deadly

twenty three

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i'll be by your side

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"why did you call me?" namjoon asked as he looked at the figure who walked into the abandoned building.

"ouch, no greeting? frankly, that makes me upset, namjoon," jackson feigned hurt, placing his palm against his clothed chest.

"that doesn't answer my question," namjoon pressed, rolling his eyes slightly as he looked down at his watch. "i am a busy man, jackson."

jackson smirked, responding, "ah, why of course you are. i just thought you'd make time for me. what a shame."

"jack-"

"i need you to do me a favor," jackson interrupted.

namjoon furrowed his brow, contemplating what jackson is up to. "a favor? what exactly do you want?"

"jungkook has these keys that belong to jisoo, he was quite suspicious about them, so much so, he hasn't even given them back to her," jackson informed.

"and you want me to retrieve them?" namjoon questioned.

"no, yugyeom will be the one to do so," jackson smirked. "i want you to get close to jung jaehyun."

"chaeyoung's boyfriend? are you trying to get information about them still?"

"this is why i love you," jackson grinned. "always quick to catch on. yes, we are, and i know you are too. you would do anything to know who actually killed yoongi and taehyung. getting close to chaeyoung and jennie is useless but jaehyun is the perfect source."

"chaeyoung hates me, i doubt jaehyun would ever tell me anything with her around," namjoon retorted as he snickered.

"you're smart enough to figure it out. get him to spill, and we will get the keys from jungkook," jackson responded. "hopefully everything goes smoothly. don't get hurt, jungkook would be devasted."

with that, jackson leaves the building.

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jisoo groaned in frustration. where are those keys?

she had looked everywhere; they weren't in her apartment, they weren't with her parents, and they weren't left at the entertainment building.

she needed to find those keys, she couldn't allow anyone to find them.

"are you alright?" jungkook asked as he entered their shared room.

startled, jisoo feigned a smile. "huh? oh yeah, just a little tired today."

jungkook watched her, responding, "ah, is it due to all the interviews and photoshoots?"

jisoo nodded, continuing to look through her cabinet for the fourth time in hopes to find what she is looking for. "yep."

"did you lose something?" jungkook finally asked, continuing to watch jisoo.

"huh?" jisoo turned to look at him. "uh, no, i was just reorganizing, that's all." she quickly closed the cabinet and stood up.

"i see."

there was an awkward silence between them as they just stared at one another.

after a few minutes, jisoo suddenly grabbed her purse and phone. "well, i have to go, our manager wanted to tell us something."

jungkook hummed, "alright take care."

as he was going to kisss her, she walked passed him, hurriedly without saying goodbye.

jungkook stared as she left the apartment. tired, huh? what exactly are you hiding from me, jisoo?

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"you want me to what?!" jisoo exclaimed as she stared at hyun suk. jennie and chaeyoung both looked at jisoo, startled by her outburst.

"you need to break up with him," hyun suk repeated. "i have nothing against your relationship, i find it beautiful, but there has been rumors circulating and the press won't stop pressing for answers."

"can't we just release a statement like we always have?" jisoo tried to negotiate.

"jisoo, as much as we would like too, how can we give a statement regarding lisa's incident?" hyun suk questioned to which jisoo stayed quiet.

"well, it seems we have came to a reasonable conclusion," hyun suk smiled as he walked out the conference room.

jisoo stared down in disbelief. a storm of thoughts came flooding in.

"unnie, this is the best thing that could happen," chaeyoung spoke, smiling as she held jisoo's hands. "you can finally break up with him. the rumors that i slipped out will tarnish his image for good."

jisoo remained quiet, suppressing the tears that were threatening to fall. rumors? is that what you meant by going to see some aqaintances?

"chaeyoung is right," jennie agreed. "this is good, we can finally bring lisa justice. he will have nothing."

"how can you say that when taehyung completely adored jungkook?" jisoo snapped, pulling her hands out of chaeyoung's hold. "your brother loved him dearly."

jennie froze at the mention of her brother.

chaeyoung's expression darkened. "unnie, don't tell me you've gained sympathy? have you gone soft? jungkook completely tore away lisa! how can you possibly feel any type of compassion for him!?"

"yes, but-"

"but? wake up, jungkook isn't the man he makes himself seem. he killed lisa."

jisoo looked down, clenching her fists. "you're absolutely right. i will-i will break up with him."

jisoo then turned and grabbed her stuff, leaving the room.

jennie's expression saddened as she watched jisoo leave. she's crying.

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