Ripple: BTS AU Story ✓

Chapter 33

Hello, my lovely readers. I am finally back with another chapter. I am back in school, so that is the reason updates are slower. Still, I will be able to get chapters out to you, so please continue to show support for this book. Also, thank you all so much, we have reached 2K reads for Ripple. I wouldn't have been able to get here without all of your constant support, so thank you all so very much. I promise to continue to work hard on this story, so that it is enjoyable for all of you. With that in mind, let's get into the chapter.

The boys sigh as they wait in the cell room. They've been there for, who knows how long. It was probably only an hour, but to them it felt like longer. Could you blame them? They were sitting in a cell with nothing to do. Jungkook groans, "Can we do something? I'm so bored..."

"We can't do much," Yoongi says in an annoyed tone.

Jungkook sighs, "I don't know. Someone tell a story or something. It's better than just sitting in silence..."

"Hyung," Taehyung says, nudging Namjoon's foot, "Tell us how you met Jinyoung-ssi and Jaebum-ssi in this timeline."

Namjoon nods his head, "Alright, you guys okay with that?" The others nod and all turn their attention to Namjoon. Even if his story sucked, they could care less. It's something to do. Something else to listen to rather than complete silence. "I met them in college. They were in my English class. They've been friends since middle school and basically got lucky when being accepted into the same college. They have other friends, but it was always basically the two of them against the entire world. I could tell how close they were when I first saw them in class. I didn't expect them to want to be friends with me, but they did. We bonded over our love for music. We stayed close throughout most of college and after that as well. I haven't spoken to them recently though. I've been busy with the company. It's clear those two were in the same boat, becoming cops and all. I'm kind of surprised that they chose this as their career. I always assumed the two would go into something with music together. They were really big on being performers. They used to have a SoundCloud and produced music under the duo name JJProject...." Namjoon says, starting to trail off at the end as he realizes what that name means. The others look to him with raised eyebrows, recognizing the name as well. Namjoon sighs, "I guess that's why that name always sounded so familiar..."

"Another two to add to the list of Theodore's game pieces," Yoongi mutters.

"I guess no one's lives ended up the way they were supposed to. It's interesting though that Jaebum and Jinyoung are still side by side. I know they were always close in the actual timeline, it seems like that hasn't really changed much in this timeline," Namjoon says, "I'm kind of glad that they have each other. At least, Theodore didn't mess with their friendship while trying to change our lives. Things haven't changed much for Jinyoung and Jaebum...they're just as I remember them..."

"I wish I could say the same for you. I never thought that a day would come where kind-hearted, 'I want everyone to be happy in the world' Kim Namjoon, would be in a jail cell," Jinyoung says as he walks back into the room. Jaebum follows behind him with a packet of papers in his hand. He makes sure the door is closed behind him and turns his attention on the seven in the jail cell. "Well, I'd like that statement not to be true, getting out of here sounds really nice," Namjoon says, "Tell me you have good news."

"You're not getting out of here for a while," Jinyoung says bluntly. The boys all shoot to the front of the cell, grabbing the bars and sticking their heads in between the gaps. "What do you mean by that?" Jin exclaims, "Are we going to go to prison?!"

"Did Mr. Song not believe our testimony? Is he actually pressing charges!?" Hoseok exclaims.

"Not exactly," Jaebum cuts in.