Chapter seventeen ||열일곱 장
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17| Grounded⛓️
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I spent the next week moping around my house, I spent three days arguing with my dad and trying to convince him to let me see Taehyung, but he wasn't budging on his decision and he reiterated this frequently, so after that I just stopped talking to him. I ignored his attempts at conversation and eventually he gave up trying and instead just told me things without expecting a response.

I managed to speak to Taehyung often and he sounded as miserable as I was. He offered, begged and threatened to come over, we had several conversations about it, he would get gradually angrier and angrier with my father, his language got progressively worse and I lost count of all the times he shouted "Fuck this shit Princess, I'm coming to fucking get you." during our many phone calls.

For Taehyung it was all very simple, he wanted to see me, I wanted to see him, and he didn't care what my dad thought. His precise words were, "It's a motherfucking joke that your dad is being such a giant dick about this. Just let me come get you and if he has a problem with it, I'll tell him to fuck off." and as he had grown up with Mr. Kim and JaeIn, who had to be the most liberal parents going, he genuinely didn't understand why I wouldn't let him do that.

But I knew it would only make things a hundred times worse, and solidify my father's opinion that Taehyung was no good for me, so even though it broke my heart, I asked him to stay away and because he would do pretty much anything I wanted, he did, although he wasn't happy about it.

When school started back up, my dad took to dropping me off and picking me up, which not only annoyed the hell out of me, it was also hugely embarrassing. My friends hadn't changed much over the summer, with the exception of jessi who seemed to have just got bitchier and I barely concealed my rage at her insinuations that Taehyung had left me over the summer because he no longer picked me up from school.

I avoided her as much as possible because I just couldn't deal with her, but it was hard in a school with so few students and I swear she sought me out at times. I spent a lot of time with Angela in the library, I threw myself into studying and spent ages on my application to Seoul University.

Getting into college was still my only way out of Busan, although my reasons for wanting to leave were different now. Instead of just wanting to be as far away as I could get from the dreary town, now it was all about Taehyung and I. Getting into college meant we could start a life together that seemed impossible while I was living under my father's roof and Seoul seemed like the best choice because Taehyung could still work with Yoongi and we could be near his family.

Eunwoo returned to Busan the last week of August and my dad was over the moon. I was not and I refused to see him when he came to the house. He tried to talk to me several times through my shut bedroom door but I was having none of it. I knew the slant that he'd put on everything he told my dad about Taehyung had helped cement my dad's decision to keep us apart and while I hadn't expected Eunwoo to lie about what he knew, having witnessed how he and Joy twisted the truth in Seoul I just didn't trust him to not have done the same thing when he was relaying his information to my dad.

My dad and I barely tolerated each other, I spent a lot of time scowling at him and saying hateful things about him in my head, and he spent a lot of time sighing and huffing and puffing and generally making a lot of stupid noises about how I would get over my crush on Taehyung and I needed to get back into the real world because he wasn't the only boy in Busan and there were far better choices for me out there.

I finally broke my silence when he suggested one evening that if I made a bit of an effort Mike might give me another chance. I told him in no uncertain terms that Taehyung was the only boy for me and that if he thought he could keep us apart he was wrong. He didn't appreciate my honesty and grounded me for another two weeks. He even threatened to send Eunwoo over to sit with me when he worked the weekend so I couldn't sneak out. So I learned pretty quickly that it was better to keep my mouth shut about my feelings for Taehyung, otherwise I had no hope of getting out of the house.

I didn't have long until I was eighteen and then my dad had no control over who I saw or where I went. After that I had no intention of doing what he wanted, but I couldn't risk it before that, because I knew that he'd send me back to Ilsan, so I played the good girl I'd always been and stayed home and away from Taehyung, looking forward to my birthday for the first time in years.

I missed Taehyung desperately and talking to him on the phone wasn't the same as seeing him. I missed him, I missed his house, I missed his family and most of all I missed being the y/n I was able to be when I was with the Kims. I felt like I'd lost that part of myself and no amount of phone calls could make up for that.

JaeIn phoned me all the time, she had tried several times to speak to my dad but he wasn't willing to listen to her, she had even gone down to the station and seen him at work and although he was polite, she had been unable to get him to change his mind about Taehyung. Jennie called as soon as she got back from her honeymoon and heard what had happened. It was great that they kept in touch, but there was still a gaping void in my life that I knew wouldn't be filled until I was back with them.

