Space. Stars, swirls of white light in the far distance emerging closer with every blink of the eye. Swishes of moonlight dancing onto the brittle plane before them, it was all space.

The universe, galaxies, vast, neverending space. Space that would never be filled. Too far away to reach its hand to, too vague to figure out. That's what space was.

Taehyung reminded Jungkook of space.

With his silver hair and silver eyes. He was the moon, the moon which shines its light. But he was also the moon which hides the light, which casts darkness onto others. He was the dark side of the moon and the light side of the moon.

Jungkook was living in the eclipse.

In an in between, the sun on one side, burning hot, ready to kill. The moon on the other side, inviting, encouraging, sweet, but causing darkness. Where should he go?"

"You look like you're doing some deep ass thinking."

"Yeah, about your mom," Jungkook mumbled, and Yoongi walked up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, and then sitting down beside him.

There was a small silence. "Are you mad at me? For bringing you here?"

Yoongi snickered, looking away. He smiled a little, which confused Jungkook. "Are you kidding? I couldn't be happier,"

"W-what?"

"If it weren't for you, I would've never met Hoseok. Not to sound too gay, but he might be the best thing that's ever happened to me. Hobi- he- he's like the sun. Everything was dark until he came in. Metaphorically, and literally-"

"Ew," Jungkook said, and then giggled a little, looking at Yoongi. "So you're not mad?"

"I am. A little." Yoongi said, looking at Jungkook. "You should stop victimizing yourself so much."

Jungkook stilled. "I'm sorry. I just- I-I get so mad at everyone. I tend to forget sometimes things are my fault too."

"It's okay. You're learning. You'll grow. We all do." Yoongi said, and then looked at Jungkook.

"Anyways, suit up. You need to go out there, and take us back home," Yoongi smiled, and Jungkook nodded eagerly, and then Yoongi got up and walked out of his room, closing the door behind him.

Yoongi walked outside Jungkook's room and saw Jimin doing a somersault, and walked past it, not wanting to ask questions.

Jimin somersaulted and then stood up straight, walking to Taehyung's door dizzily and walking in. "All the blood is in my head, so I can give you the best advice. My MIND! Ugh."

"I don't need advice," Taehyung said, and Jimin saw him sitting on his bed. "I don't care anymore," Taehyung grumbled lowly, looking straight ahead, looking scary with his eyebrows all furrowed.

"Ohhh. You're going through your anger phase." Jimin said, and Taehyung looked at him with confusion.

Jimin decided to explain. "This breakup has caused you to go through the 5 normal stages everyone goes through in a breakup. Stage #1, crying. Stage #2, being whiny and missing your ex. Stage #3, anger. Stage #4, sleeping with someone else. Stage #5, murder. And then-"

"Woah- wait. Stage #4, sleeping with someone else? Who the hell am I going to sleep with??" Taehyung asked, and Jimin rose his eyebrow.

"Woah, you completely looked over stage 5. Anyways- I don't know. Find someone to sleep with. Won't be me!" Jimin said, and Taehyung rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry, Jimin. I don't think anyone wants the two of us to be together." Taehyung said, and Jimin hummed.

Taehyung stood up and walked towards Jimin, grabbing the door and walking out of it. Jimin followed, and the two saw Jungkook by the entrance of his door, dressed in tight red pants, red shirt, and red boots.

Taehyung let out a fond smile upon seeing him, because goddamit he looked adorable. Jungkook saw them and huffed when he aw Taehyung.

"Oh. It's you." Jungkook mumbled, looking away with his nose in the air.

"Don't fancy seeing you either, Jeon." Taehyung snapped back, looking the other way as well.

"Jeez, get a room," Jimin said, which made Jungkook and Taehyung frown. "Jungkook! Are you ready for your big mission!"

"I-I'm scared. I hope I do well. It shouldn't be too hard." Jungkook squeaked softly and dammitdammitdammit, Taehyung wanted to give him a little kiss on his cheek and a tight hug and assure him.

