"WE GOT SOMETHING!!!"

That must be the best news Jungkook has probably ever heard of in a long time, and that says a lot considering all the shit he went through with a miracle somehow always on his side to get him out of intense shit.

But this isn't just ordinary news, obviously.

Jungkook springs out of his chair and rushes towards Namjoon's side, who's attentively studying the security footage on the full screen of his computer.

It's a street footage. The buildings don't seem familiar to how they are in Korea, and there's way too many foreigners in sight as they pass by the camera but judging by the style it's definitely not a recent recording.

Hm... How is this a clue?

Where is this even from?

Jungkook's whole excitement drowned down, especially after seeing the date.

This footage is from three years ago.

Seriously? How is this relevant?

Would it reveal something from Taehyung's past?

"Namjoon? What does a street camera-"

Namjoon shushes him, "Just look."

If Namjoon is that serious, that must mean there is definitely something in that footage undoubtably.

Namjoon never fails to catch a clue, that's a fact.

So Jungkook remains still and kept an eye on the tape. Moments pass and suddenly a small boy walking down the sidewalk captures his attention; brunette head down with glasses while hugging his backpack close to his chest.

Jungkook's face falls upon seeing the small boy, feeling his heart clench to how defenseless he looks just by the small image alone.

So tiny.

So..... Weak.

Nothing like the man he sees on a daily basis now.

It's so obvious it was him too; the walk, the habit he has of ruffling with his hair to this day in a similar way like how he's doing in the film, the pouty lips and just.... Everything.

Hm, so this is Taehyung.

Or at least, was Taehyung.

When he was defenseless.

Jungkook follows with his hard eyes as small Taehyung passes by an alleyway, not realizing what awaited the second he passed by it. Brutally hard, Jungkook's heart dropped when these two men out of nowhere grabbed him and dragged him into into the shadows. By now Jungkook is intensely staring at the screen, glaring where once the small Taehyung stood, but now was nowhere to be found in the camera's radius, and the street camera doesn't show anything about what's going on through the alleyway.

What the fuck is going on?

They didn't.....

They wouldn't......

Did they?

Jungkook can't even begin to think what the hell is going on through there. And that mystery left him feeling incredibly distressed as though this was occurring in the present time.

He was just walking. Probably going home after a long day of school, thinking of playing video games all day or talking to his parents about how much school sucked.

Not this....

If this is what Jungkook thinks is going on, he can see why Taehyung began to wave with the bad guys.

To not have this happen again.

To grow a spine.

He was just a kid...

Shit, maybe he's thinking too far into this?

Long moments pass and Jungkook was growing anxious by the second, until he saw the two men walk out of the alleyway and turn to walk down the sidewalk as if it was nothing.

Taehyung's nowhere in sight.

Wait where's Taehyung?

By now Jungkook is squeezing hard onto Namjoon's shoulder in anxiety, slightly sighing in relief when he sees the small boy crawling into the camera's focus.

Wait back up...

Crawling?

Taehyung drags himself to the brick wall and sits down, curling his body close to him as he suddenly cries against his knees.

He cries.... Alone.

Hugging his legs.

Quivering.

No evident bruises.

They did.... They did that.

The signs are all there.

Jungkook has seen enough.

"Names and location of those two men and bring them to me," Jungkook mutters while grabbing his jacket.

Namjoon whirls around with furrowed eyebrows, "And where are you going? We still need to figure out-"

"Search for who he is that still hasn't changed. I need to go out," Jungkook grumbles and walks out the door.

I need to find Taehyung.

Taehyung frowns down to his eighth shot of vodka staring up at him, feeling his head start to swirl around him and his vision blurring.

Tonight was just one of those nights where he didn't feel the need to be cautious about his drinking at all, knowing that with a little more shots and he'll be a goner, even if he has a high tolerance.

His ex-gang are probably looking for a red-haired ghost by now.

Jungkook is too busy trying to figure out his identity.

At this moment, his biggest enemy is himself, and he needs to forget about everything for a while.

Just for a moment, to not lose his mind.

