"Yeah, no don't come today. I think tomorrow will be fine."

"Thank God hyung, we were really worried when we got the news of what happened and that Aera's missing from school."

"I understand, even I was shocked to see her here. She was crying a lot." Yoongi said glancing at the sleeping girl.

"Is she...like hurt?" Jimin asked hesitantly.

"Not that much, but yeah she's got a bad cut on her cheek and on her forehead." The elder told.

"I don't know what to do with this girl" Jimin sighed, Yoongi sighed as well and heard Jungkook's voice in the background, "She better prepare herself for coming back." And he did not sound happy at all.

"Look, I know what she did is not at all acceptable. But please think carefully before taking any step. She was scared of going home because she knew you and Jungkook would be mad at her."

"After she's done, we have right to be mad." Jungkook said.

"I know Jungkook and I agree with you on that. But what I'm saying is, be careful with what you do."

"Yeah," Jimin said, "Even the principal was quite angry. He suspended her and the other kids involved. Oh uh hyung, do you know how she got there? I mean like finding your address, because I know she's not aware of that."

"Hmm we talked about that while eating, she said someone gave her a free ride."

"We really need to talk with her" Yoongi heard Jungkook's voice.

"He's really tensed since we got the call from school..." Jimin said.

"Its alright" Yoongi said, "Anyways, I'll hang up now. Come tomorrow and let's see what we can do."

"Yeah, bye hyung."

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-NEXT DAY-

Aera watched Yoongi making breakfast. Her chin rested on her palm lazily, pouting as she knew she'd have to go back soon and face her brothers. She stood up went near Yoongi, hugging him from the side while slowly shifting to come in front of him.

He sighed and looked down at her, "What?"

"I want you to talk with Jungkook Oppa and tell him that I only faught because Stacey was forcing me to smoke." She said.

"I'm not going to say anything. He'll do what he feels is right." Yoongi said, "Now leave me, I have to cook."

"Oppa please, You know I love you right?" Aera pouted.

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I'm going to give in to your bad behavior."

"You don't have to. I know I did wrong and I'm ready to take the punishment for that. But please tell Jungkook Oppa to not be too harsh. You know how he is when he's angry."

"No, I don't-"

"Pleeease Appa? You said I'm your baby, then help your baby." She whined shaking his arm.

"I'm sorry honey, please don't expect anything from me this time. You know for yourself that you deserve their anger." He said softly, stroking her head. Aera nodded slowly and rested her head on his chest. Yoongi gave a small smile and leaned down to kiss the top of her head.

"Don't worry, they're your brothers. They know what's good for you and they know how to take care of things." He assured Aera while patting her back.

Aera waited for Yoongi to finish cooking before telling him about something that was hurting her back. Yoongi decided to see it and found a bruise on her back below the shoulder. She must've forgotten about it due to all the crying and tiredness from yesterday.

"Ow it hurts" She winced.

"Of course it will hurt. It looks pretty bad." He said gently messaging the blue mark while applying a gel on it.

"Ow Ow stop!"

"Quiet, you were the one to get yourself into a fight and get hurt."

"But- Ouch!"

"Okay fine, let's reposition you." He said and sat on the couch, "Sit here." He gestured down on the carpet. Aera sat down and let Yoongi apply the gel on the bruise. Yoongi tried to be more gentle, not wanting Aera to experience more pain than she already was due to all the wounds from yesterday.

"Please don't get yourself into something like this again" He said.

"I'm sorry Appa" Aera said resting her head back on his lap and looking at him upside down. He smiled and patted her cheek.

They heard the doorbell and Aera stood up, "Put on shirt before opening the door."

"Nope" Aera grinned.

"Then get inside, I'll take the door." He said.

"But I don't have a shirt here. Just my uniform." She said.

"Take the one you were wearing earlier." Yoongi said referring to one of his t-shirts as Aera was roaming around the house only with her school shorts and her black sports bra.

