“Welcome back to the land of the living, sleeping beauty!” Jin said.

“Don’t talk to me.” Yoongi rubbed his eyes and planted himself on the nearest chair, not noticing that it had already been occupied.

Emilee’s eyes widened and her hands flew up beside her head. She couldn’t speak. Her thoughts, however, were so loud that even Hoseok blushed.

“Yah! You’re too young!” he swatted her way.

It took him a while, but Yoongi finally got up with a deep sigh, “Sorry. Didn’t see you there.” He rubbed his right eye and walked over to the couch and plopped himself on it.

The girls were seated at the surprisingly large dining table with the rest of the members as Jin served the food and placed it on the table in front of everyone. Julia tried getting up so she could help him, but he glared at her slightly then smiled, “It’s fine, I can handle this on my own. I’m used to it.”

Julia stared at him, levitated the heavy pot out of his hands, placed it on the table gently, and she walked into the kitchen. Jin smiled lovingly at her and followed her. Jas could feel the love and happiness radiating from them, and that made her blush and smile. Hoseok couldn’t stop looking at her. She was the most beautiful one in the room to him.

Even though Elyssa wasn’t an emotion detector, she could definitely tell her friends were lucky enough to have chemistry with the guys they had their hearts set on. She hadn’t even been able to look at Taehyung for too long without internally freaking out. She did notice that he couldn’t keep eye contact with her either. He’d been quiet ever since she destroyed his image. He had laughed during the sock incident, but that was about it. She was kind of worried about him and wanted to ask if he was alright, but before she could even open , Hoseok cleared his throat. Loudly.

A few more dishes levitated in front of Hoseok’s face and he pressed his lips together in impatience. He glanced over towards the kitchen and a second later all the dishes containing the food were suddenly on the table and everybody had their glasses of water set in front of them. Julia was only able to grunt. Jin rubbed her back and walked her over to her seat. He didn’t walk over to his seat until she was comfortable. Once again, Hoseok cleared his throat.

“Alright, now that I have everybody’s attention. I would like to talk about what happened earlier.” The girls stared at him in confusion. A lot had happened ‘earlier’.

“I know you three,” he pointed at Emilee, Julia, and Elyssa, “were temporarily stuck in the other world while your bodies healed after Jimin and I left, but one thing I forgot to mention was that your body that is  in this world reacts to things that happen in that world.” He looked at  only Elyssa and Emilee this time, “Now, why is it that Elyssa’s arm suddenly fractured? It sounded nasty, by the way.” He made a face of disgust to soften the tension that had begun to form. Yoongi groaned and the tension disappeared.

Jazzy giggled quietly at Hoseok’s actions and her thoughts made him smile brighter. He couldn’t help but read her thoughts, she was just too cute.

Attempting to regain at least some of the seriousness of the conversation, Namjoon too over. “You aren’t gonna get in trouble, I mean, there’s really nothing we can do to you. We’re just curious as to why she sustained more injuries in a world where we are safest.” He folded his hands in front of his chin and raised his eyebrows slightly. Julia had already told them all what had happened, but they all wanted to see if anybody would lie. Trust was something the boys had learned to give sparingly. They couldn’t risk having somebody who would turn on them and right now they saw Emilee as an untrustworthy person.

Realizing the accusation, Elyssa twisted her head and leaned in closer to the table with her eyes glaring. “Are you saying that Emilee is a bad person?” Everybody heard the poison on her tongue. The girls were surprised she would even speak to one of the members in that tone. She, too, folded her hands in front of her, fingers intertwined. Yoongi felt the strong frustration she felt and his heart began to feel as tight as hers did, but there was nothing he could do to contain her emotions. “You see,” she laughed, but there was nothing cheerful in her tone, “my little sister was just trying to help me to the best of her ability. In that moment, she felt that was the best thing to do in order to help me understand what I needed to do.” Her eyes began to fade to a very light gray. The color was so light it almost looked as if her eyes were glowing. The strands of her hair began to float off of her head. Soon enough her hair was flying around as if she were caught in a windstorm. Yoongi stood up and concentrated all of his power on her, but he was still unable to contain her emotions.

