#now there's 'don't start fires in the woods' text alerts

[13beachesxx]

fall is upon us ladies and gentlemen

[bitchfitch]

Lavi art fight resource

hrrrg. cat boy. causes problems on purpose and loves his wizard. is sometimes a lion

an excerpt bc i pulled one for the others and id feel weird not doing it for him (its fjord in the pictures, not anta)

The second to last match ended in a draw as the gathered crowds cheered the two young mages and their familiars on. 

Team one, comprised of the superstar evocationist, Anta, and his lion familiar Lavi, had broken through the conjured hoards of beasts with sheer and near unimaginable brute strength. They cleared the hoard the fastest, though points were deducted for their near complete lack of teamwork and frequent communication failures. 

Team Two, the summonor Fjord and his crow familiar Rook, took only a few moments longer, but worked in near perfect tandem, as was the goal of this competition. 

In the small waiting room between matches Lavi's deep amethyst mane caught gold streaks from the sunlight that dripped through the window he was dosing beneath. He stretched splaying his massive paws as he cracked a glimmering red eye open to watch his master pace about like a caged animal. 

Lavi knew Anta could probably use a hug, but they were trying to conserve magic between matches so Lavi had to stay a lion. It did hurt to watch Anta tie himself up in knots like this, both in the sense that Anta was his friend so Of course Lavi didn't like seeing him in distress, and in the much more physical sense that Anta was accidentally letting so much negative energy seep through their connection that Lavi was starting to get a headache from it.

"They're cheating," Anta declared, his shaggy black hair a mess from the wind and him running his fingers through it as he pulled his thoughts together, "That's the only reason Fjord could have ever made it this far. They Are Cheating," 

"A little more elaboration would be nice, darling," Lavi sighed as he stood plodding over to Anta and plopping down in his path. If Anta didn't chill out Lavi was going to have to break out the big guns.

"Fjord is No where near as good of a caster as me, and Rook is nowhere near as powerful as you. They shouldn't be winning!" Anta huffed tapping his foot as one hand strayed to pet the massive feline before him. his fingers brushing over the smooth golden fur on Lavi's snout then forehead before tangling with the hair at the base of his mane, 

"They're winning because they work better together," Lavi sighed,leaning into the touch for a moment before headbutting Anta's hip just enough to knock him back a step "Litteraly the only critique we ever get is that we don't communicate well," 

"But we do! We do, we always get what ever need done, done. We've never failed an assignment, We're the better duo, Lavi" Anta took the hint and sat down on the old wood floor, pulling his show jacket off and tossing it up onto one of the tables before lying down,

"I'm not denying that we're better, we are, but… We work well together despite each other. I never know what you're planning before it happens and I just have to roll with it. You don't know what I'm doing, so you just keep pushing power through. It works, but Barely,"  Lavi settled down on top of him with a sigh, careful to make sure he wasn't putting too much weight on Anta, 

"I still think they're cheating," Anta says after a moment, his hands going to braid a section of Lavi's mane. 

"Then look for evidence during the last match. but do you really think Rook would let Fjord cheat?" Lavi closed his eyes again, ready to get a little more nap time in before they had to be on the field.

"Rook can't tell Fjord no anymore than you can tell me no. And I absolutely believe Fjord would cheat," Anta said with the up most conviction.

Round three began with the announcement of the trial, a simple test of connection.

Lavi and Rook would be facing off in a game of capture the flag, completely separated from their casters and unable to hear or see them. Fjord and Anta would however be able to see the entire field and could pass spells to their familiars as needed.

This should be easy, Anta reasoned with himself, he and Lavi were used to this lack of direct communication while Fjord and Rook weren't. They could win this and take the competition. 

The countdown began and Fjord was already starting to try and focus, his spell book open on his lap with one of his own sigils already prepped. 

Anta couldn't say he knew what it did, Fjord's sigils were always such a jumbled mess that trying to parse them out was fools errand. 

