Deal With The Pain | Namgi

Chapter 24

Yoongi POV

"Feeling a little better, honey?" Geumjae asks softly, brushing his fingers through my hair as we sit at one of the booths in the shop. Joon disappeared at some point while I'd been breaking down, though I don't really mind that too much. I don't particularly care to have many witnesses to such things, and I'm grateful for the extra alone time with my family.

"You guys didn't have to come up here, hyung. I didn't mean to make you both lose an entire day of your weekend just for me." I mutter meekly, still trying to wrap my head around the fact that they're both here right now. My dad tugs me from Geumjae's side into his though, rubbing my upper arm gently.

"It was my idea. Jae seemed pretty worried about you last night so I thought it wouldn't hurt for us to take the trip up here. We didn't have to, but we wanted to." He murmurs gently, causing me to let out a shaky sigh. It's still so foreign to have him back in our life, back in my life, missing him so much despite the fact that he's here with me right now.

The door to the shop soon opens though, and I find myself rubbing my hands over my face roughly as I pull myself to sit up so that I can look to see what kind of customer we've got. I'm surprised when I find that it's Namjoon wandering his way back in, small smile on his face as he makes his way over to us with a bag hanging from one hand.

"I thought the three of you could probably use some lunch. I tried to find something that I thought you might like." Joon explains as he sets the bag on the table before beginning to pull out containers of food. All I can do is watch him in shock, hardly processing what's going on as he slides the containers in front of us until there's just one left, presumably for himself as he picks the bag back up.

"I'll take lunch outside so that you can have some privacy, hyung." Namjoon adds lightly before beginning to walk away. I frown at all of this, can feel my dad and brother looking at me as well, and I struggle with finding my voice, struggle to figure out what to say.

"Joon, you don't..." I pause, still trying to wrap my head around all of this, though it seems to be enough for him to pause, turning back to look at me curiously. I huff with a small frown, disliking the confusion still flooding me at the moment.

"You don't have to take your lunch outside. You can hang out in here with us." I manage to breathe out. My befuddlement seems to be more than apparent for the taller though, watching as he shakes his head with a small smile.

"I have a feeling you need the alone time with your family for a bit, hyung. I just wanted to make sure you all got some food since it's lunchtime, and I doubt you actually had breakfast this morning. Take your time, it's a nice day out anyways." Joon counters gently before continuing on his way back out the door.

"Seems like the two of you are doing better." Geumjae comments once the door falls shut behind the other boy, causing me to look back over at him. I just sigh as I let my head rest against dad though, wishing that were actually the case.

"Hardly. Today's the most we've been able to talk since I brought him in back the other day when he came in to apologize. Jimin has literally done everything possible to keep the two of us from being able to interact in any way." I grumble, still annoyed about that. It was quite literally the most childish and most frustrating thing I've experienced in as long as I can remember, never once having ever seen anything like that from the younger before.

"Anything is better than nothing, Yoon. This may not have been the way you wanted it to happen, but it seems like you're on the right path and that the two of you are gonna have the chance to work through things. He certainly looks like he's putting in the effort." My brother reminds me cautiously. I give him a look at this though, disagreeing with his first sentence in more ways than what he's currently meaning.

"He's helping me cover Jimin's shifts. Hobi's never had the availability to actually work, and Kook and Tae's hours just don't line up. I'm just hoping it doesn't come back to bite me. I don't have the energy for that." I mumble with a sigh, deciding to just give my brother the update now since he's here instead of waiting until we're on the phone tonight.

"That's pretty nice of him, Yoon. I don't imagine it's easy for him to just be jumping in and offering to do something like this after what it sounds like the two of you have been through. It's nice of him to be helping out, especially when he doesn't have to." Dad speaks up, surprising me. I take a deep breath at his words though, pursing my lips as I nod, knowing he's right, knowing their right.

"Don't shut him out just because of someone else, honey. You made the decision to give him another chance for a reason, don't let Jimin's shitty behavior and actions create consequences for those who don't deserve it. Don't shut everyone out, honey. I know you're hurting and you're scared and you're in pain from all of it. I know this is hard. You've made it this far in life though, dad's made it this far, right? Don't give up now, Yoon."