“She thinks that I need to learn things the hard way, but I’m not like that anymore. I’m a stronger person now and I can think things through to find the proper way out of any situation. If you need to accuse anybody of being a bad person, it should be me.” She stood up from her chair and raised her left hand toward the dining room's light fixture. Suddenly the entire apartment was dark. Only a pair of eyes were visible in the pitch black room. Then nothing. Everybody was shocked into complete silence. The only sound that was heard was the deep sigh that Elyssa heaved. She focused her energy on placing a small blue orb above everybody’s heads. “Don’t you dare, ever, accuse her of being a terrible person. She is not. I’m not either. None of us are. You need to understand that. We cannot accuse each other of being traitors, or else our mission will fail. Trust is the foundation. We need to release you guys from his hold, so please listen to me when I say that we must not be divided. Never. Separate. From. Each.  Other.” Yoongi felt his heart became light again and he breathed a sigh of relief. The lights came back on throughout the apartment and Elyssa sat back down, immediately placing her head in her hands with a wince.

“What the hell just happened?” Julia asked with wide eyes.

Jimin’s eyes were just as wide and he gulped, “I never thought I would be able to see the day!” Everyone turned to look at him. He very obviously knew something they didn’t. He his lips as if it would help his dry throat before he spoke, “In the, uh… library, yeah. There’s a book in the library that’s all about the lunar manipulators and what they can do. Well, get this.” His smile became so wide that his eyes became slits. He was so excited to share the information that he couldn’t find the words to let it all out fast enough.

“Spit it out!” Emilee said in frustration.

Jimin’s smile diminished slightly and he took in a deep breath before he spoke. “One of the powers they have is time manipulation and that includes time travel. The Elyssa that just spoke… I’m sure you all noticed the change in her tone of voice, right?” He looked around and everybody nodded. Elyssa looked up at him, curiosity in her eyes. “Well, only super powerful fae can time travel. Of course, the ones who have the power of lunar manipulation are the most powerful wind fae,but, back to the time travel. The Elyssa that spoke was saying something about defeating him and sticking together. Something bad must have happened…” His voice trailed off, but he gathered himself back up, “Also, another fact about time travelers is that they can only travel to times when their powers were active. The fact that that was written in that book means that this whole ‘living as humans’ thing has happened before, but it was thousands of years ago.”

“So what you’re saying is that she came back in time from the future to this specific moment to say that we have to trust each other and never separate from each other? What the hell is going to happen?” Jasmynne asked, Jelly began to glow red and Yoongi tried to calm her panicked feelings. The shade of red faded and she took in a deep breath, “I don’t want to find out what was so bad that she had to come back here. Obviously this is a very defining moment for us all. Let’s take her advice and stick together. We can’t defeat whoever or whatever we’re supposed to defeat if we can’t function as a team.” Her words resonated in the silence.

Elyssa whispered something to herself.

“Speak up.” Emilee nudged her arm.

She glanced around the room and made sure she met every single person’s eyes. She made eye contact with Namjoon last, “Teamwork makes the dream work.”

His serious expression became light again as she uttered those words. They were very important words to him. “Alright, but no more funny business. Understood?” He shook his finger at Emilee. She rolled her eyes and shook her finger back at him, “No more false accusations, understood?” Everybody laughed and Yoongi sighed with relief. He could finally relax.

He walked over and took the open seat next to Emilee. “Okay, no more serious talk for now. I wanna eat. You guys are way too emotional. Let’s talk after dinner so we’re all less frustrated. Now, eat.” He shoved a piece of chicken into Emilee’s mouth. She blushed slightly and was grateful that neither Yoongi nor Hoseok could tell what she was thinking.

