Complex || YoonKook (Completed) ✔️

Loyalty

Yoongi's POV-

After Jungkook's answer I gave him a reassuring smile and suggested that he take his time to think things over.

That there is no expiration date on any of the options I have given.

I then raise myself up off of the floor, making my way to the windows to admire the impressive view in front of me, leaving the three others at my back.

Hobi is quick to help Jungkook up from the floor and over to the couch while Yeol remains standing, pacing in front of the couch in thought.

Both are eager to get filled in on what Jungkook and I spoke about.

Hobi starts, thankfully in an uncharacteristically calm way, asking Jungkook to repeat the options he was given as well as his thoughts about each, what would work for him and what he was hesitant about.

A pros and cons type of thing.

At this point I've become lost in my own thoughts and am not paying particularly close attention to their conversation.

Yeol was right, as he usually is. This kid is special.

I was only planning on presenting the two options of paying for him to live in another dorm or putting him up in a hotel until he found a new place to live.

Either way he was not staying here after today.

Then three unexpected things he had said during our talk stood out that I must acknowledge.

The first that comes to mind was when he sat on the ground instead of the couch.

I took it as an act of defiance, I still think it was, then he said that he preferred to talk to people "face to face" and that struck me.

Whether he meant it as an allegory or not, I took it as one.

It showed he was stubborn and not one to shy away or back down from a challenge.

The second was the way his voice sounded so vulnerable and heavy with emotion when he said "but I can't stay here."

That single utterance made me completely rule out my plans of just getting him moved somewhere else and instead search for a way of adapting to allow him to stay here.

How did he do that? Get me to bend to his will so easily. Does he have that effect on other people as well or is it just me?

Irene is the only person who has ever been able to sway me with such ease, but just now with him, it was different.

With her I always do it with reluctance and unhappiness. Just now though he caused me to genuinely want to look for another way.

Why? And how?

The last and most significant thing in my opinion was when he had spoken about Namjoon.

He doesn't know that I know their story.

I am thankful that I do as it enabled me to be able to fully understand the significance in his words when he insinuated that he followed Namjoon's career.

Namjoon was a selfish asshole. He didn't necessarily mean to be, but he was.

Despite being treated like that by his friend, Jungkook keeps up to date with his career.

The way that his voice sounded didn't seem like he did it with any ill will but because he still cared and wanted to support him.

That showed me a substantial amount of insight into Jungkook's character.

That shows a tremendous capacity for love if someone can continue to support another despite them having hurt you.

I know first hand how hard it is to be loyal to those who have hurt you.

Realizing these three things, I excuse myself from the room to make another call.

When I've gotten the information I was looking for I come back into the room to face the two sitting on the couch, gesturing for Yeol to take a seat as well.

They are all looking at me with different variations of confused expressions and I want so badly to let my smile loose.

Maybe even yell my findings, but I keep it contained to a smile barely bigger than my signature smirk.

"I was thinking a lot about our conversation over the last few minutes and some of the things you said were very impactful.

"So much so that they have made me realize an additional option that I haven't considered giving to you, or any other individual since my friends here first started heckling me about it."

Yeol and Hobi immediately snap their heads towards the other to share a knowing look, but both men had skepticism in their eyes as they turned back to me.

They lean forward in their seats in anticipation of what else I have to say.

"Before getting into that I need to clarify, as I was pretty involved in my own internal dialog and may have misheard. Your biggest worry is where you will go after your job is done here. Did I hear incorrectly or is that a main concern for you?"

"Yes that is the main thing I'm worried about. Once I'm done helping you I am not sure whether I'll be able to afford to live in a place off campus and, although your offer was incredibly generous, all of the students that had to be rehoused makes vacancies rare enough, but there is also another factor with the housing on campus. Something I hadn't even thought of until now.

"Last year a new scholarship was offered that wasn't previously available which included housing. Quite a few students were granted that scholarship so there were even less empty dorms this year to begin with. It will be nearly impossible to find an available dorm now..."

I look to Yeol for confirmation on what Jungkook has said and he nods in agreement.

This is when I finally show the smug smile I've been holding back.

"I think the new solution I've come up with will eliminate both concerns. I just spoke with the realtor that helped me find this apartment to see if she knew of any additional units in the building that were available, preferably close to me. I'll explain the relevance of that in a minute.

"She said there were several, one of them being a unit identical to this one, on this same corner of the building as we are now just two floors down. I am willing to pay for the cost of this unit indefinitely if you will continue to work for me after the week is through."

All three of their jaws drop simultaneously.

A short stretch of silence later Jungkook is the first to recover from the shock and speak.

"After this week you should be moved in... What would there be for me to do?"

"I'd like you to be my assistant."