Chapter 5

After exiting the airport, Kim Yoon-Seong, Jungkook, and Baek Hyun-Woo got into a car. Jungkook spent the ride looking out the window, occasionally snapping photos on his phone. The cityscape, a mix of familiarity and strangeness, unfolded before him, bringing back fragments of memories he couldn’t fully grasp.

Yoon-Seong noticed his son’s quiet interest and asked softly, “You like it here?”

“Hmn,” Jungkook hummed noncommittally, his eyes still fixed outside.

Yoon-Seong then asked, “Do you remember their names and faces?”

“Hmm, somewhat,” Jungkook replied, his voice flat.

“Okay. Don’t push yourself too hard to remember anything. Just make sure you take your tablets on time, understood?” Yoon-Seong’s voice was gentle, a stark contrast to the usual coldness in their interactions.

Jungkook turned to his father, disbelief etched on his face. “I am sorry to ask, but w-why are you showing these concerns now? Is it becau-” He was confused by the sudden change in his father’s behaviour, but his question was cut off when Yoon-Seong suddenly smacked his shoulder hardly resulting jk to whimper in pain, he held his shoulder to supress the pain while hearing his dad’s yell he looked up, “JUST DON’T TALK BACK! LISTEN! You know what the consequences will be if you speak back,” he spoke sternly.

The driver flinched, and even Baek Hyun-Woo stiffened at the outburst, but Jungkook only stared at his father blankly, no emotions in face. “I’m sorry,” Jungkook said quietly.

Yoon-Seong sighed, his expression hardening as he spoke in his deep, authoritative voice-his true voice. “I’m telling you again, don’t misbehave there. If you do anything mischievous, no one will be worse than me, you’ll see the hell for sure. And you know what will be consequences if you say anything there understood???” he warned.

Jungkook nodded silently, his defiance still simmering beneath the surface.

“Don’t you have a fucking mouth, idiot? I need a verbal answer,” Yoon-Seong shouted, his patience wearing thin.

“Okay,” Jungkook muttered reluctantly, looking away from his father.

The tension in the car was palpable, but soon, they reached the Kim mansion. As the car slowed to a stop, Jungkook’s eyes widened slightly, taking in the sight of the grand estate.

“Our home,” Yoon-Seong said, noticing the rare spark of curiosity in his son’s eyes.

Jungkook nodded, his expression unreadable, as the driver parked the car.

At the Kim Mansion

Inside the Kim mansion, Taehyung stood by the window, his heart racing as he spotted the car pulling up the driveway. “Hyungs, they’re here!” he shouted, excitement lacing his voice.

Jin, Yoongi, Hobi and Namjoon, who had been sitting in the living room, immediately stood up, their hearts pounding in sync. they rushed out.

The door of the car opened, and Kim Yoon-Seong stepped out, a warm smile spreading across his face as he saw his sons waiting for him. He walked toward them; his arms wide open. Taehyung was the first to rush into his embrace, hugging him tightly.

“Missed you, Appa,” his voice filled with emotion.

“Missed you too, my son,” Yoon-Seong replied, kissing his head affectionately.

As they broke the hug, Yoon-Seong turned his attention to Jin, how was standing there with a smile, yoon seong approached him and said “my eldest son!” he said while side hugging Jin, Jin smiled at Kim, feeling a wave of emotion wash over him, the familiar gesture bringing back memories of their younger days. “Welcome home, Dad,” he said, his voice steady but warm.

Kim then looked at other 4, he opened the arms for Jimin, Jimin hugged him saying “missed you uncle” Kim chuckled and ruffled his hairs. “Welcome back, uncle” Namjoon and Hobi said in unison with a gentle smile.

“Good to see you, uncle,” Yoongi added, his voice low but sincere. kim smiled at all said “missed my kids a lot, I am happy to see you all” Yoon-Seong looked at each, his heart swelling with pride and love. He hadn’t realized how much he had missed this, missed them. But even as he basked in the warmth of their welcome, his mind drifted back to the boy who had yet to step out of the car.

