Jungkook could not comprehend how he ended up in the hospital with his brother's blood on his shirt right before he could receive his trophy for winning the dance competition. The concept of time was slowly starting to lose its meaning. One moment he was in the auditorium, being informed by Minho that they have won and the next he heard screams of soobin's name with people yelling about him jumping from a window. He considered soobin fortunate for not hitting the ground; his fall was broken by the car he landed on. But did he seriously think he was a superhero!

"That idiot. He's not Spiderman. When will he understand that?" Jungkook thought out loud.

"He's going to be okay kook." Someone said. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

That's comforting.

"Eunwoo-ya did Appa come out of that room?" Jungkook asked. He was avoiding the ER like a plague. He did not wish to even look in the direction soobin was wheeled in because it never happened in his universe. Jungkook decided, as soon as soobin would be home, he will delete this day from his memory forever.

"Not yet." Eunwoo whispered, crying himself.

"What's taking him so long?. Dad will get worried and think something serious happened.."

"Jungkook.."

"What?" Jungkook's red eyes drifted up when jaehyun called him.

"Snap out of it jungkook. You're scarring us even more."

"I'm perfectly fine." Jungkook spoke with a straight face, "I surprised my boyfriend and won the competition. I've never been happier before."

"Stop, jungkook stop it." Mark warned him. "Taehyung and soobin need you right now. Your parents need you right now. We need you right now."

Jungkook's eyes widened.

"Taehyung." He whispered. "Where is he? He was by the window. He must have seen. He must have stopped soobin. Why did dad take him to the station!"

Jungkook stood up from his seat, about to go to the police department but he halted his every move when seokjin came into the waiting area. Seokjin's eyes were red, pooled with tears. He looked at jungkook and exhaled. It was a breath of relief.

"He's going to be okay.." seokjin whispered. Every single boy present in that room thanked the heaven regardless of whatever belief they followed.

Jungkook stumbled forward and seokjin was quick to embrace him. They let a few tears fall but seokjin had to maintain his composure so he just closed his eyes and let jungkook borrow all his comfort and energy.

"Appa, I'm going to dad's station," jungkook pulled away from the hug and wiped his face. "He took taehyung because everyone said something like he pushed soobin.."

"Kook, I understand you are worried but I think you should stay here." Seokjin held his son's hand gently to stop him.

"No. They are blaming my boyfriend for something he hasn't done." He said firmly pulling his hand out of his father's grip. "I have to be there. I have to protect him."

"Baby, trust me, you're not going to be of any help. All you're doing is avoiding soobin's situation." Seokjin sighed. Jungkook was a poor liar. You only had to look in his eyes to know exactly what was going on inside his head.

Jungkook shook his head and turned around to leave.

"Jungkook, listen to me." Seokjin called. "Jungkook!"

Seokjin followed his son's steps. When he was at arms reach seokjin tried to stop him by grabbing his bicep.

"Kim jungkook!"

Jungkook whirled around and yanked his arm out of seokjin's grip, "I'M NOT A KIM!"

The words were poison on his tongue. He realised it as soon as he said it. But it was too late to backtrack. Seokjin was hurt. Hell, he was hurt himself. Since he could not take it back he ran, away from the hurt and the pain.

On the other hand, Taehyung indeed was seen by many when soobin fell; that's why he was with chief Namjoon at the moment. He had accompanied jungkook with his friends to the hospital. But once Namjoon got to know that taehyung was there when soobin fell, he came to the hospital and took taehyung to give his official statement. However, the way taehyung reacted was contradictory to what Namjoon had believed.

Taehyung sat in the interrogation room with sealed lips. He had not said a word of what had occurred but silently cried in his seat. His father was doing his best to take him away from the police station, however, it seemed that someone had walked in claiming that he had seen taehyung push soobin.

"I ran as soon as soobin called me. Before I could enter the classroom I heard soobin crying and begging for taehyung to stop hitting him. I was furious to say the least but when I.. when I entered.. he-taehyung pushed him so hard.. god.."

