Chapter 25

***TW mentions past emotional abuse. Please if that is a trigger skip it. <3

YN rolled over and winced at the pain she felt in her legs. However, remembering everything she and Jungkook did last night, it wasn't surprising that she was a little sore. Looking over she saw JK still fast asleep. She didn't want to wake him just yet so she quietly snuck out of the bed and into the bathroom. Turning on the hot water, she stepped under the spray and let the water release the soreness and tension. Finishing up she grabbed a towel, wrapping it around her body she went into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. As she was walking past her door she saw an envelope on the floor. It was too early for the mail and the envelope hadn't been there the night before. Her curiosity won out and she bent over to pick it up. Opening it, what she saw inside made her scream.

JK came awake at the sound of YN's scream. Rushing out of the room he found her sitting on the floor in front of the door in nothing but a towel with an envelope in her hands.

"YN, what's wrong, what happened?" he asked her, bending down he put his hands on her shoulders and made her look up at him. He saw tears streaming down her face. She brought up what she had been holding in her hands and handed it to JK. It was another picture, this time it was from last night. It was hard to tell who it was in the picture because the faces were shadowed but the balcony in the picture was YN's. JK knew then and there that whoever was watching her, was keeping closer tabs on her than what he had previously thought.

"Look on the back," she whispered.

Turning over the picture JK saw the message written there. "You fucked up, you're going to watch as I make him pay for touching you." JK wasn't scared of what he read there, he wasn't worried about his own safety, he was worried about YN. This was getting out of hand, if it kept going this way she was bound to another issue.

"Princess, look at me." He said tilting her chin up "It's going to be ok, but I think it's time we talk about your Ex."

Startled, she shook her head "Mark, you think Mark is the one doing this?"

"He's the only one I could think of. Do you think you're going to be able to do that?"

"Yes," she whispered "But can we go back to the house first? I really don't want to be here right now."

He went to help her up but she avoided his touch and walked into the bedroom. Realizing she probably needed space to make sense of what was happening, he gave her the space she seemed to need. They left the apartment in silence and drove back to the house. When they walked in they were greeted by Jimin who came towards them with a smile on his face, until he saw YN hunched over and turned slightly away from JK. Knowing something was seriously wrong he walked over to her but before he could give her a hug, she dodged his embrace and ran up the stairs.

Jimin turned to look at JK "What did you do?" he said accusingly.

"I didn't do anything Jimin! Whoever is toying with her left this in the apartment." He handed the envelope and pictures over to Jimin.

Jimin was horrified by the images and note that was in the envelope. "I get that this is startling but she wouldn't even let us touch her. There's more to it than that." He said as Yoongi came down the stairs.

"What's going on?" Yoongi asked when he spotted the other two men deep in conversation. Jimin simply held up the envelope for Yoongi to inspect. He had a similar reaction to Jimin anger and concern warred within him at the images.

"I was just telling Jimin that I think she's avoiding having to talk about Mark. I told her we need to and she just kind of shut down." JK said helplessly.

"JK, get the guys together downstairs. Jimin, there are some of her favorite snacks still in the pantry. I restocked the snickers last night too, grab one and I'll go get her." Yoongi said as he turned around.

"Yoongi, she wouldn't let Jimin or I touch her. I don't think she's going to let you in." JK said.

"JK trusts me, she'll let me in. It's nothing that you guys did wrong and it's not that she's mad. She's just overwhelmed, she needs the quiet. Why do you think she always searches for me to sleep on me?" he said clapping JK on the shoulder.

"Alright, I get it. Just help her Yoongi."

