Promises

12

As soon as Namjoon entered the house, he was bombarded with questions by his mother.

"Eomma!" Namjoon stopped, "Let me breathe!"

"Aish!" Mrs Kim rolled her eyes, "Don't overreact. I am glad that bitch let you come here."

Namjoon chuckled, "Eomma, about that..."

"Stop!" Mrs Kim made him sit on the couch, "I don't want to hear anything about your wife. Tell me about yourself and Yoongi. How is he? Why didn't he come here?"

Namjoon shook his head, "You are more worried about Yoongi. Not me?"

Mrs Kim laughed, "Of course I am worried about you! Do you eat enough? You look so much thinner."

"If he is thin then I should be invisible."

They looked at the voice and Namjoon smiled. He stood up and bowed, "Abeoji."

The older Kim hugged him and patted his back. "God, how much more are you going to bulk up?"

Namjoon chuckled, "Well, I just want to be healthy."

Mr Kim laughed, "Don't rub your healthy lifestyle in my face. You are missing out on all the delicacies in this world."

Namjoon just smiled and then looked at Mrs Kim, "Where is your favourite son?"

"He will be here in a while. Why don't you go and talk with you abeoji, till then I will make something for you." Mrs Kim went to the kitchen.

Namjoon looked at Mr Kim, "Abeoji, you guys don't watch the news?"

Mr Kim shook his head, "Your mother and brother don't want to watch anything related to your marriage with that girl. So they stopped after the day you got married." Mr Kim paused and then chuckled, "Nice ring, by the way."

Namjoon looked at his finger and smiled endearingly.

~

"If I were Flynn Rider, I would have known she was the princess the moment I saw her a d then take her straight to the palace," Hoseok said as he munched on the pork that Seokjin had made for them.

Seokjin chuckled, "Well, then you wouldn't get to know her, love her and marry her. And also there are chances that they will still arrest you for stealing the crown."

They were watching Tangled for their sleepover in Namjoon's room. Well, it was Seokjin as well, but he liked to call it Namjoon's room. Hoseok had brought beer and vodka with him and Seokjin made dinner for them.

"If I were Flynn Rider, I would have recognised her, but would still take her to look at the lantern show before telling her the truth." Seokjin continued as he sipped his vodka, "That way I wouldn't lose her and also get her away from her evil fake mother."

"Like how Namjoon got you away from your evil fake ex-fiance?" Hoseok raised his eyebrows suggestively.

Seokjin huffed, "I should just have put up Train to Busan!"

Hoseok snickered, "Oww, hyung. Come on! I know Gong Yoo hyung is hot, but that doesn't mean you torture me."

Seokjin rolled his eyes, "It is just makeup, Seok-ah!"

"But it looks so real!" Hoseok whined.

"Anyway." Seokjin turned to Hoseok as the end credits rolled in, "Tell me everything about you and Yoongi!"

Hoseok chuckled, "Well, as said before, the day you got married, we exchanged our numbers and started chatting. And then I told him that I was a fan and he told me that He was my fan too! He had seen my dance on Youtube. Can you believe this?"

"I can." Seokjin nodded, "You are more famous than you think Seok-ah!"

Hoseok smiled widely, "Yeah, so after that he invited me to his studio and then we went on a couple of dates and it just happened!"

"Waah!" Seokjin held his hands, "I am so happy for you." He filled both their glasses with vodka and raised his glass, "To your relationship!"

"To me!" Hoseok clicked their glasses and they gulped the drinks. "What about Namjoon? Did you guys make any progress?"

Seokjin sighed, "I don't know." He put the glass on the bedside table and rested his back on the headboard of the bed, "He is so different from Jiwon... The other day, I vented whatever was in my heart and he listened to me patiently. Didn't say I was overreacting or didn't shut me out like Jiwon would have done." Seokjin sighed, still looking at the ceiling, "I don't know what it is, is he showing me pity or is he genuinely concerned? It is just-" He closed his eyes, "Too much for me."

"It's okay hyung." Hoseok patted the side of Seokjin's arm, "Take it slow. It is okay."

Seokjin closed his eyes, "Maybe, now that I know his lawyer, I should talk about our divorce. This marriage, it is just a convenience. And now this all has calmed down. I should think about it."

Hoseok knew that Seokjin was right, but he also knew that Namjoon was the one for his hyung. He had to stop Seokjin. At least for a few months. "Hyung. You married Namjoon to save his company, right?" Seokjin nodded, "Then you shouldn't think about divorce. Not for a year at least."

"Why?" Seokjin was confused. He looked at Hoseok

Hoseok clicked his tongue, "What do you mean why? You have been a part of the industry. You should know better. Your marriage is already under a microscope because of same-sex marriage and if you would talk about it to his lawyer, and it gets leaked, you know what would happen to Namjoon and the company." Hoseok saw the expression on Seokjin's face and he knew that Seokjin was understanding what he meant. "It won't affect you because you are well hidden, but it will affect him."

Seokjin nodded, "You are right. I will drop it for a few months then."

Hoseok smiled and nodded, "Yeah. that would do."