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Third POV
Jungkook was beyond excited. He had a big idea for one of the songs on his solo album. The title track would feature Choi Yeonjun of Tomorrow by Together- or better known as TXT. When he shot the idea to their manager, everyone involved loved the idea. It would be a win-win situation.
He had always wanted to collaborate with the younger band whether it was with one of the members or the entire group. After all, Jungkook was their senior and thought it would be a fun way to get two generations together. Not to mention, MOAs and ARMYs would flip their shit, and it would hopefully bring the two fandoms together even if it was for a short period.
So, the two wrote and sang the song together. JK decided to have Yeonjun write the lyrics to his own part and let him have creative freedom on whether he wanted to sing or rap. The two worked closely together, not having any other help from outside producers or songwriters. They wanted this collaboration to be as organic as possible.
Since both of their schedules were pretty busy, they decided to record some promotions and the main music video in advance. Jungkook's solo album would take a while before its release, and with Yeonjun still doing numerous things with his band, they both wanted to get everything done as soon as possible so the younger of the two had less to worry about.
Jungkook decided he wanted to do something that sounded similar to Run BTS and had a similar concept. He just really liked the leather jacket, dark-like concepts. Now that he had a motorcycle too, he thought it would be really fun to do a concept with it. So Jungkook wanted the video to take place in an alleyway. It just made the most sense aesthetically.
So, on a Wednesday, Yeonjun and Jungkook met up to record all the material they needed.
"This is perfect," Jungkook said as he looked around the alleyway the staff members chose.
The staff nodded with a smile as they began setting up. Jungkook was with the stylists, starting to get his makeup done. As the stylists finished up, the younger arrived.
"Wow! This really is perfect!" Yeonjun greeted as he got out of his car. "I'm so excited to do this with you."
Jungkook laughed and gave the younger a hug.
"I am too, Junnie-ah!"
The two continued talking, easily falling into casual conversation making it seem like they'd been best friends for a long time.
They first decided to do the concept photos and duo photos. The first set was taken on some stairs. The second set was taken with the older's motorcycle (Jungkook even took some riding it). The third set was taken in the alleyway itself. Finally, the last set was taken together. Of course, there was a lot of laughter and joking around.
"Yah, you're so handsome, Yeonjunnie!" Jungkook exclaimed with a laugh, clearly impressed by Yeonjun's beauty.
Yeonjun immediately flushed as he looked down.
"Says you, Jungkook-hyung! You look so sexy in leather," the younger complimented with an embarrassed smile.
The older just laughed and gestured to the staff to start setting up for the music video.
"So do you, Yeonjun-ah!"
"Hyung~ can't you just take a compliment?" Yeonjun whined jokingly with a grin.
JK scrunched his nose with his bunny smile, "Nahhhh~"
"Aish, hyung. What am I going to do with you?"
The two laughed before going back to their stylists and makeup artists to get ready for the music video.
The two got through the second round of recordings, with lots of bickering, joking, and laughing, when a door suddenly slammed open.
There were a few shouts in the distance before a man came running into the alley Yeonjun and Jungkook were in. Everyone snapped their heads toward the sounds.
"Fuck!" he shouted as he noticed everyone present.
"Why'd you stop?! We need to-" a second man cut himself off, holding a briefcase in his hand.
Jungkook subconsciously got into a protective stance, moving forward to protect the people he was with.
"What are you doing here?" the first man asked sternly.
"We're recording a few videos," Jungkook answered vaguely and calmly before anyone else could.
"Dude, we don't have a lot of time!" the second guy whisper-shouted to the first guy. "Get them out of the way! We don't need witnesses."
"But-"
"NOW!"
"Okay, okay, fine!" the first guy grabbed a gun from his pocket.
Meanwhile, the staff and Yeonjun were all freaking out, but not sure what to do; however, Jungkook remained calm.
"Now, wait just a second there-" Jungkook began before getting cut off by shouts.
Everyone's heads turned that way.
"Quick!" the second man shouted impatiently, turning back to his partner.
Before the other guy could do anything, a group of people surrounded the two men, the staff, Yeonjun, and Jungkook. Jungkook pushed Yeonjun behind him and looked around to make sure all the staff was okay too. All of JK's instincts were kicking in.
Damn. I've been laying low for a while. Must've hit a run-in, Jungkook thought to himself.
