Taehyung had begun his research when he awoke, still cold, the next morning. His entire body ached worse from sleeping on the floor than it did after a long dance practice, but at least he had the distraction of a mission. Thankfully, in whatever dream-world he had woken up in, the internet existed. When he did web searches (he had to use Bing as he couldn’t find Google, which he didn’t understand, didn’t Google basically run the entire world?) he found only movie articles when he searched ‘BTS’.

If he wasn’t terrified before, he was now.

He typed in names of those he thought would have some sort of result on the internet. But all he came by were people that he didn’t know with those names. After hours had gone by of finding nothing, his phone died, the screen turning dark. It was his one last method of trying to get in contact, and he lost it. He had no phone charger, and he had no money.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Slowly, he left the safety of his temporary stay and went out into the streets. Of course, most people out there were on their phones. What else would people do these days? Several of the people with their heads tilted towards the earth instead of the sky were stationary, with their phones connected to various public outlets. Taehyung continued to wander around, looking at the strangers and how they were interacting with the world. Finally, the boy eventually found what he was looking for - a person had unplugged their phone and put the cord on the ground while he was packing the rest of his items into his messenger bag. Taehyung took off his jacket and carried it in his arms as he began walking toward the man. When he was close enough he “accidentally” dropped his jacket directly over the charger. Time to practice his acting skills. He scooped up the jacket - and the cord - and smiled at the man and quickly apologized for being so clumsy. The man didn’t seem to fully understand what he was saying, but smiled anyway.

Taehyung had never felt more guilty of something than he did as he walked away, clenching the charging cord in between clenched fists.