The game began with a thunder clap. Lavi didn't wait for Anta, and was already storming through the maze that filled the field. the low shield overtop the whole thing kept Lavi from jumping the hedges, but an admittedly over powered blast of fire sent through him by Anta was more than enough to deal with the lush greenery standing between them and their goal. 

Cloaked in flame Lavi ran on, as Rook began laying the protection wards Fjord was sending his way, before darting down the path that Lavi was coming up. 

Anta grit his teeth as the pool cracked open across the path right before Lavi made the final turn. Unable to stop in time Lavi skidded into the water, firmly putting out the fire. He launched up after Rook, his jaws snapping at thin air as the bird darted out of his grasp and back towards his own flag. 

Anta tried a different approach, Lavi was going to go at this head first like he did everything, and Rook was going to stay on the defensive until the last moment, so a quick invisibility spell cast over Lavi should be more than enough to let him stalk closer. 

One of the wards Fjord had passed through earlier cracked that plan open a second later. Lavi stood from where he had been stalking, a second away from launching up to grab Rook. There was a moment between the two familiars before Lavi shrugged, shaking out his mane before turning and heading back into the maze. 

A new strategy. Anta loaded a ventriloquist spell, if it worked it should fill the maze with duplicated sounds, making it impossible to tell which way Lavi was coming from. Then another spell to silence Lavi's footsteps, and a final one to amplify his speed. Lavi could probably see Rook's flag, this would be more than enough to give him the cover and boost he needed to grab it.

It wasn't. 

Before Lavi had even made it around the corner Rook was laying another trap in his path. 

Anta watched as Lavi was caught up in the snare, his massive body crashing down as his legs were pulled out from under him.

His chest ached with a sympathy pain, but his heart thundered with excitement. There. That was it. There was no Possible way for Rook to have been able to guess with that much certainty which path Lavi would be coming down. Fjord had already used his illusion dispell, and they could both still hear the rumblings of a hundred phantom lions.

Fjord and Rook were cheating, they had to be, some communication relay if Anta had to guess. 

And there was a very easy way to prove it.

Lavi was going to Eat That Stupid Fucking Bird. Screw the flag! This was personal now. First off, the water had been So Uncalled for, what type of fairy dunked their friend like that? and now all the damned snares that kept catching Lavi off guard were driving him Mad. 

Anta was also to blame for this, he needed to chill out on the high power spells, because while Lavi could handle them, channeling all that power was starting to make him feel fuzzy around the edges. He wasn't reacting as fast as he should be and it would only take one good hit to dematerialize him if he had to guess. 

He felt a spell well up in his chest, something burning and offensive that he didn't fully recognize. Whatever, this felt strong. He crouched and watched the air for the black soot stain the was Rook. Anta didn't hand out spells earlier than was 100 percent necessary, so Lavi didn't have to wait long.

As soon as Rook was in sight Lavi lunged as hard and fast as he could, the trigger on the spell was tripped as his fangs clacked together around air, Rook having managed to dodge just out of his grasp.

A blast, of pure hot magic tore out of Lavi, nailing Rook dead on and knocking them both back down to earth with a heady thump from Lavi and a fluttering crash from Rook. 

Lavi stood first, his legs shaky and his vision blurred as a sickness racked him. A deep ache in his very blood that even he could recognize as magic poisoning. Anta had pushed everything he had through Lavi, and if Lavi had been any weaker it wouldn't have just banished him back to the fae relm, it would have killed him.

The realization hit Lavi like a letter alerting a newly made widow to the tragic news, and the competition was forgotten as he sought out Rook.

He was still, a mass of scorched black feathers that shuddered and cracked with too much magic.

Rook would have been banished if it actually was as bad as it looked. Lavi told himslef that as he gently picked up his friend betwen his teeth and ran for the emergency exit he and Rook had been queued into before the match started.

The school's healer was already there, taking Rook from Lavi with steady hands even as Lavi stumbled. The crowd that had been watching murmured as Fjord ran onto the field to follow after the healer as she hurried away. Worry clear on his young face as he demanded to know what was happening. Lavi couldn't hear the answer.

