One shock followed the other for poor Yoongi , after Jin had dropped a bombshell. He gulped but realised he lacked in saliva as his mouth was dry as the Sahara desert. He widen his eyes in total disbelief and dismay." How...how is that even ... possible?" he blurred out without thinking.
Jin chuckled at his question." The old fashioned way! I'm sure you are familiar with it!" Jin joked to lighten up the atmosphere knowing how frustrated and confused Yoongi must be.
" Hyung! I know how babies are made! I'm having one in a few months!" Yoongi reminded him, wiggling his brows." It's not the same!"
" How come? "
" It takes two people to make a baby. And for that they have to meet! Like in person! Taehyung and Kook met a couple of months ago! Right?"
Jin laughed at his reply. It was kind of funny to watch Yoongi's reaction. "Look...jokes aside allow me to explain without interrupting. At least until I'm finished."
He took a sharp breath, feeling his lungs burn." About six years ago, Kookie was celebrating his high school graduation at a nightclub along with his classmates. Accidentally, he bumped into Taehyung, drunk as a skunk! He seemed to recognise him, despite his state and ended up in one of the VIP rooms...having sex. Unfortunately, I was dead worried, called him, scolded him so he was forced to return home. He did leave a note with his name,phone number and address but Taehyung never called or came.Kookie's waiting lasted for weeks until two months later, we discovered he was pregnant. Imagine our surprise! Still no sign of Taehyung but Jungkook decided to keep the baby..."
Jin sighed heavily." Oh Yoongi! He was thrilled to have at least a part of him! Made plans. Organised the future.Imagined holding his baby. And while we were petrified, he was deliriously happy! However...our happiness had an expiration date..."
The older clenched his fists, recalling those dreadful events." A day after Taegukk's birth...he died... unexpectedly. S.D.S ( sudden death syndrome) the doctor called it. No warning signs. No illness.. something that could justify his...death...He just left us... Jungkook was devastated." Tears welled up in his eyes as memories surged through him.
" Broken...Crying.Shouting. Begging for his baby to come back. He held him in his arms one last time before....His cries, screams still echo in my ears. Such a dark period for our family. Alone... without Taehyung...his love... support...to grieve for the loss.Yoongi our Kook became silent, withdrawn, distant. No why or how. No cries...no yells...left his mouth. As if he had no will to live and breathe. We never spoken of it again. As if it was a bad dream.We visit the grave separately every week. That's the whole story." Jin hid the tears forming in his eyes." Sorry for hiding it. It's not a subject we wish to remember or discuss."

Yoongi rubbed his temples, eyes fixed on nothing. It was too damn much to process! The realisation of Jin's words hit him hard. Taehyung in a drunken state had slept with Jungkook. Forgotten about it when silber. Had a son who died. And idiot them had the audacity to ask him to be Tata's caretaker. Taehyung 's son. The one he had with Duri. The one who actually lived.
That explains their objections to their stupid proposal. It was criminally preposterous to even ask them. Yoongi could picture Kook with his round belly, having to deal with his loneliness, a pregnancy,the awareness Taehyung was already married, expecting a baby and then the heartbreaking pain of losing a child. How betrayed he must have felt! Knowing his hopes and dreams of reuniting with the love of his life were dashed in the cruelest way! Straggling to handle his grief and the knowledge of Taehyung, happily married.
" Don't apologise hyung. You went through so much...suffered...Life is cruel at times. Snatches all we cherish." He held his hand for support." I'm sorry! So sorry...If we had known, we would have never asked Kook to meet Taehyung."
" I'm glad you did.My son is strong-willed. He survived. Began living again. Tata is good for him. His love and devotion gave him a purpose to exist." The man eased his worries in a serene voice.
" Six years ago...six years ago...six..." The sentence kept repeating in his head, like it mattered. Like it was crucial. "Hyung...what was the name of the club? From that night. Do you recall?" he inquired out of the blue.
" Mmmm...It was a flower...Black...no...Blue Orchid... yeah that's it."
