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"It's not fair, Kookie. Why didn't you tell me about the plan?" Taehyung said, looking at the boy who just made him angry. He was sitting on a rooftop bench, beside Jungkook. The wide night sky above him was like a canopy of stars and a soft breeze carried a faint familiar odor, might be from those sweet fawn lilies in their lawn, he thought.

"Baby I-" Jungkook was going to explain but Taehyung interrupted.

"Don't call me baby, when you can't even trust me." Taehyung crossed his hands on his chest and looked away. His pout was getting prominent with every passing second.

"I trust you but listen to me first." Jungkook said while bringing him closer to his arms. Taehyung just sucked in a breath of the cold air and let it out slowly, to hide his blushing cheeks. Jungkook continued, "If I had any idea of, you'll react this way, I would have told you first for sure. You've just scared the shit out of me Tae, never ever think of leaving me like this."

Taehyung sighed deeply, then he said, "I got scared too. I thought they're going to die because of me."

"No, they're going to be fine. Trust me." Jungkook pulled Taehyung's fingers into his and intertwined them. Then softly said, "I'm sorry Tae. I wanted to let you know all these but Yoongi hyung ordered me to hide it from you."

"But when did you plan all of this? You were with me all the time." Taehyung's anger was long gone, it was replaced with a mild curiosity.

"Let me start from the beginning." Jungkook started saying, maintaining the eye contact. "Remember when we arrived at Jin hyung's lab, Yoongi hyung called me." Jungkook waited for a moment for the other boy to recall that moment. When Taehyung nodded, he continued…

Flashback from that night~

"Jungkook-ah why didn't you tell me, Taehyung is with you?" Yoongi asked him from the other side.

"How did you know?" Jungkook bit his lower lip with a frown.

"I called the airport security, they told me you went with a man named Kim Yoontan. As I asked them to send me the screenshot, they gave me Taehyung's picture." Yoongi answered him.

"Hyung, I have a plan." Jungkook said, biting his lips. He wasn't sure if he should share his thoughts with his senior or not.

"Which plan, Jungkook? Tell me honestly." Yoongi firmly said.

Jungkook waited for a second, took a long breath, then started saying, "Taehyung had the formula, if I didn't bring him here, he won't give it to me. Now Jin and Namjoon hyung are working on it, so I'm hundred percent sure they'll make the antidote."

"Yeah I believe that too. Next?" Yoongi calmly asked from the other side of the phone.

"Now I can easily arrest Tae with the help of American police-" Jungkook's voice became more serious, "but if we do that then we can't reach the Jung Organization. Instead we can use Taehyung as bait. I shall tell him that he can go home with the medicine and then follow him all the way to Sonbeok's house. I'm sure he won't go elsewhere."

"Sounds fascinating but I can't trust Jung Sonbeok. What if he destroys the ampoules or just demands more money from the government?" Yoongi explained his thoughts.

"Yes I don't trust him too. That's why I'm thinking of asking Jin hyung to make duplicate ampoules, so that we can fool them." Jungkook said.

"Oh! Nice idea but don't let Taehyung know about it. You have to keep it a secret." Yoongi warned him.

"Why, hyung he's not a bad person, I told you already." Jungkook's tone became a little whiny. It's not like he didn't know who Taehyung was but one part of Jungkook was still head over heels for him.

"Jungkook, it's not the time to be a romanticer, don't you remember what he had done to you? He fired a bullet at you? You might get killed by him." Yoongi firmly alerted him.

"But he did it to stop me and-" Jungkook kept on searching for the words to his defense but Yoongi spoke out before him.

"Jungkook, I'm already regretting that I'm the one who brought him into your life. Now that I know he's not a normal citizen, I can't trust him anymore." Yoongi said with sympathy, God knew towards whom.

"Ok, won't tell him but how can I hide it from him? He'll be with me for the whole day." Jungkook sighed, still confused.

"Leave it to me. Now can you please give your phone to Jin hyung? I shall personally explain to him the whole situation-, and also I missed his dad jokes." Yoongi smiled remembering Dr Seokjin.

End of flashback~

"So this means, those ampoules were duplicate?" Taehyung made an amused noise.

"Yeah, the original ones are brought into Seoul by Jin and Namjoon hyung by the next flight." Jungkook smiled and lightly pressed taehyung's fingers.

"So they all know about me?" Taehyung lowered his head in shame. Eyes on the ground, salty with tears.

Jungkook tilted his head to match Taehyung's eyes, and said, "Hmm. They know. Don't worry, everyone in my family will accept you Tae. After all, we will get married one day."

"Including your dad?" Taehyung said with a slight hesitation.

"Yes, including my dad. He'll change. I'll make him change." Jungkook confidently said, looking into his lover's eyes.

"That will be hard." Taehyung pouted.

