Hello, my loves~♡ I hope all is going well for you~♡ It's a New Year and I hope it looks like it'll be your best year so far.:3 I feel like this is going to be a good year for me.:3 I can just feel it and I've already had some pretty strange intuitive moments.🤣😂 Hasn't lead me wrong yet so I need to listen better.😂🤣 It pays to listen to yourself.🤣😂 I plan on doing some meditation this year.:3 I feel that'll help me keep this year a good one.:3 This chapter has minor mention of sexual content, incest, and an age gap so please be advised when reading, my loves~♡ Hopefully you all enjoy the new installment~♡♡♡

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Hoseok sat in the laundry room with a silent Jimin, ordered to tell Jimin about his situation before meeting Yoongi. Hoseok was silent for several moments before turning towards Jimin with a tender smile. "I promise this place isn't as bad as you're thinking. Other than rough sex, Suga really does treat his charges like kings. He'll protect you until his last dying breath... Even if you don't believe me. Even after Suga had let go of Taehyung and Tae started working for our boss, before Jungkook and Taehyung met, Taehyung found himself in a sticky situation obtaining trust within the drug ring and weapons dealers' communities. They almost killed him but shot Suga instead when he jumped between all of them and Taehyung. It's a good thing they missed anything vital because our boss had a field day with those men that started the skepticism against Taehyung and resulted in Suga's injury. They were taken up to the mansion on the highland in front of this compound and were forced to beg for their lives before being shot in the back of the head executioner style," Hoseok explained honestly, hoping that Jimin wouldn't be so terrified around certain people. He turned back towards the laundry that needed to be folded before proceeding to tell Jimin about his life prior to meeting Yoongi.

"Suga has helped Taehyung and I lead better lives too. I- I ran away from an abusive household where my mother didn't want a child, she wanted a man. I had no idea what became of my father because he was gone before I was born. So I literally filled the role of man of the house as soon as I was considered sexually active... If you catch my drift," Hoseok explained calmly, glancing over his shoulder at Jimin's expression with a raised eyebrow. By the horrified expression on his face, Hoseok could tell Jimin understood as he turned back towards the laundry with a soft smile. "I was sitting on a bench in an abandoned park, contemplating killing myself when Suga found me. I was sixteen and had endured my mother's rampant sexual abuse for five years at that point. When Suga offered me his hand and a life with him, I thought it couldn't be any worse than my own mother using me to fill her sexual desires. So I accepted his hand and lived as his charge for many years before he met Taehyung," Hoseok proceeded to explain calmly, shaking his head at any emotion he felt towards his sorry existence before Yoongi. "I was a virgin in the way Suga wanted me but I was far from innocent... Even though he tried to preserve that in me for as long as possible," Hoseok laughed casually, turning towards Jimin once again.

Before Hoseok could react, Jimin had wrapped his arms tightly around Hoseok's waist- crying for him as he squeezed the elder male tighter. Hoseok offered a pitiful laugh, patting Jimin's back as he felt the younger's tears soak through his shirt, and before he knew it, Hoseok himself was crying out of empathy. He'd never taken the time to decompress his emotions after everything. Only internalizing his problems in order to serve the man that saved his wretched life. Jimin continued to sob softly for Hoseok causing the other to laugh at his own shameful tears that slipped haphazardly down his cheeks. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all that," Jimin confessed softly, still hugging Hoseok tightly. "But I'm glad you're still here. You and a few others have been the nicest people I've met here... Even if you work for such a scary man," Jimin added quietly, earning a soft chuckle from Hoseok.

Hoseok sniffled and dried his eyes as he laughed a little too hard at Jimin's words. "He is scary at times but I promise you, he takes good care of his charges. You may not believe it by looking at him but he's a good man to the people that take care of his needs," Hoseok added cheerfully, folding the clothes without much complaint. Although, Jimin couldn't understand why Hoseok never complained about all the work Suga assigned him since he wasn't the boss. "Why don't you ever complain? Like Suga orders you around and demands a lot from you but I've never seen you get upset with him or frustrated that he's asked you to do these things," Jimin inquired hesitantly, afraid to be smacked for speaking out of turn. Although, Hoseok never once raised his hand to Jimin in that way, even after he asked his question.

Hoseok was silent for several moments, however, contemplating Jimin's question. "Well... It just never bothered me enough to complain. I'm the boss's right hand man and I'm assigned a lot because of my role so Suga relies on me a lot too and trusts me so much. Plus, when I do as he asks without complaint, I get rewarded. I've had my own charge before because I didn't complain and he still attends to my sexual desires for him with the utmost priority," Hoseok explained casually, continuing to fold the clean laundry until he was done. Jimin stared at the back of Hoseok's head for several seconds contemplating what he'd just said. "S- Suga still pleasures you?" Jimin asked hesitantly, pressing his index fingers together and chewing on his plump lower lip. He didn't know why but he didn't like the sound of that. He really didn't like watching Yoongi pleasure Taehyung the night before and he couldn't figure out why that was.

Hoseok shrugged nonchalantly at Jimin's question, chuckling softly at the tiny little twinge of jealousy in his voice. "It seems he may already be winning you over," Hoseok mumbled incoherently under his breath before turning to Jimin with a wholehearted, heart-shaped smile. It made Jimin feel guilty for feeling unpleasant toward Hoseok for a moment. "What was that?" Jimin asked skeptically, not hearing a single word Hoseok said prior to turning towards him. "Nothing! I was just saying that Suga does still fuck me senseless but I can tell him to stop if you don't like it," Hoseok explained hastily, earning a shocked look from Jimin. "N- No one said he had to stop," Jimin cried out of embarrassment, folding his arms over his chest and turning his head away as if something else were more interesting.

