Aella 's POV

AELLA ‘S POV

"HOW COULD HE GET AWAY", I yelled as I saw there was no sign of Minho  at the dockyard.

Just moments before we were all in a fight against Minho  After he hurt Taehyung, I kind of lost control as I went out to attack him. It had turned into a complete face off until Minho  managed to get into his car and escape.

"FUCK! FUCK", Jungkook yelled as he threw his gun to the ground before he kicked it with all his might  I saw him all riled up, next second I found him clutching the collar of my coat as I was propelled ahead.

"AELLA YOUR FUCKING MEMBER KILLED MY FAMILY. TELL ME THE TRUTH, IS IT ONE OF YOUR TACTICS AGAIN?", he clasped his hand so tightly that I struggled to release myself.

"LET GO OF HER!", Taehyung yelled as he pulled me away before protectively standing in front of me.

"FUCK OFF TAEHYUNG. I AM PRETTY SURE SHE IS INVOLVED WITH MINHO AND THIS IS HER SET UP", Jungkook tried to get around the elder  to get at me.

"MAYBE WE UNDERESTIMATED THIS BITCH. SHE REALLY IS MUCH CRAFTIER THAN I THOUGHT", he yelled at the top of his voice.

"JUNGKOOK STOP!", all of us were stunned as dad yelled. He clenched his fists and a second later I saw him holding Jungkook's  coller how dare  to lay your hand on my daughter , I will fucking bury you 6th down you understand The leader faltered in his steps as he was taken aback when  Haesung said

"Get in your senses! What the fuck are you saying? If you accuse my daughter  again I will forget that you are the man that my princess  loves and don't you dare to think I allow you to  date my daughter but that doesn't mean you can lay your hands on my sweetheart or any of my family members .  Haesung  growled as he shook the younger boy by his collar. Jungkook  almost snapped out of his daze as he looked at me.

And i Looked at Dad in a surprise , what the fuck he just say but before I could speak Suho  hold my shoulder I look at him but he shook his head motion me to it's not the time to say anything but before I could speak Jungkook's voice diverted my attention to him

"Aella  I-", he approached but Taehyung pushed me away from him. "Don't even try", he glared at the younger man, clearly mad at Jungkook  raising his hand on me.

Jungkook sighed. "I am sorry. I just-", he seemed to have no words to continue.

"It's all right Tae", I said to my boyfriend who looked so mad as I approached Jungkook .

"Your anger is valid. I am at fault here. I apologize for not seeing the red flags in Minho's behavior. But please know none of us knew what shit he was upto. That is why when I first came to know, I told Taehyung about it"

Jungkook broke down and to our surprise Jin oppa hugged him. "He killed my family and today he fled right in front of me and I couldn't even do anything. The man that had Dad  and mom killed was right in front of me, hyung  He-"

My heart crumpled as I heard this. I looked to the side to see Xiumin standing there, his eyes devoid of any emotions. I cursed myself for forgetting about him as I approached.

"Xiumin '', I called softly and he looked up. I took him in a tight hug but he didn't respond, too shaken to react. "I know how you feel. Minho  has broken all our hearts. It's okay, let it out"

The moment I said this, I heard a soft sob. "Even I have let you down, Cherry. He planned all this in our presence and I couldn't even figure out what he was upto. I am so sorry”

Don't blame yourself for it. We have uncovered the truth now and we will make sure we get back at him"

Xiumin nodded and again hugged me tightly .  He is no longer one of us. He is a rogue now,"Xiumin  nodded. "But we still have to tell it to the others" don't you think ?? Xiumin asked but I'm scared . Before I could speak Xiumin said I'm with you no matter what and there is a slot of things which we all have to clear first. I nodded my head ..

Time skips

Time skips

Byun’s Mansion

The sniffling of tears was heard as 19 of us sat along with Ara , Jiah and Rose who were beyond  shocked to know that Jungkook's real identity , dad told them to go to their room  as he don't want them to know anything but the detached expression  of princess is enough for y me know that she feels betrayed and Jungkook too feels guilty about it but we will deal with all this later .

Now Close to 22  people in the room yet it was as silent as it could get.

