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When they reached the house, Jimin grabbed Taehyung and Jungkook and dragged them to the nearest spot where they could be alone.

"Okay, what the fuck?" Jimin snapped, and Taehyung sighed, and Jungkook's cheeks tinted.

"It's really not a big deal, Jimin-"

"Not a big deal?! You guys can't hook up during a mission! Do you know how much shit you would've been in if Hoseok heard that? Or any of the other guys? Jungkook- they wouldn't have let you leave your room for the next three years!" Jimin hissed, and Jungkook held on tightly to the back of Taehyung's shirt.

"I-I know! We didn't realize." Jungkook squeaked nervously, standing behind Taehyung.

"Okay, just don't do it again. Anyways, what's going on between you guys?" Jimin asked, and Jungkook left his hold on Taehyung's shirt.

"Nothing."

"Sure," Jimin snickered, and Jungkook scowled.

"Well, what's going on between you and Yoongi?" Jungkook shot back, and Taehyung furrowed his brows at how Jimin glared at him.

"Something's going on between Jimin and Yoongi?" Taehyung asked, and Jimin huffed.

"Shut up, Jungkook! It's nothing!" Jimin shushed him, and then rushed away before the two could ask more questions.

Jungkook watched Jimin walk away and then slowly turned to Taehyung.

"So.. we're nothing?" Taehyung asked, and Jungkook hit him on the chest.

"Shut up. I'm still mad at you." Jungkook huffed, spinning on his heel so he could walk away smoothly. Taehyung walked after him, finding himself rather entranced with the way the boy moved, swaying his hips ever so slightly.

"What did I do?" Taehyung asked, and Jungkook abruptly stopped, and then turned around.

"Yesterday. Outside your room. After your meeting with the other boys. You were talking to me like the other boys do! And I don't want you to talk to me like that, Taehyung! You-you're different." Jungkook said, and then saw Taehyung smirk.

"I'm different?" Taehyung asked, taking a step closer. Jungkook pursed his lips sheepishly, and then saw Taehyung lean in a little.

"Kook- Namjoon knows." Taehyung said in a low voice, and Jungkook frowned.

"Namjoon knows what?"

"He knows something's up. He figured out that I didn't sleep with the woman whose body I got in. He threatened to, well, find out who I actually slept with because.. I kept asking why they treat you badly. M-sorry- I-I'm just scared they'll find out." Taehyung said, and Jungkook's eyes enlarged.

"They-they can't! Tae, Namjoon will literally kill you. And then me. Probably. And.. oh god, if Jin finds out-" Jungkook stammered, and Taehyung cocked his eyebrow.

"Jin? You mean the other guy- the one who went to Russia?" Taehyung asked, and Jungkook nodded, biting at his thumbnail.

"Yah. His-his main task since he joined was to make sure me and my brother were safe. My brother never really needed much safety, but I did. He's really protective over me- well, all the boys are. But, you get what I mean, right?" Jungkook said, and Taehyung nodded, suddenly feeling a little apprehensive about meeting this 'Jin' person.

"Okay, so let's just make sure the boys never find out. Now, let's go tell Namjoon what we know." Taehyung said, and Jungkook nodded.

The two of them walked to the meeting room, where Namjoon and Yoongi were- and also, Dokeun. Jungkook instantly felt more hesitant and stayed behind Taehyung.

Taehyung grabbed Jungkook's arm and pulled him beside him.

"Did you get any information from Dark Velvet?" Namjoon asked, and Taehyung nodded. He took the pendrive and placed it on the table.

Mr. Jeon was seated on one of the tables, it seemed like Namjoon and Yoongi were giving him a run through of some upcoming heist. Namjoon fitted the pendrive into his laptop and then looked at it.

"Holy shit- this has everything! They were planning to steal our drug cartels, even raid our weapons station. Wow, they were literally planning a whole war against us. There's even plans to try to..um.." Namjoon trailed, and Dokeun raise his eyebrow.

"Try to do what?" Dokeun asked, and Namjoon looked a little hesitant.

