Namjoon
I looked over at Myung who was feeding Logan, his little mouth attached to her breast. Seeing this always seemed to move me a little bit, but tonight my mind was full of worry.
‘Joonie, they will be okay,’ she said and I sighed as I went to sit on the edge of the bed. I took her free hand in mine as held our son tightly.
‘I know but I can’t help but worry. Taehyung is a good leader and he knows how to deal with things but I’m usually with them for such big things. I have no idea what is going on and I don’t like that,’ I admitted. I trusted my little brother but I knew things could go wrong easily.
‘Tae might be your little brother, but he is as smart as you. You know, he has always seen you as his role model,’ she said with a smile.
‘Jin hyung is a much better role model for both of than I can ever be,’ I said. ‘Still, I love our little trio merry band,’ I said with a smile as I reached for my son’s fingers. His tiny fist curled around my index finger and I could not help but smile, feeling warmth envelope me.
I could not help myself and smile as well. Jin, Tae and I always grew up close to one another. Yes, we teased each other, we argued and fought but our fights never lasted more than an hour. We would always make up by the end of the day.
We always had each other’s backs, protected each other at all costs. Being the boss’ sons, we were often targeted by rivals but we grew up knowing how to handle ourselves. Even in school – we looked after each other. Our father would always tell us that he would never use his mafia power if there is bullying and that we had to take care of it ourselves in a good way. There were days where I was upset at him but now, now I understood that he was teaching us to be independent and to have good values and not abuse our power.
‘You’re lucky to have two biological brothers who adore you and four who love you as if you were biologically related,’ she said and I nodded.
‘I definitely am lucky and I feel as if we got a sister with Cherry too,’ I said and she nodded.
‘Hmm you’re quite right about that,’ Myung said as Logan stopped feeding. He looked between me and her. ‘Cute little baby,’ she cooed at him.
‘Maybe we’ll give it some time and give Logan a brother or sister,’ I said cheekily.
‘In the future, yes, but for now, keep your * away from me. I still ache all over,’ she said, causing me to smile.
‘I’m sorry you had to go through all that pain to have our son,’ I said I reached for her and gave her a quick peck. I felt her smile as she looked at me and shrugged.
‘I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. He’s worth it,’ she said as she looked at him adoringly. ‘You know, we were mentioning Cherry. I think, I find myself worrying about her the most,’ she said and I tilted my head to let her speak. ‘I mean, she’s an amazing fighter. I saw that first hand but, sometimes I get worried that she doesn’t care if she lives or dies as long as she does her, well, job so to say,’ she said and I found myself nodding.
‘I thought about that too. She goes all in,’ I said with a sigh. ‘We talked about this before but we both know that that woman went through a lot. I just hope being with Bangtan will allow her to find herself again or if that part of her is lost, she can choose who to be,’ I said.
‘Did I ever tell you how sexy you get when I hear you talk like that?’ she asked as I found myself smiling. ‘I love every part of you – the beautiful and the ugly but this, right here, the part where you always want to help others, it’s one of my favourite parts,’ she said.
‘She reminds me a bit of myself although what I went through does not begin to compare to what she went through,’ I said. A knock on the door made me quickly stand up. ‘Come in,’ I said as the door opened and Soobin walked in.
‘Sir, they’ve arrived,’ he said as he gave a slight bow.
‘Is everyone okay?’ Myung asked as she quickly stood up, Logan in her arms.
‘Um… yeah but Cherry seems to be injured,’ he said. My eyes grew wide as I looked at Myung who nodded.
‘Go Joon. I’ll come there shortly as soon as I put Logan to sleep. Soobin, can you stay?’ she asked and Soobin nodded.
I hurried out of the room and down the stairs just as I watched them walking in slowly. My eyes quickly darted to her. Her clothes were dirty and her shoulder and arm were a mess of dried and fresh blood. Her eye was bruised and her lip was busted.
‘What happened to you? Did Sergei do this to you?’ I asked as Hoseok helped her to sit down just as I heard running footsteps.
‘NOONA!’ Yeonjun yelled as he came running to her. ‘What the hell happened? Why didn’t you tell me to come with you?’ he asked. Cherry looked at him, one eyebrow raised as she stared at him.
‘I’m fine,’ she said with a small smile.
‘No, you’re not,’ Hoseok snapped at her. She turned to look at him and I realized he seemed somewhat angsty and *ed. ‘Stop saying you’re fine when you’re not,’ he said, a little gentle but still sounding *ed.
‘Can someone just tell me what is going on. Taehyung?’ I asked. Taehyung sighed as he sat down next to Cherry.
‘Sergei had the information we needed but he denied our offer of money,’ Taehyung began.
‘The *er wanted her to fight in his *ing ring instead,’ Hoseok said, some of his anger coming back. She looked at him, almost as if she was amused.
‘And you let her?’ I asked as I eyed Taehyung who frowned.
‘Oh come on hyung. You can’t be serious. You know I would not have let her, except she’s as stubborn as a mule and wanted to do it,’ Taehyung said.
‘Did you just compare me to an animal?’ she asked as she laughed. ‘Could have been worse but Namjoon, he’s right. I’m the one who insisted on doing the fight and it was worth it. We got the information we needed and an address,’ she said.
I sighed as I shook my head and rubbed my temple. ‘What am I going to do with you Cherry?’ I asked as she shrugged.
‘I’d be happy with some cake honestly,’ she said, making me laugh as she made the tension disappear. I looked at Hoseok and Yeonjun who both stared at her as if she was an alien. ‘Come on, we have a lot to discuss and there’s no time to lose,’ she said as she went to stand up and wince.
‘No way. Not before you get treated,’ Jin reprimanded. ‘Yeonjun, go tell Jennie to bring the first aid stuff, some gloves and some surgical spirit and come to the board room,’ Jin instructed. Yeonjun nodded as he took off in a run.
‘Jin is right. We get you fixed, then we talk,’ I said.
‘Whatever you say boss. Hey do you have some whiskey?’ she asked as she slumped back down on the chair. I shook my head as I continued to smile while Yoongi went to the table where the glass bottle of whiskey was. I watched him pour a drink and then bring it to her.
‘Thanks Yoongs,’ she said with a wink. Everyone stared at the two of them since no one usually dared to call Yoongi with any nickname. Yet, he seemed so unbothered as he sat down next to her and she just drank.
