Requested by mehreatlsse

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BTS was still a new group. They just recently debuted and were figuring out this new kpop idol life. The members had all grown close after training and living together for two years. The hyungs had it a little harder than the maknae's. They'd been thrown in charge of the younger members at a young age and were still trying to figure that out too. Sometimes they definitely felt more like parents than like friends. Jin usually had the toughest time because he was the oldest and was constantly looking after his six dongsaengs. Thankfully the rest of the hyung line helped out a lot too. Their biggest obstacle had always been figuring out how to handle Jungkook and Taehyung. The two youngest of the group were absolutely wild. With Jungkook being 15 and Taehyung just barely having turned 17, controlling the two teenagers was hard. Yoongi always thought the difference between Jimin and Taehyung's maturity was odd because Jimin was only a couple months older than Taehyung but never found himself getting in trouble. All scoldings had basically been reserved for the TaeKook duo. All the hyungs ever really knew to do was yell at the two youngest when they would find themselves in trouble together. They felt like the scoldings weren't working though considering the two were almost always in trouble.

What the hyungs hadn't expected was for one day the two youngest to get into actual legal trouble. One afternoon Taehyung and Jungkook had mentioned going out to play at a park together in which Namjoon told them to be back before it got dark out. Within three hours of them being gone, there was a knock on their door.

Jin opened it to see a police officer standing there. "Umm..hello?" Jin asked confused.

"Is this the residence of Jeon Jungkook and Kim Taehyung?" the officer asked. Jin felt the color drain from his face, "Y..yes...oh my God are they okay?!" Jin yelled nervously. The rest of the members were now huddled behind Jin. Another police officer walked up to the door holding Taehyung's arm in one hand and Jungkook's in the other. The two maknae's were crying and staring at the ground avoiding everyone's gaze.

"These two were caught stealing snacks from KX-Mart. Luckily for them, because they are young the owner of the store doesn't want to press charges but we are giving them a warning and returning them to you."

"I'm so sorry about this.." Jin said angrily. He grabbed the two maknae's and pulled them in the door. He thanked the officers and they were on their way. Everyone was dead silent from shock until Jin finally exploded.

"Stealing?!!?!" Jin screamed. Jungkook and Taehyung didn't look up from the ground as tears continued to pour out of their eyes.

"What the hell did you two think you were doing?! STEALING?!" Jin was in complete disbelief. The two youngest had never stolen anything before.

"I'm..s..sorry..hyung..." Jungkook cried.

"I don't want to hear that you're sorry! What the hell is wrong with you two?! What the hell was going through your thick skulls that you'd think to try stealing?!"

"We..we...didn't mean to.." Taehyung pouted.

"Oh, you didn't mean to? The snacks just magically ended up in your bags then huh? Is that what happened?" Jin asked furiously. None of them had ever seen him so mad, but they were all equally as mad.

"Why the hell would you guys steal snacks?!" Yoongi screamed, "We have snacks here! Why didn't you just bring some?!"

The two both shrugged their shoulders. They really didn't know. They were playing at the park and didnt expect to get hungry. They had realized they didn't have any money with them. They both figured going to the mart and shoving some small bags of chips in their bags would have been harmless, but someone else shopping had seen it and reported them to the stores manager.

Jin was so furious that he couldn't even think straight. He had no idea how to scold them or what to say, "Both of you go to your room while hyungs figure out what the hell to do with you!" Jin demanded. The two quickly ran into their shared room and slammed the door behind them. They both sat on Taehyung's bed and cried. They'd never expected to be in this much trouble and were both mortified with the guilt that came with it.

"Aish! What are we going to do with them?!" Hobi yelled, "Those two are seriously never going to learn! Nothing we ever do seems to work, they keep getting in trouble!"

"A proper scolding is what they need!" Jimin demanded. He felt strange saying something like that especially about another member who was so close in age but he was also desperate for the two to learn a lesson about getting in trouble. They needed to learn while they were still young.

"I stole a candy bar from a shop when I was like 6, but after a swift belting I never dared do it again," Namjoon mentioned.

"Yah! Seriously! Maybe a good belting will teach them right!" Jin screamed in anger, "Because nothing else we try to do ever fuckin works! And I'll be damned if I let those two grow into little delinquents!"

"So go do it now while the fire is hot," Yoongi suggested, "I mean obviously don't beat them badly but a swift scolding will do them some good. A few hits with a belt won't kill them but it might be enough to teach them a damn lesson or two."

