Embracing Power. ✅

The start of a list

"Uh.. hey Taetae."

"Don't you dare 'hey taetae' me Park Jimin?" Tae looked around, tossing the three couples' throw blankets. "Cover yourselves, please."

Namjoon slid out of Jimin's ass, picking the boy up and setting him on his lap as he sat on the sofa. Hobi did the same, laying the blanket over himself and Kook. Yoongi held Jin where he was, pulling the blanket over them, though.

Tae looked at the lone chair in the room, "Is this seat at least untainted? I hope you all know now I need to get those sofa's cleaned. I don't even want to think about what's all over them."

"I'd say sorry, but I wouldn't mean it." Yoongi quipped.

Tae ran his hands over his face, scoffing to himself. "I'd expect nothing less from you. When the hell did this start?"

"First time." Yoongi seemed to be the only one with a voice at the moment. "Question is, how long were you standing there watching." He raised his eyebrow as he shot Tae the question.

"Thankfully, not long. I knocked, but you guys obviously didn't hear me. I walked in just as Jin shot cum all over himself." He shook his head. "There's an image I'm never getting out of my head. Not enough brain bleach in the world."

"You say that like it wasn't one of the sexiest things you've ever seen." Finally, Hobi spoke up. He was running his hands over Kook's arms, trying to comfort the boy on his lap. "It's ok, baby."

"Wouldn't know Hobi hyung. I don't do things like that." Tae admitted, looking over at Hobi and Kook. "Don't cry, Kookie. I'm not mad, I swear."

"Why didn't you speak up, Tae?" Namjoon questioned.

"Shit, barging in was enough, I wasn't going to completely cock-block you too. I'm not a complete asshole."

"Why did you come here anyway, Tae?" Jimin's voice was almost as small as he is, feeling bad that his best friend just witnessed all of that. "I figured you would be busy with everyone downstairs."

"Well, I should be, but I needed to talk to Namjoon and Yoongi about some stuff." He looked at each of them, letting his eyes explain it was about the conversation they had the other day. "But before we talk business, please go get cleaned up. I'm going to open a window, this room reaks of sex."

The six boys got up, all shuffling to their rooms. Tae sat back in the chair, looking at both sofas with a grimace. "Those are going to be a bitch for the staff to clean."

*****
It didn't take long for Yoongi and Namjoon to come back out, both still damp from the quick showers they grabbed.

"Ok, what's going on?"

Tae just sighed. "Well, I decided first thing tomorrow to assemble both councils and get that taken care of. And I've done more thinking about a triumvirate. I love the idea. Now it's just coming up with people I trust."

Yoongi nodded; he could understand the difficulty Tae was dealing with. He found it hard to trust people too. "Have you tried making a list? This way, you have a visual representation and can work from there."

"Not yet, hyung."

Namjoon reached over into his laptop bag, resting under the coffee table, safe from trampling feet. Unzipping one of the sides, he pulled out a spare notebook and pen and handed them to Tae. "Well, let's get to work. Who do you trust most in this world?"

"You mean other than you six?" The king remarked.

"Heh yeah, other than us." Yoongi smiled at the younger boy, happy to know he still had Taes trust.

"My eomma, of course, Yerin, the 6 I chose for the council."

"Ok, well, don't add the 6 from the council. They already have their jobs to do. Anyone else? A cousin maybe?" Joon suggested.

"Mmm yeah. My cousin Soobin. We weren't close growing up but always got on well when we saw each other." He wrote down the name.

"Anyone else?" Yoongi queries.

"Oh, she goes by IU. She's one of the current council members' daughters, but she has vastly different views on things than her dad." Tae pointed out. "We've spoken a few times, actually. Smart girl. Her father actually came to me with an idea of marrying her off to me, but I didn't want to take a choice of a husband away from her, so I had to find a way to refuse without pissing the man off." He chuckled a bit at the memory. "She, however, was thankful. She has a girlfriend her father doesn't know about because he is against same-sex relationships. No idea who her girlfriend is, but I bet they're cute together."

"I bet they are Tae." Namjoon smiled. "So with Yerin, Soobin, and IU, you would have the three you need. I say keep going on a list, though, but the fact that those three came to you first says quite a bit. They are young, smart, and could probably do a lot of good here."

"You're right, hyung. I'll think about this and talk to you both again in the morning?" He tore out the sheet of paper, folding it carefully and sticking it in his pocket. "Hopefully, this time with clothes on."