PERSONA ✓

07.

Taehyung grimaced as the 5 of them stood awkwardly in Jungkook and Namjoon's bedroom. Jungkook had called them to "get the team together", which was something he seemed very excited about. Namjoon didn't seem quite as thrilled.

"So..." Seokjin said. "We all know Namjoon's secret, huh?"

Jimin gave a small shrug. Taehyung shuffled his feet.

Unexpectedly, Jungkook slammed a hand down on his desk. Taehyung jumped. Jungkook removed his hand and massaged it, hissing in pain. "Sorry, didn't mean to do it that hard. Anyways, this is killing me. We're Team Persona! So you know what we're gonna do? We're gonna find this Shadow guy 'n put him behind bars!"

"That's easier said than done, Kook," said Jimin.

"Yeah, so that's why we're gonna work our a-"

Namjoon clamped a hand over Jungkook's mouth. Jungkook must have licked it, because Namjoon pulled back, making a face of disgust and wiping it on Jungkook's shirt. "Gross! Why would you do that?"

"Well, why would you cover my mouth?" Jungkook shot back.

"Because you were going to swear!"

"How do you know I wasn't going to say arses?"

"Who says arses? Do you want me to call your parents?"

"I'd like to see you try-!"

Taehyung furrowed his brows. "What... what are they doing?"

"Bickering," Jimin said, covering his mouth with his hands to keep from laughing as Jungkook and Namjoon continued to argue. "It's a sibling thing, I guess."

"They're not siblings," said Taehyung.

Jimin shrugged. "They're close enough."

Taehyung frowned, looking up at Seokjin. "We don't bicker. Does that not make us-?"

Seokjin shook his head. "Different siblings do different things, little dipper. And, uh, they've been going for a while. You think we should stop them...?"

It took a while to get Jungkook to stop insulting Namjoon's Minecraft base ("A creeper could blow it up 'n it'd be over for you!"), but by the time they were finally done, Jimin was a laughing mess.

"Anyways," Jungkook huffed, cheeks red from where Namjoon had pinched him. "Taehyung, you're good with computers, yeah?"

"Above average," said Taehyung.

"Cool! Come help me out, we're gonna search deep in the internet. Like, super deep, so I'll need some help."

Taehyung nodded and sat down on the spinning chair.

"What are the rest of us supposed to do?" Seokjin asked.

"Stand there and look pretty," Jungkook said.

"That's too easy for me."

Taehyung sighed and shook his head, not looking away from the computer screen. "Hyung..."

"Only joking, little dipper."

"Well!" Jungkook clapped his hands together. "Let's get to work!"

-

"When can we stop working?" Jungkook grumbled.

"It's been 5 minutes, Jungkook," Namjoon said. "You're the one who was so enthusiastic about this operation."

"But hyuuuung~" Jungkook whined. "We all know I'm not responsible enough to do what I say!"

"Why don't we just ask Atlas?" Jimin suggested with a shrug. "Wouldn't he know something? He did give Namjoon his powers."