In the midst of night, when everyone was fast asleep, a wish was granted.
At exactly 3:03 am, a software update automatically downloaded on Bang PD-nim's phone, causing the device to restart and the alarm to reset. Yoongi's phone, which had three different alarms set, switched off. The other's alarms disabled themselves.
The same moment, thick, clumpy snowflakes started to fall, covering the streets like a white omen.
Taehyung tossed in his sleep, mumbling, "I wish… they would… all disappear..."
Who knows what strange magic was at work that night...
When Bang PD-nim woke up, he took his glasses from the coffee table, feeling an unfamiliar calmness. He had never been waking up before the alarm rang in the past 15 years. Perhaps he should sleep on a couch more often. When he sat up and felt his neck being as stiff as a two hundred year old oak tree, he revised this plan.
Rubbing his neck, he glanced at his phone and felt as if he died from a heart attack. A hurting neck was the smallest problem. "WE SLEPT IN!"
Bang PD-nim's cry sent a shockwave through the apartment, bringing the members who had been enjoying the drowsy state between sleeping and waking to their feet. Within ten seconds the hallways were trampled by the boys running from the bathroom to the kitchen and back to the bedrooms, trying to get ready as quickly as possible.
While Hobi brushed his teeth with face cleanser and rinsed his mouth with water from the kitchen faucet, Jimin couldn't wait any longer in front of the bathroom door and urinated into the potted plant in the living room, hoping that no one would ever find out. Meanwhile, Bang PD-nim put on a set of fresh clothes over the ones he slept in, collected the boy's luggage and dropped it next to the front door.
When they ran out of the apartment complex to catch their cab five minutes later, they almost stumbled over the heavy snow that had started piling up on the sidewalk.
"Will we make it to the airport in time?" Bang PD-nim asked the driver, who had been patiently waiting and playing Candy Crush on his phone the entire time.
"If we depart now, you might catch your plane," the driver informed him. "You're lucky I've come through. There has been heavy snowfall tonight. Looks like it hit your neighborhood especially hard. If it keeps on snowing like this, the whole district will be cut off in no time. Strange… The rest of the city looks like it hadn't seen snow in ages."
Bang PD-nim nodded without paying attention. His gaze jumped to the commotion at the cab's trunk caused by everyone mindlessly stuffing their luggage into it. "Is everyone here?"
"YES!" The gang shouts and immediately continues their rave of accusations, complaints about sleeping in and playing Tetris with the luggage in the trunk.
"Ugh, that's not helpful," Bang-PD-nim shook his head and started counting the members. "One… Two… Three..."
"Shouldn't we start our performance with Dul, Ses?" Jin discussed with Hobi as they passed the manager to pick up the remaining luggage from the sidewalk.
"Two… Three…" Bang PD-nim miscounted and started again. "One...two…"
Jungkook and Jimin started a snowball fight, causing the others to dodge and move in all directions, and Bang PD-nim to lose track of who he counted.
When Patrick Nuo's voice from the driver's radio sang about "One, two, three, four, five days", Bang PD-nim gave up and looked for a sure-shot way to confirm everyone was there. With a booming voice, he ordered everyone to "get into the fricking car" and checked the cab's brimming trunk. Seven plus one suitcases.
"Looks like we're all here!" As soon as he got into the van, he closed his eyes and hoped they would catch their flight in time.
*21 Days Left Until Christmas Eve*
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