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Jimin laid on his back holding Peppermint on his tummy while he pet her soft head. Nobody was home today which was kinda boring and he didn't even need to check the doors to know that they were indeed locked. He sighed softly before sitting up and letting the cat run off to go play.

He walked around the house for a little bit before walking into Tae's room wanting to sleep in his bed but stopped seeing his top dresser drawer open and decided to peek inside. That was a mistake as he blushed red and quickly shut the drawer. He picked up a silver ring with a red jewel admiring the jewelry he had. He used to have nice things.

Next he picked up a notebook that had scribbles in and smiled seeing Tae's little doodles when a paper fell out from the middle. He glanced at where it landed on the floor and froze. It was a blank paper with random rectangles cut out from it. He knew what it was he just didn't know what it was for.

He tentatively picked it up in a shaking hand and held it against one of the notebook pages looking at the certain words it showed. Some squares only showed letters as he quickly pieced the sentence together. "Jimin is still alive"

"You shouldn't have seen that" came Tae's voice behind him as the door clicked shut.

Jimin dropped the book to the ground and turned with wide eyes his hands holding up "I...I'm sorry" he said shaking his head again "I won't tell anybody"

Taehyung just kept his hands in his pockets staring at him "it's not what you think it is" Tae hummed walking closer to pick up the notebook "and I guess it's my fault for leaving it out"

Jimin didn't say anything as he shook like a leaf hands trembling. "Calm down" he said placing his hands on his shoulders bending down to look at him. "I'm not going to hurt you" he said softly hand going to cup his cheek.

"I'm scared" Jimin said bottom lip being bitten by his teeth.

"I will never hurt you or any of the boys and that's what you need to know" he said gently coming to hug him. "I just need you to stay quiet and I'll take care of everyone ok"

"Ok" he whispered body still stiff. Tae kissed the side of his head "my feelings for you are not fake my feelings for them are not fake either" he whispered.

"What are you going to do?" He asked.

"Don't worry about what I'm doing" he told him "but if you tell anyone Yoongi will kill me" He said seriously pulling back to look in his eyes.

Jimin nodded softly almost unmoving. He didn't know what this meant, but it mean that Tae was keeping a big secret and now Jimin was too. "Jimin hey baby look at me" Tae said cupping his cheeks bringing his gaze back from the blank look. "It's ok"

"But it's really not" he whispered.

"Pretend for me or everything is over and everyone will get hurt or die" he told him seriously. "Everyone. Jungkook, Jin, Namjoon, Seok, especially Yoongi. So I need you to promise me" He said looking at him dead in the face.

"I...I promise, but I-" he stammered.

"That's it. That's all I need. You just need to know that I got you" he said suddenly kissing his lips. Jimin blinked a few times surprised by the sudden affection Taehyung pulled back with a smile "I came home early to take you somewhere. I'm glad I did"

"Take me where?" He asked a bit of panic in his voice.

"Don't worry. I just need you out of the house for a little bit. We are gonna go hang out in the backyard" he assured him as he wrapped an arm around his shoulders leading him along to find a jacket before they stepped outside.