Little Troubles

Part 11 Family Intervention.

When Namjoon and Jungkook reach the suite after the abort coffee meeting, Gukie was quickly fed a bottle, and put down for a nap, by Jimin. Once the youngster was asleep the adults banded together to have a quick meeting. Jimin was very concerned about the events of the last few hours. He knew that Kookie and Gukie both were hiding something from him that seemed very important. He turned to the leader of the group with wide-open eyes filled with questions. NamJoon sighed. He knew that he in no way could reveal JungKook's feelings for his dearest friend but the panic attack earlier let him know that it would be a big problem in the future.

"Before we have this talk, I need to consult with Jin Hyung first. Give us 15 minutes to discuss our options and then we will confer as a group. This is to help our Maknae, so please don't go anywhere and wait for our return." NamJoon said sagely with an air of authority that he rarely used with the other members of the group. He quietly motioned for Jin to join him in their private room.  He quietly closed the door behind them, as he quickly moved toward their bathing area where the others couldn't hear them talking.

"Jin hyung, something has come up, and I am not sure how to handle it. I'm sure you know that Jimin has feelings for our Kookie and that our Kookie feels the same way. The problem is, it would seem is TaeTae. He has feelings for Jimin and Hobie and Yoongie. But, because Hobie and Yoongie are officially together he is trying to steal Jimin from Kookie. Any way I look at it, there are going to be bad feelings between the three. Kookie's panic attack earlier was due to his not wanting to tell Jimin what happened all those years ago when he was away from him, he truly thinks that he is bad for Jiminnie to know, I personally doubt it, though, I can see Jimin being swamped with guilt for not being able to save him sooner. I just don't know how to help them. This is beyond my skills, and I'm afraid that we will lose them all." NamJoon rapidly unloaded all the things that have been plaguing him since the formation of their group. He had known about it all, but he had held hope that the members would figure it out themselves. unfortunately, that didn't seem to be the case.

Jin blinked a few times at the speed at which his boyfriend was speaking and then chuckled.  His Joonie was so serious about taking care of the others, that all the many options that were open to him, he missed due to his intellect. Jin took this as a life lesson long ago, being super-intelligent didn't mean you knew anything. He kissed his lover's cheek and smiled softly. "Joonie love, there is an easy way to get all of this fixed, for the most part anyway. Will you let me handle it from here? Feelings  and emotions are not your strong suit, but they are mine." Jin boasted. NamJoon was happy to turn the situation over to Jin. He didn't understand it all and wasn't sure he could handle it with the delicacy the situation warranted.

After talking among the two of them for a solid half-hour, they joined the rest of their family minus the Maknae. Jin decided to flambe the whole lot...started with Taehyung.

"So, Tae... let us start with you. Firstly, you owe Jimin and Kookie an apology for being rude, insensitive and basically being a total butthead. You knew that Jimin cared only for Kookie in that way, and to force yourself on him is akin to sexual assault. Yoongie and Hobi, I have heard you both talking about wanting Tae, but say nothing to the man himself, so why don't you get your boy in hand and keep him out of the Jimin and Kookie mix, hmmm, and Jimin stop coddling Kookie so much! Though he is a little most of the time, he isn't a child so stop treating him like one." Jin scanned the faces of his members and loved the shell-shocked look. He took a deep breath,  and continued to speak, "Now with that being said, we need Gukie to talk for Jungkook. The problem is that though Gukie and Jungkook are the same person, I think they are like two images in a mirror that have been cracked. I won't say that Kookie is a split personality, but he easily could become one, if this isn't handled correctly. So approaching Gukie, is the easiest answer, and the only way we are going to get him to say what he needs to, we are probably going to have to get him plastered. He's a light drinker so this should be easy.  I am not saying that we get him fully drunk, but if we get the little tipsy, and feed him his favorite foods, I think he will absent-mindedly answer any question. Because, Jungkook has stuff he needs to say and Jimin has things he needs to hear, no matter how painful it will be." He intoned as delicately as he could to the others. Jimin was going to be pissed, and he was ready for it. He knew what he was about to say, was going to add real heat to Jimin's already extremely impressive temper, but he would take the heat. In all honesty, little Gukie would probably be the closest chance he ever had to have a child, so he will do and say whatever he needed to, to help the little guy.

