BURDEN ✔

[Chapter 10]

"Hobi hyung?"

Jimin stood at the door way, shocked to see Hoseok sat on Yoongi's studio's couch with Namjoon.

"Jimin-ah? Wait, what are you doing here?"

Namjoon and Yoongi looked at him in confusion. Jimin opened and closed his mouth a couple of times, can't answer it right away as he was still shocked.

"I-I just want to make sure that Yoongi hyung is eating his lunch." Jimin finally answered.

"Wait, did you leave Seokjin hyung alone?"

Jimin narrowed his eyes in confusion.

"I left first, right?" Jimin asked him.

"No, I left first when you do the laundry. You didn't hear me?"

Jimin widened his eyes in shock. They just left their oldest hyung. Alone.

"I'm sorry. I'm heading back."

"No, Jiminnie, it's okay."

The three of them looked at Yoongi, surprised by the older's word.

"I'm sure he's going to be okay. He's clean for about five days, right? And he's making a progress." Yoongi told them reassuringly, although he himself wasn't quite sure. The other members exchanged looks.

"Now stay here and eat with us. We just ordered something." Yoongi pulled Jimin by his hands, and made him sat beside him.

But Namjoon felt uneasy. He felt that there's something going on at their dorm, but he didn't know what it is. He tried to believe what Yoongi had said, that Seokjin will be okay because he started to get back to his old self, and he's clean for five days.

He tried to not think about it, and focused on the uncompleted lyrics in front of him. He worked on the lyrics for about ten minutes more before his idea get stuck, and he leaned onto the couch. He pulled out his phone which was buzzing for the past five minutes, and noticed that he got so much notification from Twitter. He looked at his other members and furrowed his eyebrows. None of them seemed bothered by their phone, still talking and thinking about the lyrics in front of them. Maybe their phone is on silent mode, Namjoon thought. He looked down on his phone again when it started to buzz nonstop again, and decided to open the Twitter app. Ignoring his surrounding, he started to scroll down his twitter.

And his uneasy feeling earlier was right, something's happening.

One of the media released an article about Seokjin who was being raped, and the haters used it to bully him even more.

"Yah! Joon-ah! Where are you going?!"

Namjoon ignored the yelling Yoongi, grabbed all of his things and heading back to their dorm.

"Please....just please don't let Seokjin hyung see it." he mumbled to himself, running to the closest station.

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"Hyung!" Namjoon slammed the door open. He took off his shoes harshly, and threw it carelessly before running to the living room, but he didn't find his eldest hyung there.

"Seokjin hyung, where are you?" Namjoon called the older, more softly this time. He went into all of the room in their dorm, including Seokjin's room, but Seokjin was nowhere to be found.

Then he remembered one place that he didn't check before. Seokjin's bathroom.

"Please...be okay." Namjoon mumbled to himself, before reaching for the bathroom's door knob. He bit his lips hard, scared for what he was about to see, then turned the knob slowly, and opened it.