Jimin was this close to drowning himself in the kiss with Taehyung when Jungkook's hand pulled him back to reality. He shot his eyes open and slightly pushed Taehyung off him.

He turned towards Jungkook who was shivering over the floor with his hand clutched tight onto Jimin's pyjamas. It was the nearest thing Jungkook could hold onto while whimpering over the floor.

Jimin gasped and leaned over to hold Jungkook but was pulled back by Taehyung.

"What are you doing? He needs me. Let me go!" Jimin said and tried to free his hand from Taehyung's clutches.

"Do you think he needs you?" Taehyung asked and pulled Jimin closer.

"Why do you ask?" Jimin frowned.

"Why do you think he is in that state?" Taehyung asked in a calm tone.

"That's because-"

"He was fine until you jumped over him. He is suffering because of you!" Taehyung spilled venom out of his mouth.

"N...no!" Jimin stuttered biting his lips and a fresh set of tears building up in his lower lids.

"Don't lie to me! He was fine before you touched him. What did you do!" Taehyung howled and pulled Jimin by his collar.

He wanted to see some visible changes on Jimin's face to study him.

At least, a small sign of change in his expression.

Taehyung needed some sort of assurance that he could read Jimin's expressions after all these years.

"I didn't do anything," Jimin broke into soft sobs that later turned into loud cries leaving the room in chaos with Jungkook screaming over the floor holding his hair and Jimin breaking down slowly in front of Taehyung.

Taehyung's head felt a throbbing sensation and he distanced himself from the male. He tried to keep his eyes open but they turned blurry before he fell back over the floor hitting his back on it and crouched himself to stop the pain shooting through his head.

Why does it cause such a severe headache when he tries to read Jimin's expressions?

"Argh! Stop this!" Taehyung screamed pulling Jimin's attention who was breathing abruptly sitting in the corner with tears flowing out uncontrollably.

Jimin's head was filled with hundred different questions about why Taehyung acted this way the moment they met.

He imagined a very different greeting from Taehyung.

He decided to slide all that away and reach out to Taehyung. He couldn't bear to see Tae whimper in pain.

Jimin wiped his eyes haphazardly. He slowly crawled towards Taehyung and shrugged his shoulders, "Tae...are you okay?"

"I am not!" Taehyung shut his eyes tight and bit his lip hard.

"What's happening?" Jimin tried to turn Tae on the floor.

Dad, please don't hit me.

I am not punishing you, Taehyung. I am training you not to turn into an emotional fool. Why don't you get it?

Dad, it hurts. Please, stop.

Stop crying, Taehyung! Men don't cry. Men don't show any sort of emotions! Why don't you get it? Don't act like your dead mom, bitch!

"My head hurts! Can't you see? Also, what the fuck are you trying to do? Leave me alone for fuck sake!" Taehyung screamed and punched Jimin in the cheek.

The older fell over the floor beside Jungkook who had seemed to calm down comparatively. Jimin winced in pain and held his cheek with his palm to rub the pain away.

Jungkook inhaled sharply and clutched Jimin's shirt from behind. He took labored breaths and lifted his upper body by taking support of Jimin's back.

The moment he felt Jimin lean back, he crawled back away from the two and pulled his knees close to his chest, picking the skin around his nails to suppress his anxiety.

Jimin felt his lungs clench at the harsh painful sobs escaping out of Taehyung's lips. He couldn't hear them. Those sounds simply pierced through his ears causing more nausea.

He gripped one of the cupboards and lifted his body off the ground to lean over the sink. He barfed the entire content out of his stomach but felt nausea persist. And it only worsened his situation as Taehyung's cries increased with time.

"Stop crying!" Jimin sobbed, gripping the sink base with his fingers.

"Stop this! What is happening!" Taehyung cried louder as the moments passed. His hands gripped onto his ears tight to block out every sound but his head continued to pound painfully.

Jimin lost his grip and slipped to the floor. The last image he experienced before collapsing was Taehyung's whimpering state.

"It hurts!" Taehyung shut his eyes tight to allow the darkness to engulf him as a whole. He couldn't sustain the amount of pain shooting down his head to the feet leaving him breathless and paralysed at the time.

Jungkook's skin turned pale as he witnessed the two in extreme agony. His hands gripped onto his pants and guilty tears gushed down his cheeks. He couldn't control his fears and help them.