Unless a sob or two were heard amongst the TXT members. Yeojun wiped his eyes as Soobin  put a hand on his shoulder. Kai oppa too looked gloomy as he sat beside Chanyeol holding the older's hand who himself for a change seemed disturbed.

Other than them everyone had a hard time taking it in. Baekhyun, Tao , and  Sofia, the notoriously mischievous members, were all silent and devastated. Despite all of us being extremely close to Minho Xiumin , Suho , Leo  and Yeojun these four had an even stronger bonding based on shared ethnicity.

For them it was the most difficult to take in. Sofia  looked at me worried about the boys and urged with her eyes to talk to the others.

"Whatever that could go wrong has gone wrong already", dad  stood up as he  spoke and all eyes were on him  .

"Now is not the time to keep lamenting. Yes we got played. I don't want any of you to have sympathy for him anymore. He didn't think about us once and neither do we have to. He is our enemy Lee Minho  now. He no longer is a part of EXO.

And do you remember the day we officially became a full group, what did I say?-”

"If any of you ever feel that the Mafia business is not for you, just leave. We will respect the choice and the door is always open. But turn against the others or betray the group and I will hunt you down myself with no mercy", Suho completed. "We remember. And don't worry we won't show any mercy to Lee Minho I stood up

"Minho  is fearless now. He has nothing to hide. He will come at us again with everything he has.

And it's best we prepare for it", Yoongi oppa and Namjoon spoke up together .

"He doesn't have a secret to keep anymore", Sofia  added. " But now, the battle ground is open for him," said Jimin .

" I want to know something", Xiumin suddenly stood up as he looked around the room until his eyes fell on dad. His voice was hard and stoic, something which was very much unlike the oldest.

"Did you have Wei killed or not?"

"What..", Dad  said helplessly.

"Don't fuck with us hyung ", Xiumin growled grabbing dad  by his collars. "Did you have Wei killed or not?”

"I don't even know who Wei was!

"Dad  yelled back as he pushed Xiumin away. "Why would I have him killed?"

"Then why does Minho  want revenge over his father's  death? The death he has pinned on you? I have known Minho  long enough to know that he isn't  a man of whim. He'd only come after you if you were wrong.

Dad  was rendered speechless as all of us looked at them , Xiumin , i  called him and walked  towards  my direction and said

Cherry  you know him right. I know he made some mistakes but we have to find the reason behind it .

They are not mistakes, Xiumin , they are Sins , he killed people like it's nothing to him , he killed  Jungkook's father and mother,  he killed Mr and Mrs Kang you know who are they right ?? He tried to kill my Dad and Layla  , he tried to kill Taehyung also when we are in Tokyo  and he did all the things purposely do you still think he did some mistake do  you consider murders as mistakes Xiumin Aella shouted and not the least 

You know from the start about his feelings towards me ??  And not only this he killed many others too and It's you right you  know that he had killed so many people in just the name of protecting me ??  And you even bother to tell me that he is doing everything behind my back. I just asked you only one thing, xium.

No matter what you will let me know everything if anything went wrong then

why did you hide this ??

Cherry , please listen to me before he can speak. He looked towards Bangtan and again at me before he could  speak. I cut him off. I want to hear everything and I trust all of them who are present  here now so just speak ,

Xiumin sighs Yes I know everything but   I couldn’t. tell you because you were  already so stressed about the situation I didn’t want to make things more complicated.

But you know What Taehyung came towards Aella  and put his hands on her shoulder and said Don't you think   She deserves to know what he actually feel about her ??

Xiumin glared at Taehyung but he just smirk knowing that  he can't backfire him today like he did last time  Aella too notice the tension between men's and tried to cool the situation .

Xium look at me ,  Xiumin look at her with  a  painful expression first Minho and now Aella and his friendship and trust is on the bet , Aella sigh and hold her hand and Xiumin  too held her hand tightly I trust you Xium , i know you are not like him and you can't be like him  but now you have to tell everything  to me it's really important to me please tell me what actually  he said to you that time ,

Yes , Cherry i will tell you everything

At that time he said  it was for the best. Minho said he  didn’t want to ruin your friendship or make things awkward. He asked me not to tell you, and I... I went along with it.

