forty.

"Yoongi hyung! Hoseok hyung! Wake up, it's already morning!" The two stir in their slumber, pissed off by the fact that someone really had the guts to wake them up, especially Yoongi.

"Shut the fuck up I'm not waking up," Yoongi mumbles. Namjoon rolls his eyes in exasperation before leaving Yoongi alone.

"What time is it?" A newly awake Hoseok asks before he even yawns. Once he stretches his arms, his face shows a painful expression.

"Fuck, my back is sore," he groans as he starts massaging his shoulders and back. Namjoon smiles gratefully at him for staying with Yoongi.

"I brought you two breakfast. Here, you can eat first since Yoongi does not have any plans on waking up for now," Namjoon says which made both of them chuckle.

"So, anything special happened last night?" Namjoon asks as he settles himself in the backseat. Hoseok shrugs before shoving a piece of pancake inside his mouth.

"I don't know... but I hope they talked it out. Hey, Joon? I think we should release them already. They haven't eaten since last night, let alone how sore their body might be from sleeping on the floor," Hoseok says with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Maybe you mean sore from having mind blowing make up sex." The both of them snap their heads towards where the voice came from. Both of them had a straight face as they see Yoongi already up from his sleep, snickering.

"Too much dirty thoughts early in the morning, hyung," Hoseok retorts which makes Yoongi show his gummy smile.

"Can we go home now? I miss my Jimin. I actually dreamt about me and him having-"

"Shut the fuck up, Yoongi hyung. I don't want to hear about your bondage kink ever again!" Namjoon snorts upon hearing what Hoseok said, eyeing Yoongi with mischief in his eyes.

"What?" Yoongi spats at him so he puts his hands up in the air in mock surrender.

"Come on, let's get them out of there. And please, don't forget to act natural, okay?"

"Jeongguk?! Taehyung?! Are you in there?!" Namjoon starts banging the door, which he obviously intends to do for the acting, duh.

Yoongi almost laughs at how bad Namjoon can be when it comes to faking his actions, not to mention his voice and expression.

Too much for acting natural.

Seconds later, they hear the same banging from the other side of the door.

"Namjoon hyung? Is that you? Hyung help! Please get us out of here!"

"It's Jeongguk," Namjoon mouths at them.

"Okay, Guk. Just a minute we'll get something so we can break in!" He yells. He pretends to back away from the door for Jeongguk to believe that he's roaming around to find something.

A few minutes later, Yoongi hands him the key and it instantly unlocks the door. However, before they even release the two, Hoseok hands Namjoon a pipe, just to make them believe that they broke the knob on purpose.

"Thank God both of you are safe! We looked everywhere for you! Good thing someone saw you get in a taxi! We were so worried!" Hoseok yells in terror.

For Yoongi and Namjoon, it might have been a bit exaggerated but not to Jeongguk and Taehyung who feels guilty for making them all worried.

"Hyung, Seolmi... is she safe? Please tell me you've found her..." Taehyung's eyes start to glisten with tears. Jeongguk's expression is the same.

"She's safe, Tae. A neighbor saw her and returned her back at home safely. She's there waiting for you," Namjoon assures him. Taehyung cries in relief, seeking Jeongguk's arms for support. The latter hugs him tightly, squeezing his shoulders and telling him that everything's okay now.

"Come on, let's go home."

The ride is silent. The three kept on glancing at each other from the rearview mirror, honestly nervous once they come home just because Jin and Jimin will tell that everything was planned to get the two together and make up. After glancing at each other, their focus went to the two, still hugging each other tightly.

Namjoon eyes Yoongi with an "are they together again" look and all he got from the older is a shrug and a confused look on his face.

Once they arrived home, Taehyung instantly storms out of the car and goes directly inside the house, his eyes roaming around to search for his daughter.

"Seolmi!" He yells in frustration. The little girl emerges from the kitchen, her eyes already in tears upon seeing her dada.

"Dada!" She yelps and runs towards the comfort of her father's embrace. Taehyung starts to cry as he embraces Seolmi tightly.

"Thank God you're safe. I love you." The little girl sniffles. Taehyung's cries stops when he feels another warm body settle on his own. Jeongguk. The two of them snuggle with him, feeling secured.

"Daddy," Seolmi whimpers.

Jin and Jimin stares at the three, their hearts clenching with so much joy. They look at each other, and nodded, deciding to tell Taehyung the truth before it becomes another buried secret again.

