Jungkook attended two meetings in a row: one with a Hong Kong company who wanted to open a new showroom of Jyundai cars in their city, another with a new car-paint company who came to show their products' samples. As soon as the meetings ended, Taehyung almost vanished into his room and started doing random works, he didn't show up even after lunch hour.

No matter how much Jungkook wanted to call him, he controlled his curiosity. The continuous pressure of work and the engagement were becoming itchy and unbearable. He wanted to trust his secretary fully, the hope of Taehyung doing something peculiar just like him in the party and made all of them stunned, this thought kept his blood pressure normal till then.

Jungkook almost jumped on his feet when his voice called him with a knock outside the door.

"Yes come in. Taehyung-" Jungkook came extremely close, within his personal space, which was not a regular sight to Taehyung, so he halted on the spot like a statue. Jungkook whispered, "why are you avoiding me? You knew how worried I was."

"I wasn't avoiding you. I was sorting the next day's appointments. You just didn't call me so I thought you're busy with other work." Taehyung pouted. No matter how much he worked, his boss would never be pleased. Work sucks without anticipation.

"Shoot the other work, Taehyung, are you sure, your plan is going to work?" Jungkook put his one hand on his forehead, rubbing some tensions away, another hand on his own waist.

Taehyung gave a sharp glare. He was already stressed and his boss was making it worse, "Dude chill, your life is not depending on it, but mine is. Those grim reapers won't kill their future son-in-law for this minor issue, but can kill his secretary without a God damn consideration."

"Yeah, but dude? Am I your friend? You should address me properly." Jungkook rolled his eyes and looked away. After a pause he spoke in a softer tone, "If anything happens, I'll take care of it. Don't worry."

Taehyung released a heavy sigh, thank God he wasn't mad. "Ok SIR."

"That's better."

"Are you ready for the engagement? I mean it's almost five." Taehyung rechecked his watch. The time was running faster, so was his heart. It was his first time planning something out of his limits.

Jungkook sighed hearing the word 'engagement', he went near his table to grab his car keys. "Rose called me. They are sending a car in an hour. I have to go home now."

Taehyung's heart paused, "What? Why?" He came near him and held his arm, looking directly into his eyes he asked, "I mean aren't you driving your own car?"

"No." Jungkook snapped his hand back and sighed. He thought Taehyung should know about them more. "They think that their son-in-law must make a grand entry like a prince, in front of their guests. They're rich for generations, Taehyung. Some of their grand-grandfathers were Kings or the first ministers, I can't name many, but one or two of their names are in our history books. So you can see, royalty runs through their blood more than RBCs."

Taehyung's eyes widened. "Oh my God, that's a huge matter. Are you sure you don't want to marry a princess?"

"Jesus Christ, now I have to explain to you why I don't want to marry her!" Jungkook made an annoyed noise. This boy could never get serious. "I'm going home. Don't be late for the party." He reached the doorway, but Taehyung stopped him again.

"Am I not going with you? I've to go with you, to execute the plan."

Jungkook scanned his facial expressions, he looked serious this time, "Ok, come with me."

Taehyung liked the smell inside of Jungkook's house. It was mostly fruity mixed with peppermint; might be coming out of some imported air freshener.

Jungkook didn't give him any time to cherish the living room decor, his arms curled around Taehyung's and almost dragged him upstairs. Taehyung could feel the cool ring on his forefinger press against his knuckles, but those butterflies didn't show up this time because he was busy checking out the grand interiors all over the house.

"Where are you taking me?" Taehyung curiously asked when their long journey ended in front of a closed door, but he didn't get any answers, instead found himself inside a closet which was bigger than his and Sunoo's room. When Jungkook turned on all the lights, his eyes enlarged. There were three rows of clothes, decorating the three walls, the fourth wall was made of mirrors, a pure sandalwood table in the middle to display his expensive watches and rings and Taehyung was clean bowled after seeing his shoes collection. He went near a wall, "Woah, is this a tailor shop? How many suites are here? One, two, three, ten, twenty, plenty. Oh my Gosh! I can't even count."

"Just shut your mouth and pick one for you. You can't just go there like this." Jungkook casually picked a black Armani blazer with a matching black shirt and loosely hanged them over his forearm.

