with anticipation. He wasn’t as long as Jungkook, much shorter in fact, but oh god, much fatter and girthy than the youngest. You desperately wanted to see Yoongi’s cock that was pressed up to your backside, slotted in between your cheeks behind your body, but the feeling of his cock jumping with his own need behind you was mouth-watering. You know that you’ll be satisfied no matter what the three of them had to offer.Your pelvic walls clench around nothing as a fresh wave of Jimin’s lust and arousal hits your nerves, making you shudder into the hotter man behind you, wiggling your hips against his length for relief. “Please fill me.” You ask them, moaning wantonly into the night air once more. “All of you please.” You search for Jungkook who comes to kneel on his knees to the side if you, completely naked now, holding up your leg to allow the other two easier access to your empty hole.“As you wish.” Jimin kisses your cheek gently, rubbing the head of his cock over and over your folds, collecting the juice for extra lube before he slips inside of your pussy easily with how wet you were. You hiss with pleasure, biting your bottom lip as your vision starts to melt in and out, your hands wrapping around Jimin’s neck. “Yoongi,” Jimin moans heavy in your ear as he pushes in, filling you up as your breathing hitches. “You did a nice job getting her so wet, so ready for us.” He compliments the oldest as they exchange a passionate kiss over your shoulder.Your brain was about to explode, the want, the need, the desire flowing through all of you now was so strong you all couldn’t help but sigh into the crook of Jimin’s neck. He stills his cock in you, letting you adjust to his massive length inside of you and you are grateful. Your coil, the pooling pit of want and need running hot in your stomach was fit to explode at any moment.Yoongi then pushes the head of himself into you. A fresh batch of salty tears run down your cheeks, the stretch and the slow burn of pain making you bite your lip in worry. Could you do this? Could you take them at the same? Jimin must sense your growing worry as he sends a numbing sensation through you, all the while whispering encouraging and loving words into your ear. It takes you a moment to calm down, just enough time for Yoongi to glide up into your velvet walls, making you see white stars.You gasp out, feeling the two cocks of the men you adore being stuffed inside of you, filling you up to the brim with molten bliss. “Please!” You whimper out, “I don’t know if I can last much longer.” Yoongi scoffs, peppering your neck with kisses while Jimin starts to push in and out of your swollen center. The boys climb to a comfortable pace, rocking you back and forth between the two of them, granting them more tears from your eyes as you cling on tight to the prince. Jungkook holds your leg up with one hand, stroking himself his giant length with his other hand.They push in and out, the waves of the ocean not having as much force as the two men you are sandwiched in between currently you think as they moan and wail into the night air.They continue their in and out motions, cocks touching each other deep inside of your wet entrance you while you clamp down on them, the edge of your high skyrocketing as Yoongi brushes your clit with one of his fingers, the other still slowly moving around your pink, budded nipple. This was too much. Your coil was being wound and wound, your nerves being unraveled as you cry and hiccup into the prince.Jimin growls, nipping at your ear as you as shivering and trembling to the hot touches and cocks filling you up. “I’m close.” He states, honey, dripping from his soft angelic voice. “I need you.” He moans, repeating several times as he quickens his pace, hips boring into yours, thrusts becoming deliberate and needy as he spears your aching, throbbing cunt relentlessly. “I love you. I need you.” He yells into the stuffy night air several times, your own high being brought to the edge of the corners of your mind, about to send you reeling, back to outer space as you scream out.The prince of Venus pistons himself into you, while Yoongi’s head of his delicious cock brushes the spot inside of you that leaves you seeing white stars. You clench as hard you can around the pair of flesh burying themselves deeper and deeper inside of your sore cunt with every snap of their hips. The heat from Yoongi’s heated body was making you sweat, the coil inside your body was nearly at its limit, making you a mess, saying each of their names breathlessly.You were at the edge of the galaxy, trapped in between heaven and hell you think as they continue their blistering rhythm inside of your pussy.Jimin gives a few hard final thrusts, the light in the room growing brighten, Jungkook’s self-induced high was coming as he watches the place where you all connect with half-lidded, dilated dark eyes.