CHAPTER 55

Jungkook leads Tiger, Namjoon, and a giggling Hoseok to his bedroom.

Hoseok's the first one to enter. He turns his head to study all the corners of his room, and runs towards the shelf full of trophies. "Oh my god, are these all yours?"

"Yep. Taekwondo." Jungkook explains, walking towards it. "It was a long journey."

"Muscle Bunny indeed." Tiger comments, standing in the door frame.

Jungkook chuckles. "Well, the documents are hidden in these two wardrobes. Nobody could read them, so I let them in different places. Joon, which documents do you want? I collected a lot of information about Bang PD, his mafia, his personal life, the people who worked for him during the kidnapping, all the incidents, all their cases in chronological order, all the kids' profiles, what they did to them—general and in some cases, like Jimin, specified—, and where they kept them."

Namjoon stays silent for a moment, biting the inside of his cheek. "For now let's search for Jimin's profile and the other kids."

"Okay. Tiger, you can search with me this one. Joon, Hobi, you look at that one." he points at the wardrobe facing the window.

Hoseok gasps, his lips shifting to form a wide smile. "Jungkookie poogie, you called me Hobi!! Is the first time, right? Aww, we're making progress, our friendship is growing."

Jungkook sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Don't make me regret it. Ah, and please, try not to snoop around my things."

"Got it."

"No worries Kook, we're here only for the papers."

Jungkook trusts Namjoon, but his main concerns are Hoseok and Jimin. The first one, because he'll poke around his belongings, no doubt about it. And the second, because he can't see anything related to their shared past.

On the other hand, Yoongi made himself comfortable in a blink of an eye. He picked one of the lunch boxes from the fridge and warmed the food in the microwave and brought it to the living room.

"My house looked similar, back when I lived with my parents in Seoul." Seokjin blurs out, calmly.

Jimin hums, placing the chopsticks down. "Do you miss them?"

He shrugs. "Sometimes. But I did the best for them, even if they never fully understand why I left. I just want to protect them."

"Of course you do, cutie. But I hope the kiddo doesn't have to, I can tell he has a good relationship with his parents."

"Mimi already saw his face, and if they followed us here," Jimin bites his lower lip and shakes his head. "Oh god, I don't even want to think about it."

"Exactly, me either. Disappearing from my parents' life was the best decision I could make."

Yoongi smirks, resting his back on the sofa with a pleasant sigh. "Did you already love Joonie a lot?"

"Of course I did. But I didn't have another option if I wanted to stay with him. When I chose Namjoon I chose this life, and no matter what decision I took, I would've had to sacrifice something."

* * *

The boys come out of Jungkook's room an hour later, groaning and patting their own shoulders.

"No luck, guys." Namjoon announces and sits on the sofa.

"You found nothing?" Yoongi questions, eyebrows raised.

"Jungkookie has a lot of things in his room. Go and see it for yourself," Hoseok walks towards the armchair and sits on Yoongi's lap. "For today I'm done."

"I actually found something." Tiger comments, turning his head to Jungkook. "About Bang PD, but we didn't need those, right?"

Jungkook shakes his head with a smile. "Are you hungry?"

"Hell yeah. Can we eat whatever your mum cooked?"

Jungkook ruffles Tiger's hair and heads to the kitchen, the alter following right behind.

Jimin crosses his arms against his chest. "Why are they so close?"

Hoseok shrugs. "No idea, but at least they don't fight."

"Let them be, Tiger doesn't mean any harm for us nor the kiddo."

Jimin growls under his breath. "I know—but why did he ruffle his hair looking at him like that?"

"Like what?" Seokjin asks, chewing on his food.

"With these sparkling eyes. Tiger did, too."

"Are you insinuating they've something going on? Bae, don't tell me Taehyung infected you with his delusions."

Jimin shakes his head. "Oh god—no thanks. It must have been for the light. Yeah. The light. Oh god, what I was thinking?"

Namjoon softly chuckles and pats his shoulder. Jimin leans his head and lets out a sigh, closing his eyes for a moment.

"You can rest here, Mini. All this must be exhausting for you."

"Besides," Hoseok grimaces, "Tiger and Jungkook together? Never, I don't see it."

Seokjin keeps eating the remaining food, keeping his thoughts to himself if he wants to maintain the peace. Because to him it doesn't sound like nonsense. 

* * *

"What if Taehyung takes over?" Jungkook whispers, covering both of their bodies with the sheets.

"I won't stay in your bed for too long." he mutters gently, and gives him an Eskimo kiss.

Jungkook bites his lower lip softly and locks their lips with a soft kiss. Tiger kisses him back and Jungkook cups his cheek. His thumb caresses Tiger's smooth honey skin and tilts more his head, deepening the kiss.

Carefully, he bites his lower lip and Tiger moans almost inaudibly. Jungkook takes the chance and slides his tongue in, exploring his wet cavern. The sweet taste of strawberries still remains in his mouth and Jungkook smiles.

"Tiger, come here." he sits straight and moves the pillow against the wall to rest his back.

He pats his thighs with a smile and Tiger slowly sits on top of him. "I don't weigh too much, right?"

Jungkook softly chuckles and shakes his head. "You're perfect."

Tiger leans forward and rests their foreheads together. Jungkook caresses the sides of his torso until he reaches his waist and retakes their kiss.

He holds himself back from pinning him down and kissing him hungrily. Jungkook wants to keep it slow and comfortable for Tiger, until his body asks for more.

Almost as an instinct, Tiger rolls his hips and Jungkook grips tighten. He breaks the kiss to leave a trail of wet kisses from his jaw, followed by his neck, to his collarbones. Tiger tilts his head backwards and bites his lips, moaning mildly. Jungkook barely sucks, not risking to leave any mark. The boys would notice immediately. After all, this is their boyfriend's body.

Tiger buries his fingers in Jungkook's hair, pulling slightly when he kisses his sweet spot.

Jungkook places a few pecks and pulls away, caressing his back. "How are you feeling? Do you like it?"

"Hell, can we stay like this forever? I didn't know a heart could carry different forms of warmth and you're waking up all of them. You never stop surprising me, Bunny."

Jungkook smirks. "This is only the beginning, Tiger. I'll show you how good you can feel if you let me. But we've to get some sleep, hm?"

Tiger pouts and Jungkook swears to himself he saw Taehyung for a millisecond. "Can you show me how good it gets now?"

"Nope. I don't think you're ready for that, yet." he kisses his knuckles, "But I can snuggle with you all night, and if Taehyung comes back tomorrow morning I'll come up with a good excuse."

Tiger gets off his lap and lays next to him, while Jungkook repositions the pillow.

"Keep being my big spoon, Bunny."

Jungkook smiles and kisses his forehead. "For as long as you need, angel."