Sua had been working in the garden for some time, the sun was setting over the horizon and she wanted to finish planting the flowers Joonie had brought her before she started on dinner. Taehyung had been out working all day, he will probably come home ravenous, she thought patting the freshly dug mud. Maybe she could make his favourite tonight. Kalbi and Japchae, she smiled. Kalbi would take time, she should go and get started immediately, she decided, getting off the ground and dusting her dress. She should have worn the overalls Joon had lent her, it would've saved her some time, now she would have to go change first.

She was taking off her gloves, when she heard a low growling sound behind her. Expecting to see Yeontan - Taehyung's cute little pet pomerian, she had grown to adore - Sua turned around only to meet the murderous gaze of a black Doberman who pounced on her barking furiously.

Sua screamed falling back into a bush while the dog snapped his jaws at her.

"BAM!! No! Down boy!" Jimin yelled, running towards them. He caught the belt around the canine's neck and yanked him away from Sua who was shaking like a leaf tears streaming down her face. He pushed the dog away towards the house "Go Bam, Go back to Jungkook-ah. Go!!" he pushed.

He turned and ran back towards Sua who was still lying on the ground. He slowly helped her sit up and knelt beside her, gently hugging her. He stroked her hair as she sobbed.

"It's ok. You're ok. I've got you now. You are safe." He murmured planting soft kisses on the top of her head. The reassurance was as much for him as it was for her. His heart was still thudding against his ribcage, her scream still ringing in his ears.

Sua hugged him tighter. "I thought.... He's so big. I was so scared, Jiminie." She cried.

"It's just Bam. He won't hurt you. He didn't know who you were."  Jimin placated her, his hand still stroking her hair. "You're ok. I'm here" he said again and continued to hold her for a while longer.

"Come on. Let's go inside its getting dark." He said after he thought she had calmed down a little, her sobs turning into soft sniffles. He slowly helped her get off the ground.

She stood up unsteadily and he held her close. She looked up at him with her wide eyes and he hugged her again. She buried her face in his chest and shuddered as his arms tightened around her.

"I won't let anything hurt you, yeobo." He whispered "You know that, right?" He shifted slightly lifting her chin up with his fingers so he could look into her eyes.

He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as his eyes fell to her lips. He bit his lower lip slightly as he leaned closer to her. Her eyes fluttered close in anticipation of what was to come. But he just leaned his forehead against hers and sighed.

"When I heard you scream like that...." He shook his head unable to continue "You're safe." He said more to himself than to her, his eyes burning into hers and she relaxed in his arms.

She nodded.

"Let's go." He said leading her towards the house, his hand still resting against her back.

They stepped into the house.

"Oh there you are. I was going to come find you in a minute......." Jin stopped in his tracks at the sight of her.

Her dress was covered in mud, there scratches on her arms and legs, her face was tear stained, eyes wide and her body still shivering slightly.

"Yah! What happened? Are you ok?" He asked loudly drawing attention from Namjoon and Hobi who were watching the TV in the living room. They came running towards them stopping midway just like Jin had, seeing her.

"She's ok" Jimin assured. "Bam jumped at her and she fell into a bush." He explained quietly.

"She doesn't look ok." Namjoon said walking towards her his brows furrowed in worry.

"I-I'm fine... really! Just a little shocked." But the quiver in her voice had Joon narrowing his eyes at her.

"That dog needs to be trained." Hobi said darkly.

"Come Jag-eun Sae. Let me take a look at you and get you cleaned up." Jin said kindly.

Sua took a small step towards him before Namjoon picked her up bridal style and carried her towards the infirmary with Hobi and Jin at his heels, leaving Jimin at the door staring behind them.

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Jungkook stepped out of the shower. The water pressure needs a slight tweaking, he thought, drying his hair with towel. He would get to it in the morning though, he had been home just an hour ago, he needed rest and some of Jin-Hyung's home-made food. His stomach rumbled at that very moment as if in agreement to his thoughts.
He also wanted to meet Yoon Sua, his brothers hadn't shut up about her since he had left. It was always Sua this or Sua that or Sua said this or Sua said that.... Every call he had made to any of his brothers in the last month that he had been gone, had them mentioning Sua at least twice in every conversation. Even most of the texts in their group chat were about her.

