MOONDUST ʲⁱᵏᵒᵒᵏ

twenty one

Jimin POV

Jimin was in a lone corridor of the centre when it happened. At first the lights flickered slightly. Frowning he looked up.
"Probably my mind playing tricks on me" he muttered to himself.

Then the siren went off.

It was a low whining sound that reverberated around him. The intercom sprang to life.
"All personnel to the recovery Bunker. A breach in oxygen regeneration system. All personnel to recovery bunker"

Jimin scrambled up and stared sprinting to his room. The air around him was starting to get thin and he had to remind himself, it's just like all the other drills we had.

Kaiko, his corn coloured cat, sprinted ahead and almost darted off before Jimin grabbed him and slipped into his room. His head was spinning as his hands clumsily searched for box and panel. Drills sometimes lasted for days as the engineers assessed damage and made repairs. He couldn't leave his only link to Jungkook behind.

He stuffed the Box into  his bag along with his diary and and stumbled dizzily  out of his room. His chest was on fire now as the floor swayed and rocked.
"Kaiko....." he muttered,watching the cat run ahead, before he collapsed in what was a corridor quickly running out of oxygen...

***

"Jimin" a soft voice called. He opened his eyes and blinked. For a moment, heyricked himself into thinking it could be Jungkook before pushing the thought out of hisbhead.Above him was the barred bottom of a top bunk. Slowly sitting up he saw he was in the Bunker.

Beside him sat Carlisle, an old friend of his father. When he was younger he used to always ask why Carlisle had much coloured skin compared to the scientists and engineers. Carlisle had explained that he was the first Black man to run the engineering crew of a space centre.

He'd looked so proud when he had told young Jimin that. It had made him proud to have Carlisle as a friend. Even now that he was older and they didn't see each other as much, Jimin thought of the bulky, kind man as his closest friend.

"How long was I out for?" He asked.
"Thirty minutes. What were you doing in your room?! You know the drill, get to the safety Bunker's as quickly as possible. No idling." Carlisle stated. Jimin bit his lip before reaching into his bag.
"I found this two months ago. In an abandoned control room.....I can use it to communicate with people" he explained, carefully taking out the Box.

"Communicate with who exactly?"Carlisle asked. Jimin could see the wary look in the engineer's eyes. He might have been his friends but Jimin knew that he wouldn't understand his need to speak with Jungkook.
"It doesn't work. But I'm trying to fix it" he lied. Carlisle nodded before chuckling and ruffled Jimin's hair.
"Well, don't worry your head now. Just get some rest and make sure to eat. Maybe when I have some spare time I can help you figure it out" he said before leaving.

Jimin was yet again alone, listening to the slow breathing of the personnel around him. His mother and father had come by earlier on to check on him before leaving with some engineers. Once he was sure everyone was asleep, he went into the small bathroom and fixed up the Box to a small emergency battery Carlisle had gotten for him. It made the panel's screen a much better quality and he could see Jungkook's worried face more clearly.

"Hyung! What happened?!"

"There was a black out"

"I know! It was all over the news in Korea and even abroad. The centre's first full system failure" 

"Oh....I thought it was just a small black out"

"They said it was serious. They said the oxygen was cut off and pressure regulator went haywire. Are you okay? Are you hurt? Why aren't you in your bedroom?"

"Woah, calm down Jungkook. I fainted but I'm okay now. I'm not hurt just bored and I'm in the Bunker with other staff so I have to talk to you in this bathroom"

"Don't tell me to calm down, I was so worried about you....I wanted to talk to you earlier"

"Tell me now. I have a lot of time till my parents come back"

"I-I....come on Jungkook, just say it"

"Jungkook,are you okay?"

"Did I say that aloud? That's embarrassing!"

"Its cute. Why are you so nervous? What do you want to tell me?"

"IwanttotellyouthatIlikeyoualotandmaybeIloveyoubutyoumightnotlikeme"

"I don't like you? No, I do....I like you a lot"

"You do?" 

"Of course"

"Its just that......I really like you,Jimin. I'm falling in love with you"

"............"

"Are you going to say something?"

"How.....how would we work?"

"Do you want us to work? You're not weirded out by me liking you"

"No...I like the fact you like me. I really like you too"

"Good"

"Ok"

"What do we do now?"

"Well if I was there I would kiss you"

"K-k-kiss me?"

"Yeah, isn't that what boyfriends do"

"Y-yeah. But we have to go on a date first"

" I wouldn't know any good places on Earth"

"I think you'd love a walk in the park"

"Yes! Are there trees and flowers and grass?!"

"Obviously, that's what a park is for. There's swings,which are my favourite, and a slide and a roundabout and in the summer the ice cream van comes around"

"Ice cream?"

"Oh god, you've never had ice cream?!..put an ice cream parlour on the list of dates"

"I really want to be with you right now. Its lonely and dark here"

"I want to be there with you too, and hug you"

"Seeing you is good enough for me.....what time is it there?"

"Uh...1am"

"Jungkook! You need to sleep so you can go to school"

"Sleep is for the weak"

"I bet you have an exam tomorrow."

"Oh shit!"

"Go get some sleep Jungkookie"

"Fine, goodnight Jimin"

"Goodnight Jungkook"

a/n another soft chapter for you. I Love You by akmu (the mv at the top) kind of inspired me to write this chaper!