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“I need more money,” the text read.
Namjoon scoffed and shook his head. He couldn’t believe what he was reading—the audacity of this woman.
Instead of responding, he deleted the text message and put the phone back in his pocket.
They were on their way to another city for another concert. The anxiety was slowly being replaced by excitement to see their fans. He couldn’t wait to get on another stage. Although…
“I’m about to lose my mind,” Hoseok said. “It’s Jimin’s first day at the uni, and I’m sad we have to miss that.”
“I know,” Yoongi said from beside Hoseok. “I’m glad Hyung was there. Namjoon, isn’t it Haneul’s first day in grade school as well?”
“Yeah,” he said, smiling, remembering the video Seokjin sent him of Haneul wearing his uniform for the first time. “But I understand you. I wish I were able to send Haneul to his first day, too.”
“God, I missed touring, but I can’t wait to go home and see Jimin again,” Yoongi said.
The texts did not stop. In hindsight, he should have blocked her number, but he stupidly thought that if he ignored her, she’d leave him alone. He should’ve known better. He should’ve remembered how stubborn she was during the divorce proceedings.
Kim Namjoon
Mina-ssi, with all due respect, please stop texting me
It was a one-off offer. I gave you what we agreed upon, and that’s it
I gave you 100 million won just like you asked
You should have asked more from the very beginning if you thought that wasn’t enough
Leave us alone. If you don’t, I won’t think twice about taking your harassment to court
Ahn Mina
You act like you didn’t force me to sign those divorce papers
Stop acting like a fucking saint
Kim Namjoon
Force you? Please. You were more than happy to cash in the checks for the divorce
I didn’t for you, you did it willingly
Besides, it’s not like you care about your son or hyung
You just wanted money
Ahn Mina
What I want is none of your concern
Kim Namjoon
And my money is none of your concern either
This will be my last communication with you
If you try to reach out again, I’ll get my legal team involved
This isn’t a threat, I’m just telling you exactly what is going to happen if you don’t stop
Ahn Mina
I’ll ruin your fucking lives
You’ll regret this
Namjoon sighed but inside he was seething. He dialed her phone number and did not bother waiting for her to say anything before he said, “Do your worst. Though I have to remind you that the court is still on our side, you’ll gain nothing. Now, if you’re planning to play dirty, fine, I’ll play along. But if you try to harm hyung or Haneul in any way, I’ll ruin your life. Understand?”
“Seokjin, this is… something very serious. Are you sure?” His mother asked him when he explained why he’s looking for a new apartment despite being in his current one for less than a year.
“It’s a big possibility,” he answered sadly. He hated that this was happening. He wondered if he didn’t pay enough attention for her to turn out like this. “I’ve already talked to my lawyers about this. They suggested I inform the child services so they could further investigate.” He sighed, “Eomma, it was… She looked so different. I was terrified.”
His mother still looked like she couldn’t believe it, something he understood. Had Jimin not pointed it out, he wouldn’t have thought it was possible. Mina was reckless and immature, yes, but not once did he think this could happen.
“None of this is your fault, Seokjin.” His father reminded him. “You did everything you could to provide for her. You made sure she had everything she needed and more. You did your best for you, Haneul and Mina. This isn’t your fault.”
Seokjin couldn’t help but tear up upon hearing those words from his father. It was true. Deep down, he knew it was true but that doesn’t make the guilt go away.
Seokjin
Hi joon
Call me when you’re free. There’s something I need to talk to you about
I watched videos of your concert today too, by the way
You were amazing as always 💓
Namjoon
Sounds serious.
I was gonna do a live with Hyung and Hobi but I’ll cancel
Seokjin
No, don’t
Your lives are Haneul’s favorite thing to watch
He’s been waiting patiently 😂
Call me after if you’re free
Otherwise, this could wait tomorrow
Namjoon
Are you sure?
Seokjin
Absolutely.
