"Babe!" Claudette shouted after she ran inside the apartment, throwing her keys to the side, not caring enough to take off her shoes.
"Clauds?" Namjoon stood up quickly, but Claudette ran right past him, eye locked on the one she was calling for.
Jin thought it was him. He really did. He thought she was so excited to see him, tell him about something that happened. Maybe she gained more weight? Or was it about the reason she was gone?
Jin really thought he'd get to have her in his arms.
But he was only sat next to the one who did.
"Hey!" Hoseok laughed, standing just in time to catch Claudette's hug, her laughing with him. "How'd it go?"
"It went so good!" She held his shoulders, letting go of the hug. "Henry was really nice, like you said!"
"Take a breather my love." Hoseok chuckled, Claudette's eyes wide with excitement, breathing heavily from running up all of those stairs and the hallways. Claudette bounced on the balls of her feet, keeping her eyes locked with Hoseok. "Breathe." He shook her lightly, Claudette laughing.
"I am so totally calm." She patted his cheek, Hoseok rolling his eyes with a smile.
Namjoon shook his head, smiling at the couple, loving how excited Claudette was. He watched the two jump around and squeal together, Hoseok matching Claudette's energy.
What the two failed to miss was Jin getting off and away from the couch, walking to Namjoon with tears in his eyes. "Can we go? Somewhere?" Jin asked, keeping his hands from wiping his eyes. Instead, he stood with his quivering lip, trying to will the tears away.
"Of course we can." Namjoon spoke gently, his eyebrows pressed together in worry as he reached a hand to touch Jin's face.
Jin turned his head away from his hand, silently saying no.
"Let me go get my jacket." Namjoon was about to walk away, but stopped. "Do you have a specific place in mind?"
"Anywhere." Jin mumbled, sniffing softly.
"How'd it go?" Jimin ran into the living room with a big smile, seeing Hoseok and Claudette laughing and jumping. "I want to join!"
Again, one more person who ignored Jin.
Jin walked over to the front door, biting his knuckle to stop him from crying out. He hugged himself tightly, doubled over slightly from the pain in his heart.
'Someone love me please just someone-'
"Come on Babe." Namjoon opened the door for him, pulling his boyfriend out of the house.
"My good luck charm." Claudette took off Hoseok's bracelet, sliding it onto his wrist. "It worked perfectly." She wrapped her arms around his neck, letting him kiss her.
"Alright alright." Jimin pulled the two apart. "Ettie, did you get the job?"
Claudette's smile calmed down, Hoseok's heart dropping.
"Yes and no." Claudette explained, putting her hands in her pockets. "Henry gave me the contract and a pen after explaining everything, but I said I need to wait."
"WHY?!" Hoseok asked, unable to hold himself back.
"Becauseeee," Claudette patted his shoulder. "I wanted to talk to you guys about it first, just in case. I didn't want another mess up thing to happen."
Jimin smiled sadly, holding his hands in front of him. "My love, it's your life."
"I just wanted to ask everyone." Claudette shrugged her shoulders, not minding that much. "If things go well for me, I could become popular and I didn't know if that would be okay since you guys are famous."
