Like Lavender (Vkook/Yoonmin/trigger warning)

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It was Taehyung's idea to go back. It was their fault Namjoon was dead, and though killing them all was technically illegal, they had an armed police force with them to initiate some arrests. Jungkook almost had a heart attack when he saw the cars pull up outside, sirens blaring. Jin told him to go get Baekhyun, Holland and Hoseok when he saw the guys with uniforms and guns step out. Jungkook did, running.

"Don't move." Demanded a voice. Jungkook froze midstep. He turned around really slowly to find a man pointing a pistol at him. "You're Jungkook right? I have so many temptations to just kill you, right now. But I won't. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Jungkook asked him, trying to edge confidence into his voice.

"I think Taehyung deserves to do that." The man said. "So I want you to come with me."

"Who are you?" Jungkook asked, wanting to know who he was going with before going with him.

"Who am I?" The man repeated his question with sarcasm, "I'm the person who's boyfriend you stabbed, damn near killed. Does that answer your question?"

Yoongi looked over the kid in front of him. He was itching to pull the trigger and open fire on him, filling his body with bullets until he was limp on the floor in a pool of his own blood. But Taehyung deserved to do that to him. They were only here because of him. Taehyung, who was currently in hospital being fixed, due to the abuse this asshole had put him through.

But something about the innocent, terrified way the boy was looking for him made him hesitate.

"Jungkook." A voice said, both Jungkook and Yoongi looked over at the noise. Jin held a hand out for Jungkook to take. "Jungkook, come over here."

Jungkook looked nervously between Yoongi and Jin. He wanted to run to Jin, but he also felt like he needed whatever Yoongi was gonna give him. Another person ran around the corner, running up to Yoongi and placing a hand on his shoulder. Out of the corner of his eye, Jungkook could see Hoseok, with his own gun.

"Jungkook, he's going to kill you." Jin said, approaching Jungkook, ready to push him if something happened. He'd never been more serious in his whole life. "Come here."

Everything happened too quickly. Someone shot, making someone else shoot, making Jin dart in front of Jungkook and push him behind his back. Hoseok dropped his gun and ran forward, making eye contact with Jimin in what seemed like slow motion. I just killed him. I'm your enemy. I'm not sorry. He looked away before hoisting Jin up into his arms and demanding Jungkook followed him.

They disappeared, leaving Jimin begging Yoongi to stay alive. Yoongi was barely conscious, spluttering up blood from his chest. Jimin was sobbing, completely broken down. Yoongi was his bare essentials. The love of his life. His entire heart, soul and body felt like it was dying with him.

"Jimin." Yoongi tried to get Jimin's attention by cupping his face with a hand covered in his own blood. "Look at me. I'm not leaving you. I said I'd always be with you. Just keep me in your heart and your head and I'll always be here."

Jimin nodded, still crying. "I love you," he told Yoongi. If he was dying, he was dying with those last words said to him. That, and the tearful locking of lips that was performed, leaving Jimin pulling back, crying more. "I'll always love you."

Yoongi smiled. "You know, Jimin. I was planning to propose to you."

Yoongi went silent, ceasing to breath. He left Jimin with that. He was going to marry him. He was going to stay with him forever, and someone just took him away. Now he only had Taehyung left, and he might as well have died already just from the way he looked. He was barely over Namjoon's death, now he has to conquer another one over the top of it. He couldn't stop himself from thinking they should've just stayed home.

"Hyung!" Jungkook was completely distressed and panicky and Hoseok set Jin down. He asked Hoseok if Jin would be okay, gaining just a shrug.

"Jungkook, come here." Jin said to him, his voice breaking. Jungkook did, grabbing hold of Jin's hand and clinging onto it as if that would force life into him.

Baekhyun ran around the corner, babbling in panic. "I heard a gunshot and wanted to hear if everything was o-"

"Shut the fuck up, midget, you're killing the mood!" Hoseok snapped, then diverted his eyes back to Jin. Baekhyun went white with sudden fear and overwhelming emotions he hadn't felt since he'd accidentally killed Chanyeol.

"I'm going to teach you something that will save your life." Jin said, putting the hand that wasn't being held hand firmly on Jungkook's shoulder. "8-5-12-15-13-5. It's a code you say when you need help with something. They'll know what it means if you say it. Remember it."

Jungkook wiped away a tear. "I will." He promised.

"I wanted to admit something, too," Jin inhaled, his breath rasping in his throat like an animal trying to get out, "I killed your brother. Junghyun? I stabbed him to death in an alleyway. I was also having an affair with your mom, but that's not important. What I wanted to say was."

Jin never finished that sentence. He died before he could, leaving Jungkook wondering.

The armed police darted round the corner, surrounding them.

They needed to be there. In separate cells, all facing one another. The others would communicate sometimes, but Jungkook would just sit in silence, staring at the wall and wondering how it all came down to this. All he wanted to do was go home and swallow a whole pack of noodles whole, but he couldn't leave. Every so often, he'd see Taehyung walk past and the two would make eye contact before Taehyung would walk away.

Baekhyun was overcome with memory of the last time he'd been here, and the reason.

Baekhyun spares a glance over at Chanyeol, smiling. Chanyeol places a hand on his face, turning it to look directly forward. "Keep your eyes on the road, Baek."

Baekhyun obeys, not wanting to get on the bad side of someone tall, yet still unthreatening. His mind is clouded by something else, though looking back on it, Baekhyun can't remember. It was only a matter of time before Baekhyun turns to look at Chanyeol again, unable to keep-

"Look where you're going!" Chanyeol suddenly yells. Baekhyun turns just in time to see Jin run straight across the road. He swerved to avoid him, driving into several other people and over the side of the road, down a cliff. He slams his foot on the breaks like it would help, yelling at Chanyeol to put his seatbelt on. The car hits a rock and flips upside down, then proceeds to roll down the hill. Baekhyun keeps a firm clutch on the wheel.

The car stops rolling when it slams straight into a tree. Baekhyun is alive, miraculously so. He turns to see if Chanyeol's okay and almost shits himself when he sees his limp body being smothered by the air bag. There are thin lines of blood trickling down his face. Baekhyun grabs hold of him, screaming his name, trying to shake him awake.

"Baekhyun?" Jungkook got Baekhyun's attention back to reality. He pointed to his own eyes and let Baekhyun figure out his were watering.

And of course, Jay didn't think he should've been there at all. He never contributed with any gang things. He was just there for moral support because he was friends with Holland. Holland, on the topic, had a boyfriend and he knew he was expecting him home in about twenty minutes with a box of noodles.

Taehyung was suddenly standing directly in front of Jungkook with a piece of paper in his hands. He slipped it through the bars and into Jungkook's hand. Jungkook read the words on it as Taehyung dropped a pen through the cell doors.

I still think you're a good person.

Jungkook picked up the pen and instructed Taehyung to remember exactly what he was about to write. "I want you to remember it if you need my help when I'm close. I'll know what it means." He said, handing Taehyung back the note.

Taehyung left, glancing around at the sorry souls he had around him. He looked at Baekhyun for a second longer, asking him why he was crying. Baekhyun didn't answer, so Taehyung just shrugged and walked away. He checked what Jungkook had written.

8-5-12-15-13-5.

It didn't really make any sense. Like Namjoon and Yoongi. Like Junghyun. Like the gang, Lavender.

Just like Lavender.