His Warm Hands

III

PoV: Jimin
"What did you do??"

He looks down and appears to be scared.
"U-hm... The sound... in the shower. I did that... B-By accident the showerhead slipped out of my hand" He stutters.

..Uhm, what?

"Soo... You dropped the showerhead and that caused the loud sound?" I ask to make sure I got that right.

"Mhm, but I picked it up! And put it back in place... I'm sorry" He says.

"Holy shoe, don't worry about that. It's just a showerhead" I sigh, crossing my arms.

"But maybe I broke it.."

I just shrug and sit down on the sofa.
"That is not a big deal at all, I'm telling you"

"Really..? No punishment?" He looks at me.

".....No. You won't get punished anymore" I answer.

"...Why?"

I wonder how I'm supposed to explain this whole situation to him.

"Look... Sit down, I need to tell and ask you something" I say as I point at the space next to me.

With no protest he does as I say and sits down next to me.

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PoV: Yoongi
"Okay... First things first. What are you usually used for?... Mainly sex?" My owner asks after taking a quick deep breath.

I nod.
"Yes of course we are either being rent for sexual interaction, or completely sold to a new owner"

"I see.. What about-"

"May I ask something?"
I flinch as I interrupted him by accident.

".. Yes, sure" He replies.
I'm relieved he didn't got mad for me inrerrupting him.

"H-How come.. you do not know about this stuff? Owners are supposed to understand the business better than slaves..."

I really don't understand it.
I've never been asked about my real age before. Or asked about what I eat.
It's my first time out of my cage for a long time, so maybe this is just a side of owners I've never met before.
Yet, I'd like to understand it a little more.

"That's the big point." He suddenly sighs.
"I think from your point of view this world is just all about slavery, right?"

"It's not?.. What else can there be?" I question confused.

"For now I won't go into too much detail, but let me tell you this;
Your kind of lifestyle is one out of over a thousand. Can you imagine that?"

What? That doesn't sound realistic.
..But, I do remember my companion telling me something similar. He called it a fairy tale though.

"I can't, sorry.." I answer

"It's okay. Your life as a slave is over now. You're probably brainwashed and suffering from several traumas... I don't know how to fix that, we need a psychologist."

I don't understand one little thing he says and I'm afraid of asking. I don't know the definitions of trauma and psy...psy-something.

"B-But I feel fine.." I reply after hearing the word 'suffer'.

"Haha, sure. You think the life you're living is normal, but it's not. Not one tiny bit. It's unusual as shit." He hisses annoyed.

"I-I'm sorry.."

"Your life could have been so much easier... And it's going to be from now on. Trust me."

Surely, I know that owners have a better life than slaves, but I didn't know there could be so many differences..

I just stay quiet and try to remember what my companion taught me about the word 'trust'.
I believe it's an unsave word.

"...Do you even know what a trauma is?" He then asks with a sigh.
He sounds so annoyed..

I shake my head.

"Well.. Its when a person experiences or witnesses an event or several events that involve actual or threatening death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others, which involves fear, helplessness, or horror." He explains.
"You understand?"

"I think... I do.. Uhm, sometimes my companion had these panic attacks and perhaps the reason for-"

"Companion? Like friends?"

..
I nod.
"Yes, you took both of us with you actually. But he stayed in the car of the man when we left"

"Hoseok? Wait, you mean the other person we rescued was your friend?? Why didn't you say anything? We could have kept you guys together" He says surprised.

"We were too afraid and we just thought that this was ...our seperation forever." I answer uncertain.

"Now it's too late for meeting him again I guess... But maybe you'll see each other in the future" He says disappointed.

That would be so great.. I already miss him.

"Uhm.. Can I ask you another thing?"

"I told you to just do it, stop asking for my permission"

"W-Well.. What rescue are you talking about?" I ask. But then I start regretting asking so many things instantly.. Maybe I'm actually not allowed to know anything and I'll get punished for being too curious.

"Like I said, your life as a slave is over. And that's something positive, if you're wondering." He says.

Oh, so it's good..

..

"That's enough for today. You'll understand more as time passes" He says and gets up.

Later on he showed me other things of his house and explained how a tv worked. I was really impressed by the technology and it felt kinda familar, but sadly a cabel has blown so there was no 'satellite connection' and all I could see was a menu.

Another thing he showed me was the radio. It played many songs, I really liked it.

Master said that he's a detective, which I didn't quite understand, but he described it as investigating mysteries and going on difficult missions..

I feel so weird in this place, everything is so so different... But I think I don't dislike it.