Berea's Got Idols

by BangtanCoe

BTS members (under different names) meet from different states and countries and become housemates at Berea College, having little background with each other previously. Their living quarters and classes in Berea draw them closer together, and eventually they come to understand each other more than anyone else ever could. Their backstories are roadblocks they each must overcome.

17. Chapter 16: Pranksgiving

p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"At five o'clock in the morning, darkness enveloped the house as most of the household remained in a slumber. The only sounds to be heard were soft snoring, Keopi's quiet whining, and the subtle footsteps of Jung Hoseok. Hoseok utilized his phone's flashlight to pierce through the darkness as he returned to his room from the toilet. Once he entered his bedroom, he quietly closed the door behind him and pointed the light towards his side of the room so he would have a path to follow. However, now that his eyes were able to witness the state of the room, he no longer wanted to take the necessary steps to his bed… Something was wrong. With a cold shiver, his eyes scanned the room warily as a spooky aura made itself known. The black, sheer curtains that hung over his window were torn and worn as though someone had taken a knife to them; they flowed with the wind that eased its way into the room from the open window… Hoseok's heart began to beat faster and faster as he stared at the curtains that seemed to beckon for him, and just when he thought he had seen the worst, in the corner of his eye he caught the glare of his flashlight in the mirror to his right above his desk. Immediately, his dark brown orbs averted towards the mirror, and as soon as he caught sight of the red smeared across its surface, he was DONE./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Screaming and yelling for his life, Hoseok dropped his phone and ran for the bedroom door, fighting for it to open as Keopi's barking only added to his fear. As soon as he swung the door open, he scrambled into the hallway and ran for the living room, quickly flipping the light switch on his way and hiding himself in the corner farthest from the hallway. Tears swelled up in his eyes as he brought his knees to his chest in a panicked state while the other housemates hurried out of their bedrooms to see what was the matter./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHyung?!" Jimin shouted as he ran through the hallway towards the light of the living room, his other two roommates following behind him after colliding with Namjoon on the way. Once he spotted Hoseok in the corner, they rushed to his side, "Hyung, what's the matter? Did something happen to your room, too?"/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"While the younger members were already gathered in the living room, the oldest housemates were lingering in the hallway as they slowly exited their rooms./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanGeez… what is it this time..? Was Namjoon being noisy in the kitchen again?" Yoongi asked in a mumble as he lagged behind the others on their way to the living room. He was up much of the night; the last thing he wanted was to be up at this hour./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanNo, I was asleep the whole time until Hoseok started yelling and got Keopi all riled up… He dropped his phone and left it with the flashlight on, and man… one of you reeeaaally went overboard." Namjoon replied, already placing the blame on one of his housemates to try and rule out the supernatural possibility./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWait, what happened in your guys' room? Our room has clothes scattered all over the floor and falling out of our dressers. Even our closets are a mess…" Taehyung was curious as to whether or not their room was in the same state… He was positive the room wasn't like that when they fell asleep last night./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI don't know what happened, but I nearly had a heart attack… I am not going back in that room; it's like a ghost was in there…" Hoseok replied nervously, only calming down because of the housemates' presence. If this really was a member playing a trick on him, it was far from humorous…/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanA ghost? You mean… that actually happened?" Yoongi asked in an alarmed tone, causing each housemate to look at him with raised eyebrows. "... Hoseok, I'll check it out real quick so I can know for certain." He abruptly stood to his feet and hurried to Hoseok's room, flipping on the lightswitch immediately as he stepped in. His eyes immediately fell upon the mirror, which read "Revenge" written across its surface in blood red. Similar to the others' room, Hoseok's clothes were strewn across the floor along with papers and books; however, Namjoon's side was left completely untouched. Odd…/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYoongi, what's going on? I heard Hoseok yelling and Keopi barking…" Jin questioned him as he came to a stop at the doorway of Hoseok's room. His eyes widened at the sight, and it was obvious that he was both shocked and completely confused, "What in the world happened?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanNothing good, Hyung… Seriously, Hoseok is in trouble." Yoongi replied as he walked his way over to Namjoon's bed where Keopi was now lying with Sagwa; they looked rather stressed about the situation as well… With a sigh he picked up Keopi in one arm and Sagwa in the other before leaving the room altogether./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Once Jin had caught a good glance of the room, he hesitantly turned the room light back off and followed Yoongi to the living room where the others comforted Hoseok. Yoongi maneuvered past Jimin to sit beside Hoseok, handing Keopi over to Hoseok for comfort as he did so, "Hoseok… Listen to me carefully. Do not take what I am about to say lightly…" he scratched his head as he tried to find the words to say. "Actually, first… I'm going to tell you all something so you understand where I'm coming from. I'm sure some of you don't believe in this sort of thing, but speaking from experience I can assure you that it's very real. So I'm going to be blunt. There's a ghost in this house. You may think it's impossible or whatever, but I'm only telling you all this because of how crucial this is. I can hear ghosts; this is something I've been able to do all my life. You know how sometimes I seem a little distracted, and I don't always respond immediately? It's just because I'm listening to what's going on around me-sometimes it's a little much, you know? Anyway… the ghost in this house lived here nearly 40 years ago; her name was Marie Stettler."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWait, she's the lady who died of unknown causes, wasn't she? Her family sold the house to my grandfather after she passed away." Taehyung commented; he was interested yet a little creeped out by the topic at hand. It was amazing that Yoongi was capable of hearing the supernatural, but he didn't exactly like where this was going-it was obvious the others were creeped out too./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanThat's right… the case was never solved, but it was assumed that she committed suicide." Yoongi confirmed with Taehyung before continuing on, "Anyway… the point is that I can hear her when she makes herself known, and last night she was really mad. I don't know what you guys did, but she kept me up most of the night because of how loud she was-she kept saying something about revenge. That's why I was surprised something actually happened. For whatever reason she is upset with the four of you, especially Hoseok." he informed them./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanBut /why/ is she mad at us? Did she say anything?" Jimin asked worriedly. How were they supposed to make amends with a ghost?!