Brb, TEAR’s live so :/
Namjoon
Can’t believe you’re choosing some random rapper group over your boyfriend :/
Seokjin
What can I say? Their leader is pretty hot🥵
Namjoon
😂😂
Talk to you later. Love you
Seokjin
Love you too
The live was just like any other. They had fun catching up with the fans. They ate dinner together and laughed as they recalled the funny mistakes they made on stage. It was funny, it was lighthearted much like most lives they had during the tour.
But towards the end, the mood shifted. People kept asking them, Namjoon to be more specific, if he had been on Twitter lately, or if he had seen “the video”.
Immediately, Soobin entered their room and motioned for them to turn off the live.
“ANSWERs! It’s getting a little late, so we have to go,” Namjoon said in English. “Thank you again for joining us. We are so very grateful to all of you who came and watched our show!”
“See you tomorrow!” Hoseok said while waving, which Yoongi copied.
“Love you ANSWERs!”
“Namjoon-ssi, Seokjin-ssi asked me to tell you specifically to call him before going on SNS,” Soobin told him.
It confused the other two members, who looked at Namjoon for answers, but he had none. “Just me?”
“Well, I suggest all of you refrain from logging in right now. The team will take care of any posts on the socials we need to do. Just let us know which photos you want to post and what captions. But right now, please stay off SNS until we figure out what to do.”
“Okay?” Yoongi said. “Will you tell us what is happening, though?”
“Seokjin-ssi said he’ll give you three a call after he talked to Namjoon-ssi.” Soobin said.
“Okay… Thanks,” Hoseok said, looking at the other two members who were just as confused.
“Hyung? Is everything alright?” Namjoon asked as soon as Seokjin picked up.
Seokjin sighed. “Thank god. You didn’t go on the internet yet, right?”
“Yeah… You told me not to. What’s happening?”
“Good. That’s good. Joon, I’m so, so sorry. This is my fault,” Seokjin said, his voice full of worry and guilt.
“Hyung, are you okay? Tell me what’s happening,” Namjoon was on the verge of panicking. What happened? Why was Seokjin apologizing?
“Did you talk to Mina recently?”
Namjoon didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t lie but telling the truth could ruin everything.
“Namjoon, I know. I’ve known you had something to do with Mina suddenly agreeing to divorce me.”
“You do?”
“Of course, I do. Mina had been fighting me for months and then suddenly she’s agreeable? Namjoon, I know you. We can talk about this some other time but please, you have to tell me what happened.”
Namjoon sighed. “I paid her 100 million won to divorce you.”
“100 milli–” Seokjin was speechless. “That’s a lot!”
He scoffed. “Apparently not enough. She texted me just a couple of hours ago asking for more. I told her in not so nice words that she can fuck off.”
“Yeah, I saw.”
“What do you mean you saw?”
It was Seokjin’s turn to sigh. “Namjoon, Mina sold the story to dispatch. She shared how you “forced” her to accept the payment and leave me, which I know isn’t true. She’s selling her fucking sob story to anyone who fucking listens.”
“For fuck’s sake. I warned her. I told her I’ll sue her and she fucking did it anyway,” Namjoon said. “Hyung please tell the company I’m planning on taking legal actions. I won’t let this slide, hyung.”
“Already did. Sorry, Joon. I should’ve warned you.”
“Warned me? How would you have known she would do this?” Namjoon shook his head.
“She came to my apartment 2 nights ago. She didn’t look… great.”
“What? Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, everything is fine. Haneul and I are staying at my parents’ place for now until I find a new apartment,” Seokjin sighed. “Namjoon, Jimin suspects she’s using drugs. I think he’s right, that’s why she’s so desperate for money.”
Namjoon cursed under his breath. He suspected something was wrong when he met Mina that day, but he never thought she’d be this reckless. “Are you sure you’re not hurt? She didn’t do anything?”
