Deal With The Pain | Namgi

Chapter 31

Namjoon POV

"Alright, what happened?"

I pause in my actions of filling the display case at the front of the shop at Hoseok's question, glancing up first at him before looking around at everyone else in the shop this morning. Yoongi's just emerged from the back of the shop since he'd printed out some data from the point of sale system, papers in his hand and a small sweet smile dropping from his lips as his face contorts into confusion. I watch as he too looks around in hopes of figuring out what's meant by the question, gaze finally landing on me before I'm shrugging as we both look back over to Hoseok.

"What're you talking about, Hobi?" Yoongi asks curiously, continuing on his way over to the register beside where I'm at. I decide upon returning to what I'd been doing as well, not really seeing much a reason for me not to if Yoongi's continuing on with what he'd been doing too.

"Yoongi, I think this is the happiest I've literally ever seen you. Even when you were with Jimin, you weren't this happy." Hoseok elaborates as he leans back against the booth behind him, small smile on his face as he crosses his arms over his chest. I glance over at Jungkook and Taehyung at this, curious as to what their reaction to this sudden conversation is. Though, I find them glancing between Yoongi and I, small smiles that suggest they've got an idea adorning their faces. It leaves my cheeks warming just a little, biting my lip as I glance in Yoongi's direction next, only to find him already glancing towards me.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Hobi. I think you left your brain behind at one of your dance classes." Yoongi mumbles in a shy tone, cheeks warming up himself as well. A tiny smile forms on my lips at this, not in the slightest bit bothered by what I fully recognize to be banter, and sure enough, Yoongi's soon reaching up to ruffle his hair. The sight causes a grin to break out on my face, knowing that he's flustered by having been caught. It makes me happy though, that he's as happy as I am about us being together, happy enough that he can't even manage to hide it.

"Namjoon seems to know. Why're you keeping it from the rest of us? I want to know the good news too!" Hoseok argues, though his tone is bright and happy as well. I know for a fact my cheeks redden at being called out, soon hearing Yoongi giggle at the matter as well, and I find myself casting him a playful glare for it.

"Hyung, I think you've got it wrong." Jungkook chimes in contentedly, causing me to look back over to him momentarily before I continue filling in the display case. He's watching Yoongi and I carefully, can see that Taehyung is doing the same, and I purse my lips as I look away shyly once more.

"What're you talking about?" Hoseok questions in befuddlement, clearly not catching on. I just keep my head down as I continue with what I'm doing, hoping we can get past this before I'm done and have nothing more to do for the moment.

"It's not that Namjoon knows, hyung. It's that Namjoon is." Tae speaks up, and I find myself glancing in his direction next, discovering that he's already watching me while Jungkook seems to be watching Yoongi rather intently.

"Yoon, I think you're gonna need to hire a new crew and new friends. It seems like all three of them have lost their minds." I huff, looking over at who's now my boyfriend as I reluctantly close the display case back up since I'd finished. He grins over at me, nodding in agreement.

"It's a shame. They were good people too." Yoongi sighs as he shakes his head. Though, we're both quickly giggling, shaking our heads with grins. He soon returns his attention to the papers he's got in his hands, and I decide to grab a wash cloth so that I can clean up any small crumbs that may have fallen while I'd been restocking.

"I have no idea what the two of you are talking about, but I'd certainly like to know what these two know. I wanna be in on the good news too." Hoseok grumbles as I head in back. I just smile and shake my head, thinking back on how nice it'd been to sleep in a little since I wouldn't have a far walk to the shop this morning, how nice it'd been to wake up to Yoongi and I curled up together in his bed. I had been the first to wake between the two of us, and so I'd gotten up and decided upon making the both of us breakfast. To say this morning has been the best morning of my entire life would probably be an understatement.

"Hobi, I really don't know what you're going on about. You're clearly seeing shit." I hear Yoongi grumble from the front. The sound just keeps my smile plastered on my face though, knowing he can only stand to be teased for so long. Yoongi enjoys his privacy, enjoys keeping things for himself when he can, and while I know he has no problems with his friends knowing, I have a feeling this is one of those things that he'd prefer to keep for himself for a little while longer. I don't get the sense that he's going to have much of an option since it seems that Taehyung and Jungkook seem to have already figured us out, but I certainly don't mind letting the others figure it out in their own time.

I know Yoongi isn't ashamed or embarrassed about us, and it's not a single concern in my mind. I'm just glad I get to call him mine now.

"Hyung, how oblivious are you? Yoongi and Namjoon clearly got together sometime between when we left last night and when we all got in this morning." Jungkook finally gives in, just as I'm arriving back to the front. Yoongi and Jungkook both glance back at me, Taehyung's eyes already on me. I just smile and roll my eyes, not bothering to confirm nor deny such allegations. I'm more than comfortable with whatever Yoongi chooses to do, and as such, I look back over to Yoongi and quirk an eyebrow in question as I begin cleaning up any possible mess that I could've made up front.

"Wait, really?" There's no longer any amusement in Hoseok's voice, he no longer sounds overly thrilled with this idea, and I can feel his gaze flickering between me and Yoongi. I just stay silent, small content smile still on my lips at the knowledge of what we are, working away at the new task I've given myself.

"Yoongi, seriously. Are you two together? Are you sure that's a good idea?" Hoseok's tone is much more firm this time, much less pleasant and it has me pursing my lips to refrain from letting my emotions show. I have a feeling I know where he's going with this, and I'm not at all thrilled with it.

"What do you mean if it's a good idea, Hoseok? It's my life, it's my decisions, it's my happiness. I will do whatever it is that I feel is the right thing for me." Yoongi no longer sounds to be playing around either, and I bring my gaze over towards him in worry, not liking the direction in which this is going. I know this direction is going to lead to insults towards me, going to bring up what I've done in the past, but I can hear how defensive and protective Yoongi's getting as well, can tell he's taking what we both seem to know is coming as insults towards himself as well.

"Yoongi, look at his track record. He's been a shit person to you for how long now? He may have done well with acting like he's turned himself around these last few weeks, but people don't change, Yoongi. Shitty people are shitty people. They don't just change at the snap of a finger. Even if the shitty person isn't the version of him you knew growing up, that doesn't mean that he isn't just really good at hiding it. He let his true colors show. You shouldn't be letting him back in like this. You shouldn't be so willing to trust him like that."