Enemies//Jikook √√

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A month earlier,

XX/XX/20XX

5.00 p.m.,

[ [LOCATION undetected] ]

Namjoon is sitting at his table with his head lowered, not saying a word.

The members are already seated comfortably in their respective seats, well,

Most of them, anyway.

"Is everyone here?"
Namjoon asks as he starts to lift his head up to look at everyone.

"Uh..n-"

There's a bumping sound, and the brief squeaking of chairs.

"Yes,"
Jin's voice speaks up quickly.

"Everyone's here."

Namjoon stifles a chuckle as he lands his eyes on a breathless maknae line.

"Glad to see the three of you on time."

Taehyung huffs playfully.

"Aw, c'mon, hyung. We only went to have a quick snack. At least we came back before you started."

Namjoon starts to respond, but Jin hushes him up with a single hand.

"Let's just start this discussion and get it over with, yeah?"

The leader decides to listen to the eldest's words and rubs his hands together.

"Yeah. Okay. I think we all know why we're here, so let's just get straight to the point."

He looks at Yoongi with a knowing glance.

"Yoongi, if you would do the honours?"

Yoongi claps his hands twice, and the lights in the room immediately dim.

A small hologram in a pretty blue colour appears in front of Yoongi, and Yoongi gives it a single poke.

The hologram dissolves into a billion pixels and suddenly everyone has their own personal hologram in the shape of a folder floating in front of them.

Jungkook can't hold back the amazement he feels and lets out a tiny 'woah', his doe eyes shining in awe.

And Jimin silently casts an adoring glance in his boyfriend's way, loving the innocent aura radiating off the younger.

Yoongi pretends not to hear, though a proud smile is trying to force its way onto his face.

"You really worked on your hologram project, huh?"
Jin asks, fingers ghosting over the hologram almost teasingly.

"Well,"
Yoongi shrugs.

" I had a lot of free time, so I experimented around with what I had."

And everyone nods in understanding.

"Just touch the hologram and it'll reveal all the information you need for this mission."
Yoongi informs, and everyone is eager to comply.

As soon as their fingers make contact with their holograms, the blue folders disappear and take the shape of  monitors.

They start reading the plan Yoongi and Namjoon had so carefully laid out, making sure to remember all the small details and whatnot.

After a few moments, everyone looks away from their hologram and towards their leader.

"So, as you all have read, the objective of this mission is simply to throw the CIA and spies off our tracks.
It's been three months since that accident with Lee Taemin,"

Jungkook stiffens at the mention of the fallen agent's name, but Namjoon continues on.

"And they are not giving up their investigation. If this continues, they might find any loose ends we left behind in the past, and it might be a threat to us in the future."

"I'm sorry,"
Jungkook suddenly speaks up, surprising everyone in the room.

"I c-could've been more careful. I was careless and ignorant of my surroundings; it's all my fault. I'm sorry."
The maknae squeezes his eyes shut, face crumpling in regret and self hatred.

He hates being a burden. He hates it when he's the reason for all their difficulties.

If only he'd seen Taemin sneaking up on him, this wouldn't have--

"Jungkook-ah,"
Yoongi's voice calls out, and Jungkook's eyes snap open in a second, blinking in order to bring himself back to reality.

The blond haired male is right next to him (he doesn't know when the elder had moved from his seat), and his eyes are looking into his with nothing but warmth and understanding.

Because Yoongi had experienced this, too.

Yoongi knows what it's like to hate himself and beat himself up over every single mistake he does, no matter how small the mistake actually was.

"Let go of the table, Kook. You're hurting yourself."

And only then does Jungkook realize that he's actually been gripping the edge of the table so hard his knuckles had turned white.

He lets go immediately and instinctively lets out a soft hiss as he feels the sting in his fingers.

"Sorry,"
He mumbles again.

Jin, who's been sitting next to Jungkook this whole time, reaches out a hand to grab Jungkook's.

He massages the maknae's fingers softly, like a mother would do to her child, and Jungkook feels a soft pang of affection for his eldest hyung.

"None of us blame you, Jungkook."
Namjoon says.

"Small mistakes happen all the time."

"Yeah? That's not how you reacted when Jungkookie got shot in the shoulder, was it?"

Hoseok teases, nudging an elbow into the leader's side playfully as he flounders over a response.

"That was different,"
He says grumpily, and everyone smiles at the leader's embarrassed response.

"Okay, so, this is a sweet moment and all, but is this meeting still on or what?"

Taehyung's question brings out a laugh out of everybody.