FAME~ sugaxbts [discontinued]

Chapter 25

3rd person POV

All the members had taken their turn to talk to Jungkook, and Yoongi decided that he needed to as well. There was something he wanted to say.

"Hi Kookie... are you ok?" Yoongi says in a gentle voice, entering Jungkook's room.

"Yea, I'm ok hyung." He says back, seeming slightly annoyed by the gentle tone of his hyung's voice. He still tries to be polite though, not rude.

There is an awkward pause in the conversation, both of the boys having something they want to say, but feeling too shy to say it. Yoongi tries to put his hand on Jungkook's arm to comfort him, but the maknae quickly shrugs his hand off. Awkward. Yoongi sits down on one of the blue plastic chairs next to Jungkook's bed and they both just sit there for a while, attempting to stutter out the words they want to say.

"Look, Kookie," Yoongi starts, "please stop overworking yourself. I know it seems like a good idea, but I would know, it's not."

Jungkook waves his hand through his hair, sighing.

"I know hyung. It just sucks." He says absentmindedly.

"What sucks?" His hyung asks.

"Juts... being the youngest. I always feel so inferior because of my age. I couldn't even talk to you properly when we first met, because I felt so shy, just because I'm the maknae. I always need to work harder to be considered even close to you guys." He tries to explain.

"But being the maknae doesn't make you lesser than Kook. It means you are your group's baby, and the most precious thing to them."

"But I don't want to be considered the baby! I want people to look at me and not see me as the youngest and the weakest. I want to be the strongest!" Jungkook exclaims, ambition and anger in his eyes.

"Well I don't know if you've realized this yet, but you could literally throw all of us across the room like a potato sack so you are definitely the strongest." Yoongi says laughing a bit at the image.

"I know Yoongi hyung, but I want to be... I don't know, the one who can take care of all of you. My hyungs took care of me for so long, but now I feel like I want to do that... for you." Jungkook says, whispering the last part shyly.

"Aw Kookie that's adorable. Don't worry you don't have to protect me, I can take care of myself."

"B-but I wanna take care of you." He whines, seeming like a child... ironic.

"Well overworking yourself to be stronger, faster, or whatever it is you want isn't going to help that. You're just tiring yourself out Kook, how are you gonna protect me if you're wiped out." Yoongi says, reprimanding the youngest, but with a joking tone. He really finds Jungkook's protectiveness adorable. Of course he would never tell him that.

"... Yeah you're right hyungie, I'm sorry."

"No don't apologize Kook, hyung overworks himself too sometimes and this has made me realize how bad that is, so thank you," he says talking about himself in the third person, "but don't ever do this again or Jin hyung will slap you with his spatula!"

They both burst out laughing at the thought.

"I won't hyung, but only if you promise me the same." Jungkook says.

"I promise." Yoongi responds. "You're my little protector." He whispers laying down next to Jungkook on the bed.

"I'm not little." The makane whines.

"Fine, just my protector."

"Mhm, yours."

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sorry for any typos/spelling mistakes. next update on tuesday.