And not feel this evident distress about the war going on between his heart and head for his ravenette.

Taehyung sighs heavily before slamming the glass down against the counter, along with the money, and walks out of the bar, trying to keep his steps as steady as possibly but he knows he's somewhat stumbling.

He's just going to have to trust his body at this point to make it home.

The air is cool tonight, only shaking up his senses as Taehyung walks down the street, moving informally past people with a buzzing head.

It was a calm walk actually, well at least that's how it started.

Until his watch suddenly begins to ring.

He smiles widely and giggles childishly.

Time to pay one of Jungkookie's boys a visit.

Taehyung walks in the direction where Jungkook's apartment is, or where he thought it was, but got lost after taking a few wrong turns.

Okay, maybe this late wouldn't have been the best idea.

Fucking alcohol.

He's worse since he decided to drink that much in the first place.

Taehyung leans against a random wall of the outside of a store, closing his eyes to control his breathing and the alcohol running through his body, but it's pointless.

Yup, he shouldn't have drank so much.

His mind keeps swimming, and his body feels so numb, but he feels light.

A good type of feeling, as if he's floating.

Ah, it's so nice.

Now isn't the time for him to feel so effortless-

"Karma?"

Taehyung kept his eyes closed, humming towards the voice and the rapid footsteps approaching him.

Who the fuck would approach him so late at night?

Most importantly..... Who the hell knows his name?

Is it Jungkook?

No, Jungkook's voice is on the raspy side.

Would it be his main five? Paying him a visit? Watching him?

That'll be cute.

Wait but they don't know about Karma.

Karma....

Unless....

Fuck.

He peels his eyes open to see a blurred figure running up to him. After blinking a few times, Taehyung recognized the dim blue eyed and mess of blob brunette hair on the small man.

He looks so familiar....

Definitely not Jungkook or the main five.

He's a foreigner, like himself.

Just as predicted.

Uh oh.

"Who the fuck are you? I'm not Karma," Taehyung slurs and raised a finger, "My name is V."

The other furrows his eyebrows when he got to him and places a hand on his shoulder, "Karma it's me Nathan, you recognize me right?"

Taehyung closes his eyes for a moment and opens them, instantly finding recognition of the human before his eyes through his hazy memory.

"Aw fuck," Taehyung curses and slaps his hands away, "Get the fuck away from me! I don't want to go back!"

The other male looks around and grabs Taehyung's arm and drags him to a nearby alleyway.

What's with fucking alleyways!

"Unhand me you bitch!" Taehyung demands and weakly slaps Nathan's hand on his arm. Nathan lets him go once they were deep enough in the alleyway, making Taehyung pouts while rubbing his arm.

That hurts.

"Karma listen to me!" Nathan hisses while pushing him against the wall, causing Taehyung to whine in pain.

Fucking ouch!

Getting manhandled wasn't exactly on my agenda tonight.

"Boss is here and he is sending a whole team on the look out for you," Nathan says hushly with eyes looking around the area, "They know about Calum's death."

Calum....

Calummmm.....

Oh right Calum!

"Oh yeah him," Taehyung dismisses deadpanned, "I killed him since he was going to kill me!"

"And that is why they want to kill you because they suspect you're attacking back," Nathan says lowly and suddenly takes out his gun, studying it with his eyes.

All buzzing thoughts faded from Taehyung's mind. Now he grew more alerted as he stares between the gun and Nathan.

And he grasped the situation with a more clearer head.

As to why they're in an alleyway.

Oh no...

"Nathan," Taehyung warns cautiously, trying to gain back a bit of his conscious, "You don't have to do this."

Nathan's dark eyes suddenly meets Taehyung's and he raises the gun, pointing it to his forehead. Taehyung eyed the gun, slowly reaching for his gun to the back of his pants.

"You killed Tyler," Nathan whimpers, tears beaming his eyes with anger spreading them, "You knew how much I loved him! I didn't want to believe Harry..... But.... He was right. As long as you're breathing, you will only destroy everything in your path."