Aera giggled and went inside while Yoongi went up to the door knowing who'd be here. He sighed,mentally praying for Aera. While the girl heard Yoongi's phone ringing in his room. She jogged upstairs and saw the name 'Manager' flashing on the screen.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Uh Mr Min...?" The person said, sounding confused.

"Yeah, that's my appa." She giggled playfully, "wait I'll give him the phone." She said and took the shirt Yoongi mentioned and headed down the stairs.

"Appa your pho-" She stopped and gasped on seeing the two people standing there. She glanced at Yoongi and stepped near him keeping her head low.

"Who's it?" He asked taking the phone.

"I don't know" she mumbled.

"Hello? Mason, Uh no I won't be coming today." He said and hung up soon enough.

"Good to know you're here Aera" Jimin said.

"...I'm sorry Oppa." She said, "I'm very sorry"

"You should be" He nodded, "Get dressed, we're going back." Aera gulped and glanced at Yoongi virtually telling him to say something.

"Uh stay here for a bit, maybe join us to eat?" Yoongi said, earning a look from the girl.

"No, we're good." Jungkook spoke for the first time, having his eyes fixed on his sister making her shudder and look down. Aera held on to Yoongi's hand shaking her head subtly that she don't wanna go. What she had thought of Jungkook was nothing compared to his expression right now.

Jungkook raised his eyebrows at her and pulled her near him, "I don't wanna start anything here, so be quick and come with us." He said. Aera blinked a few times trying to hide the tears that were forming due to the fact that Jungkook was mad and it was scary.

"Jungkook don't-"

"Don't worry hyung, I'll take care of her and make sure she wouldn't dare doing something like this again." He said.

They waited for a few minutes for Aera to come back and once she did, Jimin talked with Yoongi about everything. He glanced at her and bid goodbyes with Yoongi telling him that they'll talk on the phone about Aera.

The girl didn't utter any word and quietly sat in the car. Jungkook took the driver's seat while Jimin was in the passenger's. The atmosphere was thick and scary for Aera. She could hear Jungkook's breathing and his occasional glances towards her were scaring her. Aera gulped and fiddled with her fingers thinking if she should say something or not. After struggling for a good fifteen minutes, she nodded subtly to herself deciding to break the ice.

"Oppa, I'm sorry for what happened. I didn't wanted to-"

"Keep your explanation with you." Jungkook said, "We'll talk once we're home."

"sorry" she mumbled and fixed her eyes down on her lap.

The whole way back to home, Aera's mind only kept thinking of ways to calmly talk to her brothers and avoid making them anymore mad. When Jungkook pulled in front of their house, her heart was racing like crazy. She could swear Jimin and Jungkook were able to hear it. She quietly stepped out and followed them inside the house.

"Let's start from what happened in school." Jimin said and sat down on the couch, resting his elbows on his knees while leaning forward as he glared at her.

"She- she was bullying me and- and everyone in the school, and I-"

"decided to take action on your own, and beat her and her friends is that right?" He completed her sentence.

"I didn't wanted to do that, she wasn't listening to me when I was telling her to stay away." Aera said, "She had a burning cigarette and she was forcing me to- to smoke..."

"First of all, you should've told one of your teachers instead of trying to handle it yourself. And even if you decided to fight, what you did was unnecessary." He said, "Now coming to the running away part."

"...I was- I was scared. I'm sorry" She said.

"You know what Aera?" Jungkook sighed in frustration, "If you're going to keep doing all this, getting into fights and running away from home, then lemme tell you, you should be scared of me. Because there's no way I am going to tolerate this kind of behavior from you."

"Oppa I'm sorry..." She whimpered faintly trying to free herself from Jungkook's tight grip around her arm.

"I will ask and YOU will answer without any nonsense. Get it?" He said earning a nod from the girl.

"How did you get out of the school?"

"From the girl's washroom" she mumbled.

"HOW, I said." He raised his voice.

"I- I climbed down from the window..."

Jungkook clenched his jaw and glanced at Jimin who was equally mad today, "Where did you go after that?"

"the train station"

"And how did you find Yoongi's house?" Jimin asked.