“No. I’m safe. Haneul wasn’t with me that day, thank god. I didn’t want him to see his mom like that,” Seokjin said with a hint of sadness in his voice. “I called my lawyers and our case worker. I’m requesting a drug test for Mina. I’m not comfortable letting her anywhere near Haneul until I’m sure it’s safe.”
To say Namjoon was frustrated would be an understatement. All he wanted to do was go home and comfort them, but he was thousands of miles away. “I’m so sorry, hyung. I’m really, really sorry.”
“We’ll get through this. For the time being, lay low on social media,” Seokjin said. “I mean it, Joon.”
“Holy shit, are you fucking serious?” Hoseok said when Namjoon filled them in.
Seokjin hasn’t called them yet because he needed to talk to their case worker, but he asked Namjoon to inform the two for now.
“Is hyung okay? Is he safe?” Yoongi asked. “Are you okay?”
“Hyung is safe, he says. They are at his parents’ hous,e but I’m still worried about Mina getting to them. They’ll be requesting a drug test soon, I hope before that, she won’t do anything stupid,” he said.
“What about you? Are you okay?” Hoseok repeated Yoongi’s question.
“I’ll be fine,” Namjoon said. “I don’t really care what people say about me, just as long as they leave hyung and Haneul alone.”
“So, hyung knows what you did?” Yoongi asked.
“Apparently, yes.”
“Is he angry?” Yoongi asked again.
Namjoon shrugged. “I don’t know yet. He said we’ll talk about it another time. I think he is, but could you blame him?”
Yoongi shook his head. They both knew what was gonna happen once Seokjin found out. He knew he should’ve come clean long before this happened.
“What do I do, hyung?” In the past, Namjoon said he didn’t care if Seokjin left him over this as long as he was free. Now, the thought of a life without Seokjin felt suffocating and terrifying. He didn’t want it. He fucked up so badly.
“Talk to him. Be honest,” said Yoongi. “This won’t guarantee he’ll forgive you but it’s the least you can do.”
Against Seokjin’s warning and his better judgment, he went online to see the video everyone was talking about. It was worse than he thought.
Mina even posted the video she made on Twitter, possible to attract more attention to her story.
@ahnmina: the truth about TEAR’s RM and the team’s manager Kim Seokjin. [link]
The video did not show Mina’s face but her voice was recognizable.
“Hello, you might now know me but Kim Namjoon a.k.a RM of TEAR ruined my marriage. No, this is not satire. I have proof of everything
To start, I’d like to introduce myself. I am Mina and I was Seokjin-oppa’s wife until a couple months ago. You might recognize him as TEAR’s handsome manager. We also have a 5 year old son named Haneul whom you might have seen with them a couple of times.
Well, before oppa started working for TEAR, I must admit that our marriage have already been rocky. I am not absolving myself of any faults but I was honestly doing my very best to be a better wife and a better mother.
However, ever since he met RM, things started changing drastically. Oppa became even more distant towards me to the point that we barely spoke despite living under the same roof. And one day, he decided to divorce me.
Again, I know I had a lot of mistakes that led to the divorce, however, I made it known that I was willing to change. I looked for a job, I signed up for therapy, and I even agreed to the trial separation that oppa asked for but all I wanted was for my family to get back together.
Then I found out that oppa had started dating RM. Yes, my husband is gay. It’s a fact I’ve known for a while but it was something I was willing to overlook since he never did anything about it during our marriage until he met RM
By this time, even my son was being taken from me. RM interfered even with my relationship with my own son. Am I a perfect mother? No. I could have been better. I made decisions that hurt him but I am repenting and learning.
RM made reconciliation with my family impossible. He was the one who told oppa to divorce me so they could date freely. In fact, he even helped oppa to find an expensive lawyer. He knew I cannot afford to fight them. They knew from the very beginning that it was an unfair fight and that I would lose.
Regardless, I fought. I stood my ground. I did not want divorce. I guess RM grew patient because one day, he reached out to me asking to “talk”.
