HER BELOVED

3

"Hey baby?" Nao mumbled something unintelligible and Jin smiled. Her hair was scattered across the pillow, her t-shirt was bunched up on her back, exposing part of her waist. His gaze drifted down her bare leg to the blanket she had tucked between her legs, but one end of it covered the more racy parts of her body, leaving the picture to his imagination. His gaze darted up as her hair stirred and a gray ball of fur appeared between the strands, accusingly at him for interrupting their sleep.

Jin smirked and nuzzled the kitten, who seemed to respond, licking and snuggling back under Nao's hair, leaving Jin to examine her in peace. The stitches on her wrists had been removed a few days ago and the bandages no longer hid the scars, which were red and growing in a slightly jagged thin line. Jin felt guilty, if he hadn't left her alone, maybe her wrists wouldn't look like this now.

The more time passed, the more his conversation with Yoongi made sense to him and he couldn't help but wonder if it would work out between them. Nao had started to relax in front of the boys as well, except for Namjoon, of course, but that too would happen with time. And yet, it was becoming increasingly clear that she didn't particularly like big company, so he had asked that if the boys wanted to see her, they wouldn't all be on her head at once.

The insecurity in her eyes most of the time just killed him. Beautiful women were usually confident, knew they were attracting attention and reaped all the benefits of it, but not Nao. She was shy, worried, restless around other people, but with him she began to behave more and more calmly, which gave him hope. "Baby?" he smiled and sat on the bed next to her, pulling the covers up over her leg so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable that he had seen more than she would let him on right now.

"Nao baby?" the nickname had flowed easily from his lips since day one, but then it made her go wild, until in the last few days it had become a signal that meant Jin was somewhere around her and she was visibly relaxing, a sure sign that she had started to build trust in him. "Mmmm" she turned and rubbed her eyes, opening only one slightly. "I have to go out with the boys, if you need anything, Tina will be here early in the morning" Tina was the girl who worked as their housekeeper, but Nao somehow refused to communicate with her, looking at her suspiciously.

"What time is it?" Nao asked and sat up yawning, Jin smiled at the way she was rubbing her eyes making funny faces trying to open her eyes. "It's 3am, I just wanted to let you know I won't be here so you don't have to worry when you wake up in the morning" he gently pushed her shoulders back against the pillows and tucked the covers around her again, making sure she would be fine warm.

"Be careful and take care" she murmured and pulled Pooh to her chest, falling back into sleep. Jin stared at her again, her words affecting him in a way he couldn't explain, but he was definitely pleased that she might be worried about him. "I promise" he leaned down and lightly kissed her on the head, making sure she didn't feel it, and then he left the bedroom, his whole demeanor and posture changed. Tonight they were going "riding" as Jimin liked to call their missions.

They had a suspicion that the spy they were looking for was one of their men, who was working undercover in a harborside bar and apparently considered himself shrewd enough to pass information to both sides. Almost everything led to him, as well as the fact that Woobin had been a frequent visitor there for the past four months. If the two factions clashed, it would get bloody.

"Is she okay?" Namjoon walked beside him towards the door. "Yeah sleep" Jin nodded blankly. "It's going to be fun, according to my guy, Woobin was there until an hour ago, but some of his people are still at the bar, as is our guy" Jin nodded and Taehyung sat next to him in the passenger seat. "Take it" he handed Jin a wireless earpiece which was immediately placed in place. "Jungkook and Hoseok are already there watching the bar, Jimin and Yoongi will try to track down Woobin" Namjoon explained and Jin started the engine, driving in the direction of the bar.