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☆ prologue ☆
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It was just a normal day in the BTS household, the youngest of them all, Jungkook, is playing Overwatch with his online friends, very focused in the game, ignoring the things going on around him. Such as Jimin and Taehyung poking and prodding at Jin, whilst he's trying to read his book of recipes. Hoseok is focused on the comedy show on television, beaming his smile like the big ball of happiness he is. The quietest of them all in the house are Namjoon and Yoongi, the former reading a book in the small yet comfortable armchair, and the latter simply taking a nap, ignoring the children making a fuss around him.
Everything amongst the two oldest of the maknae line, and the fussing of the oldest member, is stopped when a loud "ding!" is signified across the home.
"I'll get it!" Jin chimes, happy to find an excuse to get away from the two bothering him earlier. Placing his recipe book down, he walks to the front door, and peeks through the peephole. Brows furrowing in confusion, he opens the door to nothing on the other side. Or, you could say, nobody, as once he looks down, he notices a simple cardboard box on the floor, about a foot long. Peering down, he sees that the package is simply addressed to "BTS", and not a singular member. He scoops it up into his arms, though carefully as he still does not know what's inside it, then walks inside, closing the door and once again locking it.
Padding into the living room with his socked feet, he raises the package to chest-level to make sure it's in sight, and able to catch the other member's attention. "Any idea who this is for?" He addresses to no one in particular.
They all share the same look, one of confusion as they glance at the box. Their denial ranges from a chorus of "Nope.''s to a simple shake of the head. Namjoon gets up from his spot, making sure to use his BT21 bookmark to mark off the last read section of his book, before padding over to Jin and taking the box. Raising it up to his ear and giving it a small shake to distinguish the weight of whatever's inside, a small statement comes from Jimin. "Careful," he begins, "There could be a guinea pig inside!" he finishes off, with a small giggle and lift of the corners of his mouth, causing the balls of his cheeks to bloom into cute little puffs. Yoongi, who out of all of this commotion, ending up waking up, rolls his eyes at said statement, dismissing it with a small shake of his head. Namjoon otherwise just turns around and gives him a weird look, before heading into the kitchen to retrieve a xacto knife. Setting it down on the island, he first cuts the gaps of the box on the sides that are covered in tape, then moving on to the top.
The members gather around and peer at the box, as the leader flips open the flaps, revealing a black cube, textured in matte, seeming very useless. It's sat upon an information card, Joon, having to take precaution, very carefully lifts the cube, peering under it then handing it to Hoseok whose curious grabby hands wish to seek the cube. He takes the information card, quickly reading over it once in his head, before reading it off to his awaiting members.
He begins, "This artifact is a wonder cube." Everyone's eyes snap to the cube in curiosity. "It holds, true to it's name, a lot of wonder. It can do unthinkable things, such as grant you a large sum of money, or turn you into a pet, or make you levitate as if the planet's gravity does not exist." He peers up, catching the faces of his family. The youngers of the group as well as Hoseok's expressions mimic adoration, some even displaying excitement moreso than others. Jin's face does share the same emotions, though to a much watered down extent. Yoongi's face is indifferent. He might be thinking in his mind, "I want to get out of here, but if I do, everyone's just gonna drag me back, so might as well stay."
Back to the reading, Joon continues with "To activate the cube, one must soak the cube in water for ten minutes until it expands-" Interrupted yet again, but now by Jungkook, who says "So it's like a Grow Your Own pet sort of thing!" The room goes silent, until Jin bursts out into his classic windshield wiper laugh, the other members following suit in their own degree of showing amusement. Once again continuing, Namjoon reads off "..Soak the cube in water for ten minutes until expanded, once expanded, place your hands upon the cube, and the effects will slow into place." He flips the card over, desperately hoping there is information about it on the other side, disappointed once he finds there's nothing. They all just look in the cube in silence, not knowing what to do. Jin, as if asking the question everyone is wondering, "So uh.. What do we do now?"
