Chapter 6 Lost Child

ºYou realize you truly love someone when something happens, good or bad, and the only person you want to tell is the one person who isn't there.º Unknown

Jungkook takes the child's shirt off and applies CPR. Taehyung watches him nervously, thinking that the little boy is lucky that he's a nurse. If he was alone he could never save the child. At that moment he regretted not to have taken any first aid courses.

"Come on little man." Jungkook says breathlessly. "You can do it." He applies chest compressions, he uses all the strength he has left.

The child suddenly coughs and gasps for air. Jungkook helps him sit down and runs his fingers in his wet air, "Are you alright?"

The child nods and takes some breath before looking at the nurse. He widens his eyes when he recognizes the kind young man from the airplane. He looks around and frowns when he realizes he's only surrounded by trees and sands. "Where are we?" he asks with a small voice.

Jungkook sighs and clears his throat, "We...we don't know."

Taehyung presses his lips and lies his legs on the sand. "We're in the middle of nowhere." he says.

The child looks at the blue haired and widens his eyes, "You're V?"

Taehyung nods his head, "It's me. Well, what's left of me." he scoffs.

Jungkook rolls his eyes and sits next to the child. He smiles to him and extends his arm, "I'm Jungkook."

The child smiles shyly and shakes his hand, "I'm Taehyung."

The pink haired looks at the actor who looked at the child with disgust and exploded with laughter. The child looks at the actor and smiles to him, "My mum is a fan of you, she watched all your movies and that's why she named me Taehyung."

"How original." Taehyung rolls his eyes.

The child looks at the sea and sighs, "Where is my mum?"

Jungkook presses his lips and looks down. He finds it hard to comfort the child because he doesn't know what's better for him; tell him the truth or invent an improbable lie.

"Is she dead?" the child starts crying. Jungkook and Taehyung share a nervous look and the nurse hurries to take the little boy in his arms, "We don't know Taehyungie. But don't lose fate." he smiles.

The actor cringes. He looks at Jungkook weirdly for saying his name in a cute way. He shakes his head and looks away. He presses his lips and realizes no one called him that way. Most people who surround him work for him or are family. They address him formally and his parents simply call him by his name and sometimes they just don't call him at all.

"My mum must be looking for me." the child mumbles. "I miss her."

Jungkook smiles sadly and kisses his head. "We're going to look for her once we leave from here don't worry."

"When are we leaving?" little Taehyung looks at Jungkook with his innocent eyes.

Jungkook gulps and rubs the back of his neck, "I'm sure soon." he laughs nervously.

Taehyung scoffs and shakes his head.

"Now let's go hide from the sun." Jungkook helps the child stand up. "You must be hungry, we'll get you something to eat."

"No, you will get him something." Taehyung says. "I'm going to take a nap, I'm tired."

"Tired as if you even do something." Jungkook frowns. "I'm the one who does everything."

The child watches them bickering and raises an eyebrow, "Are you friends?" he asks.

"Friends?" Taehyung scoffs. "With this guy? No, thanks no."

Jungkook rolls his eyes, "I can't be friends with people like him." he mumbles. "Don't worry Taehyungie, you and I can be friends."

"Stop saying my name like this!" the actor looks at him with disgust."

The pink haired frowns, "Excuse me but that's his name too." he places his hands on the child's shoulders. "If you don't like hearing it, you can only change your name." he walks away with the little boy, leaving Taehyung nagging behind.

~

The things in the Kim mansion are going even worse. The reporters don't leave the gates and Kim Yunho is losing his patience. He paces in the living room, sending death glares to his son's manager. It's your fault, he keeps repeating.

"You're the one who sent him to the Maldives alone!" Yunho shouts. "He could have taken the private jet. He has his pilote, his own crew, why would you send him in that plane?!"

"Sir, he was the one who asked me to book him a ticket." the manager says.

"Why didn't you go with him then?" Yunho walked closer to the young man.

"I had a meeting with the director of the movie."

Yunho crosses his arms, "A manager should never leave the artist alone."

Kim Seokjin sighs and looks away. He takes a breath for a moment before looking back at Yunho, "Sir, me being with him wouldn't have changed anything. The plane was going to explode anyways."

