K-pop fans and the world at large are thrown into turmoil when the rising global sensation Bangtan Sonyeondan, better known as BTS, are kidnapped in the dead of night. As the world reels in confusion, the young men of BTS find themselves living a ni...
T/N:VOCABULARY LESSON!!! WOOHOO!!!!! Here are the new words we used this chapter!
l moye sokrovishche: (Russian) 'my treasure'
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Mathan heard the slip in Jin's question and it tugged at his heart.
"Help me get him out of here and into dry clothes and I promise I will answer that, Seokjin," Mathan said quietly, his eyes sad but determined.
He wanted to tell his angel everything...he would tell him everything...but he had to take care of the man who had fought so hard to come back to them first.
Standing with Jungkook, Jin helped Mathan get him out of wet clothes and into dry ones. They brought him out to one of the beds and Mathan, holding one hand over Jungkook's chest and the other against the pulse point of his neck, tried to assess the situation.
"How did he get this sick?" Mathan asked, leaning down and putting an ear to Jungkook's chest, listening to his lungs and frowning. Whatever this was, it was deep in the maknae's chest and Mathan was more than concerned that it could take a turn for the worst.
Mathan expected Jin to answer but it was Namjoon who spoke.
"Your father decided it would be fun to let the stupid Korean boys think that they could escape. So he decided to play a game, and when we all failed...he stuck us in separate rooms with nothing but the clothes we had on and turned off the heat..."
The despair in Namjoon's voice affected everyone in the room, including Mathan. The others listened, gathered around Jungkook's bed, unable to stray too far from their maknae just yet.
"Or maybe it was Carl who came and took Kookie away for over two hours and God knows what happened." Namjoon heard his voice rising and fought to bring it back under control. After a time, he continued, "Jungkook still won't tell us what happened. Jimin tried to stop it and they took him away for three days and...and...Jimin never said..." Namjoon paused, willing his voice to stay strong. "Maybe that is why he turned to that monster."
Namjoon felt his edges beginning to fray and he was powerless to stop it. He collapsed to his knees, his body shaking uncontrollably as he looked at his hands. "I-I couldn't stop it - any of it. I couldn't protect my brothers from these monsters... I f-failed them."
Anguished cries ripped from his throat as Hoseok and Taehyung threw their arms around him.
Mathan looked around the room in horror as he tried to process what he had just heard. But he didn't process anything - not enough, anyway. He started to speak without considering his words.
"You...he...YOU DID WHAT?" he roared, standing up from Jungkook's bedside and looking around once more.
Mathan had thought that addressing the issues one at a time would work, but he was quickly losing his temper, especially when he realized he could have prevented this all. They had risked it all on a stupid trick. They could have died in the process. He could have lost Jin forever. Everything was just so fucked up. Mathan didn't know if he was scared or angry or both, so he said the first thing that came to mind, caution be damned.
