The Camper Van | ☑️

chapter 16

*the next day*

yoongi woke first the next morning, his body not wanting to rest anymore. he stretched as he sat up from his couch 'bed', yawning in the process. he walked up to the small fridge they have and grabbed himself a bottle of water, opening it and taking a huge gulp before the events of last night crashed in his head.

he stopped drinking, his head and heart suddenly becoming heavy. he likes jimin, he admits it, but what is his next step?

he went back to his seat and placed the bottle down, carefully thinking what he should do. he's contemplating if he should just tell jimin straight up to be relieve from this crushing weight on his shoulders or if he should just hold it back to prevent any more drama.

yoongi ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. the answer should be so simple to yoongi, he clearly doesn't have time for a relationship because of his occupation so why in the hell does he have to grow feelings right now?

he placed his head down on the table. "I'm overcomplicating things, when did I become so indecisive?" yoongi told himself quietly.

"just tell him your feelings for him and back off for a couple of days until they fade away. win-win."

yoongi mentally nodded. it could take the stress of his shoulders and disperse them in the air and since jimin is in love with taehyung, it shouldn't matter to him. they will still be friends and jimin would still be dating taehyung. win for yoongi, win for jimin.

an hour later, jimin stirred in his sleep, slowly waking up from his deep slumber. no dreams today, he thought to himself. he rubbed his eyes, fixing his vision until his eyes landed on yoongi with his head down on the table.

his concern levels reached the roof as he tossed the covers off of him and quickly made his way to the elder, the soft pitter patter of his feet echoed slightly throughout the van.

jimin shook yoongi softly by his arm, hoping nothing bad happen to him. a soft groan erupted from the older, his voice vibrating off the table to jimin's ears.

"yoongi, you okay? why is your head down?"

yoongi picked his head up to see a worried looking jimin staring back at him. when did he fall asleep?

"oh uh, I had a slight headache so I drunk some water and placed my head down."

jimin raised an eyebrow. "why didn't you just lay back down where it's comfortable?"

yoongi adverted his eyes. "I.. wasn't thinking at the time. I thought it would go away if I shield myself from light."

"did it go away?"

"yeah, don't worry, I'm okay."

jimin nodded, still worried about the producer man and wondering if he was telling the truth or not.

yoongi grabbed his water bottle and took a huge gulp of water to lower his nervousness. he hated lying, he was always a blunt, straightforward person but here he was, lying to protect himself and the friendship of the boy in front of him.

jimin made breakfast for the two, silence filling up the van but the two didn't mind. it gave them a chance to think.

once jimin finished cooking, he placed the food down on the table and they ate, no words exchanged as usual.

"are you sure nothing is wrong?" jimin asked once they was close to finishing, he couldn't wait until they was done.

yoongi finished the last bit of his eggs before pushing his empty plate to the side. "yeah. why you asked?"

jimin shrugged. "just asking, you seem a bit out of it."

"I won't have another vacation like this for a while. just appreciating it while it lasts." at least he didn't lie that time.

jimin smiled, taking a sip of his orange juice. "I'm glad to know you are okay."

yoongi smiled back, gaining some confidence. he's gonna do it, he's going to tell him he likes him more than a friend but they don't have to advance or anything, it's just to get it off his chest.

he got his thoughts together and took a breather but before he could say anything, jimin interrupted him with something he didn't want to hear:

"I wish you can have more vacations. maybe I could ask taehyung if you and hoseok could join our vacation later on this year. I bet that would be fun."

yoongi deflated, his heart feeling beaten half to death. he smiled weakly.

"yeah.. that sounds fun. did you and.. taehyung found a place?"

jimin's eyes lit up at the topic and started to babble about all the places him and taehyung talked about from their last visit. he even included the activities they could do at each place.

yoongi just sat there and listened, lying in the bed that he made for himself. he knew what he was doing when he continued on with the conversation, he knew it was going to do more harm than good but he couldn't let the younger worry about him anymore.

he sighed mentally and pushed the thought about him telling jimin his feelings.

maybe another time.