Taehyung grinned like a kid who just got a cotton candy, "Really? You're giving me your clothes? You're so kind." But Jungkook didn't show any kindness, he glared deep into his eyes.

"Kim Taehyung, if this plan fails somehow, I'll  peel off that piece of cloth from you along with your skin. Understood?"

Taehyung panicked, "Like looney toons? That would be painful." Daffy Duck was a cartoon but he wasn't. "No no no! Everything will be alright, don't worry."

"Fine then quickly choose one and get ready fast." Jungkook went near the center table and picked some accessories for himself.

Taehyung slowly slid his hands through the suites, the fabrics felt so soft under his palms. He stopped when a white one mewled under his touch, calling him to touch it more. "This is so beautiful. can I?" He turned towards his boss.

"Sure. Go ahead." Jungkook said holding the door open. "Get ready soon and if you need anything else, knock me." Then he left.

Taehyung could see the man disappeared into another room, he wondered what would be inside his bedroom. He waited for a minute and called someone, "Hello. Um, we have to add something. One tiny problem appeared."

Ten minutes later.

"The car has come, are you done?" Jungkook's loud voice made Taehyung startled. He opened the door with an annoyed pout but grasped to see his boss in an all black devil's outfit. How much more sexy this man could look, that he failed to figure out.

"A-almost." He let him in and last time checked himself in the mirror. Jungkook's clothes fitted his slim body so well, a little loose on some spots but he was looking good in it. "How am I looking?" He asked, looking at his boss through the mirror.

Jungkook checked him out thoroughly, didn't show any emotions, "Not bad. Now hurry up." He came out first. Taehyung followed with hurry legs.

"Only not bad? Nothing else? I never looked this handsome before. You're blind I must say." He matched his boss's steps as they came down stairs. When they were some steps away from the front door, Jungkook stopped and  turned, facing him.

"Taehyung, I'm trusting you."

Taehyung spoke immediately. "I know, that's why you left me with all of your expensive accessories."

"Yeah. So don't break my trust. Ever." They stared at each other for a moment. Several emotions shared; none of them were romantic but a faint trace of affection was there.

"I won't."

Jungkook's outfit in this part☝

Taehyung's outfit for this part ☝

It was seven already, but the milky white Rolls-Royce Cullinan was moving lazily in the middle, making the road his bitch. The wheels were slow because of the traffic, but as it left the main road and took a wide alley towards Park's house, it picked up speed quickly.

In the backseat Jungkook moved closer to his secretary, spoke in a low tone, he definitely didn't want the driver to hear anything, "Taehyung, only fifteen minutes left. You can tell me the plan now."

Taehyung gulped some air. Fisting the door handle, he said, "Jungkook, please forgive me."

Jungkook didn't get the change to ask why. At the same moment, one of the tires of the car blasted, not a loud explosion occurred but the driver had to stop the car right there.

"What happened?" Jungkook asked the driver.

"The tire got punctured, sir. I'm checking it right now." The middle aged driver in white uniform came out immediately to check out the problem, but got held by two men from behind. He made a 'aaah-' noise before falling on the ground.

Jungkook came out hearing his scream but like the driver, someone held the same handkerchief on his mouth from behind and he lost his senses immediately. Same scene replayed with Taehyung and those people with black masks put two bodies into another car and drove fast.

The parties at the Parks were always splendid, they have the biggest lawn among the riches. There more than hundreds of cars could fit easily. Inside their house there was a big chocolate fountain, they made it basically for their daughter, but on special occasions it became the center of attraction.

The party had just started. Mr Park was busy welcoming the guests, checking his golden pocket watch from time to time as their main guest hadn't come yet. Mrs Park was also there, discussing some latest jewelry trends and foreign trips with her friends. She could barely move because of the layers and flares of her gown. Being a fashionista wasn't easy sometimes.

Rose was in her room, taking her time to get ready for her engagement. She got surprised when both of her parents came into her room at once and ordered her maids to leave them alone. "What happened mom?" She asked in confusion.

"Rose, we have to cancel the engagement. But as we didn't tell our guests about this, keep it a secret." Mr Park breathing heavily, holding his waist.

Rose got confused more. "But why?"

Her mother replied, "Jungkook is missing. Someone kidnapped him. The commissioner called your dad and said he was searching him with his secretary but I don't think they can find him before midnight."

