❝ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦.❞

Everyone was busy admiring the presence of a little kid in this big mansion who roamed around with food in his mouth, his cheeks flushed with pink and lips covered with mixed fruit jam that he was happily relishing. In a while or two, Taehyung and Ruby could be seen running behind 'their' kid to make him sit at one place, which was surely an endearing sight to watch.

Once the chaos was settled, they all sat around a round table, as if they were in a round table conference and tension suddenly grew in the atmosphere. Jimin decided to break free the eerie silence because at this point of time, even Taeho slept due to exhaustion and hence, there was no one to lessen their stress.

"You guys are aware of the hologram and the time limit right?" Jimin interrupted speaking facts, his face turned serious in the snap of a second.

"Yes, it says we have a forty eight hour time limit to get everything right, else we'll be trapped here forever." Jungkook spoke up, chuckling gloomily followed by Jena who apparently did a huge research on her way here.

"I stayed up all night yesterday and searched about this app 'Snapshot' because of which we're here and guess what I found?" She muttered, exhaling a sigh, making everyone's eyes widened in curiousity. They behold their breaths for something more astounding coming their way.

"Our psychology professor is the creator of that app and according to the timeline of this universe, the app Snapshot has long been out of use. We're the only ones whose device this app is working on." She continued in a pensive tone, providing the details which certainly, gave a chill down everyone's spine. Goosebumps erupted on their skin as their mouths flung open in surprise.

"You mean to say that... our psychology professor is actually... a time traveler from the future?!" Ruby asked for confirmation, her baffled expressions couldn't be ignored. Jena's revelation was followed by sudden gasps from everyone.

"Yes, that's true. We're caught in this shit because of him." Jimin replied back with a stern expression, kissing his teeth in annoyance. He too, researched the app last night along with Jena. Everyone huffed out a breath and Calista scoffed, clenching her jaw.

"I woke up in a hospital bed with all my bones feeling as if they were crushed! I can't stay here for a minute anymore!" She exhilarated her frustration, touching the injury on her head, followed by Jena's annoyed tone.

"Girl, I woke up holding this monkey's hands in a goddamn wedding! Our wedding!" She poked her finger towards Jimin's direction, who looked stunned by her remark. The others couldn't help but let out a laugh listening to their ordeal. It was, in all senses, hilarious to even imagine the two dorks of the group getting married to each other, it must've been pure chaos if these two literally ended up together in the very future because the last time they were seen normal was when Jimin fell extremely sick and Jena did his entire work along with the assignments for almost fifteen days.

"M-monkey?!" Jimin stuttered, flabbergasted as his mouth opened like a fish in water, disbelief clearly visible on his face but couldn't argue anymore with Jena because Ruby spoke further, expressing her side of the story.

"And I woke up, tying his tie with our child running up to me screaming 'momma' on top of his lungs!" She scoffed, getting reminded of that moment, while the males just glanced awkwardly at each other, unable to speak a word anymore.

Taehyung's cheeks flushed up to crimson as she mentioned 'our child' because to him, Ruby was just a classmate, nothing more and nothing less than that. They didn't even communicate for anything other than work.

He wasn't even interested in dating until he makes up his golden career. Taeho seemed to be five years old and it was close to impossible for him to even imagine himself as a father, that too, the father of such an adorable kid. Ruby was never someone he saw romantically.

He wondered how the cupid's bows and arrows struck them and the two introverts had the spark of romance?

"How will we go back, now?" Calista muttered and everyone sighed thinking of all the ways to return back.

"Guys, let's search this mansion and look for our university day pictures and all, maybe we might find a clue." Jungkook suggested and instantly, everyone got to work, searching and flipping through every suspicious thing in the house.

They started with Jungkook and Calista's bedroom which was adorned with some of their beautiful wedding pictures along with numerous awards and a walk-in closet filled with clothes and accessories of high end brands, certainly left their jaws hanging.

Ignoring the sparkling features of the room, they searched the drawers and cupboards but found nothing except an album of their wedding and numerous pictures from their university. There was absolutely nothing that could take them back.

Jungkook closely looked at the pictures and he couldn't help but let out a small smile as he gazed at Calista, she appeared majestic in that white wedding gown. Both of them looked uncomfortable in their picture but he could make out how happy his future self appeared with Calista, when he flipped the pages.

There were even pictures with Jimin and Taehyung along with their partners, Jena and Ruby and they all looked very happy. The males were busy admiring the pictures until a shrill voice made their ears perk up.

