You wake up suddenly and hear the slight snoring of Jungkook and Jimin. Jungkook's leg is resting on Jimin's waist and Jimin's hand is over Jungkook's chest.

You totally gag as you see them sleep together like as if this is gay orgy. Your throat is pricking like a thorn, the urge to get yourself some cool water getting urgent.

As you reach the VVIP room where your bag is, you remember you didn't open the mail yet.
You have 6 days of time before whoever the hell it is takes action.

Your heart sinking with each step, you're afraid that another loved one might be in harm.

You open the cabinet and pull out your clothes, the envelope falls at your feet and you bend down to pick it up.

The picture makes your heart drown in dread.

Leena.

Third person is Leena.

Your phone rings and you pull it out of your pajama.

It's 5:12 AM in the morning.

"Why did it take you so long to open the third one, Y/N?"

Your eyes go wide and you quickly look around. The curtains are pulled at the window but you feel very insecure. The windows. You're afraid to even go near them. You run your eyes cautiously through the dark room.

Who is this person? And how are they watching you? How the heck can they know?

You're so afraid that your lips are trembling. You're shaking with fear.

"Wh-who are you? What do you want?"

"I just want to play this game."

"Why? What did I do to you that you're destroying my peace of mind so much?"

"I'm bored. Play the game with me."

"Tell me your name. I'll come find you."

"Ahh, Y/N. You're bad at games, I remember." He hums and you hear a faint clicking on the other side of the line.

"How about this. You look for a person named V.. He will guide you to me."

"Why?"

"Because, we want to know who else is gonna come in the next envelope."

"Who's V?"

"Good luck, Y/N."

"Please, please.. who's V?" Your father and Dr. Jin mentioned him, you know him. You just don't know his face. His identity.

"Tell me where to find him?"

"Where to find him? He's living right under your nose, Y/N."

With that, the call is disconnected. You realize your entire body is vibrating with terror.

Jin. Dr. Jin.

You didn't have his number. How could you get his number? You didn't even take Irene's number.

Who could get it for you? Who's the best in handling these techie-hackie things?

Jhope? But, he's your boss!

Namjoon? You've had enough favours from him.

Jungkook? You can't put him in danger, he's one of the targets.

Yoongi? He already is doing too much for you at the moment.

How will you track Jin? You're so stupid. You could have asked to stay in touch back when you saw him at the restaurant.

Wait..
Jin was a clinical psychiatrist.

Taehyung is a psychotherapist.

Is it possible for them to know each other?

It's a small world. They might have met in some seminar or whatever? Worth a try, right?

You pull out your phone and text Taehyung.

Kang Y/N.
Taehyung-sshi. I need a little help. I'll pay back, I promise.

You were gonna die drowning in favours from everybody.

You would wait for morning to come fully, so that he can wake up and see your message. Now was not the appropriate time to text him anyway, but you did it.

So, now all you had to do was die in embarrassment while you'd wait.

You remember that you had actually come for water. You hide the envelope into your satchel and drink two glasses of water.

When you go back, you are even more disgusted by the abundance of affectionate cuddling taking place between Jungkook and Jimin. They're literally spooning.

Jungkook's peaceful face has your heart fluttering. You still.. you still like Jungkook. You always have.

And Jimin.

He's so beautiful.

So kind. Sweet. Funny.

Why does he seem like he's more husband material than Jungkook?

Jungkook was ready to give everything up without putting up a fight to keep you. You hated quitters.

He took everything as a challenge, then why did he let a silly misunderstanding tear your relationship to shreds? He could have confronted you.

Yeah, Jimin was a better husband material.
Jungkook was a coward.

You realize that in the middle of running through a crisis, you're actually thinking of who to pick for marriage.

As if you'll live that long, Y/N.

You're ridiculous.

You lie down quietly, waiting for morning to come fully as you rest your head on the cushion of your forearm and stare at Jimin's back.

He suddenly turns, transferring his arm from Jungkook's neck to yours. Your eyes go slightly wide in alarm as you stiffen at his touch, but then you relax as you watch him inhale and exhale deeply.