I had never been so lonely. The things I'd always done to fill the time held no interest for me anymore. I ate alone, I slept alone and I felt alone. My life had gone right back to the boring, empty existence I'd had before I met Taehyung, but now it was worse because I knew what I was missing.

Taehyung was sounding more and more despondent as time went on, and it nearly killed me to keep insisting that he stayed away. As it was, it was taking more and more effort for me to convince him to stay home and abide by my father's rules. In the end, I had to pretend to be upbeat, because I knew that if I even hinted at just how unhappy I was, he would be at the door to see me in minutes, whether my father liked it or not.

I knew something was off with Taehyung, I could sense it, as the days went on he sounded less and less like my Taehyung, he was still loving and he said sweet things, but the smile had gone from his voice and if I was honest, I would say a lot of the time I felt like I was talking to V, not Taehyung. He said he was working, but i knew Jin was still making him stay close to home so I wasn't really sure what he was doing with his time.

JaeIn and Jennie were both cagey when I asked how he really was, but when I pushed for a better answer, they insisted he was fine and just missing me and I could tell they weren't being entirely honest with me.

Both of us were suffering, and I couldn't help but be angry with my dad for putting us through this.

I understood my dad thought what he was doing was for the best, and in one sense he was right, even if I had tried to convince him that the Kims were not involved with their family business, the truth was that they were, so he had every right to be wary and not want me to be around them and the rational side of my brain knew that, but I had become so accustomed to them and their life that it didn't seem like a big deal and although they weren't the most law abiding family in the world, they were good people, in fact they were great people. I loved Taehyung and I loved his family and it didn't matter to me what they did, I just wanted to be with them.

I felt like I was stuck in the wrong place, being the wrong person, living the wrong life. I was simply waiting for the day I could get back to Taehyung and the Kim house.

I got more and more excited as my birthday approached, knowing that I would be seeing him soon improved my mood no end, even my dad noticed it, and being the stupid man he was, he thought I was finally getting over Taehyung and he started giving me a bit more leeway. I was still grounded but he stopped checking in so much and he went back to doing his long days so I wasn't subjected to him picking me up from school anymore.

I was sitting in the front room watching TV the first weekend of September when I heard a car pull up on the drive. I ignored the knock on the door, because whoever it was, wouldn't be anyone I wanted to see and I was in no mood to make pleasantries with someone I didn't want to talk to.

"Little y/n, I know you're in there!"

"Jungkook!" I gasped, jumping off the sofa and running to open the door. I threw myself at him and he caught me in a bear hug. "How was the honeymoon?"

"No time for that now, I'll tell you all about it later." He still had me in his arms as he turned to walk down the drive pulling my front door shut.

"What are you doing?" I asked him as he opened the door to a car I hadn't seen before and put me in the passenger seat before running round and getting behind the wheel.

"I'm kidnapping you."

"Jungkook, you can't kidnap me." I said as he started the engine and pulled off the drive.

"Um, Little y/n, I just did." He said speeding up.

"My dad will kill me if he finds out I left the house."

"Your dad just got called to a bear sighting up in the forest. Distressed and injured campers, he won't be home for hours."

"How do you know?"

"I called it in." He shrugged.

"Jungkook! You can't do that, it's....wrong."

"Totally fucking worth it." He laughed.

"What do you mean?"

"V needs to see you."

"Is he alright? Did something happen?"

"Not yet." He said ominously and I frowned. "Honestly Little y/n, if V doesn't get laid or shoot someone soon, I think he's gonna fucking explode. When I politely suggested last night at dinner that he go and bash one out in the shower to relieve some tension, the mouthful he gave me would have made a fucking sailor blush. It's a good job JaeIn has that no guns at the table rule, because I swear he went for his gun and that fucker doesn't ever miss."

"I missed you Jungkook." I laughed.

"I missed you too Little y/n. It's not nearly as much fun at home without you there." He smiled.

"I wish I had been there. It's been pretty miserable."

"I know. This whole thing sucks. V would have come and got you long before now, but JaeIn wouldn't let him. She said he had to give your dad a bit of time to get his head around all this, but you belong with us Little y/n."

