Chapter 5 Rich And Poor

It's the raining for the first time since they arrived to the island. The gentle breeze and the quiet wind disappeared and the storm started.

The two young men are hiding inside a cave, they're watching the droplets of water invade the landscape surrounding them.

Taehyung, who doesn't like the rain, found himself mesmerised by its beauty.

It's calm around, both are silent and enjoying the relaxing sound of the rain.

Jungkook can't stop sighing. The rain reminds him of Hailee, they used to spend the cold evenings in her living room, cuddled and drinking a warm cup of chocolate while watching the droplets fall from the window.

Those were simple moments but he enjoyed them a lot. Just having her by his side made him the happiest man on earth.

In the other side, the rain only brought a sad memory to the actor. It reminds him of the day everything had changed for him. The day he lost the person who counted the most for him, the only one who truly cared for him. His brother.

It was a rainy day, all the family gathered in the cemetery to bury the oldest son of Kim Yunho and the first heir of KJ Corporation. But he wasn't only this. He was the kindest and most generous man people have ever known. He was humble around them and always loved to help them. He was also a loving brother to Taehyung, he took care of him since their mother gave birth to him. He was the one who spent the most time with him and the one who was there for him instead of their parents.

Taehyung looks away to chase the memories out of his mind. Thinking about his brother hurts him a lot more than it should.

"I think we should spend the night here." Jungkook interrupts his thoughts. "We can't see anything outside."

"Yeah, I know." Taehyung sighs. "It's not like we have a place to stay in anyways. We can sleep anywhere, we don't have a home here."

Jungkook frowns and crosses his arms, "You're an expert at making the situation even sadder."

"I'm not making it sadder! It already is, it's the reality."

Jungkook widens his eyes. He's surprised by the actor's sudden change of tone. He gets up and walks toward him, he squats down to face him and frowns. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Taehyung looks away and mumbles, "Are you that stupid?" he presses his lips and faces the younger man, "We're in the middle of nowhere, should I keep reminding you? We're on an island, no one knows we're here, we might spend the rest of our life here. And you're still asking me what's wrong?" he raises an eyebrow, "Do you think it's some kind of movie? That we're going to do our best to live happily here without concerning ourselves with our past lives?"

Jungkook gulps and looks down. The blue haired words hit him harder than they should. He doesn't answer him, he quietly gets away for him and sits in a corner to face the rain again.

The NIS agents are looking at Yoongi and talking between each other. He sees them whispering and laughing before leaving the hallway. He looks down and sees the clothes he is wearing. His work uniform seems like trash comparing to the fancy suits they are wearing. All of them look rich and comfortable in their life. They reached a level he will never be able to experience.

The handsome agent comes back with another man, tall and strong. The look on his eyes scares Yoongi, he hurries to get up and stands before him.

"Is he the one?" the man asks.

The agent nods.

The tall man looks at Yoongi and frowns when he sees the bad state he's in. He offers his hand and Yoongi shakes it immediately, "My name is Kang Sughyun, I am the head of the search team."

"Hello, sir. My name is Min Yoongi." Yoongi gives him a nervous smile. "I...I am sorry to interrupt your work, but I am really worried about my brother."

"Your brother's name is not on the list of the corpses we found." Mr.Kang says. "The family members are always the first ones to know the news. You didn't have to come here, you just wasted your time."

Yoongi gulps and looks at the young agent who just shrugs.

The tall man is about to go when Yoongi suddenly grabs his arm, "Please, sir. I really need you to find my brother."

Mr.Kang looks at his hand and pulls it away from his arm. "Your brother is not the only one who was inside that plane." he frowns. "There are about a hundred more we are searching for. Now, if you will excuse me I have better things to do."

The tall man leaves and the young agent approaches Yoongi, "I am sorry, our boss can be rude sometimes." he smiles. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find your brother and the other passengers too."

Yoongi simply nods and looks around. He sees the agents looking at the main gate. He turns around and sees a man around his fifties enter the building, he's surrounded by five guards and accompanied with a beautiful woman. He's wearing a fancy double breasted blue suit and the woman who must be his wife is wearing a long black dress with a nocturne blue fur coat around her shoulders.

"Mr.Kang Sughyun." the man calls the head of the search team. "I had to come to you personally."

Mr.Kang widens his eyes and bows immediately to the couple, "Mr and Mrs.Kim, what a good day to have you here."

Yunho taps his back and says, "I heard you are in charge of the search team. How are the things going?"

"We found some corpses, sir. But do not worry, you son is not on the list."

"He better not be." Yunho looks around and spots the strange-dressed young man. He raises an eyebrow at him and looks away, pretending not to have seen anything. "My son needs to be here before July, he has a wedding to attend to."

Mr.Kang nods, "Do not worry, sir. He will surely be there for his wedding."

"You have to speed up the searching, Mr.Kang." the woman says. "Make your men work day and night or anything but just bring my son to Seoul."

"I will do anything, Mrs.Kim, please do not worry."

Yoongi, who has watched everything, clenches his fists and mumbles a curse.

"Are you alright, Yoongi-ssi?" the young agent asks.

"How can I be alright when I just witnessed preferential treatment just before my eyes?!"

The agent presses his lips and sighs, "Do you know who this man is? He's the c-"

"I don't give a shit about who he is!" Yoongi shouts, attracting everyone's attention on him. He looks around and realizes everyone is looking at him, even the man in question.

"May I know what is happening here? Who is this boy?" Yunho frowns.