"Now the problem we have is that any mention of Kookie's past in the institutions causes panic attacks, why because of how bad he was treated? Not really, though a small part maybe. It is because he is afraid for Jimin to find out what was done to him and what he had to do to survive it. He is so scared of what you will think of him that he has bottled it all up, now whether or not that is going to factor on your feeling for him is up to you, but Gukie is able to tell us, as is Jungkook, but we will have to make Gukie talk, cause Kookie won't. And the key to that is Jimin. Gukie, like his adult self, would do anything for Jimin's approval, and is more honest about it." He paused to let that sink into the brains of the others. "Yoongs and Hobi, please get control over Tae, as long as he has you both he will be too busy to worry about his "soulmate" and the man he has loved since he was a child.

Jimin slowly lifted his head after Jin finishing speaking and slowly began to understand what his oldest hyung was saying, he glared daggers at his Jinnie hyung, before glaring at his Dongsaeng. He paced back and forth in about 5 feet stretches muttering to himself, before the true extent of what Jin was alluding to. He passed over everything and honed in on the part that he really disliked. "Are YOU fucking kidding ME, right now??? You want to get my baby drunk so that he spills whatever Jungkook has squirreled away in his mind?? Are you High??? You talking about getting a young man drunk while he has the mind that is very slightly older than a TODDLER!!!" Jimin yells in a soft whisper. "No! There has to be a better way." He says as he starts to quicken his pacing. "More therapy sessions...maybe he needs a different therapist...better yet when this tour is over I will take him home and talk to Mom and Dad, they may have some connections that they can use to help him, maybe he needs a break and this is all just too much for him-..."

Jin walks over to Jimin and pulls him into a hug, "Shhhh...Jiminnie... calm down. I want you to notice one thing...you in everything you have said you haven't accepted the fact that as much as you love and want Kookie, he loves and wants you. His actions have been screaming it for years, and we let it go, but we can't anymore. His actions as a little, are nothing more than his big self trying to run away from his feelings and those actions are going to get him seriously hurt. both him and his little spend so much time trying to protect you, he forgets to protect himself,  And that has to stop. You will have to admit your feelings and he needs to do the same. Or that same kid, you told us about, when he was first able to come home, THAT kid will come back, as well as the nightmares, and we will lose him." Jin stopped as he  released the younger man, and  looked him straight in the eye without wavering..."You decide which is more important, you not feeling embarrassed and emotionally safe, or Jungkookies mental stability...." intoned softly.

NamJoon and the others watched as Jimin slowly began to understand what Jin as saying, and they watch as he emotionally folded into himself. Tae was feeling awful. This whole fiasco was largely his fault he was feeling so bad about his feeling, that he forgot to take Kookie's emotional stability in mind when he came on to Jimin. He turned to Yoongi and blinked. "I think we need that go and talk, and leave Jin hyung and Joonie hyung, to help them." He turned toward JImin with his head bowed, "Jiminnie hyung, I'm so sorry for what I have caused, I didn't take into account Jungkookie's issues and that you aren't just his love, but also his lifeline. I know my opinion doesn't count for much right now, but you are still my best friend and soulmate, and I think you need to listen to Hyung." He shook his head at the seething look he got from Jimin, but it was expected. He slowly walked out of the room toward Yoongi's and Hoseok's room, he needed to man up as much as Jimin needed to do. No matter what Jimin decided to do, the other three would be there to support him and Kookie. They may have their issues but what large family didn't? Tae knew him and his 6 brothers could weather anything as long as they did it together, he just had to remember that before he flew off on his own crappy feelings.

Jimin watched as the three people currently left the room. He sighed, he really did love his idiotic soulmate, and if he had of thought things through he would have realized his actions were nothing but a ploy to get Yoongi and Hobi to notice him. But he had no time to think about them he had his owns demons to confront. "Fine. But there has to be a  better way, than drugging a toddler. If you get  Kookie drunk and he slips that is a different story, but he never slips when he has been drinking. Find a way and I will try. But understand I have my own issues and you both know that this very well could bring my depression back if it goes wrong." he said after ten minutes of silent pacing.

Jin and NamJoon moved to him and hugged him tight. This was a hard decision to make for their Jiminnie. They knew it. Joonie was especially sensitive to the younger man's plight, as he was the catalyst for all of this, Jin was a natural-born troublemaker and instigator, but he loved all his Dongsaengs very much and would move heaven and hell to keep them safe and happy. He just hoped that this worked, they couldn't afford it not to.