Taehyung gulps as stares pitifully at Nathan's tears streaming down his cheeks, seeing him viciously wipe them away, taking that time for Taehyung to grip his gun but freeze once Nathan uncoils the safety button.

"And now," He shutters, glaring into Taehyung's eyes, "You die."

A gun goes off.

Taehyung narrows his eyes, waiting for the impact of the bullet entering his body but it never came.

Since it didn't come from his gun.

Wait what?

Taehyung slowly opens his eyes to see Nathan's still in front of him, eyes wide with blood spreading like wildfire around his chest.

It wasn't me...

Nathan sudden jerks when another bang of a bullet echoes, hitting his skull and he drops to the ground.

With Jungkook standing behind him.

"No one has the right to kill you if it's not me," Jungkook growls annoyingly as he shoves the gun to his pants, sending a scowl to Nathan's corpse.

Taehyung is shaking by now, with this and the alcohol not making a good combination in his body.

Suddenly Taehyung starts to cry.

"Oh no - shit, baby," Jungkook coes and approaches him, bringing him in his arms, "It's okay, I won't let anything happen to you."

Taehyung huffs and pushes his body back, "It's not that you asshole!" He cries and wipes his eyes, "I had him! I wanted to kill him!" He whines stubbornly and stomps the ground with a deep pout on his lips.

And now the alcohol made him lose a spine, especially for his favorite boy.

Got to love that combination.

Jungkook stares at him for a moment or two, before shrugging, "Oh well, you didn't react fast enough."

Excuse you-

"Too slow?" Taehyung gaps, stepping closer to the other. Jungkook grins and steps back to the wall, letting Taehyung hover over him, "I'll show you who's fucking slow."

Taehyung smirks slowly to how Jungkook hums in amusement and feather's his lips over his, "I have something to tell you baby."

For a moment Taehyung's eyes widen in excitement, grinning widely, "Oh I love gossip! What is it?"

Jungkook smile kinda deflates a little though, especially as he breathes in Taehyung's face for a moment, but leans towards his ear, "I know why you don't like alleyways."

For a moment a fuzzy feeling overcame Taehyung's chest. No, not filled with butterflies or that warmness that would buzz his toes whenever he would be around Jungkook. It was a fuzzy feeling of intense dread. He steps back slowly, eying Jungkook for a moment as vivid memories struck his head.

"W-What?" He asks, playing off his panic with a gentle smile. He has mentioned once to Jungkook how he used to have a phobia of being around alleyways as a kid, but never explained why.

No one ever knew why.

Jungkook only eyed him carefully and pushes himself off the wall, "I know you were a scrawny little kid three years ago. Maybe that's why you always had this need to protect me, isn't it? Because you couldn't protect yourself?"

Taehyung blinks away the memories of him being pushed around the school walls, calling him names for being a nerdy little boy.

No.... How does Jungkook....

He's bluffing.

Taehyung smiles forcefully, "Is that so? Please continue to enlighten me."

His smile falters slightly when Jungkook continues to walk around him, arms to his back with a very deep and stern gleam in his eyes.

Taehyung shifts uncomfortably.

He feels like the prey, about to be attacked at any moment with just one wrong move.

And Jungkook wasn't coiling with him, which is leaving him more with nerves than before.

He's taking this far more serious than Taehyung has ever seen him.

"April 21st, 3 years ago, you were walking your merrily way from school, avoiding the world since no one understood you, and you were afraid of- well, basically of everyone," Jungkook continues lightly, making Taehyung start to shake his head slowly as he remembers that day as clear as day, "And what happened? You-"

Taehyung glowers his eyes, gritting his teeth together, "Don't."

Jungkook squints his eyes, "You got molested, didn't you?"

Taehyung's body is thrown to the ground, his head collided with the tin trash can, making a helpless yelp escape his lips.

"You're so tiny and pretty," one of the men gleams, his chaotic eyes staring down at the small Taehyung, "You must feel pretty too.

"Please don't," Taehyung whimpers, hugging his body together, tears streaming his eyes, "P-Please."