" Are you positive? Perhaps it was a different flower."
" My memory is excellent! Thank you very much!" he reassured him." Why the sudden interest?"
" Nothing... professional curiosity.... Remember the date?"
" Let me see..." He tapped his finger on his jaw, purcing his lips." It was the day prior to my book presentation in Hyundai Library...another best seller... Saturday...no... It was Friday 15 June." Jin snapped his fingers at his sharp memory.
" Are you absolutely certain about the date?"
Jin found his persistence rather odd but blamed it on the nature of his job. Asking questions, interrogating suspects. "Never forget my book releases, deadlines, presentations and awards. So yes! Besides it was the first and only time I scolded my Kookie."
Yoongi munched his lower lip."Mmmm...Blue Orchid...15 June...drunk... graduation party...back room...I wonder..."
" You're not making any sense , dear!"
" I hardly ever do."
" Can I get you another one? You look like you could use it!" Jin pointed at the empty glass on the coffee table.
" Yeah...just bring the whole damn bottle!"
Jin poured a brave portion of whiskey and Yoongi gorged it down again. It burnt his throat but who the fuck cared? He needed it as much as the air he was breathing.
" Keep pouring."
" You'll get drunk." Jin warned him.
" That's the least of my worries, hyung!"
Now Jin was concerned. He didn't expect Yoongi to react this way." I understand it's a lot to take in but please for the love of God, under no circumstances must you mention it to anyone. At least until Kook is ready to share it."
The younger nodded, finishing his fourth round , feeling his head heavy and spinning. Not because of the alcohol, his tolerance was remarkable, but due to the million questions troubling his mind." In which hospital did he give birth to?"
" Ironically at Jimin's."
" The name of his doctor?"
" A doctor Han. He had excellent recommendations."
" Mmmm...Seoul hospital...1st February...Dr.Han...Duri...same day... premature..."
" You're doing it again! Mumbling! Are you hearing voices too?" Jin joked, wiggling his perfectly shaped eyebrows."Warned you to stop drinking!"
" I don't give a sip!" he replied absorbed in crazy, disturbing thoughts, scrambled questions,picking his brain!
" You'll get a headache, love."
" I might have burnt all my brain cells so no brain...no headache!" The younger gave Jin a feeble smile.
" Stop joking, you idiot! " Jin scolded him, perched on the edge of his seat." Jimin is going to kill me if you go home drunk!"
" If I don't, I'll lose it! Jimin won't have any use of me then!" He huffed once more, untying his black tie, unbuttoning the two first buttons of his white shirt. It was steaming hot in there!
" Yoongi promise me you won't say a word to anyone. Specially to Kook." Jin requested seriously and earned a nod from the man.
" Your secret is safe with me, hyung." he promised, tapping Jin's back as a reassurance he intended to keep his end of the deal.
When he finally left, he took a long drive to relax and put his thoughts in order. Blame it on his inquiring, suspicious nature but things weren't adding up. He smelt a rat.
June 15 was the day Jimin graduated from Medical school attending a party at the same club as Kook. He distinctly remembered Taehyung getting a bit plaster before his and Jimin's departure. Taehyung had run into some old friends and stayed behind.
The same night he had sex with that damn bitch and got her pregnant. Was it before or after he had slept with Kook? And why did he remember Duri but not him? How the fuck did he managed to bang them both on the same night? Couldn't he just control his freaking dick? Going around planting babies?
How many of his children were circulating out there? The fucken stamina Taehyung had ,even under the influence of alcohol was striking! Glancing at his wrist watch it was time to go home. Jimin was alone and he was actually worried about him in his current situation.
He found his husband sitting comfortably on their couch, a laptop on his lap, munching an apple.
" Welcome home , love!" he greeted him enthusiastically." You're late today...How was your day?"
" Exhausting would be an understatement!" The man threw his briefcase on the armchair across the couch, leaning and kissing Jimin. " I'll hit the shower."
Jimin sat up , noticing Yoongi 's sharp face , decorated with a gloomy, baffled expression. "I'll set the table."
