Taehyung is confused but he still follows his roommate without a word. Once they stop, he notices that they are already out of the university premises.

"Why did you lie to Minhyun?" Asks the blue haired boy.

"Lie? I didn't lie. We do have to work on our assignment." Jungkook says.

"Really? Then we should be going to our room or the library instead of coming out of the university." Taehyung raises his eyebrows suspiciously at the cherry haired boy who smiles sheepishly. "I was hoping... that maybe we could go out. The assignment can wait." Jungkook says, a little tint of pink decorates his cheeks and Taehyung cannot help but coo at him. It's so funny and cute to see someone so dominating like Jungkook being shy.

"Out? Out where?"

"You know, we could go to shopping perhaps. We could buy things for you for your art gallery show." Jungkook suggests.

"But I already have everything."

"But it's something big for you and its your first ever art gallery show. I think we should buy some nice clothes for you." Jungkook shrugs. He just wants Taehyung to say yes. He wants to spend some time with the blue haired boy.

"Alright, let's go." Taehyung agrees after going through his wardrobe in his mind. He does need some new clothes. Apart from some skirts and tops, he has not bought anything in a while. He really needs some new shirts and jeans.

Jungkook leads the other towards the parking lot where his car is. Soon the two of them hit the road with Jungkook at the driving seat and Taehyung at the passenger. "Do you want to blast some music?" The blue haired boy asks to which Jungkook obviously says yes.

The ride is a rather short one. Twenty minutes only but the boys enjoy every minute of it. They sing along the songs happily as if they are going on a road trip from school. They are allowed to have that much fun once in a while, aren't they?

Soon they reach a shopping mall and dash inside the huge building. Guess the songs they were listening to energised them. They search around the mall to find that perfect outfit for the blue haired boy which would make his already perfect self feel great about himself too.

"Tae, what do you think about these?" Jungkook brings two shirts that he thinks would look great on the other. Taehyung whips his face from the direction in which he was staring at a dress. He wants to buy it but he is already tight on budget.

"I like the white one." Taehyung says, taking a white, long sleeved shirt from Jungkook. He doesn't want anything fancy to wear tomorrow. He just wants to wear something in which he looks decent enough. Oh how wrong is he? He would look like an epitome of perfection in whatever he decides to wear.

"I know what would go with this." Jungkook says and walks in the direction where the jeans are arranged. Meanwhile Taehyung rushes in the ladies section. His eyes immediately fall on a beautiful dress that a mannequin is wearing.

He sighs after seeing the price. It is rather expensive and he cannot buy it until he has a proper job that allows him to save enough. Even now, Taehyung earns some decent amount but all that goes in his tuition fee and his living expenses. Maybe he'd have to wait for a year or two to buy this.

Sighing, he decides to go find Jungkook. He spots the cherry haired boy in the jeans section and walks over to him. "Did you find anything?" He curiously looks at the two pairs of jeans that his roommate is holding.

"Yes, these two but I personally think the black one would look better. And we could finish the look with a beret cap. I think it would look really cool." Jungkook says and Taehyung can imagine how good he would look. Taehyung loves to look good. Even though people call him ugly and what not, he loves to feel good about himself and his body. So what if others don't like him. Loving yourself is the most important thing and Taehyung tries to do that. Sometimes the negative thoughts get too much for him to handle and he breaks down but then he gets up again and walks on the path of self love all over again.

"Thank you so much, Kookie. I don't know what I would've done without you. Probably I would've wore my nightwear to the show." The blue haired boy laughs, making the other reciprocate his actions too. Jungkook stares at the other boy. He has such a beautiful smile that he can drown in his smile forever. Wow, sounds like he is totally in love.

"I wouldn't let you wear that prince, even though you look absolutely gorgeous even in your nightwear." The cherry haired male compliments the other, making him blush furiously. "Now go try this on. Don't forget to show me." Jungkook thrusts the clothes in his roommate's hands and starts pushing him towards the fitting room. Taehyung pouts at his actions and turns around, "I'm not showing this to you today."

"Why?" A look of offense surfaces Jungkook's expressions.

"Because I wanna... surprise you." Taehyung stares at the floor while saying this. Okay, maybe they had said they would be friends, they are definitely not acting like friends right now.

"This is not fair. Besides, I already saw your outfit."

"Yeah, but you haven't seen me in it so you're not seeing me in it right now." Taehyung says with finality and Jungkook cannot do anything besides nodding. He is totally whipped for the other and he can do anything Taehyung tells him to do but he also must not forget that Taehyung is not that innocent like he appears. He deals with drugs. People being in such kind of profession are anything but innocent.

Once Taehyung has gone to the fitting room, Jungkook hurries to the ladies section where he had seen Taehyung staring at a pretty dress not long ago.

He looks for the sales person and sees a girl arranging clothes with a 'May I help you' badge pinned on her uniform.

"Excuse me?" Jungkook calls her. The girls looks at him and walks closer to him. "Good evening, sir. How may I help you?"

