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"Now!!!" He yelled, his voice reverberating through the walls.

Slowly, Hoseok dipped his hand into his pocked, bringing out the key card.

Jungkook literally snatched it from him, and without looking back, he went for the door, opened it and dashed out, into the rain.

Hoseok punched the wall in anger, and his knuckles peeled as heavy hot breaths escaped his nostrils.

He bit his lip so hard that it began bleeding, and he paced around restlessly.

*

Jungkook jumped in the car outside, and thunder kept threatening to tear the sky down as he drove.

He drove past Jennie under the tree, and when he saw the helpless woman crying pitifully in the rain, he tightened his hands on the wheel and zoomed roughly out of the estate.

He dialled Rosé's line on his dialler, but she wouldn't pick, so he dialled Namjoon.

It's same with him too, and that made him start wondering what's actually really going on.

He tried to trace Jimin's phone location on his phone, but the coordinates are coming slowly because of the rain.

He couldn't even get a particular location, and that made him stop his car abruptly in the middle of the road, punching his wheel angrily.

He should have gone for him earlier, he shouldn't have let his anger and rage overshadow everything.

He should have done the saving earlier.

What if Taehyung already had his way with him?

Gawd knows he'd kill Taehyung and every single family member he has, but even if he kills, would it change anything?

Taehyung would have done the deed already.

That single thought made his eyes turn red again, and his bones stiffened under his flesh, making his head fall in chaos.

Taehyung..

Taehyung... he's gonna kill that bastard!

Think, Jungkook....think!

He got his phone again, restlessly tracking Namjoon's location instead.

The cemetery appeared on his screen, and he brought the car engines back to life, driving off crazily.

*

CEMETERY*

The race between Namjoon, Rosé and the three guys is still ongoing, and thanks to the fact that the cemetery is a wide property, there's enough space to run around.

They ran without stopping, but Rosé and Namjoon aren't taking it easy with them too despite the heavy rain.

They're jumping and flying every stunt with them.

Rosé grabbed a dangling tree branch she came across and held on to it, taking her two legs off the ground before throwing them forward, hitting the head of the first guy brutally.

He fell forward, and his neck got stuck in a pointed stick on the ground.

Blood erupted, and Rosé tilted her head, breathing hard as she landed beside him.

"Unlucky you" she said, looking ahead to see Namjoon catching the second one already.

He threw him a punch in the gut, and he fell flat too on the wet ground.

The third one couldn't go far before Rosé got him too, bringing him to the ground with a smart kick.

"Are we done playing? Who are you guys? Did you come back to get the bag? Where's Jimin?" She asked, squatting between the two bodies.

They kept groaning in pains without offering any answer, and she smirked.

"Get me the gun, Joon" she said, and Namjoon threw her one.

Immediately she caught it, the two guys sat on their arse in fear...

"We were only sent by the Kim family to sedate him and bring him to them. We forgot to take his bag which contains the evidence of attempted rape, so we were told to go come for it" the first one explained.

"Attempted rape? Meaning the rape didn't happen?" Namjoon asked quickly.

"Y-yes...he escaped after wounding their son...we did nothing wrong" the second one replied, and Rosé inhaled in relief.

"Thank gawd"

"Where's Jimin right now?" Namjoon asked, and the two exchanged glances.

"Where's Jimin?" Namjoon repeated the question, and when they kept the silence up, Rosé shot the first one on the shoulder.

His scream of agony and his gushing blood made the second one speak up immediately...

"Smallest building in the slums, five minutes drive from here"

Namjoon took their phones and smashed them, then Rosé tied them up back to back on the ground.

They left the cemetery, but a minute after, Jungkook arrived.

Merely seeing the tied scapegoats, he knew Namjoon and Rosé are behind it.

"Where did they go?" He questioned with the calm he borrowed.

"The slums, smallest building." The bleeding one replied in tears, and Jungkook ran out of the place immediately.

He's not sure who, but he'd kill again tonight, be it Taehyung or anyone else at all.

If Taehyung touched a thread of Jimin hair or even breathed near him, he'd make him stop breathing and snatch his life away from him.

Completely.

The rain was still pouring as he got back in his car and left the cemetery too.

*

SLUMS*

Rosé and Namjoon were panting as they came out of the car, back into the rain.

There are about twenty buildings in the area, built side by side, and they're all of medium sizes, but only one of it looks smaller than the others.

