"Jungkook?" Taehyung whispered to the boy standing stock still beside him. Taehyung was a ball of energy, so it was impossible for him to stand still and wait for Briggs to arrive. Jungkook turned his head towards him staring him down with his blank expression.

"Ugh... I know you can't express feeling or anything... can you at least fix your face." Taehyung asked moving a step closer to him.

"How?" Jungkook questioned his eyes still trained on Taehyung as he moved to stand in front of him.

"Can I touch you?" He asked softly his hands reaching up to touch Jungkook's face. His face never changing, except for when he asked questions.

"Why?"

"Just let me."

"Okay."

Taehyung took Jungkook's cheeks in both hands and pinched them, then pulled them to make a smile form on Jungkook's ever blank face. He giggled at how he looked, aside from his blank eyes, his bunny teeth smile was cute. Even if it was forced on his face. Still wanting to play with Jungkook's expressions he pulled down on either side of Jungkook's mouth to form a frown.

"Aw... you'd look so adorable with the sad pouty face!" Taehyung cooed.

"TAEHYUNG!" Briggs barked from the doorway, making the boy dropped his hands to the side and pinwheel over next to Jungkook.

When Briggs got closer to them his eyes were dark underneath, it looked as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep in months.

"On your faces." he commanded his voice lower than usual. Both boys dropped into a push up position. One staring at the other, while the other looked straight ahead.

"50... I want to hear you count. Once you are done, I want you to do jumping jacks til I say stop. You got it."

He didn't expect them to answer but Taehyung couldn't help himself. "Eye eye cap-E-ton!"

"Make it 75..." Briggs growled. Taehyung frowned at the man, but like the boy beside him he appeared unfazed. Immediately Jungkook started his pushups counting out loud without fail. Taehyung followed seconds after cursing himself for not being as disciplined.

After about forty-six pushups his arms began to get tired, even with thinking about how Jungkook would look smiling couldn't help him. If anything, it made it worse. Much worse.

"Uuggh... fifty...threeeeee" He whined. Jungkook was already on his jumping jacks seemingly unfazed by Taehyung as always.

"TAEHYUNG FOCUS!!" Briggs commanded from the corner of the room. Taehyung groaned but continued trying not to focus on anything. Then an idea hit him. He should act like Jungkook. It was perfect, aside from that fact that he was very in tuned to his emotions.

"Sixty-one...." About ten minutes later he was finished sweating profusely and standing up for the jumping jacks. Jungkook was running the wall at this point.

"Tsk...Come on now..." he pouted as he began the next task. Briggs was leaning against the wall watching him, every now and then he would look at Jungkook. If Taehyung didn't know any better, he would say the man was reading his mind. Taehyung's breathing came harder with each jack. They were so exhausting he just wish the slave driver in the corner would let him run now, and he hates running. However, these demons seemed far worse.

"Run Taehyung!"

"Oh, Thank the Lilies!" He cheered as he ran after Jungkook.

Running along the wall he felt like he may pass out. There was no way any human being could maintain this type of strenuous activity. Briggs is an extra big meanie head today. Thought Taehyung his chest was burning after about 10 laps. Why didn't he try that elixir Jimin had made? That could have helped him today! Oh wait... Yoongi hasn't responded to it. He's been asleep since the day before.

"STOP!" Yelled Briggs. Taehyung stopped almost instantly regretting it due to the lightheadedness. He teetered in his spot and would have fell to the ground had it not been for Jungkook catching him. His arms wrapped around Taehyungs chest lowering him to the ground carefully. Briggs ran over kneeling down beside him.

"You okay?" he asked in a worried tone. Jungkook stood beside Briggs and watched them. Taehyung gave a small smile. The room was spinning above him so he couldn't tell if they were doing a merry go round around him or standing still.

"How can you keep moving after that Jungkook?" He asked dazed. Jungkook looked at Briggs who shrugged.

"How much water have you had today Tae?" Briggs questioned him with a stern look his eyes flashed a glowing green then faded. What was that? How much water had he had today? Hmm... Oh... Look Jungkook finally stopped moving. He stared intently at Briggs eyes, seeing nothing of the green again he brushed it off. Answering the grumpy instructor's question.

"I'm not sure."

"You need to drink more water if you are going to keep up with the training with Jungkook, or you will have to go back to training by yourself." His voice was soft, but it had an edge. Taehyung felt like he wanted to cry. He didn't want to go back to training by himself. The last couple times he got to train with Jungkook had been great. Even if he didn't talk, even if he was dying after every session. He wouldn't give up that time.

"Yes, Master Briggs...I will." He promised trying to sit up. Apparently Jungkook had vanished. He was nowhere to be seen which upset Taehyung.

"Where'd Kookie go?" his lips forming a pout as Jungkook came running through the door holding a bottle. He knelt down by Taehyung thrusting the bottle at his face.

"Here."

Taehyung eyes went cross-eyed looking at the blue bottle in front of him. He disappeared so he could get him some water. OH, MY LILIES! He screamed on the inside. Briggs chuckled at his expression lightly smacking his shoulder to snap him out of his thoughts.

"oh... uh... thanks." He gushed taking the bottle and chugging the cool liquid. Jungkook sat back on his butt and nodded.

BRIGGS

Hours before practice.

"Briggs get in here!" Demanded a very disturbed Mr. Wang. As he entered the cool office his eyes immediately focused in on a glowing green vial sitting on the desk. What was that?

"Yes sir." His eyes never left the vial. So, he didn't see the man until he appeared in front of him his hand gripping his throat tight slamming him hard against the bookshelf. His pupils were pitch black. Tendrils of black shadows hung around him. He was completed consumed by the darkness. His throat burned from the grip of the man's hand.

"3 MOONS UNTIL THE DAWNING OF THE LILIES!!! 3!! AND YOU LET THAT MENANCE OF A BOY TRAIN WITH MY WEAPON!!!"

Briggs tried to speak but he could feel his windpipe being crushed.

"I DON'T NEED HIM TO LOSE PROGRESS!!" Wang roared releasing Briggs. Briggs coughed violently, clutching his throat. His body felt heavy as if he hadn't slept in ages. Which meant Wang released darkness into him. Not enough to cause immense amounts of pain but enough to teach a lesson.

"He won't get in the way sir." Briggs reassured wheezing slightly as his eyes trailed once again to the glowing green vial on the desk. Wang narrowed his eyes following Briggs gaze. Then he gave an evil laugh.

"I see you are curious as to what is in this vial." He picked it up his long fingers wrapping around the cork that held the liquid in. Briggs swallowed hard watching every move the man made in front of him. When the cork was removed the glowing green liquid pooled out of the vial floating through the air towards him. He took a step back his eyes locking in on Wang's excited expression.

"Wh...What is... it?" he stammered his back now pressed to the door.

"Pure... Genius." Is all Wang murmured the green liquid seeping into Briggs skin making his body go into shock shaking him violently. His eyes rolled to the back of his head until he stilled looking back at Wang a flash of green in his eyes.

"You may go."

Briggs seemed confused he wasn't even sure when he had arrived in that office. He bowed out of the room hurrying down the hallway. He seemed to have lost of sense of time, his memory was foggy, and he was overly tired. When he stepped through the doorway anger flashed through him when he saw Taehyung messing with Jungkook's face.

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