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jimin awoke from his nap with a start. the sound of the amber alert ringed in his ears, making him grimace in pain. he grabbed his phone on the hotel side table and read the alert.

missing young adult: name jeon jeongguk, dark hair, 6 feet, last seen at JARED's Hotel in his room. urgent!!

jimin felt the urge to cry again. guilt had taken him captive though he had absolutely nothing to do with the situation. but he was hopeless. there was nothing to be done besides blame himself and watch their loving fans work their butts off in search of his best friend.

he wished to run out of the hotel but some of those very fans and reporters were below, itching to get a word. press conference would be held later on this week with more information. jimin imagined after it was leaked that one of the members and staff were to be suspected, the media would like to know who.

the members didn't know either. jimin thinks the detective is simply relying on his gut than his brain. he's probably assuming BTS had a role to play in the kidnapping and would randomly chose any member to accuse and eventually arrest.

that can't happen. the members have to be out there looking for jeongguk with the rest of army.

suddenly there was a knock at the door.

jimin stretched his body on the bed, rubbed his eyes and quickly made his way to the door. when he opened it, manager kwon walked on in.

jimin closed the door quickly and bowed to his manager.

"hello, manager. did you get any news?" he asked nervously. he straightened his clothes and gestured the man to sit down.

"no i'll be quick anyways, I'll stand," mr. kwon shook his head. "i've come to tell you that we've decided to put you guys in separate hotels."

jimin's large dark eyes widened. "huh?"

"there's too many people outside. we thought separating you, quietly of course, would make it much easier to leave your hotels and safely live in the hotels since you boys won't go back to korea," mr. kwon announced with a sigh.

"how are we going to find jeongguk if we can't be all together? what if one of us goes missing too?"

"we will have more security for each of you. if it's better for you guys, we can pair some of you. we've already spoken with the hotels a we're paying a good sum to keep everything quiet."

"why can't we just rent an apartment or something instead of splitting us?"

"it's safer," mr. kwon insisted. "now the rest of the members are in agreement and want to be in pairs instead of alone. we will be doing this with your approval or not. if anything you can stay here alone."

"look i'm not trying to be a brat—"

"i know, jimin."

jimin let out a sigh.

"you can finally leave and with the right protection, you'll be able look for him wherever you want."

jimin nodded. this is exactly what he wanted but he couldn't imagine being alone. he would have to pair up with someone braver than him. that cup from before was something out of this world and he wasn't sure he was prepared for that.

"i agree. but i want to be with namjoon, okay?"

mr. kwon chuckled. "okay. I'll be leaving then."

they bowed to each other and jimin's manager left. now a million other things to do.

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meanwhile, after the rest boys of bangtan heard the news, they went to the hotel's sport's room to throw around yoongi's basketball and brainstorm.