"I believe that briefcase belongs to us," the leader of the group snarled.
"No way, it's ours now!" the first man snapped, aiming the gun toward the group now.
The second man hugged the briefcase close to his chest. Jungkook stepped in the middle, aware of exactly what was going on.
"Calm down, everyone!" he shouted.
"Shut up, asshole!" someone yelled. "Move out of the way and let us deal with them."
Jungkook glared dangerously at the person, "Watch it."
The person shrank back, feeling intimidated by the singer. Jungkook snapped his head back at the leader and duo.
"Let me guess, dangerous bombs?" Jungkook smirked.
"How'd-"
"What you're going to do is give me the case, and I won't kill you now," JK threatened seriously with a deadly glare that intimidated even the scariest-looking people.
"You're way outnumbered, buddy," the leader smirked. "You're suddenly all high and mighty. How bold of you."
Jungkook towered over the leader as he walked up to them and chuckled. Turning around, he quickly rebounded, twisting the leader up in his arms. As Jungkook twisted, he stole the weapons from the leader's pockets.
"Pistols and daggers," Jungkook laughed as he shoved the leader back. "Pathetic."
JK pocketed the weapons and turned to the duo, knocking them out easily and stealing the briefcase.
"I'll be taking this, thank you," Jungkook grinned.
The leader pointed toward the taller and silently ordered the people to attack. Laughing, Jungkook immediately started fighting, his security guards assisting him.
Jungkook had three people come toward him at once. He turned as he did a roundhouse kick into another one. Facing the third person, he took the briefcase and simply knocked the person out. He had a few people come at him from the side, but JK punched and flung them at the others coming at him.
One of the people started going after Yeonjun, but before they could, Jungkook flung them on the ground. Unfortunately, the older didn't see someone beside him and was knocked to the ground on his back, groaning. The guy tried to punch him but Jungkook dodged each time. Using the briefcase, Jungkook smacked the guy with it and successfully knocked him out as he fell to the side. Kick-upping, JK turned to the leader.
"You're causing quite the ruckus for some commoner," the leader snarled.
"Who said I was a commoner?" Jungkook scoffed, smacking down another person. "Surprised you don't know who I am, let alone put two and two together."
He side-kicked the last few of the posse still around him and turned to the leader again.
"I don't understand," the guy said in confusion.
"Name's Jeon Jungkook. Nice to meet you," the singer smirked.
The leader's face hardened and they immediately bolted toward the singer. The two immediately got into another fight. The leader aimed for the briefcase as the last few of the followers blocked the security from helping Jungkook.
Yeonjun stood there with the staff, still having no idea what to do and standing in shock.
The leader was a sloppy fighter as they not-so-quickly kept trying to punch JK who dodged every swing easily. Jungkook eventually grabbed one of their fists and twisted them around his back. Taking their arm, he flung them over his back, causing a big groan to come out. As Jungkook knocked out the leader, he turned around towards the others- only to be stabbed in the stomach by a knife.
Growling, "You shouldn't have done that," he said in a deep, low voice as he saw one of the followers with the knife that stabbed him.
All the followers took a step back. Jungkook had a dark look in his eyes as if daring anyone to challenge him. Deciding to not hold back, Jungkook went crazy on the followers, going as far as snapping their bones and making them bleed with his nails as he punched, flung, and kicked them.
"Scram!" he shouted to the rest of the posse who was still standing.
Yeonjun winced hearing all the snaps and cracks as the older was finishing with the last of the people. They quickly ran away at Jungkook's order. The said person grunted, stumbling over his feet a little as he walked over to everyone.
"We need to get to the hospital! He's been stabbed!" Yeonjun shouted hurriedly as he looked over at Jungkook.
"No, not the hospital. I can deal with it, just take me home," the said person ordered with another grunt.
"But-"
"No buts. Take me home," the older growled to the staff, clearly leaving no room for arguments.
The staff followed his orders, too scared to go against them after what they saw.
"Fine, but I'm going with you."
"I'd expect nothing less. Besides, my hyungs told me your dongsaengs would be waiting at the BTS dorm, anyway," Jungkook said, holding his stomach as medics looked over him. "It's gonna need stitches," he told the medics who nodded in confirmation.
"We don't have the equipment with us to do stitches. I think-"
"I have it at home," he cut off the medics. "We can do it at home."