But why did you agree to that? You should have told me, at least  Dad yelled from the back , Dad please don't shout and i hate when you both fight please don't fight it's the correct time to discuss this what's done it's done we can't change that but for  we have to be careful , but sweetheart  , please dad for me don't fight I just can't handle anymore now please Aella shout and Haesung notice that his daughter is a edge of crying but she is continuously controlling herself for the sake of others . Okay sweetheart whatever you say and  Xiumin looked towards Haesung and again looked  at Aella

Cherry. I thought I was helping. I was  convinced because it's  better off not knowing  he  made it seem like it would only cause you pain and confusion . I swear I don't know that he can go to this length you have to trust me cherry .Aella sigh and leave Xiumin 's hand and nodded  her head in agreement i should've  notice those red flags but i didn't get any clue of it I was also a part of this so it's not anybody's fault is he is a master in Manipulation .

And now the most important thing is ,

I wanted to clear to you darling

Aella looked towards Taehyung who was looking at her with so much love and affection, he crushed her cheeks lovingly and kissed her forehead lovingly,

I love you  I love you so much darling , A gasped left from everyone mouth , And all the eyes of the Members are now on Love bird's but Both didn't even bother to look at anyone else while Taehyung started to speak

You can't imagine how much I love you, I never imagined  that I have to confess my feelings towards you like this I know we both wanted it  to be a special  but now  i can't hold myself because I can't tolerate when anyone accused my feelings Aella tried to speak but Taehyung stopped her you don't have to justify yourself  darling  it's not your fault I know everything, you have proved your love towards me many times but know it's my turn to prove myself  and now  let me handle this issues saying this he averted his eyes towards Xiumin  and stood in front of him whereas Xiumin  was fuming in anger .

I do  know this from the start that not only Minho or You  but there are lots of people who don't believe that I love her ,

And  it's understandable because of the reputation which I created in the Mafia  world , but it doesn't have any right to judge my feelings towards her based on what you’re all thinking,” Taehyung began, his voice steady and filled with conviction.

“You all  think that just because Exo  and  Bangtan come from rival gangs, our love is forbidden, impossible, and doomed from the start.” isn't but you all couldn't  have the courage to say this to your leader isn't  but I'm sorry to say that we have to finish this unnecessary grudge towards each other . 

Each and everyone of us is having a grudge or trust issues in ourselves we all will work  together  until he couldn't find Minho and Sehun too , but it's not going to be possible if we think in this way

But let me tell you one thing, Bangtan  never thought of Exo as their rival. My father , Jungkook's father and Dad  they all created this Mafia and to keep us safe they all sacrifices their life did the best  and won't tolerate if anyone try to ruined it

If any one of you doesn't want to help us and doesn't want to work with us, say it clearly and Me and Aella will respect it. We are not forcing anyone to work with us. We  know  the business relationship  between   Jeon’s ,  Byun and Kim family shares is different  from the Mafia  relationship between Exo  and Bangtan's is different and now it's time to work. We have to work together .

Minho is Bangtan's and Exo’s enemy , he betrayed both the gangs. We have to finish him and it's only possible when we work as a team, not as a different gang .

And one more thing “I’m willing to fight for her, to cross any line and break any rule. Because she’s worth it. And if any of you have a problem with that, you’ll have to go through me.” I Don't give a damn about what any of you think.”

“I love Aella and she loves me too. And that’s what matters and I don't need to prove it to any of you , because we both believe  Love doesn’t recognize boundaries or enemies. It just is.”

Everyone of you just think what do you all want to you want  The person who didn't give a fuck to your emotions and trust  or Our leader who stood beside you all have you all this life consider you all as her own family and can go any length for this . With that he held Aella’s hand and both of them got out of the EXO mansion .

The room fell silent, the weight of Taehyung’s declaration hanging heavy in the air. He stood tall, his expression unyielding.

Taehyung’s words echoed in the hushed room, leaving the EXO members to exchange uncertain glances. He had drawn a line in the sand, and there was no mistaking his determination.

The silence stretched on, but Taehyung didn’t waver. He had spoken his truth, and for Aella, he would stand against the world.

To be continued ...