From Beasts to Princes

RM is walking around in Tokyo. He sees a man on a bench in the park, with dark eyeshadow, red hair and looks to die for. He goes to sit next to him. “You are far from home, aren’t you?” The man looks at RM and his eyes grow wide. “H-How did you know?” RM still looks in front of him and smiles. “The mountains are your home. What are you doing here?” RM turns his head, and his dimple smile shows. The man looks in front of him. “Things just ended up this way.” He turns silent again. “My name is RM, I am a Korean. If you are lost or don’t have a place to stay, you are welcome to stay with me. I return to Korea the day after tomorrow.” He leaves a ticket on the bench, between them. “If you want to try it in new horizons, you are very welcome to take this flight with me.” He coughs as to show he has finished talking. He gets up and walks away.

The next day RM leaves his hotel room and walks to the forests near Fuji. He walks away from the designated path and seems to know his way. He enters a darker part of the forest. Daylight is not reaching anymore but RM walks on, unafraid. “Turn back, now.” A horrifying voice is suddenly heard. “I don’t think I will. Not until I have seen you.” RM smirks. “You really don’t want to. If you do, I will kill you.” RM stands still, and crosses his arms. “You really are persistent in losing your life...” Suddenly the voice doesn’t sound so far away anymore and a young man walks from behind a tree. His brown eyes are observing RM carefully. He looks like a normal person. A bit muscular but he has an honest and innocent face. His movements are a bit youthful. RM smiles his dimple smile. “I am RM. I am not here with bad intention. I was just wondering something.” The young man stops his circling and keeps his distance. “You live so far away from civilisation. And so lonely. Wouldn’t you like to stay in a house where people understand you and have friends. Knowing what it is like to talk to others. Don’t you wonder about that kind of life?” The young man seems to be thinking. “If you want, I can take you to a place like that. I leave tomorrow on a plane. That’s the big iron birds you see that make a big noise in the sky. Here is a passport with an identity for you to use. Leave all of this behind and start a new life. Learn how to live this long life at its fullest. There is so much more out there. I know you are curious, somewhat.” The young man seems intrigued. “You can come with me to my hotel, and tomorrow we can leave this place, together.” RM holds out his hand towards the man. After a long minute the man walks to RM and puts his hand in his. His big, brown eyes look full of admiration at RM. RM just smiles and closes his eyes while nodding. “You made a good choice.” He folds his hand on the man’s hand. “Let’s go! Towards a new tomorrow!” He pulls the man with him and they disappear into the forest.

That morning, on the airport. RM walks with a muscled man through the airport. The man seems very nervous and keeps looking around him, and being startled by the many people and noises. RM confidently walks on. They pass the migration and board the plane. In their seat, near the window, sits a handsome man with heavy eyeliner under his eyes and red hair. He seems to be staring out of the window but very absent minded. RM let’s the man he is with sit in the middle and takes the aisle seat. “Don’t worry, you won’t feel a thing.” RM puts his hand on the arm of the man. The guy with the red hair stares a bit at the person who sat next to him. He nods, as to confirm what RM just said. Then he just sadly stares out of the window again. They take off, and the red haired man gets constantly pushed away by the middle guy because he seems fascinated with everything. Eventually he ends up switching seats.

They land and go with RM in a taxi. They get off in the outskirts of Seoul. “Welcome to your new home.” The two men are looking at this big house with a large garden and a mountain behind it with a forest. There seems to be a small, Japanese style shrine next to the house. They quietly enter and RM shows them to their rooms. “Be relaxed, you can go anywhere you want here in the house. Just make yourself at home. If there is anything you need or if you have some questions, don’t hesitate to ask, okay?” They nod. The red haired man enters his room. There is a cozy bed and on that bed he finds a mobile phone and a bank card. He opens the phone and sees that there are 6 contacts in there. On of it is RM, the others just have a number. He lays on the bed and tries to nap a bit.

The other man finds the same things on his bed. He just looks at everything in the room, with a curiosity. He touches the pillows and sheets. He touches glass of the window. He holds the phone backwards and shakes it. RM knocks on the door and the guy takes a fighting stance. He opens the door and enters the room. “I can see you have a lot to learn. I will show you, day by day. And I am sure once you get to be friendly with the others, they will show you too. Don’t be afraid to ask help from us. You can trust us. Okay, friend?” He puts his hand on the man’s shoulder. He shows him for now the basics about the room, just enough to know what is what. Then they go downstairs to the dining hall. The red haired man takes a seat at one of the chairs. The other one is surprised at the western setting. RM shoves out a chair and shows him to sit on it. The other man does so, and starts to be focussed on the forks. RM shows up with dinner. A lot of meat, fresh from the oven. The red haired man just takes a leg, but the other one smells the meat and attacks the chicken savagely. “Easy, easy... Don’t worry. If you like this so much, I can make it every day for you. Just eat like this.” He shows how to eat with the fork and knife. The other guy looks and sits back down. RM takes a piece of meat and places it on the plate in front of him. He quickly learns and starts to eat properly. “That’s right, just like that.”

“So, what can I call you?” The red haired man drinks and answers “Taehyung is my given name, but V is okay too.” RM nods. “Okay, and this man his name is not known, so I gave him another name and ID. This man is called Jungkook. Or JK if you like. That’s your name from now on. Okay?” JK looks and nods at RM before eating again. “Now, if you like, you can enter the names in the phone. JK is number 3 and I’ll put it in JK’s phone when I teach him.” “Who are the other 4?” V asked. RM smiles mysteriously. “You’ll see when you see. But for now, can I bother you with the raising of this fellow here. He has lived away from civilisation for so long, he needs to get accustomed to the new era. See it as a new challenge to relieve your boredom.” RM smiles again. V looks at JK and sighs. JK looks at V and smiles a bunny like smile. V smiles back. After dinner RM notifies them he is leaving again. “Where are you going?” “Europe. I will be gone for about a week.” “So you are leaving me alone with this guy here?” RM smiles. “Yes, and you’ll do great. By the time I am back, you should have trained him already properly. I trust you. Also, try not to make him angry while doing the training. Trust me.” V looks a bit in shock at RM but nods. “Okay, I’ll try.” “Good, now you can use the card you found on your bed, for all expenses. I entrust this household to you now. See you in a week!”