Meanwhile, Inside the Car

Jungkook was still in the car, staring at his father and the six un-familiar men. He scanned each of them with his wide eyes, and when his gaze met Jin’s and tae’s, a sudden flash of memory hit him-a boy in the arms of a man, a woman standing nearby, and two teenage boys waving at the small boy. The faces were blurred, but the memory triggered a sharp pain in his head. He clutched his head, whimpering in pain.

“Ahhhh,” he groaned, his voice trembling.

Hyun-Woo immediately noticed and asked worriedly, “Hey, Jungkook, what happened?”

“D-don’t know, suddenly paining,” Jungkook replied weakly.

“Wait… here, drink some water,” Hyun-Woo said, quickly handing him a bottle.

Jungkook took a few sips, feeling slightly better, though a dull ache still lingered. “What happened suddenly?” Hyun-Woo asked again, his concern evident.

“When I saw those two, I felt strange. Some scenes flashed,” Jungkook explained, his voice shaky.

“Did you take your medicines today?” Hyun-Woo asked.

Jungkook shook his head, “No.”

“Aish, you should’ve taken them, Kook. It’s okay. Come on, let’s go inside. After eating, you can take your meds and rest, okay?” Hyun-Woo said gently.

Jungkook nodded, and after taking a deep breath, he stepped out of the car, gaining everyone’s attention.

Jungkook finally emerged. His expression was guarded, his eyes scanning the faces in front of him with a mix of recognition and uncertainty. The mansion, the people, everything felt foreign and distant, yet strangely familiar.

The air grew thick with anticipation as the brothers turned to face their youngest sibling and cousin. For a moment, time seemed to stand still, each of them holding their breath, waiting to see how Jungkook would react.

But Jungkook’s face remained impassive, giving nothing away as he stood there, taking in the sight of the family he had grown to resent, seeing them now with teary and joy-filled eyes.

“He’s here, your maknae,” Kim Yoon-Seong said with awhile patting tae’s back. All eyes turned to Jungkook, who was just looking at them with a blank expression.

“K-kookie,” Taehyung and jin mumbled, overwhelmed with happiness. On hearing the voice, Jungkook looked at him, and the next moment, he was enveloped in a tight hug. Taehyung couldn’t hold back, hugging his younger brother tightly. Jk flinched at it, being surprised, Jungkook didn’t hug back; he just stood there, shocked and unsure of what to do.

“K-kookie, I-I missed you so much, I swear, a lot. Why didn’t you come here all these years? We missed you so much. Kook, you’re okay, right? I still remember how you cried when you were going to Italy. I missed you so much, bunny,” Taehyung rambled, his emotions spilling out as he hugged Jungkook even tighter.

Meanwhile, Hyun-woo was seeing them with widened eyes, fear creeping into his heart as they watched Jungkook remain silent while Taehyung spoke.

Taehyung finally broke the hug, next moment Jin hugged him jk was too shocked and surprised not able to do anything now. He always hated being touched if anyone touch him except them, the next moment the person would be bleeding or else he would speak a rude and hurtful way.

“Kookie, baby, I missed you a lot. Missed you so much. I am happy soo happy, you’ve grown a lot kookie.” He said and broke the hug, ruffling jk’s hair. Jk was looked at him with frowned eyebrows, he looked at all, scanning each. He looked at Hyun woo, who gave a assuring nod.

Jin took his hand to caress jk’s cheeks but jk backed away, “don’t touch me” he said coldly, Jin’s smile slowly dropped on hearing his cold voice. Seeing the sadness in Jin’s face jk immediately said “i-I don’t like to be touched”, Jin chuckled and said “its okay kookie, your voice in manly”.

meanwhile hyunwoo went towards jimin and side hugged him, “chim, sorry, forgive appa please” hyun woo asled softly to jimin, yoongi and namjoon who was near them chuckled, “yahh dont laugh” jimin said glaring at them, “appa try hard” yoongi said chuckling at angry jimin. jimin is angry on hyun woo as hyun woo promised jimn that he will come in week, but hyun woo came after a month, so jimin is so angry on his appa.

“why my chim is angry hmm?” kim asked, jimin shook his head and went towards kook.

“come inside kookie and uncles” Hobi said warmly, they smiled and enterd in, Jimin wrapped his hands around jk, jk gave a judging look and asked “who are you?” Jimin smiled sadly and said “I am Jimin, your cousin remember?” jk shook his head as no. “its okay, common let me introduce others” Jimin said and dragged him inside.