Taehyung breathes heavily, flinched hard to the bubbling pain stabbing his chest. He grips his hair tightly, trying to block out his small screams from echoing his head.

"Shut up, SHUT UP!"

"And what did you do? Crawled out of that alleyway, and did nothing," Jungkook growls against his ear, making Taehyung whimper in pain, "Weak. Pathetic. A coward. That's what you thought of yourself. And what did you do? Messed with the wrong peopl-"

Taehyung slams Jungkook against the wall, a hard hand to his throat with a lethal glare, "You don't know anything about me!" He screamed exasperated, his eyes swimming in tears as he tries to keep his glare firm.

"I will remember your pretty eyes," The man continues to taunt, his hand reaching to Taehyung's pants.

Taehyung screams, but the other man slaps a hand against his mouth, making him struggle harder as they unbutton his pants.

Jungkook only blinks at him, not a sheer sense of amusement piercing his gaze, but not one of gentle affection either, "Oh but I'm so close to seeing you, I would be digging my grave if I were you," He mocks moving against Taehyung's weak hand to get close to his face, "Because I will show you exactly what the leader of Oasis is capable of doing when you come after me."

Taehyung fought everything in him to not bash Jungkook's head repeatedly against the wall until he sees blood smudging against the brick wall, but he held himself back.

Even if his psychotic side is whispering words against his ear.

His affection for Jungkook is much stronger, as sad as it is.

Taehyung wanted him to dig, he's digging.

Even the shadows he didn't want him to see.

Good, he knows how to do his homework.

Taehyung needs to learn how to handle when Jungkook finds out news about him, after all, this is what he asked for.

It's far better than him disappearing from his life completely after all.

So he gulps thickly and keeps his head high, "I don't run anymore. I will be waiting for you, my nerdy boy."

Jungkook perks an eyebrow, a determined gleam in his eyes, "An exchange for this information, give me five hours."

"Four."

"Four hours and 30 minutes."

Taehyung ponders it for a minute before aggressively letting go of Jungkook's neck, "Done."

He feels so exposed, it's making him evidently feel uncomfortable. Jungkook knows the one thing Taehyung truly wanted to hide from the world. He doesn't know how Jungkook found out, but if he found that, who knows what other things he has access to.

Clearly, he underestimated Oasis, not a surprise.

Guess their system is far advanced than expected.

Taehyung will have to double check with his father's data base.

"Oh and I have a surprise for you," Jungkook gleams with a familiar maniac look behind his eyes as he leans to Taehyung's ear "I will let you know when you can see it though, it's not ready yet," He purrs seductively before biting gently on Taehyung's earlobe and chuckles drily before walking away.

Taehyung wasn't done yet though.

He grabs Jungkook by the elbow and yanks him back, grabbing his face and messily clammed their lips together.

He needed it.

He needed the reassurance that Jungkook doesn't hate him.

That he's still there.

And will continue to be there.

No matter what Taehyung's psychotic mind does to him.

Didn't need much motivation for Jungkook to give him just that with his strong tatted arms wrapping around his waist, holding him close to his body with lips eagerly moving against his.

It was a kiss that wasn't meant to last long, and it didn't.

With a final hard peck of their lips together, Jungkook smirks deviously at the other man while Taehyung grins with a gentle lip bite, drunken eyes staring at this lips before looking to his eyes.

No words were said, Jungkook only sends him a final wink and lets him go completely and walks away for certain this time.

Leaving Taehyung facing his own demons without his armor.

Not like he didn't know how to handle himself  with the shadows of the dark either way.

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A/N:
Wow I should be sleeping hahaha it's 4 am, have classes at 12:30, this is great hahaha well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Jungkook's personality as a leader of Oasis will start to pop out more, just be patient my lovelies.

Next story I'm update is Broken Dollies, Flames, Therapeutic Affairs and the Culpable. Busy busy day ahead hahaha :D

I PURPLE YOU GUYS!!! HAVE AN AMAZING DAY OR NIGHT HAHAHA <333