NOVEMBER 24TH

Jeongguk view

"h-hyungie said you called for me." taehyung mumbled in confusion to Jeongguk.

"yes— what is that?" Jeongguk interrupted himself with a defeated sigh.

Taehyung frowned. "w-what?"

"that." Jeongguk growled. "in your hands." he pointed to the plushy taehyung was hugging.

Taehyung smiled widely. "jin hyung got it for me." he muttered.

Jeongguk frowned. "why is it here?"

"i didnt wanna leave it alone." taehyung muttered, caressing the teddy bear.

"its not alive." Jeongguk grumbled.

"i know."

"you know—?"

"w-why are you asking so many questions?" taehyung pouted.

Jeongguk just sighed. "i was going to tell you that from now on you'll be working as my secretary."

Taehyung frowned. "i thought i already was." he mumbled.

"now you'll be getting paid." Jeongguk said.

Taehyungs face lit up in delight. "i will?!"

Jeongguk raised a brow. "yes. I'll have yoongi arange the payments."

Taehyung bit his lip, peering at Jeongguk. "a-am i still a hostage?" he asked nervously.

Jeongguk just cleared his throat and looked at the boy. "do you still feel like one?" he retorted.

Taehyung nodded his head sadly.

"there you go." jeongguk said.

"b-but im working for you now." the younger said hopefully.

Jeongguk raised a brow. "and?"

"so am i allowed to go outside?" taehyung wished jeongguk would say yes.

"no taehyung." jeongguk snapped.

Taehyung whimpered from his tone and took a step back. "o-okay. Im sorry." he whispered before running out of the room.

Jeongguk groaned and just ran a hand through his hair frustratedly, feeling like he was dealing with a kid.

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Taehyung view

It was now five pm and jeongguk (with his team) were getting ready to go on a mission. They actually had to travel to Busan which was all the way near the coast down south, meaning it'd be a 4 hour car journey they had to sit through, taking a train would be too risky.

Taehyung was sat on his bed, frown on his face as he hugged his plushy, watching seokjin in confusion. "why are you packing my bag hyungie?"

"because you're going too." seokjin replied as he shoved a t-shirt in Taehyungs duffle bag.

"why am i going?" Taehyung asked.

"jeongguk said." seokjin sighed.

"are you going?"

"no sweetie, but yoongi hyung is." seokjin smiled. Taehyung smiled too on hearing yoongi was also going and he was a little excited too because he was finally getting out of this mansion.

Taehyung suddenly pouted. "how long will we be gone?"

"you're staying there for a night."

"b-but i'll miss you." Taehyung muttered sadly, looking at seokjin with teary eyes.

"its okay. If you take the plushy you'll  remember me."

Taehyung giggled, caressing his teddy bear. "okay." he smiled.

"here you go. Lets go downstairs, its time to go." seokjin gave the bag to Taehyung who took it with a big huff as it was very heavy.

He trudged downstairs, seeing jeongguks very large team waiting at the front of the house. They all adorned black attire with heavy vests and combat boots too, making all of them look very intimidating.

Taehyung looked at what he was wearing. It was a big oversized blue hoodie with just baggy pants for his bottoms. He bit his lip in embarrassment, realising he stood out from everyone.

He looked up when he saw jeongguk enter. He too was wearing all black. A black top which showed his tatted arms off, with black skinny jeans that fit his thick thighs, black boots and also a black cap like the others. Taehyung thought he looked more intimidating wearing this than his usual suit he wore everyday. Maybe because his tattoos were showing.

"lets go. We have no time to waste." jeongguk said gruffly as he ordered everyone to go outside.

Taehyung gasped when he saw yoongi. "hyung." he murmured excitedly  and ran down the stairs to give yoongi a quick hug.

The older smiled, showing his gummy teeth a little. "you're coming too?" he asked when he saw the duffle bag.

Taehyung nodded."yes. c-can i sit with you?" he asked shyly.

Jeongguk frowned instantly and grabbed taehyungs elbow, pulling him next to him. "you're my secretary so you're coming with me." he ordered firmly.

Taehyung pouted, looking at yoongi sadly. "sorry hyung."

Yoongi chuckled. "maybe next time." he said before walking off.

Jeongguk grabbed taehyungs elbow and started dragging him outside. Taehyung was shocked and he quickly got his bag and tried to look at seokjin.

"bye hyungie!" he yelled before jeongguk had successfully got him outside and near his car.

The young boy stared at the Mercedes Benz E-class in front of him. "this is your car?" he asked jeongguk quietly.

The man nodded his head and heard taehyung gasp loudly. "wow." he breathed out on seeing such an expensive car- one he'll actually get to ride in.

Jeongguk just got in, slamming the door shut which snapped taehyung out of his ogling. The boy hurriedly got inside and quickly buckled his seatbelt. He was sat up straight and he looked forward, duffle bag on his lap. Jeongguk stared at him weirdly.

"what are you doing?" he asked.

"w-waiting." taehyung mumbled, still looking ahead.

