A Blast From The Past (Jungkook FF 21+)

chapter 45

Y/n pov

"Sir. Please, run!"
I couldn't understand what was going on. Jungkook wasn't saying anything. His gaze went completely blank. His eyes were absent. Then, he turned around to look at me. I saw his phone drop off his hand. He didn't talk, just started running. I collected the phone from the ground and ran after him.
"Jungkook, what's going on? Where are you going?" He looked like he had lost his mind as he kept ignoring my presence. When we reached the corridor, he started to hit the wall with the palm of his hand several times. All of sudden, he started screaming out of frustration. I tried to stop him, but he still wouldn't listen.
"Jungkook, would you please answer me!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs in order to get his attention. Only then, he stopped. He stared at my concerned face. He kept going back and forth the same spot, not knowing where to start. And, with one hand, he started massagging his forehead.
"Se Ra has Jung Hee. She dragged him with her on the rooftop." I stood against the wall for support. After a long pause, he added.
"She was holding a gun." Jungkook closed his eyes. When I heard the word gun, my heart started beating fast. I knew I'd have a panic attack since my hands started trembling, and I couldn't control them. Jungkook noticed it too because he enveloped me with his whole body.
"Please, please, calm down." He tried to tranquilize me, but I kept wiggling in his arms, trying to free myself and reach the rooftop. When he saw that I wasn't listening to a word he was saying, he shook me furiously.
"Y/n, I need you to calm down!" In the meantime, he took off the earbud and talked to Namjoon.
"Namjoon, you there?" He spoke closely.
"I heard what happened. I ran as fast as I could and took the service elevator that leads to the other side of the rooftop." I think our lives got shortened by ten years as we waited for Namjoon to inform us again.
"I'm behind them now. Fortunately, she hasn't seen me yet. I'm hiding behind the AC unit." Then he sent me a text. He didn't want to risk being heard.
"She's panicking. Don't let her see, Y/n, though. We'll save Jung Hee, don't worry." He tried to reassure us both.
"How's my son?" Namjoon started writing again.
"He's crying... and asking for his mother." When I read those words, I crashed on the stairs. My head in my hands.
"Love, I need you to stay here." Jungkook grabbed me by the shoulders to make sure I heard.
"No fucking way, Jungkook! I won't let my son in the hands of that crazy woman." I went hysterical on Jungkook, taking it out on him. He stood still and let me get it out of my system.
"Please, listen to me for once. We don't have time. Namjoon is already keeping an eye on her. She won't do anything until she sees me. I know she's waiting for me to reach her up there. Just stay here, love, pleaseee... "He kissed the top of my head several times.
"I'll bring back our son or I won't come back either." He cupped my head with both hands, making me look him in the eye.
"Would you shut up!!!" My heart was already in my throat making me feel as if it was blocking my air supply. I started hitting my head with my knuckles. Jungkook embraced me again, caging my arms in order to stop me from hurting myself.
"Stop saying stuff like that!!! I'm already going crazy." I spoke muffled words into his chest, now hitting his back with my fists and screaming guttural sounds.
"Sweetheart, I have to go. Don't follow me!" Thankfully, at that moment, Jane arrived. Taehyung must have told her what happened. She immediately cuddled me in her arms after Jungkook released me from his.
"Please, stay with her." She nodded to Jungkook and then we saw him disappear very fast as he opened the door that lead to the stairs.

