Encoded in our DNA (A BTS Reverse Harem x OC story)

Chapter 146

"I'm sorry, but do you have something to report regarding Korain specifically that we should know about?" Namjoon asks.

Just after he utters the question there is a knock on the door of his room. Tae, who is closest to the door, gets up to answer it. His eyes bug out of his head at the sight in front of him before he automatically finds himself allowing him in. Korain comes into the room and his clothing is completely disheveled, his knuckles are ripped open, and his face is cut and bruised. "I'm sorry. I tried to chase them. I tried to find where they took her. I failed. I managed to catch Youngmi on his way back, or wherever he was going. That's why I look so wonderful right now. Unfortunately, he did a number on me and knocked me out. I only just now regained consciousness."

The members look up at Korain with complete confusion. Namjoon frowns himself and turns back to the laptop to look Bang-nim in the eye. "Perhaps you should tell us what you have been holding back regarding Korain."

Bang-nim sighs. "Would that be okay with you?"

"Let me give you the last location I saw the car at first. I need to take care of these scrapes and bruises and get some rest since, outside of my forced unconsciousness, I haven't slept a wink. Trust me those hours of darkness were definitely not rest. I'm exhausted." BTS members honestly hadn't had a wink of sleep themselves, but none of them chose to interject the discussion with that fact. Korain rattles off an address and the car that Youngmi was last seen driving. "I don't know if Youngmi has been working with Hye Rin this entire time, or if he only helped temporarily so I am not sure how much his location will help. But, something is better than nothing."

"Agreed," Bang-nim replies. "Now, go get some rest. I will inform everyone of what you have been up to behind the scenes."

Korain nods his head before leaving the room and heading to his own. Although because he isn't in front of the laptop Bang-nim doesn't see it for himself. He only waits until he catches the sound of the door closing behind him. "Korain first came into the company under the guise of being a security guard. He of course had all the requirements necessary to fit the role, but that wasn't his initial purpose for applying for the job. Originally he was supposed to write an exposé regarding what went behind the scenes with Bangtan Sonyeondan, but when the facts indicated that you boys were nothing but pure and honest he went back to the company he worked for to inform them there was no story. He even admitted to his boss that he fully planned on letting me know of his betrayal afterward. Only his boss at the gossip rag he worked for wasn't happy with that and told him to make something up. Instead of quitting our company he quit theirs, and yes, before you ask, he still came to me and fully confided in me what he had been originally planning to do."

"So, why did he stay with Big Hit then?" Tae asks, obviously confused.

"He stayed because I asked him to. He stayed because after that all went down I asked him to write a counter story of his own. An exposé specifically about sasaengs and how their actions impacted BTS in particular. Originally, the plan was to release the story some time after you had finally found your soulmates. Or rather soulmate. He was set on releasing the story sometime after the club event, but that's when we all realized that Daisy might be in danger. So, he stayed to protect her. When he got rid of her drink that night, he truly did so because he thought she had drank too much. He didn't intend to tamper with evidence, and was just as upset with himself as you all were with him."

Jk frowns. He grabs the laptop and turns it toward him. "So, what about the night he suggested sleeping with the five Army? I can't excuse that night. They were crying and hurt."