"What a nice view to wake up to."

"Oh damn."

"Hello to you too-"

"I will rip your tongue out."

Taehyung fights back a grin, eying the male leaning against the counter of the kitchen with the snarky tongue before snorting and moving to get something to eat. Minki only glares at him before rolling his eyes and remains on his phone, dismissively.

What's going on you may ask?

Well Minki decided to be a little expressive today. So here he is, right now, wearing soft make up on his pretty facial features with a warm purple t-shirt tucked under a dark purple skirt with ruffles underneath that reaches over his knees, which works really well to fit into a cute look with converse being the finishing touches.

At least on the outfit.

He added extensions to his raven hair, making it reach a little past shoulder length with one side tucked behind his ear.

To say he looks good would be an understatement.

He looks so pretty.

So obviously with this step he's taken, he's been getting some attention from everyone in the penthouse to his look - all to which is evident that they're trying to make him feel welcomed and accepted. Minki didn't give a shit, he still glared at them murderously if they acted a little too nicely.

And maybe endure Taehyung's little teasing a bit more.

"I'm just giving you a compliment!"

"I will actually snap your neck off your body, don't even test me!"

Yeah Minki isn't a fan of compliments.

Luckily Yeosang came to the rescue by wrapping an arm around his brother's shoulder, glaring at a cocky looking Taehyung, "You, shut up," And then he looks at everyone else here, which is just Jimin and Valencia, "So what's the agenda for today? Besides the plan working out?"

Valencia's smile slowly drops, frowning a little before looking down to her mug, "I have to go back home today."

Taehyung's little cocky smile drops upon hearing this, now looking at his bowl of food with a heavy pout and a bit of loss of appetite.

Not going to lie, it's been a nice time having all of them stay here together for a while. Well while it lasted. It definitely has felt like they have somehow grew closer together, or got to know each other well. But unfortunately that was only something temporary, and until this mess passes by it's better off to keep some distance.

At least for the three that are involved.

Jimin looks at her with lips parted, "Oh really? Isn't Lalisa leaving today too?"

"That I am," The familiar voice captures their attention, seeing Lalisa standing there with a backpack on and a pouting Jeongguk standing beside her, "But me and V will be taking the same train together, so I'll just wait until she's done-"

"Um, I'm done, let me just get my bag," And Valencia sips whatever is left of her beverage before running off upstairs to get her bag. Lalisa only nods and goes to sit on the couch to wait for her, with Jeongguk following suit like a little puppy dog with a frown to having his sister leave today.

Today unfortunately many of them are leaving, even Gikwang too but later on tonight. He will return sometime during the weekend just for his check up to see how they're doing.

And maybe thing time tattoo the Phoenix on Jimin, if he agrees to it at least - which he has considered but not entirely yet. He still needs time to decide on it.

Taehyung suddenly looks at Minki after his sister left up stairs, who's still on his phone, "And when are you leaving?"

"When Yeosang gets tired of me since shit is difficult back home," And he puts the phone down, forcing a smile, "Oh you know, strict parents beating the shit out of you for wearing women clothes is not exactly something I would like to endure."

Yeosang snaps his eyes to him, "Wait I thought you moved out?"

"Life is hard out there, can't afford an apartment," He sighs back, perking an eyebrow with a sarcastic smile, "No biggie though, not like I'm not use to it."

It's quiet now after he says this, mainly because they want to be careful.

They didn't really know what to say and preferred not wanting to say the wrong thing either, but praise Yeosang for being there to save their asses.

Again.

"Just stay here until you can get back to your feet," He says, offering a small smile before looking at the rest of the boys, "I mean if that's okay-"

"Hell yeah," Taehyung immediately says, grinning widely, "We'll see if we can find you a job somewhere too, and work our way from there. How does that sound?"

Minki's not really one to express so many emotions in front of people, but he did manage to twitch a small smile with a nod and that was enough to feel like they won the lottery.

Valencia ended up coming back down with her stuff and Gikwang offered to drop them off since Jeongguk, Jimin, and Taehyung have stuff to attend to. So after an emotional departure from Taehyung to his sister and Jeongguk begging Lalisa not to leave, they were off.

Safely away from here.

The twins then decided to go out to enjoy their day, leaving the three that were left here to start dressing up for the meeting.

To see Boss, specifically, once again.