The medics shared a look, but- considering what they saw from Jungkook today- they trusted the singer would probably know what to do.
"Okay, then," one of the medics conceded. "Just make sure to-"
"Keep pressure on the wound to prevent bleeding out," Jungkook quoted. "Yes, I understand."
Yeonjun and a staff member helped Jungkook into the car as he held his stomach with a towel to keep the bleeding at bay. They'd have to reschedule the music video shoot as they weren't done with it yet.
Once they arrived at the dorm, Yeonjun and the staff member helped Jungkook from the car to the dorm.
"Ah! Jungkookie! Yeonjun! Welcome ba- what happened?!" Jimin exclaimed as he saw the two.
Jimin immediately went to help Yeonjun with the maknae of BTS.
"He got stabbed," Yeonjun explained as they entered the living room where the rest of TXT and BTS were hanging out.
Jimin helped Jungkook lie on the couch, gesturing for everyone to move. Jin and Yoongi immediately jumped up, fussing over their maknae.
"Yah! How'd you get stabbed while filming a music video?" Jin huffed as he looked over the wound.
Jungkook groaned, "Long story."
"You're gonna need stitches, maknae," Yoongi commented as he looked over Jin's shoulder.
"I know, I know, hyung. Kai, I need you to go to my room and grab the box in the top drawer of my desk," Jungkook sighed as he closed his eyes.
Huening Kai nodded in understanding and went to the older's room. Everyone looked confused as to why JK asked the youngest of them all to get the box when the BTS members know the place better.
Well, the two maknaes of the groups were hiding some secrets. The two worked together in the same mafia chain. Jungkook's family ran the most successful and dangerous mafia company in the world. Huening Kai's family had been involved with Jeon's family for many, many decades apparently and that was how the two maknaes met for the first time. Eventually, Huening Kai got old enough to become involved with the mafia as well.
"I got your box, Jungkook-hyung," Kai came out saying with the box in his hand. "Are you gonna need any help?"
"Help-? Help with what?" Beomgyu asked, looking at the others.
"Is he gonna like...?" Taehyun began but cut himself off from the thought.
"Yeah, I need you to get it ready," JK replied, ignoring Beomgyu's question and the others' questioning gazes.
Kai nodded and opened the box to reveal a first aid kit with all sorts of other small medical equipment. He took a needle and special string for the stitches.
"JK, you're not doing your own stitches!" Namjoon scolded.
Jungkook just shook his head, "I'm not going to the hospital. I can do them myself."
TXT watched their youngest get the equipment ready while BTS were fussing over their youngest.
"Yah, Jaykay," Hoseok fussed. "You really shouldn't."
"Yeah, doctors could do it better," Taehyung agreed.
"Aish. Just trust me, okay?" BTS' maknae snapped lightly. "Besides... a hospital won't suffice."
Jungkook's hyungs looked ready to argue before getting cut off.
"Okay, I got it, hyung," Kai smiled, having been used to Jungkook being like this.
Yoongi was about to snatch the equipment from the younger, but Huening Kai was faster and dodged.
"Hey! That wasn't nice, Kai-ssi!" Yoongi pouted, only being half serious.
Everyone laughed.
"What are you doing, Kai?" Soobin asked quietly.
Kai bit his lip slightly as he kneeled next to Jungkook, but didn't answer. Jungkook and Huening Kai seemed to fall into a rhythm as if they'd done this a million times- which they had, but none of their members knew that.
"Lift your shirt, hyung."
Jungkook did so, "Do you need me to guide you?"
The younger nodded.
"Okay, so you're gonna start here. Once you get to this point, I'll be able to take over. It's just harder to do the beginning stitches because of the angle, you know?" The older explained as he pointed to the areas Kai would stitch.
"That makes sense. Thanks, hyung," Hueninng Kai replied with a smile.
He tied the string onto the needle and began his work.
"What are they doing?" Beomgyu asked again watching his maknae help Jungkook.
"Doing Jungkook's stitches," Namjoon answered in clear dissatisfaction.
Seokjin and Yoongi were watching the two intently to make sure nothing happened- although, it looked like the two youngests of each group didn't need it.
"What even happened, Yeonjun?" Jimin asked, turning towards the said person, noticing he had been quiet.
Yeonjun looked at Jimin confused, having not heard him. The younger had been in deep thought.
"Jimin-hyung asked what happened," Taehyung explained to the younger.
