Jungkook did not reply to any text and his mind shut off. He was deep in trouble. "Oppa, let's go play." Momo suddenly knocked on the door and he heard her voice.

It was now dark outside and Jungkook thought playing will keep things off his mind so he agreed. "Give me a minute, I am coming." He replied. 

They played badminton on the front porch of the house. Jungkook would avoid going outside every day because every time he did, Zayn and Shari would swoon around like a fly on the sweet.

He knew those two were interested in him but the way they just roamed around in front of his house made Jungkook uncomfortable. He could not say anything to them because technically they were not doing anything illegal. They lived in the same neighborhood and they came out for an evening walk. He was playing, knowing pretty well that Zayn or Shari would spot him soon and they would come out to hover around him. They never did anything to harm Jungkook and only stared at him from afar.

Jungkook felt uneasy just with the feeling of being watched, so at times he did not come out of the house to play at all. Today, he got surprised when he found a green familiar car parked near the sidewalk of his house. "What is all this?" He whispered to himself.

It was okay for Jungkook as long as the cars followed him on the way to school but this was new. They never followed him to his house and that too in the evening.

"OPPA! Where is your mind? Pass me the shuttlecock." Momo screamed.

"Sorry, I have to go." He said and ran slightly to check if his eyes were seeing right. He stopped at some distance from the car and tried to look close. What he noticed was suddenly an indigo car approached the green one and someone got out.

The headlights of the indigo car were on, which prohibited Jungkook to see clearly as he braced himself by putting hands in front of his eyes. He only saw someone get out of the indigo car and talked to the driver of a green car.

He felt he should get back inside his house but his legs as if forgot how to move. He was standing on the road, completely exposed. Suddenly something clicked inside him and he ran towards his house gate. He then saw two cars leaving. 

Momo was waiting for Jungkook to come back and resume but when she looked at him running inside so she yelled. "OPPA. What's wrong?" 

"I have homework Momo. I forgot. I can't play anymore. Call your friends." He replied in monotone and rushed towards his room.

He closed the door and clutched his heart which threatened to jump out. He fished out his phone from the wardrobe and saw Taehyung calling him. He picked up with shaking hands. 

"H-H-Hello!" He stuttered.

"Jungkook! I will not repeat myself again. Do not hang up on me and do not ignore my calls." A husky voice replied.

"What do you want?" Jungkook urged, biting back his tears. 

"I want you to be my friend. It is as simple as I told you before." Taehyung replied.

"What if I don't want that?" Jungkook asked in fear.

"I will kidnap you while you are on your way to school and no one would know. Not even your parents can save you," Taehyung replied and Jungkook's tears started to roll out of his eyes."Do we have an understanding?" Taehyung thundered. 

"JUNGKOOK!" He heard his mother calling him and he disconnected the call in panic.

He knew Taehyung would be pissed and he would call him even more after this, but he just could not think anything straight. He put the phone inside his pocket and stuck his hand inside while wiping his tears.

"Yes, Mom." He replied as he got out of the door only to find his mother near his room.

"What are you doing inside the room? It is your study time. Come on out and study." She glared at him suspiciously and Jungkook thought she must have heard him speak over the phone.

"I was coming." Jungkook told her slowly and walked ahead to the living room where he and Momo had space to study. 

His mother believed that rooms were only designed for sleeping. She did not let her kids have privacy at all. She made Jungkook and Momo sit with them and encouraged them to spend as much time together as a family. 

They only went to their rooms to sleep and they both had sleep schedules which meant that if either of them did not wake up on time in the morning, their mother would know that they slept late at night and she would ask them why they slept late. 

Even if they had to watch movies, they did it together as a family on weekends. Kids were not allowed to sleep till late even on weekends because as per their mother, it would disrupt the sleep schedule.

One week ago

"He has stopped taking my calls and now his phone is off Jimin. Something is wrong. I need to know what is it but I am sure there is someone else who is invading here." Taehyung told Jimin as they met in front of Jimin's house in dark.

"Take a chill pill, will you? Why are you being such a pessimist? Maybe he is just stressed. You did not leave any stone unturned to make him feel scared. I told you to handle him with care. He is still a teenager who goes to school." Jimin scoffed.

"I don't care Jimin. I was so close. I even bought him a phone and he just stopped talking to me and then he is doing this now. I swear if I find if someone messed with his thoughts, I am going after that person." Taehyung's dark and red eyes replied.

"What if that person is me?" Jimin asked and Taehyung slowly held Jimin's collar and pulled him close. He stared into Jimin's eyes and burst out laughing like a kid. 

"You are my best friend since childhood. You would never. I just know it, specially when you know how much I want him." Taehyung claimed and left the collar he was holding.

He reached inside his pocket as he pulled out an expensive white box of cigarettes with a lighter and offered Jimin to pull one.

Jimin took one out and so did Taehyung as they smoked into the cold night.