14
Interrogation

"Fuckin-" Jimin snatched the phone from Daehye, he stared at the pic, bad quality but the Jimin aura was still strongly radiating. The pics were only showing him entering and exiting the station, at least Daehye wasn't there with him in them but who knows they even have those photos and were only waiting for this to blow up and make this an official 'scandal'

"This is not the type of scandal Jin- ssi faced." yep Daehye was right, the type of scandal Jin faced was centuries ago and that also only for having a big ass dick- for having a condom in the background while doing 'Eat-Jin'. Here Jimin- police station and the first thought which pops up in one's head is something related to illegal activity.

Out of the blur a ring distracted both of them, it was faint but audible and Jimin ripped off the blankets to find his phone below a pillow. It was Lee Hyun himself calling and Jimin was a step away from being called 'petrified'. As he was unable to move, Daehye herself slid across the screen and put the phone on speaker.

"Jimin." his voice was a bit concerned, "you saw." Jimin said, his mouth forming a big 'o'.

"Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing is wrong, I was there for someone else." Daehye's heart rate fastened, except this time it was because she was anxious about what she put Jimin into. The sasaengs and everyone, almost the whole world had their eyes on BTS and they either get in a scandal or lose one minor award- they would be in controversy.

"I seem to have it under control, but I think if the sasaengs come banging on Hybe's entrance then you have no option, you either answer them face to face or issue a statement, I know you weren't even involved in what happened." Lee Hyun confidently said, yes he was sure that at least his boys won't do anything wrong and he was absolutely right.

"You know I haven't done anything delinquent right?" Jimin wanted to ensure that his agency still trusted him; they very well did but a string of overthinking seemed to creep in his mind.

"Oh of course." a chuckle was heard from the other side. "By the way, are they okay now?" he continued to speak and Jimin eyed Daehye who had a panic driven face.

What was he supposed to answer? He was there for his girlfriend? Daehye was just a friend (with benefits maybe, emotional and physical both likely) and saying that would revoke gossip in HYBE. "someone close, don't worry it was just some baseless accusation."

"Take care then." Jimin cut the call and sighed while leaning back and snuggling in the blankets. Meanwhile Daehye just started down at her lap, fidgeting with her fingers and her one leg shaking due to anxiety.

"What's up with you?" his eyebrows pinched. "I'm sorry it was kind of dumb- I don't even know how much you'll be asked- twitter is prolly flooding and what if they have my photos too, you were literally holding my hand in the parking area and you even opened the gate-"

"Daehye calm down." Jimin interrupted her mid-way. "These things are normal, you know Jungkook was a step away from getting pictures of him and Byeol exposed?"

"But isn't- i mean okay having a girlfriend is still better than those pictures going out." Daehye rubbed her temples to ease the headache which was swiftly coming on the surface.

"We didn't do anything wrong, we weren't red handed caught selling cocaine. I think I'm gonna be honest to those reporters tomorrow."

"But what if they judge you for the opposite?"

"You're thinking too much Daehye, calm down. Things like these happen every now and then, you aren't aware because we stop it." Jimin extended his arm and she stared at it for a moment before finally leaning in, his body was responsive to her warmth immediately as he wrapped his one arm around her waist and his warm breath hit her neck.

"Aren't you fed up with these guys prying in your lives, I mean are they that horny for content?" she heavily sighed, "isn't that the whole point of fame?"

"It has a bright side, but the darker is more." he twirled her hair on his fingers, "people think the idol life must be cool, but in reality i will surely make a kill to live the ordinary life most of the time. We could've eaten out but we had to do it here because of fame."

"But my fans, they motivate me- to perform on stage and to dance till I'm not drenched in sweat and to sing till my throat feels sore, ARMY is just someone I preach, they are my first love." Jimin continued to talk- it was kind of unbelievable how much and how many times it was just Jimin and Daehye talking about life, both from different backgrounds, different challenges and struggles but yet they still understood and were empathetic towards their sadness and grief.

The sasaengs, the obsessed toxic fans, the critic which went way ahead sometimes, the bullying, the occasional death threats they got. BTS was first wanted to be noticed but now, they understood the disadvantages which came along. Their hard work took them till where they stood right now and the love they got is what kept them going at the end of the day.

Regardless of every negative thing, at the end they wanted to do better and better because it was their life, perhaps their everything.

"I know you love us- ARMY of course." Daehye proudly smiled at him and he felt a slight rush in his heart rate.

Wtf-

No

Please for fucks sake not again.

"Earth to Jimin?" she waved her hand in front of his face, "sleep queen." he kissed her forehead and caressed her hair. Though Jimin's eyes felt heavy after some time, Daehye's mind was still occupied by the earlier events which took place. At one hand she was proud of whooping some asses when they were doing wrong, at the other she was guilt driven for Jimin.

