Stigma Love's Algorithm [ A BTS x Reader Poly ]

Chapter 53: Between Boxes And Promises

Tae exhales slowly. I squeeze his hand, feeling the tremble in his fingers.

And then, it really sinks in.

It hasn't even been two weeks.

Not even two weeks since Jin Oppa stepped in. Since everything started moving. And now-there's already a plan. A full-proof strategy. a timeline. And an entire team working to make sure this ends the way it should.

The speed of it, the certainty of it, makes my chest swell with something overwhelming.

Gratitude. Relief. Amazement.

Oppa, ever perceptive, speaks again-lighter this time. "You trust me, don't you?"

Tae lets out a shaky breath. Then, quietly-"I do."

Oppa hums, satisfied. "Good. Then leave the hard part to me."

Yoongi smirks slightly. "You're terrifying, hyung."

Jin Oppa chuckles. "I try."

The room feels lighter somehow, the weight on our shoulders easing just a little.

And this-this isn't just Oppa taking a case.

This is Jin Oppa fighting for Tae. Making sure he's safe. Making sure those people never get to touch him again.

Even if none of us have said it yet.
Even if he doesn't fully realize it yet.

I swallow the lump in my throat. "Jin Oppa... thank you."

Oppa is quiet for a moment. Then-

"I'd do anything for you guys."

The words are simple.
But they mean everything.

Yoongi exhales slowly. "You're incredible, hyung."

Oppa huffs a laugh. "I know."

Tae finally laughs, his shoulders loosening as warmth fills his voice. "You always take care of us."

Jin Oppa sighs dramatically. "Of course I do! What else would you all do without me?"

Tae giggles, shaking his head. "I don't even want to imagine."

Oppa nods, satisfied. "Exactly. Chaos. Disaster."

Tae giggles, and god, It's everything.

I snort, nudging Tae. "Say thank you, bear cub."

Tae grins. "Thank you, hyung."

Oppa hums, pleased. "That's more like it."

The conversation softens after that.

Oppa asks about our day.

Tae tells him about watching Namjoon's video, about how he felt something, about how he's excited now.

Jin Oppa goes quiet for a moment at that. Then-he laughs, genuine and fond, at Tae's dramatic reaction to Namjoon's dimples.

And he just listens.
I can hear the warmth in his voice.

He loves talking to us. Loves hearing us.
And we love him, too.

We don't say it outright.
Not yet.
But it's there.

In the way Yoongi's voice gets softer when he talks to him.

In the way Tae giggles every time Jin teases him.

In the way my heart feels full just listening to him speak.

We stay on the phone for a while, the conversation stretching into the afternoon, laughter spilling through the speaker.