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God I'm updating so frequently. I'm spoiling y'all! Please spoil me too with votes, comments and love💜

Jungkook tries his best to maintain a calm demeanour but it's really hard for him when he sees a look of displeasure on Taehyung's face. He prepares himself for Taehyung's anger and tells himself to stay calm no matter what he says. At least he cannot cry in front of him no matter how much he wants to.

"You brought this for me?" Taehyung asks again, finding it hard to believe. Jungkook nods his head again as he mumbles a soft 'yes'.

"Why?" The artist asks. All he wants is to take the art supplies and get lost in the world of art. Painting always calms him down and makes him forget. Well, besides cross dressing.

"I just thought... well, it was never my intention to make you feel like you are a captive here. The other day, you talked about not having freedom and I realised that I was actually keeping you away from the things you love. I never wanted to stop you from painting. I just forgot about it. I'm sorry." Jungkook says whatever he had prepared before coming here, patting himself mentally for not stuttering.

"That's true. You are keeping me from the things that I love." Taehyung says, extending his hand towards the canvas and the bag Jungkook is carrying. The ravenette feels good that Taehyung is accepting his gift. He smiles at him while handing him the things he brought for him.

Jungkook feels a sense of accomplishment when he sees Taehyung accepting his gift and smiling at him. "Thank you so much." Taehyung says softly. The ravenette's hope lights up. Maybe he can fix things. Maybe things would be alright.

But before he could even enjoy his happiness for a few more minutes, he sees Taehyung's smile changing into a smirk. His eyes widen when he sees the brunette throwing away the canvas. He gasps and is about to say something when the artist unzips the bag and turns it upside down. All the types of paints and brushes fall on the white marble floor.

Jungkook can hear his heart breaking. Keeping himself from crying is getting harder for him. "You are keeping me from the things that I love, Jeon Jungkook and that includes my family. So... if you think that these petty things can make it up for my family, then you are wrong. So wrong." Taehyung says, gritting his teeth.

He notices Jungkook's sad expression and wonders if he went too far but he convinces himself by thinking that Jungkook separated him from his family so he kind of deserves that.

"I... I..." For the first time in his entire life of twenty seven years, Jungkook does not know what to say or do. Have things become so bad between them that they are beyond repair?

"What? Got nothing to say, Jungkook?" Taehyung mocks. The ravenette looks at him and bites his lower lip so that it does not tremble. "I just... brought you an ap-apology gift. But I guess you didn't like that." He smiles sadly as he looks at the things he brought on the floor.

When Seokjin had suggested him to bring these things for Taehyung, he got excited. He thought there was a chance that the brunette would love these things because they are related to art. So he spent a few hours with Seokjin and picked everything he wanted to gift himself. Seeing his efforts scattered on the floor like that makes his heart heavy.

"Yes, I didn't. I didn't like it just the way I don't like you. So unless it's the news of you letting me go back home, don't show me your face. It's annoying to see all those fake expressions." Taehyung says, coldly staring at the other. When he sees hurt clearly visible on his face, he feels happy. He is hurt so why should Jungkook not be? That's how he thinks.

"I get it." The mafia boss says, not making an eye contact with him. He takes a deep breath and looks at Taehyung. He smiles at him--- his bunny smile. But that smile is far from real. It's fake and even Taehyung knows that.

"Umm... I'll get going then." Jungkook says and turns around to leave. Taehyung watches his retreating back but looks confused when he sees Jungkook turn around and walk closer to him again.

He takes a few steps back, thinking that Jungkook was coming for him but he was wrong. The ravenette kneels on the floor where all the art supplies are and starts collecting them.

Taehyung looks confused when he asks, "What are you doing?" The mafia boss looks at him with a surprised expression. He was expecting him to shut the door of his room and go inside but he is still there. Nonetheless, he does not let this situation raise his hopes again because when they get shattered, it hurts a lot.

"Oh I just thought that... I should keep them safely--- in case you change your mind." Jungkook replies. Taehyung looks at him, feeling bad for his actions. But he cannot let it affect him. He is going through a hard time too.

He slams the door shut without saying anything further. Jungkook flinches at the loud bang but sighs and gets back to work.

You are Jeon Jungkook.

The mafia king, Jeon Jungkook.

The whole world fears you.

You cannot feel hopeless. You're not supposed to feel that.

You have always got what you wanted. You still can.

Just don't let that man crush your hopes.

You cannot let him win.

Jungkook keeps telling himself. Whenever he thinks about all this, he always feels confident. He feels like he cannot disappoint himself.

He quickly puts all the art supplies in the bag and gets up from the floor. After giving a final glance at Taehyung's door, he walks away, being completely unaware of the fact that the man behind that door is broken too and trying to suppress his muffled cries so that Jungkook cannot hear him.

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"I was literally this close... just this close to knowing who is after the Yakuza but that asshole died right at that moment." Mingyu says, frustratedly running his hand through his messy hair. He and Jungkook are having a video conference at the moment. It's just the two of them. As promised, Jungkook had transferred the man he had captured to Mingyu for investigation but that person died. The person who had shot Beomgyu had also died a few days ago because Beomgyu had made sure to give him a really critical injury for shooting him.

"Well, maybe it's time that you realise there are things that can be solved without third degree torture." Jungkook shrugs.

