* chapter eighty one *

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"Okay, mine's really small, but your ring is included in my present." Yoongi looked a bit embarrassed, holding a small item wrapped in tissue paper while Claudette held a box.

"Yoongi, I would be absolutely ecstatic if you gave me a hair tie." Claudette touched his face with a smil, Yoongi nodding and handing over the gift.

"Since I know you love to read, I figured you would love to finally have a-"

"A bookmark!" Claudette held the wooden bookmark up, eyes wide. "Yoongi it's perfect!"

"I still don't understand how you love reading yet have never had a bookmark." Yoongi chuckled as Claudette hugged him tightly, eyes still on her dragonfly and butterfly. "Well I'm glad you love it."

"I do!" She hugged it before setting on the bedside table, muttering that she'll put it in her book in the morning

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"I do!" She hugged it before setting on the bedside table, muttering that she'll put it in her book in the morning. "Okay, mine is definitely not much at all." Claudette handed the box over to him, Yoongi pulling the ribbon off the box, opening it up. "And I don't have a lot of money, so this was about the best I could do."

Claudette couldn't bring herself to spend Hoseok's money.

Yoongi pulled out the book, staring at it silently. His thumb grazed over the stitch work.

"W-when I bought it, it was just plain and I thought it was kind of boring, and I had some thread and a needle, so I stitched that into it to add some color

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"W-when I bought it, it was just plain and I thought it was kind of boring, and I had some thread and a needle, so I stitched that into it to add some color." She explained, pulling at her fingers nervously as Yoongi remained silent.

His breath caught in his throat once he opened the book, seeing him and Claudette's first picture together. She had written the date below; three months ago today.

Yoongi silently flipped to the next page, two days after they started to date, Claudette's writing telling the tale of Yoongi's calls before and after her flight, and how she admired his concern. Two pictures were on this, one of Yoongi with a sad face, his text message below saying 'I miss you so much'

Claudette's selfie was similar, showing her eyes on up. 'I miss you much more.'

Yoongi flipped to the next page, not a single word leaving his mouth. Hell, the man hardly breathed. Claudette was about to burst into tears, believing that he hated it, that he was trying to find something to say.

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