"N-nothing.. it just mentions... plans of trying to- um- kidnap Jungkook and stuff." Namjoon said quickly, and Jungkook's eyebrows raised.

"M-me?" Jungkook squeaked, and Taehyung patted his lower back comfortingly. Dokeun snickered.

"About time. Come on, Jungkook; I'm pretty sure almost all the gangs in this city have thought of kidnapping you or doing something worse. Not very surprising." Dokeun said, taking a sip of his glass of whiskey.

Jungkook cowered his head, suddenly feeling a little timid and scared. Taehyung felt Jungkook grab the back of his shirt, feeling the fabric in his palm, trying to find some comfort.

"But, otherwise this is all very vital information. Calls for a out-all war on the Ravens. This is good work, Taehyung. Must've been hard to find it." Namjoon said, looking at Taehyung, and Yoongi nodded along.

"Yes, very good job, Taehyung. I'm proud." Dokeun said, and Jungkook felt a little crumple in his stomach, looking down at his feet.

I'm proud. Jungkook had never heard those words before.

"Actually.. um- I-I didn't find that. Jungkook did, actually. It was his plan too. He broke into the Capo's office and got all this information." Taehyung said, and Jungkook looked up to find four pairs of eyes on him.

"Really Kook?" Namjoon asked, and Jungkook gave a small glance at Taehyung, who smiled reassuringly, and just nodded hesitantly.

"Well, then I have to say- good job, Jungkook. Not going to lie, I wasn't expecting that from you. But, you've done something quite helpful. I think you're ready for more. We'll have a small ceremony to celebrate Jungkook's work. Tomorrow, 9 pm." Dokeun said, and gave all of them a nod and then walked out.

Jungkook let out a big smile, and squealed excitedly. He felt Yoongi walk up to him and ruffle his hair. "You did very well, pet." Yoongi said, and Jungkook felt his shoulders rise up as he smiled gleefully.

"Thank you," Jungkook squeaked, and then Yoongi opened the door and walked out as well. Namjoon gave Jungkook a small smile, walking closer to him.

"You happy?" Namjoon asked, and Jungkook nodded with a smile. "All that computer training paid off, didn't it?" Namjoon continued, and Jungkook nodded again.

Namjoon patted his cheek. "Without you we could've lost all that drug and weapon storage. I'm proud of you, Kookie." Namjoon whispered, and Jungkook felt this warmth flowing through his body, his stomach erupting in joy. Jungkook let out a little giggle.

"Thank you." Jungkook squeaked, and then Namjoon gave Taehyung and look and walked out.

Jungkook turned to Taehyung, a big smile on his face. He rushed to him and wrapped his arms around his neck, squealing loudly. Taehyung wrapped his arms around his waist, seeing how the boy was bumbling on his heels, giggling loudly.

"I'm so happy! They-they're proud of me, Tae!" Jungkook exclaimed, and Taehyung chuckled, cheeks reddened a bit.

"As they should be," Taehyung whispered, and Jungkook giggled. Jungkook pulled away from the hug, hands wringing around Taehyung's neck.

Taehyung kept his hands placed on Jungkook's waist, and both just looked at each other for a second. Jungkook leaned in a bit, and made his eyes a little big, looking into Taehyung's brown ones.

"You have a mole under your left eye," Jungkook whispered, and Taehyung blinked.

"Hm. Yeah.." Taehyung trailed, feeling himself lean in a little too. "You-you're really pretty.." Taehyung whispered, and saw as Jungkook's cheeks reddened.

Jungkook laced his fingers into Taehyung's hair and leaned forward, their noses touching. Jungkook's breath hitched in his throat as he brushed his lips against Taehyung's, but then the door burst open.

"Kook?"

Jungkook and Taehyung jumped away from each other, Taehyung having a rather pissed look on his face, and Jungkook just blinking at the person at the door.

Fucking Jimin. God damn it.

"What do you want, Park?" Taehyung snapped, and Jimin pursed his lips.

"Jin's here." Jimin said, and Jungkook gasped, eyes widening. Taehyung watched as Jungkook ran out of the room, and just sighed.

