Taehyung's POV-

*RING* *RING* *RING*

"Hey Mrs. Jeon."

"Hi dear. Are you there with him? How is he?"

"He had a seizure during the night but it was minor. The nurse said that this morning he did the same small movements he's been doing with his right hand every once in a while, just a light sqeeze or a finger twitch, but other than that no changes." I pause, then ask, "Have you been able to find anything?"

"She has her people tight lipped and has covered her tracks. Not even with the connections I have can we find solid evidence that links her to anything." She huffs with annoyance.

The line goes silent for a few beats before she says through what I'm sure are gritted teeth, "She did this Taehyung. She did this to my son. I'm going to find the proof and I'm going to take her down. She will not get away with this."

"I agree. I don't doubt that we'll be able to do it, we just need to be patient and keep doing what we're doing."

"How is Yoongi?" She asks half heartedly.

I sigh, rubbing my hand through my hair tiredly. "He still won't listen to us. Not to me, Namjoon, Hoseok. Barely even Chanyeol."

There's another pause before she lets out a deep breath and continues, "Has he come to visit him?"

"Not that I've seen..."

"It's been two months! He's been there no more than three times." She hisses. "What about the witch? Does she still try to visit?"

"She hasn't, but she has wanted Yeri to. I did what you asked and have only the six of us on the visitors list. Anyone else they are to turn away when they check in at the desk, but who knows who she can bribe to get in, list be damned."

Just then I see the door by the waiting room open before two familiar, desolate faces emerge to make their way towards me.

"I'd better go Mrs. Jeon. I'll be in touch, okay?"

"Okay Taehyungie. I'll be there in a few days so if I don't hear from you before then we can talk when I get there."

With that the call ends.

That poor woman has been driving herself crazy. But understandably so.

Her son was nearly killed and, even though he is alive, he has been in a coma for two months.

As soon as we could get ahold of the medical report as well as the incident report that was filled out by the paramedics who found Koo we went to the police and tried to get them to investigate.

We tried desperately to convince them that he wouldn't do this. That his boyfriend had a crazy, obsessive ex that had it out for him, but they dismissed the idea.

They said they had no reason to see this as fowl play due to his medical history of depression and documented incidences of him having attempted suicide in the past.

They also said they found a high dose of narcotics in his blood stream with no signs that it was injected by needle or any other way that would suggest it got into his system by someone other than himself.

It was ingested orally which is further proof to them that the medication was most likely taken intentionally.

Unless they have physical evidence to support the theory of this being an attempted murder, there wasn't much they could do.

At the time when we heard this we were angry of course, we weren't too discouraged because we thought we had something physical to support the theory.

We had the door that had so obviously been kicked open by force.

They were starting to look into that but in the middle of their investigation, and coincidentally not long after Yoongi started being "consoled" by Irene, Yoongi came forward and told the police that he himself kicked in the door.

Why the hell he would do that when he had keys for the fucking thing is beyond me, but he had a story to go along with it about how he knocked and Koo didn't answer so he figured something was wrong.

Then he was so wrought with worry, thinking the worst, that, with the help of the adrenaline coursing through his body, he got the strength to kick the door in and... yeah.

I don't care how much adrenaline he claims to have had in that moment, it's a load of bullshit.

He paid a pretty penny for those deadbolts on that door. There's no possible way he could have mustered the amount of force needed to kick it open.

I really need to not let my mind wander down that road right now though. I have far too much to do today to be thinking about all that's happened up to now.

With a deep breath I slide my phone into my pocket as I turn to the two walking towards me.

Technically they aren't supposed to be on the visitors list as Mrs. Jeon pretty much despises them for what they did to Koo years ago, but I don't want to keep them from seeing him.

If I thought they had anything but good intentions with my friend I would honor her wishes and keep them away. But, I don't see the harm in them being able to visit.

It's purely personal her distrust, her disdain, for them.

Besides, the way they pleaded with me to allow them to be on his list of visitors pulled at my heart. I couldn't say no.

"What are you doing here?" Namjoon smiles lazily when they get to where I'm stood outside the room.

"It's almost two o'clock in the afternoon and it's a weekday. The real question is what are you doing here?" I chuckle.

"We're taking a late lunch. I wanted to see him and I talked Joonie into coming with me," Jin answers as he gazes towards the entrance to Koo's room.

He has a beautiful bouquet of purple flowers in his hands which he must have seen me staring down at as he speaks again.

