𝙻𝙸𝙵𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂 𝙷𝙴𝙸𝚁//𝙿𝙹𝙼 𝙵𝙵

•Attacks•

A few seconds passed by before Jimin grinned and stretched out a hand, "well, Kim, my apologies for the rocky start and thank you for looking out for my wife. Claim your favor from me anytime. I owe you one", they shook hands and bid goodbye but not before Jin glanced at Venus with a knowing look and gave her a small nod, indicating the safe keeping of the secret. A sigh of relief left Venus' lips and Jimin mistaken it for a stressful one. He pulled her in by her waist and bear hugged her, "are you okay, my love". He nuzzled into her hair and sniffed the scent he loved so much, humming into her lock as he softly rocked their bodies side to side. He bet he found more comfort in this than she had. 

Just an hour ago, Jimin was raking up the hills and through the streets for his wife when she wasn't home after the curfew hours. They usually drive home together but Venus had piles of work to finish so he left earlier to fetch Leon and when he found the mansion still void of his wife's presence, he put out a mini search party for her. He went straight for the outer walls of the city where the defense posts were in hopes of finding her though he didn't know if he would be glad to find his wife close to the outskirts where attacks were spiking in an alarming rate and that was how he ended up getting so roughened up. Now that he had her in his arms, safe and sound, Jimin couldn't help but let his demons bask in the warmth of his angel. 

"Me? I'm fine. Just, you know....work", Venus muffled her reply into his chest while sneakily slipped the USB containing the footage into her hand before hugging him. She quickly pocketed it when Jimin pulled away a little to peck her lips, "well, if you say so. But I want you to know that I'm always here for you no matter. Yeah, it's cliche but it's my vow to you too", he gave another kiss before walking her out of the building. Now Venus really hated this whole keeping Jimin in the dark thing but it was what she deemed right at the moment....just for now. 

The moment the couple exited the lab building, they were greeted by a rushing Taehyung with sweaty forehead and wide anxious eyes. Jimin's search party might have been the reason to the male's panic so Jimin gave him a small grin to let him know that Venus was fine but before he could say anything, Taehyung took a turn just in front of them and yelled, "another attack at the borders! They set the containers on fire!", and headed straight towards the Defense Sector. He didn't need to speak more of the details to let Jimin know that it was the same anonymous doofus again plus they set shit on fire, no zombie does that. 

The previous warmth and relief washed right off of him and was replaced by livid and great distaste, Jimin had been dealing with these attacks since months ago and it seemed to be growing more disturbing each time. The amount of supplies they have lost due to this had caused a shortage of resources among his own people, bringing an extra bitter taste to his burning tongue. He needed to fix this fast and effective and the only way to do that was to scout and kill on spot. Anyone without the tatt of Venera will be killed off in an instance. 

But right when Jimin was about to give out the order, a hand stopped him on his chest. He lowered his burning gaze to the hand and found Venus standing in front of him with a look of compassion yet anxious. "We will get through this together but not by slaughtering", "we need to clear this up fast, Vee. There's no telling what they'll do next. If they decided to aim for the farms or the bases, all of our reserved supplies will be destroyed and my people will be the one who gets slaughtered". With his nose flared, eyebrows furrowed and jaw clenched, Jimin was getting more and more impatient as he started portraying that bad temper of his. He'd seen too much destruction to be calm and rational about this. As a ruler, he needed to do the necessary yet her still found himself standing in front of his wife as if his body was waiting for her command instead. 

"I know another way to do this but you have to trust me on this. Please", Venus held his shoulders in a firm grip, capturing him in her deep dark orbs of determination. She sounded assuring and confident and it somehow calmed him a little knowing that she got it figured out. After holding her stare for a few seconds, Jimin finally gave in with a deep sigh, "fine. What should we do now".