"What happened, baby?" Yoongi murmured after Namjoon had some tea and calmed down.

He sat beside the student on the couch, wrapping the boy in a blanket and pulling him close.

Namjoon exhaled slowly, relaxing and letting his defenses down, safe inside Yoongi's strong embrace.

"Taehyung...he found out."

"Kim Taehyung?" Yoongi asked. "Seokjin's brother?"

Namjoon nodded. "He overheard us talking that day in the bathroom, he knows about us."

Yoongi looked off into the distance, thinking.

"He threatened to tell everyone." Namjoon said. "He said no one was going to respect me anymore because-" He cut himself off, unable to repeat the triggering words Taehyung had said.

"He won't." Yoongi almost growled. "Remember what dom told you, baby?"

Namjoon glanced up at him, and Yoongi felt a surge of protectiveness for the boy in his arms.

"I'm never going to let anyone hurt you." Yoongi promised him.

"Never again, Namjoon."

-

"Where are you going?" Namjoon when Yoongi grabbed his keys.

"I'll be right back." Yoongi said, heading to the door. "Stay here."

"But I wanna-"

"Namjoon." Yoongi spun around and fixed him with a dark look. "Stay."

Namjoon hesitantly lowered himself back to the couch. "What are you going to do?"

"Dom is just going to take care of our Taehyung problem." Yoongi said. "Stay here and I'll be right back."

Namjoon, confused, just nodded.

He had no idea how Yoongi was going to fix this, but he knew he would.

-

Yoongi drove to Seokjins house, his eyes fixated on the road as he went over the speed limit.

He parked and kept the car running; this wouldn't take long.

He unlocked the door with the key Seokjin had given him ages ago, stepping inside.

"Taehyung!" Yoongi shouted. "Get over here!"

A few moments later Taehyung peeked down the hallway, walking over. "Hey."

Yoongi cut to the chase, not in the mood to beat around the bush.

"Leave Namjoon alone." He growled. "Don't even think about trying to tell everyone what he does in his private life, or else."

Taehyung chuckled, leaning against the wall and crossing his arms. "Or what? Hmm? What the hell can you possibly do to me? You're an adult and I'm a kid, you can't touch me without me crying assault and then you'll be in the county jail before you can even blink."

Yoongi couldn't believe this boy. "Do you really care about being first so much?"

"And furthermore, I don't appreciate being threatened in my own house." Taehyung pushed himself off the wall and walking closer.

Yoongi stood his ground, glaring down at the audacity of this boy.

"Seokjin loves you, and I think it's really rude of you to take on this bet with someone like Namjoon, when my brother is a great guy." Taehyung said. "Go on a date with him."

Yoongi blinked. "What- Seokjin? No, I can't."

"Why not?"

Yoongi opened his mouth, but then closed it slowly, knowing he couldn't disclose the bet to Taehyung. He couldn't do anything sexual with anyone other than Namjoon for the month, or else he would lose.

"Thats what I thought." Taehyung smiled when Yoongi said nothing. "I'll tell him you stopped by and wanted to take him to dinner. Aren't I so nice?"

"Don't." Yoongi hissed. "Seokjin is my best friend, that's all."

"If you don't date my brother, I'll tell everyone the truth about Namjoon." Taehyung said. "Imagine how that would ruin his school and social life, not to mention what his parents will do to him once this gets out."

"You little fucking-"

"It's better this way," Taehyung grinned. "Jimin dates someone better, Namjoon loses everything, Seokjin gets you, and everyone lives happily ever after."

"For you!" Yoongi clenched his fingers into fists.

"Well duh," Taehyung laughed. "Why would I want anyone else to have a happy ending?"

Yoongi didn't know what to say, there wasn't much he could say in this position.

He couldn't let Taehyung ruin Namjoon's life.

But he couldn't date Seokjin either.

He would lose the bet the moment he did.

"You shouldn't leave your car running." Taehyung added. "It's bad for the environment."

He waved to the dom, walking back to his room.

Yoongi stood there for a moment, trying to process the fact he was really being blackmailed by a fucking teenager.

He ran out of the house, sliding into his car and hurrying back to Namjoon.

He was the only thing that mattered now.

He always had been.

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I have no idea why taehyung is a bad guy in some of my fics, I really don't view him as that at all lmao it just happens I swear-