Jin decided to not waste a second. He figured Yoongi was right, he needed to do this right away. He walked down the hall and stormed into the maknae's bedroom and angrily took his belt off. Taehyung stood up from his bed, "Please no hyung!" he pleaded.

"You have given me no choice Taehyung! Do you know what kind of trouble you could have gotten into?! If you were one year older you would be sitting in jail right now!" Jin screamed. "So this is for your own good because it is my job to teach you a lesson!"

Jungkook sat there choking on his own tears. Jin had never belted anyone before and now he was about to do it to both of them at once?

"You're older, so you first," Jin gestured to Taehyung, "Get over here. Now." Taehyung stood in his spot frozen, "N..no..hyung please.." he cried. "KIM TAEHYUNG I SAID NOW!" Jin screamed and made his way to Taehyung instead. He grabbed him by the arm and pulled him away from the bed. He instantly smacked Taehyung on the butt with the belt, "Ah! Stop! Stop! That hurts!" Taehyung screamed while trying to cover his backside with his hands.

"That's the point!" Jin screamed. Jin went to hit him again but Taehyung had tried fighting his way out of Jin's grip so much that the belt landed on his upper back instead. Taehyung screamed in pain, "Stop!" Taehyung screamed. "I'm not even hitting you that hard!" Jin screamed back in defense. He felt like he was actually going pretty easy on his dongsaeng.

Jungkook wanted to throw up. He was sobbing into the blanket and trying to cover his ears to block out Taehyung's screaming. He knew it was his turn next.

Jin hit Taehyung again and this time it landed on the back of his thigh. Taehyung fell to the ground sobbing. "I'm sorry! Jin please I'm sorry! Please stop! You're hurting me!" he pleaded.

"Serves you right! And I'm not hurting you!" Jin screamed again, "How many more do you deserve?!"

"None! Zero! Please! I've learned my lesson please!" Taehyung begged from the floor. His body was stinging and burning. The belt felt like a million needles poking into his skin. The hit on the back of his thigh even felt like it might have been bleeding. Jin was going too hard on him. He didn't understand how Jin could think he wasn't hitting him that hard.

"Oh you've learned your lesson? I hear that every single time I scold you! And clearly your lesson hasn't been learned yet!" Jin screamed and hit Taehyung again. He decided to give him three more for a total of seven. He figured seven would be a decent number. By the time he was done with Taehyung, the younger was a crying heap of a mess on the floor and was clutching his thigh in his hands.

Jin turned to Jungkook, "You next. Get over here," Jin demanded. "No!" Taehyung screamed from the floor, "You can't do this to him too! He's the youngest one!" Taehyung felt like Jin was way too hard on him and he couldn't imagine Jungkook having to go through the same thing.

"And the younger he is when he learns, the better man he will grow up to be!" Jin said. Jungkook refused to get off the bed and Jin was absolutely astonished at the maknae's disrespect for not listening. It made his anger grow more. No matter what I do, he doesn't want to listen?!

He grabbed Jungkook by the arm and hoisted him to his feet. "Hyungie...please...don't...I'm really sorry..." Jungkook pleaded through tears. Jin didn't care to listen. He was too angry. He started hitting Jungkook with the belt and didn't even care where it landed at this point. He hit Jungkook on his arms and his back while Jungkook cried and screamed and dropped to the floor next to Taehyung. After seven hits for the maknae too, Jin figured that served them right.

"Maybe now you two will think twice before deciding to steal again, won't you?!" Jin yelled angrily. The two on the floor both frantically nodded in agreement and said they were never going to do something like that again. Jin put his belt back on and left their room, slamming their door closed behind him. The two lay next to eachother on the ground crying. Taehyung put his arm out, "Hey..it's okay..c...come here.." Taehyung gestured and Jungkook scooted over next to him on the floor and Taehyung held him close while they continued to cry together.

When Jin made his way back out, the members had calmed down a bit.

"Why all the screaming?" Yoongi asked, "How hard did you hit them?" He was curious but didn't want to interrupt. He trusted that his hyung wasn't taking it too far.

"They were just being overdramatic, I barely hit them. Just enough to get the point across and I think they got it," Jin said. He grabbed some water from the fridge and retreated to his room.

Later that night after Jin and Yoongi had made dinner, Jimin went to go gather the two maknae's to come eat. He found them both sleeping on the floor and nudged Taehyung, "Hey, guys wake up. Dinner is ready."