Taehyung walked past him, not batting an eye, which Jungkook noticed. Taehyung walked into the control room and saw the other four boys there.

"Logistically speaking, would eating onion rings for 6 weeks straight kill me? Yes. But I didn't know any better. I was only a child. Merely 19." Jin spoke, while the others listened intently.

Taehyung sat down beside Hoseok. Jimin and Jungkook then walked in. "Is everything ready?" Jungkook asked, clearly nervous.

"Yes. The transporter is on standby, with me right by it. The mechanic balls for the energy transporter are with you. And the... combustanator is installed into the engine room." Hoseok mumbled, and Yoongi frowned.

"Did you just made up a word for a machine?"

"Yes."

"I love you." Yoongi whispered, and Hoseok winked at him.

"Great! Awesome! This is- n-not scary at all! I'm fine!" Jungkook laughed nervously, and Namjoon walked up to him.

"Kookie, listen to me. You'll be fine. Nothing can go wrong, we've run past every safety measure. We wouldn't seen you if we thought something could go wrong. Don't worry, okay?" Namjoon said softly, and Jungkook nodded.

Namjoon wrapped him in a tight hug, and then Jimin rushed over and hugged him too. Jin rushed and joined the hug, and so did Yoongi, and so did Hoseok, until they were all in a bone-crushing hug, squeezing Jungkook in the middle, who started grumbling cutely.

Taehyung didn't join. He just looked out the window.

"Good luck!" Jimin said.

"You'll do amazing, Kookie," Jin said, and Hoseok nodded. "You will."

"Don't be scared for a second," Yoongi whispered.

Jungkook thanked all of them, and then looked at Taehyung, who continued looking outside. Jimin walked up to Taehyung and subtly smacked him on the head.

Taehyung flinched and then turned to look at Jungkook, who was looking at him with big eyes.

Taehyung was about to say something. And dammit, he should've. He should've said something.

But he didn't.

And Jungkook accepted that and turned around, putting on a little red helmet and walked towards the exit of the spaceship.

"Go off little red riding hood! Go fight the.. um... three pigs and- and get us the magic beans!"

"Jimin you're getting everything mixed up."

"Does it look like I care."

Jungkook nodded to them, and then opened the door of the spaceship, and fell.

The ship was hovering above land, and Jungkook fell onto the ground, falling right onto the red sand. He groaned uncomfortably, and then looked up, and saw the spaceship flying into space, disappearing like a twinkling light- and Jungkook was alone.

"Hey Kooks, we're here with you," Jimin said through his earpiece, and Jungkook nodded. "Say something if you can hear us."

"Something," Jungkook said confidently, and Jimin chuckled from the other side.

The planet was boiling, the ground seething already. "Okay, Kookie. Here's the deal. You've got 30 minutes to do everything before the planet explodes."

"30 minutes??? Why didn't you tell me that before!!!"

"We didn't realize haha. Anyways, get going." Jimin commanded, and Jungkook sighed and started walking quickly, holding the remote tightly in his hand.

You can do this, Jungkook reminded himself, seeing a big pit of lava. Jungkook grabbed the other machine out of his pocket, which was like little mechanical balls, and threw them onto the lava pool.

Suddenly, the lava started flying up, as if rushing towards the spaceship. Jungkook jumped back, getting startled.

"Good job Kookie! We got the deposits onto the ship! Now do it for the planet. Throw those balls everywhere." Jimin said, and Jungkook grinned.

Jungkook took the balls and began chucking them everywhere. He threw it far away, he placed them under stones, he kicked one, he flicked one, he twirled one around.

"15 minutes left, Kookie. It's time to transport you onto the ship." Jimin said.

"No, I can get more of these mechanical balls," Jungkook reassured, and Jimin hesitated through the earpiece, but Jungkook rushed ahead and began chucking the balls everywhere.