So heavenly.

You love his smile so much. You love Dr. Kim's smile the most, but you can't deny how Jimin's smile instantly makes you smile.

He's the warm friendly kind of guy and Dr. Kim is the guy that makes your heart flutter and make your insides twist with desire, your body to heat up and your mind to be a big bundle of white noise.

Ahh, so you're back to playing hubby material.

That's not a fun game.

You scrunch your nose disgusted by yourself when Jungkook grabs Jimin and makes him turn, scratching his belly while pulling Jimin close.

"Y/n.." He mutters in his sleep and you heavily convulse as you watch Jimin frown in response in his sleep.

What are these two idiots doing here anyway? They're no go-

Your phone buzzes.

•Kim Taehyung

Kim Taehyung
At your service, Ma'am.

You absentmindedly smile as you scroll down.

Kim Taehyung
Call me when you are free.

You realize you have an exam tomorrow and your stomach drops. You are totally on a vacation instead of studying.

"Hello?"

"Yes, Y/n. How can I help you?"

"Dr. Ki- Taehyung-sshi, by any chance do you stay in touch with any psychology thingy people?"

"Uh-huh?"

"Like, do you have people in your contact that are from your field?"

"Depends." His voice hardens, "What is it for and who you want to contact."

"It's my father's research partner and junior.. Dr. Kim Seokjin, actually. Need to ask him something."

He is silent for a long time, the silence deafens you and then he finally speaks.

"Where are you?"

"I'm at.. I can't tell you."

"Why? A part of the contract had you to agree you can't keep secrets from me."

"It's not about about that, but-"

*Click*

"-I am at Dragon Hill Sauna."

"Be safe, Y/N." He hangs up on you and you have no idea why you so quickly gave your location awa-

"-Move off, bitch. Do you think I'm your teddy bear?!" You turn to see Jimin shoving Jungkook's arms off him.

You snort and sit cross-legged watching him.

"It was you who wanted to sleep next to him."

Jimin goes red, "Sle- sleep NEXT TO HIM?! Not even in my nightmares! I was protecting you. Imagine if you slept next to him!? He'd take it as a chance to be all over-"

He gets a slap for Jungkook who's still asleep and Jimin turns to glare at you.

"Seriously? This guy? How did you ever even sleep with him?!"

"I didn't." You laugh. You're amused to see how perplexed Jimin is. "I had fun watching you two spoon each other." You say pointedly as you quickly get up and rush off to your room. You brush your teeth and change into your clothes, getting ready to leave and do the last final but most important thing.

You make a call to Jhope.

"Yes, Y/N." Jhope picked up in a lightning speed.

"Did you find out something about it? Anything?"

"I did. And in a very weird way. But, it's going to sound very strange to you."

"Yeah?" You're hard to surprise anymore.

"The one who passed you the mail from San Ji at the Samsung department is actually one of our janitors-"

"Wha-"

"But, he doesn't remember handing San Ji anything. What's stranger is that.." you gulp hard.

"..he doesn't remember his own name anymore. Someone found him sitting confused clutching his head behind the Shinsegae group dumpster. He was trembling and unable to recall anything. He showed suicidal tendencies. There's something very strange going on here, Y/N. Yoongi called me when he found out the one that had brought the first blackmail and it's going to sou-"

"Tell me!"

"It's going to sound very odd. The first mail was also brought by a janitor. He, too, didn't remember anything. You're going to hate what you hear next so I'll be wise and not tell you on the call. Did you watch the news?"

"Ugh..no? Why? Tell me, Jhope. I-"

"No, Y/N. Have someone drop you here at Shinsegae department. I'm having your brother relocated to my sister's villa at the outskirts of Seoul. He's in danger. And the second guy.. what was his name?"

"Jungkook."

"Hm. Don't let him away from your sight."

"Tell me what is happening.. I can't handle thi-"

"No. First come here. Safe and sound. I hope you're all relaxed at the Sauna. Now we are getting to the bottom of this."

"Jhope."