"By the way, why did you act all spooky around him? Huh? I mean that 'you killed my parents, I'll kill your son' dialogue and that angry old man attitude? Seriously I thought for a moment you were really going to kill me." Jungkook snorted but chuckled soon after.

"It's because I really was angry that time. Can you guess what I had felt when I came to know you're my biggest enemy's son? It was like my whole world was crashing in front of me." Taehyung sighed and looked away. He muttered quietly after a pause, "I'm sorry."

"I know baby, I was surprised too. Let's forget all this. Let's just think about us." Jungkook slowly caressed Taehyung's hair and turned his face to him.

"Kookie, kiss me." The calm gaiety was back on Taehyung's face, sparkling in his eyes.

"With pleasure." Jungkook mimicked with equal enthusiasm, and softly kissed him on the lips. Then he suddenly pulled back, "Tae, you know, I think we have kissed before. That's why your lips are so familiar to me."

"Of course we've kissed before Kookie, countless times." Taehyung reminded him with a frown.

"No, I'm not talking about before today, I meant before we met at the hospital." Jungkook smiled seeing how Taehyung's eyes got doubled in surprise. "Can't you remember what dad said? He said, my mom used to go and spend hours in your house because I liked to play with you. Before she became drug addicted, she used to visit there because of us Tae." Jungkook paused to see Taehyung's reaction.

"That doesn't mean, we've kissed that time. We were just two year old kids then Kookie, how can you say this?" Taehyung chuckled but Jungkook was serious.

"Because I'm damn sure that we've kissed and cuddled in the bed. You're my first love and I'm yours." Jungkook smiled and brought their lips for another kiss.

"Delulu!" Taehyung snorted and playfully grinned. "Yes, we were in love. Then you know what happened? When we became five, I bit you really hard and you cried like a baby."

"My boy is so kinky and I have no objections. Hey, bite me again, let's see who's gonna cry this time." Jungkook wanted to go for the third kiss but this phone vibrated in his pocket. Jungkook frowned, seeing the caller ID, he disconnected at once.

"Who's it?" Taehyung asked him. A faint smile was still on his face.

"My dad." Jungkook sighed.

"Oh! We have to go, right? Taehyung's stomach twisted with an unknown fear. The time had come, what he scared the most.

"Yeah." Jungkook replied with a sad tone.

Taehyung got up from the bench and deeply inhaled some oxygen, closing his eyes. He knew that he would miss this open sky and open air inside the cell but he would endure it all only for the boy beside him. "Then let's go." When Jungkook got up to go, Taehyung held his arm and said, "Kookie, can you please take me to the hospital first? I want to see my friend before going to the police station."

Jungkook agreed and both of them hugged for the last time. Some warm kisses and promises were shared between them, none wanted to let go of each other but after some moments they came down from the terrace, holding hands.

Two weeks later,

"All rise." The bailiff said when the judge was entering the courtroom. The people inside the huge courtroom stopped speaking immediately, stood up in honor. All of the evidence had been presented in the earlier trials. The juries also submitted a verdict. They found all the people of Jung organization guilty. Now it's time for the judge to declare their punishment.

Jungkook was sitting in the first row of the waiting area, beside his father. Jimin was just two rows behind them. He personally asked his dad to let him come with them. Yoongi couldn't attend this final trial like the other days, he went to attend a seminar in Daegu.

Jungkook's eyes were mostly fixed on the boy sitting on the plaintiff bench, hanging his head low. The light green jail uniform couldn't fade away his charms even a little. Hoseok, his friend was also sitting there beside him. His shoulder injury was almost healed. Sonbeok and two of his men were also sitting silently, waiting for the judge to take the final decision. The other people from his organization were still in the lock up.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Calling the case of the massive act of crime has reached for the final hearing. Now it's time for the announcement of the verdict given by the honorable juries." The judge declared with a calm seriousness. The bailiff handed him over the copy of the verdict.

Everyone in the room was watching the judge,  holding breaths. The room was filled with a pin drop silence. Some reporters were also there, taking notes but the cameras were strictly prohibited.

"The honorable juries have found these five men guilty. Now I'm going to announce the punishment as per their crimes." The judge took some moments to arrange the papers. Then started the declaration, "Jung Sonbeok, the leader of the Jung organization, is found guilty. He had been charged for twenty nine  murders, gold smuggling since 1992 to present year, smuggling and selling drugs illegally since 2005 to present year, twenty five kidnapping and the most recent, injuring more than hundred people with a deadly poisonous gas."

All eyes went towards the mentioned person, some hushed whispers were also heard but when the judge started speaking again, the whispers dried down. "Mr Jung, the court is giving you eighteen years of imprisonment with eighty thousand won penalty. Do you have anything to say for the last time?"

