"You did what!" Yoongi screamed as he held Jungkook's arms and shrugged to bring him back to reality.

"I am sorry, hyung but I couldn't see him in that condition. I-"

"He is probably faking it! Can't you fucking join the dots? He isn't a person to be trusted, Kook," Yoongi bit his lip in frustration as Jungkook blankly stood there in front of him with his head hung low.

"Hyung..." Jungkook began.

"What is it?" Yoongi spat with anger running through his veins.

"I want to take a break."

"W..What?"

"I have saved a good number of people and I always gave them the priority over my safety. But when I saw Jimin through the hospital doors, today. That's when I realised that it isn't about saving them heroically and dumping them in hospitals so that their parents or family members could take them away. That's not the end of it, Hyung."

"Then what is?"

"To provide them with an opportunity to live a life like a normal human being again. To prevent them from blaming themselves for being victims of something that wasn't their fault. I want to do the favour for at least one person."

"And that person has to be Jimin?" Yoongi chuckled dryly, unable to sink Jungkook's words in his brain.

"Hyung, please..."

"Stop it, Jungkook! You are an agent for god sake. You cannot possibly rush out of the house every time a mission comes by. You cannot lie to him every time you go home wounded saying that you fell off the stairs-"

"Is that what you did with Taehyung?"

"Don't bring him into this!"

"I am quitting and you can't stop me. It's my sole decision and I am going to talk to the superintendent tomorrow."

"Well, good luck then. But, the moment you throw your resignation on Namjoon's desk, you are not my person anymore." Yoongi pledged and walked out of the room.

Jungkook leaned against the table beside him and raised his chin to prevent tears from dropping down. With a sigh of defeat, the man headed back to his house.

It wouldn't be empty anymore.

It wouldn't be silent anymore.

There would be a person waiting for him.

The thought itself brought a soft smile over his lips. He would be crazy to take this decision but he is also a human after all.

He does have emotions.

And Jimin is a part of his home now.

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"The number you are calling is currently unavailable at the moment~"

Jungkook's anxiety was off the roof. He had been calling Jimin consistently for the past twenty minutes and the boy wasn't answering. He wanted to believe that the boy was asleep but his heart was rumbling inside.

Jungkook pulled the car into full speed and drove it over the damp roads. It was raining heavily so Jungkook presumed the main roads to be jammed.

He took the narrow lanes and sped the car towards his house.

"Jimin, please pick the call!" Jungkook mumbled to himself.

It took him around thirty minutes via drive. He quickly got off the car and ran towards the door, ringing the bell multiple times.

It was silent.

There was no response.

Jungkook searched through his pockets and pushed a spare key into the hole and stepped inside still breathing heavily. He walked towards the fuse box and looked through it.

It was raining heavily and it's natural for power cuts during this time of the year. Jungkook plugged the generator and lights shone brightly into the hall and bedrooms.

"Mimi, what are you doing here?" Jungkook asked softly as he bent down on the kitchen counter.

The boy had crouched himself to fit under the kitchen counter and slowly rocked himself while mumbling something.

"Mimi, it's me Jungkook. Could please come out for me?"

"N...no! He's out there. He's searching for me. He...will kill me," Jimin stuttered with fear engulfing him.

"Mimi, look at me? It's only me here and I am not going to hurt you. So, please come out," Jungkook pleaded as he stretched his arms towards the boy.

Jimin shrugged violently and scooted further inside the small cabinet with his hands gripping onto his knees tightly.

"Mimi, please come out. You can't stay there like that. Please?" Jungkook gripped onto the boy's shoulders and gently pulled him out.

"No! Let me go! Don't touch me!" Jimin screamed at the top of his lungs with his eyes blown wide and tried to escape out of Jungkook's hands.

"I am not going to hurt you, Mimi. Please stop doing this to yourself!" Jungkook managed to speak as he tried to hold the boy in place and pulled him out to place him over the kitchen counter.

"No, no, no! Please don't strip me. I will do anything you ask for but please don't do this to me," Jimin babbled with his eyes shut close and his hands trying to push Jungkook off him.

Jungkook wanted to cry so badly.

He couldn't see Jimin in this state. It was too painful to watch him wither like this. His lungs squeezed beneath his chest as Jimin kept screaming and throwing his hands in the air.

Jungkook swallowed a lump down his throat as he pulled the boy closer to him with his hands cupping the latter's tiny ones in his. He pressed their foreheads together and closed his eyes to let a tear roll down his cheek.

"Mimi, do you remember my voice?" Jungkook began.

"Do you remember the words I said to you when I pulled you out of that dungeon?"

"That no matter what, I will stay by your side. And the moment you open your eyes it would be me that you would first see."

"The promise hasn't changed and it's still me that's before you. So, please calm down and look at me," Jungkook brushed his nose against Jimin's and nudged him to open his eyes.

With a soft count of breaths in his head, Jimin slowly opened his eyes.

Jungkook did the same and let go of Jimin's hands to cup his face, "Now that's like my brave boy. I told you it was just me," Jungkook spoke and smiled softly.

"Hold me, please?" Jimin begged with his eyes straining to hold back the tears.

Jungkook nodded and circled his arms around the boy's waist. Jimin hugged him back with hands around his neck.

"You feeling better?"

"Hmm," Jimin mumbled and fell asleep over Jungkook's chest.

A/n:- Do you guys still think Jimin's faking it?

Did Yoongi and Taehyung have a past?

Will Jungkook really quit his job as an agent?

Hope you liked the chapter.

Love you guys

Maddie 🙂❤