Jk sat entered the hall, looking around with big eyes. ” you like here?” tae asked joining the duo. Jk just gave nod. Tae smiled, “see he is Kim Yoongi my elder brother, they both are twins he is Namjoon and he is Hoseok” Jimin said pointing all. Jk just gave a nod. “you 4 are cousins?” Jimin nodded while smiling. “i think neither uncle nor my appa didnt tell about us, right?” jimin asked, jk nodded hesitantly.

“guys,I have to go. I’ll come tomorrow. Bye,” Hyun-Woo said, trying to excuse himself.

“No, Uncle, eat something and go,” jin insisted.

“No, Jin, I have to arrange some things,” Hyun-Woo said, shaking his head. Everyone nodded in understanding. “will you come straight to home appa?” yoongi asked, hyun woo nodded. he looked at jimin, jimin turned away still angry, hyun woo sighed, thinking to approch jimin later.

He then looked at Jungkook, who was staring at him with a blank expression. “Take your medicines after eating, and get some rest,” Hyun-Woo advised.

Jungkook nodded. “Bye, guys. Take care,” Hyun-Woo said before leaving

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Meanwhile Yoon-Seong put an arm aroundjin, who was lost in thoughts. “what are you thinking son?” “D-does he remember anything, Dad?” Jin asked, his voice trembling.

“Ummm, sorry, son, he doesn’t remember anything. He only knows your names and faces, that’s it,” Yoon-Seong said, his voice heavy with sadness .

Jin nodded sadly, knowing that his maknae only had the barest knowledge of who they were, none of the beautiful memories they had shared.

Yoon-Seong patted his shoulders and walked inside, while Yoongi wrapped an arm around Jin’s shoulders. “hyung, don’t stress about it, come on lets spend some good time”

Jin nodded, trying to find comfort in Yoongi’s words. “Hmm, he’s still your brother. You and we can create new, wonderful memories with him,” Hobi said, Jin smiled warmly nodding.

Namjoon nodded in agreement, adding, “Hobi is right. So, let’s focus on his return and be happy, not sad.”

jin smiled and nodded, feeling a bit more hopeful.

Inside the Kim Mansion

Jungkook sat on the sofa, looking around with his wide, bambi-like eyes, scanning every detail of the room. Jin smiled as he watched him. “You like it here, Bun?” he asked softly.

Jungkook looked at him and nodded his head lightly. He was like a lost cat.

Jin smiled, but then his gaze fell on the two cuts on Jungkook’s face. “What happened to your face?” Jin asked, concerned.

“Huh?” Jungkook asked, not understanding what Jin was referring to.

“I asked what happened to your face. You have two cuts,” Jin repeated.

“Oh, that… I-” Jungkook was about to explain when his father interrupted.

“He fell down while running,” Yoon-Seong said quickly.

Jungkook glanced at his father and sighed, feeling the weight of his secrets pressing down on him.

“Omo, you should be more careful, Kookie,” Hoseok said, his concern genuine.

Jungkook gave them a strange look, misinterpreting their concern as something fake or forced. He couldn’t bring himself to believe that these people, who were strangers to him now, could care for him so deeply.

Taehyung and Jimin emerged from the kitchen, carrying a beautifully prepared blueberry cake. “Here, appa and Kook, we made this cake to welcome you both,” tae said happily.

Yoon-Seong smiled warmly at his sons’ efforts, while Jungkook rolled his eyes-an action that went unnoticed by everyone except Yoongi. Yoongi frowned slightly, sensing something was off with Jungkook.

He sighed and said to Jungkook, “Come on, Kook, let’s cut the cake.”

Jungkook looked at him and said, “No, he can cut the cake. I hate cakes and cutting them.”

Before anyone could respond, Yoon-Seong spoke softly, “Kook, come on, love, just cut the cake. You don’t need to eat it.”

Jungkook looked at his father blankly. He shook his head as no.

Before Yoon-Seong could press further, tae interjected, “It’s okay if he doesn’t like it. He can have some juice instead. Kook baby, do you like grape juice?”