"Is Taehyung alright though, I mean, he sounds ok on the phone, but he's not his normal self."

"He is one unhappy chappy." He sighed. "Not to get too deep and fucking meaningful, because that's really not my style, but the truth is V needs you, shit, the whole fucking family needs you, because without you V is just an angry little boy who hates the world. I don't think I've seen him smile once since I got back, he can't do anything but work, he barely fucking sleeps, and before you came along none of that was unusual, but I spent far too many years living with him like that to let him go back. JaeIn is worrying herself to death that he'll revert right back to his old ways, Jimin is spending all day locked up in the basement with him trying to catch Kai. Rose says less than ever and I swear to God, Jennie is gonna go all kung foo fucking panda on his ass if he doesn't knock it off."

"That bad huh?"

"Yep, so I really need you to do whatever the fuck it is you do that puts a smile on V's face, because I don't know how much more of Jennie's bitching I can take."

When we pulled up to the house, Jungkook got my door for me. "The girls are out shopping and Jimin and Big K have gone to Seoul, I'll come back in a few hours and take you home ok?"

"Ok." I nodded, ridiculously excited that I was going to see Taehyung and so happy to be back at this house.

"You probably thought I was exaggerating earlier, but just listen." Jungkook said quietly as we went inside. "V, get your ass down here, I bought you a present." He bellowed making me jump.

"Fuck off kook." I heard Taehyung call down from his room.

"I promise you'll like it."

"That's what you said when you gave me gay porn for my eighth birthday." Taehyung scoffed and I looked at Jungkook who grinned and shrugged.

"Just trust me this time."

"Fuck you."

"Fine, I'll just hang out with her down here." Jungkook winked at me.

"Her! Did you bring some girl to the fucking house?"

"Yep and she's all yours for the next three hours. I thought she might help you relieve some of that tension you seem to be struggling with." He smirked and then whispered to me. "Wait for it."

"Are you fucking kidding me!" Taehyung yelled. "You best be lying you fucker, because if you really bought some girl to the fucking house you can take her right the fuck back to where you fucking found her. What the fuck is wrong with you, you fucking cock-sucking son of a motherfucking bitch, you think I'm gonna fuck around on the Princess? Are you out of your tiny fucking mind, Jesus motherfucking Christ, how much of a fucking dick are you? Did you really think bringing some fucking girl to fucking relieve some motherfucking tension was the right fucking thing to do? What kind of dickish moronic fuckery is that? You know what kook, I'm fucking warning you, you best hurry the fuck up and move the fuck out because I will not fucking hesitate to kill you if you continue to piss me the fuck off!" I heard his bedroom door slam.

"See what I mean?" Jungkook snickered as I gaped at him and nodded, stunned silent. "Dude is seriously bad tempered right now."

"Should I go up there?" I asked when I got over my shock, Taehyung had always had a foul mouth, but that little rant had taken it to a whole new level.

"Yes. Please sort that shit out Little y/n."

I made my way up to Taehyung's floor, and knocked quietly on the door.

"I swear to fucking God, I will blow your motherfucking head off if you don't leave me the fuck alone Jungkook!"

I pushed the door open and poked my head in. "Uh, it's not Jungkook."

"Princess!" Taehyung swung round to face the door startled.

"Hi." I stood in the doorway awkwardly because he was just staring at me. He gaped at me for a good long while before he rushed over and I was in his arms.

"Fuck! I missed you Princess."

"I missed you." I got out before his lips were on mine. He kissed me hungrily and I matched his desperation, he groaned as my hands ran up into his hair and I grabbed at it. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him and he turned, kicking his door shut and walking us to his bed. I was surprised when he let me down gently and stood up to stare at me.

"You have no idea how much I've missed having you in my bed." He said and then frowned. "Shit that didn't come out right, I didn't mean I missed having you in the bed because I missed sex, I mean, fuck, don't get me wrong, I missed that too, but what I was trying to say was what I missed more than anything was you, here, with me, just being in my bed together not having sex." He nodded.

I laughed, I loved Taehyung's awkward explanations and it had been a while since I'd had one. But more than that, I was thrilled to know that my adorable, rambling Taehyung hadn't completely disappeared.

"It's not funny Princess, do you know how big and empty that fucking bed is without you sleeping next to me?"