" Not that hungry. Maybe later."
The younger watched Yoongi 's feet clumping up the stairs,as he was disappearing .His curved shoulders indicated he was either too depleted from overworking, or something was bagging him. He avoided calling him'baby' or ' love' as usual. Neither did he caressed his belly as he used to for the last two months.
" Spil the beans! Why are you acting so weird?" Jimin stated when Yoongi came downstairs, taking a seat next to him.
" Nothing is wrong. Work...just work."
" Who are you trying to fool? Do I look like an idiot? I've known you for four lives Min Yoongi. You leave work out the door when you come home. That's how you operate." Jimin made a stand , crossing his arms over his chest.
" Jimin please...I don't feel like talking."
Now Jimin was certain the situation was serious." Min...you lazy, sleepy cat I'm your husband and your baby's papa..."
Yoongi cut him off ." I ain't lazy! I prefer to call it selective participation!" he blurred our attempting to switch topics.

Jimin scoffed, rolling his eyes , placing both hands on this waist." That won't work on me! Unless you want to be kicked out of our room for the rest of my pregnancy, you better start talking mister!"
Spawning threats and raising his eyebrows were the two things Yoongi feared the most about Jimin.Plus, holding back secrets may be the wrong approach to handle his baby's mood swings. Jimin smelt his fear like a greyhound !Perhaps another opinion concerning his suspicions could be useful.
" Promise me three things If I tell you."
" Scouts honour!" Jimin saluted with his right hand, palm face out, thumb holding down the little finger.
" No fainting.Shouting. Cursing. Handle the situation as a mature adult."
" Yeah...yeah...cut to the chase, will you?" Jimin's curiosity had hit another level. He was dying to know. From the look on his husband's face it was damn important.
Yoongi told him the whole story in every detail, not leaving anything out. Jimin was dumbfounded and wrathful to say the least! His usual sparkling eyes opened widely and his full lips fell slack.
" I...I need to sit." He patted the couch seaking support. Gaze fixed on the floor.
" You are sitting." Yoongi reported.
" Then...I need to faint."
" Baby you promised. Scouts honour... remember?"
Jimin scorned, rolling his eyes up." Never been a scout! So jokes on you!"
" Love be reasonable! Don't flip out on me now!" the man protested crinkling his hair. He was in desperate need of Jimin's logic. The one who cleared his thoughts and provided him solutions , without even realising it.
" This is FUCKEN UNBELIEVABLE! MY BRAIN REFUSES TO PROCESS ALL THE INFOS!" Using his hands he blew air to his flustered face." We were at the same club as Kook and didn't bump into each other. They met and had SEX for crying outloud! Oh bagger! He banged two different people on the same night! Both got pregnant! " He raised both hands up the sky." How can a man be so fucked up? Who knows how many babies are out there? Couldn't he just control his freaking dick?"
" My thoughts exactly!" Yoongi lisped, rolling his eyes.
Jimin hummed." What are the odds of both of them being knocked up by the same guy...on the same night...give birth to the same hospital...the exact same day and by the same doctor!" the younger exclaimed outloud." As if it was fate. A twisted fate... A seriously fucked up fate!"
Yoongi 's mind got stitred by Jimin's words. Standing perfectly still, eyes not moving ,consumed in crazy scenarios. "Dr. Han... that's the connection... the doc..."
" What? Stop mumbling and spill it out."
" Ok...I can't put my finger on it but I smell a rat."
" Meaning what?" Jimin frowned at his response.
" Too many coincidences and in my line of work coincidences don't happen!" He stretched his arms and legs. His body was suffering from exhaustion, mentally and physically.
" Dr.Han's involvement? You lost me there, love!"
" He delivered two babies on the same day by the same father. One survived ,the other died."
" I can't follow you." He stretched out the words. "Babies are delivered every day by doctors. It's common. Their job."
Yoongi heaved , taunted by his inability to express what was in his mind. It was there...he just had to figure it out." Babe call it a hunch... I'm sure there's an ugly story behind this."