"What! Someone kidnapped my Jungkook? Why? When?" She never been this surprised before.

"He was just coming here with his secretary and some gang of five people made our driver senseless and took them. They are interrogating the driver now but he is also terrified." Mrs Park sighed, it was shocking for her too.

Rose became impatient, "Why aren't those cops doing anything? He's not just any random guy, he's Jeon Jungkook."

Her father came closer and put his hand on her head, "Police are trying darling, you just don't get stressed. The engagement isn't done yet." He mutterd after a pause, "Those fucking kidnappers even left their phones in the car that's why police couldn't trace them."

"What will happen mom, dad I'm scared." Rose bit her manicured nails, she liked Jungkook since her childhood. No matter how many times Jungkook didn't pick up her calls and avoided before, she was damn sure that he was going to be her husband, because Mrs Jeon herself assured her about their wedding.

"We have to keep this secret from the media and our guests. It's more for our reputation. Just act normal and come down after sometimes. Ok?" Mr Park patted her back and left for the party with his Mrs.

Rose closed her eyes and prayed for Jungkook. He could come back alive, this was all she wanted.

Jungkook opened his eyes as soon as a cold splash of water hit his face. "Ahhh-" He felt pain in his wrists when he tried moving them to wipe the water off his face. They were tied. He could see the person clearly, who threw water on him, he was tall and well built. "Who are you? Why did you bring me here?" He tried to remember his face but he wasn't someone he met before. He remembered his secretary was with him also. When he turned to his side he saw Taehyung on the ground, unconscious. Jungkook shrieked, "W-what have you done to him? Is he dead? Taehyung!"

"No, he's just unconscious." The other man assured him, then looked behind and told one of his men to wake him up.

"Hey, who are you? And where am I? Where's the driver?" Jungkook muttered angrily. What kind of crazy shits were happening here, he had no clue. He strolled his eyes to his surroundings, it was an old warehouse, too old that the windows weren't completely closed and the cold outside was coming through them. They made him sit on an old unclean couch and Taehyung on the floor, near his feet and his hands and legs were tied too.

"You'll know soon." Only answer he got, after a minute when he already realized they had been kidnapped.

Two men came and splashed the same quantity of water on Taehyung's  face like him. After a minute, he opened his eyes. "Aaah, why is it so dark here? Why I can't see." Taehyung shaked his head rapidly as his head felt dizzy.

"Taehyung, are you alright?" Jungkook was concerned because some parts of his body were aching, these goons definitely bit him. He saw a red bruise under Taehyung's right eye. He didn't know if they bit him more or not.

Taehyung blinked to adjust the low light of this place, "Hobi, is that you?" He asked the guy who held his arms and made him sit beside his boss.

"No it's me Kai. Hobi doesn't always hang out with us." The first man spoke.

"Hobi? Who's Hobi?" Jungkook eyed all these men one by one and lingered his frowned gaze on him, "Taehyung, do you know these men?"

Taehyung sheepishly grind, showing his all teeth at once.

"Yeah, he planned all these. We just helped him." Kai enlightened him.

"But why did you beat us?" Jungkook made an annoyed noise.

"To make it more realistic. You know kidnapping without beating is so movie type, the cops will suspect you." Kai sat on his toes looking at both of them with a poker face, while others got busy with playing cards in the other corner of the room.

"Realistic! Huh!" Jungkook huffed. "My whole body is aching."

"What can we do? He told us to beat you." Kai flickered his eyes to Taehyung, who tried to hide his face to the other side of the world, but as his hands and legs were tied, he couldn't do much.

Jungkook growled, "I can definitely see who's ridiculous idea it could be."

Taehyung spoke when he tried to clear his visions, without his glasses all he could see was 144p world. "I can't see anything clearly, Jungkook, are you alright? Where are my glasses?"

Kai tsked and brought a broken pair of glasses: one of them was already gone while the other one was slightly cracked. He slowly put it on his eyes and said, "Ae, sorry dude, when Sehoon punched you, one of these broke. But don't worry, you can see from the other glass."

Taehyung thanked him, but when he turned his eyes to his boss, his breath got hitched, "Oh my Goshen!"

Jungkook could sense why he did that, because Taehyung finally could see his ruined face, "So this was your master plan?"