"I love you Taehyung." I smiled, kicking off my shoes.

"I love you Princess." He climbed onto the bed and lay down beside me, putting his arm around me and pulling me towards him so I my head was resting on his shoulder and sighing contentedly once I was situated.

I let my hand wander over his chest, as I made my way lower and lower I could feel his stomach muscles tensing under my hand. Just as I was about to reach his jeans he put his hand over mine and stopped my progression.

"You don't want to?" I asked him, moving up the bed a bit to kiss him.

"Of course I do." He scoffed. "But you don't want to talk or something first?"

"We can't talk afterwards?" I quirked my eyebrow.

"Fuck Princess." He rolled so that he was on top of me. "I was trying to be all respectful and shit, not jumping you the second you were on the bed, but yeah, talking afterwards works for me."

I laughed as he bent down to kiss me eagerly. Maybe we should have talked first, but I was here for a limited amount of time and Taehyung looked as gorgeous as ever and I wanted him just as badly as always, I needed us to reconnect, to be together again. I wanted to feel how much he loved me and I wanted him to know how much I loved him and this was a very physical way to show that.

I helped him off with his t-shirt and threw it off the side of his bed, it had been far too long since I'd seen his chest and I think he felt the same way about mine because he was pulling my sweater over my head seconds later and my bra quickly joined the heap of clothes gathering at the side of the bed.

I pulled at his belt and he popped the buttons on my jeans, lifting himself off me so he could pull them and my panties down in one go and depositing them in the growing pile. I pushed his jeans and boxers down as far as I could, using my feet to rid him of them quicker and I sighed when we were finally both naked.

He leant to kiss at my chest, taking one breast into his hand and circling my nipple with his thumb until it was hard before taking it into his mouth, my back arched towards him involuntarily, my body was crying out for his touch. I wriggled and writhed underneath him as he teased me relentlessly, and when his hand wandered down between my legs, I almost fell apart instantly.

"Taehyung please, I need...., I want...," I panted out as he started to kiss his way down my belly. I grabbed his hair and pulled him back up my body, I didn't want to be tormented I just wanted him. "Please."

He smiled and I wrapped my legs around him, using them to pull him closer to me. He put one arm under my shoulders holding me up slightly, using his arm to support his weight. "I love you Princess." He said looking me straight in the eye as he pushed into me slowly.

"I know." I leaned forward to kiss him and threw my arms around his neck as he began to move.

"Shit, I'm sorry, I don't think I can go slow." He said as he ground himself against me and my eyes rolled into the back of my head.

"Then don't." I managed to get out, just as needy as him. He upped his pace and I met him thrust for thrust, angling my body so he was hitting me just right. He knew when I was close and he bought his hand up to my breast, caressing it gently, before he pinched my nipple harder than normal. I gasped as I exploded around him seconds later, and he continued to pound away while I rode out the waves of pleasure.

"So fucking beautiful Princess." He moaned, kissing me as I clung to him. He slammed into me one last time and I felt him shudder before he collapsed on top of me, burying his head at my neck and breathing heavily. I held him to me tightly, running my hand through his hair as he got his breath back.

"Holy shit, I forgot how good that was." He panted, rolling off me and lying back on the bed. I smiled at him and he put his arm around me, pulling me to his side and I rested my head on his shoulder while he ran his fingers across my back lazily, sending shivers down my spine.

"So, I take it kook brought you here?" He asked after a few minutes, when we had settled and calmed.

"Yeah, he kidnapped me, because apparently you've been a little tetchy and he couldn't take it anymore."

"I haven't been that bad." He scoffed.

"I think you might be forgetting I was downstairs with Jungkook earlier."

"Oh, you heard all that?"

"Er, yes." I laughed "I would have had to be standing at the end of the drive to have missed it."

"Sorry, I was a bit annoyed."

"Really? I thought you sounded positively chipper."

"I don't think anyone's ever described me as chipper."

"Shocker, based on that little display I can't say I'm surprised."

"I know Princess, but I'm just so fucking pissed off with this situation, your dad is being a stubborn fuck and my family wouldn't let me come get you, you know those fuckers even hid the car keys when they went out. And I know it makes sense to give your dad some space or what the fuck ever my mom was saying." He rolled his eyes. "But I can't fucking stand it. I mean, I'm so fucking happy that you're here Princess, but fuck, I don't want to give you back, not if it's going to be more of the fucking same."