Jungkook did it for a while, making sure the spaceship could get as much energy as necessary. More, if required.

"Okay, there's 8 minutes left. Hoseok's transporting you. Just reach the transport bay, please. It's quite far from you." Jimin said quickly, and Jungkook nodded.

"I'm on my way," Jungkook said, turning around and walking ahead.

Suddenly, the land in front of him broke in half, and Jungkook got startled and grabbed the rock beside him, which was burning up. Jungkook flinched, and then saw the land towards the transporter get crushed into lava.

"Dammit!" Jungkook cried, and heard Jimin curse from the earpiece.

Jimin, who was up on the spaceship, watching all this through a screen, felt sweat trickle down his temple. "Fuck- okay, um, Jungkook, go to your left," Jimin commanded, and Namjoon and Jin walked behind him to see what was going on, Yoongi right beside him. Hoseok was near the transport machine, and Taehyung was sitting in the back.

Jungkook moved to his left, and jumped over the pool of lava, stepping onto the ground, which crumbled away and broke. Jungkook lost his footing and fell as well, and cried out in surprise, but grabbed his hand onto a rock steadily.

"Jungkook!" Jimin cried out in worry, and Jungkook gulped, hanging from the rock which he was holding onto with one hand.

Jungkook looked below him and saw pools of lava far below. Pools and pools of lava. Waterfalls of lava. God dammit, he felt fear seize his heart.

"F-fuck-" Jungkook let out, and then reached his other hand up. His hands, silvery and weak, had no power in them. Almost none.

"Lift yourself up, Jungkook. You can do it- j-just climb onto the steady ground," Jimin stammered, and Jungkook gritted his teeth and groaned as he pulled himself up, pulling his upper half onto the ground.

"Yes! Good!" Jimin said, and Jungkook thankfully climbed onto the ground. The moment he did, he got up and began running.

Everything around him began crumbling into lava. Smokes began puffing from the ground, and Jungkook's heart raced faster and faster and faster- his feet going faster and faster-

Jungkook saw the transporter not too far, and all he had to do was reach it, touch it, and he'd get transported back. All the lava was flying up onto the ship now, and Jungkook was in harm of getting burnt.

"Look, you're almost there, Kookie. Just reach- you're almost there- you're there-" Jimin said through his ear, the boys looked nervously at the screen where Jungkook was.

Taehyung walked up towards the screen, feeling a gut-wrenching fear fill him up.

Almost there, so close, almost there- right there- so- so close-

Jungkook stopped. Stopped dead in his steps.

Jimin frowned, Jin's eyes widened, Namjoon looked closer, Yoongi paused, and Taehyung just gulped nervously. "Jungkook, dammit, move!" Yoongi shouted.

"Guys- the transporter is in danger of getting into lava! Tell him to get onto that thing now!" Hoseok shouted, and the boys looked weary.

"Why's he not moving?! For fuck's sake, Jungkook, move! You have 2 minutes!" Jimin cried, and then Taehyung saw it.

How he was frozen there. His eyes wide, dark. Too dark. How his hands lay by his side, not moving an inch.

He knew what it was.

And he knew what to do.

"Why is he just standing there? I-I don't understand," Jin stammered, and Jimin gulped.

"Jungkook, can you hear me? I-I think the connection is lost," Jimin said, and then Yoongi looked up.

"Where's Taehyung?" Yoongi asked, and Hoseok rushed into the room.

"Fuck's sake," Hoseok growled, and they looked at him in confusion. "Taehyung just transported himself onto the fucking planet-"

"What?!" Namjoon shouted, and Hoseok nodded, and all the boys saw a bruise on Hoseok's face.

"I tried stopping him, but he punched me and transported himself onto the planet. It's suicide, it's literally fucking suicide," Hoseok snapped, and all of them looked at the screen in front of them.

Because if the planet exploded, the five of them would die too.