Yoongi nodded and headed to her room. He tried the door and found it unlocked. When he poked his head into the room he saw YN sitting against the headboard with her knees to her chest and her eyes red. She looked up to see him come in and tracked his movements as he came to sit down next to her. He didn't say anything, he didn't try and touch her, just simply sat there. After ten minutes of just being there, he heard her sigh and she leaned her head on his shoulder. Reaching over he patted her head. Without saying anything he stood up and took her hand, she looked up into his eyes and he gave her a reassuring nod. Standing up, she let him lead her downstairs to where the guys had gathered around. JK sat frozen on the couch, unsure of what to do. He didn't want to force anything on her but his hands itched with the want to pull her close and protect her from everything. He was startled though when she ungracefully plopped into his lap and put her feet up on the couch.

No one said a word, they were taking their cues from Yoongi who had subtly shaken his head at them when YN went to go sit down. The silence continued on until Jimin got up from his seat, grabbed YN a Snickers, handed it to her, and sat down. Pulling her legs into his lap he started to knead her calves and feet.

YN took a bite of the Snickers and collected her thoughts. Taking a deep breath she finally started talking.

"His name is Mark Tondrey. I've known him since middle school, we didn't really run in the same circles and he had a steady girlfriend at the time. But we occasionally bumped into each other. We didn't start dating until years later, we had started talking but then his father passed away. After that, I didn't hear from him again until a year later. When he reached out again we started dating, at first it was great, he was everything that I thought I wanted at the time. But then he started to change, about eight months in he started drinking. It wasn't bad at first, but it started to get ugly after a year. He started yelling, saying hateful things, avoiding me. I had gotten into a car accident after leaving his house because he said he was working late so I wanted to go see my parents. After that it got worse, he kept saying he would change or he would get help, but he never did. He started drinking more during the day too, the gaslighting started, then the digs at things that I liked, the need for absolute control, not celebrating when I accomplished something. He would get drunk if I went out and then rage at me when I got home. It finally came to a head after I got surgery for my wrist after breaking it in the accident. He didn't come to see me, when I finally went over to him, of course, he had been drinking and we fought. He yelled at me and grabbed my injured wrist before pushing me to the ground. He had thrown stuff before and I managed to be caught in the crossfire a few times, he would also squeeze or grab me unexpectedly. When I would tell him it hurt, he would do it more and say it wasn't even all his power. I tried resisting one day, and he pinned me, telling me that I would never be able to stop him if he really wanted to hurt me. I tried telling his mom what was happening and she tried to talk to him. But it didn't work, whenever he got angry and I would flinch or cry he would tell me to stop playing the abuse card, that he wasn't abusing me. It was a nightmare, I finally got out though. I couldn't take it anymore. He finally admitted that I was the reason why he drank, it made it easy after that to say goodbye." She trailed off. "I'm sorry, it's a lot to take in. But without going into more detail about the uglier stuff, that's the gist of it." She shrugged her shoulders and closed her eyes.

She knew this was going to be the moment when everyone started to withdraw. Jimin had stopped his ministrations on her legs and no one else seemed to move. She felt the tears start to well up in her eyes again, instead of waiting for the hammer to fall she made a move to get up. Before she could sit up all the way she felt JK's arms wrap around her chest and pull her back against him. Letting the tears silently fall she heard a sob from behind her. Turning to look at him JK had tears streaming down his face too. When she looked at everyone else she noticed that they all had watery eyes as well. She knew at that moment that these men really were her family and they weren't going to leave her. The guys moved in closer, Yoongi taking one of her hands, Jin took her other hand, Hobi walked around the couch and stroked her hair out of her face, and Namjoon placed a hand on her knee.

"We will always be here YN, you're our family. We aren't going anywhere." Namjoon said, his deep voice comforting.

After pouring out her heart, she was absolutely exhausted. Mentally and emotionally, she just needed space. She loved the guys and she was grateful for everything they were doing. Especially how JK was doing his best to care for her but it was just too much to take in. Gently pulling her legs from Jimin's grasp and unwrapping JK's arms she stood up. "I really do love you guys, I just need some time right now." She turned to give JK a kiss.

"I love you Kookie. I'm going to go for a walk."

"YN..."