"It'll be over soon." I told him, running my hand over his chest to try and calm him down because he was already getting worked up.

"You think your dad is coming round?"

"No, but once I'm eighteen he can't stop me coming over."

"That's great in fucking theory Princess, but the reality is he's not going to wake up on your birthday and think. 'Eh, I don't like that Kim boy much, but my daughter's eighteen now, so I completely respect her right as a legal adult to make her own decisions.' He's still not going to want you to hang out over here and he's still not going to want you to see me."

"So what should we do?" I asked him. "We can't go on like this, it's too hard Taehyung. I don't want to."

"Well I guess we have to hope he calms down eventually, and until then we wait, and I get Jungkook to kidnap you more often." He sighed. "Unless you're prepared to move out of his house, you don't have much choice but to do what he wants."

"I told him I'd move out if he stopped me seeing you."

"Really? You would do that?" He sounded surprised.

"Of course I would, but like my dad helpfully pointed out, I don't have anywhere else to go."

"Don't be so fucking ridiculous, of course you do." Taehyung scoffed.

"Where?"

"Here."

"What!" I lifted my head to stare at him.

"What?"

"You just said I could live here."

"So?"

"So, I can't live here."

"Ok." He said looking thoroughly bemused. "Why not?"

"Because!"

"Oh right, yeah, good answer." He smirked.

"Taehyung!"

"Princess!"

"Argh! You can't just say stuff like that. We both know it can't happen and it's not fair to dangle a carrot like that. You can't...."

"Hang on, why can't it happen?" he interrupted me.

"Jesus, Taehyung I don't know what planet you live on, but things aren't that simple in the real world."

"It strikes me, once you're eighteen, you can legally live wherever the fuck you like, so it is exactly that simple."

"People don't just move in together after three months."

"Says who?" He frowned.

"I don't know!"

"Fuck Princess, your answers are just getting better and better."

"It's not your house, you can't invite me to live here."

"My family won't have a problem with it, in fact they'll probably throw you a fucking party, because according to Jennie I'm an intolerable, insufferable, miserable bastard when you're not here and to be honest, I think they like you better than me."

"I don't have the money to move out, I have to live and eat and go to school."

"I have money Princess."

"Good for you Taehyung, but I don't, and I can't sponge of your parents living here for free."

"So I'll buy you a fucking house and we'll live there if it makes you feel better."

I gaped at him. "Yeah, that doesn't really make me feel any better."

"I just want you to be happy Princess, if you want to live here, live here, if you don't, then don't. If you want me to buy you a house, I'll buy you a house and if you want to stay with your dad then do that. Whatever you want. But if you want to live here, don't put obstacles that don't exist in the way. Don't worry about money or my family, or what is considered the norm by some fucking standard relationship timeline. Make the decision based on what you want and fuck the rest."

"You really think it's that easy?"

"Yep."

"So we meet, get together, fall in love, have a nutcase come after us, move in together once I'm eighteen because my dad won't let me see you, and you support us with your no doubt lucrative, but so far the wrong side of legal, earnings?"

"I'd say that sounds pretty accurate." He nodded.

"What it sounds Taehyung, is totally unrealistic."

"I know! They should write a fucking book about us. Like the modern day Romeo and Juliet, except without the killing themselves bit, because that shit was just fucking stupid."

I rolled my eyes at him.

"I mean, what a total clusterfuck that was, completely unnecessary. When I die Princess can you at least wait a couple of weeks just to make sure I'm really dead before you do anything stupid."

"Taehyung!" I smacked him in the chest.

"Ok, sorry, so you wanna live with me or not?"

"Is that what you want?"

"Of course." He shrugged.

"Really? Just like that, it's that simple for you."

"I knew the first time I woke up with you in this bed, even if you did flip the fuck out, that I never wanted you to leave. It is so fucking fine with me if you want to live here or get a house or whatever, because I love you Princess, so fucking much and I hate not seeing you, and I hate that you're unhappy and I hate all this bullshit with your dad and I really, really, hate this motherfucking bed when you're not in it."

I smiled, it wasn't the most romantic declaration but the sentiment was pretty astounding.

