Episode 43: "The Leak"

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Episode 43: “The Leak”

It was past midnight when Yoongi’s phone rang, piercing the silence of the bedroom. Jimin stirred beside him but didn’t wake up completely. Yoongi glanced at the screen — it was the agency.

His brows furrowed. A call at this hour could only mean one thing: an emergency.

He stepped out of the room quietly, wrapping a hoodie around himself.

“Hello?” he answered in a hushed tone, voice still heavy with sleep.

“Yoongi-ssi, it’s urgent. Someone’s hacked the server. One of your unreleased demo tracks has been leaked. It’s already going viral.”

Yoongi’s heart dropped. What?

That track — the one he’d been pouring his soul into for weeks. It wasn’t even finished.

“I’m coming,” he said immediately and ended the call. He looked toward the bedroom, at Jimin, peacefully asleep. Yoongi clenched his jaw and quietly left the apartment without saying a word.

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The conference room lights were painfully bright as Yoongi entered, pulling his hoodie low over his face. His manager, two IT team members, and a junior legal officer were already gathered around a large screen displaying the leaked waveform on Twitter.

“It was uploaded anonymously on a burner account. We’re trying to track the IP now,” one of the IT staff explained.

Yoongi sank into a chair. That track… wasn’t just a demo. It was a raw, emotional piece about his childhood, about pain he hadn’t dared put in words before. And now it was being picked apart online like clickbait.

“I don’t care about lawsuits right now. Just shut it down. Every trace. Use takedowns, scrub the hashtags—whatever it takes,” he said through clenched teeth.

His manager nodded, but then added, “What about Jimin? Should we inform him?”

Yoongi hesitated. His hand hovered over his phone for a long second… before he put it down.

“No. Not yet.”

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Scene: Morning — Jimin’s Apartment

The sun spilled in through the curtains as Jimin stirred awake, his arms reaching out… to nothing.

Yoongi’s side of the couch-bed was empty.

He sat up slowly, blinking, confused. “Yoongi…?”

The room was quiet.

He reached for his phone—and froze.

#YoongiLeak

#UnreleasedTrackExposed

#MinYoongiHack

The notifications were endless. He clicked one.

A shaky screen-recording of a demo track.

Yoongi’s voice, raw and trembling, singing a verse Jimin had never heard before.

His heart sank.

He was out the door ten minutes later, hoodie over his messy hair, slipping into the driver’s seat without even brushing his teeth.

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Scene: BigHit Lobby — 8:06 a.m.

Security tried to stop him, but Jimin didn’t listen.

He pushed past the front desk, stormed through the hallways he had once only visited as a fan, and slammed open the conference room door.

Yoongi looked up from a monitor, startled.

“Jimin—”

“You weren’t going to tell me?!” Jimin's voice broke as he entered the room, eyes wide, chest heaving. “I had to find out from the internet?!”

Yoongi stood slowly. “I didn’t want to stress you—”

“You ARE my stress, Min Yoongi!” Jimin interrupted, tears threatening to fall. “We just promised to stop hiding things. And the first thing you do is leave me behind?”

Yoongi sighed, pushing a hand through his messy hair. “I wasn’t trying to shut you out, I swear. I just… I thought I could handle it myself.”

“Well, you’re not alone anymore,” Jimin whispered. “Stop acting like you are.”

The room was quiet. The IT team awkwardly stepped out, giving them space.

Yoongi walked up slowly, placing his hands gently on Jimin’s shoulders. “You’re right. I’m sorry.”

Jimin exhaled shakily, leaning his forehead against Yoongi’s chest. “Next time, I want to stand beside you. Not wait behind.”

Yoongi nodded. “Then we’ll face this together.”

Yoongi gently touched Jimin’s hand. “I’ll fix this. I promise.”

“I’ll help,” Jimin said softly. “We’ll fix it together.”

Just as the two sat down to start reviewing the leaked file’s metadata, Yoongi’s phone rang again.

It was Hoseok.

He hesitated to answered the call.

He just silent his phone and start searching something on his computer ..

To be continued

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