It was pitch black everywhere around the room. A faint dun-colored smoke swept through a cigar held between two fingers of a bulky and veiny arm_Head hung low,resting over the hands_a silhouette that was depicting a storm of rage and fury masked by the immensely cold silence.

A muffled sound finally broke the dead silence and few seconds later,a gruff voice echoed through the room_confirming a human presence,

"I lost the chance,"the male said, probably reported to someone else on the other side of line.

'You will get just a handful of chances for the task,you should better know,'

a familiar voice belonging to a male in his late 40s was heard through the call.

"Things ran out of hand when that bloody Jeon magnate interrupted our reunion,"he said while blowing the smoke into already suffocating space.

'I hope you didn't reveal the face_at least!

Or it'll be end for you'

"I'm not a person to make such mistakes, Darco!

Hope you know this,"he replied while staring at the window to his left_cloudy morning turned out to rain,that was sweeping cross the glass window.

'Good luck with your upcoming attempts, !'

The line was cut off and the male continued to stare into a completely different world outside the window than the dark scary room.

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It was around ten in the morning.

Taehyung returned to his apartment an hour ago and was playing with tannie in the living room while enjoying the rain pelting down across the window.

Surprisingly,the thoughts of certain male crossed his mind a couple times_and he finally stopped ignoring them after attempting so for a while.

How can I be so stupid to do such an embarrassing move in front of him! I'm doomed now.

He'll never leave a single chance to tease me,

.

.

But he looked handsome even while sleeping!

He's too perfect to be real, I wonder who'll be his first love.

Surely the luckiest being on earth,right?

The interesting session of fantasies was disturbed by the vibration of cellphone placed over the table.

The corners of his lips curled upwards as soon as he got hold of the phone,

"Hyung! I'm missing you so much.... What's taking you so long?

It's raining here in the Seoul,what about LA?"

"Taehyungiee!

I'll catch cold_just open the door you dumb...Your doorbell isn't working again, I see."

"Oka-

Wait.

Whatt?

You're here?

I mean at my door right now?"taehyung sprung up from the floor as the words left his mouth.

He rushed in excitement towards the door and opened it to get greeted by the most cheerful surprise....

"Taeeee...."

"Hobi hyung!"

Their arms clasped around each other and bodies pressed together with overjoy after seeing each other in a long while.

The cute giggles of both males filled the air with an overwhelming scent of happiness.

"Let's go inside,it's cold out here,"said the younger while dragging the other all the way into living room.

"It was such a good surprise!

Does Jin hyung know about this?"he asked showing the cute puppy eyes filled with curiosity.

"It was all so sudden that I can't inform anyone of you,but it was worth the surprise_right?"hobi said while smiling ever so brightly at his young brother, whom he definitely missed during this time.

"Hmm....Of course.

You can get washed up, I'll order something for both of us."

"Wait. I think you'll have to leave for work soon,"hobi stated while looking at his watch.

"It's my day off.

We'll have loads of fun together, be prepared hyung,"the giggling of this innocent soul once again embraced the atmosphere with joy.

"Okay!

I'll be back soon...."and he ran to take a shower,to enjoy a beautiful rainy day with his beloved taebear.

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"How's he now?"

Mrs.Jeon asked in worry to Jin who was sitting on the couch in front of her_currently in the large and lavish halls of Jeons' mansion.

"He's better now,don't worry mom. They'll be here soon..."Jin reassured his mother in-law who was immensely worried after knowing about the gunshot jungkook has got.

"This is the reason he doesn't prefer coming home after such incidents,

you scare the hell out of others even if they are telling it's not a big deal,"Mr.Jeon entered the hall from his study_ while criticizing his wife for the overprotective nature she has.

"How can I not worry if my son was practically kidnapped and other got shot-"she was interrupted by a clicking sound of the door unlocking.

And in another second,two males entered the mansion_ready to get a hard scolding for about thirty minutes at least.

"Look at this stubborn son of yours, honey!

Do you really think I'll get persuaded by your cute acts, kookie_huh?"the mother said while approaching both the sons to punish them.

It's a mothers heart, after all.

How can you tell it to not worry about their children...To not care about their pains and just let them be when they're suffering through something...

An irreplaceable and most precious treasure in ones life is none other than the tender-hearted care & unconditional love of a mother!

It was around five in the evening,

Jungkook and Namjoon were in their father's study, waiting for him to have a discussion.

Joon decided to break the comfortable silence so he asked the younger,

"It seems like taehyung spent the night over in your office,"

To jungkook,the topic seemed somewhat good and comforting to talk about, when his mind was full of dreadful events happening around them.

"Hmm. He was there all night,"he replied while leaning back in the chair, placed near a large table holding piles of documents and some files.

"He adores you a lot jungkookah!"joon stated casually.

"Why would he adore me when he himself is pretty good in each task he handles,"jungkook replied_ trying his best to hide the curiosity for younger, growing deep inside his heart.

"Well,why would he waste his time in taking care of his cold and rude CEO_even when that was not mandatory for him?"he questioned his brother,telling him to figure it out on his own.

Just then,Mr.Jeon entered the study, causing the ongoing discussion to halt in middle.

"Have anyone of you seen the face of that bastard?"asked Mr.Jeon to both of his sons.

"No dad,it was dark inside that worn out villa and he had his face covered up very well,"joon replied out of frustration while rubbing his palms together.

"It would have been much dangerous and worst if bambam and yugyeom were late by any minute,dad"reported the other male present.

Mr.Jeon walked past both his sons and took a seat on his armchair.

"This is so unlikely of Darco to attack anyone of us personally, specially namjoon.

He has grudges against me,he should harm either my business or my ego,as he always does.