Sensing that it's what they're looking for, they ran towards it and Namjoon pushed the door open with his boot, but they met emptiness.

Neither Jimin nor the Kim couples are there.

"Did the boys lie to us?" Rosé said breathlessly.

"I don't think so, they must have sensed some foul play when the boys took too long to come back. I'm sure they haven't moved far, let's move" Namjoon replied, and they ran out of the building again.

There are floods all-over the place, several erosive cracks and potholes, it's all a mess, but they maneuvered through everything till they're almost at the end of the slum, then they sighted them.

The Kim couple.

They're dragging Jimin with a chain towards a waiting car beside a forest, and there are five guys around them for protection.

Jimin's cries could be heard even despite the distance between them.

He's cursing them and yelling at the same time.

"Those mad peeps!" Rosé seethed in anger and was about to jump to the other side with Namjoon when someone jumped over from behind, faster than them.

He landed on the other side, and they look shocked when they saw his face.

Jungkook!

When did he even get here?

He was holding his gun tight, nose flaring as he ran towards the criminals in a fit of rage.

Namjoon and Rosé exchanged glances and smiled.

"I knew he'd come" Rosé said.

"Didn't really expect it, but it's all good" Namjoon shrugged.

They didn't even bother to jump. They stayed where they are and watched the show from there.

Jungkook hit the barell of his gun on the head of the first guy he met, and he went flat into the flood, making the couples stop with the remaining four guys.

Immediately they turned, Jungkook jammed the gun barrel into the eye of another guy, and blood ran down that eye like tears as he went down into the flood too.

"Jeon Jungkook?" Mr. Kim recognized him immediately.

"Might have to change my name because of y'all motherfuckers" Jungkook replied gravelly, shooting down the remaining three guys.

It's a silent gun, so it's soundless.

Their blood mixed with the flood beautifully as they fell in too, and they got carried away.

The couple stood gummed together beside the car as Jungkook started walking to them with completely dark eyes, like a wounded lion's.

"We weren't planning to kill him, the plan was to compel him to keep quiet by offering him billions. Taehyung didn't do anything, he was the one who hurt him and he's currently fighting for his life!" Mr. Kim quickly said, and Jungkook smirked ominously.

"Fighting for his life? I'll find him and take that life from him, then he'd meet you both in hell" he replied, and their eyes widened at once.

Before they could say another word, he already shared bullets to their foreheads, and they fell on each other on the ground, forming a large heap in the flood.

Jungkook's arm went back down, and his breaths came out ragged as he watched the flood carry them away too.

He shifted his gaze to the car and opened it to find Jimin inside.

He has actually been pushed in before he got to them earlier.

He was looking so helpless and shaking with cold, and with the look in his pale eyes, Jungkook knew his lenses melted already and he's currently not seeing anything.

Gently, he carried him out of the car, and merely inhaling his scent made Jimin know who it is, but he dared not talk.

He hung his arms on his neck, feeling so embarrassed and guilty and tongue-tied at the same time as Jungkook began taking him out of the slum.

Jimin's not even wearing anything on his feet. Her slipons fell off when he was kidnapped, so he's barefoot, and his underfoot is so damn red like a baby's right now as a result of the cold.

He stayed silent till Jungkook got back to the road and placed him in the car despite his wetness.

"How did you find us?" Rosé asked.

"By chance" Jungkook replied coolly, and Namjoon patted him.

Jungkook replied with a nod.

Namjoon drove off in the second car, but Rosé stayed with Jimin in Jungkook's car while Jungkook drove them.

The rain was starting to stop, and he even made a detour at a clothing store where Rosé helped Jimin change into dry heavy clothes.

She got him new lenses too, original expensive ones this time___with Jungkook's black card.

Immediately Jimin's sight came back, he couldn't even look Jungkook in the eye, though he's not looking at him either.

Jimin kept his head down, and Rosé kept stroking his hair till they arrived at the estate.

Jungkook left the car immediately, going into the second mansion without looking back.

Jimin bit his tongue hard as he came out with Rosé, and Jennie rushed out of the annex.

"Jimin!!" She gasped, engulfing him in a tightass hug immediately.

She began shedding tears of joy.

"Why did you scare me so much? You're the only one I have yunno?"

"I'm so sorry mum, it won't happen again" Jimin sobbed.

"What exactly happened, huh?" Jennie broke the hug to hold his face.

"I was almost raped" he sniffled, and Jennie gasped.

