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"So, how long until Kai calls?" Jungkook asked, we were sitting outside an icecream place, he was attacking a huge sundae.

Apparently he couldn't go more than a few hours without eating.

"Dunno?" Taehyung shrugged. "Hopefully never. J had it coming. Kai knows that. I gave him a warning not to fuck me over."

"There's no way Lia gonna let that go." Jennie said. "She'll have been calling him before we even left the club."

"You left her able to talk?" Taehyung grinned.

She flipped him off and he laughed. "What did you do to him anyway?" she asked him.

Taehyung glanced at me. "Let's just say he won't be making phone calls for a while." He muttered.

"Talking, eating, moving, breathing on his own. He won't be doing any of it for a while. " Jungkook added nonchalantly.

I stared between the three of them, resisting the urge to giggle.

It was comical, after everything that had happened tonight, it seemed anti-climactic to be sitting around discussing it calmly while eating ice-cream.

"Maybe you should call Jin, give him a heads up" Jungkook said bringing his bowl to his mouth and slurping the rest of his melted ice-cream.

"It was Jin's order. He knows what it might mean. If Kai wants to take issue he can take it up with him, not me." Taehyung shrugged. "I hate that motherfucker."

"Me too." Jungkook agreed. "He's a slimy fucker. You know Jin made me invite him over."

"What! Did you tell him no?" Taehyung's head snapped up.

"You ever told him no?" Jungkook arched an eyebrow.

"I'm still here aren't I." Taehyung smiled ruefully.

I had no idea who Jin or Kai were and I'm almost certain if I asked, Taehyung wouldn't tell me.

I wondered if he'd ever let me in. I knew he wasn't going to instantly tell me all his secrets, but I hoped in time he'd learn to trust me. My phone ringing brought me out of my reverie and I rushed to answer it.

"y/n." My dad sounded a bit panicked.

"Hi."

"Where are you? I went by the house and you weren't home."

"That's because I'm not, I'm just out with some friends."

"Friends? What friends? I went by Mike's, he said he hadn't seen you since school."

I rolled my eyes at my overprotective father. "I'm with Jennie."

"Jennie who? I've never heard you mention a Jennie."

"Er, she's new in town."

"Ok, so what time will you be home? It is a school night."

"Soon."

I put my phone back in my pocket, and turned back to the others. "My dad." I said as explanation.

"Do you need to get home?" Taehyung asked.

"In a bit, he doesn't finish work til midnight so there's no rush."

"What about your mom?" Jennie asked.

"She lives in Seoul."

"So you live with just your dad, that must be a fucking nightmare." Jennie said looking horrified.

"Not really, he's pretty quiet and he works long hours." I shrugged.

"What does he do?" she asked.

"Um…" I trailed off. I didn't really want to tell them, I had a funny feeling it wasn't going to go over too well.

"What?" Jungkook asked smiling. "If it makes you feel any better my mom was a stripper. It can't be that bad." He shrugged.

I appreciated the effort, but it didn't make me feel any better.

"He's the Police Chief." I glanced at them warily and just like I expected they had all frozen and were gaping at me.

"Holy fucking shit!" Jungkook recovered first.

"Chief?" Jennie asked disbelievingly. "Your dad is the Chief?"

"Um, yeah."

"You didn't think to mention that before I took you to a club Princess." Taehyung asked, his hand running through his hair.

Jungkook burst out laughing and Jennie soon joined him.

Taehyung looked at them both like they were crazy.

"V! Dude, you just took Chief's baby girl to a club, broke at least five separate laws, and then molested her on the hood of your car! Big K is going to piss his pants laughing when he finds out about this."

"Fuck!" Was all Taehyung had to offer on the situation.

I really hoped this didn't change things between us. I knew Taehyung was up to no good, but it wasn't like I was planning to run home and tell daddy.

"Kook, you wanna go get some more ice-cream?" Jennie asked him, subtly leaving me and Taehyung alone.

"Sure" he shrugged and they both left the table.

"I can't…, I mean…, fuck Princess, why didn't you tell me?" he said as soon as they were gone.

"It doesn't change anything."

"It changes everything." He said heatedly. "Shit, the police chief, Princess." He shook his head. "I should have dropped you right the fuck home after school, fucking Jungkook."

He was getting angrier and I shrank back in my seat.

"Fuck! Do you have any idea what you got mixed up in tonight? I can't believe this. So fucking stupid!" He stood up abruptly and grabbed my arm, leading me to his car.

I didn't think I was dealing with my Taehyung anymore and that scared me.

"Taehyung." I called hoping to reach him. He glared at me, eyes cold and shoved me into the back of his car.

He slammed the door and got in the driver's seat. Starting the engine and screeching out onto the road. I let him be for a minute, hoping he'd calm down by himself.