The yellow wired lights which were uncoordinatedly hung on the roof made of a blanket was hugging Jimin's tanned skin closely, it was honey like and looked totally expensive. His darker than the night sky hair was covering his forehead, she gently brushed his hair back with her fingers but stopped when he moved a little. "Why did you stop? It felt good." Jimin's sleepy voice seemed to have an effect on Daehye.

The one she experienced before, the one she was yearning for but backed away at the same time. Was it too late now?

She brushed her fingers through his hair again, swiftly closing her eyes because she wanted to stop thinking for some time at least consciously.

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By the time Jimin woke up, there wasn't a trace of Daehye. It was his biological clock which woke him up after ten hours. At first he squinted his eyes as he saw the small hand of clock at ten on the wall when he climbed out of the blanket tent he made yesterday. He searched for Daehye but neither her nor her belongings were there.

Just a small note left on a notepad she found in a drawer. 'Sorry my family had some emergency. I'll call you as soon as I get free.'

"I hope everything is fine." Jimin whispered to himself as he grabbed his towel and left to take a bath. A realization struck, he actually kinda wanted to wake up to see her face, her entirely getting engulfed in his scent but she wasn't, rather she left without waking him up. Whatever it was, Daehye was starting to occupy his mind and that wasn't good news according to him.

Though completely in contempt with the fact that what happened yesterday was nothing bad, in fact the couple helped stop one of the most brutal crimes in one of the safest cities in the world and if he had to repeat it in front of the flock of reporters standing and waiting for him in Hybe there wasn't a problem. He just had to keep Daehye's identity safe.

At first Jimin parked his car and thought if he wanted to avoid the attention and just go from the back gate or just be confident and go from the front.

Back gate would be sus, the front gate it is.

He was expecting at least twenty reporters but there was only one unidentified guy who must've been in his middle thirties standing in front of the reception. Jimin took the route towards his studio but when the elevator doors started closing and a hand in between stopped them.

"Park Jimin-ssi." the reporter huffed which was a complete sign of how he saw him last minute and came all the way running. "Are you here for yesterday? I mean the pictures?" Jimin asked, a feeling of lack of confidence not visible. The reporter nodded his head yes and that gave rise to another question.

"Where are the rest of them?"

"There were alot of reporters standing but Hyun- ssi decided to get only one who would supply the news further." The reporter spoke, it was evident why only one of them was allowed and that also just him. He was a famous reporter who was known for cutting off the major flow of fake news and promoted the idea of privacy more than others in his field.

"I hope you watch or read the newspaper everyday, Dosong- ssi." Jimin read off the name from his ID card and eyed him. "Yes i do."

"Then you must be familiar with today's headlines." Dosong went deep in his memories, searching for what the major headlines for today were. "There was a headline regarding the South Korea and New Zealand meetup......"

"And?"

"And something regarding an attempt to rape and sexual harassment case." he continued as he pinched the bridge of his nose, as realization hit him he came to the conclusion that Jimin was involved.

"A close friend of mine caught them attempting and stopped them, they were getting interrogated and the whole point was baseless- they should've been thanked rather than facing questions, so to further clarify the situation i was there. In no way was I involved in it rather my friend was." Jimin's voice was crisp and clear while the man in front of him was taken aback.

"We're sorry for all the inconvenience we have caused due to the fake news, the act of you and your friend was a good deed." Dosong bowed and so did Jimin. "It's fine we're in the habit of this." they were absolutely right, the dealings with sasaeng and legal reporters was now a child play for them.

"I can't believe that people doubted you for-"

"Smoking a blunt while driving?" Jimin interrupted him mid-sentence and laughed off. "We're really sorry." he was confused why the man was feeling apologetic when he didn't even do anything; he was actually just apologizing for the rumors spread by fake news and their own fandom.

"It's fine, I'm sure our fandom had a cleansing after this." Jimin smiled, toxic armies would have backfired and for sure would've decided to unstan them. Well they didn't care about the matter the way they did years back.

"Well I'll get going, thank you for honestly answering our questions." The reporter bowed again as Jimin walked towards the end of the floor and knocked aggressively or more childishly when he passed on a door. "You sure you don't wanna see my studio? I renovated it a little." he smiled as his eyes turned to crescents and Dosong almost melted on the floor.

Am I gay?

Everyone is gay for Jimin, Dosong- shut up now let me narrate.

"It's fine." Dosong awkwardly smiled and took footsteps back as Jimin continued to stare and smile at him, until Taehyung screamed from his studio. "Yaah pabo what do you want now?" When his voice became audible Dosong just ran to the elevator and left.

"Hey come over." Jimin shouted again and Taehyung tiredly grabbed his diary before wearing his slippers and dragged himself out of his studio and went straight ahead and locked the door behind him.

"So jibooty spill." Taehyung laid on the couch and kept his legs in Jimin's lap. "Nothing Daehye beat some asses when she saw someone in danger." Taehyung smiled at his words, unsure if he was happy that Jimin was finally starting to care for someone or for the fact that he wasn't wrong when he looked at Daehye and found her intimidating.

