"Jungkook! Holy fuck, holy shit!"

All the guys jump up and Jimin is already rushing towards the opening vent. He got his confirmation, he has to open the bridge quickly.

"Namjoon? Oh shit! It worked!"

"Jungkook, what the hell!? Are you alright!?" Jin grabs a hold around Namjoon's wrist and pulls the walkie talkie closer. As much as he's pleased to hear the younger's voice, he's also pissed off. Ugh, that idiot.

"Hah! That fucking prick thought he could win. Boyah, karma is a bitch!"

"Jungkook! Be serious!" Jin yells after listening to the male's happy cheering.

"No need to rush Jin, I defeated Diabolos," Jungkook says indifferently, as if he didn't just throw a fucking bomb at them.

He did what now?

"The hell are you talking about?" Jin asks and looks over at Jimin, who's waiting for some sort of confirmation to open the bridge.

They can't believe Jungkook actually did that.

"I pushed him into styx! I got Taehyung with me. He's hurt... a lot, but he's still breathing. I think he lost consiousness," Jungkook says and takes a breath, "he's so heavy."

"How far are you?" Jin questions.

"I'm not far from the opening. It took a while to drag Taehyung all this way, but the walkie talking wasn't working anyway..." Jungkook says, "I think I will be by the opening in 5 minutes."

It's almost like a cloud of relief falls down on top of the boys, making them all stop at what they are doing and relax their shoulders or close their eyes.

Fuck. That little immortal ass just saved the day.

"Styx... fuck, why didn't any of us think of that?" Yoongi asks and pinches his nose bridge. The tears are pressing on again, considering Taehyung might come back and the world is saved. Now he can rest in piece.

"Well, I guess we wouldn't have gone ahead with that plan anyway, since it's just a theory," Namjoon says, "but it seems to have worked, if we can get the portal open... god, I'm so relieved."

"Me too," Hoseok sighs, "Jungkook's so awesome! I can't believe I have called him an idiot all this time."

"It's alright Hoseok. You are kind of right," it sounds through the walkie talkie, and everyone lifts an eyebrow or tilts their head.

"Did I just hear Jungkook agree to something?" Jin teases.

"Fuck you," Jungkook replies, but a small giggle follows. It's an overly calming sound that makes it clear for them that everything is going to be okay. They thought, for a good second there, that everything was over.

They truly have been blessed.

"I can't wait to tell God about this," Jimin deadpans and gets a clap on the shoulder from Yoongi.

"I wonder if they will be disappointed with us," Namjoon chuckles and frees his wrist from Jin's hand so he can wrap his arm around the elder.

"What do you mean? We all did a good job," Jin replies and let's the angel embrase him.

"Well, it was kinda in vain. Everything we did didn't really help in the end," Hoseok mumbles. Yoongi shakes his head and smiles, "Taehyung might survive too because of what we did. If we hadn't gone in, the army of demons would be attacking them right now. We are lucky that's not the case."

All of them nod and small smiles are shared. Even though Jungkook is the true hero here, considering he didn't give up on Taehyung, they can all clap themselves on the shoulder.

Jin grabs the walkie talkie, "sorry Jungkook, for not believing in you."

"It's alright," he replies, "my plan was pretty insane."

"But it was a good one," Jin says.

"Indeed. I'm pretty smart you know," you can basically hear the smirk on his lips, "I'm by the entrance now. Do I just have to stay in the circle?"

"I hope so, I'm not sure this will work," Jimin breaks in. Everyone walk closer in order to see the insane portal they went through just minutes ago themselves. It's still quite unbelievable they did.

"What if it doesn't work?" Hoseok asks. It's a valid question, considering Jimin doesn't even know if it will work.

"I'm positive it will," Jimin says and stretches his arms out, "it's not like we have any other option anyway."

True. It's either this or nothing.

Jimin's hands turn downwards and soon his fingers are flexed and the veins on his arms are showing.

"Jungkook, are you in the circle?" he asks for confirmation. Wind from the crater is pushing his hair back and his eyes are starting to squeeze together, knowing the strong light will appear soon.

"I'm ready," the reply sounds and everyone holds their breath.

Wind starts drifting around Jimin in rings, almost as if he has a pull of gravity inside of him. His golden wings seem even more astonishing than usual and Hoseok and Jin has to remind themselves this is actually an angel. They tend to forget sometimes.

"Ready!?" Jimin yells and everyone takes a step back.

"Ready!"

The light is so sharp even the angels have to hold an arm over their eyes. They might lose their vision if they don't, considering it's like staring directly into the sun.

The wind gets stronger, as if they are in the middle of a storm and everyone hears ringing in their ears.

It's so insane.

Soon enough, the light dies down and everyone slowly lowers their arms. It seems quiet, waaaay too quiet out here. But maybe that's because all eyes are on the two males who are now sitting on the ground in front of them.

One is passed out on the others lap, making their friends question if they are even alive.

Well... that was it? They are out?

They made it?

Jungkook is looking up at the sky while taking deep breaths. Taehyung was heavy and it was a hard trip back, but he made it. His mind is fried but his heart is at ease.

As he had predicted, Diabolos didn't come after them. They made it...

After everything that happened, Jungkook honestly can't believe they are still alive. All of them, so to say. Maybe, he didn't truly understand the importance of him getting out of there, but he believes he gets some insight when he looks away from the sky and sees basically all of his friends... No, family cry their hearts out.