"Can you stop cockblocking us!" Taehyung snapped, and Jimin cocked an eyebrow.

"Aw, isn't that cute. Taehyungie has a crushy wushy~" Jimin sang, and Taehyung smacked him on the head, cheeks turning red.

"No I don't. Shut up." Taehyung mumbled, and then walked really fast to where Jungkook went off to, hearing Jimin laugh.

Jungkook rushed up the stairs of the basement and towards the foyer, and saw the tall black-haired man standing there with a coat too thick, laughing at something with Namjoon, Yoongi, and Hoseok.

"Jin!" Jungkook called out, and the boys turned towards him.

"There's the little one," Jin smiled, and Jungkook ran up to him and wrapped his arms around his neck, hearing Jin let out an oof-

Jin hugged Jungkook back, chuckling lightly. "We have a little party tomorrow to celebrate Kookie's victory today with the mission," Yoongi said, and Jin pulled back and looked at Jungkook.

"Woah, really? God- I left for three weeks and our little Kookie's all grown up, huh?" Jin asked, and Jungkook giggled, nodding.

"I am!" Jungkook said, and Jin patted his cheek.

"Baby, meet our new recruits. Taehyung and Jimin." Namjoon said, placing his hand on Jin's back. Jin turned to see Taehyung and Jimin walking towards him.

"Hey. I'm Seokjin. Just killed three Russian men." Jin smirked, and Hoseok sighed.

"Are you going to keep bragging about that?" Hoseok mumbled, and Jin scoffed.

"At least I have something to brag about," Jin bickered, and Hoseok rolled his eyes, snickering lightly.

"I'm Jimin." Taehyung said, and Jimin frowned and smacked him on the head.

"No he's not. I'm Jimin. He's Taehyung." Jimin said, and Taehyung smirked.

"Believe what you want." Taehyung said, and Jungkook went up to stand beside him, giggling lightly.

"You're so stupid." Jungkook whispered, and Taehyung reached forward to tickle his stomach, and Jungkook giggled in delight, moving away. Taehyung reached forward and grabbed Jungkook, wrapping his arms around his waist and hearing him laugh and kick his legs.

The other boys were still talking, and Taehyung and Jungkook continued giggling and fooling around; but the two didn't notice Jin's gaze on them.

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The next day rolled around, and everyone who worked at the mafia, even so much as helped, was there. There was alcohol and laughter, smoke rising to the ceiling from the cigarettes in the hands of old men.

Jungkook was standing alone, picking at his nails, when he saw Jimin walk up to him and hand him a glass of bubbling golden liquid, similar to the one in his glass.

"Cheers." Jimin said, smiling, and Jungkook smiled back and clunk their glasses together.

Jimin tipped the glass back, gulping down the liquid.

Jungkook watched him and pressed the glass to his mouth too, leaning it back to take a small sip, when suddenly it was snatched from his hands.

Jungkook looked at Jin, who had taken the glass of champagne from his hands, and instead fitted a glass of sprite into his hands. "No drinking, Kook." Jin tsked, and Jungkook sighed, taking a sip of his sprite instead. He really didn't want to complain, since this was one of the first parties he'd been to at this house.

"Welcome, everyone. I'm sure all of you know of my son, Jungkook. Only.. 17-" Dokeun started, and Namjoon mumbled something beside him. "-I mean, 18. We finally want to welcome him into this Mafia." Dokeun said, and everyone began clapping, looking at Jungkook, who smiled shyly.

"Come here, son." Dokeun said, and Jungkook placed the drink onto the table beside him and walked over to his father, who had a unreadable look on his face.

"Now, Jungkook isn't the best with guns and is scared at the mere sight of blood. In fact, the boy slept with his night-light on till he was 15, isn't that right?" Dokeun said, and everyone started laughing, and Jungkook's cheeks tinted.

Jungkook could see all the boys and some other he's seen around. He saw Taehyung, standing against the wall, smirk on his face, hair tied up in a bandana. Both looked at each other and shared a knowing look.

