Red String of Fate (Taekook AU)

Chapter 61: Together We Stand

15th of November 2071, Uljin

'Calm down, uncle...' Jungkook giggled, seeing how Namjoon's face became first white and then red. Then his face saddened. 'We haven't called him for that... We called him to tell him about the situation in Daegu so he will start to act... We will need ICI and MOI to stabilize the situation... and government... and... everything else...' he sighed.

Taehyung straightened up and his arm touched Jungkook's. He automatically put his hand on Jungkook's knee, while Jungkook was still petting Bam.

'He asked if know anything about Ryu...' he said quietly.

'I didn't know you haven't found him yet...' Jungkook looked at Minji.

'He wasn't in any location outside of the city we managed to free while looking for you...' Minji shook her head. 'But we had never entered Daegu...'

'Well we did...' San said.

'You can say we were practically in the middle of it...' Ren said calmly. 'Who is Ryu?'

'Bang Yongguk and Song Jieun's son... He went to Daegu undercover...' Namjoon explained.

'Song?' Ren frowned and looked at Yoongi. Strange coincidence...

Namjoon looked through his phone and showed Ren the last picture of Ryu.

'He probably changed his look, but...' Namjoon stopped, when he saw how pale Ren got.

'We know him...' he whispered with pale lips. 'We all do...' he pointed at Yoongi, San and Wooyoung. 'We worked with him... But we knew only his nickname... He was called "Song".'

'And he disappeared... around August-September last year...' Yoongi looked at the photo.

'Just before my kidnapping?' Jungkook asked.

Only he had the courage to do that. It was a forbidden word. Every member of his family instantly tensed up, trying to tame raging anger.

Ren looked directly at him.

'Exactly before they kidnapped you...' he said absolutely sure. 'And I know why... Because it was the same moment they got the President to act as they wanted...' he turned the phone to him. 'This guy... is Min Taeil's soulmate.'

The silence fell in the room.

'You said that's why they closed you...' Yoongi whispered finally. 'Because you discovered Song is Taeil's soulmate...'

'That's why they got only him and not his team... But I didn't know who he was exactly.' Ren shook his head.

'So Kyung protecting Taeil, protected Yongguk's son...' Jin said, looking at Namjoon.

'It doesn't justify him.' Dami said harshly.

'We can forgive, but never forget...' Yoongi said bitterly and Dami turned to him.

'Forgive? Fucking what?'

She came closer to him. She threw a warning gaze at Jimin who tensed up.

'Nobody will ever force you to forgive or forget.' she said sternly. 'I am not going to... None of us will.'

'Had you ever been in a situation without a choice?' Yoongi asked quietly.

Jimin looked at Jungkook, looking for help, but Jungkook just smiled calmingly and let Dami give Yoongi the piece of harsh love. Something his hyung could understand and accept...

'Even without a choice nobody should stop looking for a solution. And he did.' she fiercely pressed her finger to Yoongi's chest. 'So stop forcing yourself to feel anything but rage! You are the GOOD one here. We don't need proof for that. Your hatred won't change that! You don't have to be a saint and force yourself to care for them because they have the same blood as you!'