Third Person's P.O.V :-

Taehyung got out of the room only to see Jin standing outside, tears running down his face as it seemed like he had heard everything that had gone down in the room.

Taehyung knew Jin had feelings for Namjoon. Perhaps that's why he never even entertained the thought of his Namjoon hyung ever looking at him like that because in his head, Namjoon hyung had Jin hyung with him.

But now...

Wrong yet again.

Taehyung felt frustrated. He wanted to take it out on someone and who's a better candidate than his Jin hyung?

"Were you listening to that whole thing?" Taehyung asked,"Did you hear everything he said?" He added, not even bothering to be kind and try to wipe off the tears from Jin's face.

Jin just stared back at Taehyung, feeling sympathetic and apologetic. He couldn't believe that underneath everything Namjoon was conspiring for something like that.

"Namjoon is a creep! He told me I should just choose him and forget about Jimin because I resemble my dead sister!" Taehyung said, not even caring how much bitter words were pouring out of his mouth.

"He thinks I should just move on from Jimin, he thinks that I should choose him instead and he thinks him just being with me and forcefully sleeping with me will magically make me fall for him" He added, his voice filled with anger and disgust.

"He still thinks that just because I look like my sister, I can be his new Taeri and that when I was grieving over my dead sister, I was actually trying to SEDUCE him!" He snapped in a loud voice.

"Tae-Taehyung, I-" Jin sniffled,"I had no idea he wanted to-" But before Jin could even speak further Taehyung cut him off.

"And why not, huh? Aren't you the responsible hyung? The one who's in charge of everything here?" Taehyung countered as he took an angry step towards him.

"You knew about Taeri's plan, you knew about her being violated, you knew more about the Jeon and Park too so WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOW?!" He yelled at Jin, making the oldest Kim flinch.

"Answer me, come on!" Taehyung yelled at Jin while glaring at him furiously,"You ought to be aware a little right? After all, I know you're not as clueless as you look" He hissed hatefully.

Jin stepped back in fear,"N-no, I just thought he was being protective-"

"Protective?" Taehyung asked with a bitter laugh,"Jin hyung, tell me, does making me sleep with the enemy whom I despised just to extract a petty revenge on your dead fiance sound like protectiveness to you?!" He snarled.

"Taehyung.. please-" Jin tried to speak.

"No, because he might be your beloved Joonie but to me he just proved himself to be nothing more than a nuisance!" Taehyung gritted out as he angrily looked away,"And what about you?" He suddenly asked, making Jin confused.

"What..?" Jin whispered unable to comprehend.

Taehyung glanced back mockingly,"And what is your hidden agenda? Do you have a desire to bed me as well? Because then we'd come to a full circle!" He hissed hatefully as he shoved Jin back a little.

Jin stared at Taehyung in shock and pity,"Taehyung, please, calm down, let's just sit down and figure this out" He whispered out and stepped closer to touch Taehyung's shoulder but the other held up his hand in warning.

"Don't." Taehyung hissed threateningly as he glared at Jin.

Tears ran down Jin's face as he hesitantly retreated his hand back,"Taehyung, I was.. always, doing this for my friend Taeri, because I couldn't save her in spite of knowing everything, the guilt eats me away, she always jokingly told me to look after you if anything happened to her, you're my responsibility, Tae, I would never dare look at you that way" He tried to explain while his voice trembled and broke.

"This is the last thing I needed right now" Taehyung said as he fixed his hard stare on Jin,"Your tears make no difference to me, not anymore" He said bluntly,"What matters is whether you'd help me or not" He uttered and waited for an answer.

"Help..?" Jin whispered, a little perplexed,"With what, Tae?" He asked.

"I'm taking matters up into my own hands since you guys have proven yourselves to be useless" Taehyung gritted out,"Extracting petty little revenges, setting me up with the enemy, running a cafe in Seoul, I bet you guys enjoyed your fair share of side quests" He ridiculed with a hint of anger.

