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Chapter 112

The moment Yoongi woke up, he knew something was wrong. He had always been a light sleeper, so any little thing could awaken him. Yoongi opened his eyes slowly and turned his head over to face the body lying next to him. Jimin's body was slightly shaking and his breathing was irregular. 

Yoongi felt panic rise in his chest, but tried his hardest to remain calm. His mind started racing, desperately trying to figure out what to do. He thought about just shaking the younger boy awake, but didn't want to frighten him even more than he seemed to be already. Luckily Yoongi didn't have to think anymore, as Jimin jolted awake, scaring both Yoongi and himself. 

Jimin looked around the dark bedroom frightened and alert, and jumped back slightly when his eyes landed on Yoongi.

"It's just me, Jimin, calm down," Yoongi said in a calm voice.

"Yoongi Hyung?" Jimin stuttered in confusion. 

"Is everything alright, Jimin?" 

"Ye-yeah. Everything's fine." Jimin replied sternly, his expression unreadable.

Yoongi sighed. "Come on, Jiminie. I know when you're lying to me. What's wrong?" 

Jimin froze then all of a sudden threw himself into Yoongi's arms, taking the older boy by surprise. He scrambled to support Jimin properly, and instantly went to dragging his hand up and down the scared boys back - a habit he picked up when soothing the younger male.

Whatever happened had clearly frightened Jimin a great deal, making Yoongi seriously worried.

"What happened, Jimin?" When he didn't get a reply, he added gently, "You can tell me."

Jimin was hesitant, but eventually relented. "I had a dream," he confessed grudgingly.

"A bad one, I presume?" 

"Yes. A nightmare."

Yoongi pulled Jimin in closer to his body to reassure him. "Well, everyone has nightmares sometimes, Jiminie. They can be scary but they're only dreams. They can't hurt you." Yoongi explained in a reassuring tone, trying to forget about all the nightmares he has and how they constantly leave him in scared panics most nights. "Whatever it was, it wasn't real." He leant his head forward and placed a gentle kiss atop Jimin's head in comfort.

Jimin however stayed silent. He just kept his grip tight on the front of Yoongi's pyjama shirt, hands still slightly shaking. 

"Jiminie, tell me what happened in your nightmare."

When he was again greeted with more silence, he tried again.  

"You can trust me." He added.

Eventually, Jimin started talking. "You were there with me," his voice trembling slightly.

Yoongi squeezed Jimin to reassure him, letting him know he was there and that it was okay to continue. 

"And you were angry with me." Jimin said, quietly. "You hit me."

"Jimin..." Yoongi tried, but Jimin carried on speaking.

"You were screaming at me, and you were smacking and kicking me. I couldn't stop crying, and I couldn't calm you down either....I was so scared!"

"Jimin, you know that I would never lay a finger on you. I would never hurt you, ever. You must know that, Jimin. It was just a dream."

"But we both know it could happen in reality and -" Jimin let out a pained sob.

Yoongi took a deep breath and pulled back to look Jimin in the eyes, his tone serious. 

"Jimin. When I started dating you I made a promise. To love you and care for you no matter what. And I know you have been through a lot, Jimin, and I hate that I wasn't there to protect you from any of it, but I am now. Jimin, you need to know that I will never lay a finger on you like that scum did, and I will stop anyone from laying a finger on you. You are mine now, and I will love and protect you from anyone and anything. I will never hurt you intentionally, and if ever do anything to hurt you, either physically or emotionally, you tell me right away so I can make up for it. I will always want to protect you, Jimin. You are my everything, and I love you so, so much." 

"Hyung..."

"I need you to know that, Jimin. I will never hurt you. So ignore that dream, because that wasn't me. That man was an evil recreation of me and I know you're scared because of the way you were treated before, but you will always be safe with me Jiminie. Always." 

Jimin smiled and leaned in to kiss Yoongi on the lips. "Thank you, hyung. But I think I;m still a little shaken up so this duvet is all mine." Jimin announced, tearing the duvet off of Yoongi's body and wrapping himself in it, chuckling as he made himself into a cocoon. 

Yoongi gasped at the coldness when the air hit him. He grabbed his pillow and his Jimin on the head in revenge, laughing himself. Jimin sat up in a flash and squinted his eyes at Yoongi menacingly.

"This means war!" he yelled, disentangling himself from the duvet, and responded to the attack with his own pillow. They kept hitting each other playfully, giggling and hurling harmless insults at one another. 

"Oh my God! It's 3 AM, shut up!" Seokjin entered the room and switched on the lights, which completely blinded both Jimin and Yoongi. It was for the best because they couldn't see the expression on Jin's face when he saw bedclothes dragged off the bed and both boys sporting disheveled hair, sweating, panting, and clearly looking overjoyed.

"You know that I'm extremely tolerant of the two of you, and it's great that you're sex life has come this far, but could you please keep your flirtations down? People want to sleep."

Jimin was stupefied at his speech. "Sex life? Jin hyung, we aren't -" He couldn't finish his defense, because Yoongi chimed in with a gummy smile on his face.

"We're terribly sorry. We'll be quiet. Goodnight." 

Seokjin sighed, shook his head in amusement and left the room, switching the lights back off. He was still mildly irritated, but was genuinely happy that the two had finally got down to business.

"Yoongi!" Jimin snapped, when the elder left. "You've just initiated that were in the middle of some weird foreplay right now! You know he's gonna tell the others and we'll never hear the end of it! I don't want them discussing our sex life! We're not even having sex right now!" 

He couldn't see Yoongi's face clearly in the dark, but he was sure the elder was grinning with mischief. 

"Ah, but we could be." Yoongi teased, leaning over to climb on top of Jimin and kissing the side of his neck. 

"Oh, give it a rest you horny bastard!" Jimin rolled his eyes and smacked Yoongi right across the face with a pillow.