"Umm, sorry." Taehyung tried to smile but it turned out something else.

Jungkook lost his temper, "Sorry? Now you're saying sorry? You hide it from me all day, I thought you're going to perform some magic tricks or hypnotize Rose or her mother, or just simply give her a sleeping pill, and here you kidnapped me and ordered them to beat me like a criminal?" he turned his blood shot eyes to Kai and growled like an angry beast, "Hey you, just remove these ropes, I've to ruin his face too, to make it more realistic."

"Sorry dude, I can't help you with this. We can't touch the ropes. Don't worry, the cops will come and get you two out in the morning. Wait till then." Kai got up, started bouncing on his toes to remove the cramps.

"What do you mean by tomorrow morning?" Jungkook snapped, "why can't you call them after twelve? The engagement day would be over that time."

This time his secretary replied, "No, your father in law will suspect you then. Have you heard, any kidnapper doing such stupid jobs?"

Jungkook gave him a death glare and looked at Kai, "Fine. But open my legs at least. It's so irritative."

Taehyung signed Kai to open up their legs. Kai did and said his last words like a radio, "Listen Mr hot shot, me and my friends have to move our asses from here now. We can't underestimate the police detectives of Seoul, they can trace you here anytime." He pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his hip pocket and unfolded it, "This is the bill of the things we bought from our money: one bottle of chloroform, two bundle of ropes, one packet of pins to puncture the tire, two litters of drinking water bottle, two packets of cookies for your dinner and one rented car to bring you here. Total five thousand won. Don't worry, we took the money from your wallet."

"That's it? Don't you want any extra payment?" Jungkook curiously asked. It was his first time seeing kidnappers this honest.

"Yeah we included our payment into it, with tax." Kai said and frowned when Jungkook smiled, "Why are you smiling?"

"You know who I am right? Even if you leave the other things, I'm wearing more than ninety thousand won's accessories right now and you took five thousand won only. Why?"

Kai tilted his head and spoke casually, "I know who you are, but we kidnapped you because our friend had requested us to do that. And you're talking about the things you're wearing, all are useless to us, we can't sell them. It would be just a burden to us." He shoved two packets of cookies on their lap and left with his other men.

Both of the boys were sitting silently on the couch. Only the sound of crickets could be heard from the outside. Taehyung cleared his throat, breaking the awkward silence after some moments, "I wonder what are they doing now at the party!" He looked up at him.

Jungkook sighed, "That is not the main problem, if the media somehow comes to know about my kidnapping, they will make it a huge story and I don't want this kind of publicity at all."

"I can understand you. I'm sorry Jungkook. I couldn't think of anything else." Taehyung lowered his head, biting his lower lip to punish his silly self.

Jungkook's voice became softer, "Why are you saying sorry? It was my fault, that I couldn't even deal with my own problems. I told you to do something which was beyond your limits."

"It's ok Jungkook, you were stressed too. I know how much pressure you're going through. It's ok to call out someone to help you."

Jungkook hummed, then asked curiously, "You're fine with it? Sitting here in the cold, beaten for nothing and spending the night with a stranger, who hated you the most?"

Taehyung pouted, "What could I do? I just met those guys yesterday. Couldn't trust them fully to leave you alone with them. That's why I planned to include me also."

"Taehyung." Jungkook softly asked. His heart did a thing which it never did before. Nobody except his parents, had never cared for him before. "Why didn't you leave me alone? After what I did with you, you shouldn't have to be this much caring."

Taehyung tsked, "Who said that I care for you? I just don't wanna lose my job, that's why."

Jungkook simpered, "You really are one of a kind." In a good way. "What did you tell your mom? About spending the night out."

The older boy shrugged, "I lied."

"I thought you're a good boy." He mocked him.

"I am. Do you have any doubt?" Taehyung arched one of his eyebrows, looking at the other boy, which made Jungkook smile. "What?"

Jungkook shaked his head and got serious again, "If those cops cannot find us by tomorrow, it will be another problem. I have to cancel all the appointments tomorrow."

Taehyung laughed, "Oh boy! It's like we're playing hide and seek with the police. You know, when I was a kid, I used to hide on the tree branches and Sunoo and Dahyun used to search me all morning. I could see them from the tree but they couldn't see me from the ground. Sometimes they started crying when they couldn't find me after hours. It was so much fun." He giggled remembering the sweet memories of his childhood.