“You. Are Mine.” Jimin says, punctuating his words with the hard snaps of his muscled thighs into yours. “MINE!” He loudly growls into the room, biting down on the crook of your neck, creating the bond mark that you’ve seen a few of the aliens at the games bestow. You cry out in pain as Yoongi brushes the tip of his cock’s head against your g-spot a few more times while Jimin releases in you, filling you with his seed, animalistic noise pouring out from his bared throat.“Oh fuck!” You gasp out, body convulsing as your coil snaps, orgasm of your own crashing down around you in a matter of seconds, sealing the bond whole Yoongi twitches his white essence inside of you, replacing Jimin’s mouth with his own at the throbbing spot on your neck. Stars were forming, vision edging a blinding white as Yoongi hums a deep rasp into your shoulder. You shake and gasp out, clawing at the princes back, marking him with your nails as he continues to release inside of you, muttering words of love and adoration into your ear.You couldn’t even get a second to breathe as the two cocks slip from inside of you, the mixed liquids of the three of you spilling out from your center as Jungkook thrusts his girth into your sore hole. You groan as your high was still being ridden out on Jungkook’s hardened cock. He slams on you, chasing his high as you shake your head, dripping back onto Yoongi’s shoulder, not being able to think about anything other than the fact that you could smell them, sense their fevered heartbeats, taste them on your tongue.The bond already coming into place as Jungkook sighs and rocketing his length into your seeping pussy that hungrily was clamping and spasming for more. “I love you!” Jungkook grips your breast with one hand as Yoongi continues his circling on your clit, bringing your other high crashing around you as Jimin smacks Jungkook’s ass several times, making Jungkook grunt as his impending orgasm came as a surprise crashing around him, golden light shining incredibly bright as he leans over to attach his teeth to the bruised, violet mark on your neck.With his load being released in you right after the other two, the seal of the bond was created.Jungkook falls backward as to not crush you with his weight, falling back on the printed sheets. He pants, watching you with fucked out golden eyes as you feel your own green ones slowly start to close.The bond was signed, sealed, and set.You were theirs and they were yours for the next several light-years to come.------

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*Many Moons Later* You feel him before you see him. His temper burning in the pit of his stomach all day with the military deal he’s put into place being the subject of much gossip and outspoken people here on Venus. You only knew it was a matter of time he would make an appearance.“Bend over.” He growls behind you, grabbing your hips firmly. You raise your brow at him in the mirror of your giant, marbled vanity you were currently leant over, finishing applying the last of your makeup, popping in some earrings for your event tonight. “I can’t right now.” You look at the way his eyebrows furrow in the reflection in the mirror, staring you down with dilated pupils. “I have the meeting of the heads of the planets in an hour and I’m going with Jimin.” You state to him, feeling his frustration pool over in your veins from the bond mark down through your spine. “I wasn’t asking.” His red eyes pierce your green ones through the glass, igniting a flicker of a flame of desire in your stomach. “Yoongi.” You sigh, feeling his long fingers dig into the flesh of your sides, his nostrils flaring at his name escaping from your red coated lips. “Now.” He growls once more, molten eyes barring down your shorter form of you in your floor length dress. He snaps his fingers and just like that fire erupts from his fingertips, ready and poised to eat a hole through your dress or worse - burn the whole piece right off you. Your eyes flick back to his in the reflection of the mirror, narrowing in the process of his sparking with your swift in attitude. “Min Yoongi.” You hush a whisper into your room you share with your three bonded mates. “I have important duties to attend to this evening and you shan't make me late for said tasks!” You sneer at your hot-headed fire-starter as he smirks at your blatant scowl. The flame grows in his hand while your green eyes extend in their sockets. “Last chance.” He rumbles in his chest, hand left on your hip creating moons on your skin surely by now. “You wouldn’t dare, Min Yoongi.” You breathlessly gulp down some salvia, knowing that Jungkook had gotten you this dress as an anniversary present three years back. His eyes flit to the dark dress, hopefully feeling your concern flow through the invisible, but, powerful bond between you. You sigh as he lets his flame die in his palm, crushing it with his giant fingers. “Your earthly cycle for children is almost at its limit.” He buries his head in your shoulder, nuzzling the side of your flesh with his nose that didn’t have hair pushed to the one side. He gently places hot kisses from your ear to your