jungkook's pov:

during the whole ride, chaeyoung has been insisting for a bath. at this point, it seemed as if if she didn't have a bath, she would die.

"a-a bath." she mumbled for the hundredth time.

"chae, sweetheart, why do you keep on asking for a bath?" jimin hyung asked her.

then she looked down, probably ashamed, and what followed broke my heart.

"i-i'm dirty... he made me dirty. i didn't want it i promise! i'm s-sorry! please believe me!" she starting shouting, begging for forgiveness while she hasn't done anything. tears were falling down her face and she was struggling in jimin's arm while he was trying to calm her down. "he said he was going to come back with some friends today, he said he was going to hurt me more. p-please h-help me! i don't want him! i want him off of me! i-i want a bath"

"it's ok, pumpkin, we promise you when we'll come back home, you'll get a soothing and relaxing bath." said jisoo, with obvious tears in her eyes.

"i'll need help with it." whispered chae, ashamed.

"it's ok, the girls and i will help you." jisoo told her.

that dude is going to seriously pay for what he did to her. i swear on the most precious thing to me.

***

we finally arrived, and everybody left the car, except for chaeyoung.

"chae, what's up?" i ask her with a soothing tone.

"i don't have enough strenght to stand up, kook" she whimpered.

i nod, understanding, and help her to stand up. i could have easily carried her in my ams, but i was afraid that it may bring flashbacks.

we entered the house and went to her room. she needed some rest. when she lied on her bed, i went to her bathroom and ran a warm bath.

"chaeyoungie, your bath is ready! do you want me to help you?" i asked her, but she immediately refused. i sighed and called for the girls.

"girls, chaeyoung's bath is ready. please her with it."

they nodded and jennie and jisoo helped chaeyoung to the bathroom, while lisa stayed with me.

"jungkook oppa, jimin and yoongi went to the police station so chae unnie may need to talk about it to them."

"yeah, i don't think she's ready. but, anyway, that asshole may hurt other people so we need to inform them."

she nodded and followed the other girls to the bathroom, leaving me alone. i went downstairs and saw the boys gathered in the living room, looking as if they saw a ghost.

"yah, hyungs, what's the matter?"

the only one that looked at me was jin hyung.

"jungkook, did chae give you a descrition of her abuser?" jin hyung asked

"y-yes..." i answer

"who is it? tell me who it is so i can bear him to death!" tae hyung shouted

"hyung chill, chae might hear you if you shout like this" i told him slowly

he seemed to calm down a little bit. but then tears fell down his face.

"it's our fault, we could have done something before he would even hurt her..." hearing him talking like this makes me feel sick. he isn't the one who hurt. he is not guilty at all. how could he bave known about this?

"hyung, you didn't do anything, the only guilty person here is that asshole whom did that!"

"we knew he would hurt the people we love! and... and we didn't protect them!" taehyung sobbed. i knew he was close to chae, we were all close to her. even if i just met her a few days ago, i feel the need to protect her and to give her the love she deserves.

"it's ok, hyung, now she's safe, and this bastard will be locked away from her, and we'll help her to get better, ok?"

he nodded and turned to jennie, who came running.

"jennie noona? what's happening?" jimin asked her

"chaeyoung..." she answered, probably scared

"what chae? she's having a panic attack! she, she received a message from someone, probably her abuser, saying that the best thing he's ever done was to rape her." she said, shaking.

i rush to the bathroom and what i see completely breaks my heart. chaeyoung is on the floor, gasping for air, while ths girls are trying to calm her down.

"girls, move, i'll take care of this." i rush next to chaeyoung and hug her, whispering soothing words in her ear. it took a few minutes, but now she's breathing properly, even if she's still crying so hard.

"chaeyoung, closing yourself won't help you, so please talk to me. talk to us. at least tell us how you feel so we can know how to help you." i whispered in her ear, while she was whimpering.

"y-you d-don't understand, jungkook..." she says, in a whisper.

"what don't i understand? tell me chae, please." i encourage her.

"it's..." she start, but then struggles with the last part of her sentence. "what is baby, you can tell me!" i encourage her.

she looks up at me with watering eyes and wraps her arms around my waist.

i feel tears falling down her face and i hear her whisper something.

"it's hard..."

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