"I noticed last time that the flowers by his bed were wilting. I wanted to replace them." He smiles at me before looking down at the flowers.

"What have the doctors said?" Namjoon asks.

"His tests are still consistently showing brain activity. They said all we can really do is continue to wait. Whether it's today or in another month, it's up to him when he wakes up.

"They also reiterated the possible side effects that could be present when he does wake up. Like a decline in his mental capacity, possible changes to his personality, as well as the possibility for memory loss. But-"

"-We won't know for sure what his side effects will be until he wakes up," Jin finishes my thought sadly, eyes cast down at the bouquet.

"You can head in if you'd like. I was just leaving," I say, turning to Namjoon. "Yuna is the nurse on call today. She should be coming back to check on him soon so you can ask her for any updates she has. She can explain better than I can." I pat his shoulder.

"Thanks Tae. And, how is Yoongi?"

I know they just want to be polite or whatever, but I hate when people ask me for updates on him.

It makes me think about the things I've heard him say, the way he bad mouths and dismisses what's happened.

How hard he has fallen for her lies. It makes my blood boil.

But, again, I don't have time to think about that right now, so I keep my answer short.

"He's alright."

They're quite after that and I can tell they want to ask more questions, thankfully they don't.

"Okay well, I'll let you get going. It was nice to see you Tae." He gives me one last smile before turning to go into the room behind Jin.

I turn away from them as well to make my way to the exit so I can leave the hospital as quickly as possible.

I absolutely hate it here.

I hate that time has stopped for him. Hate that even our friends seem to be losing hope to some extent.

I hate that the one who lost hope the quickest was Yoongi.

I've been trying so hard to replace the poisonous thoughts and ideas Irene's planted in his mind about what happened to Koo but so far nothing is sticking.

Luckily he still somewhat listens to Chanyeol, who also happened to be one of the only people she lets Yoongi keep in contact with.

Chanyeol was able to convince him that I should be his assistant after what happened.

While Koo has been in the hospital, I've been living in the apartment which works out perfectly because I am closer to Yoongi, Yeri and my girlfriend.

My lovely girlfriend...

This is one of the things that's been most vital to our plan.

We needed to get closer to the inside of Irene's circle in hopes to figure out who Irene has doing her investigating.

If we can figure out who her sources are we have a better chance at gathering evidence to prove she tried to stage, or at least had a hand in, what happened to Koo.

Yeri was proving to be rather unhelpful in this department so I set my sights on charming her Unnie.

So. I am now the loving, supportive, picturesque boyfriend of Kang Seulgi.

It's been an interesting role to play but so far she has proven to be a tremendously better source than Yeri.

She is Irene's best friend after all and lucky for me, she loves to have me close in order to show me off.

Whether that be get-together's at her company, lunches with friends, or shopping in the middle of a Saturday afternoon with hardly anything to disguise who she is, she wants me there.

It gets tiring but it has also been fantastic for my networking.

Being with Seulgi gives me an excuse to be at their company, which means that basically everyone around me is connected in some way or another to Irene.

The more people I meet the better chance I have talking to someone that can tell me who this Hyuk guy is.

Mrs. Jeon and I think he is a key player in Irene's plans.

We won't know for sure if he was the one who actually did it or if maybe he was there, but we are theorizing that he could have been there the day Koo was attacked.

Nothing is for sure though. Theories don't give us anything of use. They are just baseless ideas.

God, it's all so fucking frustrating!

I'm about at my parking spot when my phone buzzes in my pocket.

I slide it out already knowing it's one of three people; Yoongi, Seulgi or Yeri.

Awe, guess number three. Yeri.

[Yeri]

Unnie wants you to go to a birthday
get together for one of the company
executives tomorrow at seven.

She said she will send an outfit
over to your apartment today for
you to wear.

I've seen it and you're going to look so good! She had really good taste :)

I type out a quick confirmation that I'll be there.

With my phone still in one hand I reach for my car door with the other before climbing inside.

My next stop is Hoseok and Chim's place.

The two love birds moved in together when I was hired on as Yoongi's Assistant.

Chim moved out of my Grandmother's condo the same time I did, me leaving to move into the apartment Yoongi bought for Koo while Chim moved in with Hoseok.

Chanyeol is going to meet us there so the four of us can talk new strategies and plans to try to break Yoongi out of Irene's spell.

Nothing has worked so far, but we will keep trying until something does.

Chanyeol seems confident that he can get through to him though.

This wouldn't be the first time he's had to help Yoongi through an Irene relapse after all.