JIMIN POV
We played around with the phrases a long time, trying
to figure out where the
code was hidden.
Our first clue was the
numbers that had been flipped from a six to a five and
that was where we started.
"Wait." Jih said, a few
moments later.
"Jimin, how many of Jiwoo's
men flipped and told us the information we needed for
the raids?"
I looked up and met his eyes.
We both knew the answer.
I said it out loud anyway.
"After the kid rolled, four
others added information."
"Five." Jungkook breathed.
"five of his men."
"Fuck." Jih and I said at
the same time.
"What does that
mean?" Jungkook asked.
"It means they have plans for the men who betrayed them."
"We just don't know what."
We were all quiet then, wishing we knew the rest of their code.
"Unless." Jungkook said, deep
in thought, staring at the words he'd written on the page.
His green eyes sparkled for
the first time in a long while
as he thought furiously.
"Unless what?" Jih asked.
I waited, trying to be patient.
"Unless them speaking in Spanish was part of the
code?" Jungkook suggested, looking up at us.
"It was such a small
moment, one little word,
they could have just as
easily said it in English."
"Where are you going
with this?" I asked.
"Si." Jungkook said.
"Si, yes, yes, all is good."
"Except all wasn't good."
"Not for them."
"His brother had found out
five of their men had turned."
"What if he wasn't saying yes?"
"What if he was suggesting
what they do to the men?"
Jih and I looked at each other
as Jungkook repeated it again, only this time he said the word differently, like it was sigh.
"Silence." Jih and I said at
the same time, before we
were out of our chairs and running into the hallway.
Jih turned around abruptly, causing me to nearly run
into him.
"You stay with Jungkook."
"He needs you, I can call
the prison."
I nodded, trusting him to
deal with this.
He was right, Jungkook
needed me.
I walked back into the interrogation room and
right up to Jungkook.
"You are brilliant, you
know that?" I said.
"Brilliant and amazing and
I am so lucky that you are
with me."
He looked up at me and
smiled.
He was looking right at me in
a way he hadn't in a while.
Somehow, I think this day
had been good for us.
The danger had been right
in front of us and we'd
been a united front.
We'd even cracked their
code.
We were working together now, not surviving separately but I
still had to address the tension and guilt I'd been feeling.
"Baby." I said softly into his
hair as I pulled him to me
again.
"I'm so sorry for dragging
you into this mess."
"Being with me has caused
you so much fear and anxiety."
"I'm not sure I'm worth it."
He reached up, cupping my
face and kissing me
passionately.
He smiled when he
leaned back.
"You are more than worth
it."
"You are my everything,
my love."
"I'm sorry I forgot that for
a while but I love you."
"I love you and I'd walk
through hellfire if it meant
that we would come out
the other side together."
My heart absolutely melted
and I kissed him again.
I truly believed that our love would get us through anything and we would survive anything.
"First chance I get." I said
after we broke the kiss.
"I'm putting a ring on your finger."
Jungkook laughed, not at me
but with a joy I'd forgotten
the sound of.
"What if I beat you to
it?" he asked.
I laughed with him.
"I don't care, as long as at the end of the day, you are my husband and I am yours."
"I'd like that." Jungkook
said, smiling up at me.
I smoothed his hair back from
his forehead and leaned
down to drop a kiss there.
He smelled good and his
skin was smooth and warm.
I'd missed this.
I had to get back to work
but we kissed one last time.
Then another.
Then for a few more minutes.
I didn't want to let him go
but I had to.
One last kiss, then I nearly
ran away to make sure I
wasn't tempted back in.
Jungkook's delighted laughter followed me down the hallway.
He'd wait in the station until
I was ready to go home.
Neither one of us wanted to
be too far from the other.
Dubois had arrived by the
time I got to the meeting
room with the sheriff and Jih.
We made a list of all the men who'd acted as informants
for us for our raids.
If Jiwoo's brother had been
able to identify them, they
were all in danger.
And we all knew Jiwoo's effectiveness when it came
to settling debts and following through with threats.
The mood in the room was
grim as Jih called the penitentiary where the men
were being held and asked to have them moved immediately out of general population.
He had the call on speaker phone, so we all heard it as chaos erupted in the back
ground of the call as we waited.
Shouts and yells and the
banging of metal against metal.
Gunshots. Shouting.
Even before the man Jih had called came back on the line,
I knew we were too late to
save the men.
We lost the connection and it took almost twenty minutes before we could reach anyone regarding our informants:
they were all killed during
an apparent riot.
