Chapter 4 :-Bonding Time

The apartment door slammed open and a bunch of people ran inside. Chimmy was already sitting on the floor, arms wide open for a hug.

He did not get a hug though. He got a bear hug from all of them as they groaned in relief, hugging the Little close.

Chimmy laughed and oops he hiccupped again.

The rest of them moved to give him space but Taehyung and Jungkook did not let him go. They snuggled him, rubbing their cheeks on Chimmy’s head.

Jin and Hobi went to the kitchen to prepare food for them, considering Jimin had just come back from his shift during lunch.  They were also hungry from working all morning.

Namjoon and Yoongi sat on the floor side by side, staring at the three who were still snuggling on the cold floor with fond smiles on their faces. They realized that it had been some time since their last cuddling session.

Namjoon as the Head of BTS faced an assassination attempt. His whereabouts that night was known by a handful of people. He had a hunch that the person behind the assassination attempt should be a rising gang from the same area called Night Blade.

Yoongi and Taehyung worked side by side to gather intel for the gang. Sometimes they had to cosplay as police to make a straightforward investigation. Sometimes they stalked their target and made them traumatic of the dark. Sometimes they accidentally killed their suspect during interrogation. All was well though.

Jin, Hoseok and Jungkook worked in a three-man team. They were the planning, assault and clean team. At the starting phase of BTS, the three of them worked tirelessly but now that they had a bunch of people under them, they gave out orders and punished those who disobeyed.

The news of RM’s assassination attempt had spread widely in the neighbourhood. The rumours said that he was gravely injured and on the verge of dying. Some believed while some did not.

Namjoon had his own plan. Until now, he had not shown his face to the gang and many tried to usurp his position. His plan was simple. He wanted to cut off the weeds in his gang and create chaos to see their loyalty.

The other five agreed with his plan, saying that it was long overdue. Now with Jimin’s arrival, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

“Jimin-ah time to eat!” Hobi called out while setting the folding table in the middle of his living room. Yoongi and Namjoon moved around him, placing chopsticks on the table beside the bowls and plates. Both of them had to run to the supermarket to get new sets of plates and chopsticks for them.

Giggles filled the area as Jimin was hauled to the air by Tae and Kook. They placed him on the ground and sat beside him, smushing him.

“Hyungie my name is Chimmy!” He corrected Hobi. Tae and Kook tickled Chimmy on behalf of the rest of the hyungs for causing their hearts to melt.

They all sat down on the floor, ignoring the creases of their expensive shirts and pants.

“Itadakimasu!” Chimmy chimed and the others followed, laughing silently. They ate.

The men stared at the boy, watching him eat heartily. His hums and sounds of delights were a song to them. While eating, the six men snapped pictures and recorded Chimmy’s actions sneakily.

Chimmy, poor naive cute Chimmy, was the centerpiece of their time.

They could not help staring at him. He was like a fairy, lost in the hustle-bustle of life, which will drain his life power.

Less than half a bowl, Chimmy stopped eating. His tummy was soo full and he could not eat more. He moved his rice bowl to Kookie, silently asking him to finish it.

Yoongi tsked. “You should finish the bowl, Jimin-ah,” he drawled lazily, looking at the Little from the corner of his eyes.

Chimmy pouted. “My name Chimmy” he said sternly yet looking down on the table. His body hunched forward, hands covering his tight tummy. Yoongi sighed, “Chimmy, you should finish the bowl.”

“But hyungie, chimmy’s tummy full. Can’t eat anymore.”

Yoongi was going to say more but Hobi intervened, “Chimmy, want sleep?”

At the same time, Chimmy yawned. “Ung.. Cuddle?”

Hobi shrieked and quickly stood up, making silent gestures to the others to finish eating, cleaning and join him later in the bedroom. Chimmy jumped on him koala style on his back and snuggled into his neck. Hobi sighed fondly, carrying him to the bedroom and set him to sleep.

Once lying down for a nap, Hobi covered him with a blanket and caressed his head. Chimmy hums like a kitten's purr, pushing his head further to Hobi’s hand.

“What a harsh you lived, Chimmy-ah”

Chimmy hummed. “Ung hyungie, Chimmy ‘ungry all time so chimmy sleeps. But eomma wants chimmy work so chim work. Chim send newspaper to every ‘ouse and stall. Then chim eat bread ahjumma gave. She’s nice. Chimmy likes her ooo mush.” His speech became gibberish at the end but Hobi understood more than he could explain.

It’s a small room but the rest of the men fit if they sat on the floor, which they did. They were silent, thoughts flying through their mind, mainly about Jimin. They sighed collectively, faces older than their age.

Hobi: Let’s find his mum

Tae: Good idea

Yoongs: Is it because of the abuse?

Jin: He ate so little, Yoongs i think it’s more than abuse.

Tae: Yeah he was neglected from birth. Hyung, if you read through the report I gave you, his mother used him for money.

Hobi: His mother made him work to send newspapers across the neighbourhood and the only time he ate was bread given by an ahjumma. Apparently, she is his savior. When he was hungry, he slept. If that doesn’t make you realize his living condition then we need to relearn humanity.

Yoongi patted Hobi’s back, calming him down.

Jungkook patted Jimin’s back softly, eyes faraway.

Namjoon sighed. “We shall introduce ourselves to him later”

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