Before Jungkook could answer, Yoon-Seong chimed in, “Yes, bring it. He loves it a lot.”

Jungkook stared at his father in disbelief, thinking, ‘Why the heck is he acting like he cares about me?’

Tae quickly went to get the juice. After returning, he handed it to Jungkook, who took it and said, “Thanks”

tar smiled and ruffled his hair. “You’re welcome, Bunny.”

Jungkook didn’t show any expression, but he looked up when tae called him bunny. “missed it a lot” jungkook thought a small sad pout formed after tae went

Yoon-Seong cut the cake, all cheered. Meanwhile, Jungkook sat on the sofa, sipping his juice, lost in thought as he watched his happy family.

‘How happy they are… They were happy, thy are happy and they will still be happy. Even Dad is so happy with them. It’s okay, Jungkook, it’s okay… How can a killer think about happiness? even those two who are also son of this monster is happy’ he thought, his eyes filled with longing as he watched them.

He saw Yoon-Seong feeding the cake to his sons. Sighing, Jungkook took out his phone to distract himself.

“Kookie, come on, let’s eat,” Jin said.

“I need to freshen up,” Jungkook replied, standing up.

“Oh, sure. Tae will show you your room,” Jin said and called tae, and Jungkook nodded.

“lets go” tae said holding jk’s hand, jk looked at his hand and tae’s hands, he don’t know why But a feeling was building.

As they walked jk saw so many pics of tae and Jin together, the photos was happy and joyful, some photos also included all – Jimin, Yoongi, Hobi and namjoon.

His eyes met with a photo, it was a family photo of him with tae and Jin and his parents. He stared at it. Tae who was dragging kook stopped when he saw jk standing there lost. He looked at him being confused, that’s when he noticed the photo.

“K-kook,” tar called, but Jungkook didn’t respond.

“Jungkook-ah,” Taehyung tried, and Jungkook finally turned his head. “N-nae?” he asked.

“C-can we go?” Taehyung asked, and Jungkook nodded, giving the photo one last glance before leaving with Taehyung.

In Jungkook’s Room

Taehyung showed Jungkook to his room, which was well-prepared and brightly decorated. Jungkook looked around, noticing the colourful and cheerful atmosphere-so different from the dark, sombre environment he had grown accustomed to in Italy. He didn’t like the change, but he knew he had to adjust.

“You like it?” Taehyung asked hopefully.

“Hmm,” Jungkook hummed, placing his bag on the bed.

“If you need anything, just call. I’ll be here in no time,” Taehyung said, smiling warmly.

“Nae,” Jungkook replied curtly.

“You speak Korean well,” Taehyung remarked, still smiling.

“Of course, a Korean can speak Korean,” Jungkook snapped coldly.

Taehyung’s smile faltered, but he forced it back. “Y-yeah, you can. Okay, I’ll go now,” he said, about to leave, but stopped when Jungkook called out.

“Taeyeong-ssi,” Jungkook mispronounced Taehyung’s name.

Taehyung turned around, confused. “What? What you called me?”

“Taeyeong-ssi,” Jungkook repeated.

Taehyung chuckled, “It’s not Taeyeong. It’s Taehyung.”

“Taeyonge,” Jungkook tried again, getting it wrong.

“No, it’s Tae-hyung. ‘Tae’ and ‘hyung,’ hyung… You call older brothers hyung, right? It’s Taehyung,” Taehyung corrected him gently.

“Taehyeong,” Jungkook repeated, still getting it wrong.

“Aish, whatever. Just call me Tae,” Taehyung gave up.

Jungkook nodded and asked, “Can I get a first aid box?”

“First aid? Why, what happened? Are you hurt anywhere?” Taehyung asked, worried.

Jungkook gave him a strange look and said, “No, I’m not. I just need to put ointment on my cuts.”

“Oh, right. It’s in the bathroom cabinet. Do you need help?” Taehyung offered.

“No,” Jungkook replied.

“Okay, I’ll leave now,” Taehyung said and exited the room.

After Taehyung left, Jungkook locked the door, sighed heavily, and plopped onto the bed, feeling the weight of everything that had just happened. The room was bright and cheerful, but all he could feel was the darkness closing in around him.

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