Jungkook was looking at him, watching his every expression meticulously. How his eyes got bigger when he got exite, how his every word came out, coating with smiles and giggles, how his lips looked full and soft when he pouted, how his eyes twinkle with every small things, all of these were so new to him and he was enjoying every bit of it.

"Jungkook, tell me about your childhood." Taehyung spoke to break his spell. Jungkook finally looked away.

"There's nothing special about my childhood."

Taehyung pouted, "It's ok if you don't want to share, but don't say it wasn't special. Every child is special, so is their childhood."

Jungkook thought for a moment, then looked up, tried to remember any special things but failed, "I was a single child. I have books and toy cars only. I was an introvert, that's why I didn't have many friends in school. Dad sometimes took us to Japan on his business trips. It wasn't really fun to me. So yeah, my childhood wasn't as joyful as you."

Taehyung suddenly moved himself closer to him, touching every part of his side. Jungkook didn’t flinch, didn’t even blink, just squished his tied hands. Taehyung stared at him and softly spoke, "Jungkook, the weather is getting cold. Will you mind if I sit closer?"

"No." He said but wasn't sure. The sudden warmth was making him feel good but the intensity was making him awkward. He never came this close to anyone who wasn't making out with him. His one night stands were mostly strangers, he never felt awkward with them even a little, but Taehyung was different. He couldn't just jump on him right there, he had to keep himself alerted.

Taehyung was cool with this closeness. He and his best friend Jimin always sat like this on their rooftop. It was a sign of their friendship, it simplified how close their bond was. He continued the conversation like nothing happened, "So, tell me about your college days. Did you get a friend there?"

Jungkook wasn't good with long conversations. If it was any business speech he would gladly talk for hours, but speaking with Taehyung, or being comfortable with Taehyung, was difficult for him, he was actually enjoying it. "No. My college life was the same as school. No friends but tons of rivals. But when I was in London, I met a homo couple and became close with them. Mathew and Brian. They helped me with many things."

Taehyung nodded, "I see. I can see why you're so grumpy."

"Hey, I'm still your boss, remember?" Jungkook made a sulking face, Taehyung just smiled. After a pause Jungkook spoke in a low tone, like he was talking with himself. "You know, my friend Mathew has tattoos all over his arms. He looks so cool with them. I wanted to have one but never got the courage to go with him in his favorite tattoo shop."

Taehyung's eyes lit up with this new discovered information. "Oh really? One of my college friends has a very popular tattoo shop here. I can fix your appointment if you want. And if you tell her that I'm your friend, she will give you a good discount." He smugly said the finishing words.

Jungkook played along, "Ah, seems like you really want to save my money."

"It's my job to take care of your important things." He smiled. "Just remember to tell her my name, ok?"

"Yeah, I’ll bear that in mind" Jungkook smiled too. He never imagined, just a good hour of random talking with Taehyung could make him soothe. He was feeling much lighter, much alive. He forgot about the sell drops, appointments, meetings, engagement and his anger. He became Jungkook, who could only see how Taehyung's large beautiful eyes became bright and snappy whenever he said something interesting.

They finished their dinner after a while. Munching dry cookies with water. Then gave those annoying crickets in the bush a good ass night shower, because there wasn't any washroom in that warehouse.

Jungkook felt goosebumps under his clothes as the weather in the night became crisper. Taehyung pulled out his handkerchief and wrapped it around his boss's ears like a scarf. He faced great difficulty as his hands were tied, but Jungkook was happy with it.

In return, he scooted closer to his side, raised his tied arms up so Taehyung could adjust himself in the gap between his arms. They sat like that on the couch. It wasn't a pretty comfortable position, but they needed warmth more than anything.

"Good night Jungkook." Taehyung rested his head on his shoulder, just above his chest, it was better than any pillows. He could hear the sound of Jungkook's heartbeat, it was rhyming as a lullaby,

"Umm, night." Jungkook murmured, putting his head on his, inhaling the sweet scent of Taehyung's scalp. It was so intoxicating that his eyes closed unintentionally, he hugged him tightly and within some minutes, immersed deep into his sleep.

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