He was simply,

A stupid puppet for Mr. Bang.

What was he thinking before bringing them together?

Why doesn't he think before doing something like this?

Mr. Bang was right! He shouldn't have acted out on his own.

He shouldn't have broken his strings when he knew he would fall to the ground without support.

Jungkook chuckled dryly and leaned his head against the wall, staring at Taehyung with a lifeless face.

Tring! Tring!

Jungkook slips his hand into his pocket to take the call, "Hello?" His voice was still raw from all the crying and screaming, eyes completely hollow without any expressions.

"Did you like my present, Eglan?" Mr. Bang smirked as he stirred his coffee on the other side.

"What do you mean, Mr Bang?" Jungkook asked in a barely audible voice.

"It was just a jumpscare this time. Next time, I will take one of them out of the game. Before that happens, you better stabilize yourself and stick with the plan Eglan. Don't act out of character or you might lose one of them for sure." Mr Bang warned.

Jungkook inhaled sharply before letting go abruptly, "W...was this your work? Was it your plan to send someone to sneak into the house?"

"You should have thought before beating the boy of one of the shareholders, Eglan. You should have chosen a better place to meet Taehyung where there was no CCTV. No more mistakes of yours will I keep covering in the future. You better sort it out with your boyfriends before we step up with our mission." With that, the call went off.

For the first time in Jungkook's life, he felt utterly hopeless with no signs of light.

With Smoke Rings engulfing him as a whole and suffocating him to death.
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"Wake up, bitch!" Yeonjun sneered and slapped Soobin's cheek harshly.

The man gasped and shot open his eyes wide. He grunted as the pain spread through his cheek to his jaw. He tried to shift in his position but failed to do so because of the number of restraints put on his body.

"What the fuck!" Soobin mumbled, still feeling dizzy.

"I should be asking that baby," Yeonjun uttered in a low husky voice and a smirk plastered to his face.

"T...this voice," Soobin gulped and squinted his eyes to look at the man but the room was too dark to notice anything.

"What do you think will happen to you next?" Yeonjun leaned closer and pulled the man by his nape.

"Yeonjun?" Soobin stuttered with visible sweat bubbling over his forehead.

"You were supposed to come back as soon as the alarms went off. What were you thinking when you went in and got caught by Eglan himself?" Yeonjun howled and firmed his grip over Soobin's neck.

"I am sorry-"

"Fuck the sorry, Soobin. How are you going to pay for the consequences? What if they had called the police? It would be a huge mess by now," Yeonjun stated.

"I just heard Mr. Bang talking to someone. He said that Jebb was being released from prison and that he is heading towards Eglan's Mansion. I just wished to see him once. That's why I agreed to this. Trust me, Yeonjun, I was going to retreat the moment I saw him. I just wanted to see a glimpse of him. I just wanted a confirmation that he is fine. I just-"

"I don't trust anyone, Soobin. You better get that in your head and stay away from them if you wish to live," Yeonjun warned with eyes fuelling with fire.

"Also, where is the ledger?" Yeonjun asked.

"Namjoon is bringing the ledger. Jin told me that he will take the ledger from Namjoon and hand it over to Mr. Bang himself. Also..," Soobin swallowed his words unsure of whether he should tell Yeonjun about it.

"Also, what Soobin?" Yeonjun asked.

"I left a message for Taehyung that I am alive. I just somehow knew I won't be able to meet him but I wanted him to know that his brother made it out of that factory -"

"Where did you leave it?" Yeonjun panicked.

"In the corner room that no one uses. I just thought maybe he will see it."

"Were you out of your mind?" Yeonjun raised his tone with tension building up in his veins. It left him thinking...

Jungkook wasn't the problem at the moment. He rarely uses the other rooms besides his.

But if Taehyung or Jimin happen to enter that room and find the chit. It is going to cause chaos.

And Yeonjun couldn't afford it.

He had been working on this for years now.

He has been working with Mr. Bang just so he could escape this shitty life.

He couldn't afford to fail now.

Not when he is so close to victory.

And the only sane thing Yeonjun could think of is to either get hold of the information before it falls into the hands of Jimin or Taehyung.

Or, terminate them.

The same people who saved him in the past.

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A few hours after Taehyung fled from the hospital~

With a well-fitted tuxedo and neatly combed grey hair, Mr Jeon stood there with his hands in his pockets, clearing his throat as a signal for Viper to address him.

