§moke Break || TAEKOOK

"Jimin? What are you doing here?"

Yoongi now completely turned to face him the moment Jimin stopped in front of them.

"I just couldn't sit idle after watching everything! I can't leave Tae's side after all this happening! Where is he?! Is he doing any better? And how is Jungkook?"

Nari's ears perked up after hearing Jungkook's name from the stranger's mouth and immediately her protective demeanour took over.

"How do you know Jungkook?"

She asked, her voice a little cold and collected. She couldn't take any risk when it came to her brother. She lost him once but she wouldn't repeat any mistake twice.

"He's Taehyung's childhood friend. He's safe.."

Yoongi assured her after sensing her concern. Nari only nodded, still being a little doubtful but she was successful to hide it. Yoongi trusted this person. So, he must worth the trust.

On the other hand, Jimin had a slight frown on his face after seeing the girl Yoongi was giving heart eyes to. He also noticed how the 'barely talking' Yoongi became so cautious to make the girl aware and comfortable with his words. Surprising. However it was not the time brood over it.

"This is Nari, Jungkook's sister"

Yoongi said. Jimin nodded and tried smiling a little despite the situation. That's when Sarang's face moved from Nari's nape and got revealed to him. Surprise was written all over his face. But he quickly masked it with his words.

"Jimin here... This must be Sarang. She's exactly how Taehyung told," Jimin continued with a small smile,"the prettiest".

This made Nari smile a little and all focused on the little sleeping figure in her aunt's embrace, unaware of the things happening in the world outside.

Yoongi was the first one to break the silence.

"How did you know we're here?"

Jimin sighed.

"Tae obviously wouldn't answer his phone so Joonie called Hoseok hyung.."

Yoongi looked a little confused so Jimin continued further,

"Um Namjoon.., my boyfriend, he's Hoseok hyung's school friend..He pretty much explained as much as he could in rush.. and we got here straight. Because the hospital road was quite crowded with reporters and all you know.. "

Silence.

In the rush of dealing with Minji and the whole case, they almost forgot about the gravity of that part of the situation.

"I never thought she could stoop so low. I was an idiot to underestimate her like this...", Yoongi spat out. The digust in his voice was clear.

Nari's hollow laughter soon followed. It seemed as if she was having a full fledged internal monologue within. Her eyers weren't fixed on anything yet they were still. Yoongi's concern intensified after watching the dead stare of her. It was horrifying but more like concerning for him.

"And Tae..", Jimin gulped, feeling the lump in his throat, "he..he never even let out anything.. not even to me..."

It was more like Jimin was trying to convince himself.

"How much pain he was hiding.."

"They made oppa..us..suffer so much..so much..", both of the men now looked at Nari who still was having the dead stare," They'd have to crawl for forgiveness. God may have mercy. But I won't"

Yoongi noticed Nari's hands were trembling around Sarang. She might have accidentally tightened her grip a little which made Sarang stir in her sleep until she woke up abruptly.

The unfamiliarity of the place made her bottom lip wobble. She was trying to find the familiar scent among those 2 unknown men. Though her aunt was someone she knew she could rely on but she was not the one Sarang wanted right now. And that made her burst out into tears immediately.

Taehyung had been quite fir awhile now. His body wasn't shivering anymore which was an indication that he stopped crying but his face was still buried against Jungkook's stomach. It felt like an eternity when none of them were speaking. He continued to let the warm feeling spread throughout his veins. It was a feeling much needed for him right now.

But unknowing to him, the source of his warmth wasn't doing well. Jungkook's hands started shaking, they weren't around Taehyung anymore. His vision became a little blurry and gaze unsteady. The thoughts he was trying hold back and kept far away till now, felt like entangling his mind right now.

He was afraid of the future, now that everything settled down a little. He felt as if he was the root of all this things happening, even though from the start he knew it wasn't the truth.

He suddenly backed away, jerking a little far from Taehyung, which of course surprised Taehyung. What happened? He couldn't understand.

He looked at Jungkook with overwhelming emotions consuming him. Jungkook's whole body was shaking like a leaf.

"No...no..no..NO!-"

His eyes remained unsteady and gaze faltered anywhere as he kept whispering those words to himself.

"Jungkook?"

Taehyung stood up, moving towards him. However Jungkook kept backing away. Taehyung was shocked and somehow hurt? But it wasn't the time to feel that. Jungkook wasn't ok and that made Taehyung keep on alert. Something was definitely wrong.

"Jungkook?..."

This time it came more like a whisper, like a secret not to be found, only between them like a sacred chant for Taehyung to hope for the best.

Jungkook's eyes fell on him. Wide and red but his cheeks remained without tears. Like he was storing all of it within his eyes, not daring to let them fall. He didn't want to appear weak!

For a moment, hope sparkled in Taehyung's eyes but alas! It soon faltered when Jungkook shifted his gaze once again and started searching something within the pants and jacket's pockets. He kept searching hurriedly like a mad man as if his life depended on it. But when he couldn't find whatever he was looking for, his knees gave up.

But before he could slam his body to the floor, Taehyung took him in his embrace and got down with his body against his own.

"Jungkook!"

This was a call of concern and terror. He didn't understand what was happening to Jungkook which made Taehyung terrified.

"M-my c-cìgr..etté..."