THREE IS NOT A CROWD

Chapter 3: Absolution

Music blaring loud inside a soundproof warehouse.
A man is humming, dancing, flowing with the beats.

"Boss! BOSS! They need you to check this one." an employees comes rushing in, practically screaming.

J stops the music and responds "Can't you see I'm busy? Get someone else to do it. Why do I pay you people if I have to do everything on my own?".

"But your brother said it has to be you. I'm sorry. I'm just the messenger."

J takes pity on the man. Who knows his brother's legendary rage better than him. And to be fair their employees do work hard, most of the time.

"Where's Suga?" he asks and the employee responds "Your brother send him over to the MIN's for some job. Said it had to be done soon.".

J nods and wonders what might be such an important job that his brother sent their best man Suga into enemy territory for the second time.

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"I heard you got there safely. Would it kill you to let me know?" J questions Suga who is busy running around his new flower shop in Amsterdam.

Suga loves flowers. He finds them calming.

The video call goes on for a few minutes as Suga sets up the place for the day and gets ready for customers to start coming.

"I'm sorry. Your sweet Taehyung kept me busy." Suga peaks into the camera's range while addressing J's concerns before rushing back out leaving J starting at an empty wall behind the desk.

J can hear Taehyung giggling. He is surely making Suga work more than he needs to. Call it a silly form of hazing, like a harmless prank between friends.

"Call me when Taehyung is done fucking you in the ass" J screams and Taehyung rushes over to the phone saying "I have not even taken him out on a date yet. Plus I have my eyes on someone else.".

J shakes his head in disbelief "Do not fuck your boss's little brother or he will kill you!".

Taehyung smirks and responds "I was not the one fucking him last night!".

J feels he might get killed over Taehyung and Jungkook fooling around behind Seokjin's back. After all it was his fault. He was the one who sent Taehyung to manage Jin's Flower Shop.

"Tell Suga to call me later. And keep him safe. He is my favorite person. AND DON'T TELL HIM I SAID THAT OR I'LL KILL YOU BEFORE JIN DOES."

Taehyung isn't threatened at all. J loves them too much to every harm any of them.

Taehyung agrees to make Suga call him back asap and then hangs up the video call. By the time Suga is back, J isn't online anymore. He feels a pinch of sadness knowing J didn't say goodbye. Now he knows how Jimin and Yoongi must have felt.

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Amsterdam is beautiful. J spends the morning soaking in the sun, enjoying the local cuisine and clicking a bunch of pictures before sunset. And by dinner time, J is headed over to Taehyung's place.

He is hugged seconds after he arrives and Taehyung refuses to let go until J starts walking towards the house with Taehyung still hanging on him like a baby bear.

"Where's Suga?" he asks and Taehyung responds "He is with that Min guy and the pretty thing what's his name?".

"JIMIN IS HERE?" J screams prompting some of the residents to peak out of their rooms and Taehyung chuckles.

"Yeah! They are both here. They came to the shop earlier this week. And they are staying someplace in town. Suga has been sleeping over at their place and he gets to work on time so I didn't think it was something to report."