Quick question before reading: what do you think is Jungkook? Is he a human? Or something else? Or just a lil creep who likes to kill people by night?

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The night has fallen over the island once again and Taehyung has stayed close to the lake while rolling himself up under his jacket, a little fire next to him so wild animals would stay away from him. He was aware that the fire was showing off his position but he didn't want to be eaten alive either.

Sleep has only slowly fallen over him, his eyelids heavy yet he refused to allow the sleep to capture him in its arms. Scared that he would be assaulted once he would be asleep. But Taehyung soon enough lost the fight against sleep, his eyes fluttering close while he allowed Morpheus to pull him into his arms.

There was a crack near his fireplace and a dark figure appeared as soon as Taehyung was out, rolled up in himself. The shadow inched closer, hovering over the petite sleeping form of the pretty male who looked so drained and on the edge, so tiny and vulnerable. A adorable but pitiful sight, all left alone without anyone by his side anymore.

The shadow smirked before crouching down next to the sleeping boy. "It's a shame you're hurting yourself with your attitude more... but don't worry, Beautiful. Everything will be over soon and you'll understand", a voice whispered towards Taehyung who wasn't able to hear it.

The figure leaned forward to press a kiss to the sleeping raven's soft cheek, lingering there for a second before pulling away. Calloused fingers caressed Taehyung's temple, moving over his sun kissed cheek before rubbing over his lips. "Your lips are always so soft", the shadow mumbled before pulling himself away from the alluring boy.

"I can't stay but I at least wanted to make sure you're where I want you to be. Don't worry. I'll watch over you so you won't get harmed. That's not what I want after all, my beautiful Taehyung. Sleep tight. You need all the sleep you can get. Be strong for me, yeah Baby? Then nothing will happen, just trust me", the shadow mumbled before standing up.

One last glance towards the peacefully sleeping raven on the ground, and the figure has disappeared in the shadows of the jungle again.

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The float was almost completed by now, the size of a small boat, even with a little house in the middle to offer some shelter from the sun and sea. Taehyung has sneaked himself close to their spot at the beach, seeing how excited they were to finish up their hard work.

And in between them stood Jungkook, tall and confident while giving them commands along with wide smiles to show them calmness and support so they were convinced of him being harmless. Taehyung scrunched his nose by the sight and quickly hid in the shadows again so Jungkook wouldn't spot him.

He has announced a break for the group while Taehyung has sneaked past them to get to the dolphins. The former translator felt conflicted like never before, walking close to the dolphin beach. His first plan has been to sneak on the float when they would leave, not wanting to be left alone on this island, afraid to be forgotten here. It gave him fear once again.

Taehyung nowadays was always scared and anxious. But he feared that once he was going to be discovered, they would throw him from deck and leave him alone in the ocean to die. He was alone either way but staying on the island would at least allow him to get rid of Jungkook. But he would be all isolated and all alone on a tropical island without any possible chance to get back to civilization.

It was a twisted choice and Taehyung didn't know what to choose.

So he instead decided to return to the dolphins and allow himself to relax in their soothing presence. A little smile tugged his lips upwards when he saw the little group of grey bodies playing in the water and he rushed his steps to get to them. He didn't shout for their attention like usual but his steps seemed to be noticed by them because loud screeching greeted him.

"I missed you guys too", Taehyung laughed, his tension immediately taken from him while he quickly got rid of his shirt and ran into the water to dive into the waves. As soon as he took a deep breath and dived under water, he opened his eyes, sight blurry and eyes slightly hurting from the salt but not as badly as before.

The dolphins surrounded him, nudging him lovingly while surrounding him with the smooth bodies, taking him in their middle. 'You want to show me something?', Taehyung gestured at them and one dolphin nodded while two others shoved their bodies under Taehyung's to bring him to the surface so he could take a breath.

'Swim with us!', they screeched and Taehyung happily agreed, reaching out to hold onto one dolphin's fin before allowing his friends to pull him underwater and dive down. His lungs have gotten better from the daily exercise and he could easily hold his breath for a couple of minutes by now.

He enjoyed swimming and diving with the dolphins, all of them excited to show him various things they have found in the sea. One dolphin excitedly presented a large red crab to him and another showed him a variety of beautiful shimmery seashells.

They have taken him further away into the sea and away from the beach, like always but Taehyung trusted them they would bring him back to the beach.

Taehyung was happy, the sea a beautiful blue color, coral reefs beneath him and colorful fished swimming around him, curious and not afraid of humans. It was a beautiful scenery and Taehyung swam up to the surface to take a breath before swimming back down into the peaceful world of the sea before repeating the action again and again.

He seemed to have lost track on the time but didn't care at all. Down in the water, nothing was important anymore. It gave him peace.

The sun has been heating up the water and Taehyung nudged one dolphin to bring him back to the far away surface. He just grabbed its fin when something slashed through the water, something violent and so unlike the peaceful surroundings.

It was slick, black and incredibly fast, zooming past him, so fast Taehyung floated backwards.

The dolphins all fell into bright panic while Taehyung stared confused after it before deciding to follow that black thingy curiously.

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Oh no, Taehyungie Baby, don't do that--

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