/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanSeriously! I've done nothing wrong while I've been here! Why us? Why /me/? I can't believe you kept this a secret for so long, Hyung… You could have said something…" Hoseok complained frantically as he tried to understand what was going on./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanLook, I don't know why she's mad; all I know is that she wants revenge. And what's worse… God, I don't even want to think about this…" Yoongi seemed to be choking back tears as he covered his mouth for a moment. "Hoseok, I… I've had experience with this sort of thing. I've researched into it, and trust me I really wish that I hadn't come to the conclusion that I have, but… the fact that she wrote revenge on /your/ mirror means that she chose you… You may… You may only have a day to live…" he broke the news to him seriously as he placed a hand on his shoulder to try and comfort him. There was truly no sign of joking in Yoongi's expression or body language, and the situation was far from funny./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The room fell silent as each member of the household stared at Yoongi in disbelief. There was no way this could actually be true. Most of them didn't even believe in the supernatural before, but now ghosts had become a scary reality. "... What… what about us? How long do we have?" Taehyung asked quietly, uncertain as to how to take all of this sudden news./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYours is just a warning for now… If I were you I'd be careful from now on." Yoongi replied just as he caught sight of the shocked expression on Hoseok's face. Hoseok had stopped crying while Yoongi was explaining everything, and now it seemed he was too shocked to express anything./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanThis is why we have shrines in South Korea…" Jin breathed a heavy sigh as he wiped away one of the tears that had fallen from his left eye. He stood to his feet and gestured for everyone to do the same, "Come on, then. If we've only got one day, we've got to live it out right?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi remained seated for a few moments as he stared up at Jin with an annoyed glare of sorts. He was up most of the night, and now he wanted him to stay up for the rest of the day simply because /they/ thought Hoseok was going to die? … Okay, so perhaps he owed it to them to stay up for this, but that didn't change the fact that he was grumpy. However, when Jin caught his stare, he was quick to change his attitude and stood up with the rest of them, "Sounds good to me… What first though?"/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhat's something you've always wanted to do, Hyung? We'll do it with you." Taehyung offered with a small smile to try and better the situation./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Hoseok hesitantly stood with the rest of them and breathed a heavy sigh, wondering if he even had it in him to goof around and have fun now that he was aware of his impending doom. He shouldn't just mope around during his last day though… they were right. He needed to spend today wisely. And it was thanksgiving too… "Well, I've always wanted to overcome my fear of heights… I've heard a lot of good things about skydiving, and I think it's something I should do before I go, you know? And I guess I should call my parents and my sister- let them know what's going on… I definitely want to make sure I leave everyone I care about in a good place."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi's eyes widened at the mention of calling his parents, and he quickly came up with an idea to prevent this from happening, at least for now, "Uh, Hoseok, let's not call your family just yet. I wouldn't tell them until this evening… I think it would be wrong to tell them so soon and make them think about it all day, you know? I would let them know everything later…" If Hoseok tried to call his family at any point, he would stop the prank right then and there./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Namjoon eyed Yoongi suspiciously, noticing that his reactions were very… interesting. His response to Jin's remark and now this comment made him curious… None of this even seemed plausible to him in the first place./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYeah, perhaps you're right… But what do we want to do now? Most places are closed at this hour." Hoseok pouted. There was no way he could return to sleep now, and there was definitely no way he was even going to step foot in his room again until it was cleaned up. He stroked Keopi's fur once he realized the puppy was licking his hand and then breathed a deep sigh. He really needed to stop thinking about what was to come…/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWalmart's open. There's a lot to do at Walmart." Jimin suggested with a shrug. That was really the only thing that came to mind for him. He was really surprised that Hoseok had suggested skydiving, but he was sort of proud of him in a way for choosing it./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 138%;"span style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Walmart? We can't just cause a scene in Walmart…" Jin disapproved of the idea of playing around at a store; it was disrespectful! Then again, it did sound like fun…br /spanspan style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Who said we have to cause a scene to enjoy ourselves? I think it's a great idea, what do you think, hyung?" Jungkook asked him excitedly. If it was his last day, he wasn't going to allow it to be a boring one. The more they sat around and did nothing, the more likely it would be that they wouldn't take their minds off of what's happened. He was upset and concerned about all that had happened, but it was selfish to think about when Hoseok's happiness was at stake!/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI mean, I guess… If you guys think we should." Hoseosk replied uncertainly as he looked from one roommate to the other. He knew they were all worn out just as he was, but he was grateful that they were all willing to sacrifice a little sleep for him./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"With most of them in agreement, the seven of them dispersed to their rooms in order get ready for the day. Of course, Hoseok wasn't about to step foot in his room until he felt safe enough to do so; therefore, Namjoon had to fetch his clothes for him to change into in the bathroom. As all of them were getting dressed, the youngest three were speaking amongst themselves as they changed in the bedroom; they had grown so accustomed to one another that they didn't care to change clothes in each other's presence…/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanDo you guys really believe what hyung is saying..? I've never really believed in ghosts before, but… somehow I kind of find it hard not to believe in what he's saying…" Jimin remarked uncertainly as he grabbed a dark green t-shirt that was hanging out of one of his drawers; he really didn't understand what had happened last night. His eyes watched as Jungkook gingerly tugged his white sleeping shirt off of his back and over his head and then change into an identical white shirt. Jimin couldn't help but worry sometimes that Jungkook would hurt himself by doing something even as simple as changing clothes, but he was grateful that throughout the entire healing process thus far, Jungkook had been very careful with every task./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI'm not sure if I believe it or not… All I know is that Hoseok hyung is scared out of his wits, and it's up to us to make him feel better. Yoongi hyung seems really serious though… If he takes it seriously, I think we should, too." Jungkook responded as he tried to find a pair of pants to wear for the day. He was annoyed that many of his clothing had been mixed with his roommates' clothing on the floor, due to whatever had happened last night; he was probably going to wash all of his clothing tonight just so he could be confident that all of it was clean. Hopefully none of them thought his clothing was theirs…/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanAh, Jungkookie, catch!" Taehyung tossed a light blue pair of jeans in his direction from the opposite side of the room, "Those are yours right? Now that I think about it… we all wear really similar clothing."/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook quickly caught the jeans and checked the pant size, "Size 30…. I think these are mine. They look like mine at least."