Fake, My Soul

Chapter 33: The Devil in the Details

Jin drove for what felt like a long time. His heart thumping hard in his chest as he drove to the location Namjoon had ordered him to go to.

'Why am I doing this? I could turn around, go to Jungkook and explain,' Jin thought to himself.

But something stopped him, something in what Namjoon said.

So he drove to an abandoned run-down area that was scheduled for redevelopment.

"Joon?" he started.

Namjoon was busy typing on his phone as he said, "Hey, I want to stop at a small restaurant, I didn't eat a lot at the reunion, the guy we're meeting will be a little late,"

"Joon,"

"Jin-Hyung, not right now, my brain hurts and I need a break,"

Jin just nodded his head as he parked the car at a small quiet restaurant.

The two sat down and Namjoon took his time to order the food he wanted and then started eating.

Namjoon offered some of his food to his older brother, but Jin declined, he wasn't hungry.

Namjoon checked his phone every-so-often and Jin found himself doing so, too.

No messages from Jungkook, no missed calls.

Jin felt his heart tear. He missed Jungkook. And it wasn't from the clichéd idea of soul mates being apart from each other, it was due to the fact that he had to face his soul mate hating him and shutting him out.

After about two hours of waiting for the food, eating, and just digesting, Namjoon's phone pinged again, making him pick it up rapidly.

"OK, good, the guy is on his way to the location, let's pay up and go," Namjoon said as he stacked his plates nicely and slowly headed to the car after paying the bill.

The two drove in continued silence until they reached a nice waterfront area that had close to nobody around.

Namjoon got out of the car and waited for Jin to join him as he slowly headed off to one of the many abandoned buildings on the waterfront.

"This is going to be a huge project," Namjoon said off-handedly, "Oh, looks like he's here,"

Jin followed Namjoon into a run down building and saw that someone was waiting for them there.

"Hello," Namjoon said as he walked into the structure, Jin noticed that the other person had a hoody on.

"Just you here, yes?" a familiar voice said.

"Yes, well, me and Jin, how about you?"

"Just me, I was going to bring two others but it's been an emotional day,"

"I can imagine,"

"Joon, who is this?" Jin asked as the hooded man took his hood off, "YOONGI!?"

"SShh, yes, me," Yoongi said, "So, plan went well?"

"Yes, it did," Namjoon said, "From a scale of 1 to 10, how much do they hate us?"

"1000,"

"Thought so, take Jin with you, OK, as you head back, I'll make up some bullshit about him needing air or whatever, clear things for him between everyone,"

"What about you?"

"Say nothing,"

"Joon?"

"In good time, if I have to endure isolation and have them hate for the next two years or so, then it is a small price to pay,"

"Hoseok has already started working it out, you know,"

"I have no doubt that he'll figure it out, but he also knows that everything I do and have done will be for a reason, so he will keep silent,"

"Why did you change the plan to your own?"

"Tae is smart, like, insanely smart, but he is still inexperienced in the world of business, he had a good contingency plan, but the problem is is that he has either a little too much faith in people or he has insane distrust, there is no flexibility in his plans, mine has at least three options that can play out per circumstance,"

"You sure that the three will head off to the military,"

"Tae was already planning on going, and he's submitted the paperwork, as for Jungkook and Jimin, I have a fairly good gut feeling that that's what they'll do, Jimin will want to be done faster so that he can see Tae again, and Jungkook will want to run because it's getting too much,"

"You didn't even tell Jin, why tell me?"

"Tell me what?" Jin asked.

"Jin can't act, at least, not in this lifetime," Namjoon said, "To be convincing, he has to know close to nothing,"

"Know close to nothing about what? Tell me and stop talking as if I'm not here," Jin said angrily.

"Fine, but you do NOT breathe one word of this to anyone, not until Taehyung is back from the military and fully adjusted to life after the military, understood?"

"Sure,"

"No, this is not a joke, I need you be sure and agree with me properly, because if it gets out that this is what it is, then you can really kiss Jungkook goodbye, and I won't be there to help you,"

"What?"

"So, Understood!?"

"Yes, understood,"

"Taehyung's plan was really good, but his had a few holes that left more up to chance than proper deducted reason, so I devised my own plan to make sure I can get all power and pressure drawn away from him which would make father's target on his back a lot smaller, Taehyung was getting overwhelmed and I could see it, his plan was good, his idea to head off to the military and signing rights over to someone trusted is good while having grandpa masquerade as Chairman when he is the owner, but we needed it fool-proof, and I found a way to do that that would mean that if ever taken to court, he wouldn't be lying if questioned,"

"So, what is your plan then?"

"The less you know, the better, for now, just pretend that you won't see Jungkook again, keep your meeting up with him discrete and quiet, and for the love of all that is holy, Do Not Visit him at the training center, understood?"

"Joon, I have to go see him,"

"Yoongi-Hyung will take you to him now, I will drive home,"

"You? Drive?"

"I got my license, thank you very much, you just didn't know it,"

"A-ha,"

"Go see your soul mate, I have business matters to attend to, and remember, do not tell anyone that I have something up my sleeve, let them hate me, I can take it,"

"Joon..."

"We should go, have a nice evening, you two,"