"I want to buy the dress that mannequin is wearing." He tells her. The girl smiles and asks for the size that Jungkook tells her. She goes to the store room or wherever they keep extra clothes and brings the size Jungkook wants.

"Is this for your girlfriend, sir?" The girl asks curiously as she walks with the dress to the cash counter. Jungkook gives her a cold look that is enough to shut her mouth, "I don't see how this is any of your business."

After that, the girl shuts her mouth and gets back to her job. Jungkook pays for the dress and takes it from the sales girl who has already packed it in a paper bag.

Jungkook waits for a few more minutes before Taehyung walks out of the fitting room. He smiles at his roommate, "I love this outfit so much, Kookie. I look so good in it... I guess."

"No, the outfit must be looking good because you were the one wearing it." Jungkook winks at him, making him blush again. Jungkook very well knows how to make his roommate's heart race a million times in a minute. Damn Jeon Jungkook has that effect on him.

"What's in that bag, Kookie?" Taehyung points at the bag Jungkook is holding that has the dress in it. The cherry haired boy panics. He does not want the other to know about it just yet so he says the first thing that comes to his mind. "Sex toys."

Taehyung's eyes grow big and his mouth hangs open. "Wh-What?"

"Why are you so surprised, huh? You asked me to fuck you that night. Maybe we could experiment some of these toys on you. You know we could-" Jungkook shuts up when Taehyung slaps his biceps and glares at him. His cheeks are all red.

"Yah! Shut the fuck up and let me pay for this." Taehyung says, moving away towards the cash counter. The cherry haired boy jogs behind him to catch up to him. "You're not paying." He says, snatching away the clothes from him.

"Why?"

"Because I suggested this idea so I should be the one paying."

"But-"

"No buts. It's your first ever art gallery show and I want to gift you something. This was my idea and I'm buying that's final." Jungkook shrugs and walks away with the clothes, giving Taehyung no time to argue further.

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"Let's go eat something." Jungkook says once the two of them are out of the mall.

"Only if you let me pay." The blue haired boy says, adamant on not giving the other any space for argument. "Fine. I'm hungry already. So where are we going?" Jungkook asks, getting inside his car.

"How does Panda Express sound?"

"Perfect." And with that, Jungkook turns the ignition on and they hit the road once again. The music blasts through the car again and it's a fun ride again until the cherry haired boy's eyes fall on a certain car that seem to be following them from a distance.

His eyebrows quirk together. No matter what he is doing, he is always very careful and alert. Always. He has been taught to always have his radar on. So he tries to test if his suspicion is right or not.

Jungkook turns the car towards the right and takes a street that is not very wide. Taehyung notices this and looks at his roommate in confusion. "Panda Express is not this way."

"It's a shortcut, baby." Jungkook says, his eyes focused on the screen that is connected to the camera at the back of the car. The car that had been following them comes into view again and Jungkook's teeth clench in anger.

Who is it that is following him? No one has really seen the son of the mafia boss Jeon Jinhwan accept for his own family. Then who is following him and why?

Or are they not following him but following Taehyung instead? There's a possibility of that too. But why would they follow a random errand boy? He's not some big shot. So it's definitely Jungkook that they are following, right?

Jungkook steps on the accelerator and speeds up the car. He cannot let them follow him to the university now because that would reveal the place where he lives. It would also put his identity under threat. "Jungkook, slow down! Why are you speeding up the car so damn fast?" Taehyung asks as his hands clutch around the seat belt. He doesn't like speedy cars.

"Kookie, what-" Taehyung is about to ask again when the cherry haired boy did not reply but he shuts up as soon as his eyes fall on the screen. He notices how closely a car is following them and he understands why it must be happening.

Are they here for me? He thinks to himself.

Jungkook looks at his roommate and he understands that Taehyung has got the hold of the situation. The blue haired boy is full on into a panic mode. "Relax, Tae."

"Relax? I don't know if you've noticed that we're being followed. How can I relax in this situation?" Taehyung whispers yells and turns his head around to look at the car that has been following them. His heart is beating so fast. Is this the point when Jungkook finds out his true identity?

On the other hand, Jungkook is panicking about the same thing. But keeping himself and his roommate safe is his priority so he is not worrying much about that. He can take care of that later when he gets out of this situation without getting a scratch.

"KOOKIE!" Taehyung's high pitched scream makes Jungkook almost jump out of his seat. He looks at his roommate who points a trembling finger at the screen. His eyes follows the direction in which he is pointing and his eyes grow bigger than saucers when he sees that the man sitting in the passenger seat of the car is leaning out of the window and pointing a gun at them.

Right now, the boys are at a highway where there is not much traffic. Jungkook takes a sharp intake of breath and pulls his phone out of his pocket while increasing the speed of the car way more than it already is.

He quickly dials Namjoon's number and as soon as the older answers his phone, he says, "Hyung, we're being followed!"

"What? Who's following you?" Namjoon's usually calm voice sounds panicked too.