"You must be happy anyway, Jeon. You get to have Taehyung with you for longer... at least until we catch this person--- or his group." Mingyu says. The ravenette sighs. Yes, he would be happy if Taehyung stays here but he has also realised that he cannot force him to live here. He is not happy. All these years, Jungkook has always wanted him to be happy. It's really hard for him to digest that he isn't happy when he is under the same roof as him.

"Well, my happiness is not the only thing that matters. Taehyung's does too and I don't really think he wants to stay here." Jungkook sighs. He looks at the older mafia leader through the screen of his laptop. He looks distressed too.

"I really thought he would be safe with you. That's why I allowed you both to stay together if you two wanted."

"And I asked you to send Taehyung to me for the same reason but your brother indeed loves the idea of freedom. He is mad at me for snatching his family away. He is really angry. I must say, you trained him really well to become like you." Jungkook says and takes a few deep breaths to control his anger. Whatever happened to his cute roommate?

"Look Jungkook, I know the training we give at the Yakuza is harsh and ruthless but that is all for his own good. He can at least protect himself now. He won't have to live the kind of life he lived in Seoul earlier just because he was scared and desperate for money." Mingyu says and Jungkook agrees to that. He is happy that Taehyung is strong now but he is definitely not liking the kind of hurtful behaviour he has towards him.

"That's true."

"Oh by the way, I still need to thank you."

"For what?"

"For keeping Taehyung with you. Whoever is after us knows about Taehyung being the treasure of the Yakuza. Thank you for keeping him safe with you." Mingyu smiles.

"Of course, I can't let anything happen to him. I knew this too that's why I asked you to send Taehyung to me, even though you were against the idea at first." Jungkook rolls his eyes, remembering the time when Mingyu got mad when he told him to send Taehyung to him. The other leader thought Jungkook asked him for his own benefit but indeed it was for Taehyung's protection that Mingyu realised later.

"That was just me being stupid. But hey, I even got slapped by my dad for agreeing to your idea so you better not say that I didn't listen to you at all." Mingyu laughs. At this moment, Jungkook does not see him as an enemy even if he wants to. Mingyu appears like an approachable person... like his friend. But looks can be deceiving, right?

"Well, you deserve getting hit." Jungkook laughs, not being able to imagine the big, bad leader of the Yakuza getting hit by his father.

"I do not." The older glares at him.

A knock at Mingyu's side interrupts their conversation. Mingyu lets the person in and Jungkook knows that he's Joshua. The latter tells his boss that his father has called him urgently which leads to the two mafia bosses to end the video call soon after.

Jungkook sits back on his chair and hears his stomach grumble. Oh, he remembers that he has not eaten anything. He was too upset because of the fact that Taehyung rejected his gifts that he did not feel like eating.

Usually when he is working, he asks his hyungs to send his meal in the office but tonight, he wants to eat with them. He doesn't want to stay alone today because if he does, he would continuously keep thinking about how Taehyung talked to him and he would keep feeling bad.

So he quickly gets up and makes his way towards the residential area. When he reaches the entrance, Bam barks and wags his tail to welcome him. Jungkook smiles at the pup and ruffles his fur. "Bam, are you hungry? Come on, have dinner with appa tonight." He says and makes his way towards the dining room. He can hear laughs and enthusiastic chattering that lightens his mood but as soon as he enters, it all stops.

Jungkook looks confused but then he notices Taehyung who is looking down. His friends look between him and the artist, already sensing the tension because just before Jungkook entered, Taehyung was talking to them but he immediately stopped when he saw him.

"I'm done. The food was great, Jin hyung." Taehyung says and stands up to leave. Jungkook looks at his plate which is untouched. Barely, the brunette took a single bite from it.

Is it because of me that he stopped talking, is not eating and leaving too? Jungkook asks himself.

"But Taehyung, you haven't eaten anything." Seokjin says, concern dripping from his voice.

"I'm not really hungry, hyung." Taehyung says and walks towards the door.

When he is about to step out, Jungkook holds his hand. "Is it because of me that you're leaving?" He asks, looking hurt.

Taehyung rolls his eyes and jerks his hand away from his hold. "Oh, Jeon Jungkook! Don't think so highly of yourself. And did I give you the permission to touch me?" Taehyung demands. Jungkook slowly shakes his head.

"Then don't fucking dare to do that again." Taehyung spits hurtful words again and storms out of the room.

Even without his knowing, a drop of tear rolls down Jungkook's cheeks. His hyungs look at him with concern. They have never seem Jungkook so sad--- so broken. They know that Taehyung is in pain too but they also know that he has no rights to hurt their little brother so much without knowing the entire story.

"Kook! Come and have dinner with us. Jinie prepared the food himself today." Namjoon stands from his seat and approaches him but Jungkook takes a few steps back, "I'm not really hungry, hyungs. You guys eat well. I'll be in my office." Jungkook gives them a forced smile and leaves the room with Bam. He will make sure to give food to his baby even if he lost his own appetite.

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Hey lovelies! Any thoughts? I hope you're not mad at me.


^ARMYs got scolded by Tannies lmao. There were the VIP ticker holders who didn't take part in the purple wave and because of them everyone had to do it like 4 times. This got me hard because it's like he was calling them out😂

^THE OUTFITS AND THEM🥵

^If they wear something like this in tomorrow's concert, imma scream my lungs out. I don't care if my mom's going there with me and she thinks I'm weird😭

^Excuse me, Jimin-ssi? Did you lie?

^HIS NEW TATTOOS!!!!!

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