this part will contain elements of self harm
read at your own risk

JK pov

The worst scenarios kept going through my head with every step that got me closer to them. When I finally reached the top, my hand started trembling as I slowly turned the handle of the rooftop door.
She was right there, yelling at Jung Hee because he was rightfully panicking and crying. The moment he saw me, he raised his little arm in order to reach for me and in a broken voice he exclaimed.
"Appaaaa..." He began sobbing uncontrollably. Se Ra put on a smug face as soon as she saw me. Right in that moment, I fought my worst instincts in order to keep a clear head and not go there and separate her head from the rest of her body.
"I'm here, sweetheart. It's okay. She won't hurt you." I said to my son as I tried to get close to them but she stopped me right away.
"Don't come any closer or I'll shoot him!" I heard a click from the gun she was holding and that was my cue to stop.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Se Ra?! He's just a child! You know you can't get away with this, right?!" Desperately, I tried to talk some judgement into her.
"I don't wanna get away with anything. It's all your fault, Jungkook! Will you shut up?!" Her attention turned again at Jung Hee who wouldn't stop crying. He hugged himself as she kept holding him from the jacket. That was my last straw.
"Se Ra, will you stop yelling at him, for crying out loud! Can't you see how scared he is. He hasn't done anything to you. Take me instead! It's me the one you want, anyway. I'm the one who hurt you. Please, leave my son alone. Please! I'll get on my knees if that's what you want. I'll do anything!" I felt my nails go through the flesh of the palm of my hand. I started sweating and having palpitations.
"Oh, now you're pleading me, huh?! All these years, you never batted an eye when I was suffering because of you but now that your precious son is shedding some tears you're ready to die for him." In the meantime, I was trying to get closer, one step at a time. I noticed Jung Hee's silent crying for the fear he might spite Se Ra again. Witnessing the scene in front of me, I think my heart broke in a thousand pieces. I never felt so powerless. I wanted to jump on Se Ra and strangle her with my bare hands. Right then, I heard Namjoon on the earbud speak to me.
"Try to keep her distracted until I approach her from behind. I'll be able to disarm her."
I couldn't speak but I nodded, hoping he could see the signal. He answered immediately.
"Got it!"
I think my heart skipped a beat when I noticed Se Ra getting dangerously close to the parapet wall.
"I know you want to get rid of me so you can live happily ever after with your whore but that's never gonna happen. Do you hear me?!" She started screaming out loud.
"Se Ra, please, don't!" I pleaded again.
"I'll take him down with me so the two of you will never get to be happy. NEVER!" She looked at me as she dragged Jung Hee with her. His muffled crying was replaced by hiccups.
"If you take me instead of him, Y/n will never be happy just the same. But please, leave my son alone. Come on, Se Ra, I know you're not like this." I tried to smooth talk her, changing strategy but she had already made up her insane mind.
"You don't know how I am. You never cared to know. Now you're pretending to be sorry just because I'm holding his life in my hands. Look what you made me do!" There was no hint of compassion or empathy in her voice. Her mind was gone where I couldn't reach. In the meantime, Namjoon was getting closer to her. I just needed to distract her a little more.
"We can talk things out." I said, trying to buy a few more seconds.
"We won't talk shit, Jungkook! I know you hate me. Stop lying!" Then, I saw her turn her head around to look down the building but Namjoon was already behind her. The surprise of seeing Namjoon made her panic. A few seconds later, I heard a shoot leave the gun. The bullet hit my upper left shoulder, almost close to the heart. The gun fell off of her hands. I managed to stay on his feet, though. My wound pain was nothing compared to the pain I was feeling seeing my son in that psychopath's hands. She was about to jump down the building holding Jung Hee in her arms. He started screaming out loud. She bounced back on the parapet but Namjoon made it just in time to catch Jung Hee, holding him by the legs. He secured my son in his arms, holding him tight. Only then I realized I had been holding my breath the entire time. Jung Hee ran off Namjoon's arms to get to me.
"Appaaaa... are you hurt?" He clinged on to me, grabbing my neck. I ignored the pain on my shoulder and kept holding my son.
"Appa is okay, sweetheart. I'll be okay." I didn't care about the wound. Namjoon was about to say something else but in that moment, we heard lots of screams coming from the street. We stared at each other.
"Jeon, you'll be the death of me, one day!" He ran to hug me.
"Thank you for saving my son. I won't be able to repay you!" He held both of us tightly, as if he couldn't believe what just happened.
"Ughhh..." I lamented from the pain.
"Are you already trying to finish the job or what?!" We both started laughing. At that moment, I saw Y/n and Jane run towards us.
"We heard the shooting!" Then she saw my bloody shoulder as I put Jung Hee down. He went running to go hug his mother. With him securely in her arms they both walked towards me.
"Kookie?! Oh my Gosh!" She started checking me inside out, ignoring my words of reassurance.
"I'm fine, baby. I told you, it's just a scratch!" She wouldn't believe me and kept checking me again. Jung Hee attached to her leg, not letting her go.
"Se Ra?" She asked. Namjoon made a gesture with his head, letting her know she had made the extreme gesture. Then, she got on her knees to hug Jung Hee again.

