Letter 2 U

Part 49 - The Performance

"You wanna bring Jackson to our place?" Jinyoung was fuming as he stared hard at his husband from a corner of the living room. Bambam had texted him earlier about Jackson's drinking problem and the Thai young man expressed his concern regarding the rapper now that Got7 was facing a new crisis. The singer could understand why JB hadn't mentioned to him the Hongkonger's crusade during those 2 years, but he hated to be the last to know about issues like that.

Since the 2Jae kiss that morning at the press conference, the 7 idols' world had turned upside down. The group was hurriedly removed from the building where the conference was being held and the staff struggled to keep them away from the prying reporters and their cameras. Their manager's only thought was to keep them safe and sound. No one really knew what would be the outcome of JB's actions, but everyone expected the worst. The idols were taken to their apartments and no member of Got7 was allowed to go out in public or talk to the press. Weibo, Twitter, Instagram, or any social media plataform should be avoided for the time being. Bambam and Yugyeom decided to stay together at the maknae's flat, JB and Youngjae were together at the leader's place, Mark and Jinyoung also returned to their apartment, and the rapper was the only one by himself, since their manager was too busy at the company.

"Our manager hyung was called at JYPE. That means Jackson is by himself now and none of us should be alone in a moment like this. We have to watch out for him. Getting rid of an addiction is not easy. Believe me, I know how it feels like. You know it's a delicate phase for all of us. So, when he called me, I told him to come. What's so wrong about that?" the American hoped his husband would at least be a little sympathetic towards the rapper.

"Oh, yeah? So you guys can resume whatever the hell happened at that sauna room? I get it, Mark!" His accusing tone made the older frown. Jinyoung wasn't just being unreasonable, he was definitely having a bad day. He didn't really mean to accuse his husband of infidelity, he was just venting his frustration on him.

"I don't know what you mean by that. But the two of us almost died in there, and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. If you were curious about what it feels like to have an anxiety attack inside a place like that, you should have questioned me about it sooner, and I'd gladly tell you all about it, so don't use that tone with me now." Mark retorted as he crossed his arms and sat further on the couch.

"Don't you think I haven't seen the way you stare at each other since that yacht party? The way you guys keep whispering in fucking Mandarin when you think no one is paying attention to you two? And the way you've been avoiding me? You barely let me touch you! I know something happened in there, shit, it's obvious it did! And I have been delaying this talk for the sake of that damn conference, but now that everything has blown up in our faces, why don't you tell me the whole story?" Jinyoung was angry. He tried to talk to JB earlier about his stunt at the press conference, but the leader had turned off his phone. The singer understood his friend's heroic attitude and somehow, he believed that Jaebeom tried to save him and Mark from an imminent scandal. He was sure that reporter was about to out them to the whole world and he hated the fact that JB had to go to such lengths to protect them.

"Look, I know you're mad about what happened this morning. We are all stressed out, but don't bring Jackson to this argument, okay? He's not the issue here. You married me knowing about the consequences of being in a same-sex relationship. We could be exposed any time. It would have happened sooner or later. I'm sorry your best friend tried to cover it up for us, but the truth is, the damage is done. That reporter has clearly found out about our matrimony somehow, and it's only a matter of time before South Korea ban us from breathing the same oxygen of its citizens." The American declared, trying to avoid the subject Jinyoung insisted on discussing. He feared that his husband wouldn't be able to understand what really took place in that sauna room. At least not now that he was a nervous wreck.