thirty-six.

"Taehyung! Taehyung slow down! Kim Taehyung!" Jeongguk shouts with all his might, as he runs faster to catch up with Taehyung. The older didn't even bother to stop and look at him. He continued running, not really sure where he is heading. He just wants his daughter back.

"Fuck, Taehyung watch out!" Jeongguk's adrenaline rush surge inside his system and hurriedly gets Taehyung on the safe side of the road. A car almost bumped him, and if it wasn't for Jeongguk, he must've been sprawled unconscious by now and God knows how it scared Jeongguk so much.

Taehyung slowly registers what just happened and as he looks at Jeongguk, he breaks down and starts crying his eyes out. His body drops down the ground, his shoulders shaking violently. Jeongguk kneels in front of him, hugging the older tightly.

"Hey, I'm here. Calm down, Tae. We'll find Seolmi okay? We're in this together," Jeongguk whispers in Taehyung's ears. Taehyung nods before composing himself.

"W-where do we find her, Jeongguk? I really c-can't forgive myself if something happens to h-her..." Taehyung says with so much terror in his voice. He is thinking about all the possible things that can happen to his daughter, given that she's all alone and people are not always kind as they seem.

"Tae, breathe. Breathe, okay? I've got you. I will help you find her. C'mon. Let's start searching the area and if we still can't find her, we'll report the incident to the police, okay?" Jeongguk says, also trying his best to calm down.

"O-okay..." Taehyung manages to blurt out.

"Can you walk?"

"My feet are wobbly. I don't think I can walk properly," Taehyung answers. Jeongguk decides to hail a cab, good thing he's got his wallet. Before he can even look for a cab, one appears and stops in front of them. He immediately hoists Taehyung up and helps him get inside the vehicle.

"Can you please drive us around the area? We're trying to find a little girl but we don't know where to find her. Just please drive slowly so that we can scan the place. I'll pay you whatever amount you want. Just please," Jeongguk begs the driver without looking at him because Taehyung is still crying on his chest. The driver did not speak but complies to his request, which Jeongguk is thankful of.

Minutes later, Taehyung squirms under Jeongguk's arms, his eyes droopy.

"G-gukkie, I feel dizzy for no reason..."

Jeongguk is about to release Taehyung from the hug but his head suddenly throbs in pain, feeling what Taehyung is talking about.

"Tae, I... I think I'm feeling the same thing," Jeongguk manages to say before passing out, Taehyung following after. The driver checks the two from the rearview mirror and as soon as he sees the two completely knocked out, he immediately opens the car's window and breathes some fresh air after pulling his mask off.

"Fuck I feel suffocated myself! Curse you, Park Jimin!" Min Yoongi yells annoyingly. He stays in the area just to make whatever Jimin sprayed inside the car go away.

Once the interior of the car is toxic-free, Yoongi drives at a high speed towards the abandoned house Namjoon told him.

It is located in a secluded area, where townspeople rarely ever pass by. Namjoon knows the owner so it is not a problem, besides, they'll be watching over the two from outside, along with Hoseok. They left Seolmi with Jimin since he can handle the kid well.

"Hoseok!" Yoongi yells while glancing and checking on the two lads sleeping soundly at the backseat of the borrowed car. Hoseok emerges from behind the door and runs towards the car.

"I'll help you take them out," Hoseok says after catching his breath. They made Hoseok check the vicinity before going there directly so that no one will witness what they will do. Hell they sound and look like murderers.

Hoseok slumps Taehyung on his shoulders and takes him inside the house, Yoongi with Jungkook. As soon as they lay them down gently on the floor of the empty living room, they dust their hands and decided to double check the area to make sure that the two can't get out.

Satisfied with everything, Hoseok and Yoongi exits the house and locks the door outside with a chain. They go back inside the car, agreeing to stay for the night, just incase something goes wrong.

"You do know this is like kidnapping, right?"

Yoongi faces him, annoyed by the fact that Hoseok keeps on talking about it.

"Could you please stop saying that? It makes us look like real bad guys!" Yoongi hisses.

"Why the fuck is your fiancé this weird? Are you even sure that you're gonna marry him?"

"I love bondage so shut the fuck up."

"...wow." Was all Hoseok can say before awkwardly shifting his gaze away from Yoongi.

〰️

Taehyung hears some banging sounds not too far from where he's at. He slowly opens his eyes, and is terrified when he can't see a thing.

"Fuck!" He hears someone curse.

"Who's there?" He manages to say even though his voice is already shaking along with his body. First, Seolmi got lost, and now this.

"Tae? Are you awake?" He hears the man ask. He knows the voice.

"Jeongguk? Gukkie!" He yells in fear. He roams his hands in every direction trying to feel the person he just called. Just then, arms wrap around his body.

"I'm here. I'm here, Tae," Jeongguk assures him.

"Thank God you're here..." Taehyung keeps on mumbling, not really minding Jeongguk's reaction. He just wants to tell Jeongguk how grateful he is because he always make him feel so secure.

"Guk, how do we get out? Seolmi... I'm scared. I'm scared something might happen to her and I'm not there. Guk, get us out of here," Taehyung pleads. Jeongguk cups Taehyung's cheeks and caresses it, trying to calm him down.

"We're gonna get out of here, Tae. I'm gonna beat the shit out of whoever brought us in this situation. We're gonna escape and we're gonna find Seolmi!"

〰️

It's been hours and Taehyung's voice already hurts from too much screaming for help. Jeongguk's hands and arms are also tired from banging the door open, using any kinds of tool they can perceive from the dark but to no avail.

The door is sealed tightly, and their hopes of breaking free from where they are right now slowly dies down. Too tired to move, they lay down on the floor. The other silently praying, and the other, crying.

"Guk, what if we can't get out?"

"Hey, we can, Tae. Let's wait in the morning, okay? It's better for us to explore the place and find something useful enough to break the door," Taehyung's ears perk up from what he has heard. His blood suddenly boils with wrath. He sits up.

"What the fuck did you just say? Wait until morning? Do you fucking know how long that is, Jeongguk?!"

"Tae-"

"We rode a cab, we passed out maybe because that damn driver sprayed some chemicals for us to go unconscious and he fucking brought us in this place. We're trapped and it's been hours! We've been abducted, Jeon Jeongguk and God knows what that bastard wants from us! Our friends are now probably worried about us disappearing and all! One more thing, my daughter also got separated from Jimin and is now nowhere to be found! How the fuck can you expect me to calm the fuck down!"

"Jesus, Kim Taehyung can you please shut the fuck up?!"

"Now don't tell me what to do! How could you calm down when our life is probably on the line and I can't fucking lose my daughter-mmphh!"

Jeongguk couldn't take it anymore so he did what his instincts told him to do, not caring about the aftermath.

He kisses him. Jeongguk kissed Taehyung.

For a couple of seconds, Taehyung forgot about everything that is happening. He leans in to the kiss, clutching Jeongguk's shirt tightly around his fingers. Once they pull away from each other, reality hit him once more.

"If you just know how scared I am too, Tae. I don't want to lose you again. I don't want to lose Seolmi. I don't want to lose you and our daughter again, Tae..."

Jeongguk blurts out as he rests his forehead against Taehyung's. Their hearts are beating so fast, they can fucking hear every beat of it. Jeongguk's shoulders started shaking.

He's crying...

"Y-you knew about Seolmi?" Taehyung can't believe what he just heard. The younger just nods at his question, still crying.