What's with this kind of attempt?"he continued while thinking hard to find an answer.

"Dad,"joon said while looking upto the said male,"I don't think this was an attack by Darco. There was something off, something strange that I can't point out."

Joon was all confused,trying to figure out what was practically strange in that villa, and other males sitting beside him trusted his vibes.

"Just take rest for now joon, we'll find it out soon,"said Mr.Jeon reassuring his son.

"Dad is right namjoon,be careful and take rest. I'll look into this matter till then,"jungkook adviced his hyung while patting his shoulder.

They both smiled reassuring each other and left the study.

Whereas Mr.Jeon got busy making a call.

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"Wow! It was a really amazing day today, tae. Now I have to leave for Jin's place,"hobi said as it was time for him to leave.

"Yes hyung,I too enjoyed a lot!

I'm sure jin hyung will be so happy to see you again,"the younger replied while pulling him into a warm hug.

"Don't forget to have your dinner,ok?"he warned his tae bear while grabbing the bags.

"Sure hyung. You too,"

Hobi left the apartment, driving off to jin's house and taehyung locked the door behind.

He took just a few steps away when he had to turn around again as the doorbell rang.

'Hyung must've forgot something' he thought to himself and opened the door,

"Hyun-"he stopped in middle as there was no one outside.

He searched around for someone but found none.

While closing the door again after a while_he noticed a box placed at his doorstep....

He took the box and went inside,locking the door behind.

A deep breath left his lips subconsciously as he was trying to calm his nerves down,anticipating something strange inside the box from its appearance.

He opened the box and his palms grew ice cold at the sight...

His mouth opened and closed a hundred times but couldn't spell a single word....Tears started to stream down the honey toned skin of his cheeks and the hands automatically retracting from the box placed in front,

"M-m...m-mom!"

Soon the deep buried torment taehyung was left with after the mysterious death of his parents...started to resurface.

He gathered courage and took out the necklace from box, tears totally out of his control. He tried to hug that necklace as close to his heart as possible,expecting the warmth of his mother to embrace him once again.

It took a while for taehyung to bring himself back to senses,when he noticed a note placed in the same box,under the necklace.

Nothing made sense to him as he sat on the floor, with tear stained cheeks and frozen body all-over.

A ring startled him abruptly making his mind all confused at a time. He wiped the tears hastily and answered the call,

"Hello,bogum hyung?"

"Hey, what's up?

You sound strange today,"the person on other side asked.

"Nothing hyung.

What was the matter anyways?"

"Umm... How about we go out after the work hours tomorrow?

I just,Wanted to spend some more time with you,"bogum said a bit hesitantly, unsure about tae's reply.

"Actually hyung, I've something scheduled for tomorrow_sorry!"

"No no,it's ok taehyung!

Then what about the next day?"

Finding no way out of this trouble he agreed for the proposal...anyways_it was just a hangout with bogum,right?

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The city of Seoul was once again struck by the warm sunshine,finding it's way out through the clouds.

Blue Sky sparkled brightly under the spell of sunrays_ depicting a novel start of the day.

But taehyung was still trapped in a maze_ maze of emotions, confusions and nostalgic reminiscence.

It was an unusual morning for Kim Taehyung. He woke up to his alarm and went for a shower without any second thought. He couldn't even greet tannie,being totally fed up with the events of last night.

It took an hour for him to get dressed up and have a bite of breakfast,after which nothing seemed to satisfy his hunger.

He left for the work an hour ago.

The drive to his office was silent_just the sound of engine drifting through the roads and occasionally some deep breaths that left his mouth in an attempt to feel better,but all in vain.

He was waiting for the day to end so that he could visit jin's place and share everything that happened to him. That was the only option left for him.

Soon,he parked near the Jeons' building and went straight to his_precisely, to jungkook's office. Expecting no human presence inside,he turned the knob but was taken aback by the person, already busy doing some work.

Jungkook looked upto his watch and again at the male standing at his door while wiggling the brows _a gesture to ask for an explanation.

Taehyung got the situation and replied to the CEO's questioning gaze,

"Just finished my routine early so thought I should complete the work before time, I can help you with other projects after that."

Although the face of his intern was not as cheerful as it used to be, jungkook nodded in reply and got back to his work. His mind too,was flooded with the accident that happened night before.

Both the males started with their work and hours passed by.

Jungkook was stretching his arms to ease the stress when he noticed taehyung being spaced out somewhere else. After observing the younger for a while,he called him_

"Mr.Kim?"

No response.

"Kim taehyung??"

Being too immersed in his thoughts,the called male was still unable to notice the CEO's voice calling for him.

"

"Y-yes sir!!"he flinched by the authoritative voice of jungkook and realised the situation he was in.

Hanging his head low,only words escaping his lips were' I'm sorry sir!'

"Is there something wrong taehyung?"now the Jeon CEO didn't notice that he is addressing his intern by name in the office!

"No sir,just...thought of something!" taehyung tried to hide his nervousness but all in vain.

"You can tell me if there's anything troubling you,just know that,"and he got back to his work.

Without realising what effect his words have spelled over taehyung.

"Why are you being considerate about me?"

The question was totally unexpected that caught jungkook off guard.

"Just...... You're a good intern of mine. I don't wanna lose such an employee when he's so efficient with his work,"he replied confidently_glad that he was able to hide the real concerns.

"Hmm. That's a good strategy jungkooksii,"said the younger,trying to lift up their minds after hours of tiring work.

"I see you're being more informal and confident with your moves, Kim."

The CEO affirmed while raising his brow at taehyung.

"Well,you see_you're my inspiration for everything,sir."

Both the males chuckled at younger's reply. Taehyung got back to his work while jungkook,

He was not able to take his eyes off of the one sitting in front of him.