Now this was where Aera couldn't afford to answer. She remained silent and stared at her feet without uttering another word.

"Speak!"

"Someone gave me a lift." She answered quickly.

"Who gave you a lift?" Jungkook asked frowning at her, "Because I'm pretty sure you don't know anyone in Daegu except Yoongi or Tae hyung."

"It was a man, he said he knows Yoongi Oppa and- and me too."

"He said he knows you?" Jimin asked earning a nod from the girl, "How?"

"he said he saw a picture of me with Yoongi Oppa and he works in his office" Aera said.

"Did you know him?" Jimin asked.

"...no" Aera said.

"What is a stranger according to you?" He said, "Obviously a person you don't know right? Then why in the world did you think it was okay for you to go with him in his car?!"

"Maybe you're not understanding this Aera" Jungkook said, "You ran away to a different city alone, and then ride a car with a man you don't even know. Is it really that hard for you to get that this is wrong?!"

Tears were now running down from her face. Aera sobbed while hanging her head low, "The thought of having us worried sick didn't cross your mind even once before going away?!"

"And you hit that girl right?" Jungkook said, "I know what all punches and moves you showed there. And why? God forbid if she got some serious injury because of you, what would you do to save her?! You should really be thankful to her parents who are not filing a complain against you!"

Jungkook grabbed her hand and dragged her to the basement room where he had built his very own and personal gym and sports arena. There were mats for martial arts, boxing equipments and other things.

He threw a pair of boxing gloves towards Aera which she caught easily but didn't know what to do with them. Jungkook wore a pair of those gloves himself and signalled Aera to do the same.

"Put them on and fight me." He said looking super serious. Aera stared at him with confusion and then at Jimin who was just watching them.

"wha- what?" She asked.

"Fight me" Jungkook repeated, "I wanna see how good you've become at this, that you think you can go around hitting people, because we both know this is not the first time you got into a fight. Beat me today and I swear I won't interfere in your matters anymore."

"N-No... oppa I'm sorry, I won't do anything like this again, I promise. Please..." She cried dropping the gloves from her hands. Jungkook stepped forward and took the gloves making her wear them. He brought the head guard and buckled it on her chin.

"C'mon, start." He said, taking the position in front of Aera who was feeling pathetic about all this.

"I'm sorry Oppa..." She cried again, looking at him with her bloodshot eyes.

"I know, now start. I'm giving you the opportunity to attack first." He said. Aera shut her eyes and lifted her right hand swinging it forward to punch Jungkook. He dodged it and threw a not-that-hard punch towards her making her stumble back as she had her eyes closed.

"Keep your eyes open. Is that what I taught you?" He said.

Aera stepped forward again with a heavy heart, she tried hitting Jungkook one more time, but he was indeed good at this. He wasn't wearing his safety guards, but made sure Aera wore hers because he was definitely going to show her how wrong she was going. With all his years of boxing he knew how hard to hit so that Aera wasn't injured just a little bit scared.

"Either you change your ways, or be ready for the worse." Jungkook said, "Get up now, stop wasting my time."

Aera panted out of tiredness and continuos crying. She fell backwards and curled to her side, folding her legs close to her upper body, letting a loud groan as she cried. Jungkook averted his gaze from his sister as he blinked away the tears forming in his eyes on seeing her crying so much out of pain.

Jimin gestured him to stop now and step forward kneeling beside Aera, "Its okay, get up." He said and rubbed her back causing her to wince.

"Alright I'm not touching you, don't cry now." Jimin said.

"I'm- I'm sorry oppa" She said again.

"I know baby, we're not mad at you now. Don't cry." He said softly.

Aera looked at him and reached out for a hug, making Jimin chuckle, "Get up first." He said.

"I'm hurt" she said, "on my back, Yoongi Oppa said there's a bruise. And- and everywhere... it hurts."

"Its alright, we'll treat your wounds." He said and kissed her palm. "Is it okay if Oppa carries you?"