My heart rate was going through the roof, while I'd seen this side of him before I'd never had it directed at me.

"Taehyung I'm sorry, I should have told you, I didn't think it was a big deal, it's not like I'm going to tell him what I did tonight." I told him as he continued to speed through the streets.

He didn't answer me, he didn't even acknowledge that I'd spoken. He was muttering under his breath, I caught a few curses and the odd word but most of it I couldn't make out. His mobile was ringing but he was ignoring that too.

"Taehyung please, you're scaring me."

That stopped him in his tracks. He skidded to a halt at the side of the road and turned to look at me.

"Shit Princess, I'm sorry, I don't mean to frighten you, I just wanted to get you home."

I sat back, relieved that he seemed to be calming down. I let my breathing and heart get back to normal while he watched me cautiously, his phone continued to ring.

"That's probably Jungkook and Jennie wondering why you left them in the ice cream shop." I told him.

"Fuck!" He looked genuinely shocked that he had forgotten them and grabbed his phone and answered. "What?"

I could hear the muffled voice of Jungkook shouting through the phone.

"Ten minutes." Taehyung said and hung up. "He's not too happy with me." he explained.

"Look, I…, tonight was…, and now you and your dad…, I can't…," He screwed his eyes up and grabbed his hair in his fists, frustrated. "I need to speak to Jin …, this situation might need handling."

I stared at him, I hadn't understood most of what was said all night, but now I was scared and confused.

"What do you mean, are you going to hurt me?" My head was spinning with images of torture and murder, I may have watched one too many cop films with my dad in the last few months.

"What! No! Jesus Princess, you think I'm gonna hurt you?"

"I don't know!" I kind of wailed, my mind was all over the place and Taehyung's weird cryptic sentences weren't helping. It had been a crazy night and I didn't know what to think.

He was out of the car and had my door open before I'd even realised he had moved.

"I'd never hurt you, no one will, I'll make sure of it." He said pulling me out and wrapping his arms around me.

As crazy as I obviously was right now, I believed him.

My high from earlier had worn off, the adrenaline and excitement was gone, and now I was standing on the side of a deserted road with a boy, who I had to admit, frightened me to death at times, and I still couldn't find it in myself to turn away from him. Being in his arms was all that mattered.

Taehyung was involved in something dodgy, I'd known that from the first time I met him, but I had assumed it was stupid high school stuff, I was only just realising that it was far more serious than that.

"Tell me." I urged him. "Tell me who you are, what this is all about."

"I can't Princess." He sighed

"That bad huh?"

"You need to go home and forget you ever met us." I shook my head against his chest. "It's for the best, you'll be safer."

I knew he was probably right, but I didn't want safe. I had lived 'safe' for over seventeen years and it wasn't much fun.

I didn't want to forget tonight, I didn't want to forget Jungkook and Jennie and I certainly didn't ever want to forget Taehyung, as if that was even possible.

"I have to go get Kook and Jennie." He said quietly.

I nodded and he led me to the front of his car and settled me in the passenger seat.

"Do you hate me yet?" he asked when as he got in the car.

"Never." I whispered.

"You're too good for all this, Princess." He said and we drove back in silence through town.

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"What the fuck V!" Jungkook shouted from behind me.

As soon as we had pulled up in the parking lot, Jungkook and Jennie had jumped into the back of his car.

"You're gonna leave my ass at fucking Dairy Queen, I've had Jin, Jimin and Big K on the phone trying to get hold of you. Kai made contact. Pick up your god damn messages."

"Son of a motherfucking bitch." Taehyung swore and pulled out his cell phone.

He pressed a few buttons and put the phone to his ear. He listened intently then dialled a number.

"Jin..., yes…, give me a couple of hours…,midnight at the docks…, I can't…, I have baggage…," he said looking at me, and I assume referring to me, which isn't the least bit offensive.

"No! It's not fucking disposable…,she's untouchable…, we've got Jennie as well, so two untouchables…, yeah…,three…, hang on…, " Taehyung turned to Jungkook. "You carrying?" he asked.

"Two." Jungkook nodded. "Jennie?"

"One." She answered.

"Kook's got two, Jennie has one." he went back to his call, as usual I was lost.

"We're ten minutes away, but…, why me?...,of course…, my dad, really?...,no, ok …,fine." he hung up, but he didn't look pleased.

His jaw was clenched and his nostrils flared. I could practically feel the tension coming off him.

"So, did you two fuck and make up?" Jungkook asked from the backseat lightening the mood somewhat.

"I just wanted to get her home, before all this kicked off." Taehyung answered.

"Too late for that now. Lia saw you together, she's got her name, can't be many Y/ns wandering around Busan. She might as well be walking around with a target painted on her back." Jungkook said casually. I was feeling anything but.

"You think I don't know that." Taehyung said through gritted teeth.

"You have to bring her in."