Tae: Sua said she needed some rice noodles for dinner.
Hobi-hyung: On it

Jiminie: I'm on my way to the store, Sua needs some socks, the ones we gave her are too big for her feet.
Joonie-Hyung: Get her a couple of sweaters too, it's getting colder.

Jin-Hyung: Yah! Someone get some seaweed on the way home, I'm thinking of making some soup for Sua tonight. She's looking pale again.
Hobi-hyung: Is she ok? Is she running a fever?
Tae: What? Is she ok?
Jimin: I told her not to stay out in the cold for too long.
Joonie-Hyung: I'll get it, some pork too? The girl's all skin and bones, I think we aren't feeding her enough.

Hobi-Hyung: Guys, did you see the lilies in the garden. Sua planted them last week and they are already blooming.

Yoongi-hyung: Yah!! Sua and I recorded a new song. You guys should hear it tonight. She's very excited, so everyone be nice.
Tae: We are always nice, Hyung!
Hobi-hyung: Yeah, you're one to talk, Yoongi.

Jungkook felt like he was forgotten. Did they miss him at all? Had Sua replaced him in his own house? He shook his head dismissing the idea. His brothers loved him, he knew that. He just wasn't used to them doting on anyone else but him, even more so since he had come back after being gone for so long.
He expected this behavior from Hobi-Hyung and Jin-hyung they were the type to pick up lost puppies on their way home. Taehyung had already confessed to feeling a bond with her even when she was lying unconscious in the infirmary, even Jimin had a soft side plus he liked to flirt with everything female.

But what surprised him was Namjoon-hyung and Yoongi-hyung were as hard as they come. They never opened up to anyone who wasn't family and yet they were worrying about her eating right and not hurting her feelings?

Yoon Sua was a stranger, wasn't she? How had they trusted her so easily, letting her into their lives so completely?

He was going to find out everything about her, he vowed. Something wasn't right, she was definitely hiding something, he thought viciously.

He pulled on his sweats and made his way down to the living room just in time to see Namjoon lift the girl in his arms and carry her away to the infirmary with Jin and Hobi Hyung running behind him.
"What's going on?" he asked Jimin who was still standing in doorway, looking at his hyungs carry Sua away.
"Keep Bam on a leash for a while Jungkook-ah" he said walking away towards the infirmary after his brothers.

After waiting for everyone for some time, Jungkook had a quiet dinner in the kitchen. He had expected to be surrounded by his brothers at the table filling him in about everything that he had missed while eating something delicious that Jin-hyung had whipped up for him. But here he was, slurping on some instant Ramyeon alone in the kitchen, while the rest of his brothers probably hovered over Sua in the infirmary.

Tae had come home a few minutes ago. His face marked with worry. He had barely thrown half a nod in his direction before disappearing straight into the infirmary with the rest of the members.

What was it about her that had turned his hardened brothers into putty? She had them all wrapped around her little finger, he thought bitterly. He got off his chair and went over to the sink to wash his bowl and chopsticks. 

Well, she might have them all fooled but not him. He knew better than to trust a girl who was picked off the street. For all the innocent act she put on, she would probably murder them all in their sleep and escape with their money and other possessions without a moment's remorse.

He picked up a bottle of beer from the fridge and went out the main door whistling to Bam who came bounding towards him immediately. He bent down to scratch his ears. "Hey boy, its just you and me again huh? Come on, let's go for a walk." He said walking ahead with Bam brushing against his legs.

He walked around the estate for a while, throwing sticks for Bam while taking swigs from his bottle of beer. His thoughts were clouded with the thoughts of her and his brothers. The girl had really taken up a huge space in their lives in a very short span of time. Everything seemed to rotate around her. She was very beautiful, he allowed grudgingly. Her heart shaped face, straight nose and bow shaped kissable mouth had enticed him even in the alley, where he had first seen her. And then he had looked into her eyes. Bluer than the ocean, they had looked right through him and into his soul.
Even when Ji-Hyuk had brought her up from the basement, she had looked straight at him, fixing him with her sharp stare, he had been rendered speechless.