Anta was at his side a moment later, a bruise already starting to darken over his left eye.

"Lavi?" Anta knelt down to look his woozy friend in the eye, "Hey, Lavi?" he sounded so scared, his voice tight as tears welled in his grey eyes,

Lavi didn't have the capacity to answer, instead he just rested his heavy head on Anta's shoulder, leaning into his master as he let himself drift off. 

Lavi woke back in their dorm room, with Anta sat at his desk accross from Lavi's bed. His eyes were red and puffy, his thin face pale and stricken and he poured over text books, 

"Anta?" Lavi asked as he stretched, still woozy but feeling much better than he had imeaditly after the game, "You don't look to hot," 

Anta jolted at the sound of Lavi's voice, turning before throwing himself at the lion, wrapping his thin arms around Lavi's neck and burying his face in the thick hair of his mane. 

"I'm so Sorry," he sobbed, "I- I thought I had proof. but I was wrong and-" 

"Shh, sh, Hey, it's ok, we all make mistakes, Darling,"  Lavi tried to comfort him as best he could, but he never knew what to do when humans cried, "What happened though?" 

"I thought- I thought they were using a communication relay of some kind, and I thought I had proof. So I- I overloaded a spell and told Fjord what I was doing. If they had been using the spell Fjord would have been able to warn Rook, but I was wrong and- Lavi I'm So Fucking Sorry," 

"Is Rook ok?" Lavi asked quietly, Anta shakimg his head and sobbing harder was all Lavi needed for an answer, 

"The Healer said I broke his connection back to his real body, but since his mind was here, when his vessle died He-" 

"Oh," What was there left to say? Rook was gone, not banished temporarily, but dead. Fully and truly, and it was Anta's fault.

Anta sobbed, "I was so scared you weren't going to wake up, I didn't mean to hurt either of you-" 

"I know, Anta," 

Anta never really calmed, but the tears stopped eventually as he threw himself back into his research. Necromancy wasn't Anta's specialty, and Lavi knew that even if it was, there was no other to bring Rook back from. The energy that made up his soul would have been returned to the fey world the moment he died to allow it to dissipate back into their home lands.

Lavi was pretty certain Anta knew how this worked. But it was an admirable show of denial that he still he searched for a solution to his mistake. 

The pounding on the door made them both jump as Fjord's voice cut through the quiet "Anta,  Get Out Here Now,"

Lavi was on his feet before Anta, he already saw where this was going, and he couldn't let it happen.

"Lavi this is a direct command. Lay down in your bed and stay there until I get back," Anta stood like a man going to his execution as Lavi moved to follow his orders without a will driving him, 

The pounding continued.

"Anta, Please, no. Just give him time to calm down," Lavi could feel the panic rising even as he could do nothing about it, "Please just use that big brain of yours to think this through-" 

Anta ignored him as he stepped up to the door, with a final sigh he spoke over his shoulder, "Be good while I'm gone, ok? and thank you, for everything." and with that last statement he left. the door clicking shut behind him as the shouting started. 

Lavi could do nothing as panic turned to grief.

He could do nothing as he felt his connection to Anta sever. 

He could do nothing as he found himself back in his cavernous home. Once again alone.

[liljungie]

Young Blood | Mafia AU

▸Pairing : Jimin ↮ Reader ↮ Taehyung.

▸ ！warnings ！= agnst × future smut × verbal abuse / guns and blood and violence × crime × mafia and all what comes with it.

▸Word count: 4k

▸Part one ❝ Past Phase  ❞ | Part two : ❝ Mission A23 ❞

▸Masterlist

A/N: I am SO sorry for being m.i.a for the past month, I had my finals and I got sick and been through a lot but yea I'm back!! Also I'm sorry for any mistakes in this part!

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The drive to the warehouse felt like it took forever with your heart acting the way it did you were positive that you're going to die before you got there because of how fast it was beating.