"I have no fucking idea, hyung. Just find out. Connect to the camera of my car or something." The cherry haired male instructs. Taehyung looks at him in surprise. Who is Jungkook giving such instructions too? Actually, who is Jungkook because a normal person does not talk to someone like his roommate is talking to the person on the phone right now.

"Alright, alright. Do you need backup or can you manage?" Namjoon asks, already typing away on his laptop.

"I can manage, I think."

"Alright. Are you alone?"

"No!"

"What? Who are you with? Is it Jimin?" Namjoon asks, badly wanting it to be Jimin or just someone from their group rather than an outsider because that would make the situation even more complicated.

A sound of a glass breaking is heard. The two boys bend down a little and look back. Those little fuckers had shot the back glass.

"FUCK! TAEHYUNG, LAY LOW!" Jungkook shouts and Taehyung complies, too scared to question anything at the moment.

"Fuck, Kook! Is everything okay?" Namjoon shouts from the other side.

"Just find out who it is, hyung. I'll talk to you later." Jungkook says before abruptly disconnecting the call. Another reason why the future mafia boss does not want his group members to get involved in this matter is that they don't know who they are dealing with. They cannot just jump on the other party without knowing the cause or having any information about them. It could put them at risk. Even though they are very strong and powerful, they are still very particular about their identity.

"Taehyung, get on the driving seat!" Jungkook instructs the blue haired boy, making his eyes go wide.

"W-What?"

"Just get in here. Be quick!" Jungkook's voice holds such an urgency that Taehyung cannot think of anything besides nodding. He quickly unfastens the seat belt and Jungkook does the same. The cherry haired male pushes the seat back to give more space to the other boy. Once Taehyung is on the driver's side, Jungkook slips to the passenger's side swiftly. "No matter what happens, do not slow down the speed." Jungkook says sternly before turning around to look at the people who are following them.

The man at the passenger seat of the other car is still aiming at them. "J-Jungkook!" Taehyung whispers as his eyes dart over to the screen.

"Focus on the road, Tae. Just the road. Don't look anywhere else." Jungkook says as calmly as he can. The other boy is already panicking and he cannot have him getting into some kind of a panic attack right now. They don't have time for that.

"Kookie, h-he is aiming at u-us." Taehyung stutters. Jungkook looks at him and sighs. He grabs hold of his jaw between his fingers and quickly attaches his lips. He doesn't do anything further than that. He just locks his lips with the blue haired boy's for a few minutes and it's enough to put him at ease.

Jungkook detaches himself from his roommate and whispers, "Just focus on the road. I'll keep us safe." Those words are kind of reassuring for Taehyung. He just nods and focus on the road, stepping on the accelerator to speed up the car.

Jungkook leans back, putting his hand behind the driver's seat to pull out a gun from the back pocket of the seat. He quickly loads the gun, wondering if he should keep it loaded in the future for circumstances like these.

Even though their car is at a very high speed, the car following them has already caught up. They are driving on Taehyung's side, parallel to them, and he is trembling with fear and anxiety again as the gun is now pointed in his direction.

"J-J-Jung-Jungkook!" Taehyung whispers. He is not even able to speak. It feels like someone has put a big boulder in his throat to prevent any noise from coming out.

"Shhhh... Trust me, baby. Nothing will happen. Like I promised." Jungkook smirks, pulling up his gun. Taehyung does not know what to think anymore. He has never felt such a dark aura surrounding the cherry haired male. And how does he have a gun in his car in the first place?

Taehyung cannot think anymore. His brain has stopped working. He is somehow pushing his hands and legs to work because he still needs to drive if they want to avoid getting into an accident.

Jungkook pulls the trigger. So does the man on the other car's passenger seat.

But before Jungkook, the other man shoots, the bullet piercing through Taehyung's arm. A high pitched scream erupts from Taehyung's throat. He feels a mixture of a cutting and burning sensation running down his arm.

Thick, hot blood soaks his shirt before trickling down but still he does not leave his hold on the steering wheel. His eyes are blurry with tears but he still tries his best to focus on the road.

Jungkook, on the other hand, sees red. Initially, he did not want to kill any of those fuckers because he wanted information about who was following him. But as soon as they shot Taehyung on the arm, Jungkook aimed for the driver and put a bullet right through his skull.

Then he started shooting the tires of the car to make it stop. "Stop the car, Tae." He says in a soft voice, before shooting the man on the passenger's seat several times on his hand so that he cannot shoot anymore.

Taehyung is more than happy to stop the car. His hand is hurting so bad. Jungkook quickly takes his phone and calls Namjoon. "We're just a few meters away from you, Kook. We just reached. We wish we could make it on time but now we'll take care of this mess. You can go and take care of the person who is with you." The older male says.

"Okay but who was it? Did you find out?" Jungkook asks, his one hand pressing Taehyung's wound to not let any further loss of blood.

"Yes, you'd be surprised to know who is behind all this."

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