A Flower of...Love

14- Close Call

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Jimin's POV

"Hyung, you have to calm down. Let's sit down and discuss this calmly."

I can feel my voice slightly shaking; I'm so lucky that I didn't stutter. I have never seen Namjoon this angry before. I hope that Namjoon can actually calm down and sit down, I just don't want him running around in my house looking for clues.

Because there is one. Right in my bedroom. I mentally cursed myself for not throwing away Jin's note.

"No Jimin. How can you expect me to calm down?! Well you know where your boyfriend is right? You wouldn't know how I feel. You wouldn't know how it feels for your boyfriend to go missing for more than 2 days! You better stop lying and tell me where Jin is."

I jumped a bit when Namjoon slammed his fist onto a wall nearby.

I can't look scared, or else I would look like I'm guilty. I have to plan this properly and sound confident. So seeing how Namjoon is acting, he wouldn't take no for an answer. There's only one thing to do. You can do this, Jimin.

I took a deep breath.

"Yes, I know where Jin is. Sorry for lying to you hyung."

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Third Person's POV

"YES FINALLY!" Jin screamed. Yoongi giggled.

"Congratulations on scoring your first goal hyung. I mean it took me a few hours too." Yoongi said sarcastically.

"Yah! You were the one who kept on blocking my shoots! And I don't play Xbox so I had to get used to the controls too! It only took me 2 hours and it's not like this stage is a tutorial or a practice play. We played real matches and do you know how hard it is?! I should be considered as a good player for all I know! And I haven't even started on the annoying controller yet! The joystick or whatever doesn't even listen to me! When I go want to go left it goes backwards, when I want to got backwards it goes-"

"Ok ok I get your point Jin. Please stop ranting." Yoongi really didn't want to interrupt his hyung but he is really fed up with Jin's ranting.

There was a suffocating silence.

"Was I not talking?" Jin asked. Here we go, Yoongi thought.

"Yes." Yoongi answered immediately.

"Was I or not?"

"You were."

"Did you do good or bad?" Jin looked at Yoongi, and Yoongi was trying to avoid his gaze.

"Sorry hyung."

Jin was smirking, but Yoongi didn't see it because he was still looking elsewhere trying to avoid Jin.

"How about I finish off my chapter of my novel while you practice your controls off this game. We can continue later, this way it would be a bit fairer." Yoongi suggested carefully.

"...Ok." Jin wanted to keep on teasing Yoongi, but he was scared that he already took it too far, so he agreed.

Even though they are only 2 days in of their 30-day 'treatment', both of them knows that everything would be easier with a good friend.

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Third Person's POV

"Yes, I know where Jin is. Sorry for lying to you hyung." Jimin said, looking straight into Namjoon's eyes to show that he is not lying. Namjoon sighed.

"See? It's not too hard to say the truth is it? Now we can sit down and discuss." Namjoon took off his shoes and walked inside Jimin's apartment, searching for a chair and sitting on it.

Jimin was relieved that Namjoon calmed down, but the problem is he has to start lying, and he knows that he is not a good liar. Jimin felt his heart hammering against his chest as he took a seat next to Namjoon.

Jimin's POV

"So Jimin, let's start with the obvious question. Why did you lie?" Namjoon held his hands together and intertwined his fingers, placing them on the table, just like a policeman interrogating a suspect.

Sh*t, how should I answer this? It's the first question and I'm already struggling. I feel my hands starting to get moist too. If I don't do anything my ears and cheeks are going to turn red too.

I looked at Namjoon and he was staring back at me, waiting. I don't have much time so I said the first thing that came to my mind.

"Because Jin told me not to tell you."

"Oh yea? And why wouldn't he want me to know?" Namjoon asked again almost immediately.

"Um...because Jin didn't want to worry you." I didn't know where that answer came from, but it sounded good enough so I exhaled deeply, starting to relax a bit.

The relaxation didn't last for long.

"So are you saying that Jin is in danger?! That if I found out I will freak out like I am right now?! Worry about what?! Tell me the truth!" Namjoon's voice rose.

Sh*t. I said the wrong thing. I can feel my heart beating faster by the minute. I am panicking and it's going to be obvious that I am lying. But I can't do anything else other than denying what he says.

"No hyung. That's not what I meant. He's not in danger. You know that he is with Yoongi right? Yoongi is looking after him; he's safe where he is. I know Yoongi is safe, so Jin is safe too."

I was so nervous that I spoke faster than I wanted to, but luckily Namjoon didn't say anything about it. The real problem is that my body is heating up slowly, and soon my cheeks and ears will turn red.

"So if Jin is safe, why is he there with Yoongi? I understand that Yoongi is looking for a cure, but how about Jin?" Namjoon frowned, clearly confused about everything.

My last plan is to insist that I can't tell him. Be sincere, so Namjoon will calm down and believe that Jin is safe. I took a deep breath, took his hand and stare straight into his eyes.

"Sorry hyung. I really can't tell you. There are reasons, but I can't tell you them. The only thing I can tell you is that Jin is safe. That's the important thing right? That Jin is safe? Yoongi is going to look after Jin. He's not alone, and if Jin is in danger, Yoongi will contact us immediately. Please trust me this time hyung."

For a moment I saw Namjoon's facial features relaxing, his frown fading away and his lips loosening, maybe even turning into a smile.

But that's just my imagination.

Namjoon snatched his hand away from mine and stood up angrily, fed up.

"This again?! Are you going to tell me this bullshit like Yoongi did? Yes I called him before I came and he told me the exact same thing. Why can't you tell me where Jin is? He's my boyfriend for god's sake. You make it seem like I'm not supposed to know where my own boyfriend is. Why can't you help a friend in need? All you need to do is to tell me where he is! I've have had enough Jimin. I'm calling police for help. They will help me, unlike friends that only knows how to lie."

Those words cut into my heart like a knife, and I feel tears forming in my eyes. I widened my eyes as I saw Namjoon reaching into his pocket for his phone.

"Wait Namjoon, please-"

Ringgggg~

I was interrupted by a phone ringing.

Namjoon picked it up and waited.

"What?"

We waited longer.

"Ok I am coming, wait for me Sungjae."

Namjoon hung up and stared at me.

"You are lucky that Sungjae needs my help in my shop. I will give you a second chance and ask you again next time."

I wiped my teary eyes. That was a close one.