Taehyung flinched and whimpered that they'd be out in a few minutes. Jimin gave him a slight look of concern but went on his way. Taehyung shook Jungkook awake and then the maknae whimpered in pain too. "Are you okay?" Taehyung asked concerned. Jungkook said his back really hurt. Taehyung lifted Jungkook's shirt to see bright red welts and black bruises starting, "Oh.." Taehyung pouted. He tried to stop himself from crying again. He knew Jin was angry but clearly Jin had only gotten angrier by the time he had their maknae in his clutches. Jungkook tried to reassure the worried looking Taehyung that he'd be okay. The two stood up and started making their way towards the kitchen. They sat at the table next to eachother and kept their gazes low. They did everything they could to avoid all eye contact, especially with Jin. They wouldn't dare look at Jin even though the oldest had completely calmed down and was acting like nothing even happened. Yoongi tried to lighten the mood. He figured there was no sense dwelling on it and it would be good for everyone to just move on. The hyungs grew a bit more concerned when they noticed that the two maknae's were just staring at the food on their plates but not eating it. "Oh, so now you're not hungry?" Jimin asked.

"Jimin, enough," Hobi warned.

Taehyung asked to be excused to use the bathroom. Namjoon decided to get up and follow him because he wanted to ask if he was okay without Jin around. He noticed Taehyung limping down the hallway.

"Why are you limping like that?" Namjoon asked concerned.

"Hyung," was Taehyungs only response.

"What?" Namjoon asked.

"Jin."

Namjoon felt his heart freeze up, "Because of Jin? Tae how hard did he hit you?" Namjoon specifically remembered Yoongi telling Jin not to beat the two but give them a slight scolding with the belt. Taehyung limping seemed like a lot more than a slight scolding.

"Hard enough," Taehyung pouted and went into the bathroom. Namjoon barged in behind him, "Let me see." Taehyung told him no, that he was fine, but Namjoon didn't believe him. "Please just let me see." Taehyung was embarrassed but lifted his shirt to show Namjoon his back and then showed him the back of his thigh. The back of his thigh had a giant black bruise forming and looked like it had actually been bleeding.

"Oh no...no..Taehyung..he wasn't supposed to.." Namjoon tried to fight back tears. "Jungkook? Did he do the same thing to Jungkook?" Taehyung started crying when he nodded his head. Namjoon yelled for Jungkook to come to. The maknae was quick to meet them in the bathroom. Namjoon asked to see if he had bruises as well and he was met with more horror when he saw the bruising all over Jungkook's back. "Oh my God..maknae.." Now Namjoon was furious at Jin.

"He wasn't supposed to hit you that hard! He said he didn't hit you that hard!" Namjoon yelled in frustration. Jungkook was now crying too, "Hyung was really angry.."

Namjoon stormed out into the kitchen to find everyone cleaning up, "Kim Seokjin!" Namjoon screamed. Everyone turned in horror towards Namjoon. No way was he ever supposed to call Jin that without the honorifics.

"Excuse me?" Jin scoffed.

"You hurt them!" Namjoon yelled at his hyung.

"I simply scolded them!" Jin yelled back defensively.

"Hyung you beat them!"

"What do you mean he beat them?" Yoongi asked confused and turned to Jin, "Hyung? I specifically told you not to do that."

Hobi and Jimin looked at eachother nervously.

"Taehyung did whimper when I nudged him earlier.." Jimin admitted.

"Maybe because him and Jungkook are both covered in welts and bruises!" Namjoon screamed, "Jin that wasn't what I meant when I said a swift belting! Like Yoongi hyung told you, you weren't supposed to hurt them like that!"

Jin was thrown off guard. He didn't expect to have left welts and bruises on the two. "I..I did what..?" Jin asked shocked, "I didn't think I..I didn't mean to...they have bruises?"

"Yes, bad ones!" Namjoon answered. The members all ran to the bathroom to meet the maknae's. Namjoon made them show everyone the markings on their bodies.

"What the fuck Jin!" Jimin screamed, "What the hell did you do?!"

Jungkook and Taehyung were terrified and nervously shaking. They'd been scolded enough and they wanted no part of any more fighting.

"Oh..no..maknae's..." Jin started, "I didn't mean to..I didn't realize I was doing that.." Jin went to put his hand on Taehyung's shoulder but the younger backed up, "I..I tried to tell you you were hurting me and you didn't listen to me.." he cried.

