Chapter 23

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A/N: I'd just like to start off by thanking you, I got a lot of support from you guys and good luck for my tests. To be honest I think my law and English went okay, they weren't hard but there were a few sections that I'm not too sure about. I got perfect on my math though, so I was happy about that ^^
But again, thank you very much for the support and I hope you enjoy this chapter ♥︎

Also I decided to create a new cover, how does it look? I got bored one day and started making a whole bunch of covers and this is one of them, one of the few that didn't take that long to make.


"You have no idea how happy and relieved I am to see you."

You stared at the man that was crouched in the tree, happiness practically radiating off of you. He returned your bright smile with his own boxy one and you felt like your cheeks were going to fall off from smiling so hard.

"I could say the same to you, we've been going around these houses hoping to find you for awhile now. The address we were given must've gotten mixed up somehow since we ended up going to a completely different house and some lady almost had a heart attack," Taehyung replied. You tilted your head slightly and gave him a puzzled look.

"'We'?" you questioned. Taehyung nodded and peeked over the edge of the tree branch.

"Come up here, it's the right house," Taehyung called to his companion.

In the blink of an eye you saw Jungkook up in the tree now too, crouched over, similar to Taehyung, and holding onto a branch above his head for balance.

"You both came?" you asked in awe.

"Obviously, it's not safe enough for only one person to come get you. Besides we usually go as partners whenever there's some top secret mission," Taehyung said while smiling at Jungkook.

"How did you guys find me?" you questioned.

"We'll tell you all about it and anything else later when we're safe. For now let's just focus on getting you away from here, okay?" Taehyung said while standing up. He turned to face Jungkook, who was also standing now, and gestured over to you with his thumb.

"So what's it gonna be? Are you pitchin' or catchin'?"

"I'll pitch, she'll probably feel more comfortable with you catching," Jungkook replied as he moved ahead of Taehyung, closer to the end of the branch they were standing on.

"If anything she should be more comfortable with you catching, you're the muscle-pig after all," Taehyung said in a slightly whiny tone. Jungkook let out a huff before turning to look at Taehyung.

"Why'd you ask me what I wanted to do then? If you were going to complain about my choice you should have just said "Jungkook you'll catch and I'll throw"," Jungkook grumbled.

"No I'll catch. I'm just saying that you would probably be a good catcher too," Taehyung said. You frowned and cleared your throat, reminding the two that you were there.

"What's this about throwing and catching?" you asked.

Before you could get an answer Taehyung was suddenly gesturing for you to step aside. You moved away from the window and suddenly Jungkook leaped through it and was in your room. You peeked out to stare at Taehyung with a puzzled look.

"Basically you just need to trust us. I don't think I'm gonna tell you what we're gonna do because I don't know if you'll like it. So yeah, just trust us," Taehyung said.

He focused on what was most likely Jungkook before nodding and suddenly you were being picked up. You let out a small gasp and your arms circled around the young male's neck as he picked you up, bridal-style. You looked back to Taehyung to see him squatting down slightly while holding out his arms and you felt your stomach churn.

"Taehyung I don't think this is safe," you said nervously.

"Like I said (Y/n), just trust us. We've done this before and I can assure you we're practically pros. No joke, we could be on a professional baseball team," Taehyung replied.

"Taehyung I won't fit through the window, and the tree is too far away anyways; there's no way you'll catch me," you said while clinging to Jungkook, feeling his arm muscles starting to tense.

Taehyung ignored your comment and made eye-contact with Jungkook, giving him two thumbs up and saying, "Let's go."

Jungkook lifted you up more and you could feel his muscles straining under his jacket. Before you had the chance to stop him you were suddenly thrown out the window, flying through the air. You were too shocked that you couldn't even scream as you just prayed that Taehyung would get you.

To your surprise, you went a lot farther than expected and actually landed right into Taehyung's outstretched arms, most likely thanks to Jungkook's crazy vampire strength. Once Taehyung had you he pulled you close and pinned you up against the tree, keeping you in place as the tree shook from your weight being added suddenly.

Your heart was beating a mile per minute and your breaths were short and shallow, you were sure Taehyung could hear both. The blonde hung his head—letting out a breath you didn't know he was holding—before looking back up with a bright smile.

"I told you it'd be fine," he said with a confident smirk. He then turned his body slightly to look back at Jungkook, who was leaning halfway out the window.

"You guys are okay?" the younger called out. Taehyung gave him the 'okay' sign.

"We're gucci, you can jump out now," he replied.

Jungkook nodded before he jumped out of your window in a flash and landed near the base of the tree, standing up straight with his hands in his pockets as if he had been there the whole time. Your mind finally processed everything that just happened and your knees began to shake, feeling weak and not being able to support you. You slid down the tree slightly and quickly gasped onto Taehyung's shoulders, who stared at you in concern.

