On the House

Chapter Twenty-Four

Taehyung and Jungkook rushed into the bar. Their eyes immediately found Jimin, who was sitting by himself at their previous table.

"Jimin!"

Jimin looked up, looking wary. "Oh," he said flatly. "Hey."

"Where's Yoongs?" Taehyung asked.

Jimin looked over to a dark corner of the bar. Taehyung and Jungkook both followed his gaze. Jungkook's mouth fell open, and Taehyung growled.

Yoongi and Seokjin were sitting at a table by themselves. Yoongi was sat on Seokjin's lap as they practically sucked each other's faces off.

Taehyung began stomping toward them, but Jimin's voice stopped him. "It won't do any good." Taehyung looked back at him.

"What?"

Jimin sighed. "You won't be able to stop him. He's bound and determined to do this. He's so upset about Namjoon, Tae. He's drowning his sorrows in sex."

Taehyung grimaced at Jimin's frank words. "Well, we can at least stop him before it gets that far."

"I don't know," Jimin admitted. "They've already talked about going back to Seokjin's hotel room."

"What?!" Taehyung shrieked incredulously. Jungkook's mouth continued to hang open.

Jimin sighed. "I should've never brought him back here."

"Yeah, about that," Taehyung spat. "What the fuck were you thinking?!"

"I knew he was going to do this whether any of us liked it or not. I figured it would be a good thing for at least one of us to keep an eye on him. He wouldn't have anything to do with either one of you, so I thought if I could get him on my side, I'd be able to stop this."

"Fat lot of good that did," Taehyung said angrily. "You practically facilitated this!"

Jimin hung his head but said nothing further.

Suddenly, the door to the bar flew open. Startled, the three friends looked over and were shocked to see Hoseok and Namjoon entering the bar.

"Hobi!" Taehyung shouted. "Namjoon!"

They looked around at the sound of their names, and found Taehyung quickly. They rushed over.

"Where's Yoo..."

Namjoon's question trailed off before it even finished. He froze. Taehyung furrowed his brow, then followed Namjoon's gaze. Taehyung sighed as he realized Namjoon had spotted Yoongi and Seokjin.

Hoseok looked over as well, and his mouth fell open, leaving him looking just like Jungkook had. He then nervously looked at Namjoon.

"Joon, it's not – "

"He really did it," Namjoon whispered.

Hoseok wasn't sure if Namjoon was referring to Seokjin, Yoongi or both. He placed a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Joon – "

To Hoseok's surprise, tears filled Namjoon's eyes as he forced himself to look away. Hoseok, Taehyung, Jimin and Jungkook watched their friend sympathetically as he dropped into a chair. A tear rolled down his cheek. "I think I'm gonna be sick."

Hoseok wanted to say something - anything - to comfort his best friend, but he honestly wasn't sure what to say. He simply stood there, at a loss.

"You know what? No," Taehyung suddenly said. He began stomping over to the couple, fury in his eyes. Neither Seokjin or Yoongi noticed as he approached them until Taehyung grabbed Yoongi's arm and pulled on it.