"Yes?"

"Thank you."

"Y/N-"

"No, really. Thank you so much. Your help means a lot to me. I'll get there. Take care, bye!" You don't want to waste Jhope's time. You understand he's a big man and has other things to deal with.

You turn and you see Jimin standing at the doorway.

"Who's it?" He asks as he enters. "You seem upset."

"Yeah." You sigh and you start packing your things, getting ready to leave.

"Care to tell me what's happening? It's not everyday you see someone hanging out with their ex at a Sauna."

You look at Jimin and he looks genuinely worried. And gorgeous.

You grab your sanitary napkins' packets and try to stuff a few of them in your satchel. Only three fit the rest fall out. Jimin laughs and walks to you, "Lemme get that."

You huff and give in as he empties your bag. A little note falls to the ground. You bend down and pick it up only to find yourself smiling and a little comforted.

Even if the world is about to end,
Look for me when you need a friend.
And when you need some peace of mind,
You know where I'll be to find.

Ahh, he's not really a dick as you sometimes think he is. You really need some peace of mind, Jungkook and Jimin have eaten it all up away.

"What's that? A love letter?"

"What's it to you?"

"So care to please tell me how coming to the sauna was a safety measure for you?"

You look at him, he's struggling to push more than 4 packets in and you know it's not gonna fit.

"Why did you get so many.." you sigh as you take the satchel away from him. "Take those home." You point at the rest.

"They're yours."

"Yeah, but I can't carry them around like that. Thanks by the way. Whatever you do meant a lot."

"Then thank me by telling me what's happening."

You look at him and then sit down at the bed. "You know how my mom was raped and murdered, right?" He nods.

You place the note safely in your satchel pouch and pat next to you.

"Sit. This may take some time which I don't have." He quickly sits down.

"Her body wasn't retrieved from the semi-burnt house. My father disappeared. It's almost a year to that incident now, but somebody is blackmailing me. They called me their partner in crime and sent me these." You pull out the two envelopes tucked in your secret compartment.

You show him San Ji and Jungkook's picture.

"This is my little brother and this is my ex." You roll your eyes, "Read." You show him the newspaper letter cutouts' note.

Jimin takes it from you silently and bites his bottom lip frowning deeply as he reads and his eyes go wide.

"Who the FUCK does he think he is?!" He thunders.

"I wish I knew." You laugh humorlessly. "He wishes for me to find him in the next 6 days or else-" you pull out the envelope with Leena's picture, "This." You show.

Jimin's eyes go wide. "Omo, this is Namjoon hyung's girlfriend!"

"Yeah. My best friend. And he called me a few hours ago and threatened me that a new name is gonna pop up soon if I don't hurry up."

"But, Y/n. You should report to the police. You can't be all Sherlock Holmes about this. You could get yourself killed! This is- this is DANGEROUS!" he is panicking a little and you find it cute.

"This entire past year has been a game of dangers for me, so I don't think I have anything to risk at all, aside from my loved ones. Which I can't. I've already lost enough-"

"Where do you plan to go now? Why are they blackmailing you with Jungkook? He's a loved one.. ahh"

"Jimin, he was my neighbour. He saved me from the fire and.. also saved my brother. He helped me a lot, actually." You realize as your tone of voice changes and trails off. Jimin stares at you desolately.

"How can I help you, Y/n?" He asks softly.

"You don't have to. Please just be safe and stay away from me. The more you hang around me, the chances are your picture would be next. I can't have-"

"Don't worry! I have bodyguards. And I can appoint some for you, your brother and Jungkook (even though I don't want to) each!" He says shrugging in the middle for Jungkook and you laugh.

"I don't think I want that. And it won't be effective."

He frowns. "Why?"

"It's someone from my father's contact who is harming us."

"How? How would you-How would you know? And why won't it be effective?!?"

You recall the night Taehyung had come for San Ji's therapy.

"Dr. Kim found out somehow, that the murderer was under hypnosis."

"And how is -?"