 

   ~~~~~~~

 

The moon sat high in the clear October sky. Despite the light pollution from the city, the stars were still visible. They only added to the beauty of the chilly night. The boys had decided it would be best to continue the discussion the following morning because Jungkook knocked out as soon as he had finished eating. Jasmynne stepped out onto the patio and walked over to the bench where Elyssa had been sitting admiring the night sky. She had always found comfort in the moon, and now she knew why. She was startled when Jasmynne placed her hand on her shoulder.

“Oh my gosh, I’m sorry! I didn’t think I would scare you!” Jelly flashed a quick purple.

Elyssa placed her hand on her chest and tried to balance herself at the same time, “I didn’t hear you come out!” They both laughed, and then they sighed.

“This is so crazy, huh? I mean, I was just reading my favorite book in my favorite cafe and then BTS walks in…” she paused, deep in thought. “Fate is such a crazy thing. We all became friends for this reason. That’s so..”

“Insane. Yea..” Elyssa finished her sentence for her. It had been insane for all of these things to happen to them so suddenly. She had always felt that she was destined for something greater than the hand she had been dealt in life, but she never would have imagined that the fate of an entire race would rest partially on her shoulders. Insane. That was the perfect word. Jasmynne felt her chest tighten and she noticed Jelly became gray. She placed her hand on Elyssa’s shoulder again, “Hey, I know I’ve told you so many times, but you know you can tell me anything, right? If anything is bothering you I would much rather you say it outloud so that I can try to help you. It’s not good to keep things bottled up inside, you know?”

The younger girl sighed and nodded. “I don’t know. It’s just so much information in only a few hours. I’m the first Lunar Manipulator in 200 years! What the actual hell?! AND I’m supposed to become really powerful?? Why? Why me? I just can’t understand how I went from being a part time employee at my own sister’s cafe to a prophesized hero??” She threw her hands up in the air, “I can’t even rescue myself! I depended on Yoongi for that. I depended on each and every one of those seven guys for that. How am I supposed to save an entire race??”

Jasmynne tried to calm her down, but Elyssa wouldn’t let her. Jelly became full on black. Somebody cleared their throat in the doorway. Both girls turned around to find Yoongi standing there. Jazzy felt a rush of relief seeing him. He walked towards them and sat down on the bench opposite of the girls.

“Who said you’re doing this on your own? Who gave you the entire responsibility? You aren’t the only one feeling this pressure. Even your youngest friend… Julia, yea, that’s her name. Anyways, even she feels the pressure. I can’t tell what your sister is feeling, but I know that she feels the pressure, too.  And what do you mean you depended on me?”

His words calmed her down, but also made her feel foolish.

“Hey, you could at least try using a different tone with her. She really looks up to you. You don’t have to be so cold.” Jasmynne chastised him.

“No, he’s right. I’m being selfish. I’m only thinking about myself and my emotions. Whereas he has to feel everybody else’s. So do you. You guys probably have it the hardest. Dealing with everybody else’s emotions and probably not being able to deal with your own…”

“Nah, I’m fine.” They said simultaneously. They looked at each other with shocked expressions and Elyssa laughed.

“You guys are so cute. I guess I should just stop thinking so much.”

“Yes. Leave the cryptic personality to Namjoon.” Yoongi chided.

“Hey, I can’t change who I am inside.” Elyssa feigned offense.

“So, what did you mean about depending on us?” Yoongi tilted his head in curiosity.

“Well, you know how I was the one closest to death earlier?”

He nodded.

“And how you said that only meant I had mistreated myself before?”

He stared blankly at her, then his eyes widened. He got up from his bench and walked over to her. He sat next to her and grabbed her arm. He pulled the sleeve of her sweater away from her wrist and he examined it closely.

“Gosh, that’s so stereotypical of you.” She pulled her arm out of his grasp. “That’s not the only place that we have main arteries.” She quickly pulled her sleeve down and thanked the gods in the sky that those scars healed faster and better than her other ones.

He apologized and asked her to continue.