"you're going to hold that for four hours?" jeongguk motioned towards the bag.

Taehyung sheepishly looked down and then placed the bag on the back seat before facing the front again, still sitting up straight.

Jeongguk sighed and looked at him again. "what is wrong with you?"

"feels weird." taehyung mumbled as his face scrunched up. He tried to get used to sitting in such a luxurious car.

Jeongguk just rolled his eyes and started the engine. Taehyung jumped from the big start of the car, hands going to clutch his seatbelt tightly.

Hopefully these four hours would fly by.

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Two hours had passed.

Taehyung was hungry. Very hungry. He chewed on his bottom lip nervously, wondering whether he should ask jeongguk to stop at a gas station or not. He turned his head a little, peering at jeongguk from the corner of his eye.

He then took a deep breath, gathered all his confidence and pushed away his fear. "j-jeongguk im hungry." he stuttered. He had tried for his voice to come out as bold but it had betrayed him and come out as a mere mumble.

Jeongguk glanced at him. "so?"

"can we stop somewhere?" taehyung asked with hope, big eyes looking at jeongguk.

He saw jeongguk look at his phone. "five minutes." was all he said and taehyung smiled in content from the reply.

They reached the gas station (in six minutes actually) and taehyung was quick to unbuckle his seatbelt. Jeongguk raised a brow at him. "you're not going anywhere. Stay here." he ordered causing taehyung to pout.

"what do you want?" Jeonguuk asked as he took his phone.

Taehyung shrugged his shoulders. "sweets." he mumbled, looking out of the window away from jeongguk.

Jeonguuk rolled his eyes at the boys childish behaviour and got out. Before closing the door he looked at taehyung sternly. "dont do anything stupid." he said before leaving. Taehyung huffed and just looked around. He picked up his teddy and started to play with it mindlessly but he was too curious about Jeongguks car instead.

He looked at all the buttons and began pressing all the harmless ones. He pressed the lock button and smiled at the click sound it made doing it several more times to entertain himself.

But suddenly his door was thrown open harshly and taehyung felt someone removing his seatbelt as he got pulled out of the car. He gasped as a masked figure covered his mouth stop him screaming. Taehyung tried to push the man away but failed at his attempts.

He tried screaming Jeongguks name but it only came out as a muffle. He watched as the man held him away and looked inside the car as if he was looking for something. Taehyung noticed he was focused on that so he quickly kicked him in his private area causing him to crouch down in pain.

Taehyung was let go and he screamed Jeongguks name. The said latter was already walking out of the store but when he saw taehyung out of the car with a panicked expression he frowned and walked a little more faster.

"why are you out of the car?" jeongguk asked, brows furrowed.

Taehyung gulped, eyes wide. "t-theres a ma—ah!" his own sentence was cut off with a yelp as the masked figure had taehyung in his hold again but this time he was holding a gun to his temple.

Taehyung froze when he felt it against his head and he looked fearfully at jeongguk.

"dont take a step closer." the man warned jeongguk as he pushed the gun further into taehyung who was now starting to cry.

Jeongguk looked at taehyung, silently telling him its okay. He raised both his hands in surrender to not trigger the man and he saw him ease a little. However jeongguk hurriedly reached for his gun and carefully shot the man in his leg.

Taehyung screamed from the sound but he realised it was Jeongguks doing. The man groaned in pain and pushed taehyung away who quickly scrambled towards jeongguk, still crying. Jeongguk reached for taehyungs arm, pulling him behind him protectively.

"who are you?" jeongguk asked, still pointing his gun at the male. Taehyung was hiding behind his back, peeking from over his shoulder.

The man just groaned, hand clutching his leg. "n-none of your buisness." he rasped out.

Jeongguk just scoffed and then looked at taehyung. "get in the car and close your eyes." he ordered the boy and taehyung hurriedly did what he asked.

Once taehyung wasnt looking jeongguk pulled up his mask and gave the man one last look before shooting him again, leaving him to fall on the ground in agony. Taehyung jumped from the sound, tears rapidly falling down his cheeks as his hand was still covering his eyes.

Jeongguk quickly got in the car  and sped off before someone would call for the police. They were out of the gas station, now back on the motorway and jeongguk wasnt speeding anymore. He looked at taehyung who was still shaken up, hands shaking.

"what did he do?" jeongguk asked in his deep voice.

Taehyung sniffled. "n-nothing. He was j-just looking for something." he said.

Jeongguk sighed and nodded his head. He reached for the bag of sweets and opened the packet, giving it to Taehyung who took it slowly.

"eat and forget about what happened." jeongguk said.

Taehyung nodded his head and ate the sweets quietly.

After the moment of silence, enjoying the hum of the engine, taehyung held out the packet to jeongguk, offering him some to eat. Jeongguk looked at him for a while before taking a gummy snake and shoving it into his mouth.

"thanks." jeongguk muttered and cleared his throat, looking straight ahead.

Taehyung smiled at him.

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Sweets or chocolate?