Chapter 2- The Chase

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Jimin POV

I begin to skip down the sidewalk as I walk home.

Its Friday, meaning my father wont be home until late in the morning. Also meaning I can be little without having to fear being caught by him.

I go to turn the corner, and two men stand in the way, blocking the sidewalk. One has brown hair with a bunny looking face. The other has red hair, and a longish face. Both have on black suits and black sunglasses.

Feeling nervous, I avoid looking at their glasses. "Um, excuse me" I step off the sidewalk to walk around them, but the red head steps in my way.

I freeze, and panic begins to build up in my stomach. What if they hurt me? Or kill me? Or take Clemòns?

"Park Jimin?" The bunny face asked. My eyes cut towards him and slant.

"Who wants to know?" I've never been fond of people talking to me, and these strangers just magically know my name?

"My names Jungkook, and this is my partner Hoseok." The bunny face gestures to the red head.

"Okay," I step back. "Hello."

Hoseok smiles. "Do you mind coming with us? We promise we mean no harm." Hoseok asks. Jungkook steps closer, and I step further back.

When my mother was alive, she taught me many things. She taught me how to tie my shoes, how to fold an origami crane, how to make rice in a rice cooker.

She also told me not to trust strangers.

I sprint across the street, narrowly missed an oncoming car. I continue to run, and look behind me. Hoseok gestures for Jungkook to follow, while Jungkook repeatedly apologizes to the driver of the car.

Screaming, I begin to run faster, ignoring my aching legs and stomach from my recent beatings.  Can hear them following behind me.

I turn the next corner, headed to the park I hide in when my father is really drunk. Oftentimes I end up sleeping there, fascinated by the stars at night.

The park appears, and I push myself to run faster. I ance behind me to see that they are just now turning to corner.

Screaming again, I head towards the playground and stumble inside the closed slide, using my shoes to hold myself up and out of sight. I put my hand over my mouth to silence my breathing and listen for footsteps.

A couple of moments later, I hear quick approaching footsteps and freeze.  They stop close to the slide I'm in.

"Damn it!" Jungkook exclaims. "We lost him!"

"He couldn't of gotten that far." Hoseok breathes out. A couple seconds of silence later, it sounds as if hes speaking into a phone.

"No, he got away...well how was I supposed to know he runs like the flash?!....Oh, wow...maybe it's worse than we are observing, Yoongi...Alright. I hope one day he understands...Okay."

"What did he say?" Jungkook asks.

"We wait." Hoseok responds, then sighs. "I just want him to be happy." The voices begin to get farther away.

"Yeah, I know. Me too."

I wait a couple of minutes later until crawling out.
A million questions were going across my mind.

Who's Yoongi?

How did they know my name?

What does he mean observing? Are they stalking me?

Why me?

Too paranoid, I decide to head home through the back of the park. I walk through the trees and listen for footsteps the entire time.

I reach my backyard and sneak to the front of the house. Before turning, I look around my front yard, and freeze.

My father's car is in the driveway. Meaning he is home. Meaning...

Oh no.

I run up the steps and turn the knob, assuming it was unlocked. I enter the house in fear and look around and listen.

The TV is on in the living room down the hall.

Deciding that I would rather avoid a beating, I turn to the stairs quietly, only to see my father standing at the top.

I freeze, fear coursing through my veins, my eyes going wide.

He takes a step down the stairs, a creepy smile on his face.

"You're late, Jimin."

Hoseok POV

He ran into the streets, and almost got hit by a car.

"What the-" I begin to chase after him, but the driver of the car steps out.

"Hey you bastards!" He swings his fist in the air. Jungkook turns towards him and begins to bow repeatedly.

"So sorry, sir!" I feature for Jungkook to come on. We cant lose Jimin!

"You better watch where you're fucking going next time!"

"Yeah yeah, whatever." I mumble. Jimin turns around and begins to scream.

"Why is he running from us?!" Jungkook yells.

"I dont know, maybe it has something to do with us being scary looking strangers?!" Jimin turns a corner.

How is he so fucking fast?

Soon enough, we lose sight of him after he runs into the park.

"Damn it!" Jungkook exclaims. "We lost him!"

"He couldn't of gotten that far." I breathe out, dialing Yoongi's number.

He picks up on the first ring. "Did you get him?"

"No, he got away"

"God damn it, Hoseok! How'd you let him get away?!"

"Well how was I supposed to know he runs like the flash?!" I huff. Honestly, the kid is fast as hell.

"Ugh. Okay. Namjoon had similar results. Jimin got really defensive and even yelled at him."

"Oh, wow."

"Yeah, I'm just...worried." Yoongi says, his voice laced with a twinge of sadness.

"Maybe its worse than we are observing, Yoongi." I say. Honestly, though. We cant always see inside Jimin's house at night. Some days we can, some we can't. We do know that his father is abusing Jimin, and ever since Yoongi witnessed Jimin crying in this park one night, Yoongi has wanted to save him. When we found out Jimin was a little, Yoongi was so excited.

"I just...want him to trust us. To be happy." Yoongi says quietly.

"Alright. I hope one day he understands"

"I want him tonight, Hoseok. Text me when it's clear tonight."

"Okay."

Yoongi hangs up, and I sigh. Why is this so hard? I turn towards the front of the park and Jungkook follows.

"What did he say?" Jungkook asks.

"We wait." I say. "I just want him to be happy."

"Yeah, I know. Me too." He says. I look towards him and see his face cast down.

"Hey, cheer up!" I throw my arms around his shoulder, and smile. "At this time tomorrow he will be with Yoongi, and no longer with that evil man."

Jungkook smiles, and it makes me smile bigger.

"Yup. He will finally be happy."

I squeeze his shoulder then let go. "Now!" I clap and turn around. "Its time to go save Jimin!"

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Hello! Author here!
This chapter is definetely longer than Chapter 1
But I like this chapter more!
I kinda forgot that I am the author and realized that I have to write the next part...sighh

Thanks for reading!!



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