MERCENARY 3: Descent into Madness |BTS JIMIN FF|

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'Well, well, well. You made it out alive from that room.' Jungkook's snickering was followed by Taeyhung's teasing comment that turned them all into a hysterical mess

'She couldn't even run from him with that ankle. Poor Rain.'

I couldn't see them as I was wrapped around Jimin's chest. He carried me out of the room, holding me up like a little frontpack. Best way, if I'm honest. I can sleep like this. In his arms, taking in his scent, feeling his heart beating in his chest. And his body shaking with laughter.

'I should have thought of it earlier. Break her leg every few months so she can't run.' Jimin went along with it for a change, and they were way past done, howling with laughter

He set me down, helping me get in the chair, then slipped into one next to me. Seems everyone was a mess. Everyone had bedhair, most of them still half-asleep. I was pretty sure Jin was still asleep as he had a lazy smile on his face and was leaning on his hand to stay upright. 

'Everyone got their beauty rest?' I tease them

'I woke up so disoriented. I had no idea if I was alive or dead.' Hoseok chuckled at himself, then turned to Jimin. 'I don't know how you stay awake for days on end.'

'I trained.' Jimin mutters back with his cheeks filled up. 'Where is the kid? It's way too quiet.'

'The kid was first one up. The idiot woke up at 8 this morning because there was some gaming tournament he wanted to watch.' Namjoon sighed like a disappointed parent

'He is currently mentally torturing Shadow.' Jin chuckled. 'He went in there with a massive grin and a laptop, telling me he's going to give Shadow hacking lessons.'

Shadow. I honestly forgot all about him for a minute. All that's currently going through my mind is Jimin. His lips, his naked body, the way he touches me... Okay, Rain. Keep it in your pants. The ones you just put on.

'He's-I can't even with that kid. He has so many loose screws.' Jimin sighed, not in the slightest bothered by the fact that he's gone in there before him

'What do you plan on doing with the guy? I figured you'd pull a Ren 2.0 or something.' Hoseok asks Jimin

'I... don't know.' He sighed deeply. 'I was chasing the fucker for so long. I took everything he built down, and now it feels almost anticlimactic. I had so many twisted ideas in my mind for the guy, and now I honestly just want to walk in there and shoot him straight in the head and be done with it. I can't stomach the sight of him, and the longer I keep him, the longer everything will haunt me. And it haunted me long enough. I need to leave it behind.'

'Damn.' Taheyung murmured, smiling a little

'Dont' get me wrong. I still want the guy to suffer like no one ever had, and I'll definitely find a way. He won't go out that fast. But I don't think I'll keep him for weeks like I did with Ren. I won't be able to rest until he's gone. And honestly, I'm fucking exhausted. I'm just drained.'

I saw what he did to Ren. I heard the chaos he rained down upon everyone in my name. I know what he is capable of maybe even better than himself, and I know how much he want Shadow to feel every speck of pain that we felt. But I also know that he truly is drained. Physically, he's the strongest I've ever seen him, but mentally and emotionally, he's been destroyed. And I'm afraid that the longer he keeps Shadow around, the longer he's going to have a reminder of all that agony he went through, and he doesn't need it. I don't need it. I'm just as tired, and I just want to put it all behind us so we can keep living. 

'If only you knew someone who knew a great deal about excrutiating, relatively fast death.' I sipped on my juice, peering at him over the edge of my glass