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 138%;"span style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Wait, some of my jeans are size 30. Are you sure those are yours?" Jimin asked skeptically as he walked over to Jungkook and looked the jeans over to try and figure out whose they /spanspan style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Does it really matter whose they are? If they fit, you could always just share clothes." Taehyung suggested as he zipped up his grey hoodie and pulled the hood over his head./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook practically glared at Taehyung in response; he knew how particular he was about his clothing! Everyone knew! Even the stupid ghost… he pouted at this thought as he quickly pulled the jeans over his black boxers and zipped them up. "You know I don't like sharing clothes, hyung…"/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Taehyung smirked a bit at his comment before gesturing for them to hurry so they could leave sooner. Once the two of them pulled their jackets on, Jimin and Jungkook followed Taehyung out of the room to meet everyone else in the livingroom./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jin was sitting at the breakfast bar as the three of them passed by, and he was quick to speak up before they went anywhere else, "Jungkook, you never looked through the mail yesterday, did you? Here, take this." he handed him a letter and then looked to Taehyung for an answer, " Is your mom still coming over to join us for Thanksgiving?"/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Taehyung and Jimin curiously watched Jungkook open the letter, "Yeah, she'll be here around 8:00, so we probably won't be here… But don't worry, she's got the keys." He paused when he realized the look on Jungkook's face; he looked so shocked! "What? What is it?"/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI… I got my driver's permit! I can drive now!" Jungkook responded excitedly as he quickly pulled out the ID to show the others. He couldn't believe that he had passed the test!/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanKeopi! Keopi, get back here!" Hoseok shouted at the pup as he chased him through the hall and past the four of them into the kitchen. Keopi was trying his best to avoid being placed in the kennel, and poor Hoseok was having to run after him!/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhoa, I didn't even know you had applied for your permit." Jimin commented as he watched Hoseok hurry by. Quickly he followed after him and assisted him in cornering Keopi in the dining area so they could capture him. Jimin picked the whining puppy up and stroked his fur with a sigh, "Sorry boy, you've got to go in the kennel. You tear the place up if we let you loose… But don't worry, Tae's mom will be here, and she definitely likes you enough to let you go." he assured Keopi before handing him over to Hoseok, "Did you hear? Jungkook got his driver's permit!"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWow, really? Didn't we tell you you'd get it!" Hoseok responded with enthusiasm to Jungkook as he held Keopi in his arms. He and Namjoon had helped him study and encouraged him to try, even if he doubted himself-it certainly paid off! Hoseok was reasonably still upset, but he knew he couldn't let that get in the way of enjoying his last day. He wanted to encourage them as much as possible while he could./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanDoes this mean you're driving us to Walmart?" Yoongi asked as he entered the room with a yawn, allowing Sagwa to nibble the tip of his middle finger as she rested in his palm. All he wanted to do was return to his bed, but he was well aware of the fact that he did this to himself./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanIt's still dark outside, Yoongi, I really don't think that's a good idea for his first driving experience." Jin pointed out, "But you should definitely try driving today so Hoseok can be there for it…"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Namjoon cleared his throat as he walked in the room, only having heard the last comment Jin made. He didn't want them dwelling on what Yoongi said again… "Did you guys already take them outside to use the bathroom?" he gestured towards Sagwa and Keopi./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanUh, yeah, Hoseok and I took them out." Yoongi replied briefly as he checked to make sure everyone was ready, "Well, let's get going, shall we?" he yawned again, his hand raising to ruffle his hair./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHyung… Sagwa-yah can't go with you." Taehyung chuckled, to which the others joined in with a bit of laughter./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi frowned slightly as a rush of embarrassment hit him in response to their laughter. He obviously wasn't intending on bringing the kitten along with him, but he didn't exactly remember to put Sagwa in the back room either. "... Right. Hoseok still has Keopi, too, you know…" he muttered as he followed Hoseok to the master bedroom where they placed Keopi in the adult-sized dog kennel and allowed Sagwa onto Jungkook's bed. Keopi whined at them and howled as they left him, and Sagwa nearly fell off the bed trying to follow them out. Hoseok quickly caught the kitten and set her on the ground instead, quickly closing the door behind Yoongi and himself so she wouldn't get out, "I hate leaving them like that… we've got to hurry up and train Keopi so he doesn't have to be in that kennel every time we leave." Hoseok commented./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYeah well… we're not even supposed to have them for long, so why put in all that energy?" Yoongi responded with a sigh. He didn't want to get rid of them at this point, but they had agreed to it./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Once the two of them joined the other housemates in the living room, they all briefly discussed who would be riding in which car before they made their way to Walmart, which was only perhaps a 10 minute car ride from their house. Upon arrival, the seven of them almost immediately noticed how empty the store was; there were only a few employees working who were dispersed throughout the store, with two standing at the cash registers./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOkay, Hoseok… What's something you've always wanted to do here? Anything?" Namjoon asked him curiously as they casually walked down one of the main aisles on the left side of the building./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHm… I dunno, I guess I've always wanted to drive one of those kid cars they have in the back; I thought it would be fun to drive it down the aisles. " Hoseok replied with an embarrassed laugh of sorts, "We'd probably get in trouble if we tried that wouldn't we?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWell… that depends. Considering there's barely anyone here, as long as we don't make too much noise, I think it'll be fine." Namjoon assured him, amused by his comment, "All of you just need to be careful not to break anything."/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYeah hyung, don't break anything." Jimin teased as the three youngest, including himself, pulled Hoseok towards the back left corner of the building where the bicycles and kid cars were held. They were definitely in a hurry to have some fun!/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"As soon as the four of them reached the cars, Hoseok was quick to pick out a dark blue and white Ford truck and, with the assistance of his fellow housemates, lifted it off of its platform and set it on the ground. Jimin and Jungkook also chose to take down a pink and purple princess car to race against Hoseok with. Just before stepping into the cars, they all checked around the aisles to make sure no employees were around, and once they were certain, Hoseok carefully stepped inside the jeep, with his left foot positioned on the bottom of the seat and his right stretched out towards the gas pedal. His rear was awkwardly positioned on the back of the seat due to the small size of the car. With Jungkook seated similarly in his car, Taehyung helped position them at the end of the aisle while Jimin stood at the other end to mark the finish line./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYou guys ready?" Taehyung asked with a grin as he prepared to signal for them to take off./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Hoseok and Jungkook both pressed the power buttons on their cars and offered each other a competitive smirk just as Jin, Namjoon, and Yoongi came upon the scene, "Are you guys really going to race without us? And here I thought you wanted us to see you lose." Yoongi commented jokingly./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanMe? Lose? Don't you have any faith in the Public Safety trucks?" Hoseok teased as he patted the side of his small truck; the vehicle bore a striking resemblance to the Public Safety vehicles, so he had to make the reference!