"No."

"You'd prefer her dead?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" Taehyung shouted.

"Whoa, easy there. Just sayin'. We can keep her safe."

"At what cost, she doesn't need to be involved in all this shit."

"She already is."

"No, she's better than this." Taehyung said adamantly.

"You should have thought of that before you called her Princess in front of Lia"

"Fuck you."

"Anyway y/n's cool, we can keep her around. Hell, it's worth it just for the shits and giggles."

"So we put her life in fucking danger, for shits and giggles." Taehyung looked mad.

"Ohh, touchy, might have to start calling you Princess." Jungkook laughed.

"You'll only do it once." he threatened.

"Whatever you say Princess." Jungkook grinned.

"I'm not fucking joking." Taehyung yelled.

"Calm down Pri...," Taehyung pulled a gun from nowhere, cocked it and pointed it at Jungkook's head.

It happened too fast for me to have an appropriate response. I just stared open mouthed as Taehyung's arm held firm.

"Put the fucking gun down V." Jennie actually rolled her eyes at him.

Apparently Taehyung pulling a gun on Jungkook didn't faze her in the slightest.

"Kook's right, y/n's already involved. So suck it up and stop being a prissy little bitch." Clearly no one told Jennie it's not a good idea to call the man with the gun names.

Taehyung didn't move, he just stared at jungkook who was still grinning.

"Fuck, we don't have time for this. We gotta meet with Kai." He lowered his arm, tucking the gun away.

I was stunned, did that mean if he had more time he would have happily shot his bestfriend.

"Jennie you're up." Taehyung got out of the car and he and Jennie swapped places.

"Where to?" she asked, adjusting the seat and pulling out of the parking lot.

"Docks, Unit twelve." he instructed.

"Is Jin meeting us there?" Jungkook asked, their previous argument clearly forgotten.

"No, my dad."

"Cool, Big K can meet Little y/n" Jungkook smiled.

"It's not a fucking meet and greet kook. Do you take anything seriously?" Taehyung muttered.

"Hardly ever. That's why you're next in line, not me. You take all this shit so seriously you'll give yourself a fucking ulcer one of these days."

Taehyung took out his phone again and pulled a laptop out of a bag, he powered it up.

"Jimin." He put the phone to his ear. "You got the link?" I watched in fascination as he typed furiously on his computer, brows furrowed as he concentrated on whatever it was he was doing.

"Twelve on the inside…, any sign of Kai?..., Fucker!..., I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch one of these days…, keep a lock on him…, old man's losing his touch if he thought we'd go in blind…," he chuckled at something Jimin said.

"Yep, Jennie can track us…, later man." He put his phone away. "It's a set up, Kai's not even there."

Jungkook nodded. "Excellent! Gun fight!" He said with enthusiasm. Pulling a weapon out and checking it over.

It seemed like my crazy night wasn't over yet. I think I was in shock, it was the only way to explain how calm I was feeling.

Jennie pulled the car up to the side of a warehouse. I checked the time, it was a little after ten, I really needed to get home soon, if I was going to make it before my dad, but I thought perhaps now wasn't the best time to mention it.

"Princess, you stay in the car with her. Jennie you spot anyone that isn't kook, my dad or me you drive, keep going until you get home. Understand." Taehyung was all business. I nodded.

"Taehyung?" Someone opened the back door of the car.

"Dad." he got out of the car.

"Big K" Jungkook chuckled. "Come meet y/n." He got out of the car and pulled the man around to my side.

"y/n, this is Big K, Taehyung's daddy." He said as he opened my door.

I was met by an older version of Taehyung. You could tell they were related. "Big K, this is y/n. V calls her Princess." He added with a grin.

"Fucking Hell Jungkook, you gossip worse than a fucking woman." Taehyung moaned.

"It's Jeong Gyu." He rolled his eyes at Jungkook.

"I apologise for my him, we think his mother dropped him on his head when he was a baby. It's a pleasure to meet you y/n." He held out his hand for me to shake.

"You too." I told him.

He stood and turned to Taehyung and Jungkook. "We're going in the south entrance. I have men stationed at every available exit point. Taehyung it's you he wants so be careful. Your mother will kill me if I bring you home with another gunshot wound." He chuckled lightly, like it was no big deal for his son to get shot at.

Taehyung came around the car and crouched beside me. "I won't be long." He glanced at his watch. "You have to be home before twelve yeah?" I nodded, finding the whole thing surreal, Taehyung was worrying about my curfew at a time like this.

Madness didn't even begin to cover it. "If we're not out by eleven, just go, make sure you get her home on time." He told jennie who agreed.

He leant forward and grabbing the back of my neck pulled me forward and kissed me soundly on the lips.

"Back soon, Princess." He winked and stood, slamming my door shut, he walked away with his father and Jungkook.

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