Traitor's Song

12. Moment Of Truth

"This is really good," Jungkook said as he sat on the shredded couch, eating one of the pizza slices from the box that had been ordered earlier. The cheesy toppings had fallen off the pizza like a toupee in a wind storm, but Jungkook didn't care. Jimin watched as the man eagerly ate it before reaching out his hand for another slice, pausing halfway through the motion.

"Go ahead and take another slice," said Jimin as he held the pizza box closer to Jungkook. "Eat up."

Jungkook offered him a small smile as he took another piece and started eating. It was as Jungkook ate the next slice that his eyes wandered to Hobi who was pacing back and forth in front of the shattered television set.

"What's he doing?" asked Jungkook.

"I think he's just worried about Henley's reaction," said Jimin.

Jimin looked over at Hobi to see that his cell phone was still out. When Jimin had failed to secure any sort of handyman to fix what had happened to the apartment, Hobi had immediately gone into panic mood. It was obvious that Henley meant a great deal to him, and that Hobi was worried about what she would think when she reappeared home. He had sent some sort of text to her, but was still waiting for a response. Jungkook swallowed what was in his mouth slowly as he let his eyes take in the wrecked apartment.

"I really am sorry," he said.

"It's okay," said Jimin. "It wasn't your fault. It was the fault of whoever sent you. You're sure you can't remember anything about that?"

Jungkook shook his head.

"Whenever I'm a wolf, it gets fuzzy. Ever since they took me, they haven't let me remain human for long. Well...I shouldn't say that. They really haven't let me at all. There is only one time I can recall being human while being in their clutches, but even then all I remember is my cage..."

"I'm sorry you had to go through that."

"It was my own fault for not listening to my parents," said Jungkook, losing all his appetite as he held the half eaten slice limply in one hand. "I hope they don't blame themselves for what happened to me and I hope they are okay..."

Jimin moved to put an arm about Jungkook, tugging him in close.

"Maybe we can see if we can find them. Let them know you're alive and well."

"That'll be like finding a needle in a haystack," Jungkook said as he leaned against Jimin a bit. "I can barely remember what they look like, and there are so many werewolves that live in the forest..."

"We can still try," said Jimin. "Supposedly I'm supposed to be lucky."

A small smirk danced its way across Jungkook's lips.

"You might want to tell that to Hobi."

It was as if on cue, when Jungkook said Hobi's name, that Hobi threw his hands up in the air in frustration.

"UGH!"

"You okay, Hobi?" asked Jimin.

Hobi quickly nodded his head, slipping a smile upon his face as he came over to the other two. It was clear that his reaction had made Jungkook feel badly as Jungkook seemed to shrivel up on himself on the couch against Jimin.

"I'm sorry," said Hobi. "That exasperation wasn't directed at either of you. I just...I was trying to stall Henley. I was hoping that maybe your good luck just needed to warm up Jimin and that we would have time to fix the place before she comes home."

"I think that'll take a miracle," said Jimin, "Not just a bit of good luck."

"I'd offer to pay," piped up Jungkook, "But I have no money. I can offer labor though."