Namjoon watched Seo Kangjoon intently. The boy had entered minutes before Namjoon arrived at the station with taehyung. Kangjoon gave his statement to yoongi seeing as the chief was not available. But the moment he saw Namjoon he bursted into tears declaring himself as soobin's boyfriend. The proof of their relationship was the Polaroid of them in his wallet.

Taehyung froze when his eyes landed on kangjoon balling his eyes out. He was angered at first but then remembered the video. Even though the phone was still in that lab it was not confirmed that kangjoon did not have any more copies of that recording. Hence why taehyung opted to keep quiet. He did not want to risk anything before ensuring jungkook's safety.

"Kid you need to speak up. These are some serious charges." Yoongi spoke, feeling extremely annoyed. He knew for a fact that taehyung would never physically hurt anyone. So why was he not denying that boy's words?! Why was he quiet as if he accepts the blame?!

"Kim taehyung!" Yoongi yelled. "Talk goddamn it!"

The officer banged the table with his fist. He was profoundly irritated.

"Do you not understand the gravity of this situation taehyung? Soobin is fifteen and you could go to juvenile detention! That boy out there is making it seem like you've been bullying soobin for ages! I know it's bullshit and I can vouch for it! But fuck if that was possible!" Yoongi stood up abruptly. "Trust me Tae I'll find all the evidence that's needed myself; all I need from you is the truth. Just say that you did not do it, give me those words and I promise I will rip that asshole apart."

Yoongi softened, listening to taehyung's sniffles.

"H-hyung.." he cried. Yoongi sat back into his seat and took taehyung's trembling hands in his.

"I can't ruin j-jungkook's life.."

"What?" Yoongi asked, confused. "Taehy-"

"Yoongi, chief wants to talk to you." Jung Hoseok interrupted, marking the end of this interrogation session.

Yoongi huffed and dejectedly followed Hoseok's instruction. He gave one last look to taehyung before closing the door and obviously the younger was not looking at him.

Yoongi made his way to his chief's office and knocked before he was allowed inside.

"Anything?" Namjoon asked.

"He only said that he can't ruin jungkook's life." Yoongi sighed.

Namjoon sighed too, running his fingers through his hair frustratedly.

"What the hell has been going on with these boys?!"

"Sir, do you really believe that kangjoon?" Yoongi asked. He wanted to confirm who's side namjoon's on before sharing any kind of intel.

"Honestly, I don't. Soobin would never lie to any of us or hide anything from us. He did talk to me and seokjin about males being in a relationship, he told us he liked someone but was not sure about it. But.. but that was last year when he had that awful bowl cut, way before he started high school. Then again that boy did mention he's been dating soobin for more than a year now.." Namjoon analysed.

There was another knock. This time hoseok came in with another school boy. Namjoon recognised him as the boy from the night they found soobin in a park. Yeonjun.

"Chief, this is choi yeonjun and he has something to tell you about soobin."

Namjoon nodded and motioned for yeonjun to start talking. Yeonjun looked like he had been crying; his face red and swollen.

Yeonjun got his cellphone out of his pocket unlocking it and then sliding it toward Namjoon on the table.

"S-Soobin and I were together until this year, I-I'm sorry we didn't tell you. Soobin was just a middle schooler when I asked him out and we.. we thought you wouldn't allow him to date me, so we just.. we just kept it a secret."

Namjoon bit his inner cheek looking at yeonjun's wallpaper. It was the two boys, soobin with his bowl cut; they were  wearing matching bunny caps and had wide toothy smiles on their faces.

"During our summer break this year I-I told him I'm going to move to Chicago after graduation and he said he'll wait for me but then- right after school started he-he broke up with me. I didn't blame him, of course. He.. he deserves so much more better.

"But- he began acting strange. He'd call me sometimes and cry and apologize. Then when I would approach him at school he'd push me away. You know what I'm talking about right?"

Namjoon nodded.

"Sir, soobin messaged me day before yesterday. It's still in the chat you can check it. He said that he was going to come back to me after telling you everything. He said that he's not scared anymore and he can handle it because taehyung is by his side to give him courage and help him."

Yoongi's eyes widened.

Namjoon quickly opened yeonjun's message app to look at the text. It was there indeed.

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