"Very much like his mother, this one. But, nonetheless, Jungkook did something very smart and helped save our Mafia from tremendous convulsion." Dokeun said, patting his back and making him smile a little. Very rarely did he hear any words about his mother, and whenever he did, it was fulfilling to his heart.

"We can only embrace him with a classic Jeon Mafia welcome, can't we?" Dokeun said, and everyone laughed a little, and so did Jungkook, unsure of what his father meant.

"One more thing. Does everyone like the food made today?" Dokeun asked, and people made sounds of agreement. The chef stood behind Yoongi and Hoseok, smiling gratefully.

"Made by our wonderful chef, Mr. Hyongkim Yang. He's worked here for 20 years, before my son was even born." Dokeun laughed, and the chef nodded, a little confused as to why Dokeun was suddenly talking about him when he makes food for them every single day.

"Good man, indeed. Fed my son milk when his mother passed away." Dokeun said, and Jungkook smiled a little, seeing the chef smile as well. Everyone smiled as well, rejoicing at the rather sweet moment. When, suddenly-

"Even though he's been stealing from this Mafia's personal account for years now, hasn't he?" Dokeun said, and everyone stilled.

The chef's eyes widened, and so did Jungkook's. Everyone looked confused, furrowing their eyebrows, looking at the chef, who looked pale, stricken.

Dokeun just smirked smugly, his gray hair lighter under the shadow of his grim expression. He put his hand out beside him, and Namjoon placed a white gun in his hand, knowing that's what Dokeun asked him to do.

Dokeun grabbed Jungkook's hand, placing the gun onto his hand. "Jungkook." Dokeun said, still keeping his eyes locked onto the chef, who looked fearful.

"Kill him." Dokeun said, and Jungkook's eyes widened, snapping his head towards his father.

"W-what?" Jungkook choked out, his stomach suddenly filling up with something that made his insides queasy.

Jimin's eyes widened, Namjoon's eyebrows furrowed, Jin gasped, Yoongi's breath hitched,

Hoseok mouth fell slightly, and Taehyung looked at Jungkook with concern.

"I said- kill him. Shoot that man in the head. Right now." Dokeun said, his voice eerily calm.

Jungkook looked at the gun placed in his hands, to the man standing ahead of him, dressed in white. A man he'd known since he was born, a man who gave him food every single day.

"D-dad, I-I don't-" Jungkook started, but his father slowly looked at him.

"You wanted to prove you're an adult now, son? Well this is how you do it. Shoot him." Dokeun's voice boomed, and everyone looked fearful.

Jungkook felt his hands quivering ever so slightly, anxiety brimming at the pit of his stomach, slowly rising up and grasping onto his insides, suffocating his lungs. "I-I can't, father, I-" Jungkook cried out, and his father grabbed Jungkook by the back of his shirt and turned him so he was facing the chef.

"Didn't you tell me you had what it takes? Your brother killed his uncle right here, Jungkook. It's your turn now. Don't make me repeat myself." Dokeun growled.

Jungkook clutched the gun in his hands, raising them with shaking arms. He could see two of the guards having a tight grip on the chef, who was sobbing, crying, screaming, begging for Dokeun to give him another chance, that he made a mistake.

Dokeun laughed. "There's no mistakes made in this house, Yang. You don't mess with Jeon Dokeun and think you can get away with it." Dokeun said, and Jungkook felt tears rising to his eyes, bile rising up his throat.

"F-father-" Jungkook cried, out, his mind shouting a thousand words. The image of the chef in front of him, his father beside him, all the boys standing on either side, his heart pacing, his hands shaking. Jungkook turned his head a little, seeing the dark look on his father's face, the way his lips curved to a smile, all that made Jungkook sick to the stomach.

"Now."

"P-p-please-" Jungkook tried, hearing Namjoon also try and get some words in, seeing the guards laugh at the chef, seeing the poor chef with tears running down his face, begging for mercy.

"Now!" Dokeun's voice boomed, and Jungkook let out a choked sob and his fingers pressed against the trigger-

Bang.

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