Taehyung felt himself getting transported onto the planet, and the moment he did, he felt the heat. Lynching heat, electrocuting every sense in his body until all he felt was fire.

But that wasn't important.

Jungkook was in front of him, so close to the transporter, yet stood completely still. So close to submerging into the lava. So fucking close-

Taehyung saw it. Saw how the ground beneath Jungkook's feet began crumbling, so he rushed forward. Rushing forward and grabbed Jungkook, picking him up with ease and falling onto the floor himself, burning the side of his legs and torso.

"No," Taehyung let out, picking Jungkook up, who seemed to be in a trance. A haze. Taehyung knew what it was in an instant. He'd studied enough to know what it was. "No, no baby- g-get up,"

Jungkook blinked a few times, and Taehyung got up unsteadily, pools of lava rushing up like beacons beside them. Jungkook looked so weak like all the energy has just been taken out of his body in a snap.

"T-Taehyung-" Jungkook let out, and that's when Taehyung looked at him properly and realized; his body was a dark grey. At first, Taehyung thought it was the ash, but it wasn't. It was him. He was causing this. Jungkook's body was weakening. His body was turning ash-grey, wilting away, but Taehyung wouldn't allow it."

Jungkook felt tears reach his brown eyes. "I s-saw something T-Tae- something- something d-dark-"

"I know. I-I know." Taehyung whispered, and then looked up. The transporter was on one small piece of land. The only one rooted up in the midst of a sea of lava. "We need to get out of here, Kookie. N-now, we need to get out of here now."

Jungkook looked so weak, practically trembling. "I-I can't move-" Jungkook squeaked out. "I'm s-s-sorry, Taehyungie-"

"Don't say that." Taehyung let out.

"Y-you came down here t-to.. to p-protect me-" Jungkook continued, and Taehyung saw tears reach his eyes. "B-but I'm gonna die a-anyway, a-aren't I?"

Taehyung kept quiet, and Jungkook felt tears rush down his cheeks now. "I-I d-don't wanna die, T-Tae," Jungkook let out, voice so weak, so frail, one move would break it completely.

"You won't," Taehyung said suddenly, his own eyes gleaming. "Y-you're not gonna die, baby. I-I won't let you." Taehyung whispered, letting out a small smile.

Jungkook looked up, and for a second, he saw him. Him, Taehyung as the light side of the moon. As the side of the moon which brightens, which wakes, which loves.

And for a second, Taehyung was everything. He was space, the universe, the galaxy. And for a second, Taehyung was surrounded by illuminating light. And for a second, Jungkook felt his heart being burst open, Taehyung's fusing with his, and that's when he realized;

Taehyung was his soulmate.

"I-I won't die?" Jungkook said, hope gleaming in his eyes.

"No. No, you won't." Taehyung said confidently, and then grabbed Jungkook close to him and ran as fast as he could, jumping the highest he could, landing as steadily as he could, and then throwing Jungkook onto the transporter.

Jungkook landed on the machine and instantly felt rays passing through his body. He was getting transported.

But Taehyung? He was still on the ground, and the planet had run out of time.

"T-Taehyung!" Jungkook cried out, and Taehyung looked at him with hopeful silver eyes, eyes that Jungkook felt boring into his soul.

"I love you," Taehyung said, and Jungkook saw his body practically burnt from the side, fire igniting from him.

"N-no- no no-" Jungkook let out, tears in his eyes, reaching his hand out to grab Taehyung-

But he was transported onto the ship. And Taehyung wasn't.

Jungkook landed in the middle of the control room, and the moment he did, he felt a warm tear trickle down his cheek. "Taehyung-" He whispered out, feeling cold. Too cold.

He saw the boys there, standing in confusion, shock, horror. "Taehyung!" Jungkook let out again, and then got up onto his feet painfully and rushed to the window, eyes wide.

His hands reached the thin glass, and then he saw it. They were in space. And the planet had exploded.