“Well, long story short, I attempted suicide a few years ago. Of course, I had been listening to a playlist on my phone, because I need music to function… anyways, your song, Tomorrow came on. For some reason it had occurred to me that I hadn’t seen the lyric translation, so I watched the video. Those lyrics gave me hope when there was no other emotion in my mind. Your lyrics shined the light at the end of the tunnel that I needed to get through. You unknowingly saved my life, and I am forever grateful to you.” She twisted her body so she could meet his eyes, “You are a very important person to me. I admire you so much that I wished on every star and every birthday candle that there could be some way for you to be my brother. Although I know it’s biologically impossible, it’s still possible to become so close to someone that they become like family to you.” She reached her arm out for Jazzy and hugged her, “Like us. We aren’t blood related, but she’s the big sister I always wanted. I can only hope that you and I will become this close.”

Yoongi sat in silence. He poured his heart and soul into his music. The emotions that he negated throughout his daily life were let loose when he produced his music. Knowing that his work actually saved a life, and a life that is important to the prophecy on top of that, made him feel...proud of himself. He smiled brightly and hugged her tightly, “I’d love to be your big brother.”

Jasmynne felt the extreme happiness that Elyssa felt and she was grateful for it. Despite the emotional roller coaster that she couldn’t seem to get off of, Jasmynne really enjoyed her newfound powers. It gave her a whole new perspective on the people she’d known for years and the people she thought she knew for years. She also found it extremely handy that she could tell that Hobi felt flustered every time he looked at her. A definite confidence booster.

They got up and walked inside.

“I’m beat. Which room can I take?” Jasmynne stretched.

“I’ll just take you girls to your designated rooms. I already put Julia and Emilee in their roms and they’re fast asleep.” Yoongi smiled. It seemed like a mischievous smile, but the girls followed him. Trusted him.

He led them to the two rooms that were at the end of the hallway. Jasmynne entered the one on the left and Elyssa entered the one on the right. Before she closed the door she whispered her usual words, “Goodnight, sweet dreams, I love you guys.”

“Love you too, sleep well!” Jazzy whispered back.

Yoongi smiled at her and winked, “I’ll see you both tomorrow.”

Elyssa smiled widely and shut the door behind her. Jasmynne did the same. The girls were so tired that they didn’t notice they weren’t alone in their beds. In fact, the member’s apartment didn’t have that many rooms. They realized this when Hoseok turned around and saw Jasmynne laying next to him. He screamed and covered his bare chest. Jasmynne blushed and flipped herself around so she had her back faced to him. “Sorry, Yoongi said I could sleep in here and it’s dark and this bed is so big that I didn’t realize you were in here. I’m sorry.” She started to climb out of the bed, but Hoseok grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to him. “That’s okay. I’d rather have you here with me so I know you’re safe.” He nuzzled her neck and cuddled her.

She giggled. “Alright, I guess I could sleep here for tonight.”

 

Elyssa heard the scream from her room. She had already laid down in the bed under the covers. She threw the covers off and was about to swing her feet off the bed when Taehyung reached his arm over her torso. “No, don’t go. He’s fine. You need to rest.”

Now it was her turn to scream.

“Shhhhhhhhh. You’ll wake the others.”Taehyung sat up and placed a finger over his lips. Elyssa turned to face him and was shocked to see him staring at her.

“I…. I didn’t know you were in here! How did you get in here?” She looked around the room and created her orbs of light so she could see the room better. It was clearly not a guest room. Photos of his dogs and his family members decorated the wall across from his bed in a giant collage. “Oh… but.. Yoongi told me to sleep in here…. Oh my gosh. I’m so sorry. I’ll go sleep on the couch.” Taehyung grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes, “Hey, I’m not gonna hurt you.” He took his hands off of her, “I won’t even touch you if it will make you feel more comfortable. It’s alright with me if you sleep in here if it’s alright with you.” He smiled and tilted his head in a childlike manner. How did he seem so awake?

She slumped her shoulders ‘admitting defeat’. “Alright, but only tonight. I’m sleeping on the couch tomorrow night.” She secretly wished he would protest, and he did. She agreed with him that staying with him would be best. She disintegrated the orbs and got back under the covers. Taehyung got out of the bed and walked into his closet. He came back out with another blanket. He fixed his side of the bed and climbed on top of the blanket Elyssa was using. He covered himself with his new blanket, and Elyssa watched his every movement. She laughed at him and scooted closer to him. She nuzzled his shoulder and he smiled at her. Still, he kept his distance.

Elyssa couldn’t help but wonder how Jin and Julia were holding up, but after a few seconds of silence she heard Jin groan in defeat and Julia shouted, “YES! I beat you on rainbow road! Take that! Now you gotta sleep on the floor!”

She giggled and fell asleep happier than she had ever felt.

 