/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanTch! As if. If that's what you're counting on, you better hope princess Jungkook's car is slow as hell." Yoongi responded with a shake of his head./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanReady… set…. Go!" Taehyung ensured that both drivers were prepared to take off before finally giving the 'go' signal. Hoseok and Jungkook pressed their right feet onto the gas pedal as hard as they could, and at a measly 4 mph, Jungkook was starting to pass Hoseok, whose truck was driving slightly slower than the little princess car. However, as they came closer to the finish line, Jungkook's car began to slow down for some reason!/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanCome on, go, go, go, go!" Jungkook shouted at the car- but it was too late. Hoseok passed the finish line first, and he was left grinning awkwardly, trying to explain why he didn't beat his hyung, "I think the battery on this one is running out; it's probably been used a lot." He climbed out as some of the others laughed and cheered Hoseok for his win./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanLikely story, Jungkookie. I think you just accidentally loosened up on the gas." Taehyung teased as he ruffled the maknae's hair./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhoo~!" Hoseok exclaimed as he passed Jungkook and quickly jumped out of the car to high five the people who actually believed he'd beat Jungkook, "I beat the golden maknae~!" he awkwardly danced in place to show his excitement, "Who's next? If I can beat Jungkook, I can beat anyone." he smirked./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanJungkook was a corrupted princess who was removed from the royal family, so of course he failed. Be prepared to race against true royalty." Jin warned him in a pompous manner, flipping his bangs back as he did so. Everyone helped turn the cars around as they laughed at Jin's ridiculous comment and prepared to race once more, again checking for any sign of employees./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOn your mark… get set.. Go!" Taehyung exclaimed again for them to begin. However, while Hoseok was on his way towards the other end of the hall, Jin's car wouldn't move! The princess car really did die! Quickly, Jimin and Jungkook positioned themselves behind Jin and helped push the car, allowing for Jin to pass Hoseok and cross the finish line successfully./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOi, that's cheating!" Hoseok exclaimed as he witnessed them helping Jin; sure, his car wasn't working, but did that mean they had to help him to that extent?!/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHa ha~, I told you it was dying!" Jungkook laughed as he helped Jin out of the car with the rest of the housemates clapping for Jin's win./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jin thanked Jungkook for helping him out of the car before turning and bowing to the others, blowing kisses and giving his thanks as any royalty would, "I want to thank Jungkook and Jimin for being there for me when I needed them, and I want to especially thank my friends and housemates for allowing me this chance to win today." he laughed as Hoseok playfully kicked him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"As he was passing Jin, Hoseok spotted the hula hoops that hung upon the back wall, and an idea immediately crossed his mind, "Hey guys, do any of you know how to hula hoop?" he asked eagerly as he turned to face the six of them after grabbing a few from the hook on the wall. Jungkook, Jimin, and Jin were currently returning the cars back to their rightful places…/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanEh… My dad thought that sort of thing was kind of girly so I never did it." Jimin replied with a shrug as he hesitantly received an orange hula hoop from Hoseok once the cars were replaced./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanSince we're being honest, I just never figured out how to do it." Namjoon commented as he accepted a neon pink hula hoop, "You're giving me the pink one? Give it to Jin hyung, he's the one who likes pink!" he grimaced at the color as he tried to give it back./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanDon't worry, there are two pink ones. You can keep that one." Hoseok laughed as he continued handing out the hula hoops to each housemate./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The others snickered at Namjoon before Yoongi spoke up to question him, "You never figured out how to use a hula hoop? You really think we believe that when you might as well be the smartest one here? Just admit it: It's not that you don't know how, it's that you can't move your body properly." he smirked as the others roared with laughter. It was no secret that Namjoon's movements were a bit… square./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 138%;"span style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"And you think you're any better?" Namjoon muttered as he and the others gathered in a line that took up the entire aisle, making sure that each of them had their own space. Because Jungkook was still recovering from his injuries, he decided to record the others rather than participate in the activity that would be taking /spanspan style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Okay, for those of you who have never done this before…" Hoseok began as he pulled his own neon green hula hoop over his head and around his waist, "All you do is hold the hoop with both hands, pull it towards your dominant side, and then push and release in order to get some momentum going. Once the hoop starts circling around your waist, then you move your hips back and forth to keep the hoop moving." he informed the others before demonstrating. He allowed the hoop to circle his body for only a few seconds, easily rocking back and forth to keep it going before he stopped it with his hands, "You guys ready to try?"br /The other housemates stared at him for a moment, amazed by how easy he made it seem… Soon enough, all of them prepared themselves to do the same, entering a stance with the left foot forward and the right foot behind. Jungkook peeked around the corner of the aisle to ensure there was no one around, gave the "all clear," and began recording as soon as they were ready to begin./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Almost as soon as they started, Namjoon's hoop fell to the ground because he accidentally used too much force in a diagonal direction; it never circled his waist. He was quick to pick it up again, glance at the others' forms and movements, and begin all over again. His attempt to imitate the others failed as he exaggerated his hip movements-it was hard to tell whether it was his face doing the most work or his lower body because he seemed to think changing his facial expressions was helpful./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Namjoon wasn't the only one struggling, however… Jimin was doing his best to imitate Hoseok as well, and while his movements were similar, his hoop still kept falling to the ground after just a few revolutions around his waist, "I don't understand what I'm doing wrong… I'm doing it just like you!" he pouted as he again watched Hoseok, hoping to be given some kind of directions. Hoseok hadn't dropped his hoop yet!/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanEven if you copied my movements exactly you may not succeed. Everyone's body is different, so this won't work the same for everyone. I kind of rock back and forth on one foot to do it, but some people don't use their legs at all and only focus on their hip movement. It's all about trial and error." Hoseok replied, continuing to keep the hoop up even as he spoke./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Meanwhile, Yoongi didn't even seem to be trying. He held the hoop out as though he was going to participate, but instead he just watched the others struggle, laughing as they did so. He especially enjoyed the fact that Namjoon's hula hooping skills were just as he predicted. "Namjoon-ah…" he spoke seriously once he forced himself to calm down, "You're going to scar everyone here if you keep doing that."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanKeep doing what? I'm doing exactly what they're doing!" Namjoon retorted, annoyed that he couldn't keep the hoop up./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanNo, you're not. You look like Spongebob." Yoongi chortled, referencing the episode where Spongebob does the "bring it around town" move. "This is what you look like." he volunteered to look as ridiculous as he did-well… maybe he exaggerated a little. Yoongi raised the hoop to his waist and quickly released the hoop in a spinning motion before he shook his butt in circles and scrunched his face into a weird facial expression of sorts. Once the hoop dropped to the floor, he laughed some and nodded, "That's what you're doing."