Convergent Love

Chapter 22: Reaction

Finally, after about 30 minutes, Hoseok emerged from the bathroom. His eyes were red and watery and he had the saddest look on his face. He threw the folder on the table and walked to where we were all sitting. You could tell he was struggling to speak.

Pacing back and forth, he finally spoke. "This..... (choking up) This is the craziest shit I have ever heard and the most painful." He paused and looked directly at us. "Especially because it involves the two people, I love the most in this world." Tears started to roll down his cheeks.

"Hoseok...." I started, but he held up his hand signaling me to not speak. I stopped and looked down.

"You all had your turn, now it's mine. Just to be clear, this all started a little over two weeks ago?" We all nodded yes.

"When these flashbacks happen, you can feel and sense everything like you're actually reliving the moment?" Again, we all nodded yes. He paced a little while in deep thought. He stopped to look at me. Tears still rolling down his face. "You can actually feel the love, laughter, a kiss?" he questioned, this time looking directly at me. I nodded sadly yes. He clutched his chest and looked away.

"From everything that you say you've seen and experienced, how is that affecting how you feel about each other now?" he asked the both of us. Yoongi and I just looked at each other. We didn't even have that conversation between the two of us. Finally, Yoongi replied with tears forming in his eyes.

"Hoseok, I know this is tearing you apart. We can see what it's doing to you. We're not intentionally trying to hurt you. Please know that," he pleaded.

"I'm having a hard time with that right now. I need you to answer my question," he replied.

Hesitant, Yoongi answered, "I know this is not going to be what you want to hear, but I love her. What I feel for her now is the same love that I felt for her back when we were married."

You could see the words sting through Hoseok. "You've been here just over two weeks and you're telling me that you're in love with my girlfriend?" he said, starting to get upset.

"I'm in love with the same woman I married decades ago," he replied, trying to stay calm.

His face full of agony, Hoseok looked at Yoongi. "Please bro, you can't do this. Please don't try to take my Sunshine away from me. I love her."

Yoongi, also deeply hurt, replied, "I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt you. I lost out on living a life with her back then, I can't walk away from living a life with her now. If there was any way I could change this situation so that no one would be hurt, I would."

Starting to get upset, Hoseok asked, "If you know how much I love her, why can't you just walk away? Y/N and I were perfectly happy until you showed up."

"I will only walk away if she asks me too," he replied.

Hoseok turned to me. "You haven't said anything yet. How do you feel about Yoongi? Do you love him, too?"

Hesitating, I softly said, "That's not a question with an easy answer. I can feel and remember all that he and I meant to each other back then. So yes, I do love him, but I also love you, too. It's all very confusing and overwhelming for me."

"You love both of us?" he said shockingly. "We've made love several times within the past two weeks. Was that real or were you faking it?" Yoongi bit his lower lip and looked away knowing how much it bothered him to know that Hoseok and I were intimate.

"Of course, it was real. You know it was. I would never fake that with you," I said crying.

Hoseok's face was now red with frustration. He turned to both Yoongi and I and asked, "Tell me the truth. Have the two of you slept together since this all started?"