~~~~~~~~~

 

“So, do you think she knows we’re staring at them?” Julia whispered.

“Yea, she’s awake. She just doesn’t wanna open her eyes yet.” Emilee assured her, loudly.

“Hey, maybe we should let them sleep a little while longer. She was put through a little more than we were.” Jasmynne suggested. “And they look so cute cuddled up with each other.” she giggled.

That made Elyssa smile almost as wide as the Cheshire Cat.

“See! I told you she was awake!” Emilee exclaimed.

Taehyung groaned and pulled Elyssa closer to him. “Are they always this loud in the morning?”

“Yea. Every. Single. Morning.” Elyssa sighed and pulled his arm off of her despite his protests. Why was he so clingy all of a sudden? He couldn’t even make eye contact with her the night before.

“Hey, by the way.” she turned to face him, “Why are you being so clingy? You didn’t seem this way yesterday.”

Her question made him become fully aware of his actions. He quickly retracted his arm and jumped out of the bed. He bowed 10 times and apologized for touching her. He seemed completely awake now. She realized that he hadn’t been completely awake the night before. He must have been sleepwalking or something when he grabbed the blankets from his closet. They both blushed when they realized how close they had been to each other. Yoongi waltzed into the room.

“Okay, lovebirds, it’s time for breakfast. Wake up already.” Then he ushered the other three girls towards the kitchen. He seemed happier and well rested. He had Emilee to thank for that. She had figured out how to project her psionic shield to a person near her and she covered him in it when they fell asleep last night. He wasn’t able to feel the emotions of anybody but Emilee. That made him extremely happy. She was more than happy to do this because it allowed her to let him know how special he was to her.

“Pff he’s calling us lovebirds, but he’s the one prancing around as if cupid’s bow caught him right in the .” Elyssa scoffed.

Taehyung laughed and patted her head. “We’ll see where the fates take us.” Then he, too, went towards the kitchen.

She sat there in silence and tried to make sense of the words that had just come out of his mouth. Does that mean he likes me too? She smiled at the thought and headed for the bathroom. Not even love could hold back her strong need to pee in the morning.

“Alright, I hope everyone is well rested.” Namjoon glanced at everybody in the dining room. They had all taken their seats from the previous night, but the mood was lighter than before.

“I would’ve slept better if Jungkookie would have slept with me.” Jimin pouted.

“Oh shut up.” Jungkook glared at him, “They all slept together cos they actually like each other.”

His statement caused the eight offenders to blush profusely.

“Okay, it’s reasonable for the girls to have fallen in love with you because they’re fans, but this just makes you guys look easy.”  Namjoon scrunched his face and shook his head in disappointment. He only slightly offended s.

“Okay, okay, let’s actually try to get somewhere today.” Jungkook said before shoving a giant spoon of cereal in his mouth. He looked like an adorable hamster. Elyssa used to have a pet hamster, but then Jazzy’s cat ate it.

