a few days had gone by and there were no updates on the case. the boys had all been staying at yoongi and tae's house and were constantly calling the boys' dedicated officers trying to figure out what was taking so long. the only information they could provide was that they were working hard on the case and would hopefully have updates for them soon.

yoongi had already taken two days off of work and needed to get back- as did all the other boys, but nobody wanted to leave hoseok and jungkook until they knew the boys were safe.

"this is shit," yoongi said, irritated, "he fucking assaulted both of you. they need to scoop his ass up and take him to prison already. this is ridiculous."

hoseok, taehyung, and jungkook were all sitting on the couch, while yoongi was pacing around the room due to frustration. namjoon and jin had ran to go grab all the boys coffee- figuring everyone was probably in need of some caffeine.

"yoongi, it's okay. they're doing the best they can. we just have to wait a little longer. we should probably hear something by today," hoseok said, standing up and walking over to him, grabbing his hand.

yoongi was pulled from his frustrations and looked to hoseok, feeling his face soften just from seeing the other.

"i know. i'm just upset."

"don't be. everything's gonna be okay," hoseok said, brushing the bangs out of yoongi's face.

taehyung just watched the two from the couch, smirking. it was obvious that the two liked each other, so he didn't understand why they weren't together yet.

all of a sudden, a phone ringing broke everyone from their thoughts.

jungkook looked down at the phone in his hand- immediately answering it.

"hello, jungkook?"

"hi! is this officer lee?"

"yes. i'm calling to let you know we have made an advancement in your case. the oic officer assigned to your case went and investigated the restaurant you work at with a search warrant. he was sure to check the cameras and noticed that the footage from the days in question that took place at the restaurant were gone. he also managed to find some... intimate products and sexual devices in park jimin's office."

jungkook's eyes went big and his breath hitched, flashing back to when the toys were used on him.

"when we tested the sexual devices for dna, they matched to the dna samples you provided us with. and, on top of all that, two of your other male co-workers came forward to say that park jimin had made them feel threatened and uncomfortable before on multiple occasions. with all the evidence we collected, we were able to take him into custody. we would appreciate if you would come down to the station tomorrow to answer a few more questions and to take some more dna samples."

"yes, yes of course. thank you so much. this is great news."

"no problem. i'll call you again if there's anymore updates."

"yes, please do. thanks again!"

jungkook heard his phone beep, signaling that the man had hung up. he looked over and noticed that hoseok was just ending a call as well.

the boys immediately ran over to each other and embraced tightly. knowing the man was being held in a jail cell where he couldn't hurt them anymore lifted a huge weight off of both of their shoulders.

all the others had been listening in on the phone calls, running over to celebrate as well.

namjoon and jin had gotten back at some point during their calls, too.

once jungkook parted away from hoseok, he immediately felt taehyung leaning in to embrace him.

jungkook felt a difference in the hug he had with hoseok and the hug with taehyung- he just couldn't tell what the difference was. both the hugs felt nice, it wasn't like one made him feel bad. they were just different. all jungkook knew was he felt his heart rate pick up when tae put his arms around him.

"this is amazing, kookie. congrats," taehyung said, his boxy smile on show.

"it is. t-thanks," jungkook said, blushing.

as soon as joon stopped hugging hoseok, yoongi walked over to hoseok and hugged him tightly.

"you got him," yoongi whispered, softly.

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it was the next day and yoongi really needed to get back to work. namjoon and jin had went back to their own houses- as far as they all knew. hoseok and jungkook stayed at yoongi's, though, because taehyung and yoongi had insisted they watch over them for at least one more day.

yoongi was getting ready for work, while hoseok was asleep on his bed. he had to leave soon, so he decided to wake hoseok up and tell him he was leaving,

"hoseok," yoongi said, sitting down on the bed beside him.

hoseok didn't wake up.

yoongi heisted for a minute, but then scooted closer to hoseok. not too close, just close enough to grab his shoulder.

he ran his fingers over hoseok's arm and called out his name again, voice barley over a whisper.

"hoseok, wake up," yoongi said, softly.

hoseok shifted slightly, blinking his eyes open.

"yoongi?" he said, with his groggy morning voice, "what is it?"

"i-i have to go to work today. i'm gonna leave in a few minutes."

"what?" hoseok asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes, not wanting yoongi to leave him.

"i would take off, but i've already missed too many days. i'm sorry."

"oh... that's okay," hoseok said, trying to hide the sadness in his voice, "it's not like it's your job to just sit around and look after me. i'll be fine. i need to move on at some point and get on with my life."

hoseok hopped of the bed and walked into yoongi's bathroom, grabbing his tooth brush and beginning to brush his teeth.

namjoon had brought him some of his things, so he could stay there for a few days.

"hoseok," yoongi said, walking over to him, "don't say that. what you went through is a big deal, okay? you can take all the time you need to process and deal with it, that's normal. you're human. and i... i care about you... a lot. you're not a burden to me, okay? i love having you here and being with you, so don't you ever think that i don't."

hoseok rinsed his mouth out and put down his toothbrush.

"i'm just so confused, yoongi. about everything. before all this shit everything seemed so simple, so easy. now it's like i don't even know what's going on."

yoongi sighed, looking straight into hoseok's eyes.

"i know it's hard. i know everything seems different, but you just need to remember everything you had- before what happened. all that stuff is still here."

hoseok looked at yoongi, fondly.

he was right.

everything he cared about was still here.

yoongi was still here. right in front of him.

"y-you're right. thank you."

"of course," yoongi said, breaking his eyes away from him, "why don't you come to work with me? it gets so boring, it'll be fun to have you there."

hoseok smiled, brightly.

"...okay. i've been wanting to dye my hair again, too. would you have time to do it today?"

yoongi laughed, shaking his head.

"i don't know if that's a good idea."

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hey peeps🐣

man this corona shit has rlly gotten crazy over the last few days. i hope you all are doing okay! please stay safe bbys!