The Road to Defeat

FIVE

Dream home

Jeongguk woke up from a much needed nap. He hadn't meant to sleep for more than an hour, but ended up sleeping for three. He didn't mind though, because it was their day off after all. Jeongguk hoped to move on from the previous night's tense event. He liked being joyful and energetic with his friends, so to see everyone so tense and angry really had affected him. Not to mention everyone had been extremely busy lately, all of them occupied in their own worlds. Jeongguk was honestly starting to feel a bit lonely, he was so used to hanging out with his friends all the time, considering they lived together and worked together. He had become so reliant on having everyone around that being alone for too long just made him feel, well, alone. Taehyung had been spending a lot more time with Emily lately because of all of the information she has been exposed to, wanting to make sure she was okay. The boys had managed to reach an agreement regarding letting her live and stay with them, but Tae still wanted to console her. Work-wise, everyone had been busy with their own mission and jobs, considering they all played different roles and parts in their branch of the mafia. Jeongguk stretched his arms and ran his hands through his hair, clumsily slipping out of bed and wandering around the house. Namjoon sat on the couch, book in hand, relaxed and happy. Whenever he had some time to himself, he was always just content reading. The sleepy maknae walked into the room, looking for someone to be around. A light smile spread across his face as he saw his hyung alone on the couch. Namjoon noticed Jeongguk enter the room but didn't pay any mind to him, wanting to stay focused on his book.

The young Jeongguk sat down next to his hyung, and rested his head on Namjoons shoulder. Namjoon was used to this type of behaviour from Jeongguk, so he wasn't fazed by it at all. Jeongguk always showed his love through physical affection, the only person who did it more frequently was Jimin.

"Do we have anything to do today?" Jeongguk asked curiously, not bothering to lift his head. He just sat quietly watching his hyung read and occasionally he read along with him. The group often worked together to complete and attend meetings and vocational missions. Even though the group attended a meeting a few days ago, Jeongguk was just hopeful for the group to be together. Namjoon responded, flipping to the next page of his book without looking toward Jeongguk.

"Yoongi was hoping to visit the mafia house. Since the plan is to move in there full time, I feel like it would be wise to show Emily the house." Jeongguk nodded, loving the idea of visiting the mafia house. They hadn't been to the mafia house in so long and they all missed being there. They were away visiting Korea for a while now, doing some work over there with the Korean mafia. However, all of them missed being in Rome, it was the most familiar place to them, it was their home.

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Emily was in awe as Taehyung pulled up to the long driveway. The property was large. Perfectly cut grass and beautifully trimmed hedges lined the long curved driveway. Once they had reached the end of the driveway Emily gasped at the mansion in front of her. The white boxy exterior of the house was sleek and modern, and without a doubt huge. Large windows decorated the outside of the house allowing parts of the interior to be shown from the outside. It was like something Emily had only seen in movies.

"Wow," Emily exhaled in excitement. She had to blink a few times, astonished by the sight in front of her. "This place is beautiful." Taehyung placed his hand on her thigh as he drove, getting her attention.

"Wait until you see the inside. I know you will love it." Taehyung was nothing but right. The house's interior was breathtaking. More beautiful than anything ever imaginable. Emily was shocked from the interior at the front door. From the moment Emily stepped into the house she was in love. The house had a wide open concept layout, with even more large floor to ceiling windows across the back wall.

"I love it already." Emily smiled.

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The boys (specifically Jeongguk, Jimin and Taehyung) showed Emily around the large house. Emily was in shock with the size of it all, still not believing that all of this is real. It was almost like she thought she was dreaming it all, only places like this only existed in fairytales. But no matter how much she couldn't believe it she couldn't deny that she was here, actually living and walking in this beautiful mansion. After showing Emily all of the house's key features, the group then left the house to do a bit of furniture shopping. The mafia house was already furnished for the most part since they had already been living there before, but a few of the boys needed new beds and other small things. The group walked through the street and everything was seamless. Emily was so happy in the moment it almost didn't seem right. But it was as if Emily could predict it, everything seemed too good to be true. Emily looked back at her friends because the group's energy suddenly seemed off. Lauren was whispering something into the ear of an angry looking Yoongi. Things continued to feel tense as the group made their way back to the temporary rental home.

"Before you all run off, we will be moving in three days. Pack your stuff!" Namjoon spoke sternly to the group before leaving to go do his own thing. The other members shrugged toward each other, but they were all used to Namjoon taking on more of a leader role in the group.

"I'm so excited!" Jimin cheered happily, and Jeongguk jumped to hug him. Everyone smiled in contentment, before heading off to their rooms to pack up their luggage.