Jin's POV
"Wait, what? Why are you okay with this? We are not okay with this! Shouldn't our opinion matter! We are a family! You can't leave family!" Taehyung spoke up not caring about what Bang PD thought about being interrupted.
"Tae!" I said, reprimanding him for speaking out when someone elder was talking.
"No, it's alright. He is right. Their opinions also matter. They should be given the opportunity to be heard too." Seeing Bang PD smile like that made me a little wary. He definitely had something up his sleeve.
"Jin!" "Jin hyung!" "Jinnie hyung!" "Seokjin hyung!"
All their voices called out to me as if they were just waiting for Bang PD's cue.
"Kookie, don't think I didn't notice you calling me Jin," I said, narrowing my eyes at him.
The youngest always managed to me smile with his antics. Whenever the situation got too tense, he would always try to get our minds off it by doing things that only he could get away with. Seeing me smile, made him break out in a big grin.
"Anyway, there isn't much more that I can say. I want you all to succeed. So let's not be emotional about this. Realistically, this is the best solution." I said to all of them.
"You fooled us the last time we had this discussion by saying that you were staying and now you trying to pull this is not okay. You want us to succeed, right? I know I shouldn't speak for everyone but I am pretty sure that they'll agree when I say that there is no way in hell that that is happening without you." Namjoon said.
I looked at Bang PD to see him shrug his shoulders and lean back in his chair.
"Bangtan is seven members. We will not survive a day without you. This isn't even about you just looking after us, it's about how much you contribute to the group as an artist. Do you know how many of our albums would exist if you weren't in the group? None." Yoongi spoke up.
"You are our support system. You are the one we all turn to when we are unsure of things. You give us so much confidence in being ourselves and not being bothered about what the rest of the world says." Hoseok pitched in.
"We are sorry that we didn't realize how you have been feeling but we promise to make sure none of it happens again! We will stand by you even if we have to go against Bang PD!" Taehyung said, suddenly brave.
"Excuse me?" Bang PD spoke up not expecting the attack.
"I was just trying to make a point." Taehyung bowed his head in apology while sticking his tongue out.
"Jin hyung, you can't leave us. You don't get to. I know you are hurt and I am sorry but I also know that you don't really want to leave us. You said so yourself. You were holding on for us. We will make sure you never feel like this ever again! Please don't leave!" Jimin said, refusing to be left behind.
If I hadn't known better, this relay of them speaking up would seem to be planned.
"You are just going to sit there and let them emotionally blackmail me? Did you plan all this?" I asked Bang PD finally understanding the reason behind his calm demeanor.
"I didn't have to. As much as all this is a business, you can't detach the relationship all of you have built over the years. If for even a second, I believed that it would be better for you to leave, then I would let you walk away, no questions asked but I know the seven of you enough to know that you can't live without each other."
"Jin, I know you were hurt and still are, nothing can be done about all that has happened except for me apologizing for it, but moving forward things will be different. I have never thought of Bangtan without you and I never will. If given a chance to go back in time, I would still pick you without any hesitation. Bangtan is Bangtan because of every single one of you."
"You still have the freedom to choose what you want to do and you don't have to get back to me on it anytime soon. Take your time but since I haven't heard any sort of protest from your end with regards to what they have just said..." Bang PD's incomplete sentence was the last thing I heard before being crushed under six human bodies.
Someone started to tickle me and that led to a whole mess of seven grown-up men tickling each other and laughing while the CEO of their company sat in front of them, mildly questioning his judgment.
"Get off me!" I said kicking and shoving them off me. I was left with just Jimin clinging to me, refusing to let me go. "Jiminie!"
"Thank you, Jin hyung!" Jimin said as he squeezed me one last time before letting go.
"But I haven't decided to stay!" I exclaimed.
"You have, hyung. You just haven't accepted it yet." Namjoon said.
To say that I hadn't reconsidered my decision would be a lie. Ever since my talk with Yoona at the hospital, I had been questioning my decision. I started to think about what she had said and realized that somewhere along the way, my outlook had become quite cynical and I will have to change that for my own good. While I acknowledged what Yoona said, I also have to consider what the boys and Bang PD had said.
I should have probably approached Bang PD earlier. My insecurities had held me back and it all snowballed into this big mess. If I stay back, is it letting my love for them blind me? Will my leaving be giving in to my insecurities?
If I were to be completely honest with myself, I couldn't see myself leaving them. Bang PD said he would work towards making things better and I had made the decision to work on my insecurities and give myself a chance.
So maybe this was the chance I deserved?
"Jin hyung?" Yoongi's voice called out bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Hmm?"
"Yoona..."
"What about Yoona?" Why is he asking me about her suddenly? Does he know what happened? But how? Jihee..? I hadn't gotten a chance to ask him about her yet.
"She's here..."
"What?" I immediately went to Yoongi who was talking to someone on the intercom. I took the phone from him and told the security guard to give her access to our floor. I ended the call and ran out of the apartment, waiting for the elevator to bring her up.
What was she doing here? It was three in the morning! I was getting impatient as the seconds ticked by and the elevator doors didn't open. A feeling of dread was taking over me.
After what seemed liked an eternity, but was hardly a couple of minutes, the elevator doors finally opened with a ding and I rushed towards her, pulling her out from the elevator and into my arms.
"What's wrong? Is everything okay? Are you okay? What are you doing here?" I asked as I pulled back and checked on her. She seemed okay.
"Is it Jihee? Is she okay? Yoona?" I asked as she pulled me back into a hug, her arms encircling my neck as she stood on her toes.
"Something happened to Jihee?" I heard Yoongi call out from behind me.
"Why do you care?" I heard Yoona's muffled voice ask him.
"I-I.. uh... Who said I care? I was just asking out of courtesy," Yoongi scoffed.
"Right. She's fine. Nothing happened to her. Not that you care." Yoona said, letting go of me and glaring at Yoongi.
"Great..." Yoongi mumbled and walked back to the apartment.
"If everything is fine what are you doing here?" I asked wondering what prompted her to come here so late.
"Who said everything was fine?"
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