Collision

Chapter 94

It wasn't long until Yoongi came trotting out of the forest, tail high and wagging, with Taehyung behind him at a much slower pace.

"Taehyung is sleeping alone tonight," grumbles Jimin, passing the beaming Seokjin the money. Seokjin grins happily, taking the money from his hand as Jimin tosses Namjoon back his now empty wallet.

"He isn't the only one," Namjoon hisses.

"Joonie. Broken condom." Seokjin touches his rounded stomach pointedly, eyebrows raised in challenge. Namjoon sighs, stuffing his flat wallet in his pocket.

Jeongguk perks up from his seat when Yoongi walks back in, dressed in some of his extra sweats and tee. His hair was still slightly damp, but his face was smug as he settled on the chair next to Jeongguk and leans over to steal a kiss.

"Hi."

"Hey, darling," he greets, grinning.

Taehyung stumbles inside, looking more like a drowned rat with his sopping brown hair and teeth clicking together. Yoongi watches him trudge inside, wearing the same sweats and tee as Yoongi, and sits next to Jimin.

"You good, Taehyungie?"

"Don't wake Yoongi with water. Ever."

Jimin smirks. "Duly noted."

The dinner passed more peacefully after that. Jeongguk leaned against Yoongi as he ate, listening to Namjoon and Hoseok speak softly together, hands shifting to prove their points, and Seokjin messed with Taehyung and served more food to Hoseok.

Jimin was content to mostly watch and listen, laughing every once in a while when someone said something particularly funny, and even asked Hoseok to teach him how to dance. The beta looked surprised, but agreed happily.

Yoongi and Hoseok eventually hit it off, talking about rapper styles and who they prefer. When Jeongguk mentions that Yoongi was Agust D, Hoseok's eyes nearly fell out of his skull. Yoongi looked less than amused as Hoseok stumbles and explains he loves Agust D, and then freaked out even more when the name Suga was dropped.

"I don't see what the big deal is," Yoongi grumbles, picking at some onion left on his plate. "You're literally sitting next to RM, so..."

Water spits across the table. Hoseok whirls his head around, staring towards Namjoon with awestruck eyes. Namjoon grimaces, lowering his chopsticks as he catches sight of Hoseok's face. Yoongi grins, smug.

"You're really RM and Suga? The RM?"

"Well, yeah?" he replies, cheeks turning bright red. "I didn't realize that we were still that popular."

"I was homeless and I knew you," Hoseok says dubiously. "Your songs are legendary, you know? You give people strength, tell Koreans to be themselves and not stress so much about school; who the hell doesn't know you?"

"I didn't," Taehyung says absently.

"You lived on a fucking mountain," Yoongi snaps tiredly.

"Then what does that make me? If everyone knows you?" Taehyung retorts, raising his brows in challenge.

"A nobody."

"What are you, a puppy?" Taehyunq quips.

"Who splashed me with water to wake me up?"

"You dumped me in a creek!"

"Payback is a dish best served cold," Yoongi counters, a cool smirk tugging his lips.

"Anyways!" Seokjin hisses, effectively silencing both of the wolves as they stare down at their plates. Huffing, Seokjin returns his eyes towards Hoseok, who looked more than a little amused. "Yes. They both work under the label Bighit now as producers rather than performers as they were in the past."