Oh God. Namjoon wanted to hit the kid and stop him from talking. "I'm the leader, I'm the most recognisable. No one knows him. They think he's just the back up dancer." He'd apologise to Jimin later, he didn't mean that but he had to try and get the attention off Jimin and onto himself. This was not good.
Jimin trembled a little and tried his best not to cry, only sniffling a little as he listen to the others around him try to take the attention off him. And insult him. It didn't feel great, not going to lie.
"The little punk looks pretty bad." Just an observation from the man closest to Yoongi again, he ended up actually taking out his lighter and starting a flame to illuminate his face a little, showing off the darkening bruises. It was Jin who hissed and turned his own face to the side, feeling tears burning in his eyes, but Yoongi stiffened, not exactly comforted by having a flame this close to him.
But still. Seemed to be working, so he had to keep trying. Perhaps openly this time, might as well. "I can listen. If you leave my friends alone."
"Very heroic. Take him." The guy who seemed to be in charge gestured to the others and one of the men dragged Yoongi to his feet, moving him toward the door. Yoongi was scared, but he did what he could not to let it show, instead looking back at the other members and giving the thumbs up. Meanwhile the attention had indeed turned to Namjoon. "Now, you listen up, leader. We'll get your friend to help us out and leave the three of you here. If you try anything, we kill him."
He said it so casually and Jin gasped, feeling like a coward but also not even caring. How could they talk about killing?
"When we wrap up with him, we get you. Then you can tell your agency and families how serious we are, really sell it, like a good leader. And then maybe the four of you will all be all right by the end of this. You got me?"
"Come on, man. Don't hurt him." This was ridiculous. Why did they have to even hurt Yoongi if he was going to do it anyway? This was ridiculous. "Look, I'll do it, okay? I'll do whatever. Just don't ... don't hurt anyone too much. They won't pay for us if we're damaged." Which, worryingly, might actually be true. He wasn't sure but if any of them got burned or mutilated, they'd be worthless.
"Yoongi." Jimin whimpered as he watched where his friend had been dragged off to, his stomach turning at the state that his friend was already in. He didn't want it to get worse. "Please don't hurt him, please."
Jimin leaned forward and pressed his head onto the floor, bowing in front of their kidnapper in the hopes that he'd ... God, he didn't know. Listen or cared. Something. Some kind of mercy.
"Don't worry, kid. Lots of ways to hurt someone without leaving a mark." Jimin did get a kick in the side, but it wasn't a particularly harsh one. Still made Jin wince in sympathy, while he also mentally scolded himself for not even having the courage to speak out as much as Jimin did, much less do what Namjoon and Yoongi had risked.
He bit his lip when the last of their kidnappers left the room, hearing a key turn in the lock. He just sincerely hoped he wouldn't have to hear Yoongi scream again. What he really hoped was of course that there was no reason for him to scream, but...
Breathing out slowly, he slumped his shoulders, wishing he could be calm. "You're being very brave, Namjoon." Might as well compliment their leader. He'd earned it. "You too, Jimin. But, Namjoon, don't-- Just do what they say. From now on. Please."
"I don't really have an option, do I? I have to play along." Now with a hostage anyway it was much harder. He slowly reached out and stroked Jimin's hair as he lay curled up on the floor, protecting himself from... probably everything in this situation. "It's okay, Jimin. It's going to be fine. I just gotta go get Bighits to drop us some cash or send some armed forces to save our asses and we're outta here."
If all worked out well. He turned his head and gave Jin a shaky smile. "Luckily your handsome face is worth a fortune, right?"
Joking around helped him pretend this wasn't all happening. It was kind of nerve-wracking and being brave wasn't easy. "And besides, if BH does let us down for some reason, you just know the others will make the cash. You watch."
Jin wanted to wrap his arms around Namjoon and, really, preferably hide against him, but instead he simply leaned into him, at least pressing their shoulders against each other. He didn't feel much like joking around, but Jimin was clearly close to losing it entirely and he had to help him. "True. If Big Hit doesn't pay, J-Hope will dance on the street and the other two will sing. Earn a lot of money in no time."
Well, they certainly had talent. Jin lowered his voice, glancing around as if afraid he might still somehow be overheard. "Namjoon, you know my family has money."
"Can you imagine him busking? He'll follow people until they pay up. Or Jungkook and Tae will. They'll go out full force." Namjoon teased, wanting to try and get Jimin to smile but the boy seemed too afraid and concerned to crack a smile. He just sniffled and buried his head against the floor where he lay.
Leaning in closer to Jin, he shook his head firmly. "Last resort, don't bring it up. They'll target you if they know. The company will pay for us, I know they will. It'd be bad PR if they didn't." He couldn't have Jin getting hurt, he'd soon suffer like Yoongi did. Jin didn't react well to this kind of thing, not even as a joke. "We'll be fine, trust me. Just keep your head down and stay quiet. You too, Jimin."