She stood up from her chair and ran towards the door, “Oh my god, Jazzy, your cat!” She said the words so quickly and high pitched that nobody was able to understand her. They all sat there glancing at each other wondering if she had bumped her head along with all the other injuries she had sustained. Jasmynne knew the younger girl had said her name, but she wasn’t sure what for, “I think we should follow her.” Everybody nodded in agreement and quickly gathered at the door to put their shoes on.

“OW!” They heard the agonizing scream come from down the block. It sounded like Elyssa had ran back to their apartment. Something urgent must have happened for her to have ran over there. Realizing this, the girls picked up the pace and ran over to their friend and the boys followed suit.

 

When Elyssa had reached their apartment she searched in the bushes for Jazzy’s cat. She couldn’t find her there, so she turned around and walked towards the willow tree in their front yard. Right when she looked up to check if Raina was there, the cat jumped onto her face and scratched her left eye and cheek. “OW!” Elyssa screamed in agony. She reached up to add pressure to her wounds and realized that she was actually bleeding a lot. She stayed calm and walked over to the door, pulled the key out of the coat she grabbed when she rushed out of the boys’ apartment, and tried to make her way over to the bathroom. Raina ran in as soon as she opened the door, “You are the worst cat on the face of this planet.” She started to tear up from the pain. She had grabbed the door handle with her bloody left hand and didn’t attempt to clean it up. Her only focus was getting to the bathroom so she could clean her wounds and bandage herself up. She felt a little light headed on her way there, but she knew she could make it. How could that small cat make such a huge wound?

She finally made it into the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. “Oh my god! What the hell did I ever do so bad to you, Raina?!” She let her tears fall as she saw the nasty wounds on her face. No amount of concealer could cover that up. All she could do was stare at her horrendous reflection. She felt her heart sink, but then she heard the girls come in.

“Oh my gosh, why is there blood on the door knob???? Elyssa, this better not be yours!” Jasmynne screamed into the apartment. They carefully walked inside and headed towards the bathroom, knowing that was the first place she would go to. They tried opening the door, but she had locked it as soon as she heard their voices. “Elyssa, are you okay? Open the door!” Julia demanded. Elyssa ignored them and tried to focus on healing her wound. The least she could do was make herself look a bit more decent. Her appearance was too important to her. She gasped when she heard the boys come towards the door.

“Hey, can you come out? We just want to see that you-.” Taehyung was cut off by Elyssa.

She sighed, “Give me a minute.”

“WOw, okay. She ignores us, but will talk to you. I see how it is.” Emilee said, slightly offended.

Elyssa opened the door. The frustration was clear in her eyes. Those who get a look at her eyes could tell by the tension that suddenly filled the room.  Elyssa had managed to heal herself enough so that she didn’t have to hold her hand to  her face anymore, but blood was still dripping from her face. It almost looked as if she was crying blood. The right side of her face had clear tears streaming down, but the left side was stained pink and had a continuous river of crimson blood. She stared right into her sister’s eyes. “I was concentrating on healing this disaster when you spoke, so I couldn’t answer you.” With every word she spoke, her wounds completely closed and the scars they left behind began to disappear. Her vision began to clear up and her tears started to slow down.

“I don’t mean to be rude, but you look crazy.” Jimin said. She glared at him and stomped over to her room. “Raina did this to me. She ran into your room, Jas.” She grunted and slammed the door to her room. Jazzy quickly made her way over to her room to make sure her cat was okay. The boys glanced at each other awkwardly and started making themselves at home. Julia and Emilee rolled their eyes and went to the kitchen to check what food they had left. The boys sat on the couch and floor, or just anywhere they could place their butts. They could hear Elyssa slamming her drawers shut and stomping around her room. She finally came out with a pile of clothing in her hand and her portable stereo and she headed straight for the bathroom again.