/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Namjoon seemed to be disgusted by Yoongi's impersonation of him and rolled his eyes as he picked the hoop up to try again, "At least I'm trying. You've not even made an attempt."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYeah, I know. It's too much work. I just used all my energy showing you." Yoongi replied with a sigh./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jin and Taehyung kept messing around with each other as they participated in the hula hooping as well. If one of them seemed to be getting the hang of it, the other would ensure they failed. For instance, Taehyung had finally gotten the hoop to stay up and was doing very well in keeping rhythm, but then Jin purposely reached his arm out to tap the hoop, causing it to eventually fall. Obviously, he didn't like the fact Taehyung was showing off even though he wasn't too much better. Naturally Taehyung wanted revenge, even though Jin was having almost as much difficulty as Namjoon./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanGuys, someone's coming!" Jungkook announced as he quickly stopped recording and made a beeline for the end of the aisle where he could hide around the corner. The others quickly stopped what they were doing, grabbed hold of their hoops, and followed Jungkook to avoid being seen by the employee./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"However, Taehyung was the only individual who didn't flee the scene; he knew the employee was aware of someone's presence, so he might as well confirm their suspicions. He resumed hula hooping even as the employee spotted him and approached him until stopping a few feet away./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHey, so uh.. You're not really supposed to be messing around here." The teenage, male employee remarked as he watched Taehyung continue./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHuh? Me? Oh, I'm not messing around. I'm testing the hula hoop. I have to make sure that I get my money's worth," Taehyung replied, "This is the sixth hula hoop I've tried, you know? One kept falling, one was hard to get moving at all, one of the others just seemed to stop all of a sudden after it spun a few times, one wouldn't stop spinning at all, and the other just couldn't keep it up for very long… You know what I mean?" Taehyung described every member's hula hoop problems as though they were the hula hoops' own characteristics./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanUh… I'm not sure I do. It sounds like you're just new to hula hoop." The teenager commented, obviously confused by Taehyung's statement./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanTrust me. I've participated in about a dozen hula hoop contests. I'm not new to the sport." Taehyung responded confidently. He never said he won any of them… "Anyhow, I've tested enough, and if you really think I shouldn't buy one, then I guess I won't. I'm not sure I like the color of this one anyway." he said as he returned the dark blue hula hoop to the hook it was hanging from. "I won't disturb you again, sorry." he assured the employee./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 138%;"span style="font-variant: normal;"The employee almost spoke up again, but he simply walked away without completely understanding what had just happened. At least the hula hoop was returned, and he wouldn't be so noisy anymore…/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"After several seconds passed since the employee left, the housemates all began laughing and congratulated Taehyung on his ability to stay calm and collected even when his answers were complete BS. "Dude, you could have just apologized and returned the hula hoop." Namjoon remarked with a grin./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYeah, but what fun would that be?" Taehyung replied with laughter as he fist-bumped Jungkook and pushed away Jin's hand when he ruffled his hair,/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"You are a ridiculous human being, Taehyung." Jimin shook his head; he couldn't believe none of them broke out in laughter during the whole thing!/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWho said he was human at all?" Jungkook joked as they all finally returned the hoops and began walking around Walmart for something else to do. For individuals who were up so early in the morning, they were all amazingly so full of excitement and laughter!/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The seven of them spent nearly four hours at Walmart, goofing around and talking about this and that. They allowed themselves no downtime between activities to avoid thinking about Hoseok's expected death. Of course, the housemates also did their best not to cause trouble even while they were enjoying themselves; if they created a mess in an aisle, they cleaned it up. If an employee tried to talk to them, they were polite and listened to what they were told. Thankfully, they were still able to participate in several activities, including a rap battle using fake microphones in the toy aisle. This was when they discovered none of them were very good at improvisations just yet…/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"As the clock struck 8:30am, Yoongi separated from the others, claiming that he wanted to make a purchase before they left. Once he was several aisles away from them, he pulled his phone out of his jeans' pocket, searched through his contacts, and pressed his thumb on the phone to select Officer Cooper's name. As soon as the phone began to call, he placed the device against his ear and began randomly walking through the aisles as he waited for him to answer./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"After two consecutive rings, "Master of Puppets" began to blare into the speaker of the cell phone, and Yoongi was quick to pull it away from his ear, wincing for a second in response to the brief pain. Only a couple seconds passed before the music was turned off and laughter could be heard on the other end of the phone that Yoongi was now glaring at. He returned the phone to his ear only to make his comment to the police officers that seemed to find this so humorous, "Was that really necessary? I value my hearing, you know. I've got a concert in less than a month, and I need my ears for that." he grumbled./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 138%;"span style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Oh, come on! It's a classic! We're just having a bit of fun,/span span style="font-variant: normal;"Evan. Or should I say Min Yoongi? What do you guys even prefer to be called anyways? We'll discuss that later I guess. Anyway, Officer Miller and I are headed to Walmart now to meet you; we're almost there." Officer Cooper informed him. The two of them were riding together in a black 2017 Ford Escape, leaving their police cars at home because it was their day off./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi allowed a small grin to form on his lips as he stuffed his free hand into his left pocket. He was aware that he was on speaker phone due to the slight echo he was hearing. "Okay, we'll meet you guys out in the parking lot. Something you should know though… I'm kind of playing a prank on Hos- oh, I mean Rhodon. I was just trying to get a bit of revenge on him, Damien, and…. Uh… Andy and Aiden." he explained, nearly forgetting what their original names were. "Unfortunately it didn't exactly go as planned… So, I sort of made a mess of their rooms in the middle of the night and pretended as if I can hear ghosts and I told Hoseok that he was going to die by morning because he had made the ghost so mad. A harmless joke really, just trying to scare them for a moment you know? But uh… they actually believed it. I didn't think they would, so… I've not told them it's a joke yet, and I'm planning to tell them during Thanksgiving dinner. So do me a favor and don't spoil it. Things are actually going really well, and we've all had a good time using the day like it's the last."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspan... You're joking, right? Rhodon thinks he's going to die, don't you think it's a bit cruel? They must have done something pretty bad for you to get revenge like that." Officer Mullins commented, though he couldn't deny that he was amused by how gullible some of them were./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi thought for a moment, recalling how upset he was when he ran out of his chocolate during a stressful test week because they had stolen from his stash. "...Yep. It was deserved. Anyway… I think the only person who has figured it out so far is Nam- No, Rapmo- damn it… You have no idea how confusing it is to talk to people who don't use our Korean names…" Yoongi breathed a sigh to gather his thoughts./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHiroshi." Namjoon corrected Yoongi as he arrived at his side with a smirk, "I knew you were up to something. Are you really not going to say something to them until later?