jangmi (장미) ● taejoon

s e v e n t y f o u r.

Namjoon and Taehyung ate their food together in the confinements of the man's hospital room. The food was distasteful, but they enjoyed the quiet company of each other. The doctor came in to inform them both that they'll be discharged soon, and there will be a police investigation held for the accident.

"... We have to get out of here tonight," Taehyung says, swallowing hard on the bland food. "You know that too. Bennie's body was burned to a crisp in that car, if they find that bullet in his body they aren't going to believe it was just a car crash."

Namjoon stopped mid-chew, looking at the closed door before swallowing and coughing slightly. "Taehyung, are you sure you're well enough to? Not to mention, they have our medical records and they know who we are. We can't exactly escape."

"Jimin can handle it," Taehyung shakes his head insistently. "I'm fine, Namjoon. I have Dae on call whenever."

Three knocks came at the door before a loud shout was erupted behind the door. "Fuck this ding dong diddly bullshit just open the door, Jimin!"

"What if the doctor's in there-"

The door slammed open and seconds later slammed closed and locked. Yoongi entered the room with a heaving chest, red cheeks, and panicked eyes. He made a beeline to the water jug on the tray table, chugging it down. Sweat poured down his temples.

Jimin followed soon after, calm and collected. He had his backpack over his shoulder with a laptop in his hands. "I-I don't know what's going on..." He says.

"Did you run all the way here, Yoongi?" Namjoon asks, looking at the distressed man in front of him. "What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Yoongi slammed the jug back down and wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve. "Seokjin's gone rouge and brought my fucking brother into it. They slashed my tires!"

"Wait, wait, hold on-"

"Namjoon you need to talk to Seokjin," Yoongi pleaded, grabbing Namjoon's arms and gripping them with iron strength. "They're pulling a robbery tonight, and if my brother ends up in jail. I swear to god, I will kill that drunk son of a bitch with my own bare hands."

"Robbery? No, no we only do deals not theft," Namjoon shook his head, "Nobody told me about a robbery under my call because there was no call! What are you talking about? That's not how we make our money."

"It was under Seokjin's call," Yoongi's nails dig into Namjoon's skin, but it goes unnoticed from his frustration. Namjoon doesn't say anything about it despite the pain. "Jungkook brought it up to me first, and I know I should've stopped him. I-I should've told you, but I didn't know he'd get up and go by himself! Namjoon we need to stop them-"

"Hold on, you can't just leave," Jimin says, "Look at you both, you aren't healed yet-"

"Jimin, they're holding a police investigation and we're going to be interrogated when we're discharged," Taehyung spoke up, "... We have to leave either way, and we have to leave tonight."

"Not yet!" Jimin says, "We don't have anywhere for you two to stay, and we still need to focus on Jangmi-"

"I have a right to focus on my family too, motherfucker!" Yoongi shouted angrily at Jimin, "Listen, I get you want to get that little girl back, but I have to stop my brother from going to jail for robbery. If you just leave and stayed away from Seokjin, maybe we wouldn't be in this shit! He's a drunk bastard whose going to ruin the mortala if we don't get to him."

"Taehyung, we need to think about Jangmi-"

"Namjoon, PLEASE!"

Namjoon sighed, not letting Taehyung think of a plan before speaking.

"We leave tonight. Jimin you continue working with Taehyung, and I'll go with Yoongi. We stay at my house. Now quit fucking fighting."

[unedited]