In Between || Taejinkook

Three

"And who exactly gave you the permission to do this, Jimin?!" Taehyung's blood was boiling with pure fury inside as he fixed the Omega with his intense glare.

"Obviously your parents. They called and told me you should pay a visit to Hoseok's agency today. That's why I postponed that meeting for tomorrow." Jimin spoke with confidence as though he weren't bothered with the furious Alpha before him who was practically boring daggers into his soul.

Taehyung let out a heavy sigh, dropping his pen on the desk. He started rubbing his temples with his fingerpads to ease off the pain that started at that very moment.

"Cancel the meeting with Hoseok. Bring back my meeting. You're dismissed!" the Alpha uttered shortly and picked up his pen, head focused on his papers once more when he gained back a portion of his reason.

"What am I supposed to tell your parents? I even announced Hoseok you'll see him at 11 sharp." Jimin didn't leave the CEO's office and stood firmly on his words.

"Call him right now and say whatever he makes I will love!" Taehyung, without lifting his head, answered the Omega, making him more confused than what he already was.

"Taehyung, don't bring me into this. You know that's not my cup of tea. I'm not gonna explain anything to your parents later on." Jimin crossed his arms over his chest while tapping one foot on the floor to catch the CEO's attention.

"They want me to see Hoseok because he can ask my opinion for my wedding suit and shit! I trust Hoseok's sense of fasion. Besides, I'll deal with my parents. You don't have to worry yourself about that.

And now if you don't wanna lose your job, Jimin, do as I told you before." Taehyung's voice went lower three octaves dangerously, reminding the Omega of his place.

"Yes, Taehyung." Jimin bowed a little and stepped towards the door. But he stopped, fingers kept wrapped around the handle as the Alpha called for his name. He turned around to face the CEO who was now staring back at him with an unreadable expression.

"What did you do about him?" Taehyung asked in a tone barely audible. However, Jimin heard it all and guessed it the same way.

"I told Namjoon to not leave his side for today." replied the Omega peacefully. His heart ached when he saw the bitter smile sitting on the CEO's lips.

"And what about Su?" Taehyung asked another question as he pushed aside the done sheets of paper.

"His caretaker texted that his mother brought him back today for breakfast." Again, Jimin gave the needed short response.

Taehyung nodded his head and then he suddenly spaced out, staring at the Omega's feet for a while before he let out another sigh.

"Thank you, Jimin. Now you're dismissed for real!"

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Namjoon shook his head and wrapped his fingers around the young Alpha's wrist to stop him from reaching to the lowball. He then averted his gaze to the bartender.

"Don't bring him another shot even if he begged!" He let out dead serious, causing the Beta to only nod repeatedly in fear before distancing himself from them.

Jungkook who was still staring at the whiskey on the counter with a cold expression, finally after some time passing, pulled his hand away from the older Alpha's unnecessarily strong hold.

"Can you leave me to breathe, Namjoon? Don't you have shits to do?!" Jungkook asked as he laid his head on the counter and closed his eyes.

"Of course I had shits to do and of course I failed to do them because someone needed a babysitter. Alcohol isn't a great start for breakfast if you didn't know, by the way!" Namjoon uttered in a bored tone and suddenly downed the shot of whiskey that was supposed to be for Jungkook.

The young Alpha snorted without even opening his eyes. A hint of rationality was still suffocating him from inside.

"I needed that after dealing with you, son of a bitch." Namjoon, knowing precisely why the other was smiling widely like a clown, spat at him madly.

"Technically, you're not even lying. As far as I remember, my real mom was really a bitch!" Jungkook spoke as he raised his head from the counter lazily.

"You remember too much of your past fucked up life!" Namjoon huffed and started playing with the lowball in his hand.

"As an artist, it's normal to be blessed or perhaps cursed with good memory." Jungkook uttered calmly, totally unbothered with the other's somehow offending statement.

"A broke artist you mean, though?" Namjoon couldn't help his sarcastic remarks not to be shot another after another.

"I'm not broke. Just decided... Oh no! Actually, Mr. CEO decided I should complete enough paintings for a fucking exhibition. So, I filled an entire room with those. Still, here we are!

Taehyung's jokes are starting to get lame. I know better than everyone else that he just doesn't want me to have my own source of income and life, Namjoon.

I told him I should leave the mansion now that he's supposed to marry that little bitch, but he refused right on the spot. He didn't even let me keep it on with one word and just left me in the dining." Jungkook spoke in a resentful tone as he brushed his palm over the counter repeatedly in a slow manner.

"Why can't I believe you had that sort of conversation with Taehyung?" Namjoon's voice was out of any touch of mockery this time. He stared carefully at the younger's face to see his every reaction that detected he might be lying to his face.

"I don't know why all you people think I'm a bad influence on Taehyung while on the other hand, I have accepted everything. I'm backing away with no intention of fighting. Ok?!

You don't need to take turns in sticking to my side and make sure I'm not gonna cause any trouble. I know you don't give a fuck about me anyway." Jungkook was ticked off with having people all around him for the past month, trying to talk sense into him when he didn't even need it one bit.

"You know we care about you, Jungkook." Namjoon whispered grimly and put the glass on the counter. Jungkook only stared at the action without giving any response.

"Will you come to the wedding, Jungkook?" the older Alpha had resisted for a long time before, but he, at last, blurted out the question that was eating him from the very root.

"Well, I will have to!"

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These chapters are all important and tell us a lot about the characters' personalities.