My Stepbrothers

Fourty-two

WARNING: I personally don't ship any Idols mentioned or implying their sexuality. This is purely for the story please understand.

                          ~AJ

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Spine9 left the next day itself but everyone noticed and was thankful for the lack of hostility and tension between Y/N and Han-yeol. After the talk, they decided to keep in touch occasionally, neither of them wanted to cross the line they unconsciously drew, not yet at least. Among all these chaos and busy schedules, they failed to notice the changes in one of them. How silent he had become, how gloomy he is all the time. Not for long though, because his soulmate always has his eyes on him after all. 

Jimin couldn't even sulk for 3 days completely before Taehyung was there coddling him and trying to get him out of his bad headspace, which he was doing an amazing job in. That brought the rest of 6’s attention and he found himself spoilt by all of them. He felt good and grateful for the family they created. If Jimin cried that night cuddling with all of them feeling overwhelmed by love, then it is a secret between him and Yoongi. 

Jimin knew he couldn't push the matter any longer, he was falling back into his dark headspace because of it. With the 7 of them by his side, it doesn't last long but it's becoming frequent now and he knows it is worrying all of them. He had to get over it as soon as possible before he completely lost himself again in that type of headspace.

After 2 days when Jimin arrived early after work, he found himself alone in their house for the first time in months. Taking a look at the group chat showed him where all of them were and none of them would be home any time soon. Yoongi won't be back until maybe tomorrow, he was out on a date and his brothers were teasing him for it, including him even though he held back a lot seeing Jungkook and Taehyung having a spree teasing him. Oh, they are so done once Yoongi is back, Y/N will have a field day having his back. 

He laughed hard when Yoongi replied with a 😊 smile, and the maknaes realized their mistake, they were crying and apologizing now and it was so fun to just watch the drama. Y/N’s silence was scaring them a lot by the look of it, but he couldn't enjoy it any longer because Namjoon hyung scolded them to get back to their work and the chat was silent after that.

And then suddenly he is feeling so alone and sad, he was happy, then he is sad, it is getting ridiculous at this point. He is happy his hyungs are having their love lives and going on dates and being silly, he knows he is, but when he is in this headspace it is easy to forget that feeling. It is easy to embrace the pain and emptiness his loved one left behind. He felt the greatness of heartbreak crawling upon him and surrounding him and it was slowly trying to drown him when he heard. 

“Chim Chim”

And just like that he was pulled out of that feeling, looking toward the sound he saw Y/N with a surprised smile walking toward him skipping in her steps. 

“I didn't know you were back early.” he unconsciously smiled in response to hers. 

“Finished my work early today.” He said while she was busy trying to cuddle into him.

“So, what are you gonna do with the free time?” she asked, Jimin didn't have to think much. He was thinking about it even minutes ago. 

“Actually I want to have a serious talk with you.” He replied. She didn't wait any second to get up and sat opposite him face to face realizing the importance. 

“I don't know how comfortable you are in sharing or to what extent but this is important for me. Know that I am coming out of my comfort zone too.” Jimin started.

“Go on Chim Chim, I will tell you about whatever you want to know. If this is keeping you on edge this much it would be that much important to you. I would find the answer myself if I didn't have it.” She promised him. Jimin gave her a small shy smile for the reply.

“Just keep smiling like this.” She whispered to herself but he heard that, if the clearing of throat and sudden lack of eye contact is anything to indicate. 

“So, coming back to the topic. I want to ask you about your tattoo, the one on your chest that you showed us that night you were drugged by Do-yun.” He saw how she tensed hearing his question, but still, she replied to him.

“What about it?” She encouraged him to continue seeing his hesitation. Even though it was a painful topic she was ready to open up. They never once question her or her doings, only patiently waiting for her to share on her own will. So if he is taking the initiative to know more about that, she knows something is wrong or important with that information to him.

“Where did you get that from?” He asked.

“This is a custom-made one for me and my brother. One of his friends did it. These numbers are his birthdate and he has mine. Why?” she asked, confused with his question. She showed him her tattoo and he observed it meticulously for confirmation.

“And what is your birthdate?” He asked the final question to verify it. When she replied the same exact numbers his lover had Jimin's breath hitched. 

“I had seen this exact tattoo on someone with the numbers you just said,” he revealed. 

“It can't be,... Chim.. how..” she was out of words when her thoughts were running a mile per second. 

“He had it on his hip, which was a matching one with his little sister. It was done by one of his friends illegally because she wasn't legally aged.” He said and showed her the photo of the tattoo. She nearly snatched the phone out of his hand. Zooming it she knows it is the same tattoo but again she had seen it only once, which is when it was tattooed. 

Y/N had a conflicted feeling about the reveal. How does Jimin know him? In what way Jimin was involved with her brother? She doesn't want them on her bad side, it would hurt a lot.

But all her questions were answered when she accidentally swiped the photo. The next photo wasn't something she imagined of their connection. It was a photo of her brother and Jimin, they both looked younger there. Jimin had a full smile which made his eyes crimson and disappear, but what shocked her was he was sitting on Jiji’s lap, and more importantly, he was kissing Jimin on his cheek. She was dumbfounded, now, she now knew how he had seen the tattoo. 

“I think my Rowan and your Jiji are the same person.” He whispered emotionally. She threw herself into him and hugged him tightly for emotional support, his or her is questionable maybe for both of them.

“I didn't know Chim Chim, I knew he had a lover, but I had no idea whom. I searched for you a lot to inform you about the incident but I couldn't find anything on you. I'm sorry.” She explained. They both cried in each other’s embrace for a long time. They didn't notice how others came while they were busy crying, hugging, and trying to make a coherent sentence. They all slip to their rooms to give them privacy but yet eavesdropping everything. 

Later when both calmed down and took notice of others’ presence they called the rest to have the information. Rowan was an important person for them too after all. They were shocked by the reveal would be an understatement; it was a twist in the story they didn't even imagine.

“I think it's time you'll know who my father is. It will help you understand Jiji more.” She said with a contemplating look. It spiked interest in them, to say they weren't curious about her father's identity would be a blatant lie. 

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Finally one of the secret is out of the box.

Please comment your opinions and doubts I will add that in next chapter.