The younger boy nodded slightly but didn't really confirm anything. God damn it.
"I'll bring it up if it can help all of you." No, he didn't want to, partly out of fear, but also because he didn't want to worry his family. But he felt bad enough about what had already happened to Yoongi and the fact that Namjoon was next on the list, he really didn't want anyone to get hurt. Not if he could help it.
Which was why he looked at Jimin, frowning. "Please, Jimin. You have to try and stay out of trouble. Do you know what look there was in Yoongi's eyes when they threatened you? I don't know what he might do if you become a target. You have to stay out of trouble, for his sake. That's how you can protect him, yes?"
He paused for a moment, then smiled just a little. "He looked like he did when that rapper badmouthed you, Namjoon."
"I'll try." Jimin knew he had to stay out of the way but he didn't like that Yoongi was provoking them for his sake. It made him feel responsible for everything. He said he'd stay out of trouble, he nodded his head and slowly pulled himself upright but all the while, he was trying to get the tape undone. He had very small hands and he was pretty sure he could wriggle out of the tape and then... then run for it?
Maybe. He could try to free everyone when Yoongi came back.
"Yoongi is very protective, part of his charm." It was subtle and hard to tell but Namjoon could see it. He always had been able to. "He doesn't want us to suffer. And we won't. We'll all just have each other's backs, yeah?" When was Yoongi coming back, damn it. It was driving him nuts.
"They won't really... I mean, they won't kill anyone, right?" Jin didn't really want to ask Namjoon that, because he knew that Namjoon couldn't know either and that he had to be worried enough about everything and especially Yoongi as it was, but he was too scared to just stay silent. Whenever he did stay silent, he found himself trying to listen and then he imagined he could hear Yoongi screaming, but he honestly wasn't sure whether that was just in his head.
"Why did they even take us? We are not that famous, our agency is one of the small ones. They must know we don't have much."
"They won't kill one of us. We're worth nothing with a member down. They know that we're the best act of our agency. Bigger agencies are harder to mess with, ours can be extorted and besides, look at us, we're not exactly center of attention. We can be kidnapped under the radar." Namjoon was mostly trying to reason it out logically but he didn't know. Would they kill one of them? Was this just a way to get some money and off them or was it a revenge kidnapping? It was hard to tell.
"As much as I think we're hot property, we're not." And that was the sad truth. Important enough to be kidnapped but not enough to be noticed.
"You are right," Jin muttered, trying to feel comforted. It wasn't really working, he wanted to be home. He wanted the nightmare to be over. "You are right," he repeated anyway, then fell silent when he heard steps approaching.
Two of the men walked in, one waiting by the door and the other stopping by Namjoon, grabbing his arm to drag him up. "Time for your contribution. Hope you are ready."
"Please, Namjoon." Jin hadn't even meant to speak up and now he had, he didn't know what to say that would actually be meaningful. "Take care," he finished lamely, lowering his head again.
"You know me, I'm going to be fine. They're just my fans, they know I'm the popular one." Namjoon pulled a stupid face and winked at Jin, hoping to keep the other calm as he was dragged up onto his feet and pulled along. oh boy, here they went. This was going to suck. "Keep Jimin safe, Jin."
"I'll be fine, keep yourself safe." Jimin called out, concerned and worried, watching their second friend disappear.
"It's fine," Jin said to Jimin, while trying to move along to floor so he was closer to the younger one. "You know how smart Namjoon and Yoongi are. They kept a cool head." Even if they had sure managed to make him think they had actually lost their minds for a moment there. "And they always work well together."
Although he supposed these were very unusual circumstances. "Honestly, they are probably better off without us scaredy cats."
"They'll also get themselves hurt trying to be all big and strong." Jimin lamented as he slowly pulled himself up and looked at Jin with worried eyes, knowing that anything could be happening to their friends and they didn't know what. Or how to protect them. God, how much longer would this go on for? It could be days. "I really want to go home."
A pointless sentiment but a true one. He wriggled his hands about again, budging a little bit further. "I hate this."
"Namjoon is right, you know? It would look bad if they don't pay for us. And you know that Hoseok and Tae and Kookie won't just sit still, they'll make sure it won't be long." No, he had no way of knowing any of that, but he wanted to reassure them both as best he could. "Don't struggle too much, Jimin. Remember, they said--" He didn't want to even say the word 'kill', so he found a different way to end the sentence. "--they said they'd hurt us a lot if we tried anything."
"I know, I know. I'm just uncomfortable." Jimin lied as he wriggled again and ... shit, one of his hands came loose. He could move it from the duct tape but he didn't, he pushed it back in and tried not to let Jin see. Instead, he shuffled closer and rested his head against Jin's arm. "We'll be okay, Jin-hyung. They'll pay for us and we'll go home. And then we'll be safe." And that was all he wanted to think about right now.