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi held up his index finger to Namjoon as he continued his conversation, "Hiroshi. And he's next to me now, so I'm going to go ahead and confirm that he knows. Anyway, when you get here, just know what's going on."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Officer Cooper chuckled with a shake of his head, "Alright, I guess we'll see how it's going I guess. See you kids in a bit." he hung up the phone since they were getting close to Walmart./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHey, we're not-" Yoongi sighed when he realized the call had ended; he was wanting to argue that they weren't kids anymore but obviously it was pointless anyway. As he slipped his phone back into his pocket, he turned towards Namjoon and gestured for him to follow him towards the front of Walmart where they were supposed to meet the others, "I'll tell them eventually, alright? The Thanksgiving meal will be around 2:00 or so, right? That's when I'll say something. You know, before we go bungee jumping and he tells his parents and whatnot."/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI cannot believe you've taken it this far. Don't you feel bad that they're going through this?" Namjoon asked uncertainly, questioning his friends morals at this point. The whole situation just seemed to be a little insensitive of him…/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi sighed as he tried to figure how to explain his position. He knew he should have said something sooner, but everyone was so eager to do something rather than waste time that he felt he lost the opportunity. "Yeah… I felt awful at first honestly. I knew Hoseok was easily scared, but I didn't expect him to be as scared as he was. And like I said on the phone, I didn't expect people to believe me. I was planning to tell everyone soon after I pranked the four of them, but once we decided to make so many plans for the day I decided to leave it be. I mean… as much as I miss my bed, I really don't think we could have spent Thanksgiving better than we have so far." he admitted. Perhaps it was a little sappy to say, but he wouldn't trade the last three hours he had spent with them for anything else./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Namjoon listened carefully as they approached the front of the building where he spotted the others standing outside the exit doors, still messing around with each other as they waited for the two of them. "Alright… I'll let you tell them yourselves, but ONLY because the day has gone well so far. But if Hoseok starts getting depressed at any point in time, you better tell him."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"With both of them in agreement, Yoongi and Namjoon joined the others, and and they all returned to the cars to wait on Officer Mullins and Officer Cooper. Upon their arrival, the officers stepped out of their car and greeted the boys cheerfully, being careful not to mention anything about Hoseok and Yoongi's prank./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 138%;"span style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Hey guys, guess what! Jungkook received his driver's permit!" Jimin was quick to inform them, ready to brag about the maknae's achievement. Like the others, he was also being careful to avoid discussing anything about Hoseok; what if Hoseok didn't want the officers knowing?br /spanspan style="font-variant: normal;""/spanspan style="font-variant: normal;"Really?! Have you driven yet?" Officer Mullins asked excitedly as Jungkook showed proof of his new ID./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanNot yet; It just came in the mail yesterday. But I'd like to!" Jungkook replied as he returned his wallet to his pants' pocket./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhy don't you try now? You can drive to wherever we're going for breakfast." Officer Cooper suggested, "Heck, I'll ride with you and show you the ropes. Mullins can take three of you and can drive behind us."/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYou can use my car. It's not as expensive as Taehyung's." Hoseok joked a little, pretending as though Jungkook may cause a crash or something. He reached into his jacket's pocket and pulled out his keys to hand over to Jungkook, "I'll be riding in the backseat though. I've got to protect Black Widow while I can."/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanPffft, Black Widow? You named your car Black Widow?" Jimin laughed. Hoseok had been debating on what to call his car for a long time now, and it seems he finally decided./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhat's wrong with that? She is easily one of the best female characters in Marvel. My car deserves to be named after someone as cool as that." Hoseok pouted as the others laughed even more./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanDude, I thought you named it after the spider." Namjoon snickered, knowing fully well that Hoseok was afraid of arachnids./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhatever…" Hoseok mumbled, obviously slightly embarrassed./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanAnyway, let's go ahead and decide on breakfast and on who is riding with who. Honestly, we don't have a great amount of time, so a sit down option isn't ideal for us… We've got families back home that we need to spend time with for Thanksgiving, you know? So… I know it's not the greatest, but how about McDonalds? We can drive to the one that's on the other side of Berea to give Jungkook some good driving practice." Officer Cooper suggested as he leaned against Officer Mullins' car./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanSounds good to me." Namjoon replied, looking to the others to make sure they were all in agreement, After receiving several nods, he then addressed the car issue, "How about the three youngest plus Hoseok ride with Officer Cooper? Jin hyung, Yoongi hyung, and I can ride with Officer Mullins." Again, all of them nodded./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanAlright, that works. Oh, real quick… Many of you seem to forget each other's actual names because you're so used to calling each other these Korean names, so… do you prefer us to call you that as well? Just to avoid confusion in the future…" Officer Cooper wanted to make sure they were all on the same page…/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanUh... maybe our Korean names would be better. You see, we've all recently kind of decided to try going further with our Korean language skills, and these names have become important to us with our Korean families and such. We mostly just hang out together, so our English names aren't used as often anymore. So… If you wouldn't mind. We can write down our names and you can try. If not, it's completely fine." Namjoon spoke for the group; all of them trusted him to say what they had in mind, so none of the others really spoke up./span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOkay, we'll do our best. We'll probably butcher the names, though." Officer Mullins laughed a bit as he opened his car door, "We'll be driving behind you. Good luck, kid!" he waved to Jungkook before closing the door and turning on the engine./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Everyone stepped into their assigned cars, and waited until Jungkook felt ready to leave the parking lot. The youngest fastened his seatbelt nervously and began to check the mirrors' positions and adjusted where he needed to. He also made sure he knew where every function was, and if he couldn't find one, either Hoseok or Officer Cooper helped him out. When he was ready, he turned the ignition on and breathed a deep sigh before offering a thumbs up to the other car. He placed his foot on the break and shifted the gear into drive (Hoseok had parked in reverse to make exiting the parking lot easier), and after checking to make sure no cars were coming his way, he slowly released the brake and pressed on the gas pedal. Everyone in the car was practically slammed back into their seats when Jungkook quickly hit the brakes once he found out the gas pedal was