"But none of that matters, because it's not about me, you have to do what's right for you Princess. It's easy for me because I would just be gaining, you have to think of the implications a choice like that will have on your other relationships, with your dad, Eunwoo, even the kids at school. Everyone will have something to fucking say about it. So you have to be sure about what you want."

I nodded. Deep down I'd always known that I'd eventually have to make a choice, Taehyung and the Kims or my dad and Eunwoo. And while I hadn't expected to make the decision so soon, it was an easy one, I knew in my heart that I belonged with Taehyung and the Kims.

From the very first morning I was here, I had wanted to be part of this family, and I was, somehow over the last three months, this had become my family and living in this house would only reinforce that. It would probably take some getting used to, they were loud, crazy and seemed to do and say whatever they liked, but I loved them all and there was absolutely nowhere else I'd rather be than here with them.

I knew it was far too soon, that we were far too young and that it was bordering on madness to think things could work out so easily, but that didn't stop me wanting it. For some reason that defied the logical side of me, I knew Taehyung and I were supposed to be together and I didn't want to spend one more day than necessary away from him.

It would undoubtedly cause massive problems with my dad, but we were already having problems and if I continued to live with him and he carried on keeping me away from Taehyung our relationship would soon become irreparable, so I didn't feel that by choosing this I would be doing much more damage. He would obviously have something to say about it, but he was right, as soon as I was eighteen I could choose where I lived and I wanted to live here.

"I belong here with you Taehyung." I told him.

"Yeah?" He asked and he smiled the first genuine happy smile I'd seen since I arrived.

"I mean, if it's ok with everybody else of course, you'll have to check with your parents first and as long as they don't mind then yeah, and I could get a job after school and help out with.....,"

"Princess?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut the fuck up." He laughed. I smacked him again and he kissed my forehead quickly.

"You're serious though Princess, you definitely want to move in, because your dad was pretty freaked out when you told him who we were, I can't see him taking this news all that well."

"Are you trying to dissuade me from moving in now?"

"Fuck no! I just want to be sure that you're sure. I mean, you don't have to make the decision right now and I don't want you to do it just for me, you know I love you right, if you want to stay with your dad and we have to be apart for a while that's not gonna change Princess, don't think that you have to do this so that we can be together, because....."

"Taehyung?"

"Yeah."

"Shut the fuck up." I laughed and his eyes widened.

"Fuck Princess." He shifted me so I was lying on top of him, his hand going straight to my ass. "I fucking love it when you curse."

"I'm just practicing for when I live here." I shrugged.

"You're sure." He stated and smiled his special smile.

"I'm so sure." I nodded.

"Next Wednesday is your birthday right?"

"Uh huh." I smiled.

"So maybe the weekend after?" He looked hopeful.

I shook my head. "That's not gonna work for me Taehyung." I said seriously and he nodded.

"That's ok, whenever you're ready Princess, there's no rush."

I leant down to kiss him quickly, because although he was disappointed he still meant what he said.

"You might not be in a rush." I said to him. "But I am, you're coming to get me on my birthday."

He looked shocked for a couple of seconds and then he beamed at me. "You know what this means?"

"What?"

"That this is gonna be our bed, and I like it much better already." He laughed and I giggled.

The door to the bedroom burst open and I yelped, jumping off of Taehyung and scrambling around to quickly pull the covers over us as JaeIn, Jennie and Rose came rushing in.

"Oh, thank God! It's you y/n, we heard Taehyung laughing and we thought he had some other....er, never mind." JaeIn stopped herself from finishing that sentence.

"What the fuck mom?" Taehyung moaned. "Does everyone in this family think I'd fuck around on the Princess, because it's really fucking detrimental to my self-esteem, that you all think I'm that much of a dick."

"I don't think you're a dick sweetheart." JaeIn assured him all motherly.

"I do." Jennie shrugged and Taehyung gave her the finger.

"Y/n, it is so good to see you." JaeIn rushed over and hugged me, totally ignoring the heap of clothes that were on the bedroom floor.

"Thank fucking Christ you're back y/n, because I was so close to kicking this motherfuckers ass." Jennie smiled and Rose nodded.

"Ok, great, now that you're all reunited and shit, can you get the fuck out, because I'm naked and it's making me all sorts of fucking uncomfortable." Taehyung grumbled.