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Oh God. Namjoon wanted to hit the kid and stop him from talking. "I'm the leader, I'm the most recognisable. No one knows him. They think he's just the back up dancer." He'd apologise to Jimin later, he didn't mean that but he had to try and get the attention off Jimin and onto himself. This was not good.
Jimin trembled a little and tried his best not to cry, only sniffling a little as he listen to the others around him try to take the attention off him. And insult him. It didn't feel great, not going to lie.
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But still. Seemed to be working, so he had to keep trying. Perhaps openly this time, might as well. "I can listen. If you leave my friends alone."
"Very heroic. Take him." The guy who seemed to be in charge gestured to the others and one of the men dragged Yoongi to his feet, moving him toward the door. Yoongi was scared, but he did what he could not to let it show, instead looking back at the other members and giving the thumbs up. Meanwhile the attention had indeed turned to Namjoon. "Now, you listen up, leader. We'll get your friend to help us out and leave the three of you here. If you try anything, we kill him."
He said it so casually and Jin gasped, feeling like a coward but also not even caring. How could they talk about killing?
"When we wrap up with him, we get you. Then you can tell your agency and families how serious we are, really sell it, like a good leader. And then maybe the four of you will all be all right by the end of this. You got me?"
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"Yoongi." Jimin whimpered as he watched where his friend had been dragged off to, his stomach turning at the state that his friend was already in. He didn't want it to get worse. "Please don't hurt him, please."
Jimin leaned forward and pressed his head onto the floor, bowing in front of their kidnapper in the hopes that he'd ... God, he didn't know. Listen or cared. Something. Some kind of mercy.
"Get up, Jimin, he doesn't care."
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He bit his lip when the last of their kidnappers left the room, hearing a key turn in the lock. He just sincerely hoped he wouldn't have to hear Yoongi scream again. What he really hoped was of course that there was no reason for him to scream, but...
Breathing out slowly, he slumped his shoulders, wishing he could be calm. "You're being very brave, Namjoon." Might as well compliment their leader. He'd earned it. "You too, Jimin. But, Namjoon, don't-- Just do what they say. From now on. Please."
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If all worked out well. He turned his head and gave Jin a shaky smile. "Luckily your handsome face is worth a fortune, right?"
Joking around helped him pretend this wasn't all happening. It was kind of nerve-wracking and being brave wasn't easy. "And besides, if BH does let us down for some reason, you just know the others will make the cash. You watch."
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Well, they certainly had talent. Jin lowered his voice, glancing around as if afraid he might still somehow be overheard. "Namjoon, you know my family has money."
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Leaning in closer to Jin, he shook his head firmly. "Last resort, don't bring it up. They'll target you if they know. The company will pay for us, I know they will. It'd be bad PR if they didn't." He couldn't have Jin getting hurt, he'd soon suffer like Yoongi did. Jin didn't react well to this kind of thing, not even as a joke. "We'll be fine, trust me. Just keep your head down and stay quiet. You too, Jimin."
The younger boy nodded slightly but didn't really confirm anything. God damn it.
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Which was why he looked at Jimin, frowning. "Please, Jimin. You have to try and stay out of trouble. Do you know what look there was in Yoongi's eyes when they threatened you? I don't know what he might do if you become a target. You have to stay out of trouble, for his sake. That's how you can protect him, yes?"
He paused for a moment, then smiled just a little. "He looked like he did when that rapper badmouthed you, Namjoon."
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Maybe. He could try to free everyone when Yoongi came back.
"Yoongi is very protective, part of his charm." It was subtle and hard to tell but Namjoon could see it. He always had been able to. "He doesn't want us to suffer. And we won't. We'll all just have each other's backs, yeah?" When was Yoongi coming back, damn it. It was driving him nuts.
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"Why did they even take us? We are not that famous, our agency is one of the small ones. They must know we don't have much."
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"As much as I think we're hot property, we're not." And that was the sad truth. Important enough to be kidnapped but not enough to be noticed.
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Two of the men walked in, one waiting by the door and the other stopping by Namjoon, grabbing his arm to drag him up. "Time for your contribution. Hope you are ready."
"Please, Namjoon." Jin hadn't even meant to speak up and now he had, he didn't know what to say that would actually be meaningful. "Take care," he finished lamely, lowering his head again.
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"I'll be fine, keep yourself safe." Jimin called out, concerned and worried, watching their second friend disappear.
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Although he supposed these were very unusual circumstances. "Honestly, they are probably better off without us scaredy cats."
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A pointless sentiment but a true one. He wriggled his hands about again, budging a little bit further. "I hate this."
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