exposed shoulder bone and all the way back up, growling and moaning in the process. “You’re ovulating.” He nips the bottom of your ear as he breathes these words to you, making your coil twist and ache for him with a burn that you weren’t prepared for this evening. “I want my own with you.” His tongue laves at the crook of your neck, trail hot and heavy in the wake of him trying to seduce your dress off your body. Your heart ached and your now oozing hole dripped your arousal out at the same time.You felt so bad for Yoongi.You had borne Jimin a daughter after your first bond session which you both decided on naming her Athena, Venuses grandmother’s name who’d long since passed. She was every bit like Jimin, smart, kind, calculated, absolutely breathtaking - from the moment you had first held her in your sticky arms, you knew you were going to fight off people from her by the swarms. She was delt most of Jimin’s features - strong jaw, milky complexion, and soft grey hair - though, getting your current eye color. Much to her father’s delight, she was a physical healer and an emotional manipulator, making for her getting away with almost everything with you, but, not pulling the wool over her father’s eyes so swiftly like she has done time and time again with yourself. Alien and human children age at strange speeds, the whole baby process lasted maybe six earth months before she was a toddler. Once that flew by, she was a mini adult now, walking around with so much attitude and a zest for life you hope that you’ve given her. You weren’t exactly sure of her alien age, but, in human years she was eleven and you were going to stick with that. Almost exactly nine human months after Athena was born, Atlas entered the world, being from Jungkook’s genes this time. He too was delt much of Jungkook’s features, but, looking more like you than Athena did. It was almost as if she was a mini clone of her father. Atlas had your nose, eyes, and hair. He gained Jungkook’s bunny smile and goofy, happy go lucky personality. He also was birthed with a trait neither you or any of your bonded mates have - ungodly strength - almost killing you in the process of freeing him from your body. (Praise the galaxies for grandma Venus being able to heal you in an instant.) Still, he was your baby and Jungkook was so happy to be a dad. Jimin too. Which left your oldest mate out entirely, making him the angry, secluded duckling of the group once more. You felt bad for Yoongi. And until you can bare him a child, you always will.“Please.” He sounds desperate, strained even. You can’t see his face but you know it’s a pained expression he rarely shows even you. You push back against him, still leaned over your vanity chair, feeling the tent in his pants press to your front in a rutting motion, granting a low groan of pleasure in your ear. “I want my own with you.” He repeats again which has you pushing your dolled up body back against his firm hold on you. You feel Jungkook’s gut twist in displeasure of him not being in the room to watch, the babysitter for the evening, as you feel Jimin’s own arousal leak in his hand in the shower with the way Yoongi is working his infamous tongue technology to the side of your neck. You sigh. Shit, you really were liquid in the fire breathers tight grasp. You would give him the world time and time again and you know that he would do the same. It’s hard to resist when you were so pliant and willing to give him what he craved from you most of all. “No bruises.” You whisper.“Mmm.”“No marks.”“M-kay.”“Just fuck me in this dress, please. I don’t have time-” He shoves you forward, cutting off your speech, your hands catching the table of your vanity, the sturdy marble barely moving at your rough handling. “Yoongi!” You gasp as his palm collides with the meat of your ass. He spreads your legs apart in a swift motion with both of his hands, and you swear you don’t know if it’s because you haven’t had sex in a week or what but your body was shaking like a leaf under the oldest’s touches and kisses.He smirks and drops to a crouch, his knees never hitting the floor, as he glides his palms over the backs of your clothed thighs, down the back of your knees, your calves, reaching the bottom of the dress now. He slowly inches it up, doing the exact thing he just did, but, in reverse, the midnight satin material looking like ocean waves in the depths of night in Yoongi’s pale, ringed hands. You shiver as the cool of the room temperature contrasts vastly to the heat from your mate handling you, not to mention your dripping core. “Mmm.” He gives a deep hum of approval at the sight of you, spread for him, bent over the stool, dress pushed up to your mid-drift, exposing your soaked thong for him to drool over. “Naughty girl.” He growls, keeping his eyes firmly locked on you. “Such a nice spread for me.” He worries his bottom lip in between his teeth, mulling something over internally. SLAP. Another rough flesh on flesh collision on your backside. “Fuck!” You cry out, throwing your head back in absolute bliss, closing your eyes in the process. Yoongi knew you liked to be thrown around more than Jimin but less than Jungkook during getting your brains screwed out of your skull. “Yoongi!” You whimper, wiggling your hips in the process. “Please.”Another harsh smack to your exposed behind has you moaning in pleasure, sucking in a breath as he chuckles darkly. You can see from the reflection in the mirror he doesn’t take his vibrant red eyes off of your heated center. ‘We gotta leave soon.’ Jimin calls through the bond, making the coil in your stomach tighten all the while, Yoongi dips his finger in the center of your nether lips, teasing you with his warm digit to the middle of your core. “Yoongi, please.” You beg now, your green orbs watching him intently in the glass. He picks his burning, wild gaze up to find yours, making you suck in a breath in response. “My galaxy.” He purrs, thumbing your slick enterance in slow circles. “You want me?” “I need you.” You gasp when his warm pointer finger breaches your hole, taking him all the way down to his silver ring. “Please.” You whimper pathetically, clutching the vanity for purchase. You could feel sweat building up on your brow, sweat starting to spread through your body. It was always too steamy and warm when Yoongi touched you, the temperature of the air rising to blistering levels when he was deep in the middle of fucking into one of his mates. He adds a second digit, scissoring you wide open with hard and fast movements now. His free hand held the string of the thong away from the action happening in the middle of your body. He pumps in and out, the obscene sounds that you were making filling the room along with your moans and cries of pleasure. His free hand gripping your ass cheek firmly, rocking you back and forth on his long fingers. The cool of his ring was a welcoming sensation to him fucking you with his scorching, veiny extremities. You crave more than just his fingers and thankfully he proceeds to pick up on your desires beyond working you into a frenzy with just his digits. He lets the thong go with a slight snap against your core, making you jump, removing his fingers which were coated in your juices. He sucks them into his mouth with another hum. “Perfection.” He groans. You wistfully sigh at the sight of him sucking your clear essence off of the extremities that were once in you. He unzips his fly, pulling out his member while your eyes are fixated on his red ones, spearing you with his lust filled gaze.You don’t notice he’s about to penetrate you until the mushroom head of his wonderfully hard cock is pushing against your dripping nether lips, letting out a soft gasp as he gives a small push of his cock upward into you. The ground rumbled around you, your power being triggered by the action of his cock entering your aching, empty hole. “Careful, my queen.” He grips your hip bones, steadying you to the perfect position for him. He sinks you back into him, taking all of him to the hilt, letting a whine escape your lips. “Are you ready for my cock?” He asks gently, looking at you with a softened expression. “Yes.” You hiss, moving forward so you can sink back down him again. He roughly whips your ass again, a warning rumble works its way out of his throat. “My good girl.”And he’s off. He’s lost grip of his reality in this moment of being inside of you. Yoongi starts his ungodly speed, hitting you incredibly deep with you bent over like this for him to use freely. He pistons his hips, member gliding in and out of you. His knuckles are turning white with how hard he has you in the palm of his hand. His thick head of his cock brushes against your sweetest, most delicious spot inside your center repeatedly. Your juices were coating his solid cock rocketing in and out of you, making the slapping and the squelching heightened with the position of his cock. “Feels good!” You encourage him audibly, knowing he likes how loud he likes you during sex. He continues to push you against the vanity, his grip still deathly tight on your lower half, shoving you against the counter while you are sunk back and forth on top of his girth. “I want a baby with you.” He pleads with you, asking you for something you weren’t even sure you could give him. Your eyes never leave his face, watching him pound into you with need. It’s been years and you’ve both gotten tested. Nothing is wrong with either of you medically or scientifically, so, you were unsure of why you couldn’t make a little alien-human hybrid together. His breeding cycle and season still continues on, being okay because he technically had two children with you through the bond, so his life was no longer in danger. “I know Ares, I know.” You respond back to him. He picks up the pace even more, throaty groans escape his windpipe holding your back flush with his front. His testicles are slapping your behind with force, the drag of his cock making you see stars with your impending orgasm on the way. “Yoongi!” You