"Deserved much." he scribbled something on her diary while Jimin just smiled. "God she looked like a total baddie with that scratch on her lip and rather than getting anxious she was actually proud of how beating em up. Woman helping woman, she said." Jimin suddenly stopped when he found Taehyung's eyes glued to him and a slight smile spread on his face.

"Aish." Taehyung lifted his foot up and slapped Jimin with it teasingly as Jimin came to the sense of how he was rambling about her. "It isn't what it looks like."

"If you say so." Taehyung showed his boxy smile off whilst Jimin just thought that his emotions were going overboard now. He had to stop now before it was way too late. He remembers how his heart rate fastened when she occasionally smiled at him and how her eyes closed.

This was familiar, perhaps he felt all of this with Grace. She left him. He had to divert his mind away.

"It's been a long time since i went to meet mom, dad and Jihyun." Jimin suddenly remembered, Jihyun's image flashed through his mind how he was almost whining about how Jimin should pay more visits.

"Yeah you should visit them, a change of environment will maybe give you some motivation too." Taehyung spoke up. "You wanna join?" Jimin exchanged a glance with him.

"Honestly I miss your mom's kimchi, but Ara would kill me if i go." Tae was in a dilemma. "Ara is an understanding woman Taehyung, okay let's just go for five days." Jimin proposed the plans, his puppy eyes begging Taehyung to tag along.

"Not those eyes." Taehyung scoffed and just stared at him, of course he wasn't immune to Jimin's cuteness, even after more than a decade. "Okay should we just text each other on GC if they wanna join?" Taehyung unlocked his phone and looked at Jimin while he just nodded yes.

Turned out after all only Namjoon was able to join them since he himself wanted a getaway, the rest of the members were busy working on the next studio album of maknae line and Jin and Yoongi went back to the army headquarters.

The three enjoyed each other's presence and the tiny bits of family time, for Jimin's parents there was no shying away from treating members like their own family. Namjoon and Taehyung enjoyed the little banters between Jimin and Jihyun or how they would pair up with the younger brother and completely bully Jimin.

One thing Taehyung didn't miss was the fact that Jimin only contacted Daehye twice, that also when she asked him first but stopped as she thought that he would've been busy. Turns out Jimin just avoided her completely- rather he switched off his personal phone for two days because he couldn't get a grip of himself and waited for notifications from her.

By the time they all got back Daehye finally decided to visit him and at least ask how the trip was. Rather than immediately going, she waited for two days for everything settle down and then decided one day to pay him a surprise visit in Hybe itself as he never got free from writing the songs assigned to him.

"Can't you please just come with me?" Ara requested Daehye who was tiredly holding the steering wheel of the car. "Bro just go, I'll wait here." Daehye yawned and Ara sighed. "You leave me no choice Min Daehye." Ara put her bucket hat on Daehye's head and handed her a black face mask as she herself wore one.

"I'll tell Jimin oppa you have a crush on him."

"What in the fucking flying fuck?" Daehye's eyebrows pinched together as she stared at Ara, her face twisted in an expression of being mad and surprised at the same time. "I don't."

"Then just come genius, meet Jungkook oppa and you two can bully Taehyung together." Ara proposed and looked at her with pleading eyes.

"You very well know Ara why I avoid this building." Daehye rubbed her temples as certain memories came back- she didn't want to cross paths with her past again. "Bae, please forget him."

"Well what if we stumble across each other- he's an idol himself and that also under Hybe for universe's sake." she lightly pushed the steering wheel in frustration.

"He won't even recognize you, you're wearing a hoodie and sweats and a bucket hat and mask are covering your face." Ara snatched the keys from her hands and spoke again, "oh wait- they're on a world tour." she clapped her hands together and Daehye sighed.

"I hate you." The two women got out of the car and Ara was stopped by a security guard who must've immediately recognized her- hell she was friends with him. "Even the staff knows you?" Daehye's eyes widened and she could feel Ara fondly smiling even below the mask.

"Taehyung is in Jungkook oppa's studio, do you wanna come with me or first meet Jimin oppa?" Ara said while reading a text from Taehyung while Daehye seemed to be confused.

"On what floor is Jimin on?"

"Fifth I'll be on the fourth floor so just come down after greeting him." The elevator made a ping sound which signaled that Ara was at her destination. She smiled at her bestie and went out, whilst when Daehye reached she was unfamiliar with everything so she just decided to start from the corner of the floor.

"Yoongi, Jin, Hoseok- ahh yes Jimin." She read off the names from the placards on the doors.

She raised her right hand to hold the door but stopped half way when she heard moaning sounds.

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Aish finally I updated this, honestly lol- I find this tory cringe at times but whatever it gives me a getaway from the real world at least. 

I cancelled the updates because I had an exam and I secured lowest in the subject I worked hard on like wtf- T-T 

Please vote, it motivates me to write more and better. And yes comment- i live for them lol-