You were nervous and a bit scared because you knew what was awaiting you, as much as you loved vivian no good news ever came out of her lips, maybe honesty was what you needed especially if it has to do with your daughter. You tried telling yourself. But nothing seems to work when you were trying to calm yourself it only made you more anxious.

You parked the car a few meters away from the warehouse gate as you waited patiently for vivian to walk out, you checked your phone for messages but you only got a text from jimin a few minutes ago updating you on Luna. you typed a quick reply before your screen turned dark and taehyung's name flashed bright. Signaling that he's calling you.

You could feel your body set on fire as panic rush through your vains, you threw your phone on the back seat it kept vibrating in your palms or started to feel heavy or maybe that was the panic attack that you were about to have.

You looked outside terrified that he might be lurking in the woods around you or he could see you from inside his office in the warehouse, you couldn't call Vivian to tell her to rush because taehyung was blowing up your phone. You bite your lip for what's about to come.

And knowing taehyung you were in deep shit.

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"I'm sorry! Cracking the code took longer than it should" vivian smiled at you warmly before she took you in for a long awaited embrace.

She laughed lightly against your head "I missed you V!" You tell her as you pull away "hurry drive away!" She exclaimed and that you did speeding far away from the warehouse...

"Do you want to tell me what's going on?" You begin to say after you passed the warehouse she sighs clearing her throat before speaking "I'll tell you everything once we're home" you turn and look at her "you have a home? What happened to your roommate?" You ask her with a confused gaze.

"Well I dated said roommate..." she tells you and you gasp, you loved them together and suspected that there's a relationship between them but never asked. "but you know how my job is and I didn't want to risk it so I-" she looks away from you as you keep glancing at her from the rare view mirror your eyes go wide "don't tell me you kil-" vivian cuts you off "no!" She said loudly "no I broke up with her and moved out" she says swolling the lump in her throat.

"I'm sorry about that v.. I didn't know" you smile sympathetically at your best friend and she returns the smile "______ she loved me and I broke her..."

You sigh, funny how you too broke someone for their safety but ended up questioning if it was worth it for the rest of your life..

"You did the right thing" you didn't know if you were telling that to her or yourself "she can't know or get involved it's dangerous" you tell her softly referring to her job in the mafia.

"I had a thousand others way to leave her but I chose the worst way out" she spoke in a tone where it felt like she was scolding herself "I made jimin pretend to be my boyfriend so I can convince her that I wasn't into girl- her anymore"

Jealousy crept up on you slowly feeling like you have been splashed with gasoline and burning up, you knew how jimin had a soft spot for his friends and always up for help no matter the cost, in the past you hated this trait of his but it made him who he is and you couldn't help but love him even more for it.

"So...what did he do?" You bite your lip anticipating the dreadful answer. But apart of you didn't want to imagine vivian and jimin together. "he pretended to be my boyfriend- I broke her in two...the look on her face will haunt me forever" vivian looked away as you sigh remembering the look on jimin's face when he saw you walking out of taehyung's office half naked. "you know it's for the best...she's safe now at least" you tried to cheer her up and it looks like your words soothed that ache but very slightly.

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You and vivian settled to go to your favourite spot instead of her home, besides you both needed a little getaway.

You were both finally at the top of the mountain. You parked the car further away so you can get a bit if fresh air, you have been cooped up in the car for a good while.

you and vivian walked side by side arms locked as you were talking about new things she bought.

She rubbed your arm soothingly "I want you to not lose your cool okay? You need to hear me til the end" she starts looking at you with worried eyes.

You take a deep breath and nod as you face her, the wind around you picks up making your hair fly around "tell me I can't take it longer"

"Mr.kim has been visiting taehyung twice a week.. I couldn't hear much but yesterday I heard just about enough to alert you.." she looks away from your eyes and your eyebrows furrow with worry "and?" You ask searching for a glimpse of good news in her features but it looks...bad.

"Mr.Kim wants to take Luna from you and taehyung"

"What?!" Disbelief hit you like a brick. it felt like every blood vessel stood frozen in your vains not able to process the words you just heard. "Taehyung is Fighting back but he can only do so much because Mr.kim is still his father after all" vivian tells you with a hint of sympathy for taehyung.