"Oh, sorry! We didn't mean to interrupt." JaeIn leaned over and kissed his cheek and he groaned. "We'll see you downstairs." She smiled and they left the room.

"Are you sure you really want to live here Princess?" Taehyung asked. "At least if we buy a house we might get some fucking privacy, because truthfully, not one person in this family has any respect for personal boundaries. I mean, fuck me, I'm naked, sporting a semi because my hot as fuck equally as naked girlfriend was on top of me and my mom comes bursting in and as if that's not bad enough, she fucking kisses me! Shit like that can confuse a boy."

"I love you Taehyung." I shook my head at him amused.

"Yeah, yeah, Princess, you just want me to buy you a house." He laughed.

"Pfft, a house won't do." I scoffed.

"No?" He raised an eyebrow at me.

"No, I'm the Princess, I want a freaking castle." I smirked at him and he dived at me, grabbing my waist, tickling me while I squirmed and shrieked, swatting at him to try to get him to stop.

He grabbed my hands and pinned them to the bed above my head and looked down at me.

"You want a castle, I'll buy you a fucking castle." He smiled. "Whatever you want Princess."

"I just want you." I told him.

"You already have me." He promised and I knew he meant it, he was mine as completely as I was his and I couldn't see that ever changing.

After a shower, that we took together and that involved far more of Taehyung shamelessly feeling me up than any actual washing, we dressed and went downstairs and into the sitting room where Jungkook, Rose and Jennie were watching T.V.

"Wow, you're looking a lot less tense there Tae." Jungkook smirked when he caught sight of us.

"You know what Kook, I'm so fucking grateful that you kidnapped the Princess I'm not even going to threaten to kill you for that." Taehyung shrugged.

"Shit y/n, you're like a fucking miracle worker, I swear to God if Jungkook had called him Tae yesterday, I'd be a fucking widow." Jennie shook her head astounded.

"Jungkook, did I just hear that you kidnapped y/n?" JaeIn demanded, marching into the sitting room.

"Oh shit, er, I wouldn't say that I kidnapped her, it was more like I forgot to ask if she could come over before I put her in the car and brought her here."

Taehyung snorted. "Yeah, that's pretty much how kidnapping works Kook."

"See JaeIn, it had to be worth it, look at him, all chatty and smiley and shit, plus I made sure Chief won't know she was ever gone."

"How?" JaeIn frowned.

"Oh fuck! I shouldn't have said that." Jungkook cringed and JaeIn arched her eyebrow waiting for him to explain. "Um, well, I might have phoned in a fake camping emergency way up in the woods, should keep him tied up for a good few hours." Jungkook said really quickly.

"Genius kook! You're a motherfucking genius and no one ever knew." Taehyung laughed.

JaeIn shook her head, but she couldn't stop herself smiling as she looked lovingly at Taehyung. It suddenly struck me just how worried they had been about him. I wasn't exactly sure why he had been so distant and serious before I met him, but it was clear that it was something that had bothered them all and they were desperate for him not to go back to who he used to be.

"So what happens now?" Jennie asked.

"Uh, I go home and pretend I was never here." I supplied and they all groaned.

"How long until you can come back?" JaeIn said looking almost panicked.

"She's moving in next Wednesday." Taehyung stated and I gaped at him, it wasn't really the way I was expecting him to announce to his family that I was hopefully going to live here with them, I thought he might have asked his parents privately or something. However, in typical Kim fashion, no one batted an eyelid at Taehyung's declaration, except Jungkook who reacted in his usual exuberant way.

"Little y/n's coming to live with us! Fucking excellent!"

"Yeah, you're supposed to be moving out." Taehyung frowned.

"Might stick around for a bit longer now." Jungkook shrugged and Taehyung groaned.

"You haven't given me much time Taehyung." JaeIn said to him.

"I know." He smiled happily and she rolled her eyes.

"You underestimate me son." She smirked. "What's your favourite colour y/n?"

"Uh, blue?" I said confused.

"Ok, well that's fairly simple. Rose, we'll have to work quickly, when I take you back to school tomorrow we can stop at a few stores and get some ideas." JaeIn said and Rose nodded. "I can probably make a start on Monday and we can add the final touches by next weekend."

"Fuck no! I don't want flowery shit all over the place, my room is fine. You don't need to do anything in there." Taehyung told her and I finally understood what they were talking about.

