Taken | myg + pjm

06

"Hey," Namjoon calls with a smile as he closes the basement door, finding Seokjin in the living room. "You're home early."

Seokjin shrugs, tossing his keys onto the kitchen counter before making his way to the cabinets for a glass. "Well, my parents had plans for tonight and that kind of inspired me to take you out and Namjoon are you hiding something?" His words flowed together so smoothly that Namjoon has to take a second to process it.

"Huh?" He asks dumbly.
"I said, 'Are you hiding something?'." Seokjin seems calm, busying himself with getting a glass of water before turning to lean against the counter and look at his barely functioning boyfriend.

"No." It comes off too terse, too clipped, and now Namjoon is aware of himself, too aware of his shoulders and his face and his breathing. How does he look?

Seokjin nods, placing the glass down after a long sip and makes his way over to the window in the living room, looking out and scanning at nothing.

Except there's a white van and a drabby old Toyota right behind it.

Seokjin sighs, shaking his head before walking back over to a very tense Namjoon.

"Do you know how bad you are at lying?" He asks sweetly.

Namjoon moves his head. "No."

Another lie.

In the quiet of the room, Seokjin quickly pieces everything together, and sighs, staring almost disappointedly at his loving boyfriend.

"Did you kidnap someone again?"

Namjoon scoffs, but looking at the tired expression on his boyfriend's face, he decides to stay silent.

"Y'know, one day you're gonna get yourself arrested."

Namjoon follows as Seokjin goes to the basement door.

"And you'll get me out because you love me."

Seokjin mumbles, "The fuck I will," though he can't deny Namjoon is right.

Seokjin is met with five pairs of eyes, all wide and shocked as if they've been caught doing something against his wishes.

Then there's Yoongi, whom Seokjin has met on one or two occurrences, with his wallet in his hand. Him.

"How much do you owe him?"

Yoongi's bottom lip begins to poke out, thinking it over.

"And don't count that interest rate bullshit he likes to add on. How much money did he give you?"

"F-fifty dollars," Yoongi mutters, somehow feeling small in front of a man 110% done with this situation.

"And do you have that?" When Yoongi nods, Seokjin hold out his hand, snatching the fifty dollar bill with a kind smile before slamming it to Namjoon's chest. "Here. Now, tell your idiots to untie this poor boy."

That causes a reaction from the two "idiots", both arguing futilely that "I'm not an idiot." But they soon quiet later, doing as they're told before mumbling apologies at Jimin.

When Jimin makes his way over to Yoongi, Seokjin stops him. "On behalf of Namjoon, I'm sorry you had to deal with this shit. And for fifty dollars-"

"It was seventy," Namjoon tries to say.

"-but don't be too upset with Yoongi. No one ever really knows what kind of hell they're getting themselves into when they meet Namjoon and your boyfriend was just another one of them."

Jimin blanches, mouth wide and cheeks going rosey as he glances back to see Yoongi is in the same state.

"Uh, Yoongi isn't my boyfriend. W-we're not...together." Underneath the embarrassment there is a pain that hits at how true those words are, and much Jimin wishes they weren't.

Seokjin only shrugs, lowering his voice so that only Jimin can hear. "Well, Namjoon chose you for a reason. You must be pretty special to Yoongi."

Special , Jimin thinks, trying to combat the deeper flush spreading up his neck.

"Right. Um...thank you."

Standing before Jimin, Yoongi doesn't know what to say. Hoseok, fortunately, is to the rescue, placing hands on both of their shoulders to shove them towards the stairs. "Let's go."

"So," Yoongi clears his throat when they sit in the car, Hoseok in the back seat. "Do you seriously want to go home?"

Jimin's voice is small as he answers, staring at his hands in his lap.

"Yes, please."

Yoongi drops Hoseok back at their apartment first before he starts heading towards Jimin's building not too far away.

The air is thick with too many different thoughts, emotions. But Yoongi chooses to speak.

"I'm.. really sorry you had to go through something like that. You have every right to be mad, yell at me, ignore me, do whatever you want. I understand."

Jimin nods. "Whatever I want?"

Yoongi glances over to Jimin before nodding in response. Neither say anything after that until Yoongi parks in front of Jimin's building. Yoongi expects it to be left at that, watching from his peripheral as Jimin takes off his seat belt. But when Jimin leans toward him instead of the door to get out, he stills, holding his breath until he feels the soft flesh of Jimin's lips on his cheek.

It feels too good for so little, a sensation trailing down the side of his neck and through his chest until he finally exhales. He chances to look at Jimin when he sits back in the seat.

"Do you wanna come in and watch a movie? I'm just a little anxious to be alone right now."

Yoongi doesn't hesitate. "Yes...yeah. Yeah, sure. I can...yeah, okay. I can do that. Yes."

As he locks the car and walks with Jimin, he seriously hopes this is not a dream. How could a kidnapping possibly help him end up with the guy he likes?

namjoon[09:59pm]: hey so i'm sorry about what happened today. I may have gotten a little carried away.

namjoon[09:59pm]: it's namjoon btw

You[10:00pm]: yes, who else could have made my day shittier than you

You[10:00pm]: but don't worry so much. Jimin forgives you kinda

namjoon[10:00pm]: oh thats good

namjoon[10:01]: is he not mad at you?

You[10:04pm]: on the contrary, we're together rn

You[10:04pm]: you kinda...helped us or some shit

namjoon[10:06pm]: holy shit i need to tell jin. maybe then he'll let me sleep in my own bed

namjoon[10:06pm]: maybe we can all hang out sometime

namjoon[10:06pm]: i saw tae eyeing your friend pretty hard

You[10:10pm]: tell tae good luck cause as far as i know hoseok is straight af

You[10:10pm]: he's tooken that kinsey scale test

namjoon[10:10pm]: it's taken

You[10:11pm]: have fun sleeping on the couch idiot

namjoon[10:11pm]: have fun sleeping with the guy you like

namjoon[10:11pm]: you're welcome btw

namjoon[10:14pm]: hello?
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THE END

i know the song has nothing to do with this story BUT I CANT BELIEVE JIMIN FINALLY DID A COVER WITH JK I AM SMILING LIKE AN IDIOT RIGHT NOW.

on that note, my first book on wattpad is now completed and so is school so i'm pretty happy right now. y'all should comment because i'm lonely af...

thanks for reading though. i love you guys!