Hoseok, being the one who is holding the cube, rushes off to their cabinets, retrieving a large clear bowl, and begins to fill it in with cold tap water from the sink. "Hobi, wait-! We don't know what this magical cube can do, what if it messes with our career?" Joon disrupts, clearly taking a much more safer approach to the whole scenario.
Yoongi, having been quiet the whole time, finally speaks up. "Joon's right, we have to take precaution with this. You never know what it's gonna do."
The cube holder nods his head, with a small sad, but understanding frown. He sets the bowl to the side, and puts the cube back in it's original safe haven.
The leader grabs the cube once again, puts the information card back into the box, then closes it and walks off into the hallway, in the direction of their "General Things" storage cabinet, and puts it off in the back, hopefully out and away in any onlooker's direction.
He comes back, facing the group, and speaks. "I say we contact our managers first. We get them to inspect the thing, then off of the information they give us, we act on it. No one touch it unless given the 'OK'. Do I have that clear?" They all agree, realizing the true situation this is, after having to face Namjoon's firm voice.
"Welp, I have to go, Overwatch's waiting for me." The youngest speaks, walking out of the huddle and getting back to the game. At this, the rest of the group gives out excuses to leave and do exactly that, forgetting about the past few minutes they had with this mysterious cube.
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At night, all the members bid their respective goodnights to each other, wishing to receive a good sleep. They all rest well, tucked in their sheets with varying amounts of moonlight being sheathed into their rooms. All, except the youngest member, Jungkook. Who is actually not asleep at all, waiting for time to pass approximately a quarter til the next hour, a safe time away for everyone to have fallen into sleep. When time does pass, he lightly shifts his heavy cover over to the side, making sure no noise is heard. Rising softly in bed, he places his feet down, very carefully, onto the carpeted floor, then places his weight onto his arms and pushes himself into an upright standing position, padding out of his room with light tippy-toe footsteps, until he reaches the closet. There, he grabs a flashlight, turns it on, and peers into the closet, moving things around until he finds the same box from earlier. He turns off the flashlight, grabbing the box then closing the closet door, walking into the kitchen where the same water-filled bowl from earlier still remains. Then, remembering what the instructions say, he places the cube into the water, pushing it somewhere unseen, so no one knows of his plan. As he's about to turn away, however, someone spots him.
"So what are you doing up this late?" Hoseok, who still looks somewhat tired, inquires.
"Oh, nothing hyung, I just couldn't sleep, that's all. Hey, I could say the same for you, why are you up so late?"
"Same reason." With his response a yawn comes, as he walks over to the fridge to fetch a pitcher of water, grabbing a glass from the nearby cabinet to set it down on the table, when he notices something. "Is this the same box the magical cube came in?" He looks over to the younger, "I could've swore Namjoon put it away in the closet." Shifting his weight over to his right hip, he leans on the counter, putting down the glass and pitcher. "Unless you have something to say?"
"Well I-"
"I just-"
"Well, you see.."
His responses cut and trail off, unable to form a good lie to excuse himself from the situation. Realizing he should probably state the truth, he speaks, though all in one clustered breath;
"Ijustthought this magicalcube wasreallycooL so you know I kinda gotitoutfromtheclosetandputitinabowlofwater"
At the end of this, Hoseok's eyes are shaped in the size of a moon, staring at the younger's shrinking form. "You what? Do you have any idea how dangerous that could be?"
No answer was stated as Jungkook stares at the floor in silent apology. What he doesn't see, though, is the corners of his elder's mouth raise and his eyes fill in amusement. "I really want to see what's gonna happen, though."
Jungkook's head shoots up, staring at the other in confusion, until he sees his eyes aren't full of anger, but amusement. This gives the younger a chance to calm down, and finally speak. "So you aren't mad at me?"
"What? No, of course not. I was as eager as you to see what it could do." He gives off a small chuckle at this, wanting to lighten the mood.