more sensitive than he expected./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWhoa, okay, be a little more gentle Jungkook. Black Widow deserves better treatment than this." Hoseok panicked a little from his seat in the back. He was currently seated between Jimin and Taehyung who both wanted the quality time with him, hence the middle position./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jimin and Taehyung snickered and nudged Hoseok, still amused by the car's name, "Black Widow can obviously handle herself and doesn't need you to protect her. She can handle Jungkook's driving." Taehyung joked./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYou guys aren't helping!" Jungkook laughed nervously as he slowly placed his foot on the gas pedal again. This time he allowed himself to pull out of the parking space to get a headstart, but he still sped out a little fast… However, now that he got himself going, he was able to get a feel for the speed and how much force he placed on the gas pedal./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanNice. Good job getting out of the space, but I'm going to go ahead and tell you something I'm sure you know but have forgotten… We drive on the right side here. Oncoming cars will be on your left." Officer Cooper reminded him before they were expected to turn into a lane./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOh, right. Sorry…" Jungkook apologized, quickly fixing his position in the road before coming to a hard stop at the Stop sign./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanMan, we've got to fix your braking… ease into the pedal slowly as you reach the stop. Don't just stop immediately." Hoseok commented as they turned out of the parking lot./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"In Officer Mullins' car, the four of them were having a blast watching Jungkook's driving from afar, "Dude, they may return home with whiplash." Namjoon laughed; Jungkook was so hesitant!/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanMan… look at him go now though. He seems to be getting the hang of it." Yoongi commented as he watched the car turn towards the intersection that led towards the main street, "Oh, he turned on his signal late… Officer Cooper probably said something."/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"As they all turned onto the main road and stayed continued to travel along the street, Jin couldn't help but laugh as they followed behind the car, "He drives as slow as you walk, Yoongi."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Yoongi glanced at Jin in an unamused manner, "I'll take that as a compliment. He's just taking some extra precautions is all."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHe's going 35mph in a 45mph zone; that's reasonable for a first time driver. It's not bad at all." Officer Mullins commented before Jin piped up again, "Wait, I have an idea. Why don't we go through the drive thru? Jungkook should experience that too!"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOh man! Imagine if there's a girl in the window! He's going to freeze!" Namjoon laughed as he pulled out his phone to text the others./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Officer Mullins shook his head while a grin fell across his face, "That poor kid. I guess he's going to get the full experience-that is if he actually agrees to it. He's the one driving, you know."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanJust tell him that in order to be considered a man he has to go through the drive-thru. He'll probably do it in that case." Yoongi joked as he continued to watched the car in front of them./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanThere's no way he'd fall for that… I think he knows he'll forever be considered the child in our house." Namjoon replied as he waited for Taehyung to text back, "I went ahead and told Taehyung to tell Jungkook to do drive-thru. I just told him to make some sort of excuse, though."/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"In Jungkook's car, everyone was fully concentrated on Jungkook's driving, either admiring his accomplishments when doing something correctly or carefully critiquing him when necessary. When Taehyung received Namjoon's message, he thought for a moment before speaking up for Jungkook and Officer Cooper to hear, "Hey guys, is it okay if we do drive-thru? My mom is home alone at the house, and I'm sure she could use some of our help sooner than later… Maybe we can just get the food and return to Walmart to get my car, and if we have time to spare we could eat together in the parking lot or something."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYeah, I'm sure that'll work out okay. Just make sure to let the others know." Officer Cooper replied before telling Jungkook to take a left at the next street light./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanThe drive-thru?! I can't do the drive-thru; I've never done it before." Jungkook responded nervously as he came to a stop at the red light./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYou've never driven a car before, but you are now. You'll do fine!" Hoseok replied as positively as possible. He was beginning to think a lot about what Yoongi had said earlier, how much time he had, and what he should do with his time… He was feeling rather down, but he knew he couldn't let it show. The last thing he wanted was for people to remember him as someone who left the world sad as can be. He wanted to be a good influence, and even if he was worried or depressed about it all, he wanted to make the most of this day./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanBut what if I mess up? What if they make fun of my accent or can't understand me?" Jungkook couldn't help but think of all that could go wrong in this situation… "Now that I think about it, wouldn't we have too many orders to do through drive-thru?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanNah, I'm paying. Don't worry about it, we'll help you out." Officer Cooper replied as they finally pulled into the McDonald's lot./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook slowly drove around the side of the McDonald's to enter the empty drive-thru lane. "Wait, what do I do? What do I say?" he began to panic as he rolled down his window to be able to speak when he had to give his order./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanJust wait for-"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHi, welcome to McDonald's, can I take your order?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The sound of the man's voice coming through the speaker nearly scared Jungkook half to death! He wasn't ready! He didn't know what everyone wanted! What was he supposed to do?! Quickly, he searched for the correct button, and once he located it, he pressed it in order to roll down Jimin's window for him to talk instead. He even pulled forward for him to be heard better!/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanJungkook, what are you doing?!" Jimin laughed as soon as he started rolling his window down. He even gently hit his shoulder, "Cut it out! You can do it; we believe in you!"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI'm not doing it; I don't know your orders!" Jungkook replied, though he tried to remain quieter so as not to disturb the drive-thru lady./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanYou know your own!" Jimin and the others were cracking up, but they had to calm down so the man would understand them. Finally Jimin leaned out of the window to begin giving their orders since Jungkook refused to do so himself. The employee probably had no time to deal with their craziness./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanHe totally wigged out." Officer Mullins laughed as they watched from behind as Jimin's head poked out of the window./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI thought he was actually going to order; he was so close! He's lucky he's got other people to do it for him." Yoongi commented as he rolled down the window to see if he could hear whether or not they were speaking to a girl or a guy. Of course he would have to wait for the entire group to finish their order. A couple minutes passed before they were finally done, and as soon as the man spoke up to tell them the price, Yoongi pouted, "Jungkook's got it easy, at least for now."