“Oh, that’s actually a good idea.” Emilee said

“Yea, I haven’t showered in, like, four days.” Julia laughed and started eating a pear she had found on the counter. She laughed at how simple their lives had been just 24 hours prior to this entire situation. “Y’know, I probably shouldn’t have said that outloud considering BTS is sitting right there.” She blushed.

“It’s alright, we haven’t showered either!” Jin reassured her with a gummy smile. She blushed even more and bowed her head so she could focus more on her pear, “Thanks.”

After a few seconds they heard their song Cypher Pt. 3 playing loudly from the bathroom. The members rapped along with themselves, but once Supreme Boi’s parts came on, they could hear Elyssa screaming along. The first time it happened Yoongi looked over at Emilee and she just shrugged it off, “If this is the right playlist, then she’s playing the one she always plays when she’s going through some .” Then she turned back around to the fridge to find her block of cheddar cheese. She knew she had hid it from the other girls, but she couldn’t remember where. She gave up and started walking to the cabinets so she could find her barbeque chips. She was happy when she laid eyes on them. She sighed and grabbed the opened bag. “Hey, I thought I told you guys to lay off my chips.” There was a momentary silence as the songs shuffled on Elyssa’s playlist, then Tomorrow started playing.

“I didn’t touch them and I’m pretty sure Jazzy didn’t touch them either.” Julia quickly shoved the blame onto Elyssa and walked over to the trashcan to throw away her pear core. Emilee sighed and just walked over to her single couch and plopped herself down on it. She thought the living room looked messier than it usually did, but she just guessed that the girls had made a mess trying to rush out so they could get a glimpse of BTS in the flesh. She laughed to herself. Some glimpse we got.

“Um, hey, guys?” Jazzy walked out of her room cautiously, “That…” She looked back into her room and switched to a whispering tone. “That’s not Raina…”

Elyssa walked out of the bathroom dressed in an oversized black t shirt, black stockings, pastel purple shorts, and a towel wrapped around her head. She swept the fact that she wasn’t wearing any makeup to the back of her mind and she scurried over to the living room where everybody had congregated. “You guys, I did some thinking and… that cat isn’t Raina.” Jazzy looked at her, “I literally just said that.”

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t hear you. I had their music blaring…” she blushed slightly but she hoped that they would think it was because she took an extremely hot shower.

“But, yea, that isn’t Raina. Raina has a white, north star-looking birthmark on her forehead. It’s really small, but it’s there. That cat doesn’t have that.” Jasmynne clarified.

“Hey, those books were on the shelf when we left.” Elyssa walked over to the pile of books Jimin was sitting on. She looked at the shelf across the room and then at the books. “Were those piled like that?” Jimin shook his head,”I just thought I would help you girls clean up a bit and it benefited me because I got a seat!” He smiled brightly, but Elyssa didn’t return the gesture.

“We aren’t pigs. At least not out in the open. We always have our living area clean. Which is why I can’t understand how, or even why, those books were just scattered around. I distinctly remember organizing them on that bookshelf by color. It took hours and lots of concentration.”  She bent forward and almost slapped Jimin with her towel. She finished drying her hair and went to toss it in the laundry hamper. Everybody was speechless.

“My stuffies weren’t in the same spots either. The clothes that’s waiting to be put away on my dresser was also messed with. My posters have little tears in them as well. Somebody was in here.”

“That’s all very important, and I understand the situation is dire, but,” Julia squinted at Elyssa, “You pay so much attention to detail, but you haven’t said anything about your hair?”

She reached her hand to touch her hair, “What about my-” She gasped and ran her fingers through it. How had she not noticed it had grown so long?? How had it grown so long?? It changed color??? She wasn’t complaining, but, “It’s light purple????!! AND LONG??!?!?”  So much had gone on that morning that she hadn’t been paying much attention to her hair, only her face. She even amazed herself at how dense she had become.

She turned to face Namjoon, Jungkook, Jimin, and Jhope, “Umm????” she asked while grasping a few strands of hair in her hand.