Candle Lights

As the melody of their voices filled the room, I started to pay close attention to them. Their hair colors should have sent ringing bells in my nervous system, but I guess I was so tired that none of the possibilities crossed my mind. They were BTS, there right in front of me, in my living room, singing Danger, one of my favorite songs... And it took me all this time to recognise them. I mean, I know I'm not the craziest of their fans, I'm not that much into them actually, but what I like is their music and their voices, their talent. I thought I would still recognise them but apparently I was wrong.

It was obvious they were enjoying themselves while singing, they really loved what they did. I could see that in Jimin's sweet smile, in V's innocent eyes. In Suga, Rap Monster and J-hope's senseless and funny slapsticks while they rapped. In Jin's and Jung Kook's exaggerated facial expressions. The song was about feeling Danger, yet the atmosphere was so happy. That made me understand why they were being so secretive, and probably why they were hiding in the cold. It made me feel sad somehow, to know that even though they loved what they did and, as I was pretty sure, they appreciated the fans who supported them, some people were just so obsessed to the point of not even letting them breathe. They had to hide in the cold to ensure their safety. That's why they were so cautious with me. I don't know why but I felt guilty for that. I felt sorry that they couldn't just be appreciated without that dangerous level of obsession. So, I decided it would be best to not say anything, as they seemed to really be relaxing and enjoying themselves, probably enjoying being nothing but them, and I didn't know when they would have a chance to feel like that again.

"(y/n)?" - a hand waved in front of my eyes - "Are you alright?" - I heard Jin's kind voice, which brought me back to reality.

"Aigoo! She must not have liked the song" - V pouted in a cute way.

"huh?" - was the only thing that came out of my mouth while my mind was still spiraling with the earlier thoughts - "I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"We just want to know, what did you think of the song?" - Jimin came closer to me, trying to hide the expectation which was obviously glittering in his eyes.

"Oh, I really liked it!" - Which was true, Danger was one of my favorite songs. I just tried to verbalize the impression I had when I first heard it - "I feel somehow that this songs is meant to be a little faster though, as it gives somehow a wish to get up and dance"

"Well you're good! This is the acoustic version of it" - Kookie grinned.

"Oh I have to add that the rap parts were quite impressive!" - they were my favorite ones in the song, which made me have a hard time not muttering the words along with them, so that I wouldn't reveal I knew the song that well.

"Well we do our best" - Hoppie smiled - "And You actually paid attention to the rap parts, give me five!" - He raised his right hand and I completed the gesture.

"You are extremely talented, it almost makes me jealous" - I pouted unconscioulsly.

"There's nothing to be jealous about! You play all of these" - Rapmonnie said gesturing around and accidentally knocked my HUGE pile of music sheets, which rested on my piano, causing a huge paper rain to splatter all over the room.

"I knew it was taking too long" - Suga muttered ironically, but just enough for all of us to laugh while the poor thing had his cheeks growing as pink as his hair.

" I'm... I'm... So sorry! I'm... so clumsy"- The pink haired boy stood frozen in place, contemplating the mess he had made, trying to avoid my gaze and thinking whether he should help or not.

"Hey, it's ok" - I moved forward, smiling slightly at him and patting his arm reassuringly - "I do that all the time myself" - I chuckled.

"See where we got the God of distruction from?" - V grinned as he whispered to me. I only moved my lips forming the words 'Don't be mean' but nodding as indeed, his destruction capacity was quite proved. I crouched and started picking some of the papers up, trying to match the numerous pages of the different sheets.

"What are you still waiting for?" - Jin questioned the boys who seemed to be in a transe, while gesturing the floor with his head, his hands being already packed with paper. That made the boys wake up, and they all kindly helped me clean the mess up. Through the process though, my hands and Kookie's hands brushed each other while we were reaching for Claude Debussy's 'Clair de Lune'. I just looked at our hands, then following his arm up to his face, and met his eyes straight away. They had this innocent yet vivacious light, like a curious child that devours the informations of the world around him. We just couldn't stop staring in each others eyes.

"Ahem" - Jimin cleared his throat making me wake up, and I withdraw my hand and quickly stood up, my cheeks slowly burning up.

"Sooo... " - J-Hope bursted in the weird silent that took place. I could see him jiggling inside - "You said you had a dance room?"

"Yeah right! We were doing the tour." - I though out loud - "It's just right..." - I couldn't finish my sentence as a sudden darkness took over the room. The whole entire room. Silence fell upon us as well. I instinctively reached for something to hold on, but only found a hand, whose owner I had no idea who it was, but who held mine back just enough for me to feel it, and then, let it go. Silence lasted a few more seconds until...

"OMO! What is happening??" - A squealed voice I identified as Hopie's half whispered, probably already dangling to someone's arm.

"Hoseok, that's my arm, not a cuddling pillow!" - Suga confirmed my suspicions, sounding somewhat uncomfortable.

"There must have been a short that's all" - Jin spoke simply.

"I thought I was the one who had shut my eyes for too long" - V intervened with his signature unexpectedness.

"Just... What?" - Rap Monster verbalised my thoughts as to the last spoken sentence.

"Thank you, at least someone is still sane" - I couldn't help myself but laugh.

"It's ok. You can admit you're afraid. I am here to protect you" - Jung Kook said in a flirty and ironical tone.

"I'm sure that even in the dark he blinked" - Suga once again made us laugh.

"I'm not scared, but you know... I could use a hug" - Jimin spoke up with a cute voice that almost made me crack and hug him.

"Jimin, you still got no jams" - The main rapper's deep voice cut trough the darkness, along with the rest of the hiena's laughter.

"Ok that's enough! Don't move, I'm going to get candles in the kitchen and I'll be right back. Hang in there J-Hopie" - I stated before directing myself in the darkness, in the path I knew so well.

"You don't need to worry for Hopie. He isn't breathing since the lighs went out" - Suga joked, to which I couldn't react, as I was surprised by a slight yet gentle caress on my right hand. It was so light, I though I had imagined it for a moment. I just shook my head and moved on to what I was doing. CANDLES, I had to find CANDLES.

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