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Taehyung was now at another house wearing Namjoon's shirt and a pair of his sweatpants. He was currently seated on his sectional and was grinning from ear to ear when Namjoon walked in with a hot cup of tea for him. Everything seemed so staged. Like the moment they agreed to help him Namjoon would flip and switch and become this awful monster.

"Oh how I do love you" Namjoon whispered stroking his cheek as he placed the tea down on the table since it was still hot.

Completely infatuated with the attention he leaned into the older man "when will the other boys be able to come out?" He asked.

"When you convince them that I'm the good guy" he said wrapping an arm around him "why do you miss them?" He asked. He may be manipulative but these things had to be done.

"Yes" he said softly "are they here can I talk to them now?" He asked a bit excited. But mostly worried he just didn't want Namjoon to know that.

"Yeah. Today I'll only let you talk to Jimin and Jungkook though. They are in the same room but I believe they will both be the most willing to forgive me" he frowned looking at Tae "do you think you could do that?" He asked looking sadly at him.

"I will try my hardest" he said determined. He would try his best to get them the same grace he had received.

•••

Namjoon lead him to a hallway and flicked on a light. He heard a few gasps and looked right at the door. "Don't worry they are fine I just had the light off" Namjoon said smiling.

"You go in and when you're ready just call out to me. Don't try anything funny. This place is locked down... I trust you so trust me" he whispered kissing Tae's forehead.

The younger gulped and nodded fear creeping into his belly. He bit down the anxiety as Namjoon opened the metal door. He quickly slid in staring at Jungkook and Jimin who were both sitting on the twin sized bed looking at him with wide eyes.

"Tae!" Jimin screeched in such a hurry to get to him he jumped off the bed his foot getting stuck in the covers causing him to fall to his knees on the floor as Tae raced to help him up. "Tae are you ok?" Jimin asked hugging him tightly.

"Yeah" he breathed out holding him tightly as Jimin hugged his chest. "Are you two ok?" He asked looking up at Jungkook who looked surprised. The youngest nodded dumbly and looked at the door.

"Who let you in?" He asked softly.

"Namjoon" Taehyung said hugging Jimin tightly. The smallest looked up at Tae confused.

"Namjoon? He did this?!" He shouted standing up and walking to the door banging on it with his fists anger taking over rational. "You fucking coward! Let us out!" He shouted.

"Stop" Taehyung whispered into his ear as he hugged him from behind. "Stop please I'm begging you" he said kissing his cheek. "He won't hurt us"

Jimin looked at him like he was crazy. "He kidnapped us! How long have you known Tae?!" He glared at the younger boy shoving him back.

"Just today I promise" he said wrapping his arms around him tightly and burying his face into his hair. "Listen to me" he whispered his face hidden from Namjoon or any possible camera. "Namjoon works for some sort of gang or something and he wants us to run some stuff for him. He wants us to love him so that we will be absolutely loyal...be good or he might snap...he won't hurt us for now but I don't know if he won't later" he said.

"Tae you're fucking crazy get off of me" Jimin grunted pushing the boy off onto his bottom as he paced the floor. "Namjoon kidnapped us and you're acting like nothing happened" he rubbed his head.

"I'm sorry" Tae pouted softly from his spot on the floor. "I just want you to be able to get out of here with me. We can all hang out like normal"

"Tae" Jimin sighed laying on the bed. The oldest looked at the youngest who had been silent and had no idea what was going on. "Kookie are you ok?" He asked.

The youngest nodded softly "I'm fine"

"If you guys just listen to me we can go eat dinner" Tae said still on the ground looking towards the door. "Namjoon doesn't want you to be in here but he doesn't want you to leave us...we love you"

Jimin glared skeptically as he held onto Jungkook's hand giving it a subtle squeeze "why?" He asked.

"Namjoon wants us to be his" Tae smiled "he has jobs for us too ones that will make us ever have to search for pocket change" he reached forward placing a hand on both of the boys knees.

"Why didn't he tell us this when he first met us?" Jungkook asked "and make me finish school?"

"I'm not sure about the school part but he was just making everything was perfect before letting us into his home. It's so big and pretty" he smiled "so please don't try to run or hurt us"

Tae bit his lip nervously as watched Jimin weigh everything he had put together for him. "He could have just asked us instead of locking us up here in the dark" Jimin grumbled.