Y/n pov

Taehyung reached us on the way to the hospital. Jane and Namjoon followed Jungkook and I who were riding in the ambulance. Thankfully, the doctor said he would be alright in a couple of weeks. The bullet hadn't done much damage. After making sure Jungkook was okay, Taehyung said.
"The police finally arrested Yoongi under kidnapping charges." Then he explained to us all the dynamics of the arrest.
"What about the other charges?" Namjoon asked.
"The police hoped we gave them a little bit more time but the information we have gathered will make him stay in prison for a very long time."
During Jungkook's recovery, the guys told me what they had been up to these past five years.
"Min Holding wasn't doing as well as we thought. It's not like they incorporated Jeon Corp out of their good nature. They were able to have that kind of capital just because they've been laundering money for years, that's why they offered us the merger back then. The police had been investigating them for a long time but it always ended up on a dead end since they weren't able to gather evidence. Jungkook found out on his own. He has been working on that ever since. We needed to gather enough evidence to put everyone involved in jail, for many years to come." Namjoon explained, making me look at Jungkook who smiled a bit shyly.
"We created some small companies in order to purchase holding shares. We needed to lay low to make sure not to draw attention. Like transferring money from untraceable sources etc. No one had to know it was us buying the shares, not even our most trusted people. Jimin has been handling our offshore accounts since then. He has been crucial on raising money. Only the five of us knew what was going on. And... your father." Jungkook unraveled other details.
"Wait, what?!?!?! No, rewind the tape! That's not possible." I raised my hands.
"We needed an intermediary between us and the anti-fraud police department. It had to be someone above suspicion. Your father had the best alibi. Everyone who knew him, knew that he hated Jungkook for what he did to you. Even if he was being followed, no one would suspect he was working with us." Taehyung tried to answer my question.
"How did you get him to say yes?! I mean, the man is as stubborn as it gets. And, he did hate you." I turned my attention at Jungkook.
"Namjoon can work miracles. And, he accepted on one condition. That neither of us would go looking for you. The moment one of us did, the deal was off the table. He was imperative about that. Now we know why." He nudged at Jung Hee who had fallen asleep in my lap not wanting to get separated from me or his father.
"I told him that when this was over, I would go looking for you and that he had to give us his blessing." Making me widen my eyes. This was the first time he had actually said he would come looking for me and I tried holding back my tears.
"What if you found me and I was with someone else?" Jungkook turned his head slowly, giving me the side eye.
"That would have definitely stopped him." Namjoon remarked snarkily, making everyone laugh.
"At the beginning, we all had to pour in our personal funds in order to gather that kind of money. The more the police kept their leash on them, the more they were obligated to go clean. But, at the same time, less money started to pour in. They had no choice but to sell their shares little by little. So, we became the majority shareholder without them knowing it." Jungkook explained everything step by step.
"So basically, the Min Corp is yours now." I said, pointing at all of them.
"Yup!" Taehyung answered proudly, fist bumping with Jungkook.
Jungkook was released from the hospital earlier than we thought. His fit body had helped to improve his recovery exponentially. Jin organized another get together to celebrate this moment of happiness.
"My dad told me you two met the other day." I wanted to ask Jungkook since my father had been pretty lip tied about the conversation they had.
"Yeah, we did." He didn't add anything else, keeping me on edge purposely. I put on a pout so he could crumble.
"I needed to ask him for his blessing." I was about to ask him the blessing for what but the lights switched off in that exact moment. No one gasped, but me. In a matter of moments, the lights came back on again. They were kinda... different. I looked around amazed by this shower of small lights hanging all around us. When I turned my gaze, first thing I saw was Jungkook on one knee right in front of me. I put my hand over my mouth, totally not expecting it. I looked around and no one seemed shocked. They were all emotional, Namjoon included. I thought he was about to take the ring out of his pocket but instead, he called Jung Hee to go stand near him. Jung Hee took a satin black box out of his small pocket. He was so adorable. I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. Then, he handed his father the box but not before giving him a kiss on his cheek. I was a total mess. I had already started crying. Jungkook took my hand and then placed a deep kiss upon it. I was trying to look at him through my blurry vision.
"Will you make me the honor of being my better half for the rest of my days in this life and in every other life?"

p.s: next chapter is the epilogue
I can't believe I made it this far :')