"Alright, well awesome!" Jungkook pulls out the bowl from the hiding spot, looking at the now very big cube, taking the size of the foot long cardboard box, and how it almost seems to give off a glowing aura.
"Woah," they both say at the same time, amazed at how something like that could even happen. "But, how are we gonna get the others to touch it?" the eldest in the room says.
"Touch what?" Comes another voice, low in octaves, from the hallway. Footsteps are heard nearing the kitchen, as Taehyung's bedhead and messed up pajamas are revealed for the two.
As he glances over to the expanded cube, and the aura it's giving off, his lips form an "o" as he exactly says that, "Oh."
Immediately to defend himself, Hoseok speaks up, "It was his idea, not mine." he jabs at Jungkook.
"It's okay, I really want to see what's gonna happen, so I'll touch it." The two others in the room give off a sigh at this, happy that they won't get reprimanded for their decision. "If you want, I can wake up Jimin and Jin-hyung so they can touch the cube also."
They give a nod at that, before Jungkook speaks up, "But wait, how are we gonna get Namjoon and Yoongi to touch it? They're obviously not on board with this situation."
"Touch what?" Is heard yet again, as the small but not-quite-the-smallest member walks in the group, puffy cheeks puffed even more from the sleep that has been interrupted. He also notices the cube, before giving out an "Oh."
"Well great! Now I only have to deal with a grumpy Jin!" Tae speaks, although a bit too loudly. "Shhhs!" are directed at him, a reminder that everyone else in the house is asleep.
As if a light bulb is going off in his head, Hoseok perks up. "Ah-ha! But they sleep in the same room, so if we can just get them to flip over in the same direction, then we can place their hands on the cube and then we'll have everyone!"
They all give encouragement to the idea, nodding and giving thumbs up. "Then we have a plan. I'll go wake up Jin and then we can go into the grampa's room." They laugh at Tae's joke, covered their mouths as to not be too loud.
Five minutes later, Tae walks in with a grumbling Jin. "I was having a good dream! I was finally gifted the magical spatula to fulfill my life long long achievement and then I just had to get woken up like that!" Jin starts complaining. They all ignore him as they have nothing to say to that, and grab the cube to shuffle over to Yoongi and Namjoon's room. Softly opening the door, they notice Namjoon's arm is already hanging off the side of the bed, while Yoongi is facing the same direction. "Great, now we have to mess with grampa and get his arm out from out of the sheet so he can touch the cube." Jungkook states. They lightly walk over to in-between the duo's beds, holding the cube out in the middle and placing their hand, or finger if there's no room, on it. Jin and Jimin are left to deal with Yoongi and Namjoon respectively.
Jimin starts first by lifting up Namjoon's arm, making sure not to drop it and wake him up from the amount of floppiness it contains. He receives nothing but a quiet grumble from the older member at that.
Jin, on the other hand, looks like he's read to fight Yoongi. As he went to grab the younger's arm, Yoongi alarms the group by speaking out and saying "I'll chop your fucking hand off." Once everyone notices he's just sleep talking, however, they calm down. Well, everyone but Jin, as he glares at the younger member for swearing. Having to let it go, he finally calms down, and raising his hand, placing the younger's finger upon the cube, before placing his own. They all watch in amazement as the cube's aura grows, grows, grows, giving off a soft blue light until it all shrinks back into the cube, dissipating. The awake members all look at eachother, before coming across a quiet agreement that they all should get out of the sleeping one's room before talking. They all pad out, Jungkook the first one to speak.
"That was it?"
He receives a few shrugs, no one actually knowing what was supposed to happen. "Welp I'm going to bed, goodnight." Tae calls out, walking away and closing his door after whatever just happened.
After a short period of time, they all agree with Tae, saying their goodnights and going to sleep, finally, for the night.
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Ah yes, morning time. Anyone could agree that it's a beautiful day outside. birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and Jungkook's yelling;
"I HAVE A FUCKING TAIL."