"Yes, your honor." Sonbeok sighed then started saying looking at the people, "What I'm feeling paled to the comparison of the pain, truma of the people felt because of me. There's no word to describe, how sorry I am for what occurred. I thought, people lives in this world to gain something, to gain money, status, healthy living and sometimes love. We can live without the last thing, that is what I thought and stopped loving people. Except my son Hoseok I've never cared about anyone and now because of him I realised my mistake and desperately am asking you to forgive me. That's all I have to say your honor."

"The next is Mr Lee mingu. You have been charged for actively supporting fifteen murders and murdering nine people by yourself, doing illegal gold smuggling, kidnapping and injuring people and selling drugs. The court is giving you fourteen years of imprisonment, with five thousand won penalty. Do you have anything to say for the last time?" The judge turned the next page on.

"No, your honor." Mingu said and remained silent afterwards.

The judge started speaking again, "Fine. Next is Mr Lee Minho. You have been charged for  entering the police academy illegally, by hacking the system computer. Doing several things to benefit the mafia organization. Breaking the trust of the entire police agency and killing two people in the lock up. You have been sentenced to ten years of imprisonment with four thousand won penalty and your police badge will also be taken away. Do you have anything to say?"

"This is wrong, your honor, I also helped the police many times. You can't just take away my badge like that." Minho shouted loudly but he got muted when two police came from behind and took him away.

"The next is Mr Jung Hoseok, you have been charged for actively helping in eight murders, four kidnapping and selling drugs illegally. The court wanted to give you strict punishment but as you've saved Mr commissioner with bravery and Mr commissioner has personally requested to spare some punishment, I'm giving you four years of imprisonment with two thousand won penalty. Do you have anything to say for the last time?" The judge said, looking at Hoseok.

"No thank you your honor. I deserve this punishment." Hoseok said, looking at his father, his father's eyes were glittering with happy tears for his son.

"The last plaintiff is Mr Kim Taehyung. You have been accused with four murders and actively helping the organization for leaking the poisonous gas in a crowded assembly. As Mr commissioner has told us that you've been kidnapped in your childhood and Mr Jung Sonbeok had brainwashed you to do these crimes, the court is giving you four years of imprisonment with two thousand won penalty. Do you have anything to say for the last time?"

"I'm extremely sorry for my wrongdoings, your honor. From now on I shall try to do only good things to cover up those crimes, thank you." Taehyung said raising his head, determination was blinking in his eyes. The judge signed the verdict with a smile.

Jungkook came to Taehyung as the judge and the juries left the courtroom. "You ok?" Jungkook asked in concern.

"Yes, the judge has just given me only four years of imprisonment. I don't know what to say." Taehyung said with a sad grin.

"Yeah, I'm happy Tae." Jungkook smiled.

"Hey, Tae, how are you man, I missed you." Jimin joined them with a big smile on his lips. He ruffled Taehyung's hair playfully to lighten up his mood.

"I saw your performance Jimin-ssi. You're incredible." Taehyung licked his lips, the hesitation was slowly fading away from his tone.

"What's with this formality Tae?" Jimin pouted, "I'm your Jiminie hyung and you're my Tae, remember?" Jimin wanted to say more but two police officers came and asked to hand over the convict to them.

"Officers, leave him here, I shall personally send him to jail." The commissioner's voice got their attention. The celular officers left after saluting him. "Jimin, I can't give you more time with him now. You can visit him in the prison later."

"Yeah, I guess I have to go now. I'll see you soon." Jimin said. Taehyung smiled when Jimin hugged him.

The cops took Sonbeok and the Lee brothers away with them. Hoseok requested to give him just a couple of minutes, he wanted to convey his farewell to his wife. Mina came with his parents to attend the final trial. She waited patiently for this moment, when she could hug him. It was hard for her to control the tears but still he tried to keep up a smiling face.

"Mina, why are you crying? Isn't it a happy moment? Finally I can be free from all my guilts." Hoseok slowly raised his handcuffed hands and removed some hair strands from her forehead.

"I know. You did great. You saved a man by risking your life. I'm so proud of you, so proud to be your wife Hoseok-ssi." Mina said in between her sobs.

"Mina, take care of the baby and don't come to visit me in the jail. When the baby will born, just send me a picture of her." Hoseok held her soft hands, looking into her eyes he said, "Mina, I'm sorry, I couldn't take care of you as I promised, please forgive me."

"No, Hoseok-sii, I don't need care, I want a happy life with you. Four years will pass just a blink of an eye, we shall be together again." Mina genuinely smiled this time. Both of them closed the gap between them with a tight hug and remained like this until the cops took him away.

When the commissioner's car came in front of Seoul Seodaemun Prison, it was already afternoon. Sewook told Jungkook to give him some lone moment with Taehyung. Jungkook obeyed immediately. Taehyung was sitting on the backseat, handcuffed and feeling despondent. When Sewook called his name, he flinched by that deeper tone. "Taehyung, do you still hate me?"