"Hey it's okay (Y/n), we're gonna get you out of here and somewhere far away now, okay? I'm going to need you to trust us again though. I need you to climb down this tree, but if you can't do that or slip Jungkook will be there at the bottom to catch you. So I don't want you to feel pressured," Taehyung explained slowly. You gulped nervously but nodded your head before lowering yourself to start climbing down the tree.

"That's right, good job (Y/n)," Taehyung encouraged as you moved slowly and carefully. You were still pretty shaken up and knew that if you went too fast you'd end up losing your grip and falling. And although you knew Jungkook would catch you, you didn't really want to be flying in the air again tonight.

After a good five minutes you finally made it on solid ground and you fell to your knees, resisting the urge to kiss the grass beneath you. Taehyung jumped down from the tree and landed next to you, tapping your shoulder lightly. You stared up at him with a worn-out expression, hoping he wasn't going to make you do anymore reckless things.

"I know you probably want to rest for a minute but we really need to move fast. I don't want your parents to notice you're gone until we get to our stop for the night," Taehyung said gently. You nodded, seeing the logic in his words, and stood up shakily. Both men reached out to each take one of your arms to steady you.

"We can go at a slower jog if you want but we can't walk, it's too risky," Jungkook said.

"Yes, jogging sounds better," you replied in a breathless voice. Taehyung frowned and gave you a worried look.

"I could just carry you if you want," he offered.

"It's okay. I just need to shake out these nerves, so getting my legs moving should do the trick," you said, letting go of the two men and taking a few hesitant steps. When you didn't collapse immediately you decided to take a few more, continuing this process until you broke out into a light jog.

Jungkook and Taehyung both kept a close watch on you while also surveying the area, as if they were expecting someone to come out at any moment. After jogging for awhile it then dawned on you that you had no idea where you guys were going.

"So where are you taking me?" you asked the two men.

"There's a hotel not far from here, just a good twenty minutes or so. We're going to stay there for the night and go back to Jimin's tomorrow," Taehyung answered.

"Please don't tell me we're going to run to Jimin's," you groaned, the thought making you feel tired already.

"We have our car already parked at the hotel, so don't worry we'll be driving back," Jungkook said.

"We may be vampires with super-speed but even we get tired, there's no way we'd be dumb enough to run all the way out here," Taehyung added.

You reached the hotel and had to drag yourself inside the building, behind the two men that hadn't even broken a sweat. You hated to admit it but you were really out of shape, and jogging for twenty minutes really took its toll on you. Taehyung went up to the front counter to get a room and then led you and Jungkook up to it. When you entered the first thing you noticed was that there were only two beds, which meant that either the guys would be sleeping together or someone would go on the couch. You trusted they were nice enough to offer you one of the two beds, so you hoped you wouldn't have to fight for it.

"Alright, you can go to bed whenever you want and we'll keep watch to make sure Merric doesn't find you somehow. He might have a radar for you or something that goes off when you leave the house," Taehyung joked.

"Aren't you guys going to sleep too," you questioned.

"Well since we don't actually need to we won't tonight," Jungkook said while taking a seat at the couch. You slapped a palm to your head, remembering that these two didn't need sleep.

"So now that we're somewhere safe, will you tell me how you found me?" you asked while sitting on one of the beds. Taehyung hummed in response and sat on the opposite bed while facing you.

"So Hoseok talked with the werewolf he knows —who happens to be Merric's friend—and told him about Merric's alliance with Allyson. Like he thought, teaming up with a vampire is a no-no for werewolves so Merric's buddy wasn't too happy. In exchange for this information, Merric's friend gave Hoseok your address so that we could go get you, since he also heard about your kidnapping," Taehyung explained.

"When did Hoseok get to talk with the werewolf?" you asked.

"He was trying to talk with him the day you were taken but the guy didn't answer back until a couple days later. They met up yesterday to chat," Taehyung said. He pointed between Jungkook and himself and added, "We left our houses this morning to start driving and got here in the late afternoon, but we knew it wouldn't be safe to get you in broad daylight so we waited until it was dark."

"So do you know what happened after I was taken?" you questioned.

"Well we heard that Allyson had snapped Jimin's neck when he was focused on you getting knocked out," Jungkook said nonchalantly. You couldn't suppress the gasp that escaped your lips as a hand went to cover your mouth on instinct.

"Oh but he's okay, don't worry. Snapping our necks just puts us out for a few hours," Taehyung added quickly when seeing your distraught expression.

"Anyways, after he woke up he called all of us over and explained what happened. We all decided to help him before going our separate ways, since Jimin said he had business to take care of. Apparently Hoseok told Jimin about his meeting with the werewolf but other than that I don't think any of us have spoken to him since. Taehyung and I wanted to bring you back and surprise him, so he doesn't know about the details of the exchange between Hoseok and Merric's friend," Jungkook continued.

