Jin was in his restaurant, he was checking something in the kitchen when one of the boys working in his cafe rushed into the kitchen.

"Boss, boss" the blue haired boy started calling him frantically.

"What happened Yeonjun?" Jin asked him.

"Boss you need to see it, come with me" the boy held his hand and started dragging Jin out of the kitchen. Feeling puzzled Jin followed him.

The boy took him to where in front of the TV standing four other boys.

A boy with brown hair pointed at the TV screen "boss we saw Taehyung..shi's husband's name in the news" he told Jin.

"You mean Jungkook's?" Jin frowned why Jungkook's name would be on the news "where did you see it, Soobin?" He asked.

"There" the said boy pointed at the TV and Jin looked at it.

It was the news about the plane crash. Jin's eyes widened as he realized it was the same plane that Jungkook is supposed to take from Singapore.

Jin stumbled back in shock as he saw his son-in-law's name on the list of the deceased persons.

Yeonjun held him before he could fall and made him sit on the nearby chair "boss are you okay?" He asked "Kai go bring some water" he ordered and a black hair boy almost immediately brought a glass of water.

"Here boss drink this" Yeonjun handed it to Jin who seemed to be frozen.

Suddenly the boy named Soobin came with Jin's phone that was ringing.

"Boss, Namjoon sir is calling you" he informed Jin.

This seemed to finally bring Jin back from his frozen state, he received the phone "J..Joonie… t..the news… J..Jungkook…" he stuttered.

On the other end of the call Namjoon closed his eyes in despair hearing Jin's words, he understood that Jin had already gotten the news. It's been only a few minutes that he himself got to know about it and the first person he called is his husband.

"Jinnie please listen to me, please calm down and listen to me" he said to his husband.

"How can I calm down?" Jin almost shouted on the phone "the news, it said that Jungkook's plane crashed into the sea. They are showing his name in the deceased list" he said, crying.

"Please Jinnie, you have to calm down, for Tae you have to," Namjoon said in a pained voice. He doesn't know if Tae knows about it yet or not. He can't even imagine his son's state if he already knew about this. As much grieved as they are knowing this news, they need to stay strong for their child, who is going to be devastated if this news indeed turns out to be true.

"Tae, oh my God Joonie my Tae" Jin cried even harder at the mention of his son "what about my Taebear? How is he going to bear it? My poor child" Jin felt horrified at the idea of Tae knowing this devastating news.

"That's why we need to be strong Jinnie" Namjoon told him "our child needs us now and we can't get weak, we have to be strong for him. I need you to go to him. He is alone in their home, we shouldn't leave him alone now."

Jin suddenly remembered this was the day when Tae was going to tell Jungkook that he loves him. But now this happened, what he must be doing alone there "okay I'll just leave for there" Jin said wiping his tears with his free hand. He needs to be strong for his child and strong he will be.

"Okay, I'll call Soomin, she has a friend working in Air Korea, maybe she can help us," Namjoon informed him and hung up the call.

Jin got up from his chair, ready to leave when Yeonjun said "I'll go with you boss. I'll drive you there".

"No Yeonjun you don't have to.." Jin started but Yeonjun cut him in the middle "please boss you are not in a state to drive. Please let me go with you." The boy pleaded.

"Ah okay then let's go" Jin agreed.

They left the restaurant together.

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Soomin ,Hoseok, Yoongi and Jimin were having lunch together. Because it's a holiday they decided to meet at lunch. They were eating and chatting happily when Soomin's phone rang.

Soomin frowned a little seeing Namjoon's name on the screen, why would he be calling her, she thought but nonetheless received the call.

"Hello uncle Namjoon," she said.

".........."

"Yes uncle tell me how can help you"

"............."

"What? How? When did you find out?"

"..............."

Others in the table couldn't hear what Namjoon was saying from the other end. But they could see how Soomin's expression changed from shocked to horrified to sad. They all saw how she wearily eyed her boyfriend as she said "okay uncle I will reach there as soon as possible" and then the call was cut.

Soomin looked at the other three with apprehension "I have a news, no actually a bad news" she told them and placed her hand on Hoseok's and held it tightly "the plane in which Jungkook was coming back.." she closed her eyes tightly as she let the next set of words out "that plane crashed into sea before entering South Korea. According to the news channels no one survived" she said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"WHAT???" The three boys shouted together.

"What do you mean by that? Are you sure about it?" Hoseok asked, he couldn't not believe what he heard. The plane in which Jungkook was coming back has crashed and no one survived which means his best friend is dead now, no it can't be, it must be some kind of sick prank. But who could be so heartless to play a prank like this?

"No" Jimin panicked hearing the news "no, not now, not today, today when Tae is going to… oh no Tae" he looked at Yoongi, tears flowing from his eyes "hyung Tae" he cried out "my Taetae, what he must be feeling now? I need to go to him, he needs me hyung" he cried frantically.

Had it been some other time, Yoongi would have pulled his crying boyfriend in his arms and tried to sooth him. But today he couldn't do so. how could he, when he himself is shocked beyond limits hearing the news.

"We need to go to the Airport" Soomin wiped her tears and informed the three boys "you know right, my friend works in Air Korea, uncle Namjoon asked me to help him to contact her so that we can know what actually has happened. So please pull yourself together" she told them.

"Okay let's go" Hoseok got up holding her hand, Yoongi too did the same "yeah let's go then" he said and started walking out pulling Jimin with him but Jimin didn't follow him.