"My father was a clinical psychiatrist, but he was doing a research on Neuro Linguistic Programming that's basically a lot similar to hypnosis. I think, something must have gone wrong.. that's my-"

"Who's Dr. Kim?" Your heart skips a beat. Hearing his name from someone else's mouth makes you blush slightly.

"He's my therapist." You're trying hard to not press your index fingers together and blush away like a newly wedded bride.

"How does he know all about this? How did he find out the murderer was under hypnosis?"

Come to think of it.

Jimin's right! How does Taehyung know this? You didn't give it a thought. But, how-!?

You're hit by déjà vu. Didn't you already have a conversation about Dr. Kim with Jimin before?

"I honestly don't know, but it's highly possible. I trust Taehyung."

"You were calling him Dr. Kim a minute ago." Jimin raises an eyebrow.

"I trust Dr. Kim."

"And who is lucky enough to be getting to help you in this?" He asks as he hands you your comb.

You comb your hair and fix your collar.
"Everybody." You laugh. "You've helped me too. I can't ever forget this. I'll always be-"

"No. Don't say all that. Just promise me another date."

You pinch your lips together as you avoid eye contact with him and comb your hair in the mirror. He stands watching your from behind. "Y/n."

"I might not come out alive." You laugh.

"The whole point of this blackmailer threatening you is that he wants you to walk out alive."

Wow. Jimin's smart. And  RIGHT.

"Tell me where to drop you." He goes to the bathroom and you exhale heavily. Plopping down on the bed and clutching your head in your hands heavily. You're so tired.

You don't understand who it is and what they want.

Could it be V?

But.. what would he-?

You shake your head. There's no point in guessing right now without meeting Jhope.

As you and Jimin leave the room with your locker key on your wrist, you pat his shoulder and thank him in a whisper.

He stops midway and turns his torso instead to pull you in a hug. You try not to show how awkward you feel as he inhales deeply.

"If you let anything happen to you, y/n.." he kisses your forehead and then strokes your head, "I may let something happen to me too and I'm not promising that it won't be ugly."

You instantly pull back and slap his chest. "Jimin!" He draws you close again, resting his chin on your forehead.

"I'm not joking, Y/n. You don't take things I say seriously. What do I have to do for you to take me seriously?"

"I take you seriously. I take you very seriously." You widen your eyes doing the Joey's weird eye contact thing as you look up at him.

He looks down at you and laughs as he rubs his hand over the side of your forearm, "Don't make me laugh while I'm being serious."

"No, I'm taking you veery seriously." You say in that weird tone. He laughs again and shakes his head, "Y/n. You're crazy."

"I am. I may be. But, I don't want you to do anything that will harm you. Just for me to take you seriously."

"Then promise me you won't get yourself harmed in this?"

A lump is forming in your throat, reminding you that you're an emotional mess this week. "I can't."

"At least to make me happy?" His silky tone is so twisted in pain that your insides churn with discomfort. A weird sense of agony resonating in your heart. You don't know why he is so attached to you.

"I don't like to make promises I can't keep."

"Y/N.. y/n, please.."

"Jimin, I can try my best. But, I have people to protect. And this murderer, he's- he's hypnotizing people around me. You understand? That's serious. He could.. he could make them do anything! It's dangerous. I can't promise you anything because, I may get sucked into a little damage."

"Then take me with you." He whispers.

"You're an idol. Your fans would kill me."

"Not if I'm your fan."

"You're not my fan."

"That is not even an argument?" He laughs.

"It is, see? I'm still arguing?" You point at your mouth and make it move like a carnivorous plant.

He stares at your lips, a small amused smile playing over his own. He is slowly leaning his face down to yours and your heart jumps.

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"Is this where you'll try to kiss me and then say you slipped?" You whisper as his lips stop right an inch away from yours and he laughs softly.

"No." He chuckles as he quickly kisses your cheek instead. "This one is intentional."

You pull away and begin walking, trying to hide the pink that had stained your cheeks.

"As if last one wasn't."

You hear him laugh in response.

"Wishful thinking, Y/n. Wishful thinking."

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