"He told you you were hurting him and you still kept going?!" Hobi screamed at Jin.

"I thought he was lying!" Jin yelled. He felt absolutely terrible. Hurting them that badly was not his intention.

"Hyung was too mad," Jungkook pouted at the floor.

"You know what? We're not doing this. Never again," Jimin demanded, "Nobody is hitting them ever again!"

Yoongi was furious with Jin for not listening to him, "Look what you did, Jin!"

"I'm sorry!" Jin cried. Guilt was eating away at his entire chest, "I'm so sorry....I didn't mean to hurt either of you like this..I thought I was doing the right thing..I'm so terribly sorry..Never again. What Jimin said. Hyung is never going to hurt you ever again. Nobody is!" Jin started to hyperventilate with tears and ran out of the bathroom and into his own room, slamming his door. He dropped onto his bed and sobbed in his pillow. Even he couldn't believe what he'd done. I'm the worst hyung! A terrible hyung! Jin what the hell was wrong with you?! You were too angry and you hurt them! The worst hyung!

Hobi found some icyhot cream in the bathroom and him and the others helped put it on some of the more intense welts and bruises on their maknae's. Taehyung hissed when Jimin put some on his thigh. Yoongi got some cold water for the two and led them back into their bedroom. The hyungs apologized and all felt absolutely terrible over how things had turned out. They knew they couldn't completely blame Jin because they had all agreed to the whole belt thing to begin with but they all quickly changed their minds about ever using that tactic ever again. Yoongi also found some painkillers and offered it to the two. They said thanks and curled up in bed together. Jungkook started apologizing for "being bad" and getting in such trouble. They all sat around and talked about everything for a while. Taehyung admitted that he felt bad about the stealing the moment he'd done it, he really didn't need the scolding to teach him any kind of lesson. He also admitted that he was reeling from guilt over setting a bad example for Jungkook and how he wished he could have taken all the blame because he was older and should have been smart and talked Jungkook out of doing something bad. The hyungs told them they knew they were sorry and they knew their lesson was already learned. They let the two rest and the members decided to go check on Jin.

They found him still crying in his bed.

"Hyung listen," Hobi started, "What you did was bad and you can never do something like that again and those two still deserve a proper apology from you. Crying in bed isn't going to fix this. You need to talk to them."

"I know," Jin said wiping his tears and sitting up, "Even if they were to forgive me I don't see how I can ever forgive myself for what I did. I'm nothing but a monster."

"That's not true," Jimin started, "You're just...still figuring this whole hyung thing out. We all are. We also aren't going to learn unless we make mistakes and now we know. Now we know that hitting is not going to be an option. I guess it's better we learned that early on too, right?"

Jin nodded. He figured that made sense. He apologized to his members for hurting their maknae's and he specifically apologized to Yoongi for not listening what he'd tried to tell him before.

"We forgive you but good luck with those two," Namjoon said while rubbing Jin's back. They all knew Jin hadn't intentionally done what he did. He was so blinded by anger that he had done it without thinking. Jin decided to make his way to his maknae's room. They weren't asleep yet but were curled up in Jungkook's bed together. They both tensed up at the sight of him.

"Hey, just relax, okay?" Jin hated seeing them seem so scared of him. It wasn't something he wanted. He sat down next to them and began to apologize. He gave a long apology for what he'd done and promised he was never going to hit them again. He explained how he was too angry to listen to their cries and pleas and apologized to Taehyung for continuing after not believing he was actually hurting him. Jin said he hoped they could forgive him but he will understand if they don't want to. "It's not supposed to be like this. Just like I didn't want you two to grow up to be bad, I don't want to grow up to be bad either." The last thing Jin wanted was to grow up to be abusive towards his dongsaengs just because they made him angry. That wasn't him at all. Jin started to completely sob as he kept apologizing and the two maknaes's sat up in bed and started hugging him. He let them hug him but he didn't hug them back, he wasn't willing to put his hands near them at the moment especially after seeing the bruises he'd given them. He couldn't fathom how they could forgive him so quickly but he was grateful. Jungkook started smiling at his hyung, "You know what you need?"

"What?" Jin asked.

"A proper scolding!" Taehyung chuckled. Jin couldn't help but laugh. They were still his same old dongsaengs, who he was never going to hurt again.

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