"Taetae?" Jin whispers. Taehyung looks up to them, breaking away from his daughter and Jeongguk.

"Yes, hyung?"

"Jimin and I have something to confess..." Jimin stands beside Jin to hold the older's hand, probably for support. Taehyung smiles at them.

"Hyung, I forgive you both. I understand it was never your intention to tell Jeongguk the truth. It was my fault for keeping everything a secret anyways."

"Yes, we are indeed sorry for that, Tae. But we're afraid there's something else..."

Taehyung's stomach churns because he has a feeling that something might really not go well today.

"Tae... Chim and I... we actually planned this whole situation..."

"You what?"

"This was our plan, Tae. We locked you and Jeongguk inside that house, hoping that you two would get along again, for the sake of Seolmi... for the sake of your family..."

"Seolmi, go inside your room."

"But dada-"

"KIM SEOLMI, I SAID GO INSIDE YOUR ROOM!"

"Tae! Don't shout at Seolmi!" Jeongguk intervenes which made Taehyung snap at him.

"Don't interfere, Jeongguk. If you want to help, get Seolmi out of here and accompany our daughter inside her room!"

The poor girl is already shaking out of fear which made Jeongguk scoop her up hurriedly to take her away- out of Taehyung's sight.

"Daddy, will uncle Chim and baba Jin be okay?" The little girl whispers amidst her sobs. Jeongguk didn't respond but lulls and calms her to sleep instead.

"Tae-"

"I thought both of you are my best friends! How can you fucking set me up like this?  You made me believe Seolmi got lost, and I also fucking lost my mind searching for her! Then you fucking paid someone to abduct me and Jeongguk for what?! For your own satisfaction?"

"Now don't you go yelling at us, Kim Taehyung! We are still older than you-"

"But you don't have the right to abuse your authority and make me look like a fucking puppet for the both of you to manipulate-"

Taehyung stops his sentence midway when he feels a stinging sensation on his cheeks.

"Jin hyung!" Jimin screams in terror, his face wet with tears.

"We fucking did this for you because you are so fucking dense and stupid. We did this for your daughter, who only wanted one thing: a family. A complete family that you are depriving her. You know what, Taehyung? Curse us all you want, but you've gone way too far. We didn't betray you because we are fake friends, we betrayed you for the sake of your daughter, for Jeongguk and for your stupid self."

Taehyung gives him a sly smile before wiping the blood on his lips.

"Seolmi and I are leaving. Thank you so much for having us here and for making me an entertainment that the two of you enjoyed so much."

Taehyung passes by Jin and Jimin, bumping the latter's shoulder before Jin breaks down on the floor.

"Jin? Jinnie!" Namjoon goes beside his husband to assist him in standing up. He is worried for both Jin and his baby, but he also can't hide the fact that he pities Taehyung.

Yoongi, on the other hand, hugs Jimin tightly and just decided to let him cry. Hoseok watches all of them with a sigh, his heart completely broken because of the friendship that's about to hit rock bottom.

Taehyung is dragging his suitcase with him, Jeongguk following behind, with a crying Seolmi secured in his arms. Taehyung did not bother to say a thing and gets out the house directly, stuffing his luggage on Yoongi's car.

"Yoongi hyung-"

"Take the car, Guk."

"I'll be back," he mutters. The older just nods at him, too pre-occupied to say anything. Jin hopelessly looks at the leaving car, regretting what he did to Taehyung.

"I wish I just let him get angry towards me, Joon. Now he's gone..."

Namjoon feels like crying but he will not. His husband needs him, he can't be a mess himself.

"The three of you will be okay, hyung. You can still save your friendship. We'll do whatever it takes to fix this one, okay?"

"Thank you, Hoseok."

"Tae, where will I take you?" Jeongguk asks as he glances from the rearview mirror. Taehyung sat in the backseat, along with their daughter who is already asleep from crying too much.

"We're heading back to Daegu, Jeongguk. You can drop us at the train station and go back there."

"I'll drop by the dorm to fetch my things. I'm coming with you."

"Jeongguk, no."

"Yes, Tae. I am coming with you so don't try to stop me."

"I said no!"

"I'm coming with the two of you, okay?!"

"God, why the fuck are you so stubborn?!"

"Just... just let me come to Daegu with you."

Taehyung is tired of fighting so he just agreed at the younger's request.

Jeongguk had promised himself one thing when Taehyung and him crossed paths again: to never leave Taehyung's side ever again.