"He's missing," Hoseok announces, clutching the paper extremely hard and Jungkook's positive but blank face had transformed into an anxious one, with eyebrows raised and eyes slowly widening. Seeing his expression, I thought he was about to start shouting till the principal place hand onto his shoulder again, casting him an enigmatic expression.
"I'll talk to you later..." He started, biting his lip as he lower his gaze to the floor. "This seems like something you should deal with first. Don't worry about my problems." Drifting his hand away from his shoulder, the principal left the room and Hoseok came forward to Jungkook, who was exhaling each breath heavily.
Once the principal left, I pushed the blanket away and stood up, walking over to Jungkook who didn't seem to notice me coming. I place a hand on his forearm and caress it, hoping to calm him down. His gaze turned soft as he saw me, and he pouted hopelessly. The stare lasted a few seconds and he drifted his gaze to look at Hoseok, giving him a hard stare.
"How did this happen!?" He demanded, gritting his teeth in anger and Hoseok shakes his head as he doesn't know the answer.
"I'm not too sure but last night, Taehyung told me that he had to leave early in the morning because he had a meeting with someone. I'm afraid that someone was a murderer and that Taehyung got deceived."
"And he got captured?" Jungkook finished, shaking his head and his chin trembled as though he was about to cry.
"But, Taehyung? Why him? He's not even part of our detective group..." I murmured indignantly for Taehyung.
"I believed we had angered the murderers because we've captured four of their members. I'm pretty sure they're aware that Taehyung isn't part of it, but maybe they captured him because they knew Taehyung is precious to us, and they also know that he's the weakest. Oh and also, I got this letter..." He opens his fist and a crumpled paper appeared. Jungkook swiftly grab it off his hands and flatten it so it was readable.
The words were written in big bold letters, with a smiley face at the end of the sentence. The smiley face honestly creeps me out, and there's a riddle that I'm assuming is a clue to find Taehyung.
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Oh god, I already hate this...
"This doesn't even make sh*t sense!" Jungkook burst in outrage and I nodded to agree as I repeatedly read the indecipherable sentences. "How are we meant to even comprehend this? Do they honestly think is a joke?"
"They already think killing people is a joke," Hoseok murmured, and Jungkook presses his lips firmly together, veins pulsing on his neck as though he was prepared to pull out a knife from nowhere.
"What are we meant to do now!? We need to get him back before he gets killed!" He scowled, placing each of his hands on his hip and I remove my hand from him. "Those bastards! I-"
"Jungkook, you need to stay calm." I interrupted him and he turned to frown at me. "A week isn't going to be enough time if we panic," I explained and I turned to look at Hoseok who was gazing at Jungkook anxiously. "Alert the others, let's hold a meeting, now."
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9:35am
"So you're telling me that Taehyung is under their captive?" Jin spoke the words slowly, as he blinked excessively, as though he was fed up with us at this point.
Hoseok nodded slowly and Jin let out a harsh sigh, expressing his disappointment as though it was Hoseok's fault for not taking care of him.
The eight of us detectives were sitting on the round table, on our original spots just like previously when we were discussing stuff and examining the map. The time when I was showered with chips. The only different thing is that Taehyung isn't with us.
"What the f*ck!?" Yoongi cusses angrily, banging a fist on the table and he pointed a finger accusingly at Hoseok. "You had one job Hoseok, now we lost one of our babies- I mean members," Yoongi shouted, trying to hide the fact that he called Taehyung a baby through his anger. Awh.
"Where's Sehun?" Jungkook asked out loud, looking around but Namjoon stop him with a hand raised.
"Sehun told me that he had decided to quit due to work overloading... he won't be working with us anymore." He reported and half the people in the room sigh, baffled.
Honestly, what an ass.
"So he decided to report to you and not me... I see how it is." Jungkook said, scrunching his nose indignantly. "Whatever. It doesn't matter since he didn't do much. He's not that close anyway..." How the tides had turned.
"Right, moving on. I think we should start tracking down Taehyung today, in the night." Jungkook started, clasping his hand together as he look from one to another.
"Shouldn't we plan it out thoroughly first before doing anything reckless?" Jimin suggested and Jungkook nodded.
"That's why I ask all of you to come here. Is still quite early in the morning and I'm sure we have enough time to plan it out carefully." Jungkook elucidated and all of us nodded.
"Before continuing, we should have at least two people to solve the riddle." Hoseok reminded all of us and there was a dead silence afterward, indicating that we were hesitant to volunteer. I don't blame any of them as solving the riddle could be troublesome but it sounded fun.
I raised my hand to volunteer and everyone looked at me with their eyebrows raised. "I'll volunteer to do it... it may seem impossible to solve but I'm sure is solvable."
Jungkook gave me a nod, giving me an approving smile and after a few seconds, Yerim raised her hand to volunteer too. I thought I was going to have a girl's night with Yerim for once but Jungkook immediately raised his hand to object.
"I'm sorry Yerim. I get that you want to be with Y/N but I suggest you join us to find Taehyung." Jungkook replied sternly and Yerim frowned.
"Wait why? Are you saying I'm not smart enough to unlock the answer??" Yerim demanded, expressing that Jungkook is treating her unfairly.
"You misunderstood. Is better if Namjoon is with Y/N since the probability of them getting attack may be lower compared to if you were with Y/N." Jungkook explained, arching an eyebrow to ask if Yerim get what he's trying to say. Yerim nodded but bit her lip, pouting.
"You're basically saying I'm weak but ok..." Yerim murmured sadly and I reassure her with a pat on her shoulder. Namjoon didn't say anything but agreed wordlessly, with a smile.
Not gonna lie, it's a bit exhilarating as I'm looking forward to solving this puzzle. Even though is much more exciting when leaving to go save Taehyung, I prefer to stay indoors so it would reduce the possibility of me getting killed.
But I'm a bit worried for the others... will they be alright?
