"Mr. Kim, I'm truly disappointed in you. I can't believe you of all people would do something like this. You should thank your grades you are still at our school."
"Yes, miss. Of course. I understand, and I am so sorry."
"Chaeyoung! I missed you so much!"
"Jimin!"
"Guys, I would you to meet my cousin, Chaeyoung."
"Hi everyone," she said with a smile showing off her cute dimple.
"Hello." the rest expect Taehyung answered. Her smile reminded him of Namjoon's own dimples and he couldn't bear being reminded of him. It was now Christmas and Namjoon started avoiding them. But it felt like it had been forever. He forced a smile and followed Hoseok and Yoongi outside.
Namjoon was in his room hugging his knees up to his chest. The news came to his house and his parents were so mad at him for destroying his innocent boy image, that they refused to acknowledge his presence and actually left him all alone at Christmas, going on a trip together instead. His eyes were dry from all the tears he had spilled earlier remembering his mother's yelling. He hated how silent how silent the house was and how he missed hearing his friends laugh. He couldn't bear it anymore and knew he had to something, his mental state getting worse by the day.
"Hoseok!"
"What Jin?"
"Can you answer my phone for me? My hands are kinda full." Seokjin asked while chopping some carrots to put in the soup.
"Sure thing. Hello?" suddenly he started waving his hands frantically to catch everyone's attention. But in the end, that ended up useless, since his next words achieved that.
"Namjoon? Hey."
"Put it on speaker! Put in on speaker!" practically yelled Jungkook as he and the rest rushed to Hoseok's side.
"Namjoon just so you know you are on speaker. The guys are here."
"Great. Because I need to tell you something important." said the weak voice from the speaker.
"Merry Christmas first though."
"Merry Christmas." came the response.
Namjoon took a deep breath and spilled explaining everything, about B-Free, his blackmail and the devastation this brought to Namjoon. He explained how he made him, along with his gang, destroy school property, bully younger students and sell illegal substances of all sorts to older students. How he got caught and almost expelled. How his parents left him all alone. He told everything, leaving nothing behind. He was grateful his friends didn't stop him because he wasn't sure he could start again. He apologized over and over again, hoping his friends would forgive him.
When he finally ended his speech, he stopped talking, terrified of his friends' response. He waited for what seemed like forever. He heard whispers from the other line until Hoseok spoke.
"Do you have a fireplace at your house?"
"What?"
"Just answer the question."
"Um... yeah. Yeah, I do."
"Great," he said and hung up.
He was left puzzled as he let the phone down. That is until he heard sounds coming from his living room. When he entered, he was greeted with his friends walking out of his fireplace and dusting themselves. As soon as he was noticed, he was attacked in a hug by the guys. They stayed like that, safe in each other's arms. They stayed like that for a little while till they broke the hug. The boys went with Namjoon to his room and packed his stuff. They firmly stated that they wouldn't leave his house if he didn't come with them. They couldn't stand the thought of Namjoon spending Christmas on his own. They saw how nervous Namjoon was, scared that B-Free would somehow find out. He just wanted to keep his friends safe. They assured him that anything at all may happen, they would go straight to a teacher and get him expelled. At this moment he couldn't be more proud of his friends.
The house was filled with the boys' laughter. All issues now forgotten. The kitchen ended up looking like a war zone after their attempt at making cookies. Everyone was looking like 80-year-olds with all the flour on their hair.
"Finally Yoongi looks like his true age." came the snarky remark from Jungkook, earning a glare from Yoongi. He stuck out his tongue and started running as Yoongi chased him.
"Jimin Jimin Jimin!" he shouted hiding behind the shorter.
"You are lucky for now. But not next time," said Yoongi receiving a smirk from Jungkook and a chuckle from Jimin at their silliness.
Before they realized it, Christmas was over. Namjoon was extremely nervous, hoping that would turn okay. He had no idea how B-Free would react. But as he saw them laugh at a stupid joke Seokjin said, with Hoseok and Jimin falling to the ground laughing, he was certain that he could never go through the same thing without them.
His fears came true. As soon as he saw them all together, he and his two most loyal 'friends'. Before he could start whatever threat he had in mind, Jungkook stepped in front of him and stuck his face in front of the others and growls, "Touch a strand of his or any of our hair, and I swear to all of heaven and hell, I will be there when they kick you out of this school! Am I clear?"
"Okay calm down dude. Chill," he said backing up and with a last look at Namjoon, he was gone.
At this moment he felt that life was finally back to normal and he could finally breathe as the guys congratulated Jungkook for his sudden change of character. Finally, everything was over.
