ALL IN BLOOM || VMINKOOK ?

16

They both shook their heads.

"Then answer a question for me, honestly. Do you love him?"

Jungkook was thrown.

How to answer that?

Lie to reassure Cinder or be truthful and just make the omega more worried.

Complete honesty meant admitting his love for Tae.

Meant explaining the deal they had with Jimin which, in the current circumstances, was going to seem even more terrible than it really was.

It would look like Jimin was just in it for the money.

And if he was willing to do that for money, what else might he do?

"I didn't at first," Tae said suddenly.

"But he's sort of grown on me as I've got to know him."

"He fits a hole in my life that I didn't even realize was there."

"I haven't even really let myself think about it before now Becos of Jungkook."

Jungkook turned so he could see Tae's face and was blown away by the emotion there.

Tae could lie if he had to, but he was no accomplished spinner of tales. That was honesty, those were his true feelings.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked.

"I wasn't sure it was fair," Tae admitted. "To any of us."

"Jungkook?" Cinder asked.

Jungkook took a deep breath. "Sometimes,when I look at Jimin, there's this spark, of warmth, of excitement. I guess I've been trying not to acknowledge it."

"Because of you and Taehyung?" Cinder asked quietly.

He froze and, next to him, Tae went rigid.

"What?"

"Maybe I'm wrong," Cinder said.

"But Joon told me before you two were close friends."

"You might not want an omega to come between you."

Relief flooded Jungkook. "That's definitely played a part in it."

"I wouldn't want to damage our friendship."

"Me, neither," Tae agreed, and there was a whole other layer to their conversation where both of them were admitting that they felt more than platonic feelings for the omega they'd roped into their lives.

Cinder turned to Joon. "Do we have any proof that Jimin took her?"

"Only one definite sighting, of him carrying a bag and heading out of the guest wing very early this morning."

"The rest well, it was dark, and they didn't get a good enough look."

"Have we got cameras on the entrance to the guest wing?" Jungkook asked.

"No, interior cameras are still against palace policy."

"We only have them covering the exterior doors. Besides, what good would that do," Joon said.

"We know he left."

Tae had walked away and was staring silently out the window.

"Tae?"

"We know Jimin's gone, but we don't know when he left."

"All we have is one person who says they saw him leave this morning"

"And it wasn't just anyone who claimed to have seen him, it was Ryan," Tae said.

"But Jimin's bed hadn't been slept in, and Bam was locked in the bathroom for quite some time. It doesn't add up."