"No, it's ok, I just need to be by myself. I'll take Lola."

All he could do was nod and be accepting of what she needed. It went against everything within him to let her walk out the door, but if he wanted to be there for her, he had to let her go. He watched as she got Lola's leash and she walked out the door, closing it quietly behind her.

"What is wrong with this guy?" Jin asked "That woman doesn't deserve how he treated her. And I'm sorry, what jerk tries to exert control like that over a woman?"

JK just shook his head trying to process everything that YN said. It was a lot to take in yes, but it didn't change his feelings for her. If anything he loved her more now than he did before. He couldn't' imagine the strength that it took for her to leave that kind of situation. She felt alone for so many years and tried to help a man who had been ungrateful for everything she did for him.

"I have his last name now. I'm going to run a search. I'll let you know what I find out. It shouldn't be too hard now. He probably won't have anything major against him but I'll be able to find out what I need." Yoongi said as he got up and went to his room.

"I'm going to make dinner, I have some pork belly that I can make. I know that's her favorite, I'll even make some ramen to go with it." Jin said and made his way to the kitchen.

"How about we have a sleepover in the front room tonight?" Hobi asked "We can make a giant blanket fort and watch her favorite comedies. That'll cheer her up."

"That's a great idea! But please for the love of God, nobody make popcorn! If you do, I swear you're going to be the one holding her hair back as she's sick." Jimin yelled to make sure everyone heard him as he looked over and glared at Taehyung.

"Yah, it was the one time! How were we supposed to know that the smell of popcorn was going to make her sick?"

JK laughed at the two of them bickering. He turned to Hobi "Let's get this pillow fort made, we should pull a couple of the mattresses down too." The guys got to work and before long the pillow fort was made and dinner was done. Now they just waited on YN.

She was still sitting outside with Lola, they had walked away from the house towards one of the trails. Once they got a little distance she pulled out her headphones and started to listen to the music. She had no more tears left to cry at this point but she let the music flow through her. After a while, she decided it was time to stop wallowing and shake it off. The things that Mark did were in the past. She wasn't going to let him ruin the amazing bonds she had created with her friends. And she was sure as hell, not going to allow him to taint the beautiful relationship that she and Jungkook had. This was her family and her happiness, he couldn't control that anymore. With that in mind, she stood up and made her way back to the house. What she saw when she walked in took her breath away. There was a giant pillow fort in the front room, it looked like every blanket and pillow from around the house was in it.

JK walked out of the kitchen when he had heard the door open and paused when he saw YN walk in. She hadn't seen him yet, so he watched her as she took in the pillow fort. Her face was an open book as she stared at everything, she giggled and did a little happy dance before taking off her shoes and jumping onto one of the mattresses on the floor. She laid down and sighed happily before placing a hand on her belly. He saw her lips move but couldn't make out what she was saying, he did know though that she was talking to their baby. She did that a lot and it always brought a smile to his face. Walking over to her he sat down next to her and caressed her face. She opened her eyes to look at him with that radiant smile of hers, and he couldn't help but kiss her.

"I love you, you know." He said as he touched the tip of her nose.

"I love you too Kookie." She said "This pillow fort is fucking awesome by the way! I love it! Are we sleeping down here tonight?"

"Yep, we all are," Taehyung said as he walked into the room. He tossed two movies over in front of YN "Which one do you want to watch first?"

She looked down and saw that they were her favorite comedy shows. "This one, Evolution." She said as she handed it back to him. He took the DVD and placed it in the player.

"Jin said that dinner was done, so let's go eat, and then we can watch the movie," Tae said.

"Good, I'm starving," She said as they went in to join the rest of the guys. Once they sat down they all ate and talked about the day and the plans for tomorrow. Namjoon had mentioned that he wanted to go to the arcade that had mini-golf and bowling. He mentioned that it would be something fun to do and a chance to get out of the house for a bit. After they finished eating, they settled in for the movie and a long night of laughter and fun.