"What the fuck?!" Calista cursed loudly, immediately leaving the box of condoms she accidentally picked up while searching for something useful, making it's contents spill on the floor.

The males looked below and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets, as they realised the situation. Jimin and Taehyung teasingly nudged Jungkook, as he was covered in red from his cheeks to his neck, same as Calista.

"What? I didn't do anything-" Jungkook spoke out, baffled but the two males just patted his shoulders.

"Oh, you surely did. You see the packet says it had thirty, but only five fell off." Jimin teased with a smirk.

"Stop it, Jimin." Jena muttered in a warning tone, while Calista wished for the ground to open up and swallow her at this point.

"And it says king size-" Taehyung tutted but Jungkook grapsed his mouth, making him halt from speaking further and dragged him outside whilst nervously shouting towards the girls.

"Mmph!" Taehyung made weird muffled noises but the male didn't leave his mouth, getting hit on the arms as a result.

"LET'S SEARCH SOMEWHERE ELSE!"

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They searched the entire mansion from the morning to the evening, flipping through various pictures, documents, searching through the store rooms and also the garden and parking lot but nothing came up in their hands.

Once again, the gang was settled in the living room with gloomy faces.

Taeho has woken up from his sleep and was happily ravishing his food whilst smiling cutely as Taehyung fed him while everyone else was blankly sitting, thinking of any way to return.

Suddenly, a mind boggling idea struck up in Calista's brain. She jumped up in her position and announced further with an excited tone.

"We came here when we clicked that picture in our university playground, right?" She questioned and continued when everyone nodded. "Let's go back there! We can find our exit!" She tutted excitedly and everyone's face lit up with rays of hope shimmering through them.

"But our university is in Incheon, it'll take at least five hours to reach there." Jimin spoke facts but they didn't have any other choice and so, they all glanced at each other and collectively decided to give it a shot.

Everyone immediately got up from their position, ready to leave but the kid's little voice made them halt on their position as his parents left his side. He fluttered his eyes in confusion, which were pooled with unshed tears as soon as he saw Taehyung leaving his hands.

"Momma, Dadda... Are you going to leave me alone?" He asked, pouting and Ruby's eyes glistened looking at him, the child who has features very similar to her, especially his eyes- a replica of Taehyung's.

Afterall, maybe it's in the future, but he's her child, it was tough to accept the reality but now, how can she leave him alone? Especially, when he has become an important segment of her life?

"Taeho we-" Taehyung tried to utter something and scratched his neck anxiously, as if, thinking of a reliable excuse but choked on his words because nothing came up in his brain.

Momentarily, Ruby walked towards the kid and bent on her knee, to match his level and pulled him in her embrace, lovingly patting his back. He melted in her embrace wrapping his little arms around her and she cooed loving words to him, the others awed witnessing the scene. Taehyung was speechless as she saw the altercation unfolding, it was truly difficult to imagine the scenario where he's the father of Ruby's child, their son.

Slowly, she broke from the hug and planted a small peck on top of Taeho's forehead whilst pinching his squishy little cheeks. He reciprocated the action by showering her with numerous pecks on her cheeks and eyes, a reddish hue transpired on her glowing face. A singleton tear unknowingly brushed off from her right eye and Taeho wiped it off with his little palm, lovingly pecking her again, on the eyes.

"I'm sorry baby, Momma has some really important work. We'll be back very soon and till then, I want you to finish your meals without sulking ok?" She ordered the child and he nodded, smiling happily as she ruffled his hair.

She steadily took hold of his small hands and placed a soothing peck on his palm. Taehyung too, joined the duo, as he settled on his knees to match their level and caressed his son's hair, smiling ear to ear.

"We'll be back by tomorrow, I promise you. But till then you need to promise appa that you'll not pull off any mischief." He asked for a promise extending his little pinky finger and the kid joined his smallest finger with his father.

"Pwomish!" He exclaimed, joyously.

Soon, the two of them left him along with the others, trying their best to not break down in front of the kid. The other four of the group looked at the scene unfolding with awe and smiles on their faces. Maybe, wishing that once they return back, their future should be the same as this.

Maybe this was a dream...

But it is a beautiful dream, a dream that made all their childhood fantasies come to life.

"Take care of him, until we're back." Jungkook sternly ordered the maids and they bowed, understanding the order.

And they left...

To return to their reality.

POTATO'S NOTE:

Well, this story is soon gonna have the climax! Are you excited for it?

Honestly, I'm enjoying writing this plot because it just makes me smile and laugh out loud after a tiring, nerve-wracking, even horrible day. 🥹