Yoongi looked back at his boyfriend "what are you doing Jimin, let's go" he said.

"You guys go. I will go to Tae" Jimin told him.

"But Jimin.." Yoongi tried to say something.

"Please hyung my best friend needs me. I have to go to him" Jimin cut him in between.

Yoongi nodded his head as he understood where Jimin was coming from, just like they are worried for Jungkook, Jimin too is worried for Tae.

"Okay, here take my car" he handed Jimin his car keys.

They all left the restaurant and started for their destinations.

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Jin and Yeonjun reached the BH housing, where Tae and Jungkook's apartment is situated. Yeonjun stopped the car before the gates and Jin got down "you take the car back" Jin told him and he nodded his head.

"I will leave now" with this Jin started walking inside the gates. He entered the building and got into the lift and pressed the floor number on which the apartment is. Once he reached the floor, he got out of the lift and walked to the door of Jungkook's flat. He took a deep breath and pressed the doorbell.

………………..

Tae hadn't moved even an inch from his place from the moment he heard the news of the plane crash, from the moment his eyes had caught sight of the name of his husband, his love in the list of deceased.

Let alone moving from his place, he hadn't even blinked, still staring wide eyed at the TV screen where they kept repeating the same news again and again. His mind has gone blank, he couldn't think about anything. He isn't even crying. It's like his whole being has frozen. The only thing that was moving, are his trembling lips as he kept chanting only one name,

"Kookie…. Kookie….. Kookie….. Kookie…. Kookie….. Kookie..."

The boy kept repeating the same name again and again like a prayer.

Suddenly the doorbell of the apartment rang which finally brought the boy back from his stupefied.

Tae snapped his head at the door "Kookie, Kookie…" he rushed to the door thinking his husband came back.

"Kookie you came back, I knew that news is not true, Kookie you…." Tae kept blabbering as he opened the door, thinking it's Jungkook who was on the other side of the door. But he stopped talking as soon as he spotted his Eomma there.

"Eomma?" He looked at Jin "what are you doing here? And why Kookie is not here yet?" He asked and kept looking behind Jin while raising his neck to see if Jungkook was coming or not.

Jin kept staring at his son with worried eyes, as he noticed the blank look in Tae's eyes and saw his crazy behavior "T..Tae d..did y..you s..saw, did you saw the n..news?" He asked in a shaking voice.

"What news?" Tae asked, still trying to look behind Jin.

"The news about the plane crash, the news about Jungkook?" Jin inquired as his heartbeats loudly.

Tae finally stopped what he was doing and looked at Jin.

"T..the p..plane c..crash…. K..Kookie…." He mumbled as it finally dawned upon him what his Eomma said. Hearing about it from Jin, made him realize that what he saw in the news a few minutes back is true, it wasn't a fragment of his imagination. It has actually happened.

"T..that p..plane, t..that p..plane c..crashed, m..my K..kookie, m..my K..kookie w..was i..in i..it, m..my K..kookie w..was i..inside t..that p..plane.." his hands flew to his mouth as tears poured like a river from his eyes.

Tae fell on his knees "m..my K..kookie w..was i..inside t..that p..plane t..that c..crashed, m..my K..kookie.." he wailed loudly.

Tears flowed from Jin's eyes as he saw his son's state. He went in and sat in front of the wailing boy. He pulled his son in his arms, hugged him tightly.

"E..Eomma, E..Eomma, m..my K..kookie…" Tae kept wailing "E..Eomma t..that p..plane, they s..said n..no one s..survived, E..Eomma" he kept crying his heart out and Jin too cried with him.

The Eomma son duo kept crying holding onto each other, sitting on the doorway.

And that's how Jimin found them.

Jimin found them crying, sitting on the doorway as he reached the apartment. He also noticed how their neighbor was trying to peep inside to see what all the commotion is about. He entered the apartment and closed the door.

He went in and sat beside them.

"Taetae, uncle Jin" he called.

As Tae heard Jimin's voice, he broke the hug with his Eomma and turned to Jimin.

"Jiminie.. my Kookie… that news said, my Kookie…" Jimin pulled his best friend in his embrace.

"I know Taetae, I know" he sighed as he rubbed the crying boy's back.

"W..what will I..I do J..Jiminie? W..why did t..this h..happen? H..he s..said that he would c..come b..back to me, then w..why didn't h..he come?" Tae asked as he sobbed into his best friend's arms. He kept hiccuping.

"Ssh.. Taetae, please don't cry like this, uncle, noona, Yoongi hyung, Hoseok hyung they all went to Airport. You know, noona has a friend who works in that airline, they went to meet her. I'm sure they will come back with some positive news" Jimin told his best friend.

Tae pulled out of the hug and stared at Jimin's face "they went to meet her?" He asked like a lost child and Jimin nodded his head. "They will bring some positive news, do you think so? Are you sure" Tae asked like a lost child who is searching for the right road to reach his home.

"I am sure" Jimin tried to assure him but he himself wasn't able to believe his own words because he knew if the news of the plane crash is true then there is hardly any chances of Jungkook's survival. But he didn't have the heart to explain this to his sobbing best friend.

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This chapter is really long, so I've divided it into 2parts, A&B. I'll be posting Part 74(B) sometime later, after I'm done with the editing.

P.s: thanks for reading. Hope you like it.