While I Sleep™ • ✓

33: The Meet

"Hyung," Jungkook softly mutters, tears gathering in his eyes.

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The mint-haired man stands facing the dusty window, a sleak cigarette in between his fingers. "Whoever you are, go find someone else to trouble."

"That is rude," Jimin mumbles to Taehyung, "That's not how you talk to someone."

"This is not the time for you to lecture on discipline, Jimin." Taehyung sternly says.

Jungkook scoffs once, a knot forming in his throat. His doe eyes glimmer with the falling light. He slowly strides forward, towards the mint-haired man - who doesn't turn around.

"Did you miss me?" Jungkook manages to throw out the words that were clogging his throat.

"Do I know you?" Yoongi says bitterly, pulling in a puff of his cigarette.

"Why don't you turn around?" Jungkook says softly, "Maybe you will find out."

Heaving a sigh, Yoongi turns around, no sign of interest in his movements. His shoulders are dropped and there's a tattoo on the back of his neck.

His eyes widen when he looks at the younger male in front of him. He freezes right on spot as he blankly stares at Jungkook.

After a couple seconds pass by, he coughs before hitting his head with the heel of his palm, "Heck, I'm hallucinating."

Taehyung and Jimin's brows raise at the sight. "What is he doing?" Asks Jimin to Taehyung.

"I have no idea." Taehyung replies.

Jungkook sniffles, "Is this how bitter this place has made you?"

"Kid, when nothing goes right with life, you ought to become bitter." Yoongi answers, shaking his head from side to side, as if he were drying his hair.

Jungkook inhales sharply, a sombre smile on his face. A single tear glides down his cheek before he says, "This is not you."

"I hate to break it to you, but you are the hallucination here, not me." Yoongi says rudely.

"What is wrong with you? Why have you become like this?" Jungkook's voice a raises a little in disappointment.

"You don't know how it feels to be called weak, powerless and useless!" Yoongi snaps back at Jungkook, "You don't get criticised for doing the right thing, you aren't called 'a criminal' for supporting the law, and you definitely don't spend 24 hours for all seven days of the week in a rusty warehouse!" He shouts, running his fingers through his green-mint hair.

Jungkook is taken aback by Yoongi's sudden outburst. He swallows harshly, a sudden pain stinging his chest. He wipes his tears with the back of his hand as he sniffles.

Yoongi heaves a sigh, tears of anger, aggression, pain, depression swimming in his eyes. He says, "People don't call you a jerk for stopping a thief, they don't victimize you as a malefactor even though you are just trying to help them. Things in life aren't easy, kid." Yoongi says the last line softly as tears slide down his face.

Everybody goes silent for sometime. Jimin and Taehyung fight the tears that threaten to fall. Jungkook stands still in the middle of room with his head dropped low and hands that have turned to fists. Yoongi sits on a chair by the window, elbows on his knees, fingers tightly gripping his hair and eyes closed.

"Where were you all this time?" Yoongi finally breaks the silence as he looks at Jungkook with a tear-strained face.

"Trapped," Jungkook walks over to Yoongi as he grabs another chair and sits on it, "I was trapped by my own anxiety."

Jungkook shakily inhales as he says further, "I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't know who I became. I was locked up. I distanced myself from everything, because I felt like I lost my whole life when you weren't there anymore. Things just deteriorated so damn much."

The younger looks up at his hyung, "I just felt so lost when I could not see you everyday. It felt horrible to not be able to meet you and go around making a fuss."

"Do you...still live at the psychiatry?" Yoongi softly asks.

"No," Jungkook answers, "I ran away some time ago. I came to the city. And that's where I met them." He points at Jimin and Taehyung.

"They took care of me," Jungkook further says, "They made me feel better. Heck, they were the ones who told me you were still alive and that you came to Daegu."

Yoongi looks at Jimin and Taehyung. He turns towards Jungkook again, knowing Jungkook has more to say.

"I missed you hyung," the younger's voice cracks, "I missed you so much."

Yoongi stands up.

Jungkook looks at him with red, swollen eyes. He waits for Yoongi to speak.

Yoongi spreads his arms. "Am I getting a hug or what?"

Jungkook cracks into a chuckle. He wipes his tears and hugs the older mint-haired man, wrapping his arm around him.

"I'm glad I could meet you again, Kook." Yoongi says, rubbing Jungkook's back.

"So am I." Jungkook sniffles into Yoongi's neck.

Jimin and Taehyung bursts into wide smiles on watching the reunion.

"Damn, I'm a man I can't cry." Taehyung wipes his tears, sniffing, "I need to be strong."

Jimin laughs and pats Taehyung's shoulder. "It's alright, let your 'strong-man' façade take some rest. Let those tears create an emotional ocean." Says he.

"Damn you and your power of persuasion." Taehyung break into tears again.

Jungkook and Yoongi laugh on seeing Taehyung's reactions to his crying.

"Thank you for coming to me, Kook." Yoongi speaks.

"The pleasure was mine." Jungkook flashes a bunny-like smile.

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A/n:
Unedited.

I'm super annoyed because of them stupid, pointless exams. I can literally stab somebody at this point istg! 😡

Anyhoo, how are y'all? I hope you've been doing well! Take care everybody! Sorry for the late update ☹️ I've been dealing with a lot of pressure from the crap we called "education".

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