"If you choose to join hands with me, you'll do whatever I'll ask you to do, without. any. questions." He uttered through clenched teeth,"And if you do not wish to do so, see yourselves out, I'm sure you guys know where the door is" He said furiously.

"Taehyung..." Jin whispered sadly as he took a step forward,"I'll always choose you, I'll always choose us, we're in this together, I promised your sister, even if Joonie had a hidden agenda, I had none, you have to trust me, Tae, my goal since the very begining has always been fulfilling Taeri's vision and wishes" He sniffled.

"Jin hyung." Taehyung said firmly,"I don't have time or energy to deal with any of this right now" He added quietly, feeling too overwhelmed, "I need some space to gather myself" He said as he left the area.
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"Why didn't you tell me?" Jungkook whispered into the quiet and dark basement as he stared at the ground hopelessly,"If you knew my bullet had missed her, why didn't you tell me?" He asked again as he slowly glanced up at Jimin.

Jimin lowered his gaze in shame,"My dad forbed me" He whispered as he prayed for the conversation to end already.

"I've hated you for the longest time for this you know?" Jungkook suddenly mumbled, gaining Jimin's attention,"In that friends with benefit arrangement... I was being an ass towards you on purpose" He said, still finding solace in pacing out while staring at the floor,"I wanted to hurt you..."

Jimin grimaced,"I figured" He answered, smiling in irony,"But I stayed.. honestly, I don't even know what I was trying to do, maybe I was trying to punish myself? It sounds stupid now that I think about it, honestly" He whispered with low spirits.

Jungkook pressed his lips together,"Why? Why were you trying to punish yourself in such a humiliating way?" He voiced out his query.

Jimin smiled in irony,"Guilt?" He asked as he looked at Jungkook's shrunken figure tied back to the wooden chair while he again sat there tied to the metal pole.

"Whatever happened with Choi Taeri...well, Kim Taeri, I have never quite been able to forgive myself for it, I used to have nightmares about it and I felt bad about breaking your heart in the process too..you guys looked..so happy together, who would have known she was scheming something like that?" Jimin said more to himself than to Jungkook.

"After that incident, every night I used to look at myself and question reality, I never, in my wildest dreams, ever fathomed that I'd be the eyewitness of something like that..." He mumbled,"And you...you looked so broken after that entire thing...I just..I.." Jimin trailed off, unable to complete his sentence.

"Decided to become the angel in question once again?" Jungkook said as he looked at Jimin with a hard look.

Jimin's frame visibly faltered as he looked at the ground,"Something like that.." He whispered faintly.

After that an eerie silence settled over the room as both participants bowed their heads.

"Do you still have feelings for Taehyung?" Jungkook asked out suddenly.

Jimin froze for a bit as he heard the question,"What's the point of asking me when you already know the answer?" He whispered as he bit his lips in nervousness,"And...what about you..?" He whispered softly.

"I don't think my feelings matter at this point anymore.." Jungkook whispered,"It never mattered and neither it ever will, at least not to Taehyung..." He mumbled and bit his lips,"I'm surprised I'm even alive at this point.." He whispered as he smiled bitterly.

"Jungkoo-" Jimin tried to speak up but he was cut off midway.

"Have I done something?" Jungkook asked out as he looked at Jimin with a frown,"When did I become unlovable? You knew me since childhood, I wasn't like this, you know that right?" He asked, starting to feel breathless,"So then why? Why are things like this? When did it all started going south?" He asked as tears welled up in his eyes.

"You can't help it...none of us can.." Jimin whispered,"Whatever happened was unfortunate, whatever is happening right now is also unfortunate.." He uttered sadly.

"Has it become a habit of yours to deem things unfortunate and move on?"

Both Jimin and Jungkook froze momentarily as a very familiar voice rung in their ears.

Both of them slowly turning their heads towards the entrance of the basement and saw Taehyung standing there with a fresh pair of pajamas and messy damp hair.

A harsh glare penetrating through both of them.
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A/n :- Pray for Jimin and Jungkook.

Question of the chapter :-

How do you think Taehyung will treat both of his hostages?

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