"I don't get it why does he want Luna?" You feel your knees weaken so you take a seat on the rocks that were beside your feet, you feel the world collapsing all around you the moment you sit down.

"I don't know....he-he talked about making her the new weapon and that her being spoiled won't be useful to the mafia- " you interrupt "who is he to get to say that about my daughter?! What fucking weapon?" You yell frustrated feeling the very last bit of patience run out "what did taehyung say back?!" You ask your heart hammering against your ribcage. Did he fight back at all?

"I'm not telling you this so you freak out______! I'm telling you this so you be careful of your next steps! and that you protect Luna! Mr.kim is going to take her and raise her somewhere that not even his own son knows about as if right now he's asking taehyung to give him Luna willingly and taehyung is doing all he can to deny him but I'm not sure how much patience mr.kim has left so ______ you must do something!" Vivian falls to her knees infront of you as you weep softly.

You really could lose your daughter, she would be gone without a trace the thought alone made you tremble.

"What if taehyung is in on it what if he takes our daughter just to please his father!" You cry and vivian shakes her head as she holds your hands in your lap "he's not ______! god if you can only hear how angry he was at his own father! he loves Luna too much to give her away ...I even think he loves you because I heard him yell after he kicked mr.kim out of his office that he'll hunt down whoever comes for you or Luna"

Your eyes widen, taehyung kicked out his dad? Vivian picked up on your shocked expression and nodded "yes he did, he couldn't tolerate him I guess"

You look up at her sniffling "really?" Vivian smiles "Taehyung is with you not against you" you shake your head "I don't know V, he was once my boss I just can't see him being good towards me or that he cares about me I just can't-" you wip away your nose and the tears that fell helplessly from your red eyes as you stand up dusting your jeans looking away from her eyes.

You hated feeling helpless you hated crying and you hated that you didn't know what to do next.

"Taehyung is difficult but Luna is his baby...his own blood! I don't think he'll ever give her away" vivian replies back trying to ease your worries but you can't be calmed you feel the adrenaline pick up and your mind won't stop racing with thoughts, bad dark twisted thoughts.

"I'm not saying this because I'm his right hand but taehyung is doing so much to prevent you and his daughter from getting hurt" you turn around to face her once again, you stayed quiet not knowing what to say, your tounge was tied you couldn't speak even if you wanted to " you never realized it or took it into consideration" vivian smiled sympathetically at you "just give him time and he'll show you" she hugs you. You let out a deep breath hugging her back.

You closed your eyes as you remember vividly the first time taehyung started to "protect" you...

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It was a cold January afternoon as taehyung passed back and forth behind his desk his hands on top of each other at the small of his back. Overthinking and trying to come up with ways to prevent you from being exposed to this side of the world again.

A knock sounded at the door "come in" he said loud enough for the people he called over to enter. he heard the footsteps stop near the two chair on each side of his desk he cleared his throat "I want _____ traces to disappear I want you both to make it look like she vanished of the face of this earth do you understand?" Taehyung firmly spoke, his back facing them. He was watching the supply truck unload and he was hiding his nervous state.

"Yes sir!" Vivian nodded quickly. she heard silence on her right side where jimin stood

she turned and nudged him to speak up. he rolled his eyes "we're on it" he finally said ready to turn on his heels and be out of taehyung's office.

Taehyung let out a sigh "You may leave hitman..." he ordered making jimin raise his eyebrows, he couldn't help but send dragers his way. taehyung spoke again "vivian please take a seat" he said while turning his chair over and sitting on it.

Vivian gulped as jimin snickered and took off to start on his mission as the office door closed shut. taehyung turned with his chair to face vivian he sent her a warm smile, oddly she returned it but it felt unsure and forced "you're her best friend so I want you to know if her pregnancy is troubling her...she refuse to visit the doctors but I just want to make sure she and my baby are okay" he spoke rubbing his hands together nervously. Vivian was...shocked bureau happy that taehyung isn't as cold as he pretends to be.

