CHAPTER 58

The next day, Jimin and Jungkook spent all morning talking about their childhood, a memory brought another memory, and so on. Even if Jimin didn't ask, Jungkook told him his parents moved a few years later. He deserved to know it. Jimin thanked him, but they didn't bring the topic farther, both of them fully aware the blondie isn't ready to have this conversation, yet.

On the other hand, Yoongi, Hoseok, and Namjoon let Seokjin use their room as an office. The eldest skimmed through the documents they collected. They stayed by his side when he read Jimin's profile, he almost threw up and told them not to let Jimin near it—he already has to cope with the memories.

"Love, don't stress too much about it now. You've been here for three hours, you should get some rest."

Seokjin takes off his glasses with a heavy sigh and rubs his face. "Yeah, perhaps you're right. But I just - how are we going to get to him without looking suspicious? Killing Bang PD's going to be one of our hardest tasks, the most, to say the least."

"But we've each other, cutie pie."

Hoseok hums in agreement.

Namjoon pats the empty sit on his bed and Seokjin complies.

The leader caresses his thigh. "We're going to figure it out. We're here to help you, okay? We're a team, Jinnie, you don't have to do this by yourself."

"I don't know what would I do without you all. We're the Bangtan Boys till the very end, are we not?"

Namjoon smiles. "Always, little prince."

Hoseok walks to Seokjin and extends his hand, his heart-shaped smile sends another wave of tranquility to the elder. "Seokie, let's make dinner."

Seokjin takes his hand. "Mm-hmm, hopefully it will take all these horrendous images off my head."

Seokjin and Hoseok leave the other pair alone. Yoongi moves to sit where Seokjin was a moment ago.

"Should we keep going? The more we wait, the more time Bang PD has to keep doing his business." he almost growls to no one in particular. In fact, he wishes he could spit it in Bang PD's face.

"Let's do it. Seokjin has already done enough. By the way, have you noticed more movement in the factory? I can't stop thinking about Mimi—she's our first threat."

Yoongi stands up and walks to his laptop, placed on the desk Seokjin used. "Yeah. Look at this," Namjoon walks to him and sits on the empty chair beside him. "I could track their connection. I didn't make my way inside, those pieces of shit would probably notice me. Mimi's a fucking psycho, but she's not dumb. Their connection is higher in the night time, until six in the morning. Then it stays low until nine in the evening."

Namjoon rubs his chin and stays quiet for a minute. "We need as much information about their connections as we can, well done Petal. Could you track them as far as you can without getting noticed? We don't have any other resource to spy on them. We only know they've a lab somewhere in the factory, but we don't know how many people work for her, where exactly is it, what do they do, what do they want, what do they want from us."

"I still don't understand why that bitch didn't kill Tae. Fuck, it doesn't make sense. She could've done it. She had everything in her power to do it. What does she want? What is she waiting for? To kidnap us all and make us watch how she kills each one of us one by one? They don't know we're dating!"

Namjoon takes a deep breath, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Petal, I think Bang PD has to wait a bit more. We can't kill Bang PD now, not with Mimi around -

"But -"

"Petal," Namjoon pauses and holds his hand, "I know you want revenge. I know you want him to pay for what he did to Jimin, and I want it too, but we're not superheroes. We must be careful, remember? Our lives are at stake, we can't risk it. Tae and Kook could've died that night. Everything we've build—we must keep it."

Yoongi lowers his head for a second and squeezes his hand. "Let's make this bitch pay first."

Namjoon pats his shoulder with his free hand. "We've two hours until nine, we can observe their network's movement."

"We?"

"Let me be your caffeine—there's no way Seokjin lets you drink coffee now."

Yoongi clicks his tongue. "I can try. They connection increases in the night time, if we want to do this right I can't fall asleep."

Namjoon smiles. "Let's have our first cup after dinner, alright?"

* * *

Hoseok and Seokjin can't help but smile at the laughs of his boyfriend and his friend. Seokjin lowers the volume on the speaker and Hoseok sends him a look of aproval.

"Hold on, it didn't happen that way! You fell in the fountain first and then I fell trying to get you out!"

Jungkook gasps and hits him with the nearest pillow. "Liar! You fell! You were the clumsiest person ever when you were a kid. If it wasn't for our teeth, people would've thought I was older than you. Our mums agreed!"

Taehyung almost chokes and places the pack of cookies—not his favourites—down. He turns around and pretends to cough, in attempts to hide his smile from the two childhood friends.

"Oh, Tae bear, are you okay?"

Seokjin comes to him with a glass of water, Hoseok staring from the kitchen.

"Thanks," he mutters and drinks it all as slowly as he can.

"In any circumstances," Jimin continues to defend himself from the cruel truth, "I took care of you better than you took care of yourself."

"I can't fight that—you were my hero."

Jimin giggles, his cheeks becoming red. "I was your friend."

"My big brother."

"Weren't we twins?"

"My future husband?"

Silence takes over them; Taehyung doesn't chew on the cookies; the knives against the wood coming from the kitchen disappear; Jimin stops breathing for a moment.

"YAH! JEON JUNGKOOK!"

The younger bursts out laughing, covering his head with his arms as Jimin hits him with the same pillow he used to hit the blondie minutes ago.

The sound from the kitchen comes alive again, along the two males' chuckles.

From the other sofa, Taehyung stares at them doubting how many desires and truths are hidden behind Jungkook's inoffensive joke. Could be Jungkook in love with Jimin? Could he be in love with their boyfriend secretly in attempts to not destroy what they all have?

The two bubbly males notice the staring and turn their heads to Taehyung.

He brings another cookie in his mouth. "What?"

They shake their heads.

Jimin keeps his eyes on him for another moment, while Jungkook retrieves the pillow and hits him once again, followed by a loud laugh.