"Please just kill me" her words had haunted him into the night and the week that had followed. The state she had been in had pulled at his heart just as he was sure it had with his brothers. Maybe that was why they had been treating her like a fragile piece of glass? She did have an air of vulnerability about her that seemed to draw out their protective instincts.

She had watched him kill a man. Is that why she thought he would kill her too? He wasn't a killer. He didn't kill innocents but he was no saint. He did what he did and he was good at it, he thought fiercely.

Jin-hyung had called him earlier asking him if he was hungry. He wasn't, not anymore. Though the ramyeon he'd had earlier was hardly satisfying, his appetite had been lost the moment he had seen Tae walk away from him without a word. Any other time and Tae would have jumped on him, hugging and fussing over him, telling him how much he had missed him and asking why he'd been gone for so long but now he had barely looked at him. They were best friends or at least they had been. None of the others were as attached to him as his Taehyungie-hyung had always been.

He missed his friend, he thought wistfully as the house came back into view. His feet had involuntarily carried him home. He checked his watch, it was well past midnight and everyone was probably already asleep.

He let himself into the house trying to be as quiet as possible, locking up the main door and setting the alarm. He walked in, silently heading towards the kitchen to discard his now empty bottle of beer. He looked over to the basket of fruits spotting a bunch of bananas. He picked one and started climbing the stairs towards his room.

Just as her turned on the first floor, he heard sounds of muffled screams and moans coming out of Taehyung's room. Did he still suffer from nightmares, Jungkook wondered, remembering all the times Tae had shared the bed with either him or Jimin because he was scared to be alone at night. And on nights like these, which were haunted by his nightmares, Jungkook was the only one able to calm him, but that was years ago. How had Tae managed in the last five years while his best friend was gone? Guilt assaulted him freezing him on the spot.

Maybe he should check on him, he hesitated but before he could turn towards his room, a tiny hooded figure flew down from the upper floor taking the stairs two at a time and rushed into Tae's room leaving the door slightly ajar, completely oblivious to his presence.

Curious, Jungkook tiptoed towards the door and peered inside. The hood had fallen off her head revealing silky brown hair. She was bent down on Tae's bed, the hoodie had ridden up her thighs and he realized that she probably wasn't wearing anything underneath. His body stiffened at the heat this sudden realization sent through him. She bent down further holding down Tae's arms to stop him from thrashing around, making the hoodie ride up even further, revealing a flash of white panties under the hem. Jungkook swallowed hard as he gripped the door handle tightly.

He debated whether he should go help but Tae was already waking up.

"It's ok Tae-Tae, I'm right here with you." She said softly brushing his hair away from his eyes. She wiped the sweat off his forehead with a t shirt she had grabbed off the foot of his bed.

"Sua?" he asked his voice hoarse and quivering,

"Yes it's me. I'm here." She assured him as he snuggled into her.

"Stay with me, please?" he begged.

"Of course baby" she said already scooting in beside him.

Taehyung immediately pulled her to him and nuzzled his face in the crook of her neck and threw his leg across both of hers locking her in. "Sleep now." She whispered stroking his hair.

"Sing to me" he whined.

"Ok" she said humming softly to him until his soft snores filled the silence in the room.

Jungkook stepped away, pulling the door closed behind him. Judging from the comfort they both shared with each other it was obvious that this had probably happened before. The speed at which Sua had run straight to him also meant she knew what she would find in the room. She had effectively calmed him and put him back to sleep, faster than Jungkook ever had.

His gut twisted in envy.

This slip of a girl had stolen his home, his brothers and now she had stolen his best friend too.

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A/n: So Jungkook's back 😁 Hope you're all happy. I absolutely loved writing from his perspective. Did you like it?

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Translations:
Kalbi - Grilled beef ribs
Japchae - stir fried glass noodles with veggies
(Both are Tae's favourites btw just fyi for baby army's)
Jag-eun sae - Little bird

Love,
Writeria29
07/03/2023