// Jimin's POV //"Hyung, that man is staring at me."
I turned my back around to see what the maknae was talking about but nothing was there.
"You're paranoid, Jungkookie." I rub the youngest's shoulder after he looked nervously at me. "There's no one there."
We're going to the fish market today to get dinner, the task in itself was boring as fuck so I decided to take Jungkook with me. He always lightens the mood.
There was something different about him today. He was watching his back, almost like he's expecting someone to come up and scare him. I noticed he was shaking slightly, the November cold was apparent in the fall air.
"I want to go home. Someone is following us."
"Stop that, Jungkook." I reprimanded, honestly speaking he was starting to freak me out. "There is no one even looking at us."
That wasn't necessarily true. There were several women who eyeballed us when we walked in but we get that everywhere. Usually, people see us and then recognize who we are. After that, they leave us alone.
Jungkook's anxiety increased when a female coworker walked up to us:
"Excuse me, sir. We're closing in ten minutes."
That was odd. It was the middle of the day and the store was packed. Why did she just say it to me? Did she warn anyone else because no one is moving?
She seemed to have read my face. A flash of fear reached her eyes for a split second but then died. After a moment of awkward silence, she just walked away.
I was officially freaked out so I took the maknae by the elbow and we left the store quickly without buying anything.
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// Yoongi's POV //
Jungkook was crying when they got home.
Jin, being the only one in the room at the time, speedily ran up to the distraught maknae and held him in his arms. He called for me and after he quickly explained what he thought what going on, I took over while Jin went to Jimin.
Jimin was holding onto his stomach. Red marks were streaming down his white coat, coloring the fabric and making it burst with color.
He's been stabbed.
Despite nearly fainting from the blood, I managed to grab my phone and call 911. Once emergency vehicles got at the dorm, they told us to wait here. The hospital is still under massive restrictions from the pandemic.
Jungkook was completely fine which was weird to me. He explained that a man was following them from the store all the way home, once they got to their dorm, Jimin confronted him. Jimin didn't even get a word out before the man randomly pulled out a knife and stabbed him twice in the stomach.
I sat there for support as my maknae nervously but frantically explained to the officer what the man looked like. Short, blonde with a tattoo on his neck.
When the officer announced he was about to leave, Jungkook's eyes lit back up. He urged the cop to stay, after asking why, Jungkook dropped a bombshell.
Jungkook knew the man.
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TEN DAYS AGO
// Third POV //
Jungkook and his brother went to the same tattoo shop. After hearing of his younger brother's fascination with tattoos, the elder Jeon brother started bringing him to his girlfriend's tattoo shop. His girlfriend of three years ran the shop along with her twin brother, Jejun.
One night after Jungkook and his brother got off work, the two walked to the tattoo shop to have dinner with the two owners.
It was clear to Jungkook that Jejun didn't care for him. Every time his brother would bring Jungkook to the shop, Jejun's mood changed. The usual silent, petite man turned outspoken when the famous idol was around.
Jungkook felt that Jejun started to hate him. Although three years his junior and a height of 5'7, Jejun was incredibly intimidating. His voice was sharp as glass and his lips pierced into a long frown when irritated, making his face narrow and tyrannical.
At first, the maknae wasn't too worried about it but overtime, Jejun's resentment toward Jungkook was scaring him. They never once had a civil conversation with each other, almost physically assaulting one another on several occasions.
Jungkook played nice though. He didn't want to fight in front of his older brother. He also feared it would drive a wedge between his hyung and his girlfriend. In the end, Jungkook decided it was just best to ignore the younger man.
The dinner was nice enough. His brother and girlfriend were having a good time, which made Jungkook happy. Jejun was glaring at Jungkook, not blinking or taking his eyes off of him for minutes upon end.
Jungkook's brother finally sensed the tension. Jejun has been giving his younger brother an icy look the entire evening and he didn't like it. He knew that Jungkook was too polite to say anything, but he wasn't.
"Jejun. Why are you looking at my brother like that?"
Jejun didn't act in front of Jungkook's brother. In fact, he seemed annoyed that the older Jeon brother interrupted him.
"Can I not look?"
"Huh? Are you speaking informally to me, kid? Who the fuck are you to disrespect me?"
Jungkook cringed. His brother has always been able to stand up for himself, something he always envied about.
"Hyung-" Jungkook clapped a hand on his brother's shoulder.
Jejun didn't seem to care about Jungkook's brother's anger. His twin sister gave him a side push in a warning, knowing her boyfriend's temper.
"Not my fault your brother is talentless rat. Look at him, he's just a worthless piece of shit."
The Jeon brothers felt that this was the last straw. Jungkook visibly became upset but his brother stopped him from blowing out and the two stood up. His older brother wished his girlfriend a good night and said that he would call her in the morning. His girlfriend apologized for her brother's behavior knowing that Jejun wasn't sorry.
The encounter left Jungkook shaken. How could someone hate him that much? Jejun didn't even know him. He doesn't have anything to hate him for. It didn't make since to him.
Two days after the incident at dinner, there was a break-in at the BigHit office. Thankfully, no one was there when the robber broke in but Taehyun from TXT was starting to become afraid for both group's safety. TXT recently had someone in a red, banged up car watch them at their dorm. After the incident, Jungkook started getting afraid that it was Jejun. Before joining the military, Jejun was charged and imprisoned for petty thefts.
Jungkook wanted to tell his BTS hyungs about his theories. After the dinner, he told the seven members what happened but he didn't tell them that he thought Jejun was involved. That would just make them worry.
However, after seeing that Jejun was beginning to target his juniors, Jungkook realized that this man wanted him dead. If not dead, destroyed.
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International Stardom (BTS Spanking story)
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