gasp, breathlessly, loving the way his eyes are trained on the place where you both connect, where he is slipping and sliding out of you vigorously. “I’m gonna…” He snaps his hips with punctuated thrusts now, the hardest they’ve been this both time. Jimin is pumping himself in the shower to the heated high the two of his mates were sharing. It just made the fire in your stomach grow tenfold, feeling him him cum by the bond was one of the hottest things you’ve ever experienced. “My earth!” He groans pushing into you with a few final thrusts, dragging the head of his length right on your g-spot, turning your vision into exploding white stars. The ground was shaking all throughout your orgasm as he rides out his own high, giving you small, gentle thrusts with his hips. Yoongi was filling you up to the brim with his white hot seed, painting your walls white with a fresh batch of his liquid paint. He grunts and moans behind you, holding on to dear life while you struggle to maintain a solid breath. His member softens in you but he does not pull out. Instead, he huffs and puffs still behind you, watching his cum start to leak down your folds and down your inner thigh. The quaking of the ground ceases as you come to reality, high melting into a post euphoric sensation that you’ve only felt twice in your life with your mates, now the third being with Yoongi. His maroon eyes find yours and immediately you can tell there is something different about this time. That you could possibly be carrying his baby - his offspring in the future. That aching, terrible pitying feeling you had for Yoongi had now been quenched, had been relieved off your shoulders. “Here.” Jimin comes out of the bathroom finally, a cloud of steam following his sculpted figure as he hands Yoongi a drenched rag. “We have to leave soon, my queen.” He looks lovingly down at you through the mirror you feel the knot twist in your stomach at how wonderful and gentle he was in contrast to his demeanor in the bedroom. Yoongi drags the cool of the cloth all over your center, making you yelp and pull away from the cold sensation of the fabric gliding over your tender flesh.Once he’s finished he folds your dress back down to where it laid originally, pooling by your heels in one go of his rough palms. He straightens you back up and you feel lightheaded from all the action you had just received with your oldest mate. He kisses your temple silently, not saying a word to you, letting his affection and love pour through the invisible bond you have embedded in you. Jimin finishes buttoning his best suit, coming to the two of you stood in the middle, kissing you slowly and gently on the other side of your face. Jungkook was yelling, screaming through the bond about not being able to properly hold you as well making you all chuckle a little. “I love you.” You get on your tiptoes to give your oldest lover a kiss on his lips. “Mm- you too.” He responds after you are done peppering his lips with kisses. “What about Jimin?” Your king says quietly next to the both of you. You chuckle. “Of course, I love you too.” You turn to do the same thing with your silver haired mate next to you. “And I love Jungkook as well.” You say out loud once you’re finished kissing your heart’s content out of Jimin’s pillow like lips. Jungkook quiets down, sated by your words in an instant. “We have to go my queen, are you ready?” He kisses your cheek as you give yourself the once over in the vanity mirror. You hear Yoongi kick on the shower, replacing Jimin in the steamy room while you were headed to face alien heads of their respective planets. You really didn’t want to, you had a moral duty though to be your husband’s escort for the night, being the queen of Venus and all. You sigh as you start to pick up your clutch for the evening, A sinking, creeping feeling wonders up your spine. It’s happening again.You have a flashback to the games, your journey up until here with your three bonds mates, your children, wondering how you got so lucky to have such an incredible and wondrous life, though it wasn’t all without heartbreak. Your vision is suddenly full of the pale young man from the moon, holding out a hand for you to take in his green lined tracksuit, following Jimin out the door as he beckons you with an open palm to follow your lover. His smile is soft and gentle, looking down at you from his glasses. You come up to the trauma induced vision of your passed best friend, wishing he was here with you more now than ever. Minhyuk - La Luna - was a hallucination in your messed up mind, he’d long since passed, but, you regard him now as a guardian angel of sorts, guiding you through things you don’t necessarily want to do or find painful to accomplish. You think back to the night before the craziness picked up in your life, chuckling to yourself as you remember Yoongi’s words of wisdom he bestowed upon you that fateful evening, earning a little smirk to crawl up your lips.“Well, the universe doesn’t revolve around me, so, I’m ready.”