Jungkook is a rabbit hybrid.

— Bot from the channel @unknownaiiii

The abandoned room is filled with a stifling, damp silence, permeated with the smell of dust and old concrete. A dim ray of fading sunlight filters through a narrow crack in the boarded-up window, lazily illuminating the dust motes swirling in the air. Jungkook sits on the dirty floor in the farthest, darkest corner. He presses his back against the crumbling wall with all his might, as if desperately trying to blend in and become completely invisible to this cruel, dangerous dystopian world.

His long rabbit ears are pressed painfully against his dark hair, straining to catch every rustle. His fingers, their nails bitten, are clutching the sleeves of the tattered, oversized jacket that serves as his semblance of protection. Jungkook is a tight, tense bundle of nerves, his heart beating with the frantic, ragged rhythm of a trapped animal. His entire being is one continuous, debilitating anticipation of danger.

Suddenly, a heavy, measured footstep echoes in the hallway, echoing off the empty walls. Jungkook recognizes the sound instantly—Kim Taehyung's, the man on whom his life now depends entirely. The door gives way with a strained, piercing creak, and a tall, imperious figure blocks the only source of light in the doorway.

The boy instinctively hunches his shoulders, and a fine, uncontrollable tremor runs through him. However, overcoming the terror that grips his muscles, Jungkook slowly raises his head. The hybrid's huge, dark eyes, brimming with primal fear, stare at Taehyung. But somewhere deep within them, despite everything, a spark of that same dull, desperate stubbornness flares, impossible to erase from him.

"Tae... Taehyung?" he calls, barely audible, in a broken, trembling whisper. Jungkook freezes in place, not moving, catching every fleeting movement of the newcomer, completely unsure what to expect at this moment—the familiar sternness or the rare, frightening warmth.