Yunho can't take it anymore. He slaps the manager and screams, "You don't talk to me this way! Have some respect! Do you forget who I am?!"

Jin rubs his cheeks and shakes his head, "No, sir. I'm sorry."

"You can eat that sorry of yours." Yunho mumbles, "Do you know how embarrassing it is for me? My son is one of the last passengers among commoners. The other CEOs must be laughing at our family now. Kim Yunho sent his son in a regular airplane. I'm the joke of the century now."

Jin frowns and shakes his head slowly. He looks away and tries to forget what he just heard. He feels bad for Taehyung, his parents don't even care about his safety or his health. The only thing they care about is their reputation and what other rich people say about them. Yunho and his wife never treated Taehyung like their son, they only treat him as a member of the KY Corporation. Taehyung only represents the image of the company, he's only a face, not a personality.

"We had to embarrass ourselves at the NIS." Yunho continues. "We had to speak with the director to insist on finding Taehyung."

"There are other lost passengers like Taehyung." Jin says. "They must be looking for them all."

Kim Yunho frowns and lifts Jin's chin, "Listen well, you don't call my son by his first name and you don't forget he's not just anyone. He's the heir of KY Corporation." he fakes a smile. "I'm only keeping you here because of my late brother, because he was good to me after all. It's not my fault that his life hadn't been successful like mine."

Jin clenches his fists and decides to just stay silent because the consequences won't be nice if he ever talks back to his uncle.

His father, Kim Jaehyun was the first heir of the company when it still belonged to his father Kim Changbin and was called K.Corporation. He could be the CEO of the company but he fell in love with a beautiful woman. The problem was that her family wasn't rich, her parents and little brothers were living in a small house and she was the only one to work to feed her family. She was working at a flower shop as a deliverer.

Later, Kim Jaehyun had to give up on his title because his family forbade him to marry her. He cared less about the money and the success, he only wanted to live a happy and peaceful life with his lover.

When Jin was fifteen, his father died from stress because of his family. Everyone ignored him after he got married, no one wanted to talk to him and even refused to help him during his hardest times.

It wasn't easy for Jin to live with his mother. She lost her job and he was getting tired. After he graduated from high school she begged him to go talk to his uncle and ask him to help him. She couldn't pay the college fees and she refused to see her son at home while other young people are studying.

Jin went to see his uncle against his will. He felt bad because he saw the pity in his eyes. He only accepted him in his family because he doesn't want other people to see him in a bad way, not because he loved his brother.

Jin was able to go to college and study management. Later he started working for his young cousin as his manager.

He never saw his mother since that day, he only knows that she went back to live with his grandparents. He wished he could go to see her but Yunho forbade him from doing so. V's manager is also followed everywhere by the media and Yunho doesn't want them to find out that they have relations with commoners.

Now he's being blamed for his son's accident and disappearance. He has been working for his family for years and all he has done was to help his son from avoiding scandals and rumors. That's how he's being paid.

~

Yoongi's sweating while leafing through the menu. Even water is too expensive for him.

"What's going on?" Jimin chuckles, "You look pale."

"I'm naturally pale." Yoongi mumbles.

The agent laughs, "I mean paler than you already are. Is something wrong? Don't you like meat? Are you vegetarian or something?"

Yoongi shakes his head and presses his lips. He closes the menu and looks at Jimin with an annoyed face, "I'm not vegetarian, I love meat."

"So, what?"

"So, I'm fucking broke."

Jimin smiles and reopens Yoongi's menu, "Order whatever you want, I told you that I'm inviting you."

Yoongi presses his lips and looks back at the menu, "I don't know, order something for me. I'm not used to fancy food and drinks."

Jimin smiles again and nods, "Alright, I'll order for you. Don't worry I have good taste."

"Really?" Yoongi chuckles.

"Yes." the agent crosses his arms, "I have good taste in everything." he bites his lower lip and chuckles. He keeps looking at the silver haired and wonders who he is. He watches him looking at the people around, he sees the way they are dressed and he hears what they are talking about. He watches him compare his work's uniform to the fancy suits and shoes, he watches him hide his old sneakers under the table and run his fingers through his hair to fix it.

He sees low self esteem, he sees sadness and hard feelings in his heart. He wonders who Min Yoongi is, he's curious to know.