Yoongi has fallen on his knees and is now straight up bawling. He doesn't give a shit about pride or what not, he's letting his emotions free completely. For some reason, Jungkook believes this portrays the elder as an even stronger person than before.

Jin and Namjoon are hugging, Jimin has dropped his arms and is smiling. Hoseok runs and jumps at the two on the ground, hugging Jungkook so hard it's getting difficult for the younger to breathe.

"You made it! Fucking shit, you made it!" he yells as tears stream down his cheeks. At first, Jungkook is a little taken aback, but he soon let's himself get hugged and closes his eyes, enjoying Hoseok's warm embrace.

Ah, he hasn't felt this kind of care in his few years of living. What a blessing it is.

His mind soon gets busy with something else though as he hears Taehyung cough beneath them, his head still on Jungkook's lap.

Hoseok pulls back and almost gasps at the sight.

Taehyung is really beaten up and bleeding even more than when Hoseok saw him. His skin is pale and he's sweating, all while his body is shaking uncontrollably.

Jimin is quickly by their side and grabs under Taehyung's neck. Even in this amazing monent of their freedom, they can't relax just yet.

"We need to get to heaven, right now," Jimin says. Without a lot of effort, he grabs around Taehyung's back and legs and lifts him up bridal style. Jimin's an angel after all, something like this is not tough on him.

He turns and starts walking in the other direction, but comes to a halt. He slowly twists his body and looks back at the others.

"God would want to speak with you as well, considering we broke a few heavenly rules doing this," Jimin looks at Jungkook, Namjoon and Yoongi, "but I'm not sure you will be able to return back here."

Jin and Namjoon look at each other, while Hoseok and Yoongi do the same. Everyone knows the humans will die if they go with them, and with that comes a lot of other problems.

"I'm not going to stop you guys from coming with us," Jimin continues, refering to Hoseok and Jin, "but I want you to think about the consequences first."

He stares at them deeply, knowing that whatever choice they make... they will not be able to change it.

"Forget everything about the love you have for each other, and think about this. You will never return to earth as a human. You will become an angel of any sort and one day, you will have to split from your guardian angel in order to become one for someone else. And when that happens, you will forget about you guardian angel and they will disappear," Jimin states, "following us now will speed up that process. So this is not a choice only the humans have to take, it's the angels too."

The way it works is simple. In your life, you had a guardian angel. When you die yourself, you and your guardian angel will be together in heaven right until the moment the human you will guard calls for you. When that time comes, you will forget everything about your own guardian angel and they will finally rest in piece.

It might be good for some and bad for others. But it's the way heaven works and they have to think about that.

Jin looks up at Namjoon and smiles gently, "well, I guess staying down here will only tear my heart apart even more. If I can decide to live the last part of it with someone I care about, I don't mind if it's shorter."

Namjoon nods and replies too, "I agree. It will happen some day anyway, might as well get it over with."

Jimin nods and accepts the answer. It wouldn't solve much for Jin to walk around lonely here on earth anyway... there was no meaning for him staying here to begin with if all of these guys leave.

Yoongi looks at Hoseok and gently reaches up to push some of the male's soft black hair away.

"I agree," he says. He can see in Hoseok's eyes that the male is conflicted. His eyes are red from crying, but it doesn't make the smile that appears on his lips soon after any less blinding.

"Me too," Hoseok says. He can only admit there isn't much left on this earth for him to do. No one is waiting for him at home... All he has is Yoongi and these people around him.

Everyone turns to look at the boy in the middle, who seems way more calm than any other day in his entire life. His eyes are hooded and his hair is blowing softly from the breeze running by them.

All this time, he has wished for death. But now... he doesn't really anymore. But you know, he can't die? So why not.

"I'm in!"

Everyone laughs and look at each other. It seems like a friend group like theirs will never compare to anything seen before.

They are going to commit septuple-suicide together after all.

Might seem stupid and it's morally not a good idea... but they just saved the world! They can do whatever they want. Because if they do this, they will be able to guide others to appreciate and value their life. They never got to, because they never had anyone to show them what a good life was really like.

But when Jungkook runs up to Jimin and gently reaches down to run his hand through Taehyung's hair, he's reminded that there is more to life than what everyone says. Also... what he said himself.

He leans down and presses a soft kiss against Taehyung's lips that are still warm.

Taehyung's eyes slowly open and they look at each other as if it was the first time all over again.

Jungkook knows, that if he becomes a part of heaven in some now... he will show humans all the joys life will give them. Even if everything seems like hell, someone is out there fighting for them. Fighting for their right to live their life. Something he took for granted all this time. All he could think about was how shitty the world was, but maybe that was because he was only thinking about himself.

He never let anyone else in.

Well, no aside from one time. And that one time changed everything.

He can't wait to share this blessing that life is. Even if he's now letting go of his own, he will do it to save everyone elses. He knew the feeling of appriciating life when he gave up everything to save Taehyung's. He now knows what it means to love someone else. That alone is a reason to live.

It might be a bad idea to try and guide everyone away from what he used to be and what he used to think himself.

But... you know, when he gets an idea it's stupid. It's reckless and he might seem like he has a death wish whenever ever he gets one of them.

But it works.

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Note TW: do not take the suicide thing seriously, they all decided to go to heaven because of the unfolding of the story and because of their guardian angels, that will go with them (so like sacrificing themselves so others can live) - this is fiction and therefore not a reflection of the real world. If you struggle with suicidal thoughts, please seek help! We love you and care about you, and I'm sure a lot of other people do as well! Don't give up! ❤️