Collision

Chapter 93

Hoseok's brows disappear behind cinnamon hair at the nickname, but his eyes soften as he stares into Taehyung's eyes. "All kinds of things. Like a mother's love, for one thing. When a flower blooms in spring. Every sunrise, and every sunset. The feeling of the moonlight on your fur." He shrugs. "Small things."

"Sunshine."

Blinking in confusion, Hoseok glances towards Jeongguk in hopes the Omega would understand what the Beta meant. Jeongguk shrugs.

"What?"

"Sunshine," Taehyung repeats. "Yoongi is like a cat, and you're sunshine."

"I- okay?" Hoseok replies, not looking any more clear on what the other Beta was trying to get at.

Taehyung, however, looks quite proud of himself. "You're like sunshine. Even when it's cloudy, and you're obviously wanting to rain, you still shine. Behind the clouds. You shine."

Hoseok looked like he wasn't sure what to say. He stares at Taehyung like the wolf suddenly became a tiger. Joengguk snorts, shaking his head as he pushes Taehyung off of him so he could sit up.

"Relax, Hoseok. He is complimenting you. He likes to give, uh, nicknames? I guess. He correlates people with something." Jeongguk shrugs. "He calls me Bunny to annoy me, for instance."

"It works wonders too," chimes Taehyung.

"Do I want to know why he calls you that?" the Beta asks, amused.

"Probably not."

"Because he started crying when his mother first brought him a rabbit when he was just a pup, right before his first hunt," Taehyung explains, grinning madly. "It was hilarious. So, I just started calling him Bunny, and now that he is in human form, I would say he has grown into the name nicely."

Namjoon chokes on his spit. Jeongguk whirled his head around to cast the Alpha a dark look, but Namjoon merely offers a dimpled grin that did little to placate the Omega.

"Your name is Hobi from now on," Taehyung states, shrugging as he tumbles back to the floor to continue his cuddle session.

"What the hell does 'Hobi' have to do with sunshine?" he asks, baffled.

"Sunshine is hope. You're hope."

The words were declared evenly. There was no room for doubt within Taehyung's husky, chocolate voice. The Beta didn't even glance in Hoseok's direction as they were said, merely continued to wiggle and squirm until he placed back against Jeongguk's frame, nestled and sated with the Omega's warmth and piney scent.

Hoseok's mouth opened and closed, looking more like a gaping fish rather than a wolf. It was slightly endearing the way he slowly seems to soften, the smile on his face becoming brighter. A sun that burns beneath the gold.

Taehyung caught Hoseok's eye briefly, a secret smile hidden in the corner of his mouth, and then closed his eyes and turned away.

"Okay, then. Hobi it is," he murmurs, smiling as he looks back to the fire.

Silence lapses between them.

It wasn't long until Seokjin whisked into the living room. The fondness in his eyes couldn't be missed as he glances between each of them with his hands on his hips. "Taehyungie, go wake the sleeping beauty. Food's ready."

Taehyung grumbles, but sets off to do his task with a small smile. Jeongguk chuckles, pushing himself to his feet as Hoseok moves to follow, but then pauses. Jeongguk glances back, cocking his head.

"You coming, Hobi?"

The sunshine smile returns. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm coming."

Jeongguk nods as they bustle to the kitchen where the table has been hazardly shoved with a folding table (where Seokjin found that, Joengguk had no clue) and more folding chairs that gave the table a homemade look, if not a little out of place.