(Very unedited, bare with me :'))

Brother - Kodaline

Taehyung is not okay.

No he's anything but okay.

He thought that by coming to Daegu, seeing his adorable sister again, would ease a bit of his stress from back by being somewhere or with someone familiar to him.

But that flew out the window due to the acknowledgement that his Jimin is not okay, and knowing fucking Woosung the man can be so damn infuriating.

Hopefully Jimin is holding up okay and not wanting to rip his head off so soon.

He hasn't been okay, and this issue with his stomach ever since that night has been having Taehyung fucking stressed.

Taehyung just wants him to be okay.

His poor tiny.

"Dude, will you relax," Valencia sighs, taking in the anxious way Taehyung is nibbling on the straw of his smoothie drink - that his sister was so kind enough to buy for him through his fit of panic.

They're currently in a little midnight walk, since obvious being indoors had Taehyung a hesitant and anxious mess.

This walk is helping a little bit, but that doesn't change his worry.

If only Jeongguk was here, he definitely would ease him down quickly.

Taehyung is just sometimes a too paranoid person.

It's a curse.

Grunting under his breath, Taehyung looks at his frowning sister, "I'm sorry, I'm just worried about Jimin."

"Why don't you just go back to Seoul?"

Taehyung whines, nudging his sister on the arm, "As much as I care about Jimin, I know he's in good hands. I'm just a paranoid mess. Besides, I know I need this time with you."

"Ever since the incident you've been taking trips here like your life depends on it," Valencia snorts, looking ahead down the sidewalk, "My girl is about to get jealous."

"But I'm your brother!"

"Who hogs a lot of my time," Taheyung pouts deeper, but Valencia threw an arm around his shoulders, "In which I adore because I miss my baby brother!"

Still holding onto a deep frown, Valencia took that chance to sip from his drink and press her frozen cold lips to his cheek.

Immediately Taehyung shrieks to the cold, making Valencia laugh as she skips ahead before turning around - walking backwards as she drinks her own smoothie.

"By the way, I know you're going to lecture me but.... I kinda started acting up again."

Taehyung froze in his steps, fixating his eyes from the ground and immediately up to his sister - seeing her trying not to make eye contact as she continues to sip her smoothie.

You've got to be joking-

Serious now, Taehyung approaches and stands in front of her, snarling his teeth, "Tigresa? Seriously?"

Valencia twitches an eye to this, shifting her gaze up to look at Karma's murderous eyes to the words that oozed her lips.

And Tigresa grins, "What? If you can fight, why can't I?"

"Because you don't have control," Karma snarls, his grip on the cup tightening, "Why the habit again?"

"I need to defend myself after last time. I was in a fucking coma for weeks. I'm not going to be a little bitch anymore, and you're not going to stop me."

A deep sneer forms Karma's twitching lips, leaning to their face, "Is it just fighting?"

The twitching smirk that forms their lips had Karma taking a step forward, but suddenly Valencia places a hand to his chest with eyes bleeding into his.

"I can't expect you to save my ass all the time. I need to defend myself."

"Not with Tigresa," Karma cools down, Taehyung now softening up to his sister's tender stare, "You literally transform when you become them. Is it underground fighting? Pick pocketing? Stealing from the rich men?"

Valencia turns around and continues walking, "I'm not stupid. Back then I did those things to survive while we were teens, and our parents were to busy down their throats to provide for us. I just fight."

"For who?"

Valencia hesitated before slowly turning her head to Taehyung, huffing, "Ice Queens."

Ice Queens.

Ice - Fuck!

Taehyung nearly threw his smoothie to the ground by how shocked he was, but instead only grips his hair with his free hand with a grin, "For Ice Queens - Valencia! We promised no gang shit!"

"They're not a gang," Valencia retorts back, frowning, "It's an organization for us women to be able to fight against stereotypes, grow tougher skin -"

"While using illegal matters to do it!"

"Don't be talking to me about illegal shit while you were involved with a while fucking Mafia while I was away!"

By now Taehyung has his eyes closed, trying to ease himself down before he really loses his mind.

His sister isn't a child.

If anything, she knows the struggle far too well on how to survive just like him.

When she went to college, she was a bit of the wild child, but she managed to mellow it down once she got out and got a decent job. Stopped down all those unhealthy things just to start new.

After the incident though, she just wasn't the same.

She worked out on the gym every single awakening day without a break, toning up her body probably more than Taehyung by this point. Taehyung knows she got back into fighting, as in taking classes to refresh those skills.

He just didn't know who she was taking classes from.

Point is, she fought hard with herself to make sure whatever happened won't happen again.

And that she'll be physically, mentally and emotionally prepared.