"Yeah, what actually happened, Yeonjun-hyung?" Taehyun asked.
"Oh-oh... uh, we were recording our music video when two guys shouted, one holding a briefcase, and came down the alley we were in. The two were talking when one of them suddenly pulled a gun out, saying they didn't need witnesses. Before they could do that, another person came with a big group of people. They surrounded us and the two guys and the leader of the group began arguing. Jungkook stepped in the middle to protect us. He wanted the briefcase, and no one was happy to give it to him so... a fight broke out. Now, here we are," Yeonjun explained, not mentioning the fact Jungkook knew what was in the briefcase.
⚠️ {A/N: Needles are gonna be mentioned in some detail. Please proceed with caution} ⚠️
Jungkook and Huening Kai were talking quietly as they began sewing the older's skin together.
"We're gonna have to tell them," Kai said as he stuck the needle into the left side of the wound.
JK winced as he felt the pain of the needle, "I know, Kai. I know. How unfortunate this is how we get compromised," he sighed humorously.
"Hey, we can't control what happens. What was in the briefcase?"
"Bombs. Dangerous ones."
"The ones your father has been looking for?"
"Yeah, the ones he spent nearly six months finding."
"Damn, and you just happen to stumble upon them recording a music video," Huening Kai laughed.
"For real. What irony," Jungkook laughed lightly so as to not mess up the younger.
"Okay, I got the first few in. I think you should be able to do the rest especially a lot faster than me," the younger explained.
The older nodded, took the material, and began sewing himself together quite swiftly but gracefully. Tying the string together, he cut the excess and put the equipment back in the box.
"Okay, so, Huening Kai, are you gonna tell your hyungs why the hell you know how to stitch Jungkook together?" Soobin scolded slightly.
The other TXT members crossed their arms in agreement.
"Yes, Jungkook, are you gonna tell your hyungs why the fuck you know how to do stitches?" Namjoon also scolded lightly.
The other BTS members matched the TXT members. The two maknaes shared a look before sighing.
"I know how to do stitches because I learned when I was young," Jungkook explained. "I've been in the mafia since I was fifteen years old."
All the other members' eyes widened.
"Shit... I wasn't expecting that," Yoongi muttered.
"Yeah... me neither," Beomgyu replied.
"How have you been doing idol life and mafia life?" Jin wondered in concern. "Have you been hiding injuries from us?"
"No, I only became part-time because of BTS which was fine. No one really knows my identity anyway because I wear a mask. It was safe for me to disappear like that."
The BTS members nodded.
"How'd you join the mafia, anyway?" Beomgyu asked.
"My father is the leader of the business."
"Oh, damn. A family affair, huh?" Jimin laughed.
Everyone else laughed too. Jungkook was glad they seemed to be taking the news well.
"Okay, so, what about you, Heuning Kai? Why did you seem to understand what was going on?" Yeonjun asked, turning towards him.
Huening Kai laughed nervously, "I'm also in the mafia with Jungkook-hyung. I joined a few years ago because my family was close to the Jeons, but- like hyung- I went part-time."
"Ahhhh~" Taehyun responded. "Is that why you disappear from time to time?"
Kai nodded.
"That does make sense why you disappear sometimes too," Taehyung gasped, remembering moments from the past.
Jungkook chuckled.
"Alright, you need to rest, Jungkook-ah. And Yeonjunnie, you should too. You both had crazy days. We'll reprimand our maknaes for hiding the fact they were in the mafia in the respect of our members only," Jin ordered. "Jiminie, can you get some water and cleaning material? I want to make sure the wound doesn't get infected."
As the TXT members leave the dorm, Jimin nodded and grabbed the stuff as the other members helped Jungkook relax.
"Yah, Jungkookie, how come you never told us you were a badass?" Hoseok asked in a slightly joking manner as Jimin and Jin started looking over the stitches.
"Eh, it didn't seem important. Besides, once 2017 came along, I asked to become a part-time agent," the younger explained as he took a sip from the water he was given.
"Well, as long as you stay safe with your job, we have no reason to stop you," Namjoon smiled.
"You'll need to teach me how to do some cool mafia moves," Taehyung joked.
"YAH! Don't give me any heart attacks!" Jin sighed.
The members laughed. Jungkook was glad they weren't mad at him for keeping that a secret. Granted, everyone knows that BTS is family, so how could they be mad?