Sempiternal: •Broken• || Book 2#

5. A little soft touch

Jungkook is obviously excited and excited to be able to talk to Jimin. So much so that he doesn't mind having to stop the trip to look for a hideout in which to spend the night. They get a nice upstairs apartment in a beautiful residential building. Empty, remarkably evacuated in time. The most important belongings of the couple who lived here are gone.

Clothes, photos in the empty portraits. In general, they may feel some relief that there were people to leave with their things. Unlike them, they wonder if they will ever be able to go to their homes to take souvenirs. From their own as a group, to family homes. In what they could rummage through, they did not find things of their parents.

So they must still be there. Waiting to be taken as the valuable thing they are.

Jungkook blocks the entrance, hurrying to get everything ready. There was an answer when they were going up the stairs, a woman who very kindly asked them to wait while she was looking for Jimin. Her name was Jihan and she very quickly told them that she arrived at the airport with her daughter and Jimin helped them not to panic during the quarantine time.

They are not surprised. Jimin has always been good with children. Taehyung keeps watching the communicator with great patience. Yoongi lies down on the piece of furniture behind Taehyung to do the same. Hoseok takes off his sweater and sits to the side. Everyone in perfect position for the occasion.

Jin leaves everything with a very low flame. He must cook the food whether they talk to Jimin or not so better to do some of the process in the meantime.

"Who's there?"

"Ah, hello Colonel." greets Taehyung awkwardly and poutingly. Jungkook's expression turns to one of utter disgust. Namjoon picks up the communicator for safety.

"I didn't expect to hear from you since you took so long to speak again," comments Leeseung frankly. Namjoon bites his cheeks. "Jimin is already on his way. Who knows if he's okay."

"Did something happen?"

"Some things."

"Like what?" continues to tantalize Namjoon with furrowed brows. Jungkook leans more against the table in the middle, as if that will help him hear better.

"Someone almost murdered him a few weeks ago, they did other things to him too, but he doesn't remember them. He was bleeding all over the place when we got him in the driveway," Leeseung relates. "I took over the situation. He doesn't have anyone else here after all."

"He's throwing it in our faces that we're not there." growls Jungkook with annoyance and deep hatred about it.

"We may be misunderstanding him." Hoseok tries to believe.

"How do you misunderstand that?"

"Don't go mentioning it to him. Even he doesn't know. I'm sure he's better off that way, but I should mention that he's so dependent on me now that it's impressive. Nervous, taking medication. It's terrible."

"FUCKING IM...!"

"Jungkook calm down, take a deep breath, yelling at him isn't going to do any good."

Due to a few minutes of silence, they fall into panic that maybe the communication was cut off. Taehyung picks up the communicator again.

"Jimin? Jimin? Are you there? Hello? Hello? Hello? Maybe they can't hear me...?" he questions in panic. The shaky, timid voice comes:

"It's...I'm here..."

"Hey! JIMIN-SSI!" exclaims Jungkook with relief, almost climbing on Taehyung.