Aera nodded and Jimin lifted her up from the mat after taking her gloves and head guard off. Jungkook had kept his gloves away and followed behind them, feeling bad for Aera. Maybe he went too far? But it was necessary to teach her a lesson this time right?

Jimin laid Aera in his bed, and sat down next to her, "Please try to keep yourself away from any kind of trouble." He said.

"I'll try my best" Aera said and turned to her side, laying her head on his lap. "I'm sorry for running away and- and... Well, everything. I shouldn't have done that. But Oppa, trust me, I was scared. And Yoongi Oppa is the only one who doesn't scold me, so I went to Daegu... I was crying when I reached there."

"I know that, but tell me one thing. Don't you think you needed our scolding this time?" He asked.

"I do" She nodded, "and I'm not mad at you or Kookie for scolding me. I don't know, I just couldn't think of anything yesterday and all of this happened."

"Even if we scold you sometimes, we still love you Aera. You'll still be our princess no matter what. You know, when we came to know that you went to Daegu because you were scared of confronting us, we were a bit upset. You shouldn't be scared of us baby, we love you."

"I didn't wanted to make you upset Oppa, I'm very sorry. I'll accept any punishment you say, but please don't be sad." Aera said.

"What were you scared of?" Jungkook asked, "Its not like we or specifically talking, I have ever hit you or anything like that."

"Not- not that," Aera said, "I was scared of... I don't know, hurting you? Or making you upset? Because I knew I did wrong."

Jimin sighed and leaned down pressing a soft kiss on her forehead, "Everything is okay now, except that you're suspended from school and that girl has sprained her back. But I hope you've learnt your lesson?"

"I did" Aera nodded.

"I'll get an ice bag for you" Jimin said flashing a warm smile. Aera nodded and saw him leaving the room. Now it was only Jungkook there with her.

He sat on the bed and looked at her, "Just for formality, would you mind listing what you did wrong?" He said.

"I got into a fight, and injured that girl." She said, "And ran away instead of going to you. Then... then I went with a stranger in the car."

"Correct" Jungkook nodded, "Avoid getting involved in useless things."

Aera looked at him and nodded slowly, "are you still mad at me?" She asked softly.

"I think so" He said.

Aera stared at him for a while before shaking her head, "You're not."

"How do you know?" He asked raising his eyebrows amusedly.

"Your eyes don't look angry" She said, "They're like Kookie-eyes."

"What's Kookie eyes?"

"When Jeon Jungkook is not angry and like, he's sweet, that's Kookie eyes." Aera said laughing a little.

"Well I am a little bit angry" he said with a straight face. Aera held his hand and sat up. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek, then looked at him. "I'm still angry." He said earning another kiss from the girl. This time a more strong and aggressive one on his cheek which made him smile. Jimin opened the door and came back a cold packs and a box.

"Oh looks like Kookie's fine now." He chuckled.

Aera smiled and nodded, resting on to Jungkook, "He was being a monster-kook" she said.

"Yeah? Say it again?" Jungkook said with a challenging face.

"Monster-kook" she repeated giggling.

Jungkook tackled her down rubbed his face near her jaw making her laugh, "Okay Okay! Kookie!" Aera said squirming under him. He stopped and kissed her forehead.

"Oppa loves you, no matter what." He whispered, "I hate what happened today."

"Its okay Koo, I was being a bad girl. I love you." She said and hugged him.

"Did I hurt you?" He asked.

"No, but my wounds from yesterday are hurting." She said.

"Alright, now let her rest. I bet she's tired." Jimin said, patting Jungkook's back as a gesture to let go of Aera now. Jungkook nodded and sat up letting the eldest brother treat her wounds.

"We'll take a nap after this" Aera said.

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A/N- oh god! Did you see that????? I'm scared of myself now! 😳😳

(I'm a sweet person, you know me right? Lol)

Anyways, I was just thinking about a country where the boys and Aera can go for a vacation or smth, but I have a lot of places in mind. So I'd like to know any place you'd want them to go...?

Alright, please vote if you liked the chapter and do comment to let me know what you guys think about it 😌

Love y'all!💜💜💜

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