His Buried Past| Taekook

Chapter 27

Jimin sits on the couch in the dark, pressed against the side of his boyfriend as they watch a movie. He's trying to concentrate, but sitting only a foot away from his other side is a certain green-haired assassin. The three of them had agreed on a horror film, despite the fact that neither Jimin nor Hoseok were really good with scary movies. As he tried to ignore the close proximity of the older, Hobi abruptly stood, "I'll be right back, I'm gonna go get a drink."

The younger nodded, swallowing nervously at the prospect of being alone with Suga. With Hoseok gone, a tense silence fills the room between the other two. Jimin has his arms wrapped tightly around his knees, focusing intently on the movie, until a sudden jump scare sends him flying back, hiding his face tightly against the arm of the older man. Shaking in reaction, he doesn't realize that he's gripping onto the shirt of the other, his face against a hard bicep, until he hears a raspy chuckle. Raising his head, he meets Suga's amused gaze. "Not a fan of horror movies Pinkie?"

The younger feels his face heat, forcing himself to let go of the older and shift back away. "Um, not really."

The mint-haired man hums, "What about Red?"

He shakes his head, "Hobi likes horror movies, but he gets really scared when he's watching them."

The older nods, giving a gummy grin. Jimin finds himself staring at the other, his heart fluttering as he takes in how the smile makes the normally cold man look adorable and young. Remembering his conversation with Hobi, the pink haired man clears his throat, "So, you seemed really close to Tae earlier."

Arching an eyebrow at the younger, Suga's voice is disinterested, "Yeah, I guess."

"And before, you let him call you Yoongi-bear."

The older tenses, his lips thinning, "Yeah. That's just V though."

Nodding, Jimin bites nervously at his bottom lip, finally taking a deep breath, "Are you and...V, a thing?"

Brows drawing together, Suga looks at the younger man in confusion, "What do you mean 'a thing'?"

Face flushing a soft pink, he swallows, "You know...are you and he a c-couple?"

Immediately, the assassin's face wrinkles in apparent disgust, "Me and V? That'd be like dating my little brother!"

Relief fills the chest of the younger, but he still wants to be sure, "You just seemed awfully close, and protective of him."

The mint-haired man rolls his eyes, "Yeah, we're really close and I'm protective of the kid, but we've never had those kinds of feelings for each other."

Jimin nods, "So...you're not dating anyone?"

The other sighs in exasperation before grumbling, "No, I'm not seeing anyone."

"Good," Hoseok's chipper voice chimes from behind the entry to the room, before he comes back to sit down, his arm laying along the back of the couch behind his boyfriend, the fingers dangling above Suga's shoulder.

The older scowls at the redhead, "How long have you been listening in? And what do you mean that it's 'good' I'm not seeing anyone?"

Grinning, Hoseok replies, "Well, first of all, I was standing there for a while." Scooping his boyfriend into his lap, he scoots the two of them closer so that he's reclining against the older man's side. "And second of all, I meant that we're both happy to hear you're single. Now let's watch the movie."

The green-haired older feels his jaw drop as his eyes dart between the smiling redhead and blushing pinkette. Closing his eyes and feeling his own face heat, he muses to himself, 'What the fvck just happened?'

The Byun Mansion

Baekhyun sighs in relief as he finally hears the familiar voice on the other side of the line, "Sehun! I've been trying to get a hold of you! I need your help."

"What's going on man?", the younger replies.

"Look, I need you to put your ear to the ground and see if you can find anything about a hit being put out on either V, or possibly on Kim Taehyung."

There's a long pause, "Wait, didn't Kim Taehyung end up dead several years ago? I remember giving you the heads up about the hit on him and I heard later he was killed."

The older rubs a hand over his tired eyes, "Yeah. It's sorta complicated. Can you please just look into it for me? It looks like someone put a hit out, but I'm not sure if they're targeting V or Taehyung."

He hears a muffled curse from the other side of the phone, "Baekhyun, look man, I'm gonna need more information. I get that you like to keep things close to your chest, but if you want me to effectively search, I need to know what's up."

The mafia boss clenches his jaw as he debates whether or not to trust the other man. Taking a deep breath, he exhales,"Alright, long story short, Kim Taehyung survived, and has been living as V. Now someone's trying to kill him again, and I need to know who it is, but I don't know if it's related to the hit attempt 6 years ago, or something new."

There's a pause as the other man digests, and when he speaks this time, he sounds calm and unruffled,"Alright, I'll put my feelers out and get back to you as soon as I know anything."

"Thanks Sehun."

"No problem hyung."

Elsewhere

An angry voice hisses into a slim, black phone, "I told you before, I need him dead!"

The voice on the other side is filled with exasperation, "I'm handling it."

"That's what you said before! And you said it 6 years ago, but he's still alive!"

"How the fvck was I supposed to know he survived?", the man growls.

"This makes twice you've screwed this up! I want that man dead, or I'll make you regret it!" Without another word, the call is disconnected.

On the other side of the line, the frustrated man glares at the phone before chucking it across the room. Leaning back in his seat, he remembers the time he'd gone after the boy 6 years before, the way he'd trembled and the panic in his glossy dark eyes. Thinking about the way he'd looked the other night, his ash colored hair around his face, his eyes determined despite the bullets flying at him, the man smirks to himself. "Seems like you changed quite a bit, doll. Maybe I'll have a little more fun with you again before I finish you off for good, hmm?"

AN: You all are so amazing, really. It brightens my whole day seeing your votes and sweet comments. I truly appreciate you all. I also had a bit of a panic attack earlier when this book disappeared, but thankfully it's back. I'm gonna save it elsewhere now so I have a back up in case it happens again 😂. I 💜 you!