A Remedy, A Melody

CHAPTER 16

Warm~ Jungkook thought as he slowly woke up. He felt all warm and cozy, so safe and so protected. It felt as though nothing bad could ever happen and he wished that he could stay like this forever. He slowly opened his eyes, a small smile on his lips when he was immediately greeted with Jimin's handsome face.

He moved slightly to get more comfortable but was stopped when an arm squeezed his waist, pulling him towards somebody behind him. Jungkook carefully turned his head and giggled at the sight of Taehyung's sleeping, puffy face. He had a slight pout on his lips that made him look so adorable and Jungkook had a hard time restraining himself from kissing his pout.

After trying to get away but being pulled down by Taehyung's arm on his waist and Jimin's legs tangled with his legs, Jungkook decided to let himself have this. He cuddled closer to their bodies, breathed in their combined colognes and fell back to sleep.

When Jungkook woke up again, he immediately noticed that he was all alone. With a disappointed pout on his face, Jungkook went upstairs where he could hear the others talk.

Jungkook walked into the room where the others were, yawned slightly and rubbed his eyes to get the last traces of sleep out of his mind. Hoseok and Yoongi watched with fondness at their healer's cuteness. Hoseok opened his arms and Jungkook hurried towards him and hugged him tightly.

"We're going through your notes to figure out a plan. Is that okay?" Hoseok asked softly as he petted Jungkook's bed hair. He felt Jungkook nod against his chest.

"As Jungkook said, he'll do it during a full moon. The next full moon is in 5 days so we need to find their headquarters first." Namjoon started as he went through piles of notes.

"I remember seeing an address on one of the receipts," Jin pointed out.

"Perfect. Jin, can you look through the receipts to find the address?" Namjoon asked to which Jin agreed and immediately went to grab Namjoon's computer where they kept all the emails and receipts from Jae-Seong.

"Okay, now we need to figure out what we do when we get there. We could try to break the metal circle, but-"

"Wait, but I'm confused. One of the ingredients is a healer's ashes. How is he going to get that?" Hoseok cut off Namjoon and he squeezed Jungkook tighter. Please don't tell me that's why he wants Jungkook? Hoseok thought to himself, his heart squeezing painfully.

"His mom," Jungkook mumbled against Hoseok's chest.

"What?" Yoongi asked, not sure if he heard Jungkook right. Jungkook sighed sadly as he leaned back from Hoseok's chest, shivering at the sudden coldness.

"His mom was a healer who died during the attack. He probably has her ashes." Jungkook repeated. Taehyung came behind him and gave him a back hug making Jungkook melt is his arms.

"How would he get her ashes though?" Jimin inquired further.

"Bodies were given back to their families after the attack in case they wanted to do any sort of burial," Jungkook explained as shuffled closer to the desk with all the notes, Taehyung still hugging him from behind.

"We can't destroy the circle. The metal is too strong and it would take too long. And that's not even taking into consideration Jae-Seong's powers. He's really strong." Jungkook vocalized making Namjoon scratch his head as he tried to figure out an alternative solution.

"What if we killed him?" Yoongi proposed. Jimin and Hoseok looked at Yoongi with wide shocked eyes at his proposition.

"Yoongi?!" Jimin exclaimed.

"Jimin, he won't stop. You saw him that day. The way he looked at Jungkook. He's a monster. He can only be stopped if we actually stop him." Yoongi admitted, his voice pained at the confession. Jungkook walked towards Yoongi and softly took his face in his hands.

Yoongi's eyes were full of pain. All of his morals, his ethics and beliefs were being destroyed and Yoongi felt as though he had lost a part of himself. As though he lost the part of himself that he felt the proudest of, but when he looked into Jungkook's eyes, he couldn't help but tear up. The love and the understanding in his eyes made Yoongi fall in love with him once more.

"We don't have to," Jungkook whispered. Yoongi swallowed and slowly leaned in to kiss Jungkook on his lips.

"We do," He whispered against Jungkook's lips.

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They spent the rest of the day planning out every detail. Jin had found the address on the receipts and it led back to this abandoned warehouse. Hoseok hacked into the street cameras close to the warehouse and was able to find videos of trucks delivering huge pieces of metal throughout the last months into the warehouse.

They also started practicing how to fight. Jae-Seong would obviously have people protect the warehouse and they needed to get ready to fight. Namjoon had quietly proposed to just kill them, but Yoongi drew the line there.

"Only Jae-Seong," He has ordered, a burning fire in his eyes that even Namjoon couldn't fight.

They decided to split up and fight different places. Hoseok and Yoongi would go through the back, Taehyung and Jimin through the front, and Jin, Namjoon and Jungkook from the top. Jin would use his powers to manipulate the wind to bring them on the ceiling.

They started getting all the tools they need including hearing and talking devices so that they can stay in contact. The plan was to fight all the people outside and immobilize them without killing them. Then they would meet where Jae-Seong and the circle were so that they can finish it.

When it came to that last bit, there was a small disagreement. Namjoon had first volunteered to do it but Yoongi had declared that he should be the one to do it since he proposed it. They had gone back and forth debating and as the fight started to get really tense, Yoongi grabbed Namjoon's throat and looked at him dead in the eyes.

"I'm doing it." He commanded. They stared at each other, talking in a nonverbal way that Jungkook could not comprehend. Jungkook became even more confused when Yoongi tilted his head towards the healer making Namjoon finally conceded and agree that Yoongi would do it.

After finishing the plan, they still tried to find an alternate solution to stop Jae-Seong. They went through all of Jungkook's books when Jin noticed something.

"That's weird... There's a page that's been ripped." Jin pointed out making the others look at the book with curiosity. Jungkook swallowed silently and closed his eyes. He made sure that his mind was blocked and when he double-checked that everything was okay, he answered.

"This was my mentor's old books. He might've ripped off a page that he needed and forgot to put it back." Jungkook casually answered, sweat starting to form as he prayed that they didn't see through his lie. Jungkook especially hoped that Namjoon couldn't read his mind.

After his own research alone, he had practiced and perfected blocking his mind from Namjoon since they couldn't find out the truth. Jungkook subconsciously rubbed his mark on his chest and sighed in relief when they just nodded at his explanation and went back to their own research.

Forgive me, Jungkook thought sadly as one stray tear went down his face. 

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Hey Babes! How was your week?

When I first started this project, I said that this story would be longer than my first story but I actually think that it'll be around the same length.

The next few chapters will be quite full and they'll sadly also be the last few chapters. I can't wait for you guys to see what I have planned. 

I hope you have an amazing week! Love you~~~~

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