Especially since she just knew this wasn't over.

So to some extent, Taehyung understands.

But with Ice Queens - that's a death wish.

They're known for being, as Valencia put it, an organization run by women. They were a bit new before Taehyung got locked up, but he definitely heard that they were ruthless - far more than a gang run by men. Apparently their goal is to enforce women empowerment in this area. They help young girls get a spine to fight against men who tries to approach them, teach each other how to esclate up on how to survive the dark world.

The issue is that they have the same reputation as a gang.

And are equally as targeted from females in other gangs.

So Taehyung calms himself down, looking at his sister now with a weak stare, "Are you a member now or something?"

"No," Valencia states, "I only go there to train and help them with fighting skills. The more connections I have, the better it will be for me to be prepared in case something happens again."

"It won't happen again-"

"I won't take that chance," Valencia says bluntly, "Just trust me. Who knows, you may need it one day."

Taehyung really hopes she's wrong.

He really does.

But he's going to trust his sister.

Seems like she's needs this reassurance that she's strong.

Just like who she becomes when she shifts to her alter ego Tigresa.

Staring at her for a long moment now, Taehyung just reaches an arm over and brings her into his arms - ruffling roughly with her messy hair.

"Tae!"

"That's for not telling me this sooner!"

The siblings now go at each other in playful punches and kicks before Valencia suddenly is on his back, ruffling with Taehyung's hair with her hard fist.

Taehyung screeches, "Ow! Ow! That hurts!"

"Know how that feels huh! Little punk!"

Series of shrieks and whines escaped the younger brother's lips as he kept stumbling forward with his aggressive sister on him, who then bursts into giggles and just hugs her brother by the neck with a small smile.

She sure did miss her precious Tae.

It's been a while after all since they spent this much time together.

Calmly now walking down the street to Valencia's neighborhood, it's quiet and soothing the night tonight.

Or maybe it because of the company the two siblings are in right now.

Valencia sips the remains of her drink and Taehyung took it once he noticed and just threw it away at a nearby trash can, adjusting Valencia on his back while she drinks helps him with drinking his smoothie by holding it out for him.

"Tae," Valencia said faintly, breathing in this tranquility between them, "Why do you think we created Karma and Tigresa as our alter ego?"

A low thoughtful hum vibrates his throat, thinking about it too, before finally answering, "Because we didn't have another choice."

"Do you like it when you become Karma?"

"I do," Taehyung answers quietly, frowning to himself, "Far too much that sometimes makes me want to be him all the time."

"Yeah..... Me too," Valencia quietly agrees back, "When I become Tigresa, it's so hard to snap out of it. Feels like a dream."

Taehyung frowns, staring ahead, "I know."

"How do Jimin and Jeongguk view Karma?"

That left Taehyung thinking a bit of how they truly feel about Taehyung's little alter ego.

And to be fair....... Hm....

"They don't usually like it," Taehyung says quietly, "Because they don't like who I become Karma."

"Has anyone embraced it?"

Minho.

Taemin.

Even Woosung.

Minho thinks Karma is a way to release the aggression he holds inside, a release.

Taemin believes it's a liability for survival.

Woosung believes it's a part of him, and he shouldn't always hide it away no matter if it can be dangerous.

To embrace it.

And Taehyung hated how he thought of them first instead of his boyfriends.

So Taehyung licks his lips and hums, "Yeah."

"Then those are the ones you should keep close," Valencia advised, "Because that means they're trying to keep you alive."

Taehyung didn't know what to at back to that.

For so long he's been trying to hide back Karma and keep it as a matter of the past, especially around Jeongguk and Jimin.

But hearing this..... It felt strange.

Made him look from a different perspective really.

And he didn't know if it was in a good or bad way.

Brushing the topic aside from preventing it getting deeper, Taehyung only hoists Valencia up, "Damn you have been working out, your muscle is a fucking brick."

"And your limps are like goo."

Taehyung mimicked her words back and tips to the side, making her squeal and hold onto him tighter.

"I WILL KICK YOUR BALLS!"

The two now burst into laughter as they got to Valencia's house, but abruptly the two stop when they realize the silhouette sitting on the steps.

Valencia immediately gets off, fists tight and ready but Taehyung places a hand on her wrists to hold her back after realizing who it was.

And his eyebrows furrowed, "Minho?"

The man sitting on the steps looks up, holding onto a blank stare in his eyes as he looks at Taehyung.

"I need your help, Karma," Minho said, said heavily, glancing at Valencia, "And Tigresa."

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A/N:
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Okay guys I wrote this while waiting for the concert to see Woosung - Dying inside - so wish me luckkkkk!

I PURPLE YOU! <333