Chapter 2 :- The Arrival of Taetae

Notes:- Also this is a ot7 fanfic ....I wanted to do Nammin/Minjoon but i couldnt think of any plot points ...I mean if i really thought hard I could but I'm lay ;)

One month went by. Jimin was thankful every day for his luck. Since he saved that criminal, his pantry was always fully stocked. Other than that, he kept on receiving expensive gifts on his doorstep.

He got expensive clothes, make-up, and jewelry. All the gifts were all to his taste and he could not help but think that they may or may not stalk him or investigate him because all the things they gifted were all the things he liked so much.

You see, Jimin had a habit of window shopping. Saturday and Sunday were his days off and he always spent his day strolling in two places, which were the nature park and the nearest mall. By now, he knew by heart the nooks and crannies of the mall.

For the clothes he liked, he tried them on and took pictures of them in the mirror, then put them back. He did the same thing to pieces of jewelry. For the make-ups, he would sneakily use the same tester over and over again until the worker caught him.

But now, with all the gifts, he didn’t need to go to the mall at all. Instead of feeling happy, he felt burdened and heavy. They gave him too much but he had no use for them. Fashion was a fleeting moment so there’s no use to spend money on them.

He was grateful for the food but he wished they stopped with the gifts. He wished to tell them but he had no idea how to contact them. He sighed into his dinner, shoulders dropping.

Then his phone chimed.

y so sad

It’s from someone named Taetae. Jimin frowned.

who’s this?

one of the men who visited you last month.

your name is Taetae?

pfft thats a nickname. Like yours, jiminnie.

Jimin stopped frowning. He blinked repeatedly, realising that ‘Taetae’ should be one of the criminals that entered his home last month. Additionally, there’s a high possibility that they were monitoring him, in his own home because how else was Tae able to know his mood?

He found no fault in it, though. Even if there's cameras all over his home, he had no problem with it. It made him less lonely, even if it's incredulous.

thank you for the gifts and the food

u r welcome but y u sad

Jimin pouted.

i feel bad. i feel like u are overcompensating me.

yeah but we like to spoil you

why

There’s a long pause.

u deserve it after all the things u went thru

His heart stuttered in his chest, eyes becoming wet with tears. His heart burned with ache, and he could not stop his tears. Just from Taetae's text, he concluded that man knew about his dark past. The dark past that he wished nobody knew about. The dark past that he could not run, even in his dreams.

He ran to his room, grabbing his biggest teddy bear from his closet, one of the few things he saved up for, hugged and wailed on it like a baby in his bed.

The BTS stared at the wailing boy through the small cam in the room light bulb. His hunched body, his anguish cries and his dependency on the teddy bear broke their heart to pieces.

JK: Is it normal for people to cry like that?

SUGA: Every person has their own coping method and I guess his is that.

J-Hope: I wanna hug him to sleep.

Jin: Joon-ah I think he is a Little.

RM: I think so too.

V: What’s a Little?

Jin and RM looked at each other. Jin started by explaining that “Little is a condition where a person finds comfort by imagining themselves as a child.”

“If I’m not mistaken, there are many types of Little and I don’t quite understand them yet. From my understanding, a person becomes a Little by regressing their age. That way, their mindset changes according to the age set by their brain.”

“However, there is a trigger for them to switch their age and in Jimin’s case, maybe mentioning his past is a trigger”, Jin guessed.

Tae went agape, feeling utterly guilty. “Oh man, I feel so bad now,” he frowned. Hobi hugged and patted his back, saying it was his fault.

“At least, now we know he needs someone to care for him when he regresses, right Jin hyung”, Yoongi said.

Jin nodded, brain already gearing up to care for the Little, who is still crying on the bed. Namjoon knowingly looked at him, shaking his head at his family’s attentiveness. Well, there’s no harm in adding another family member. Furthermore, Jimin looked like a harmless little kitten that needed protection from the world.

“If we take him in, then I am not the maknae anymore!”, Jungkook claimed, pumping his fist in the air. “I get to spoil him too!”

The rest rolled their eyes at him, silently feeling giddy to add the Little to their team.

Chimmy woke up, exhausted from his crying. He rubbed his face in his teddy, whining and sobbing into it. He sat up, hugging Pinky close to his chest and looked out to the brightening sky. He stared at the pink bluish sky, subconsciously rubbing his cheek at Pinky’s head.

BTS’ heart melted to goo, strongly wanting to shelter the nineteen-year-old boy. He seemed so fragile on his bed, looking at the rising sky like it’s a new beginning.

JK: Let’s take him away.

V: He needs a lot of clothes. I’m gonna design it.

Hobi: I’m decorating his room!

Yoongs: I’ll help.

Jin: I need to look up a healthy recipe. He looks scrawny and weak.

Namjoon sighed adoringly. “Then we take him in. After all, I owe my life to him”

They agreed wholeheartedly, already moving to help each other in preparing for Jimin’s arrival.

JK pouted. He wanted to take Jimin right away. Namjoon patted his shoulder, saying “You can take him after all the prep is done. Give or take, one month. Then, we will take him”. JK nodded in agreement, following Hobi and Yoongs to the Decor Store.

At the same time, Chimmy did breathing exercises to correct his mindset, forcing himself to get his mind out of Little space. It always made him deeply sad afterward but he was used to it.

After a few minutes, he put away his pillow-sized teddy in the closet and showered, then prepared to go to work.

Same old routine every weekday but with a dash of happiness from the food and gifts he received every day. Deep down, he felt less lonely and happy to have people cared for him.

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