Only Above the Surface

Eye Protection

"So, this is why you won't let me top because of some fucked up stereotype that was forced on you through society," Jimin seethed getting up from where he was once cuddled against Tae.

Jin pursed his lips with a satisfying glint in his eye. He loved it when Jimin got feisty and educated the ignorant. Jimin was easily riled up when it came to a patriarchal mindset many people still had.

"But that's how relationships work—" Taehyung started, bewildered by Jimin's sudden change of attitude.

"Guys—" Jungkook tried to cut in, he hated when people fought.

"Ah, no. That is not how relationships work. Not everyone follows this set of roles. I can't believe there's still prejudice in the gay community." Jimin was not backing down. This was honestly more entertaining than the show they were watching. It felt like an American debate.

"There's nothing wrong with being a bottom or a top and it shouldn't be teased. We do not follow hetero-normative structures in this household so, get that out ya head right now." Jimin finished with his arms crossed.

Taehyung was unsure where to go from here. He didn't want Jimin mad at him but he felt cornered. He didn't know the topic would be so sensitive to the pair of friends. He really didn't want to have this conversation in front of others either.

Taehyung got up from the couch and began putting his shoes on. Jimin unfolded his arms and panic filled his features. Did he push Taehyung too far? Jimin jumped up and put a hand on his arm as Taehyung put on his coat.

"Wait, are you mad?" Jimin asked.

Taehyung didn't respond and reached for Jimin's coat as well. It was fall and there was a slight chill in the air already. Jimin hurriedly put his coat on and looked for his shoes. A quiet Taehyung was a scary Taehyung.

After Jimin was done Taehyung grabbed his hand and made his way to the door.

As they were about to leave Jin spoke up. "Ji-min," his voice was still hoarse and it sounded wheezy.

Jimin nodded in acknowledgment. "Keys." Jin rasped.

"They're hanging up," and with that, they were gone.

"What just happened?" Jungkook wondered aloud.

Jin shrugged and got comfy, not bothered in the least. They were grown and can work out their own problems. He sighed when he realized the remote was across the room, he hated watching Gold Rush.

*************

Jungkook blinked a few times to clear his vision as he saw his phone light upon the nightstand. Untangling himself from Jin's arms he reached for it, shooting straight up when he read the notification. There was a wiring of over a half a million dollars taken from one of his company's accounts. Jungkook had his phone sync with all transactions that occurred within the company's accounts that seemed suspicious and he was glad he did it because now he had the hacker in his grasp. Well, almost.

Jungkook jumped out of bed and searched for his pants, falling when his foot got stuck in a pant leg. He needed to get to his computer pronto, he had about a 5-minute window before the unknown account could erase all pieces of evidence of itself leaving Jungkook with nothing. Again.

"Mmh, Jungkook?" Jin said groggily, lifting his head a little to blink at the rushing man, his voice had a hint of rasp but it sounded better than it did some hours ago. His hair stuck up in every direction with dry drool at the corners of his mouth.

Jungkook was too focus to reply and ran from the room to the front door, throwing it open and propelling himself down the stairs of Jin's apartment to race towards his car where his laptop resides. He pulling the door handle only to curse because it was locked and he forgot the car keys. He raced back inside grabbing his keys off the counter, passing a sleepy Jin wrapping is a fluffy blanket.

"Kookie?" Jin yawned, confused about what was going on.

Jungkook ran out the door without responding and pressed the unlock button on his key, he hopped inside and yanked his computer out of his case and booted it up, praying the hacker got lazy and forgot to erase evidence.

Jungkook logged in once his computer was up, once in he immediately set a tracker onto the unknown account which took about two minutes to locate. It was the most nerve-racking two minutes of Jungkook's young life, he could feel his heart pounding in his chest as his locater narrowed in on the account's whereabouts. His palms began to sweat as he anxiously waited. He watched the never-ending circle of death loading on his screen, all it did was increase his anxiety.

Suddenly, the screen turned green indicating that the account was found, Jungkook was close to tears. Finally, after months of tracking this fucking hacker, he finally made a breakthrough! This was the best news he could have hoped for.

Jungkook clicked on the locator info and waited while it loaded. He scrolled through the location and transaction, he froze as he read the owner of the account. His heart dropped to his stomach and suddenly the tears of joy turned into something else entirely. He swallowed as dread filled him. He must of read the name 20 times by now but it didn't feel real until he read it out loud.

"Min Yoongi."

Jungkook squeezed his eyes shut hoping this was an awful dream but the name didn't change. "What are you doing, Yoongs?"

Pretty short but oh well 🤷🏻‍♀️ started school and one of my courses requires 8 books like wtf pray for me y'all 😭

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