This was no regular talk though. He forced me to take his money to leave oppa and my son alone. I feared for what else he could do so I had no choice but to accept it.
I regret it. Every day since then, I’ve regretted my decisions. I should never have agreed.
I have compiled pieces of evidence that back up my claims. Photos, text messages, marriage certificates, timeline of all the events that happened. Everything is here.
And before anyone accuses me of wanting attention, all I could say is i am glad you never had to go through what I went through. I lost my family. I was kicked out of my own home. I was discarded like a piece of trash as soon as RM came. I hope none of this happens to you.
I am not asking for reconciliation or pity. I do not want to force oppa to get back together when from the very beginning our marriage was out of necessity only. However, i’d like you to know what kind of man you are supporting everytime you praise him.
This is only a reminder that people are never who they seem to be in real life. I don’t wish for anything, I just want you to know the truth.”
@jhopegosolo: i fucking knew something was up with that man
@hobiakgae: @jhopesolo right? his fans were quick to call hobi a homewrecker in the past when it turns out it was their idol who is
@unfilteredranda: @hobiakgae @jhopesolo move, this is an ANSWER only issue. Leave us alone
@unfilteredranda: @hobiakgae @jhopesolo you’re so quick to believe a one sided argument without hearing RM out first but what do we expect from solos like you?
@yoongionlypls: yoongi needs to leave this group ASAP. I know he’s attached because his boyfriend is here but seriously, they should have disbanded the moment they left cage. Being in a group with them is only affecting his popularity negatively.
@unfilteredranda: @yoongionlypls if you think yoongi cares more about his popularity over his friends who have been there before your annoying ass lost your braincells and became solos, then you don’t know a shit about him
@unfilteredranda: @yoongionlypls yoongi would sacrifice you to the sea for the sake of his friends, just so you know
@agustdfan: @ahnmina first of all, your son is 6, turning 7. If you were a good mother you would know that. Second of all, if you were truly a good mother, why the fuck would you plaster his face on the fucking internet? Wouldn’t his safety and privacy be your first priority?
@agustdfan: @ahnmina and don’t fucking piss me off. I know you, I know Namjoon hyung, I know Seokjin hyung. I know the true story and boy, we have way more evidence than your chopped up chats to Namjoon-hyung
@ahnmina: @agustdfan you don’t know shit, you’re just a fan
@agustdfan: @ahnmina uhm, no I’m not “just a fan”. We met when you VERY BRIEFLY came to see your son graduate despite Seokjin-hyung reserving a whole as seat for you.
@ahnmina: @agustdfan well unlike you, i had a job and didn’t rely on my rich boyfriends to live
@agustdfan: @ahnmina bro you were literally stealing your son’s allowance to go out with your friends on the weekend. You only got a job because hyung refused to let you use him as your atm anymore.
@agustdfan: @ahnmina I have so much more to say about you but know that I’m only being careful because we’re building another case for you
Seokjin
Jimin I’m so fucking mad
Jimin
Am i sharing too much? Sorry, I’ll tone it down
Seokjin
Tone it down, yeah, but I’m not mad at you
I wish I could let out my anger like you
Answer all of her accusations because i have damning evidence against her
The only reason I’m not is because she is still my child’s mother and I’m giving her the grace to leave and never come back before I embarrass the hell out of her
Jimin
I wish you would
Hyung, why don’t you lay low from sns first?
How’s the company handling this by the way?
Seokjin
Jimin, I thought I was gonna be fired.
This all started because of me so when Yoo PD-nim called, I was so sure I lost my job
But he just asked me how he could help and if I wanted to take a break from work
Jimin
I hope you said yes
Seokjin
I had to say yes.
I need to meet my lawyers and our case workers tomorrow
I’m looking to see if we can terminate her visitation rights or even her parental rights if the tests come back positive
I thought this was over, Min
I’m so fucking tired
Jimin
I’m so sorry, hyung 🙁
You know you can always call me, right?
I’ll be here to listen.