All of the sudden, Jimin 's features changed. Rage gave away to sadness. His hormones were running wild and his face became shady, eyes filled with tears.
" My baby! My Kookie! How much he has suffered....endured... the unbearable pain of losing a child... Knowing Taehyung had another family,a baby...Oh Yoongi! I can't begin to imagine his grief!"
The man closed his arms around him but couldn't find words of solace, so he let his husband crack up. Release the pressure.
" Why didn't they tell us? If we had known,we wouldn't have asked him take care of Tata." He remembered Jin's reaction to their ludicrous proposal.
Yoongi patted his back, leaving small kisses on his forehead,while Jimin leaned on his chest, letting his tears and sorrow flow." Kook is strong. He suffered and still standing...Others would have given up!I'm so proud of him!"
The younger lifted his head, sniffing." If only we had found him that night! Things would have been different!" he wished, huffing.
" Can't change the past, baby. These thoughts troubled me as well. But hyung assured me Tata is the best medicine for Kook. They are both healing their wounds."
" Still...it feels as we have exploited Kook's kindness." He wipped his tears."It's too damn hard to think of him hurting all alone."
" We're doing the best for everyone. Taehyung is falling in love. Tata has found another father figure. Kook has found a new meaning in life." Yoongi responded softly." Remember that. Now tell me everything about Han."
Jimin wasn't much of a help. The information he provided were insufficient for the man and his suspicions. Yoongi decided to investigate Han, as he needed proof of something... anything at this point. He had to trust his instincts.
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Two days later, a Friday afternoon, he visited the club. Talked to the owner, who seemed willing to help but it was impossible to provide him the footage from that long ago. The man showed photos of Taehyung, Kook and Duri to the employees. Nobody remembered them.
Still and all, there was one guy , a young man, whose behaviour and response baffled him. He avoided looking at the photos, yet he quickly dismissed him by saying.
" No... never seen them before." His swifty eyes told a different story.

Back at his office ,the man was dawdling at the view from the seventeenth floor of his main headquarters ,so engrossed that when Mark entered to hand him the daily reports , it took him a few minutes to sense his presence.
Yoongi sat in his black, leather chair, put on his glasses, reading the documents.
" Any progress on the hospital case?"
" Nothing solid." Mark replied shaking his head." If there are irregularities, we must dig deeper."
" Check every employee responsible for the orders. The accounting department for receipts. The supply companies they cooperate. Compare the orders from the pharmaceutical companies with the ones from the hospital. Get me the CCTV from the storage. Who gets in and out. I want results."
" Get right on it , boss." Mark made a salute, turned around to leave and haulted at Yoongi 's voice.
" Mark... assign the case to Jisow and SinHa... I have another one for you." Yoongi announced casually, slouching back to his chair.
The man drew closer to his boss. Questions flooding his head." Are you sure, boss? I've handled the case from the start." He wasn't in the habit of questioning his decisions but this case was extremely important for the company, involving the most prestigious hospital in South Korea.
" The new case requires confidentiality. I need a person of my absolute trust." He rubbed his jaw.
" Then I'm the guy for the job!"
Yoongi opened his drawer, took out three files, handing them over to Mark." Do a background check on these three. Turn their lives upside down...from their birth to the present." He sighed heavily." Start from KunWoo Chan, Han Bong...and then Kim Duri."
Mark frowned at the last name." Boss..." He scratched his head, hesitating." Isn't that your sister in law? Kim Taehyung 's wife? The actress?" He found it odd to investigate a member of his family. His boss 's dislike towards the woman was no big secret. Everyone knew Yoongi ,Jimin and his in laws hated her guts. However investigating her past hid potential dangers in case dirty secrets csme to surface.
" Exactly... will that be a problem?"
" No problem , boss. I had to make sure."
" Take Joong with you. He might come in handy."
Just as Mark was about to leave the office, Yoongi spoke." Report directly to me. Needless to say, this stays between us." he ordered strictly.
" Got it , boss." he replied and left.