Jimin and Jungkook stand in front of him in the room, their heads bowed as Namjoon glares at them. He was mad. Of course he was. He'd warned them, asked them to be careful. He remembers the time when the two members had come out to him while he was in his studio working on a song. He'd almost choked on his drink.

He remembers how scared they seemed, almost as if he'd judge them for it when they told him they were in a relationship. He'd taken a few seconds to get over the initial shock that two of his members were not only gay but dating each other. However once the initial shock had died down, he realised how scary it must have been for them to come up to him and share it with him. He also felt happy that they trusted him enough to come to him.

He'd hugged them both and told them how proud he was of them. Management however didn't have the same reaction as their leader and immediately they were separated from each other in public, as though a small touch would reveal to the entire world that two members of bts were in a gay relationship.

Namjoon wasn't very happy with the management's decision when he saw how it affected the two, however, they refused to change their decision as they informed Namjoon of all the pros of their decision and the cons of PDA by the two members.

The more Namjoon thought about his fellow bandmates receiving hate over their sexuality and relationship, the more he leaned towards management's decision. Maybe it was the overprotective "brother" in him or maybe it was the "leader" of bts that had to ensure the safety of his members regardless that caused him to side with management on most of their decisions.

However, all hell broke loose when a camera captured Jungkook not-so-innocently nibbling on Jimin's earlobe to calm the crying idol. Of course that did not go unnoticed by the extremely sharp eagle eyes of the army and the pictures and videos went viral.

Management wasn't too pleased when they found out and Namjoon's frustration only increased when he took the scolding for it. Which was exactly why the two now stood in front of an enraged Namjoon.

"I can't believe you, Jungkook. The one thing that was asked from you is the one thing you couldn't do. Was it really that hard? A hug could be understood but nibbling Jimin's earlobe. That's —" Namjoon cut himself off with a heavy sigh, "I'm so disappointed."

He failed to see the tears that clouded Jungkook's eyes or the way the younger bowed his head even lower to evade Namjoon's gaze altogether.

"Hyung—" Jimin began but Namjoon raised a hand to stop him.

"Not now. Just next time please, for the love of God, be careful."

Saying so, the leader walked out of the room leaving the couple alone. As he walked a couple more steps, he sighed again.

He was too hard on them. Too harsh. They're young and he knew it was bound to happen. They were very much in love and it was understandable that they couldn't hide their actual emotions when they were worried. He slowed down and turned his gaze to the open door.

He knew he was frustrated and most of what he said was out of frustration. As he put himself in their shoes, he couldn't imagine how it must feel to always pretend like they didn't love each other or were in a relationship with each other, or how it must hurt to always stay apart while in public when possibly all they want to do is be free enough to walk hand-in-hand or do what most couples do in public.

He retraced his steps, an apology on his tongue when worry clouded his expression at the sound of sobs. He reached the door to see Jungkook breaking down into Jimin's shoulder while the other tried to comfort him by pressing soft kisses to the man's forehead.

"Shh, baby. Namjoon was just mad. He didn't mean it like that," Jimin said, expression worried as he recognised the initial signs of a panic attack, "Baby, calm down."

"Kookie," Namjoon murmured and knelt beside Jimin. Immediately the other scooted to make place for him and left Jungkook's hand, trusting their leader to take control and comfort the younger lad.

"H-" Jungkook tried but choked on a sob, "Sorry I'm sorry. I di..sappointed you, hyung. Sorry."

Namjoon engulfed the crying man in a hug and rubbed his back soothingly.

"Shh, kookie. Hyung's not disappointed. Hyung was just frustrated and took it out on you. I know it must be so hard for both of you. I'm sorry, baby. Please calm down for me," Namjoon whispered.

Jungkook clutched the man's shirt tight and sobbed into his shoulder.

"It's okay. I'm not mad or disappointed in you, I promise."

He placed his chin over Jungkook's head and with one look at Jimin, pulled him into the hug as well.

"I'm sorry I yelled. I shouldn't have."

"It's okay, hyung," Jimin whispered.

Jungkook said something similar but it came out muffled due to his face being buried in Namjoon's shirt.

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