Fall (Bangtan Sonyeondan BTS Alternate Universe)

33. Disclosure

As soon as we got into the building, there was the deep rumbling sound of someone running, their feet pounding onto the floorboards.

Before I could even walk through the door, there was the sight of Star running around the corner. She was moving so fast that she slid and slammed into the wall instead of turning, before running at us.

I tensed up as she ran into me, bracing my legs as her body collided with mine, sending us sliding backwards. I managed to keep us upright, and then she was smirking at us both, her mouth open, preparing for a scream.

"YOU GUYS HAD FUN HUH?" Her eyes caught sight of my scarf, and the way her eyes lit up made me wonder about her investment in Namjoon and I's relationship.

"YOONGI GET YOUR CANDY ASS IN HERE, I TOLD YOU SO." At Star's yelling, the building began to stir as people woke up, pooling into the room to join Star's rampage.

Suga came in, leaning on an annoyed Jimin, his eyes half open. Jimin quickly shoved Suga towards Star, who easily caught him despite her small frame. I'll never understand how she does that.

J-Hope quickly replaced Suga on Jimin's arm, and I noticed they both had smirks as they looked at Namjoon and I. They shared a look, wide grins and low eyes, and I noticed the dark buise-like marks peeking out of J-Hope's shirt.

Confused, I focused my eyes on Jimin and noticed similar marks coating Jimin's chest where his shirt had come down. Jimin's eyes met mine, and he quickly tugged his shirt up, his face returning to its usual adorable charm, save for a desperate look.

It was my turn to smirk now, and Jimin quickly looked away from me, his cheeks tinting pink. J-Hope hadn't noticed anything, but Jimin quickly pulled J-Hope's shirt up for him. I noticed J-Hope's hand lingered on Jimin's longer than needed when he moved his hand to cover Jimin's in oblivious surprise.

I stared a while longer, wondering if there was more between them than I had initially thought. It would make sense, they hardly ever slept, and they did prefer going on jobs together rather than with anyone else. How else would they have the time for that. The fact that they had matching marks implicated the both of them, so it was logical to assume that they got them together.

I tried not to think about it too much, just smiling and turning away.

V was in the corner of the room with Jungkook, having a very animated discussion as Angel listened in silence.

With everyone crowding me, I felt the full effect of the hot atmosphere in here. No air conditioning really did kill you on days like this.

Seeing as everyone who cared already knew what had happened, I didn't see any harm in taking the scarf off, so I pulled it off and carefully folded it before walking to Namjoon's room, hanging it on the door.

Namjoon had followed me, and he gave me a quick back hug, kissing my neck. "Get some rest, I have some work to do."

I nodded in a haze, barely feeling him let go of me as I walked to the bed and curled up, sighing deeply.

Man, that trip had take more energy than I realized, but now that I was laying down alone, I realized just how exhausted I felt.

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When I opened my eyes and sat up, I was in the dark room.

Jin was standing in front of me, his arms crossed over his chest, his lips pulled together in a condescending way.

"Oh god, what is it?" He looked kind of intimidating when he was giving me this look of disapproval.

"Really? You have a night to discover new things about Namjoon and instead you spend it mindlessly screwing?"

I sat back at his words, confused. "How did you know?" He gave me a look that reflected how he thought that the question was too stupid to answer.

I licked my lips, laughing a little. "And I definitely discovered lots of things about Namjoon, thank you very much."

He huffed at me, sitting down next to me. The flower crown on his head was shriveling, the pale pink rosebuds turning the slightest bit brown and dull, and for a moment I was worried that he was dying, but I realized that he must already be, and that this wasn't real, so I had no reason to worry-right? I didn't have time for this, it was all too much.

"I know it's easy to get pulled up into Namjoon's charm, but you have to take a step back and remember why you're here."

He had an almost regretful look on his face, and I looked deeper in his eyes, curious. He was reliving something.

"Wait a second," realization dawned on me. It all made sense now. Not all of it, but what it was between Jin, why Namjoon was so much more affected than the others. "You guys were involved, weren't you."

Jin winced, but nodded.

"You- you loved him didn't you?"

Jin gave me a stern look, his usual cool demeanor returning. "Not in the same way you do. I just got wrapped up with my obsession to fix him. I thought I could save him. I lost myself trying to understand him."

My eyebrows knit together as I tried to figure out what I had learned. This was new, actually finding a breakthrough that I fully believed. I knew it was true.

Jin and Namjoon had been involved.

Then what was I? A replacement? I tried to push past my selfish feelings and see the big picture. Namjoon lost more than a simple friend when Jin left, though I still don't know in what form he left. Death? Or did he leave of his own free will, still breathing?

My head hurt with these new developments.

"Don't be cheap. You don't know how much time you have left, you have to learn all you can. Find out what happened to me. Find out about everyone, everything."

"Why can't you just tell me?!" I reached out to him, clutching the pink sweater, wincing as I felt my fingers brush against his freezing neck.

He simply shook his head, pulling away from me and disappearing into the darkness.

I stared at the place he had just been before getting sucked up in the black myself.

Jin, you always leave me with more questions than before.