Chapter 20: Prying Eyes

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When Taehyung wakes up, he looks around his unknown surroundings and then smiles when he remembers the night before. "Jungkookie, we are most definitely late," Taehyung whispers as he kisses Jungkook's cheek.

"Hm?" Jungkook murmurs sleepily as he frowns.

"It's okay. I'll call in sick." Taehyung smiles and snuggles in Jungkook's tight embrace.

As Taehyung and Jungkook cuddle, they are oblivious to the chaos ensuing in the outside world.

"Fuck. Have you been able to buy the picture?" Namjoon asks Hoseok as he paces around his office while on the phone with his attorney.

"I have, but I have no idea how many people saw the article before we had it pulled down." Hoseok groans with frustration and exhaustion.

"I know that Tae needs to know about what happened, but I don't want him to see what happened. Jimin told me that Tae and Jungkook are on their first date right now." Namjoon mutters and stops pacing as he stares out of the window. "He is finally happy. I won't allow anyone to take his happiness away."

"I will keep my eye on the news to make sure that nothing else pops up. Thankfully, the article was posted by a small, unknown gossip blog." Hoseok sighs and stares at the picture of Jungkook and Taehyung on his laptop. "They look cute together."

"They do." Namjoon hums and glances at his computer. "Were you able to find out if the ex-wife hired the pap?"

"Yeah. She did." Hoseok grumbles and deletes the picture. "What the fuck is this?" Hoseok gasps in horror when he sees a live video of someone waiting for Taehyung and Jungkook to leave the small building together. "Oh, for fuck's sake!" Hoseok wails as he grabs his suit jacket and bolts out of his office. "There is a pap outside of the building that Tae and Jungkook were seen entering!"

"Jesus fucking Christ." Namjoon hisses and marches out of his office.

"What is wrong?" Seokjin quickly stands up from his desk when his boyfriend/boss storms out of his office.

"There is a pap camped outside of the building Tae and Jungkook are in," Namjoon explains as he stops to peck Seokjin's lips. "Will you hold down the company while I'm gone?"

"Of course. Take care of Tae." Seokjin nods and fixes Namjoon's tie.

"I love you." Namjoon smiles and then leaves.

During the drive to the building, Namjoon calls Jimin and tells him what is going on, so Jimin quickly heads to the building. Knowing about the back entrance to the building, he rushes into the building from the back and finds Taehyung and Jungkook tangled together on the floor of the dance studio.

"I don't know whether I should coo or gag," Jimin grumbles and averts his eyes before poking Taehyung with his foot to wake him up.

Taehyung suddenly bolts awake when he feels someone poking him. When he sees Jimin, he instantly blushes in horror.

"Trust me. I am not here to embarrass you or anything. Namjoon hyung called me to get you out of here. There is a pap outside waiting to film you two leaving together." Jimin explains as he takes his suit jacket off and drapes it over his friend to cover him up. "Yoongi hyung is coming with clothes."

"Thank you," Taehyung whispers with embarrassment, a tinge of shame, and gratitude.

"Tae, you didn't do anything wrong." Jimin quickly kneels next to Taehyung and cups his face when he sees the shame in his friend's eyes. 

"How is he still asleep." Taehyung grumbles and glares at Jungkook.

"He's been going crazy with worry about your date." Jimin chuckles and looks toward the door when Yoongi enters.

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