"So he doesn't know I'm coming back?" you asked. You wondered what would've happened if these two never came to get you, because by the sounds of it Jimin hadn't been planning on coming to get you. Did he even care about the fact that you were gone? Did he care about you at all? You must've had a bad look on your face since both of the men were staring at you with concerned looks.

"Do you not like that? We can call him right now and tell him you're coming?" Taehyung offered while reaching in his pocket for his phone.

"No it's not that, I actually like the idea. But I just can't help but wonder what he would've done if you guys weren't around. Would he come and get me himself? It's just that by the sound of it he wasn't thinking of coming," you replied, not being able to hide the disappointment in your tone.

"Oh I think he would've come, he just seemed to be preoccupied with other things. He sent us home early the day we all met up and from what Hoseok told me it sounded like he was upset and hurried on their phone call," Taehyung said while standing up and sitting next to you. He wrapped an arm around your shoulders and pulled you into a confronting hug.

"Yeah I'm sure he would've come eventually," Jungkook reassured from his spot on the couch. "After all he—"

Before he could continue Taehyung cleared his throat loudly and gave Jungkook a stern look, making the younger shut up quickly.

"Nothing," the younger male said quickly. He stood up and stretched his arms above his head suddenly, letting out a groan. "I'll go keep watch outside for awhile, goodnight (Y/n)."

And with that Jungkook was out of the room before you could tell him to stay and pry for information. You turned to Taehyung but he was giving you a hard look that screamed he wouldn't tell you. You huffed and rolled over onto your back, staring up at the ceiling.

"Fine I won't ask," you grumble.

"Sorry (Y/n), it's top secret stuff though. Bro code," Taehyung said with a shrug. You raised a brow, but, knowing he wouldn't answer, you didn't bother asking about that either.

"I'm just going to go to sleep, what time should I get up?" you asked as you yawned, realizing how worn-out and tired you really were.

"Don't worry about that, we'll wake you up when we're leaving," Taehyung said with a smile. You nodded tiredly and crawled into the bed, feeling like you were going to pass out.

"You think Jimin will be happy to see me?" you asked softly. Taehyung scooted over and patted your head gently.

"I know he will," he whispered.

You felt your eyes begin to droop and before you knew it you were falling into a deep sleep.

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"Just a bit longer now, we're really close," Jungkook announced.

You could feel the butterflies starting to go crazy in your stomach, knowing that you were so close to seeing Jimin again. You hadn't realized it but you really missed him, and now that you would get to see him you were happy but you weren't too sure how you'd greet him again.

"Oh I can't wait to see his face when he sees you," Taehyung said excitedly, a big grin on his face. "What if he cries?"

Jungkook snorted and Taehyung's smile dropped fast, a frown replacing it.

"What are you laughing at?" Taehyung questioned.

"I highly doubt he'd do that, but you can dream I guess," Jungkook replied. Taehyung crossed his arms and pouted, choosing to look out the window instead of at Jungkook.

"You act like I said the dumbest thing in the world," Taehyung mumbled.

"I think it'd be nice, not about the crying but if he at least shows that he missed me," you piped. Taehyung whipped around to face Jungkook, a triumphant look on his face.

"See, now you're the idiot," he said victoriously. Jungkook rolled his eyes at Taehyung's childishness.

"We're here," Jungkook said, ignoring Taehyung's comment.

As you guys pulled through the front gates you felt your stomach doing flips. Your heart was pounding and you were starting to sweat. You wanted to slap yourself for getting so worked up but you knew that'd make you look insane.

"No need to be nervous (Y/n), it's just Jimin," Taehyung teased.

"I know that, I don't know why I'm so nervous," you replied, wiping your palms on your pants.

"Maybe you like him," Taehyung said, almost making you choke on air. "And there's nothing wrong with that. There's a nine out of ten chance that he would be totally okay with that."

"Did you know that ninety percent of statistics are made up on the spot?" Jungkook mentioned. That earned him a slap on the arm from Taehyung, which Jungkook replied with, "Hey! No distracted driving, we've made it this far."

You couldn't stop the grin that grew on your face as you watched the two males fooling around. These are the kind of people you would've liked to have as friends when you were still back home living a regular life, rather than all the fake people and Merric, who is not a favourite of yours anymore.

"(Y/n) are you ready to go in?" Taehyung asked while turning in his seat to face you. It was then that you realized the car was parked and the two boys were waiting for you to get out. Taking a deep breath to calm your nerves, you nodded your head slowly and put a hand on the door handle.

"Let's do this," you said, opening the car door and stepping out.

You took a whiff of the air and stared at the mansion in front of you, the comforting and welcoming house practically beckoning you in; you knew you were back at your real home.

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