Dubois and I cursed at the
same time as it was confirmed, meeting each other's eyes.
I sat down, unsure where
to go next.
I'd promised Jungkook so
many times that I would end
this and get him out of danger, and yet every time I turned around Jiwoo was there
first, Jiwoo was winning,
Jiwoo knew more than us.
I didn't know how much
longer I could hold on.
Dubois sat next to me, long
after Jih and the sheriff had
left the room, already moving
on to the next order of
business in catching Jiwoo.
No hope, that's what they'd taught us at the academy, just keep going Jungkook had
taught me hope and I
couldn't remember how
to go back.
Dubois clapped his hand
on my shoulder.
"Don't give up." he said
and I wondered if he could
read my thoughts.
"They say it's not but hope
is actually the best weapon
we have."
"It's the only thing that keeps
us going on cases like these."
I shrugged him off, not
wanting to hear platitudes
but he forced me to turn and face him.
"Listen up and listen good."
As I looked into his eyes, I
saw a fear and an anger I
had never seen from the
unflappable FBI agent before.
Then I remembered the kid
who had first given us information, whose sister had been under Jiwoo's protection.
Maybe Dubois did have some stake in this after all.
"I know we are
close." Dubois continued and now I was ready to listen.
"I know we are close, We
just need one good break
in the case."
"We have all the evidence against him, we just have
to tie it to him now."
I thanked Dubois and left, watching him as he walked
down the hallway in the other direction on the phone.
Knowing he was making sure
the kid's sister and family
Were taken care of.
He was a good man.
I hoped he had somebody like my Jungkook to tell him that.
Thinking of Jungkook, I
went straight to him and
took him home.
I'd added extra security to
my house the week before
so we felt safe enough
heading there.
Jungkook had been quiet the whole way home but not like
the disturbing silence of before.
Now it was just peace and an understanding that we would stand by each other as we blundered through this.
When we got home Jungkook maintained his quiet but
smiled at me and took me
by the hand straight into
our bathroom.
There he set about taking
care of me, like I'd always
taken care of him.
He set the bathtub running
with warm water, almost
hot and then stripped me.
When everything was just
right, he pulled me into the
tub as he stepped in naked
too.
In the bathtub he sat back, encouraging me to sit between his legs and lean against him.
Usually it was me taking
care of him, me wrapping
him up in my arms but
tonight it was the opposite.
It felt wonderful to have him cradle me against his chest.
To have him cuddle me.
It felt safe, something I
hadn't felt in a long time, as Jungkook began washing
me, slowly, piece by piece, massaging as he went.
Once the warmth and
Jungkook's proximity had
relaxed my body completely
and only then his hands began
to wander under the water,
to the apex of my thighs
and my cock that was
stirring against my leg.
In a move that defied logic,
he slipped out from under me without disturbing the water much and eased in front of
me, until he was kneeling between my spread legs.
He sent me a warm smile
before dunking under the
water and wrapping my
hard cock in his full lips.
I could see him through the water's surface, bobbing up
and down.
I didn't know how he held
his breath so long
but it felt amazing.
Even the moments when he came up for air and the warm bath water would rush around my cock again before the
suction of his mouth would
clear it all away, were all amazing.
Warmth, comfort, sensation.
Nothing existed but the two
of us in this room.
Nothing from the outside
could get in.
When the water started to
cool and my orgasm was
close, he leaped from the
tub and pulled me after him,
not even stopping for a towel before pushing me onto the
bed.
He climbed on top of me
with a wicked smile I hadn't
seen for a while, his hard
cock pink and straining
toward the ceiling.
He was ready for me,
excited for us to be together
and I loved that.
I didn't even see him prep,
I guess his slick was enough
for tonight before he was on
me, pushing down and taking
me inside his body in one
smooth glide.
His ass was so tight and hot.
Then we were together.
His bodyweight drove me
deep inside him and my
eyes closed without my permission for a few seconds.
I didn't want to stop looking
at him but it felt so good to
have him on top of me.
Even though he was hard and obviously enjoying himself, he moved gently and watched
my face, nothing but love and comfort and acceptance on
his as I thrust up into him
again and again.
And I knew.
No matter what happened
with the case, Jungkook
wasn't going anywhere.
He loved me and was
taking care of me tonight.
I came with nothing but Jungkook on my mind and I
fell asleep the same way,
with his body still covering
mine, my knot buried deep
inside him.
I never wanted it to go down.
Never wanted to leave his
body.
Never wanted us to be two again.