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[fifteen] pull me closer

taehyung's focus

taehyung bit into his lip until he tasted blood pooling his gums, he swung the door open revealing a figure lying on his back, a pool of blood gushing out of the bullet wound like a waterfall.

the man who was spread out dead on the floor was unrecognisable. "j-jungkook, what have you d-done?" taehyung whispered in shock. his eyes flickered up to the shooter. it was jungkook

a weird sensation of relief welled up inside taehyung, he's alive

"come on. we need to leave, now" jungkook orders dominantly

"grab anything you need to live, quickly" jungkook says with a clear panic in his voice

the two boys shove money, blankets, food, water, books, chargers, weapons, clothes, toothbrushes, pillows, and the list goes on, into a huge bag, all in a matter of 4 minutes

neighbours would have heard the loud, earsplitting bang from the shotgun, and would soon could come to see what'd happened, meaning jungkook and taehyung had to leave as soon as possible

"can you think of anything else?" jungkook said in a rushed voice.

"pictures. you need to remove any evidence proving you lived here. cards, hairs, photos, diaries, anything personalised" taehyung explained as fast as he could, hurrying jungkook along

why am I helping him? a killer.

"right" Jungkook jungkook sprinted into his room, threw himself under his bed with a loud thump

seconds later jungkook appeared from under the bed carrying a photo album and a diary, whilst taehyung cleared his bed from any hairs, cramming them roughly into a small plastic bag.

"lets get out of here" the boys heaved bags full to the brim of stuff, onto their backs.

jungkook grabbed taehyung's hand and pulled him close as if to say "it's going to be alright"

taehyung didn't want to look at the casualty, he merely closed his eyes tight shut, letting jungkook guide him out of the flat

why do you trust him? taehyung asked himself. was the fact he saved taehyung when he collapsed in the club, the way he took care of him, took him out for breakfast, was is the way he took his hand and held him close reassuring taehyung's safety?

"get comfy, we're gonna be driving for a while" jungkook advised opening the sleek car door for taehyung, breaking him from his thoughts

"where are we going? and why?" taehyung questions giving jungkook a look that made him answer

"where going for a drive, a long drive that take days, basically we're running from the police" jungkook said sighing as if he'd done it a million times before

"what about jimin and yoongi hyung?"

"that's our next problem. they can't go back to the flat, it'll look like they've tampered with the evidence, police will be there shortly" jungkook rubbed his forehead, hoping for some sort of solution

"perhaps they can go to a friend of mine to stay for a while, till things clear up of course" taehyung suggested

"who exactly is this friend?" jungkook leant in, elbow resting on the steering wheel

"jung hoseok. he's an old friend, haven't seen in for a while, he lives in a flat alone, I can give them his address"

"taehyung, if this goes to plan I will buy you a cake" jungkook looked almost relieved considering the fact he'd just committed a terrible crime. "right so I'm going to ring jimin, he always picks up, but you talk ok? I'm driving, don't want get in anymore trouble than this"

taehyung nodded. jungkook passed him his phone with jimin's contact already on the screen.

taehyung cleared his throat and clicked the 'call' icon. after about three seconds, jimin picked up with his warm "helloo"

"uh, hi jimin, it's taehyung"

"tae! hi how are you?"

"u-uh well, you see, I'm with jungkook right now and there's a problem, hold on" taehyung put jimin on mute, "should I tell him the whole story? the killing and all?" taehyung winced at the word 'killing' and met jungkook's eye

"yes."

taehyung put the phone back to his ear whilst jungkook started the ignition and began to back out off the driveway

"sorry about that, ok, so where was I?" taehyung scratched his head nervously "o-oh yes, well, me and jungkook were sitting in the living room, watching 'before I fall'," jungkook motioned for taehyung to get to the point

"and someone, a burglar broke in.. j-jungkook killed him, don't go back to the flat, you and yoongi, you must not go back... I have a friend, remember when I talked about hoseok?" jungkook glanced at taehyung, obviously wondered who hoseok was, and why had taehyung mentioned him to jimin.

"y-yes, of course" jimin's voice was raspy

"well go to his, he is a kind person, he'll take care of you. h-he lives alone, tell him the situation, t-tell him I miss him... I will text you his address, jimin, take care" taehyung sniffles, jungkook reached his arm and rubbed it soothingly

"don't worry about us, we'll find hoseok and tell him, take care taehyung, and jungkook, take care of him for me" jimin said, his voice breaking off a little

"bye, taehyung" his voice was heavy, as if he was holding back his tears

"bye, jimin" taehyung ended the call wiping his eyes on his sleeve

taehyung texted jimin the address wondering what hoseok would say, hoping he'd understand.

taehyung stared into his lap, sadness overcoming him, what was going to happen to him? was he going to have the same fate as the burglar did? his only hope was jungkook, even if he was a killer.

jungkook gently patted taehyung's back, comforting him, "yoongi's tough, he'll get them somewhere, and don't you dare start thinking that I'm going to kill you taehyung, the thing is, he was a bad guy, a very bad guy, it was either me or him, there was no other way" jungkook explained

"b-but you keeps guns and stuff" taehyung stutters

"the truth is, I used to be in a gang, not anymore, but we were given guns and weaponry, I decided to keep them for self defence, for instance like today, you see, I'm not in everyone's good books, taehyung. I was bad, I've done bad things, I've been with bad people in bad places, my whole life isn't all flowers and daisies." jungkook paused wondering if he'd go a bit too far. "I would never harm anyone innocent, just know that taehyung"

"fuck" taehyung breathes, "it seems like you've had it bad. don't worry, kook, I'm not afraid of you, let's just get out of here and forget about our troubles, yeah?" taehyung said in a hushed voice full of tiredness, since it was 2:19am.

"yeah" jungkook sighs