"Yes, Boss?" Viper wiped the sweat off his forehead and then bowed fully in a way to show his respect to Mr. Jeon.

"Where is Namjoon? I need to see the ledger."

"He was stuck up with an emergency operation, Boss. He will be here any moment -"

"Didn't I inform him in advance to keep his schedule clear when I visit-" Just as Mr Jeon was about to explode further Namjoon slid through the hallways and stood in front of the boss.

"I am sorry for being late, Sir. This way," Namjoon bowed and guided the man towards a secluded room on the top floor where only the VVIPS were allowed. The boss glared at his men and they quickly stopped walking and turned around.

Viper along with the others stood there without sparing a glance at the two.

Meanwhile, Mr. Jeon entered the password along with his thumbprint and iris scan.

The doors opened and he along with Namjoon stepped into the heavily encrypted door which closed behind their back leaving only the two in the room.

"Have you kept the ledger safe?" Mr Jeon asked.

"Yes, sir. You can take a look at it yourself." Namjoon showed the man the ledger and Mr Jeon stared at it for a good long minute before turning his back.

"What are the chances?"

"We still don't have the right item, Sir. Our chances are still very low." Namjoon bowed to show his respect.

Mr. Jeon placed his hand over Namjoon's shoulder, "You better know your roots. Don't ever forget that it was me who provided you with the scholarship and made you a doctor. It was I who gave a job in a such a reputed hospital. Don't you ever try and betray or I will not remember your face the moment I order my men to erase you permanently from this world." He patted the shoulder before heading out of the room.

Namjoon bit his lip and gripped his pants tight to prevent himself from shivering and nodded to show his loyalty to the man.

Soon, they exited the room and Mr Jeon spared one last glimpse at the door before leaving the place.

Namjoon was this close to slipping to the floor when he felt a pair of hands hold him in place.

"Hey, are you okay?" Jin asked as he held Namjoon.

"I... I am fine." With that, he stood up straight and turned towards Jin.

"W...why are you staring at me like that?" Jin asked turning slightly pink by the stares.

"Can you answer a few of my questions honestly?" He bored his eyes onto Jin as he put forth.

"Y...yes?" Jin smiled timidly.

"Mountains or beaches?"

"Mountains!" Jin answered.

"Black or pink?"

"Pink, it is."

"Fish or crab?"

"Crab!"

"Whom do you trust more? Is it that Jungkook or Mr Bang?" Namjoon crossed his arms over his chest as he put forth the last question.

"Well, it's Mr. Bang, of course," Jin answered spontaneously.

Namjoon chuckled dryly, "I guess we have nothing in common. Maybe we weren't meant to be together."

"Wait, what do you mean-" Jin panicked.

Namjoon sighed softly and pulled out the small diary from his pocket, placing it in Jin's hand, "That's the original ledger with all transactions pacts Mr Jeon signed with his shareholders. You can have it and I guess this is the last time we see each other." Namjoon smiled bitterly before turning around to leave.

Jin gripped the ledger tight as he tried hard to hold back his tears, "Why the hell am I crying again? It's not like I liked him or anything. It was just a crush. Plus, I had one job and that was to get hold of this ledger. Why the hell am I not happy?" He dropped over the floor with tears constantly dripping down his cheeks.

Tring! Tring!

"Hello?" Jin suppressed his tears and greeted the caller.

"What's the status?" Mr Bang asked.

"I...met Namjoon and the ledger is in my hands, Mr Bang. Where do you want me to send it?" Jin asked as he wiped his tears.

"I will personally pick it up from you. Keep it safe until then!" With that the call went off.

Jin grunted in pain as he saw the empty hallways with no sign of the hot doctor that just rejected him.

A/n:- So!!!!! 

How was it?

Jungkook shouldn't have made them meet so abruptly after two long years.

Will Taehyung discover Soobin's letter for him or will Yeonjun kill him before that?

NAMJOON LEGIT HANDED OVER THE LEDGER! NOW WHAT???

WHAT WILL MR JEON DO TO HIM!!?

WHAT WILL MR BANG DO NOW THAT HE HAS THE ACE CARD IN HIS HAND?

TO KNOW MORE.

KEEP READING, SMOKE RINGS!

LOL, TOO DRAMATIC.

ANYWAYS, LOVE YOU KIDS.

MADDIE 🙂❤️