Bᴀʙʏ Hᴏsᴇᴏᴋ °ˢᵒᵖᵉ°└ᵒⁿ ᵍᵒⁱⁿᵍ┐

Chapter 16

Hoseok knocked on the door, taking a few steps away as he clung to the sleeves of his jumpsuit, totally nervous;  he bit down on his lower lip hard as he begged Seokjin to want to talk to him when he saw him.

"Hello?" The door opened, accompanied by a soft feminine voice.

"Hmm hi-hi." He swayed slightly and hated the moment his cheeks turned red.

"Aigo! It's is our Hoseokie. How are you darling?"

"Very good, Mrs. Kim. How are you?" He asked shyly, watching the woman's face fade slightly.

"We're fine, it's just that Seokjin is somewhat down." He explained with a small grin. "Are you coming to see Tae?"

"Actually, it's with Seokjin hyung that I need to talk." He whispered."

"I don't know if he wants to, but ..." she stayed in silence for a second, thinking;  until that she smiled slightly and stepped aside allowing him to pass "We lose nothing trying, right?"

A bright smile lit up Hoseok's face "Many, thank you very much."

When he entered the home, being led down a small hallway to the living room, he found Jimin and Taehyung huddled on the couch.

"Oh, Hoseokie!" Taehyung was the first to see him and smile at him.

"He's coming to see Jinnie." Informed Mrs. Kim to which both boys made a face.

"He in the yard.  Maybe I will speak to you."Jimin encouraged him and Hoseok thanked him with a look.

"He is down this hall on the left." Mrs Kim indicated and Taehyung got up, exclaiming that he was going to accompany him.

"Thank you, TaeTae" he thanked him giving a little sway, to which Taehyung gave him a little nudge.

"No formalities, Hoseokie. That's what friends are for." He whispered in a small smile as they headed down a short hallway. "You come for your cousin, right?"

"How do you know"

"The gossip runs fast through the corridors." He confessed and then giggled "Jin does not know that he is your cousin, so you have that in your favor" they stopped when they reached the window that overlooked the patio "Listen, Jin is somewhat stubborn. He may not want to listen to you when you know what you've really come for.  Just give it time, okay?"

Taehyung patted him on the shoulder before leaving. Hoseok just let out a frustrated sigh, he didn't want to flinch.  Not now.  He reminded himself how hurt, how broken his cousin was.  And that encouraged him to move on.  He took a deep breath, made his little hands into a fist, and stepped out into the large courtyard.  Seokjin was sitting on the ground with his back to it.

"Mom, I really want to be alone ..."

"Hey, I'm Hoseok." He warned him in a little whisper that was hardly heard by the elder.

"Oh, Hoseokie! He turned to look at him in surprise. "What brings you here?"

Hoseok took a deep breath, trying to gather his courage and took the audacity to walk until he was next to him and sat down.

"I come to talk about your... because of what happened to you today."

"With all due respect, Hobi. I do not want to talk about it. I have nothing to do with it"

"My cousin is very bad, Jin Hyung." He clarified desperately, taking his arm. "I know your equal.  His wolves ... They-are calling and..: He wanted to cry "Nam Hyung is very insecure of himself and this is killing him.  He is not that strong and with my parents we fear that he ..." he took another puff "That he might hurt himself."

SeokJin's Omega internally screeched upon hearing that.

"I know it was not in your plans to find a partner but"

"No, I wasn't." response from him was harsh, loaded with hatred.

"Nam is the sweetest and kindest person that exists, at first he is a little shy and a little, quite, clumsy.  But if you give it a chance maybe, I don't know."

SeokJin was completely silent.

"I had so many plans, Hoseok. Plans that now I'd ruined"

"Finding your destined partner does not mean that he is going to tie you to his side, that he is going to mark you to force you to have puppies and stay at home taking care of them." He spoke firmly as his brow furrowed. "He would never do something like that. He is one of those who think "Safe work, family later." He smiled slightly at the memories "He always told me things like: "I want to have a family, Hoba; I want my partner and my children to have a secure base in this life, with all possible comforts. Before I died, so that my future childrens don't suffer."

It was Seokjin who looked at him in surprise.

"What he?" he dared to ask in a small whisper, to which Hoseok let out a sad smile.

"My grandparents were very conservative, therefore my mother and Namjoon's mother were ignorant in many things." He made a small face "One of my aunt's heat occurred at school, she was only 15 years old, she was scared and she did not understand what was happening with her body." Smiled bitter  "An alpha took advantage of it and abused her.  He marked her without consent and then left."

"Namjoon came into the world without a father, and with a mother who knew nothing about motherhood.  The little he learned was thanks to my grandmother, who at first completely rejected the idea of ​​having a grandchild because of a "Mistake."  Hoseok hugged his legs as he rested his chin on his knees. "But despite everything my aunt became strong, Namjoon was born and she became a mother trying to give everything to her son ... But that she is never in the house."

Jin tried to process everything he heard, not knowing what to say.

"Don't get it wrong, my aunt loves her son, she loves Namjoon.  But she doesn't know so many things about him, how unhappy he feels, how he hurts himself." Hoseokwhimpered slightly when he remembered the pain of his cousin "I'm not saying all this to make you feel sorry for him.  I just want you to know that Nam is never going to deprive you of your things, he is not one of those alphas."

The silence between the two of them was not tense, it was somewhat uncomfortable. But it was Hoseok who finally got up to leave, he knew that Seokjin had a lot to take in.

"Just think about it, please. And don't ignore what he feels, yeah  It won't do you both any good."