"I don't necessarily mean flowery Taehyung. I'm just going to soften the colours slightly, give it a more girlish feel, make the space a bit lighter, pick out a few accessories, some scatter cushions and maybe some lamps, oh and a rug, I'll just add one or two feminine touches, some soft pastel blues that will offset... ."

"See, I can hear you talking mom, but all that registered was feminine and girlish and there's just no fucking way I'm having any of that shit in my room."

"It'll be y/n's room too, don't you want her to be comfortable here?"

"Uh, well fuck, of course I do."

"I thought so." JaeIn nodded.

"Do you want flowery shit Princess?" he asked looking at me and pleading with his eyes for me to say no.

"No." I laughed and he exhaled relieved. "Please don't go to any trouble JaeIn, I like Taehyung's room, and um, are you sure you don't mind me, uh, staying here with him?" I said, because no one appeared to mind, but their lack of reaction was just so abnormal, I needed to be sure.

"Mind?" Jennie laughed. "Y/n, we've all been looking forward to this."

"Yeah?" I said surprised.

"Fuck yeah Little y/n. I told you, you belong with us."

"I don't know what kind of magic you work, but this fucker has been a different person since the very first night he met you." Jennie said to me.

"Do you remember the dopey smile he had on his face when he came home?" Jungkook laughed.

"I did not have a dopey fucking smile on my face." Taehyung scoffed.

"Lies!" Rose shouted laughing and Taehyung scowled at her.

"Did you ever tell Y/n what you said to Mike?" Jennie arched her eyebrow at him and he blushed. "Oh my God, you didn't!" She cackled.

"Fuck off Jennie."

"Ah, come on V we don't have secrets in this house." She laughed. "Tell her."

I frowned, thinking back to the first time I met Taehyung, which was only three short months ago but felt like a lifetime. "You mean the night we met at the diner?"

"Uh huh." Jennie smirked. "Did you never wonder what happened that night?"

"Well yeah at the time, but then you said he owed Taehyung money, so I assumed that's why he came to the diner to talk to Mike."

"It was." Taehyung nodded.

"He came to the diner to see Mike." Jungkook said to me, before grinning at Taehyung. "But that's not why you took him for a little ride, is it V?"

"Fuck off kook."

"Just tell her."

"No." Taehyung said sulkily.

"Go on." Jennie teased. "If you don't, I will." She goaded him and I looked at Taehyung to explain.

"Fine." He said running a hand through his hair. "I told that motherfucker he was a disrespectful dick who didn't deserve to have you as a girlfriend if he was willing to let you walk home alone after he took you out. Then I may have hit him once or twice." Taehyung muttered as Jennie collapsed giggling and I gaped at him.

"Oh my God! That's why he was so annoyed with me on the Monday!" I said as it came back to me.

"Uh, yeah, possibly, sorry about that." Taehyung grimaced. "I mean, I'm sorry that he was annoyed with you, I'm not sorry I hit him. In fact, now I want to find that fucker and hit him again for being annoyed with you."

I rolled my eyes at him.

"You see what I mean Y/n, V was gone for you the first time he laid eyes on you, and you being around makes him so much more likeable." Jennie said still laughing. "So if you're willing to put up with the grumpy motherfucker full time, then all power to you, you're obviously as batshit crazy in love as he is."

"I think what Jennie is trying to say y/n, is that you have always been an important part of this family, probably before you even realised it and we would love nothing more than to have you here with us." JaeIn smiled.

"Thank you." I told her, feeling a little overwhelmed at just how wonderful this family was.

She walked over and hugged me. "No sweetheart, thank you." She whispered and I frowned as I pulled back. "You've given me my son back. I can't ever repay you for that. " She said quietly as she released me and although it wasn't the first time she'd said something like that, I felt the weight of her words.

The Kims needed me just as much as I needed them, they felt that I'd found the real Taehyung and they were desperate not to lose him. I felt that they'd found the real Y/n and I was desperate to be her. Whichever way you looked at it, I belonged here with them.

"You ok Princess?" Taehyung asked pulling me down onto his lap.

"I'm more than ok, I'm..."

"Home?" He smiled and I smiled back because he was right. I was exactly where I wanted to be, with the people I wanted to be with.

After three long miserable weeks I was home.

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