Web Of Lies

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Jimin's pov

The house has been gloomy after the meeting with Pd-nim, hyung refuses to leave me alone afraid that 'Namjoon might do something funny' as he says it, I doubt anything can happen but it's better safe than sorry.

Everyone was just there. Nobody had the motivation to talk or do anything productive. We all just usually stay in our rooms and do nothing, we try staying in the living room the other day and having a conversation like we normally did, but the atmosphere was hella awkward.

We do talk with Kook, Hobi, and Jin hyung normally, but not all the time. Jin hyung is always with hyung doing one thing or the other when he's not in his room or cooking.

Hobi and Kook prefer to stay in their rooms all day, so they don't bump into 'him', it was of no use, though, as Namjoon and Tae hardly left their room at all. They don't eat with us. The only way we know that they eat is that their own portion of food is always missing.

I think they come and take it after we all retire back to our rooms or something, none of us has seen them since we left the company the other day, but we know they are home cause you can hear movements coming from their room upstairs.

They both stay in Taes room upstairs rather than Namjoon's room down the stairs, because all of us are down, I stay with hyung in his room, Kook stays with Hobi in his room, and Jin hyung is in his own room.

Today is the third day after the meeting, and we are to back again. They've settled everything with the court, and the dates have been set. I don't know why he refuses to tell us the date directly but insists on seeing us.

We were in the car arranged by the company, I had never been in such a situation like this before, the room is thick with tension

We arrived at the company and headed straight to Pd-nim's office, we have our own elevator in one entrance at the parking lot, no one but us know about, it was specially designed for the idols, not everyone in the company knows of it, only the Idols and their managers.

It was for security reasons. If not, the paparazzi that has been camping outside the company hungry for news would have gotten a shot of us the day we came here for the first meeting.

Kook knocked on the door three times before we heard a small come in from Pd-nim. The door was opened, and we headed inside.

We all greeted him and the manager that sat facing his desk before we all found a place to settle ourselves, and as usual, I was glued to hyung the entire time.

"This is the court files..." he said, sliding the file in front of me, "...it has been prepared, the trial is going to take place in five days' time, on Tuesday." He explained.

"Namjoon has been charged with abuse and rape. We have already prepared a lawyer for you and discussed the matter with him. If he needs any further information, I'll have him get in contact with you. According to Namjoon, he has his lawyer prepared, so we have no other issue now. We just have to wait for the day to come." He says.

"What about the army, we kept them in the dark for so long. We can't keep on stalling it for long. We have to address the masses." Jin hyung says.

"That's exactly why you're here, I've arranged a press conference and you are all going to be present, though I'll be the one doing the talking, you also have to stay there. If there is any question being asked, you answer them, am I clear." He says, looking at us.

Nobody answered, we were not prepared for this. No matter what happened between us, we all had one thing in common. How will the armies  react? Will they leave us behind after all this, or will they stay with us. Everything just felt rushed.

"I don't care what you guys say. It starts in 16 minutes, and we are all going to be there. If you're worried about what your fans will think, then you should have stopped before things got worse. I don't think you know the gravity of your actions, if Namjoon is found guilty he's going to jail, and I don't think there is a BTS without one of you, talk less of its leader." he says.

"The most we could do for the rest of you is to start a solo carrier for each one of you. You thought so little of your actions without weighing the consequences, and this is the result of it." There manager says.

We all marched to the room where the press conference was taking place without a word, but shame. Just seeing the disappointment on the face of the army makes me feel so guilty, and I bet it's the same with everyone else.

The repoter were all calm, knowing they could finally get what they wanted.
One reporter stood up and asked immediately we sat sown. "Mr. Bang, what do you have to say about the  incident that has happened between the idols from your company."

"It came to our notice that two of the idols in our company had an issue two years ago, which resulted in one of them, Park Jimin, to suffer physical and mental abuse by his fellow member Kim  Namjoon which later resulted in the former being raped by the later..." Pd-nim spoke

"The accused Kim Namjoon confessed to the fact that he did indeed force the younger one into such an act without his consent. Their matter has been taken to the court where legal actions will be taken against it."

"Is this the first time you are hearing of this issue." Another reporter asks. "No, this happened as a result of what we thought was a minor issue, which had been resolved by the company. The members had a serious fight two years ago, which was resolved within ourselves, but it seems like there was still a grudge they didn't share with us, which is still unknown to the company..." it was our manager that has spoken this time around.

"We have managed to solve the previous issue now, but they are still somethings which they refuse to share with the company, which is still unknown to us."

"Does the other members know about this," another reporter asked. My heart beat accelerated at that question, there us no way we can answer that question. We live in the same dorm, so they had to see the slightest clue, and they way Jin hyung reacted gave something away.

"As I said earlier, they are still things which are yet to be uncovered. You'll get all the answers after the hearing. Thank you for your time. If you'd excuse us." Our manager said, guiding us outside.

I was glad and relieved at his answer cause I don't think any of us knew what to say. It seemed like our brains were retarded for the time being. We were sent back to the dorm immediately after the conference, and we all headed to bed. I was still 6 in the evening, but no one wanted to see the reactions to the press conference.

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