When Truth Hurts

Chapter -3

It had been two days since Jungkook's punishment, and everything had returned to normal.

Now, at 2 AM, Taehyung and Jimin were watching a movie in Taehyung 's room.

“Hey, if Namjoon hyung gets to know we’re using his laptop, he’ll kill us!” Jimin whispered nervously.“Don’t worry, Jimina. He wouldn’t know,” Taehyung replied, grinning mischievously.

Jimin bit his lip,  “I hope so. If he knows, we’re doomed! We’re not allowed any electronics before exams. That’s why we don’t have anything right now.” He said." But here we are, using Namjoon hyung’s laptop without permission in the middle of the night."

Taehyung looked at Jimin and said, "Chill, Jimin. Don’t overthink. Nobody’s going to tell them. Just pretend we didn’t do this."

As the movie ended, Taehyung yawned. 'That was really good,' He said, closing the laptop. Jimin nodded 'We should return this before Namjoon hyung finds out,' he urged."

“Relax, Jimin. I’ll return it now,” Taehyung said grabbing the laptop and quietly slipped out of the room. Jimin followed him.

They tiptoed down the hallway, and Taehyung carefully opened Namjoon’s door. He placed the laptop on the desk and whispered, “See? All good.” Jimin let out a relieved breath. “Let’s get back to your room before someone sees us,” He replied.

The next morning, everything felt normal again. Taehyung and Jimin looked at each other, silently agreeing that their late-night adventure hadn’t caused any problems.

But how wrong they were about it; they would soon realize this when their hyung called them for a " Talk" after they returned from college.

“‘Sit down, you two. We need to talk,’ Jin said seriously.

Jimin felt a knot in his stomach as he and Taehyung sat down.

‘What’s this about?’ Taehyung asked.

Namjoon placed his laptop in front of them and asked, "Who was using my laptop?"

Jungkook quickly replied,"No, I didn’t! Why would I use it for if I have my own laptop?" Namjoon then turned to the twins. 'We… we didn’t, hyung,' Taehyung stuttered.

Namjoon raised an eyebrow, unimpressed. “Then how do you explain the fact that the laptop was logged into your account Taehyung ? I checked the browser history. There are timestamps from last night, long after you were supposed to be in bed.”

Jimin looked at Taehyung, his eyes silently asking, You didn't  delete the search history? Taehyung responded with his eyes, I did.

“Why are you guys looking at each other? Jimin, were you with him?' Yoongi asked.

“Um, well… I was just hanging out with Taehyung. And...I...I.." He was trying hard to keep his voice steady.

Yoongi crossed his arms,“At 2 AM? And using Namjoon’s laptop ?"

They didn't say anything just looked down.

“You both broke the rules. We agreed no electronics before exams, and yet here we are. " Namjoon’s eyes darkened as he took a deep breath, clearly trying to control his frustration. "And not only did you break the rules, use my laptop without permission, and stay up past your bedtime—" He paused, narrowing his gaze at his two brothers, "You deleted an important file. Do you have any idea how important that file was for my work?"

Jimin's eyes widened in panic, and Taehyung's heart sank. "W-What?" He asked in shocked.

"You guys deleted hyungs file?!" Jungkook gasped, turning towards Taehyung and Jimin in disbelief.