"No...no it's...how?" She said shockingly.

"Taehyung is a serial rapist. It's our fault for not telling him on time" Rosé said.

"No it's mine. I should have allowed Jungkook to talk at the cemetery" Jimin shook his head.

"Taehyung? Same nice Taehyung? Oh no" Jennie gasped, shedding tears again

"He'll be punished, trust me. Kook will take care of him. You should go to bed, Cheeks. You need the rest" Rosé said.

"But... Jungkook is...

"Of course is mad mad at you, but this ain't the time to settle. Go to bed we'll talk about it tomorrow morning" Rosé said, and Jungkook nodded.

Reluctantly, he allowed Jennie to take him away, and Rosé entered the second mansion, but she gasped when she saw the game room door is down, and Hoseok is sitting in the living room with a bloodstained back.

Namjoon is standing in front of the shattered door too, staring in shock.

"What the hell happened here?" Rosé asked slowly.

"You already know" Hoseok replied blandly, lightening a cigar.

"Captain wouldn't hurt you if you didn't give him a reason to" Namjoon replied defensively.

"And the reason had to be that bitchy Jimin?" Hoseok stood with the smoke on his lips.

"Oh mate, I can stay still and listen to anything else but not you calling my boy a bitch. Did you see him fucking around? Yes he made a mistake but I'm sure he learnt his lesson already so quit this!" Rosé snapped seriously.

"You both aren't aware that he was the one he caught at the initiation, are you?" Hoseok scoffed, and their eyes widened.

"What!"

"See? If care is not taken, I'd clear him myself" Hoseok said bitterly and entered the game room.

Namjoon and Rosé rushed upstairs to meet Jungkook in his room.

He's sitting at the edge of his bed, holding a bottle of vodka, his favorite alcohol.

"It was Jimin at the initiation?" Namjoon asked straight.

Jungkook drank from his bottle, not replying at all.

"What if Lord Kim finds out? He'd kill him" Rosé said, and Jungkook looked up.

"Maybe if I'm already dead by then" he said simply, and they both sighed.

Namjoon took the bottle from him to drink, and Rosé left the room.

Tonight was hectic, and she's so darn tired.

"Rosé" Yoongi called from the stairs, and she smiled automatically,.

"Hey kiddo... you're here"

His mood changed immediately.

"I'm not a child. I'm seventeen, just three years younger than you" he muttered, and she smiled again.

"Are you spending the night here tonight?"

"Yeah, in Namjoon's room, but you can have this" he brought out a really small doll, the size of a palm.

"What's this?" She asked.

"A dreamcatcher. Just fold your palm on it while going to sleep, it'd swallow your bad dreams" he explained, and she chuckled.

"Thank you" she stroked his hair softly.

He smiled wide, and she bade him goodnight before entering her room.

*

ANNEX*

The time is 11pm, but Jimin has no sleep in his eyes.

Jennie spent the night in his room tonight, and she's already fast asleep beside him, but sleep is perfectly eluding him.

Jungkook is all he could think of in his small head.

How to apologize to him for his folly.

Jungkook came for him again after what he did, and that almost made him start crying because he's aware he doesn't deserve it at all.

He slowly got down from the bed, making sure he didn't wake Jennie.

He walked to the mirror and checked his neck out.

It's still so red as a result of the chains, and it hurts, but it'd surely reduce before daybreak.

He sat on the chair and opened the table drawer, bringing out the dice bracelet he picked at the cemetery, Jungkook's bracelet.

It smells like him, and he bit his lip slightly, dropping it to get his phone.

He went online and began searching for HOW TO APOLOGIZE TO A PERSON.

He got several suggestions from the internet, but they all require money which he doesn't have.

He opted for the last one... Meal.

He tiptoed out of the annex and slithered into the main mansion.

He successfully entered the kitchen and started trying to make something.

*

BANG CHAN CASTLE*

Like a king's abode, the castle is magnificent and gigantic... it's a tourism-worthy place because of the paradisiacal features.

There are several floors, but Chan himself stays at the penthouse on the last floor.

The lights in that particular floor are still on, and it's glittering in all it's richness.

Chan came out of his house office and met his personal bodyguard waiting in front with a bow.

"Here" he gave him a girl's picture, and the guard took it.

"Her name?" He asked respectfully.

"No idea, I met her once 19 years ago. Find him" Chan replied, and the guard bowed again

"Yes boss"

He left the penthouse, and Chan made a slow walk show to the living room.

