Yoongi & Hoseok's guide to not dating

chapter viii

a/n:  im a soft stan man, idk where the smut came from. 

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All in all, Hoseok would say things are as close to normal as they're going to get.

The question is whether they're still doing the whole double-dating thing after they kissed. For obvious reasons, it's different now, but he tells himself it doesn't necessarily have to be. Neither of them is really in it for a love connection, but doing the dating game together has been super fun and a good distraction from work, and bills, and having to be a grown-up all the time.

Hoseok doesn't always trust his judgment when it comes to dudes, but Yoongi would never intentionally set him up with trash (dates six and seven shall be struck from the record because those were terrible). Hoseok also likes being around him, and when the dates are lame, they have each other.

Apparently Hoseok is not the only one who needs a status check. When they meet at Seokjin and Namjoon's for dinner, the first thing they ask is how the dating game is going. Yoongi's immediate reaction is to look at him to answer because, ha! That's a great question!

"Well," Hoseok says, taking a deep breath and floundering a little.

He intends to tell them only that most of the dates have been flops and see what they suggest about moving on, but in true Hoseok form, his mouth decides to take over and what comes out is, "Yoongi and I ended up kissing each other after we bolted from date number three so now idk what are we doing."

Silence fills the small entryway like fog and Hoseok turns to Yoongi to save him. His eyes are wide, like he's watching a plane go down and is silently praying it will pull back up at the last minute. They both know it won't.

"So, that happened!" Hoseok does a spastic little dance. "It was really fun."

He squeezes his eyes closed because Oh, God, why did I say that?

Yoongi's brain starts functioning and he clears his throat.

"We agreed it's just a one-time thing. We agreed," He repeats, holding up Hoseok's hand in a gesture that's meant to invoke understanding, or something.

Yoongi doesn't come to Hoseok's rescue, so he's left free to make this more awkward for everyone. Which he... does. (obviously) "But I mean, for two people where one's tongue has been inside of the other, we're good, right? We're fine. I think we're ready to dive back into making plans for the next date?"

He nods, looking for consensus around him. 

Seokjin stares at both of them, wide-eyed. "You guys . . . what?"

Sometime during Hoseok's breathless ramble Namjoon has bent at the waist, unable to contain his laughter.

Seokjin turns to stare at his cousin, some sort of silent sibling communication happening. As always, Yoongi is mildly expressionless, and with a tiny swallow he seems to refocus, and nods at Hoseok with a slow-growing smile. "Yeah, we're good. Nothing's changed."