"So?" the man looked askance through the window of his car.
"He's dead. No one would have survived such an accident, his car exploded." the man next to the car shook his head, grinning. "Great!" the man in the car smiled crookedly and his eyes gleamed viciously. "For now, take a few weeks off and wait for my call!" The man next to the car nodded and disappeared into the crowd

"Nabi, everything will be fine, Namjoon said they're coming home any minute." Ae Ri stroked Nabi's back soothingly as she jumped anxiously at every sound in the house. Dae Hyun's words were deep in her mind, and she would calm down only when Jungkook returned.
It had been several hours, it was dark outside, Dae Hyun left in the early afternoon, so where were they? Nabi was sure that Namjoon and Jungkook had informed that he was in the house. If all went well, Jungcook would be here in a rage by now.
Her heart was pounding. She sensed that something had happened, and fear had gripped her throat.
"I'm home." Nabi jumped at the sound of Namjoon's voice. She runs to the front door. Namjoon stood there with his head bowed, his clothes torn and burnt. Behind him came V, Jimin, and Suga.
Nabi was trying to peek behind them, waiting for Jungkook to show up. Rising on her toes, she stared at the door. "Namjoon, where's Jungkook?" she looked at him briefly and tried to look over his shoulders again.Namjoon did not answer. With his head bowed and his shoulders bowed, he dared not look at her. "Namjoon, what happened?" Ae Ri stood in front of him, forcing him to look at her. She took a step back, covering her mouth with her hands.
She had never seen so much pain in anyone's eyes. Suga, V, and Jimin stood behind him, their eyes on the ground as if they wanted it to open and engulf them.
"Namjoon, where's Jungkook?" Nabi looked at him with a smile. His heart stopped looking at those eyes full of love and hope. Namjoon couldn't stand it and lowered his head again. "For God's sake, Namjoon, where's Jungkook?" Ae Ri asked in a trembling voice, her tears already flowing, knowing what he would tell her."We were being persecuted ..." he began, but could not finish. Squeezing his lips, his tears welled up. "Jungkook's car ... exploded." Jimin clenched his fists, trying to avoid the need to look up.
Nabi looked at him questioningly, and she approached him, standing between him and Namjoon. "Jimin, where's Jungkook?" she asked softly, and he shook his head. "We couldn't get him out in time." Jimin whispered and looked at her with tears in his eyes.The slap echoed so loudly that everyone jumped. "Where's my husband, Jimin ?!" Nabi asked coldly again, looking at him angrily. "I'm sorry!" he bowed his head again. "Nabi ..." Namjoon tried to hug her, but she pushed his hands away. "Where is my husband!" Nabi shouted and attacked Jimin, hitting where she could. Jimin didn't move, absorbing all the rage she was pouring on him. V and Namjoon tried to catch her, but she fought back, striking after Jimin.
"Nabi!" Ae Ri shouted and hugged her, locking her arms close to her body. "Where's Jungkook? Where's my husband?" Nabi shouted hysterically. The four men stood speechless against her. Nabi was screaming, kicking, drowning in tears and asking the same questions.
"Where's Jungkook?" Nabi asked wearily, no longer fighting, no more hitting, no more crying. She felt squeezed, empty, and heavy. Her tears flowed by themselves, unable to cry, fighting for air, trying to dismiss what she already knew. Her body hung in Ae Ri's arms, sliding them both to the floor. Her lips whispered his name like a prayer, waiting for an answer from him. V fell to his knees in front of her, wrapping his arms around her, he freed her from Ae Ri's arms and lifted her into his arms.
"Where is he, V?" she asked, hugging him around the neck. "You had to protect him. You had to protect him." she sobbed, leaving herself in his arms as he carried her to her bedroom.Laying her on the bed, he fell to his knees again, holding her hand. "I'm sorry, Nabi, I couldn't save him this time, I'm sorry!" he whispered softly. She looked at him and his heart ached. These eyes, so large, bright, and always full of happiness and love, now looked at him with such anguish that his breath stopped and it was as if he could physically feel life flowing from them.
Her tears wet the pillow, but she no longer responded. Without Jungkook, her life was meaningless, empty, cold, unwanted. V watched in horror as these loving eyes slowly emptied, watching the abyss absorb the glow, replacing it with darkness and emptiness.

"How is she?" Namjoon looked at Ae Ri across the table. She shook her head. The only time Nabi left the bedroom was for Jungkook's funeral.
"At least she's eating something?" he sighed, losing his appetite. "No." Ae Ri was also digging into the food. "I don't know how to help her, Namjoon." Ae Ri pushes the plate aside. Her tears wet her cheeks, her heart ached to see Nabi like that."It's been a week, and she's just crying or staring blankly at the ceiling." Ae Ri shrugged and sighed. "She doesn't react to anything, not even V." she shook her head.
Namjoon bowed his head. He himself had no idea what to do. Nabi didn't talk, didn't sleep, didn't eat, as if she didn't want to live anymore. She did not even react to the funeral. People passed by, expressing condolences, and she just stared blankly and into the weightlessness held by V and Ae Ri. She was blind and deaf to their pleas to eat, she refused even water. "What are we going to do, Namjoon? She's killing herself slowly." he looked at his wife and shook his head. "I don't know, honey, I just don't know." he sighed and leaned back, his head bowed.
"Jungkook!" they both jumped up and ran up the stairs. Namjoon ran into the bedroom first.

Nabi had curled up by the bed, crying and shouting Jungkook's name. It was as if a knife had pierced his heart as his wife fell beside her and hugged her. Her cries tore at his mind like red-hot iron, and he gritted his teeth, cursing Dae Hyun, swearing to kill him with his own hands.
The bastard even came to express his condolences, as if it wasn't his fault, as if he wasn't doing it to them.
He stared at Nabi's blank stare again. He approached them and pushed Ae Ri away, took Nabi in his arms and put her back to bed.

She didn't resist, didn't move, returning to the abyss in which she had lived for the past week. He stood up and hugged Ae Ri. They both stared at her helplessly. "I'll stay with her tonight." Namjoon nodded. Everyone took turns sleeping with her, fearing she might do something stupid. Most often, one of the girls or V. Jimin refused to come, feeling guilt that was eating him. The only time he came to see her, he tried to provoke her to attack him again, but when Nabi didn't react, he left, got drunk almost to death, and nearly killed a bartender.