Chapter 18: Disinterred

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"Sitting with poor and less fortunate people removes the ego and pride from your heart"

Yuna's P.O.V:

"Yoongi. Psst. Yoongi!"

I shook his shoulders lightly, until he stirred and let out a raspy groan. He squinted at me with a raised eyebrow.

"What?"

"Come with me," I whispered to him, smiling slightly. "I have some place to show you."

. . .

The cold air nipped at the exposed skin of my shoulder, and I shivered. Yoongi glanced at me and frowned. His hand went to his beat up jacket and removed it. He held it out to me to cover my bare arms, causing me to give him a blank stare.

"You need it more than I do."

He opened his mouth to say something, then shut it and shrugged, throwing it over his shoulders. We walked through the cold night, not a person in sight, until we reached the edge of a forest.

Yoongi's eyes widened as his eyes roamed over the murky and sinister place.

"Are we going to go in there?" I detected slight fear in his voice, and breathed a laugh.

"Already chickened out?" I smirked.

The paranoia in his eyes was replaced in an instant with determination as he puffed out his bony chest.

"Hell, no," he scoffed. "You're talking to the person who's spent half his life in an alley.."

"True," I agreed.

My hand snaked around his and grasped tightly.

"Then it won't be a problem if we go right to the middle at 4 in the morning?"

He licked his cracked lips, and shook his head. I smiled.

"Good."

. . .

"This is it," I said to him as we walked in a clear spot well inside the forest. Everything was dark, but a considerate light was showered upon us by the twinkling stars that littered the black sky. Yoongi removed his hands from mine and walked forward, his eyes glued above.

"Woah," he breathed, captivated by the beautifully serene sight. He spun around slowly in a circle, his inky eyes glittering.

"This is beautiful," he whispered, mesmerized.

A smile creeped up on my lips as I saw him awed. I chuckled, snapping him out if his daze. I stepped forward and held out my hand to him.

"Come. Sit down. The sun's going to rise in about an hour. I brought you here to show you the sunrise. It's far more glorious than this."

His eyes lit up with excitement as he crossed his legs and sat across from me.

"So...I wanted to talk to you."

Yoongi's eyes slightly widened, then drew together in confusion.

"Talk? About what?"

"Well, we've known each other for a month now. But I realized, I don't know anything about you. Where you're from, and everything. Let's start with the basic questions. Where are you from?"

He replied almost instantly.

"Daegu, an irrelevant corner on Jen Ko Gae street."

"Oh, okay," I said, taken aback with the straightforward answer.

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