Marked (BTS Taehyung)

Chapter Fifteen: I Am the Alpha

Namjoon's phone rang, breaking the extreme concentration of Jade, who was carefully finishing building the crib in Dinah's room. Almost immediately after he picked up, Jade's phone rang, and she threw the screwdriver in her hand down in frustration.

"Hello?" she said, irritated, "This better be important."

"Jade, there are people in front your apartment building," (y/n) replied timidly, and Jade could hear her pull aside the curtain.

"Okay?"

"They're calling up at the window for you and Namjoon. What should we do?"

Jade sighed, rubbing her hand across her face and trying to hide her anxiousness from (y/n).

"Just, hold down the fort until we can get there. We're on our way." She hung up the phone and slowly stood up from the ground, stretching her arms as she went.

Namjoon was waiting in the front hallway, and she saw from the look on his face that he had gotten the same news she had.

"What do you think it'll be? Fans?"

"For some reason, I highly doubt it. Jade," he said, breathing deeply, "I want you to be careful. These people might be dangerous."

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You were worriedly glancing through the window at the small group of people that had gathered in front of Jade's building. Despite Jade's assurances that she and Namjoon were on their way, you were still a bit anxious as you looked out.

Taehyung was at your side, looking through the curtains with you, reporting to Yoongi every few minutes. His arm was around your waist, a new development that you didn't necessarily dislike, as any and all skinship was welcome in your relationship, but at the moment it was ultimately distracting you from watching the group.

"Just breathe," Taehyung murmured to you, tightening the arm around your waist, "Jade and Namjoon will handle it."

"I know they will. I just, I have a bad feeling about this."

"I'm sure that it's nothing they can't fix."

Instead of responding, you looked out the window again, watching the group of people intensely.

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Jade and Namjoon pulled into the back lot behind the apartment complex, exiting the car and jogging lightly to the back entrance of the building.

"Don't stress yourself!" Namjoon called to her, as she was lagging behind a bit.

"You just have longer legs than me!" she called back, muttering to herself, "I'm not even two months pregnant and he's already smothering me."

She and Namjoon entered the building and climbed the stairs to ascend to Jade's apartment. He took the stairs two at a time, Jade practically sprinting up the stairs in order to keep up.

He waited for her at the door, head resting against the wall above her room number, and she joined him, panting from the exertion of energy.

"You could have knocked," Jade muttered, pulling out her key with fumbling fingers.

"And you could have fallen," he accused.

"Namjoon, I am perfectly capable of running up the stairs. I'm only nineteen, for god's sake."