He turned on the TV and grimaced when Jeon Haeyung came on screen with his political allies and the president.

"Haeyung...long time no see" Chan smiled lethally.

*

NEXT MORNING, HYUNJIN'S PLACE*

The band will be releasing their comeback album unfailingly next month, and practices start this week.

Wooyoung is the songwriter, and after working with the team for several nights, he submitted the lyrics last night.

Hyunjin came downstairs feeling refreshed with the cold morning breeze.

Surprisingly, he met Seokjin sitting downstairs already, watching TV.

He even served himself some juice, placing his legs on the center table.

"Hey what do you think you're going?" Hyunjin smirked, and Seokjin stood with a large smile.

"Aren't we besties? You said I could come anytime. Good morning" he said, and Hyunjin scoffed.

"Hyunjin!" Wooyoung rushed in suddenly, startling them.

"What's up? Why the rush?" Seokjin asked fast.

"Taehyung is missing, and his parents were found dead in a slum this morning with their five protectors!" Wooyoung wailed, and Hyunjin gasped.

"What!"

*

JEON ESTATE, KITCHEN*

Jimin was even unaware of when the day broke.

He had slept off in the kitchen after several efforts to make an apology meal for Jungkook last night.

Yoongi came into the kitchen and smiled when he saw him asleep with his head on the island.

He got a canned drink from the freezer and placed it on his cheek.

Jimin woke up with a jump, and Yoongi laughed.

"Whoa! You made a lot!" He said, looking at the food tray on the island.

Jimin quickly went to check the steamed ribs on fire, and he smiled when he saw it's cooked already.

He served it and placed it on the tray with the other meals.

"Who's all that for?" Yoongi asked.

"Secret" he replied, leaving the mansion.

He was on his way to the second mansion when he saw Jungkook in front of it already.

He's not alone though, he's with a vet doctor who brought him a dog, and the cute blonde dog is busy jumping on him and like they've known each other for a long time.

Jungkook has a large smile on his face, and Jimin could swear it's the first time he saw him smiling genuinely.

It looks freaking good on him.

The doctor eventually left, and Jungkook took the dog to the annex surprisingly.

Jimin followed, and he climbed a staircase which led to the annex rooftop.

It's where Jennie washes at whenever she wants to do hand-wash clothes.

There are several clothesline there too, for drying.

Jungkook settled on a bench, and the dog kept crying happily.

He stroked it's fur fondly, and that was when he sighted Jimin.

He looked up, and Jimin almost froze, but he gulped and moved closer, avoiding his eyes till he got to him and dropped the food tray beside him on the bench.

He stood straight, straightened his shorts and blinked countlessly.

"I... I'm...

"Don't" he cut him off sharply, and their eyes met.

"Huh?"

"Just do what you fucking want, Jimin. Anytime you say sorry, you end up upgrading to a worse level" he replied uninterested, and Jimin felt his chest slinging as he stood.

Jungkook started taking the dog away, and Jimin quickly blocked him, his(Jungkook) height covering him completely.

"I... I mean it this time. If I behave like a dummy again, throw me away and do anything you want. I'm really very sorry, for the slaps. I'll change, I promise" he said in a rush, and Jungkook sighed.

"And... thanks for saving me last night. I won't ever take it for granted again" he said, and when his blank face still persisted, Jimin smiled awkwardly.

"I hope you enjoy the...food." He said and turned at once.

He might start stuttering again if he says more.

He got the biggest shock of the year when he was suddenly pulled back, and in the next minute, he was in Jungkook's arms.

Jungkook hugged him so fucking tight, and he lost all of his air immediately.

Did he just...

"You smell like salad" he whispered.

"I spent all night in the kitchen" he replied, and Jungkook tightened the hug.

Jimin smiled and raised his hands to the back of his neck, wrapping them there before standing on his toes so the hug deepened so much.

Meanwhile, Lisa is watching from the stairs...she actually trailed Jimin here.

She folded her fists tight, and her nails dug into her palm in the process.

She waltzed back to the main mansion, her gown flowing behind her till she opened her room door and stepped in.

She picked a heels shoe from her rack and threw it at the mirror, smashing it.

She got her phone and unlocked it.

Jungkook is the home screen wallpaper with several hearts surrounding him.

She smashed the phone too and started crying, holding her head with two hands

"Jimin...not you, at all"

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TBC.