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The Photoshoot

"Sai is sus cuz what if he wants NJ for himself?1?11??1?"

y'all realize thats not proof, right?

0 evidence to even back that claim, yet 100 accusations even after he risked his life to save Yoongi in Charm, and risked his friendship with Yoongi in order to save Nyumbaby smh yall aint deserve my mans go away yall stinki

another reminder to NOT mention the U word to me no matter how the statement is being phrased. New chapters come when they come and no amount of comments or whining or impatience is going to change that.

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"I'm proud of you, Yoongi." Sai smiled as he stood in the doorway, preparing to leave.

"Because I haven't killed myself?" Yoongi asked wearily.

"Yes. And because you initiated this talk, which was something that needed to be done for the both of you."

Yoongi shrugged, but inside his heart he felt a flutter of warmth. His friend acknowledged Yoongi's pain and struggle and had praised him for the steps he had taken, and it felt nice.

Sai grabbed the back of Yoongi's neck gently, tilting the doms head up slightly so he could press a soft kiss to Yoongi's forehead.

"Call me if you or Joon need anything." He said as he pulled back. "I'll check in with the counsel and see if they've heard about the rumor yet and what their plans are."

Yoongi nodded. "Thanks. Keep me updated."

He watched the dom leave before finally facing his sub.

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Namjoon listened as Yoongi and Sai talked in low voices away from the cage again, trying to make out what they were saying.

He gave up when it became clear he wouldn't be able to understand them from this distance and tried to find a comfortable position in the small cage.

A duo.

Namjoon thought about it, and decided it was possible.

Caine and Varia were the first to come to mind, since they had motive, means and opportunity to start the rumor. They disliked both Namjoon and Yoongi and made it well known they preferred the idea of Yoongi being a sub instead of a dom.

Namjoon kind of hoped it was them, because if it wasn't, they had no leads or suspects.

"I'll talk to you later." Yoongi was saying and Namjoon tuned back in.

The door shut and Namjoon heard Yoongi walk back, sitting on top of the cage again.

It was silent for a few moments. Namjoon didn't know what to say.

"If whoever started the rumor did so to cause you harm," Yoongi started. "Then we will pause the bet to investigate any new clues we get. I'll decide when to start it again, but I promise I will stop it the moment I find out any new information. If they really are after you, you deserve to be able to know about it and be free to fight back."

Namjoon smiled from behind the darkness. He loved and missed this Yoongi.

"If I find out any new leads, I'll let you know immediately too." He told the dom.

Yoongi hummed and they lapsed into silence again.

Namjoon wanted to ask about how Yoongi was feeling, but he knew that would send the dom back into a dark place mentally and he didn't want to remind Yoongi of what had happened to him. He knew Yoongi would be thinking about Charm almost nonstop anyways.