"No, sir commissioner. I was just a little boy when I saw that horrible incident. I thought you're a beast like those fairytales, so I hated you. All of my life I've carried this hate with me. I should have thought like an adult." Taehyung sighed, looking at those steel bangles around his wrists.

"I should have searched for you more. I really wanted to make you my family, Taehyung. I wanted to give you the happiness that you deserve." Sewook's words were firm but his expression was soft.

"You can do it now if you want." Taehyung slowly moved his hopeful gaze to Sewook's eyes.

"How? Tell me, I want to do everything you say within my limit." The commissioner eagerly asked.

"Can you please pay for my graduation course? I want to start my schooling again." Taehyung bit his lips, looking without blinking.

"Of course. I want you to be an established man. Taehyung-ah you have to study hard. Jungkook got 92 percent in his final year examination, if you can beat him, I promise that I'll let you two be together without any objections." Sewook smiled for the first time in front of Taehyung.

"You know that?" Taehyung was amused. He never thought this man can say such things to him.

"Ah! That? Wasn't that obvious?" Sewook showed him a knowing smirk. "He raised his voice against me for the first time, because of you. He said he trusts you more than himself. He's my son and I know he wasn't lying there."

Taehyung's eyes lit up with a new found motivation, he said without hesitation, "Then I definitely have to beat him to the score. Thank you sir commissioner for giving me a new challenge to study harder."

"It's time for you to go. We shall meet soon." Sewook smiled again when he brought him all the way to the prison gate. Jungkook was waiting for Taehyung there. Two more jailers were also there to take him in. Sewook let his son have some chat with the other boy and  slowly went back. He leaned back against his car, holding a cigarette between his fingers, while waiting for his son.

"Tae, take care of yourself, don't forget to eat well and if you need anything, just tell Yoongi hyung, he said he'll come to see you more often." Jungkook said softly.

"Why? You won't come to see me more often?" Taehyung pouted. He needed Jungkook more than anyone.

"No. I'll visit you once in three months." Jungkook said, smiled seeing his boy's cute pout. "Because I'll be out of town."

"Why? Where are you going?" Taehyung asked, frowning a little.

"I requested for a transfer a week ago, they approved. So I'm going to Jeju island for four years." Seeing Taehyung's gloomy face Jungkook explained, "Actually I want to do something on my own. If I stay here, under the observation of my dad and Yoongi hyung, I can never be able to learn things like other police officers do. I want to be a self made man, just like my dad. I know that I'm being selfish here, I can't visit you regularly but this is what I really want to do Tae, I-" Jungkook wanted to tell him more but Taehyung stopped him.

"Alright, stop, I get it completely." Taehyung said with a fluffy grin, "I want you to achieve your dreams, more than anything else. I also need some free time to study. I have to beat someone to get into his house." Taehyung chuckled seeing the confused expression on Jungkook's face.

Jungkook wanted to ask him what he meant but the jailers interrupted, they couldn't give more time. Jungkook sighed, looking into Taehyung's eyes he smiled gently.

"Kiss me." Taehyung said, maintaining their eye contact.

"Now?" Jungkook panicked a little. They were in a open space, in front of those cops and most importantly his homophobic dad was watching them from a few meters away.

Without warning Taehyung leaned forward and kissed him on the mouth. Just a small touch but Jungkook was jungshooked for a moment.  Taehyung giggled a little and turned around to go.

"Wait!" Jungkook called him from behind, taehyung stopped. "Let me remind you," He said as Taehyung turned again towards him. "You can't just kiss me like this. You have to kiss me properly." Jungkook attached their lips again, kissed like he was starving for some days. It wasn't a gentle peck as Taehyung's, it was rough and sloppy.

Taehyung stroked his hair and kissed him back with the same passion, while tears coursed down his cheeks as well. "I love you." Taehyung realised with a sob. He wanted to keep a smiling face before Jungkook but his plan failed miserably.

Jungkook just hummed in response. He stayed there for a couple of minutes, watching how those cops took his love away from him and vanished behind a great wall. He recalled how soothing Taehyung's hug had been earlier and itched to feel his soft, warm body in his arms again.

A sudden horn drew back his attention. He released a deep sigh and moved, leaving a pinch of his life there.

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I can't believe this story has come to an end, only the epilogue chapter has left.

Some questions to my lovely friends~
1. Have you enjoyed this chapter?

2. Do you think the judge gave Taehyung less punishment than he deserve?

3. Do you think Taehyung was being selfish for forgetting Lisa easily and became all lovely dovely with Jungkook?

4. Which character do you like the most in this story?

5. If I start writing a new story (taekookau), will you read it?

6. Please ask me any of your doubts or the plot holes I left behind. I shall answer it in the end of the epilogue chapter.

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