It was silent for several seconds before both males burst out into laughter. It was the first time Jimin had ever felt so comfortable with someone that worked with Suga. "I hope that we can be friends. I've enjoyed your company today," Jimin admitted softly, smiling tenderly as Hoseok nodded in affirmation to his declaration. "Of course. I'm Suga's right hand, just let me know if you ever need anything," Hoseok assured pleasantly, smiling as Jimin opened up to him. Although, something seemed to have stuck in Jimin's mind as he gasped in realization. "You keep letting that phrase slip: that you're Suga's right hand. Do you work for him or the boss? And you also mentioned something about how you used to have a charge, what happened there?" Jimin asked with all his curiosity, throwing Hoseok through a loop as he realized Jimin wasn't wrong. He'd allowed a couple of things to slip out in his comfortability.

Hoseok laughed nervously, clearing his throat before answering so that he'd have enough time to concoct a worthy explanation that wasn't the full truth. Yoongi had warned him about telling Jimin his secret and he needed a reasonable explanation as to why that would be his title. "Well, I would do anything for Suga since he saved me. So he refers to me as his right hand man just as much as our boss does. As for why I used to have a charge... My charge was a spy from one of our rival gangs and we didn't find that out until after a shipment of our supplies had been stolen by that rival. All I can say is never cross boss. Unfortunately, the boss put a bullet in the back of my charge's head.
I was coerced to tie two cinder blocks to his ankles and drop him into the ocean about 2 hours from here. I- It wasn't my ideal way of moving on from a charge but I had no choice," Hoseok explained casually, collecting the laundry into a basket. He grabbed the basket and walked towards the rickety stairwell that they had to climb to leave the basement that they called their laundry room.

"You're supposed to spend the next day with Taehyung, am I correct?" Hoseok asked out of curiosity as they walked down the dimly lit hallway. No one approached Jimin discerning that he was associated with Hoseok, who, in turn, was associated closely with the boss. Silence surrounded them as they talked amongst themselves. "Yeah, Suga said he wanted me to learn about Taehyung's life prior to meeting him as well," Jimin explained casually as Hoseok thought for a moment. Hoseok didn't think it was a good idea at all since Taehyung would have a meeting with the weapons dealers and the drug ring tomorrow but he wasn't the one that gave any orders. Hoseok sighed softly as he dropped the basket off in front of Mama's door and knocked twice. "Delivery," Hoseok called through the door as the woman that had once prepped Jimin opened the door with a pleasant smile.

"Hoseok! How has Boss been?" Mama asked pleasantly as Hoseok shrugged nonchalantly, giving her a vague answer. "He's been rather busy. That's all I know," Hoseok explained as Jimin could see several new recruits in the chairs at Mama's vanity. Jimin feared the worse for those poor unfortunate souls as he watched them shiver in fear. "Mind if I take a look at the recruits you have today?" Hoseok asked playfully as Mama opened her door wider. "Honey, take a look and see if there's one you want to keep for yourself," she insisted enthusiastically, glancing Jimin up and down once again. "Although, it's a shame we couldn't sell him. He would have made a pretty penny," she stated nonchalantly, earning a berated chuckle from Hoseok. "And if you did that now, Suga would have a fit with the Boss and then Boss would be on your ass. But how is it that you haven't even met your own husband and yet you're forced to call him Boss?" Hoseok asked teasingly, earning a jab to his ribs with her elbow.

"That wasn't funny, darlin'," Mama complained seriously, watching as Hoseok eyed the recruits until his eyes stopped on one. This particular person seemed familiar to him but he'd never seen them before that he was aware of either. "Is this your choice of a charge?" Mama asked as Jimin walked over towards the chairs to discern who Hoseok was looking at as well. The wide, terrified doe eyes of a small, shivering female stared back at Jimin. Jimin was silent as he stared back at her because he recognized her from the streets. She always walked by him in a high school uniform and she was always kind to him. She'd even given him money to buy food several days in a row because she hated to see him starve but her friends coerced her to take a different route home so she wouldn't have to see him anymore. Although, she still gave him money every now and again.

Jimin hastily gripped Hoseok's arm as if begging him to save her from being sold as Mama painted her lips a rosy red with lipstick stain. Hoseok had to admit to being mesmerized by her appeal and turned towards Mama. "Yes, I want her as my charge. I'll converse with Boss first about pricing but keep her safe until I return," Hoseok demanded as Mama hummed pleasantly in agreement. "Will do, honey. You're one lucky little lady," Mama encouraged the shivering girl, teasing her hair with a comb as Jimin cringed at the amount of sex appeal she was throwing into this innocent girl. "He's a wild stallion in bed, I hear and you'll get to spend every night with him," Mama continued to encourage as Hoseok rolled his eyes. He didn't want her for sex. He wanted to protect that innocence behind her gaze.

"It's better than being sold off as a sex slave," Jimin cut Mama off before she could say anything more. "And he's such a nice man that she will feel safe with him," Jimin reassured her timid gaze, nodding with absolute sincerity as Jimin followed Hoseok out of Mama's room. "I'll take you back to Suga's room. I have to talk with Boss and nobody gets to see him but a few close people," Hoseok apologized sincerely, smiling as he opened the door to Yoongi's empty room. "I apologize, but Taehyung should be coming early tomorrow morning. Maybe get some rest while I'm gone," Hoseok mentioned softly, closing the door before Jimin heard the definitive clicks of Hoseok's nice dress shoes as he walked away.