They have formulated a perfect plan with the heirs on what to do as evidence and they have that with them. So they arranged this meeting with Wooyoung, who got back to them that today would be a perfect time for it since Boss didn't have much activities to do. So they got dressed up in their best suits, have the files that was given to them in a brief case, and hopes they can solve this shit tonight.

The tension is definitely high, so fucking high they Jimin literally had to shower three times because of badly overheated in nerves his body was getting.

But today is the day, they have to get their composure ready for that moment.

Whether they want to or not.

Once Jeongguk was done, he went down stairs to get the car started and talk with Ten on the area of the office where they're going to meet, meanwhile Jimin and Taehyung did some finishing touches on themselves.

In the midst of Taehyung adjusting his hair more properly in front of the mirror, he turns to Jimin pacing a little in the living room; the anxiety oozing out of him like the smoke pouring out of his lips from his pen.

It's not like they'll be alone either way, everyone will be watching. They'll make sure nothing happens to them. Even the heirs will be secretly around, so they definitely won't have anything to worry about.

That's something Taehyung deeply trusts on.

So with a small frown, he approaches Jimin and carefully grabs his elbow to hold him still.

The man looks at him, a little agitated, "What?"

Taehyung studied his face carefully, seeing the clear stress behind his stare, "Everything is going to be okay. This plan will work, you'll see."

Jimin grimaces, seeming like he wanted to believe in it but at the same time is gnawing in doubt, "What if it doesn't? What he pulls something last minute and we.... Dammit, this is driving me crazy-"

"Hey, it's alright," Taehyubg coes back, gently bringing him in his arms, hugging him tightly, "As long as the three of us got each other, we can overcome it. Okay?"

Jimin didn't say anything back to this but he did relax a bit more, letting himself believe Taehyung's words just for a moment to build up the confidence to go in there and finish the task-

A phone suddenly starts to ring, making the two pull away and Taehyung dig his phone out to see it's the one ringing. It's Felix, no doubt him informing them that it's time to head out.

Shit, the anxiety is killing him.

So Taehyung answered, "Felix, we'll be out in a sec-"

"DON'T GET OUT OF THAT BUILDING TAEHYUNG!"

The hysteria and panic in Felix's voice was definitely not something Taehyung was expecting, nor was he ready for, now glancing at Jimin with his throat drying up a little. Jimin noticed the look and perks a questioning eyebrow.

The fuck happened?

But Taehyung only runs his tongue over his own lips and tries to remain calm, "Felix calm down, what happened?"

There's a lot of noises in the background and so many voices that just left Taehyung on edge because it doesn't look so busy outside, and it usually isn't at this hour. The thought made him shuffle uncomfortable on his spot.

The fuck is going on-

A muffle is suddenly brushed on the mic and a new voice, "Hey Taehyung it's Ten. Look, you and Jimin absolutely cannot under any circumstance leave the penthouse. Shit went down outside and you need to stay indoors where you can be safe"

Taehyung is now growing more anxious, his eyes glittering in unease and it wasn't helping Jimin's forming anxiety by his facial expressions, so he took the phone and put it on speaker.

"What's going on?"

Ten hesitated, he clearly did because his breath grew uneven and a grunt echoes the mic piece.

"There's been an accident. The vehicle that Valencia, Lalisa and Gikwang were in had a crash. Police is here, shit is crazy right now, and we suspect that the car was possibly hijacked."

Taehyung nearly dropped the phone from his hands, but Jimin clasped his hand over his to keep it firm, despite how his own heart fucking dropped to the sudden slap across the face, "Are they okay?! The fuck you mean it was hijacked!?!"

"Ambulance came and took them away, assuming they're still alive and are being rushed to the emergency room," The two let out a breath of relief, "But we have another problem."

Jimin's hand tightens around Taehyung's when he saw him losing his balance, the tears glittering his eyes as though he's been punched on the chest.

There's more to this shit!?!

"What problem?"

Ten let's out a heavy breath, and the next words he muttered out made the phone lose its stability with the hands and had gravity dragging it down to the ground.

Shattering the glass like the light in their eyes.

"Jeongguk has been kidnapped, and we can't locate where he is."

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A/N:
Uh oh.....

Well..... A problem after problem just building up over each other.

This is going to be bad.

I PURPLE YOU! <333