Yoongi ignores him and walks toward Mr.Kang with a scary look on his face, "You!" he points at him. "Just a minute ago you were talking about how you're trying to find all the passengers and you didn't give me time and now you're willing to do anything for this man." he looks at Yunho with disgust.

"T-this man?" Mr.Kim looks at the young man with disbelief. "Do you know who I am?"

Yoongi shakes his head, "I don't care who you are, it doesn't matter to me." he gives him a fake smile before looking back at Mr.Kang, "Now you need to explain to me why you treated me differently. Because I'm not wearing a million won suit? Or maybe because I don't smell like money?"

"No, it's not like t-"

"Then what?" Yoongi crosses his arms. "What's the difference between my brother and his son?" he stares at Mr.Kang who hurries to look away and avoid his eyes.

"My son is a worldwide known actor and he's the heir of KJ Corporation." Mr.Kim starts, "Of course there is a difference between him and a commoner."

Yoongi clenches his fists, "A commoner?" he raises an eyebrow. "Who do you think you are? Just because you're filthy rich you think you're higher than any of us? You think you own the entire world, you think you own us?"

"Mr.Min, please calm down." Mr.Kang places his hand on his shoulder. Yoongi is the one who pulls his hand away from him this time. "As you said earlier, you will keep searching for all the passengers. You're not going to be responding to this man's orders."

"What a disrespectful brat!" Mrs.Kang exclaims. "Honey, my head is hurting." she places her hand around her husband's arm.

"I am sorry, my dear." Yunho looks at her. "I am sorry that people like him exist." he looks at Yoongi and smirks, "No matter what you say, you will always stay a good for nothing. My family and I are known everywhere, we're known for our success and fortune all around the world. But what do you have?" he points at the young man's chest. "What do you offer the world?" he shrugs. "Nothing." he scoffs.

Yoongi can't speak anymore. This time the words were too harsh for him to stand.

The handsome agent heads toward him and places his arm around his back, "Let's go, Yoongi-ssi." he walks him outside the building to let him breathe some fresh air.

"I'm impressed to be honest." he tells him.

"Why would you?" Yoongi raises an eyebrow.

"You weren't afraid of him, you didn't care about who he is and you just spoke honestly. That's impressive." the agent smiles.

"I hate people like him." Yoongi mumbles. "They think they own the world when all they own is selfishness and arrogance."

"True." the agent smiles again. He looks at his watch and adds, "It's 6 pm, my work time has finished for the day. Perhaps you'd like to join me for a coffee? I'd like to apologize on my boss' behalf."

Yoongi shakes his head, "You didn't do anything wrong."

"I know, but I want to invite you anyways." he shrugs.

Yoongi gives him a small smile and looks down, "But I don't think I'm fitted for a coffee now. Look at my state."

The agent furrows, "There is no rule that says we should be wearing specific clothes to have a coffee."

Yoongi chuckles and nods, "You're right."

The agent asks him to follow him to the parking lot. Yoongi is surprised to see the fancy black Mercedes the agent opens. "Are you rich?" he asks.

The agent chuckles, "I can't be as rich as Kim Yunho, but let's say our company pays us well."

"That's a damn nice paycheck." Yoongi widens his eyes while admiring the car.

"Get in."

The young agent starts the car and looks at his guest, "Do you listen to any specific music?"

"Rap."

The agent hums and looks for a rap playlist on Spotify before connecting his phone to the car's player.

"What's your name by the way?"

The agent chuckles, "Really? I've been wearing this badge during the whole time and you still didn't catch my name?"

Yoongi presses his lips and reads the name of the badge, "Park Jimin."

The agent laughs, "Good morning, Min Yoongi."

~

The next morning, the two young men wake up to realize that the sun took over the storm's place. A nice ray of sunlight enters the cave to illuminate it.

Taehyung groans because of his back pain. He has been sleeping on feathers since he was born so lying on rocks is still difficult for him.

Jungkook watches him nag and rolls his eyes.

He gets up and leaves the cave. He smiles when he sees the landscape around him. The rain just made it look even better, it released its magic touch and made everything look brighter. The droplets of water are still falling from the tree leaves and some birds took advantage of the water left on the ground to drink from it.

Jungkook stretches his arms and lets out a heavy sigh. He smells the nice fragrance of the flowers mixed with the one of the wet dirt. He smiles and starts walking.

Taehyung hurries to stand up and follow him. They might not be in good terms but the actor can't stay alone in the middle of the forest. He knows Jungkook is the only one to know the way out.

The red haired looks at him and raises an eyebrow. He then looks in front of him and smirks.

Moments later they arrive to the sands again. Taehyung sits down because he's tired and Jungkook runs to the water. He can't stand staying next to him because he only brings bad and negative thoughts to his mind. He prefers to swim in the cold water and let it chase any memory of the plane explosion.

He swims for a long moment, he even starts searching for any fish for their dinner. He manages to catch two of them later.

When he's about to leave the water, something catches his attention. He gets curious and approaches it, he sees something of an average size being dragged by the water. His heart beats faster every time he has a clearer look on what it might be, he starts praying and wishes it's not what he thinks it is.

When he arrives, he covers his mouth. He recognizes the child who was sitting next to him in the plane. His face is covered with scars and his body is ruined with small burns.

Taehyung runs to him and gasps when he sees the child, "Is he...is he dead?"

Jungkook asks the actor help him pull his body to the sand. He takes a breath and uses his two fingers to check his pulse. It takes him a moment to look back at Taehyung and whispers, "I can feel his pulse."