You denied visiting the hospital at the early stages of your pregnancy, where most people were worried about their pregnancy but you; you just couldn't stand the thought of going to the doctors with taehyung. Not only you had a phobia from hospitals but you also had a semi phobia of taehyung himself. So you rejected him every time he offered to take you to check on the baby.

"I don't think she's in any pain sir I just saw her enter the training room-" vivian informs him speaking with a wary tone, obviously she was aware of the reason why you didn't want to go to the doctors but she can't possibly tell taehyung, at her words his eyes widen with rage "training room!? She'll get hurt!" He immediately stood up from his leather chair to dial a number on his phone the minute he place the phone to his ear the other line answered "kick _____ out of the training room!- tell her I said so" and with that he slammed the phone on the table.

He let out a loud sigh, rubbing his face. frustration and annoyance were drawn on his features the air turned tense and vivian felt so awkward. knowing you you'll lecture her about saying anything to taehyung so she immediately tried to come up with something to cover up your tracks.

"Sir ______ is perfectly okay! I don't see why you had to-" her voice came to a halt when you barged into the office, your eyes if they could, they would have burned the whole building down.

"What the fuck taehyung!" You yelled, you were sweaty and your belly was poking out of your crop top, you glare "I have a mission with jimin in a couple of hours I need to train!" You exclaim.

"No you don't ______ because you're fired!" Taehyung replied back angrily, why couldn't you just understand him and where he's coming from and why he's doing what he's doing, he couldn't tell you so why didn't you pick up on it. It frustrated him. But between him and himself he hated arguing with you.

"What!" You screamed "I'm going weather you like it or not!" You said with a sarcastic smile, he can see how the anger was eating you but he just couldn't risk it, he can't lose you or your baby, right now you were testing him and his patience and that he abouslouty couldn't endure. He stood up from his chair slamming his fists on his desk.

"You're not going and that's final!" He yelled you flinched then huffed in annoyance as you turned on your heels. slamming the door shut loudly behind you.

Vivian shifted in her seat feeling extremely awkward after witnessing your argument with taehyung, no matter how many times she was here when you fought with taehyung and heard it all she still felt extremely uncomfortable. She blames herself for the argument that just happened. And wished she left with jimin or told taehyung she needed the bathroom or something.

Taehyung let out a loud sigh falling back on his chair rubbing his face "have I done the wrong thing?" He asks, vivian didn't know if he was asking her or himself but regardless she cleared her throat "the A23 mission is important and jimin alone won't survive it" she informed taehyung.

Since she was responsible for hacking. the building that was supposed to be ambushed by you and jimin was preoccupied with a lot of the enemy gang members. It would be impossible on jimin to attack alone.

"_____ is in no position to go through with it so jimin has to do for this mission I'll find him a new partner soon...you're excused" taehyung said without giving the mission another spare thought vivian knew taehyung didn't understand how difficult it would be for jimin to go alone.

"But sir the mission- jimin can't go-" she tried to say feeling panicked. "I said he can do it are you questioning my orders?!" Taehyung said abruptly glaring her. vivian flinched as her head hanged low with sadness "no sir" she softly said making her way to the office door closing it shut behind her.

Vivian walked out of the office feeling the fear overflowing she made her way towards jimin to warn him.

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You were in a trance while you drove back to the city, so many emotions took over your mind you couldn't separate your thoughts.

You felt so lost wondering what and how and when, the only thing that was on your mind is your innocent child being torn apart from you into this underground world, you can't help but think of the worst out comes.

Should you talk about it with taehyung? Or should you just run away with her? How far will you go? How far enough do you think taehyung will let you get away?

A loud honk broke you out of your dazed state making you make a sudden turn hitting the breaks of your car suddenly as you jolted from your seat, your head almost hit the glass of the windshield.

You heard the driver of the truck yell incoherent words at you while driving past your car, you let out a loud sigh tucking your hair behind your ears.

