VLIVE | j.jk

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NAM and JIM

namjoon and jimin were having a blast.

they got some fast food as quick as the name implies without anyone getting in the way. they played some music. sang some songs. got gas. minimal outside and human interaction.

they had a real road trip.

and just like every road trip, there's a problem. but like any other road trip, it always gets better.

it started when jimin got a text from yoongi.

"nam! yoongi says they've been kidnapped!"

namjoon jumped in the drivers seat and cursed.

"oops he said bad choice of words, it's all good." jimin sighed in relief. "oof that was a scare, haha. i think kidnap is just a trigger word for me now. try saying it nam so i could see what happens to me—"

"—wait what? no, just tell me what yoongi said. what does that mean? did he say anything else?"

jimin pursed his lips as he saw the three dots indicating yoongi was texting. after a moment, there was no reply. "no, something must have happened."

namjoon groaned. "ugh, okay i'm going to go over to that superstore parking lot and we'll give them a call."

"well i can just call them, why do we need to park?"

"because i want to put them on speaker and we shouldn't call and drive at the same," namjoon explained, heading towards the parking lot. he sighed in relief when he saw a lack of cars.

"you're right, but if yoongs and tae are in any trouble, i think we should call jhope and jin instead," jimin suggested, looking through his phone.

"smart," namjoon said, earning a smile from jimin. "plus we aren't supposed to call each other but this could be serious. it's been hours i wanna see how things are. jhope and jin were being followed and now this?"

they parked at a comfortable distance from the doors of the superstore and attempted to call jhope.

namjoon bounced his knee nervously as the sound of the ringing filled the car.

"the number you have dialed is not available..."

namjoon sighed.

"well, to be fair, you told them not to call," jimin said. he glanced at the superstore. "hey, we should go inside, get some more believable disguises. it's a superstore so they have clothes we could definitely use. we should go buy some and then change in the store on our way out so the cameras won't catch us. it would like people who possible look like us ,because with our current disguises of hats and shades, went into the bathroom and never came out. boom. that sounds like a plan."

"i mean, that makes sense but why risk being seen in the first place?"

jimin knew namjoon was right but he secretly wanted to get out of the car and go outside! they've done everything right in this road trip and all jimin wanted was to feel like a person.

no cameras around to record them butchering their english, no secret missions, no friendship betrayals and schemes, no pranks. jimin wanted to feel like a man entering a store to buy groceries and such for his wife and kids at home. namjoon was the annoying uncle who lived on their couch brooding of their money.

jimin explained this very dream to the annoying uncle when he had questioned the diabolical look on his face as he was imagining it.

namjoon rolled his eyes. "look, i understand completely. i like this freedom of ours now. but what if the one time we do something we don't need to, something goes wrong?"