VENGEANCE

19. It's been long

"Did you eat anything?" Jackson asked. "No" Namjoon said. "Come on, then. You must have missed Mrs. Bang's cooking soo much"  Jackson said, dragging him to the kitchen. "I did mi-" he was manhandled into a rough hug by Mr. and Mrs. Bang as soon as he entered the kitchen. 

"Oh my god, look at you, Master, you have changed soo much. Ommo, you look soo thin" Mrs. Bang exclaimed as tears made their way through her eyes. "I know, right?! It's been five and a half years! You could have let us know you were alive" Mr. Bang said as he cried. 

"Won't you give him some food?" Jackson asked. "Oh my god, come, come, I will prepare your favourite. Give me half an hour" she said as she ran to cook. "Call us after it's done, Ahjumma. We'll be in his room" Jackson said as he ran to Namjoon's room happily. 

"See! It is as it is!" Jackson exclaimed. "It is" Namjoon said as he walked to his desk and opened it. He violently shut it as the first sight that greeted him was a picture of Lisa. 

Jackson flinched at the sudden noise. "Come here" he said, patting the bed. Namjoon sat on the bed and spaced out for a while before laying down on it. "Do you miss her?" Jackson asked. "I don't wanna talk about her" Namjoon said. 

He spaced out again for a while and found Jackson sitting next to his head when he came back to his senses. Namjoon moved and placed his head on Jackson's lap as he muttered, "It finally feels like I came back home." 

He felt drops falling on the side of his head and looked up to see his brother crying. 

"I really really missed you soo much. You never called, never answered my calls, didn't write to us, we didn't know where you were, do you know how scared I was that you died?" he asked, his throat wet with the lump present in it. 

Namjoon silently let his tears flow down. It had been five and a half years since the day he haphazardly handed the business and property to his brother and ran away from Daegu. 

He did miss his brother, the head butler and his wife, but they were not worth the memories that were threatening to haunt him if he continued staying in Daegu. It had been very hectic. 

He came home, yelling for Jackson as he ran to his room. He came back with signed papers, and gave them to Jackson, saying that the business and property were all his before he ran away. 

He never came back or contacted them again. It had taken a toll on his mental health in the starting, but Jin, Taehyung, Jungkook and Jimin helped him through it even though they didn't know what made him like that. 

"Did you come alone?" Jackson asked. "Nah. I work in a cafe, you know? I came with my friends" Namjoon said. 

"Oh! Where are they? Do they know who you are?" Jackson asked. "Nah. They don't know anything about me. They are staying in one of my friend's house. Three of them are from here. So is Yoongi hyung" Namjoon mumbled the last part.

"Huh? What?" Jackson looked confused. "Yoongi hyung is working in our cafe too" Namjoon said. Jackson gasped. "You are kidding! Report to the police!! What the hell are you doing? He will kill you too! He is a psycho, hyung! How are you even alive? When did he join?" he asked. 

"Three months ago" Namjoon replied. "Then how are you still alive? I still remember the day he came here, looking all mad!! I thought he would have killed you if you were here at that time" Jackson said. 

"He came here?" Namjoon asked. 

"Yeah! Right after he came out, he came here. He literally didn't even change his clothes. We were having dinner, me and my girlfriend, and then suddenly someone was literally banging on the door. 

We were shocked because it was too loud. We were scared, actually. Mr. Bang opened the door, and he literally stomped in, looking mad and all, with a knife in his hand! Can you believe it? A BUTCHER'S KNIFE!! 

He came and then started yelling for you. He kept yelling "WHERE IS HE? WHERE IS HE? IS HE HIDING? THAT COWARD SHITTING FUCKER. GET HIM HERE!" and all that. We got soo scared! We had to tell him a lot of times that you ran away long ago. 

He searched the whole house with that same mad look before warning us and going away. I heard he spent almost a month after that searching for you before moving to Seoul" Jackson said. 

Namjoon stared at him wide-eyed. "He found me in Seoul. It was a coincidence, actually. He started working in our cafe, but I was on leave for three days. So I guess he didn't know until then that I worked there. He was genuinely soo pleased to know that he found me when I came back. 

But I was soo scared. The moment I saw him, I decided to run away again, this time to Busan or something. Then and there, I told Jin hyung that I was going to resign, but he convinced me to stay. I couldn't spend a single day without the booze. 

I was honestly scared to spend a single sober moment with him. Then Jin hyung convinced me not to drink like that either. It was fine after that. Maybe he changed his mind, or something. But he didn't bother me at all. He is nice" Namjoon said. 

"Really?" Jackson asked.
"Yeah" Namjoon replied. 
"So wh-"
"Dinner is ready, Master" Mr. Bang said as he poked his head into the room.
"Coming" Namjoon smiled at him and they went to have dinner. They slept together that night, talking for a lot of time and catching up with each other.