Choose Your Own BTS Adventure

PATH 4: NAMJOON - PART 8

Your tears could have gone on forever if it weren't for the knock that came at the door some twenty minutes later. You looked up, eyes burning and stinging as if doused in liquid fire. The foggy picture of Namjoon sticking his solemn head through the crack in the door as it opened struggled to come through your hazy vision.

"Hey." He said it softly, words coming gentle as cottony clouds floating just close enough to the ground to pet. You knew he knew just by the way he said that one single word.

"Namjoon," you croaked out. Fresh tears raced down your cheeks in uneven streaks.

You felt to blame, somehow, though you knew it took two to tango. Coming here to Korea, with the love you had for all seven of these men, you never wanted to do anything to hurt any of them. You didn't care if any of them ever loved you back or if you'd ever get to call one of them even remotely your own. You just wanted the best for them. An unplanned pregnancy, especially in a conservative culture like Korea's... Well that was far from the best that you'd hoped for Namjoon's future.

"It's okay," he said, coming close, coming near. He rested his hands on your knees as he squatted down in front of where you sat on the closed toilet.

"I don't know yet if I am," you said. The unopened pregnancy test sat in the sink, glaring at both of you.

He rubbed your knees. Swallowed. Kept his cool. "Whatever it says, Y/N... Everything's going to be okay. I promise you. We'll take care of it. Whatever you choose to do, I support you. I..."

He trailed off though his eyes never left yours.

"I'm so sorry," you said.

"I love you," he said.

"You love me?"

He nodded. "Yeah. I know... this was just supposed to be sex for you..." He shook his head and goddamnit, he smiled. He actually smiled. "I fell for you, Y/N. I really did."

Bright, bold, every-colored fireworks went off inside of you at his words. He loved you. It wasn't just sex then after all. You felt a huge part of yourself being set loose inside. A happy little woman opened the door to your heart and stepped free. She jumped into Namjoon's arms. Exactly where you slid down to be held by the man you loved.

"Rmnuvutu." You mumbled shyly into his shoulder causing your confession to come out as warbled as if you had been gagged by a sock.

But Namjoon laughed. He knew what you were saying. You loved him too. His arms held you close, fingers rubbing soothing patterns along your whole entire back.

"C'mon," he said, helping you stand slowly, at a snail's pace. "Let's take this test. Together."

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It wasn't for another hour before the two of you came ambling out of the bathroom together. Those two positive lines had held you hostage for quite some time. You were pregnant. You didn't know how to feel, other than drained. The two of you had decided to keep the child, come what may. Nothing else was decided but Namjoon's hand in your own was enough to keep you anchored for now, so that you didn't go drifting up into the cloudy sea of the sky.

The living room was packed. A full house spilled over the ends of the overstuffed brown leather cushions of the gigantic Bangtan sofa. Minji was there, in the middle, placed naturally between Hoseok's legs. The two of them had had a fling going on for many weeks now. You weren't sure if they were dating or if it was just sex. No one spoke of it, just accepted it for what it was, though Yoongi did his best to burn holes into the back of her head whenever he could steal the chance.

But right now, all eyes were on you.

You and Namjoon stood hand-in-hand in front of all seven of them before you. Jin at least had the good grace to be red-faced over the matter. He had been the gossip to start the wildfire but was helpless to stop it once it started to spread. They all knew what you and Namjoon had been doing in the bathroom.

"So?" Minji jutted out her head, not unlike a chicken, and rattled it side to side in question.

Namjoon cleared his throat and it grew so silent you could almost hear ARMY's tears when he said, "She's pregnant."

Mixed reactions made their rounds along the sofa.

Jimin covered his mouth and held back a sob, though tears snuck past the corners of his flooded eyes.

Jungkook's face held nothing but shock. He went still. You weren't sure if he was even breathing anymore.

Jin looked as if he might be sick, the way you imagined your own face must look after all that crying.

Taehyung, God bless him, he was smiling. The poor boy could only see the good in the situation, though everyone else was clearly only focused on the bad.

Yoongi clenched his jaw. You could tell he bit back words that needed to be spat out. He let them pool in his mouth and swallowed them down thickly in his throat.

Hoseok hugged Minji around the middle and smashed his open mouth into her shoulder in a failed attempt to hide his shock. Only his prominent cheekbones peeked out at you from beneath his wide eyes.

And Minji. Well, everyone else may have been content to just sit there and gape, but Minji wasn't like everyone else. She broke out of Hoseok's arms, and in an instant, too fast for anyone to do anything, she sped up to you.

"Minj-" Hoseok started to get up from the couch. He wanted to pull her back and away from you, he truly did... but he wasn't fast enough.

Minji reared back her bunched fist as far as it would go and sent it careening into your lower stomach, with every ounce of hatred for you she possessed in her slim frame.

You fell to your knees. Your hand came to your stomach. All of the blood rushed to your head. The sounds in the room were so muffled to your ears as the pain knocked you in two. You could vaguely hear shouts from all sides of the room. Were vaguely aware that Namjoon was making a grab for Minji. You could tell chaos lived all around you.

But as you felt wetness trickle down between your thighs, snaking its way down your legs, none of that mattered. You had lost. Minji had made sure of it in the end.

The end of Namjoon's path.

Feel free to vote for who you want next time. We still have:

- Jungkook

- Yoongi

- Hoseok

Thank you for reading.