/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanI can't believe he made Jimin order for him." Namjoon snickered as they pulled up to the speaker to place their own order./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"As Yoongi predicted, Jungkook easily paid the man at the cash register, consider all he had to do was hand over Officer Cooper's credit card. However, once Jungkook reached the pick-up window, he found himself face-to-face with a woman who appeared to be in her thirties./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWould you like any sauces with your order, sir?" The woman asked as she waited for his response, the paper bags in hand./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook stared, wide-eyed, as he tried to sputter something out. Did they want any sauce? How was he supposed to know? "Uh…"/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanAsk her for ketchup please." Taehyung requested as he sat at the edge of his seat to see what was going on./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanBarbecue for me." Hoseok spoke up before Jungkook had time to say anything./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook breathed deeply as he tried to gain the courage to ask for the sauces his friends requested. They were doing this on purpose; he knew they didn't normally order sauce for their food… "Uh…" he cleared his throat as he finally raised his eyes to look up at her, "Can I get ketchup and barbecue sauce?" he asked quickly; he just wanted to get it over with./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspan...Sorry, what was that?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook nervously raised his right hand to his head and ruffled his hair before trying again, "Ketchup and barbecue. Please." he spoke up slightly louder and slower than before./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The employee left the window to grab the requested sauces, placed them inside one of the bags and finally reached out to hand the bags to Jungkook-except Jimin was the one who accepted them instead. Apparently Jungkook had pulled forward again to avoid any further interactions, so Jimin was forced to take his place. She was obviously confused…/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jimin thanked her for the food, offering an apologetic smile as he did so. Once she handed him their drinks, the car finally pulled out of the driveway to allow Officer Miller's car to get their food./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"After everyone received their orders, the cars returned to Walmart to join each other in the parking lot to eat. They teased Jungkook and joked about what happened during the drive and at McDonalds while they ate, but soon enough, all of them had to leave in order to return to their homes. Around 9:45am, the seven housemates returned home and almost immediately began helping Taehyung's mother cook for Thanksgiving and clean up around the house. As they had done all morning, each housemate ensured that Hoseok was never left alone or had any downtime to think about the worst to come, which really made the time go by quickly. It wasn't until all of them were seated for Thanksgiving dinner, around 2:30pm, that any of them really had time to think for themselves as they waited for each individual to be seated./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Hoseok couldn't help but think about the fact that this would more than likely be his last meal… But he honestly couldn't ask for a better day to go. Thanksgiving. A day where people are to remember how precious life is and remember all of the blessings they have in their lives. There were a million things he was grateful for, that was for certain… His family and the time he had spent with them before college, these amazing housemates and the friendships they had made, and last but not least Keopi and Sagwa and their ability to make anyone feel better at any point in time. Of course, he was thankful for many other things as well, but these were the main ones on his mind. The other housemates had done so much for him today already, and he was proud to be able to witness Jungkook's first driving lesson, too. He just wondered what his family was going to say when he explained what was going on… He wished he could somehow fly to New York and back in the time he was given, but that was obviously impossible. Though he continued to consider such things, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Yoongi as he stood and raised a glass of sparkling apple cider to all of the individuals at the table who had finally been seated./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanAlright, guys… everyone settle down real quick so we can give thanks and enjoy this meal that we all know wouldn't be here without Taehyung's mom." Yoongi remarked as he cleared his throat, "Okay, so… we all know I'm not good at this stuff. So let me just say… I'm sure we are all very grateful for the time we have spent together today. I mean, I'm thankful we became housemates to begin with, even if some of you can be quite the handful sometimes." he grinned a bit, "Anyway… Hoseok, I just wanted to say that sometimes you can be a little extra. You're always so happy, and even when I'm grumpy, you annoy me enough to force a smile on my face, so I guess… thanks. I appreciate what you've contributed to this house, really… So let's bow our heads." he before waiting for all of them to close their eyes and bow their heads. Not all of them were Christian, but Taehyung's mother was, and they all respected the tradition… Yoongi wasn't exactly the best person to be doing this though, "Ahem… Let us all be thankful for our family and friends… and for Keopi who is currently biting at my shoelaces. And Sagwa who is currently missing. Again. Let us be thankful for this amazing smelling food that we are about to eat and uh… last but not least… let us be thankful that today was only an accidentally extended prank, and Hoseok will not be dying today but will be with us for a very long and healthy life. Amen." Yoongi opened his eyes quickly, immediately taking note of the shocked expression upon some of their faces while Namjoon just crossed his arms as he waited for them to say or do something, "... Anyone hungry?"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanSeriously?! It was a prank this whole time?!" Hoseok exclaimed as he quickly jumped out of his chair and chased Yoongi around the table./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Jungkook, Jimin, Taehyung, and Jin each blocked Yoongi and didn't even hesitate to help Hoseok pick him up and take him away from the table./span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanBe careful! Let's all settle down, okay?" Taehyung's mother announced, hoping to get their attention; she had no idea what was going on and was completely perplexed by Yoongi's odd 'prayer'. What was going on?/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The four of them carried Yoongi outside as he shouted for them to put him down. Once they finally did, Jimin reached up and wrapped his arm around Yoongi's neck in an armlock before giving him a nuggi, "Was that really necessary to scare us all hyung? Hoseok really thought he was going to die, you know."/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanOw! Ow! I'm sorry! I didn't think you guys would actually believe my story, so it was sort of an accident, okay?! And then you guys were having so much fun, I didn't want to mention it after that. I'm sorry!" Yoongi exclaimed as he tried to pull away./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"As soon as Jimin let go, Hoseok placed a hand on Yoongi's shoulder and let out a sigh, "You know… Sometimes you can be a real jerk. But I suppose I can forgive you… Why'd you even prank us anyway?"/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanSeriously Hoseok, it went farther than I expected and I'm sorry… but would we have all of the memories of today if I hadn't pranked you? I mean… anyway… I won't do it again, promise. It was just sort of payback for the chocolates you guys stole from my stash…" Yoongi muttered with a frown./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspan... The chocolate and vanilla wafers?" Hoseok stared at him for a moment before finally letting out a laugh, "That was like a month ago! And you say I'm crazy…"/span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanThis means you're going to do all of our laundry right?" Taehyung asked Yoongi with a grin before they headed back in the house./span/span/span/p
p style="text-indent: .5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;""spanspanWell… I'm never stealing from your chocolate stash again, that's for sure." Jimin laughed, finding his hyung's revenge to be a little overboard. This was definitely an interesting Thanksgiving.../span/span/span/p