Touch Your World || SOPE

30. I should have punched you a long time ago!

Author's POV:

"Not bad?"
"It's good."
Yoongi went back home. He and his parents were sitting at the dining table, chatting and eating.
"I steamed it with some lemon slices to get rid of the fish smell~" His mother said.
"Your mom's culinary skills has gotten much better these years. It's such a pity that you two were too busy to come back for meal."
His dad mentioned to the two of the boys sitting in front of him.
"It's fine now, dad, I'm back now. Don't you worry. We'll come home often in the future." Said Vernon.
Yes. Vernon. The two boys were Yoongi and Vernon.

(Outside)

Yoongi was now downstairs. Cool breeze was blowing and he felt cold. He was slowly walking around but he stopped as soon as he heard a voice calling him.
"Yoongi!"
Vernon ran towards him and gave him a scarf.
"This is from mom."
Yoongi grabbed the scarf and draped it around his neck and turned away.
"You didn't pick up my call previously."
"Why should I pick up when a stranger calls?" The elder replied coldly.
Vernon looked down for a while, and then continued.
"Yoongi, about what happened before this..."
He didn't let him complete  and punched him hard in the face due to which his cheek swelled up and the corner of his mouth bled. He was taken aback by his sudden punch.
"I should have punched you a long time ago. Are you saying this now just to ease your guilt?"
Yoongi huffed and said.
"You've thought too highly of yourself. If it wasn't for mom and dad, I'd never sit at the same table as you."
He concluded and went away.

Vernon licked his blood and smirked.
'I thought highly of myself? You still care about me, right?'
"Is everything alright?"
His father came from behind. He was smoking.
"It's nothing."
"Don't worry. You owe him anyway. I've already repaid the debt for you."
His father said but he couldn't understand what he meant by that.
....

Yoongi was walking on the street while thinking about his mom and dad. If it weren't for them, he would've never met him again. He kicked a small stone out of annoyance but it startled a cat by falling near it.
"Ah, sorry! I must have frightened you..."
He rummaged his coat pocket and took out a cookie which his mom gave him the previous day. He squatted down and gently threw the treat near it.
"Here, here, take a bite~"
It slowly came closer and ate the treats which made him smile softly.
When he looked up, he found the cinema hall in some distance. This made him remember Hoseok 'cause that's where they went to watch the movie.

....
(Last night, after Yoongi's phone call)

"Soonyoung invited me for a movie tomorrow night, do you wanna come along... I'm super interested in that movie!"
Hoseok asked cheerfully.
"I have my plans tomorrow night. You two can go by yourselves."
....

'That guy should be at the cinema now, huh? Whatever, I'll just head back to my studio.' 
He got up and departed to his studio.

(After the movie)

"That was so touching! I really like movies of this genre."
Soonyoung chirped as they exited the cinema hall, each holding a cup of milk tea.
"Yeah, I've been looking forward to it for a long time."
'It would be nice if Yoongi could come along.'
That's because in his imagination, he would've held Yoongi's hand all the time and would have watched the movie in colour.
'I wouldn't need to watch the movie in black-and-white then.'
He sulked as he drank the tea from his straw.

"What does yours taste like?"
He asked about the milk tea. Hoseok had honeydew flavour, while Soonyoung had strawberry flavour.
"What? Oh, it's not bad."
"This is the only branch in the entire city. The shop is always full of customers. Even those who lived far, far away would come here just to try it out."
"Really?"
Hoseok looked at the cup in his hand, amazed by what he was just told about.
'I wonder if Yoongi has tried it out...'
"Uhm... Can I try yours?"
"Ah, you can finish it~"
Hoseok gave him his cup.
"I'll go and order two more for takeaway!"
He informed Soonyoung and ran off.
Soonyoung looked at him and then the cups in his hands. He happily sipped tea with the straw which Hoseok just gave him.

(Outside the studio)

"Yoongi~"
Hoseok called out his name. He turned around to find Hoseok with a plastic bag.
"I knew you would be here~"
He knew where he was because he knew that the elder was a workaholic. He held up the small bag.
"I bought some drinks, wanna have some?"
He said. A small blush made its way to Yoongi's cheeks. He grinned.
"Tsk."

....