You knew overthinking it while you were driving will get you nowhere. so you took deep breaths and turned on the radio to distract you until you got to jimin's apartment. Then you'll think about it however long you wanted.

Focusing on the lyrics of the song that was playing you began to drive carefully.

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You knocked lightly on the hardwood door then moved a bit back waiting for the door to swing open you heard footsteps on the other side and soon enough the door creeks open, jimin's head poked from the side of the door then he smiled warmly when his eyes met yours. opening the door wider stepping aside to let you in.

He placed his pointer finger on his lips "Luna is sleeping" he whispered as you tiptoed inside nodding, you glanced at her briefly then you turned to jimin. the way he was looking at you made your heart flutter inside your chest and you couldn't help but let the feelings you kept grounded out.

You were trying to think of the right words to say as you take off your coat and hang it beside jimin's "thank you for...babysitting her I hope she wasn't a bother" you speak gently he chuckles "never..." he glanced at his arm making your eyes travel to where he was looking at. you giggle when you see colors covering his skin and scribbles "I'm sure she'll be a great artist one day" he jokes as you cover your mouth to suppress your giggles.You spot the wetwipes on the top shelf and make your way towards it then you turn around and walk towards jimin.

Your chests almost touch and you feel the giggles and laughs die down as you examine his arm, the colors were out of the tattoo lines and she littered smiley faces in the empty spots on jimin's arm you couldn't help but smile as you looked over at his arm.

He smiled warmly before he remembered her words 'daddy makes mommy cry' he cleared his throat "she told me..." you look up confused "Luna told me about Taehyung.." you sigh and look away as you start to wip his arm "jimin please don't-" "why are you still with him?!" He asks clearly he has had enough of hiding his emotions and had enough of you sticking around with someone else "because Luna deserves to be happy and taehyung makes her happy" you look up at him and you could see just how angry his eyes were you look away "and you don't?" He asks after a few seconds you stare at him "I'll never be happy...the things I've done...I'll never forgive myself-" you murmur he placed his thumb under your chin lifting your face up "it's in the past _____ it's over and they were bad men they deserved to die if they stayed alive they could have killed innocent people" you shake your head as tears fall from your eyes "we're just as guilty!" You whisper he sighs his hands were placed on your upper arms soothingly rubbing them up and down to calm you down "that doesn't matter now...what matters...to me- is to see you happy"

You look up at him and you can see the tears that he held in his eyes "I am happy as long as you're around" you tell him not caring about the boundaries you two had not giving a fuck that you were married to another man you were in love with jimin, you will always love jimin.

He creased your cheeks with his thumb and leaned forward placing a kiss on your forehead his lips lingered a minute too long before he pulled away, the heat of the moment made you shake nervously, the butterflies in your stomach were going crazy and you couldn't help the smile that broke out on your face. trembling you moved backwards afraid that you won't be able to control yourself if you stayed infront of him like this "it's- it's not coming off" you mutter gesturing towards the colors on his skin.

He laughs "I know, I bought a soap that takes it off it's in the bathroom" he turned around making his way towards the bathroom you followed him closely behind. "I knew how much Luna loves to color in my tattoos so I bought it just in case she comes over" he laughs. His ears turned red feeling slightly embarrassed.

You smile at the thought of him thinking of your daughter while he was grocery shopping alone and buying a soap specifically for when she wants to color his tattoos. Things like this made jimin a much better father figure than taehyung you shake your head at the thought, even though it felt nice but why do you think of jimin like that?

He pulls out the can of soap from the cupboard that was underneath the sink he winks at you before taking off his shirt you gasp when you see she also colored the angle wings tattoo he had on his back "you let her have her way with you too easily don't you?" You laugh shaking your head "how can I not when she has your eyes" he murmurs as the blush on your cheeks creep up turning them into a rosy color.

