WANTED--jjkxmyg

16: a warning

Jungkook walked into the art show, Chan trailing behind him quietly. He'd invited Yoongi and all his friends to the show. He was curious if they'd even show up. It had been a few weeks since his last one and he was starting to miss them. And he was curious what Jimin had made. 

He walked up to the bar, seeing Felix behind it, mixing drinks excitedly. "Hey Jungkook!" 

"Hey lix, I have a question for you." Jungkook leaned against the bar. It had been a few days since Jk and Yoongi had made it official, and Hoseok had stuck in his mind. He wasn't worried about Yoongi and him sleeping together, that was fairly obvious by Yoongi's reaction. He hated Hoseok. But he just wanted to ask. "What's with Yoongi's ex?" 

"Ex?" Felix walked over, eyes big. "Who?" 

"Hoseok, or..hope? I don't know his last name--what happened between them I'm just curious." Based off the breaking-and-entering thing he was concerned it had been abusive of some sort. 

"I don't know Hoseok...I've known Yoongi for years and he's never dated anyone. Maybe ask Jimin? He's known Yoongi way longer than me. And I can ask him if you want---" 

"No, you don't need to ask Yoongi anything. Thank you. Good work today." Jungkook turned and walked towards Jimin's station. He had many colorful paintings around him. And he sat proudly, in a pink speaker and big smile. 

"Hey Mr. Jeon." He bowed excitedly. "Come to see me again? Thank you for inviting me." 

"Of course, your art looks wonderful." Jungkook turned his gaze to the paintings. Jimin had a talent for sure, and he wanted to encourage it. "Do you have an art studio?" 

"Oh? No, I paint in my apartment. Though--I don't think I'm supposed to. I don't know how to clean it up really--" 

"Do you want one?' Jungkook tilts his head and looks down at Jimin. Jimin gets flustered his face turning red and he looked down at the floor. 

"Oh, sir I can't pay that kind of rent..." 

"I'll pay it. send me one you want, and I'll buy it for you, okay?" Jungkook sits down with Jimin, seeing Chan eyeing him weird. It was odd to see Mr. Jeon being so nice to some kids. 

Jimin messes with his hands nervously. "Sir, it's really okay--"

"No, no it's not. If you don't send me one, I'll buy it anyway, kay? Also, I have a question." Jungkook's tone changed to something more serious, he took off his jacket revealing his broad shoulders and black dress shirt. 

"Oh?" Jimin looked up, sensing the change. 

"Well, it's about Yoongi's ex, Hoseok. What happened in their relationship? I'm kind of worried." Jungkook folded his hands. 

Jimin looked at him for a long moment. "Who are you talking about? I don't know who that is. Are you messing with me, Mr. Jeon? Yoongi doesn't date." Jimin laughed a bit, looking around expecting to see Felix, Tae and Yoongi laughing or a camera, but Jungkook's face only got more serious. 

"Are you sure? Is it something he doesn't want to talk about? You can tell me and I'll stop asking questions." Jungkook promised that, if it wasn't something Yoongi wanted to talk about, he'd drop it, that's it. 

"No-no. I've known him a long time and we tell each other everything the only way I wouldn't know is if he kept it a secret--or if it was before me. But we met when he was eighteen, so it's been a while. But when we did meet..." Jimin thought for a second, rolling up his pink sleeves. "It was weird..." 

"Weird?" Jungkook tilts his head again, dark strands falling across his face. 

"Yeah, we lived together at that time. And he would go out later at night, he'd always be super distant, and he'd come home with scratches and stuff. He never told me anything. But then we moved around here after a year or two, and everything was fine. I figured it was just the environment. Cause since then, he's been the same grumpy guy. Why? Who's Hoseok?" Jimin's interested now piqued at the new name, and surely, he'd nag his best friend later if Jungkook didn't shut this down. 

"Oh, no one. Someone I ran into I'll talk to him about it. Let's not bother him, yeah?" Jungkook nudged his shoulder. 

"Okay..." Jimin frowned, noticing his weird behavior. 

Jungkook got up and glanced at Chan. Chan was still looking at him weird. "Since when do you get so involved in other people's lives?" 

"Since..." Jungkook trialed off when his eyes landed on Yoongi. He stood across the room at the bar, his hair was cut short, still dark, but it was cut just above his jaw line. and he wore a big yellow and red sweater, that hung loose around his pale frame, and he wore a simple black tank top and black paints under it. He looked great. "He appeared." 

He walked over and grabbed Yoongi form behind. "Hey pretty boy where'd your hair go?" 

Yoongi spun around with a little grin. "You like it? I wanted to surprise you." 

"It's cute." Jungkook grinned and tugged on a strand. "What made you want to cut it all off?" 

"A change, that's all." He shrugged and turned back around, continuing his conversation with Felix. Jungkook had a fleeting thought, it was a change in his appearance which would make it harder for Hoseok to recognize him. What if that brat had gotten in here? 

He shook his head. Never. 

"Hey." Yoongi took his hand, cool and smooth. he was looking up and Jungkook a little bit worried. "You alright? Let's go see Jimin's stand." 

Jungkook nodded and headed over to his stand with Yoongi as they talked, Jungkook saw Jin. "Hey, I'll be right back." He kissed Yoongi's head before walking out to Jin, who was talking to Namjoon. 

Was Namjoon another Hoseok? A past lover no one knew about? Should confront Namjoon? No, Yoongi wouldn't be happy with that. Jin smiled the biggest smile as he walked up. 

"Hey kook, how are things going? Yoongi looks cute today." 

"He's mine." Jungkook pushed Seokjin off playfully, but with real reason. "You can't have him." 

"What? No we can share--" Jin stopped his sentence when he saw Yoongi and Jimin go bolting by. Jungkook looked back, no one was chasing them. 

"Yoongi?" He started to run after the two boys, who were running to the front of the art show, and out the doors. "Yoongi!" He yelled out into the night. 

Yoongi turned, "Jungkook! Please go inside, this is a personal thing--" 

"Personal? What's going on?" Jungkook grabbed his arm as he started to turn away. "Is this about Hoseok?" 

"What?" Yoongi's face curled up, confused. "No, this is---"

"Yoongi!" Jimin yelled from down on the sidewalk. 

"I'm sorry, I'll call you later." Yoongi started to run down the stairs after Jimin, leaving Jungkook alone in front of the art show. Felix hadn't gone with them, so he turned back inside and jogged over to the bar, seeing Felix talking on the phone, walking into another room. 

"Felix!" He yelled, and the boy looked up. He held up a hand and tried to walk away. 

"No, what's going on?" Jungkook demanded and blocked the door Felix was trying to go into. 

"It's a personal thing, Jungkook." Felix tried to walk around him, all remanence of the happy baker Jungkook knew was gone. something was seriously, seriously wrong. 

"What are you talking about?" Jungkook grabbed his arm, making Felix look up. He froze. 

Felix had tears in his eyes. He bit his lip and looked down. "Please, Jungkook." 

Jungkook let go and watched as Felix whispered to someone on the phone and ripped of his uniform before walking out the door. He turned around, his mind blank. What did he do? 

He saw Namjoon smiling in the center of the room, holding a drink and looking directly at Jungkook. So Jungkook balled his fists and walked towards Namjoon.