LOVE YOU TO DEATH | TAEKOOK

9. Are You Ten Years Ago

*content warning for suicidal ideation, adult language, reference to unlawful behavior. Proceed with caution if you're sensitive to mental health topics*
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ABC7 News NY: Author JJK has plead guilty to the murder of Park Jimin's father. The trial is set to begin Monday and the first witness that has been called is JJK's own mother.

Park Jimin has made public not only his support for JJK but also the affirmation that the author has done nothing wrong. Now that we've found out who, the remaining questions are when, where and most importantly: why?

In other news, Kim Taehyung was finally seen leaving the Palace Hotel alone. He hasn't been spotted since in either New York or Los Angeles.

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"Lil, can you get Namjoon to come to the hotel?" Jungkook whispered from the bathroom, hiding from Jimin after he had hijacked his phone.

Lili glanced at Namjoon from where she was sitting on her brother's couch, "Why?"

Jungkook made an unintentional sound of exasperation into the phone.

"Because I need to talk to him," he answered tersely, not wanting to say the truth out loud. To her, at least.

She still wasn't convinced, "Jungkook, I think you should let your lawyer decide who you can talk to," she supposed, making a disconcerted face.

"Lili, I need to talk to him. I-, fuck, Tae left me and I need to talk to Namjoon," he spat hoarsely, voice cracking on the brink of something he couldn't identify.

She sharply exhaled, "What? Wow. Okay, I'll tell him. You should've just told Jimin," she huffed, quickly tilting her head to summon Namjoon.

Jungkook looked at himself in the mirror, barely noting how awful and washed out he appeared.

"He's upset right now and I don't want him to freak out if I take anything," Jungkook admitted, much to Lili's suspicion.

When Namjoon was standing in front of her, she gesturing to his shoes by the door and held up a finger.

"Is that what you need Namjoon for?" She asked, voice softer now.

Jungkook sighed in surrender, "Yeah," he mumbled in affirmation.

"I think I need to be sedated with something other than Xanax, to be honest," he ceded, shoulders falling forward as he pressed his forehead to the wall in the bathroom, "And I didn't know who else to call even though he isn't my doctor anymore."

In a flurry of movement, Lili stood and slipped on her shoes, beckoning for Namjoon to follow her out the door.

"We're coming, okay? Just give us a few. And you should tell Jimin," she suggested before getting off the phone and pushing Namjoon into a car.

JIMIN: Tae, it's Jungkook

JIMIN: Please come back

JIMIN: I can't do this...

JIMIN: I don't think I can
do this without you

JIMIN: I promise I'm not
a psychopath

JIMIN: And I'm not going
to hurt you

JIMIN: You're still my love

JIMIN: Please come back