Know Me If You Can - A Taekook Love Story

26 - Remember Your Place.

Jay came back from his meeting, which surprisingly didn't take that long, and looked for V. He was not in the booth and Chenyeol told him that V didn't come back from wherever he went earlier. That triggered the interest of Jay as he wondered what could V be doing for so long.

He pulled out his phone and dialed V's number. And waited for it to connect.
 
 
 
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After fixing Jungkook's clothes properly, V held the younger one against his chest. They had stayed like that for about 2-3 minutes, just enjoying the warmth and comfort of each other. Their earlier fight was not forgotten but just pushed back a bit.

Finally V pulled out of the embrace and looked at the man in his arms.

"Are you okay?"

Jungkook didn't answer, he couldn't. Of course he was not okay but he didn't want to tell that to V. He couldn't forget what he saw earlier so he didn't try to make the elder feel better by lying either. So Jungkook just kept his mouth shut and let V figure it out by himself. And by the look of dismay that came on to the elder's face, Jungkook was sure he successfully did.

"Doll, listen-"

Jungkook was not able to hear what V was gonna say because right at that moment, his phone rang. V pulled out the phone from his pocket and sighed before hitting the accept button.

"Hey... oh, you're done?..... give me a minute, I'll be there.... Yeah...."

V cut the phone and looked at Jungkook who was giving him a skeptical look. "Jay's back."

Jungkook felt the anger and jealousy that he momentarily pushed down, bubbling up to the surface again. He put both his hands on V's chest and pushed with a force, making the elder stumble towards the opposite direction.

V looked at him with widened eyes, shocked to see his doll using such force on him. But Jungkook's eyes didn't change, they were filled with anger and contempt.

"Guess you should get going then." Jungkook's sneering voice was back. "Your fuck buddy is waiting."

With that, Jungkook opened the door and walked out. V quickly followed him, calling his name but Jungkook didn't even look back as he went out of the washroom. V gave another sigh before walking towards the wash basin and cleaning himself a bit.

He kind of expected this to happen but it still made him upset. If only he could confide in the younger and tell him everything. He was sure Jungkook would understand then. But for Jungkook's own safety, he couldn't do that. Guess he needs to find some other method to make it up to the younger.
  
  
 
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"Where were you?" Jay asked as soon as V walked into the booth.

"Sorry." V answered with a little smile. "I was in the bar, talking with Hoseok."

"All this time?"

"Yeah."

Jay's face was impassive as they walked towards their vehicles, followed by some of his men. His face didn't show any indication but Jay's mind was working at a rapid pace. Cause he had actually walked past the bar when he came back and even saw the said bartender working.

V was nowhere near that place.
  
  
  
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V was almost asleep when the door to his room opened. He raised his head a bit to see Jay walking in, which made him quickly sit on the bed. He didn't ask what Jay wanted cause there's only one reason for him to be here this late at night.

V hated that he had to do this but it's not like he had a choice. He looked at the other man with a radiant smile as he raised a hand in welcome. But Jay, however, didn't join him on the bed but sat down on the sofa.

"So..." Jay seemed to be contemplating what he wanted to say. "How's things with Jungkook?"

It was purely due to V's talent to keep a poker face that prevented him from reacting to that question. He let his smile fall, as it was appropriate, but didn't show how much the question startled him. His heart actually skipped a few beats as a wave of uneasiness passed through it.

But when he answered, his voice was steady as ever.

"Good, I guess." V replied with a nonchalant shrug.

Jay gently tapped the armrest of the sofa. Something didn't feel right. He had a few occasions lately where he had a slight doubt that V might be lying, like earlier today, but the latter's face didn't even have a hint of it. It made Jay wonder exactly how good of an actor V is and how many more lies were hidden behind that angelic face.

Maybe he has been giving the guy too much freedom. Maybe it's time he made V remember who's the boss here.

"You're taking too long."

Jay said with a soft smile, which V realized as a sign of Jay's psychotic side coming out. He had to tread very carefully here.

"What do you mean?"

"It means that I'm getting a little impatient here, V. You were supposed to make him your bitch. Not become his bitch."

"I'm not-"

"I gave you permission to play with him so that you could break him. He doesn't look that broken to me."

Jay had noticed the changes in both of them. Well, mostly in Jungkook cause V is pretty hard to read. The younger one however, looked too happy these days. Which is one of the reasons for making out with V earlier today. Both of them need to learn their places.

Jay got up from the sofa and walked towards V, who was still sitting on the bed. Jay grabbed V's jaw harshly, making his nails dig into it painfully, but not too much to break the skin. He doesn't want his toy's face damaged.

V lowered his gaze and kept his hands on the bed behind him. He could try to gain the upper hand by letting his dominant side come out as he knew from experience that Jay will be reduced to a whimpering mess in response.

But he decided against it due to the worry that it might worsen the situation. The moment Jay gets out of his dominance spell, things could get really ugly. He's a psychopath after all. The last thing V wanted was to get Jungkook stuck in the middle of this.

So he let Jay have his way, keeping him under the illusion that he's the one calling the shots here.

"I can't help but wonder whether you are enjoying this too much." Jay's voice was full on psycho mode now.

"There's nothing like that Jay." V replied with difficulty as his jaw movements were restricted by Jay's hand.

"For both your sakes, I hope that's true." Jay released V's face and stood up straight. "Cause you know very well what would happen if I decided to play with him myself."

Jay lightly tapped V's cheek before turning back to walk out of the room. But just as he reached the door, he stopped and looked at V.

"Remember your place, V. I can take all this back, as quickly as I gave them."

With that, Jay walked out of the room, leaving V to his thoughts. V was worried, there's no denying that. He can handle himself with Jay but Jungkook is a whole different story.

He'll be damned if he let Jungkook fall into Jay's clutches. Maybe he should try to keep some distance from the younger one.

Wouldn't be too hard with the way Jungkook seems to hate him now.