You squeeze some of the soap onto the towel that was hanging on the side of the sink then you start to scrub his arm, the colors run down with the soap in the sink.

your legs were starting to hurt from standing for too long he sees how you shift your weight from one leg to another so he pulls you by your waist and lifts you up on the counter. you yelped when you felt his warm palms on your waist lifting you up until your bum was on the countertop.

"That's better" he smiles moving the strands of your hair that had fallen on your face behind your ear, your face felt too hot and your heart was hammering against your ribcage. You used all your might to not wrapp your legs around his waist and let him have his way with you however he wanted. you didn't know that he is thinking of the same thing.

You look away from his piercing stare. drifting your attention to his arm as you moved further down, in the corner of your eye you saw a scar on his hip. you look up at him because you knew he was staring at your every move, with a confused gaze "where did you get this from?" You ask as your finger carefully grazes it. He looks at it the he sighs "Mission A23" he replies softly looking away from you "they outnumbered me" your head hangs low with sadness you can't imagine how he must have felt going alone. If you went with him he wouldn't have been hurt.

And the fact that taehyung probably hid the news of him getting hurt from you and probably ordered everyone to keep their mouth shut about the mission made your blood boil.

You felt this fire crawl up your body, your throat tightened "I'm so sorry" the tone of your voice made it clear that you were trying to suppress your tears, in that moment the hatred you had for taehyung rose up to the surface leaving a bitter taste in your mouth as regret consumes you, if you only fought taehyung and went with jimin he wouldn't have been hurt.

Jimin looks at you with admiration and runs his fingers through your hair he hears your sniffles at that he chuckles. You still cared about him? He lifts your head up gently making you look deeply into his eyes "I'm okay...it's alright" he reassures you but that only makes you break down more.

You just couldn't handle the weight of it all, living with taehyung and taehyung's father wanting to take your daughter and the fear of being caught by another mafia, everything you were pushing away started to pour out you felt so overwhelmed, you curled up on the counter and started to sob.

Jimin felt confused and concerned but moved quickly to shut the bathroom door so Luna doesn't wake up.

"______ what's wrong? You're freaking the hell out of me!" Jimin says in frustration looking at your figure curled up. the sound of your cries was agonizing.

"It hurts!...make it stop-please I can't do this anymore-" he pulls you towards him by your thighs. burying your head in his chest, he feels you shake against him as he hush your cries while he rubs your back "talk to me...tell me what's wrong" his heat was breaking he hated seeing you cry.

You don't speak for awhile you just cry against his chest. your arms wrapped around his waist hanging onto him for dear life. You felt like if you let go of him he'd vanish. it was only a few minutes before you found the strength to speak again "Taehyung" was the only word you could say, you lost all of your energy with the tears that fell.

You sigh and pull away jimin turns on the water faucets wiping your face with the lukewarm water gently. he nods for you to continue."they want to take Luna from me..." you cried. Jimin froze in his place your words seemed to have broken something in him because his eyes turned colder, angerer.

So the rumors were true?

"what the fuck are they on to now?" He tugs on his hair pacing in front of you as you wip your face with the end of the towel you used minutes ago. You look at him and he looks so livid.

He looks at you briefly then looks away. biting his lip as silence takes over the small bathroom both of you had no idea what to say he slides down the titled wall and you lean against the wall behind you.closing your eyes, your eyelids felt so heavy from sobbing earlier, vivian's words never left your mind they played over and over again like a broken record.

It felt suffocating not being able to know what to do, because your fear of taehyung was far more worse than what his dad is capable of doing, even though he threatens to take Luna away taehyung won't let him get far or anywhere near her at all.

Or so that was what your mind was trying to believe because you have no idea what you're going to do.

You glance down at jimin, he looks deep in his thoughts, concerned you decided to break the silence "penny for your thoughts?" your voice sounded horse and barely audible.

He looks up at you licking his lips before looking away from your eyes again "you won't like it" your eyebrows furrow as you hop off the counter sitting down in front of him placing your hands on top of his "try me" you couldn't say that with your whole chest you were still uneasy about what he might suggest "let's take Luna and runaway" he tells you.

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