Beyond The Horizon Of Us

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Once again, Same fic from AO3..Feel free to skip it if you have already read it

Also I remember someone messaging me requesting for a Jinkook canon fic a while back..I lost the DM and that person's profile when WP stopped the DM feature. But if you are still here...To you..😊

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Seokjin didn't mean for it to get this bad. He didn't mean to let the distance between him and Jungkook grow so wide, but somehow, it happened. In the months leading up to his enlistment, everything somehow began feeling overwhelming . The thought of leaving, the uncertainty of what would happen to his life and career when he was gone...it all weighed on him in ways he didn't know how to express. So, instead of talking about it, he withdrew from everyone and everything . Pulled back...and hid behind weak excuses and shallow smiles

He had longed for the closeness he once shared with the members , especially Jungkook..but he was feeling trapped by his own fears and insecurities. So It was easier to distance himself than to risk the pain of leaving behind the people he loved. He had hoped to protect them and himself from the pain by that..but all he succeeded in doing was building a wall that left him feeling more isolated than ever. And he reached a point where he had no idea how to bring it all to an end.

And on the other side while everyone considered his silence as his mental preparation for going away, Jungkook couldn't shake the feeling that things were changing or had changed—between him and Seokjin. The reality of Jin's enlistment seemed to press down on their relationship even before it officially loomed over them. It was strange..unsettling even!! They had always been so close, inseparable for nearly a decade. They had practically grown up together, sharing everything from the most mundane of moments to their deepest secrets.

But now, for the first time in those 10 years, Jungkook could feel the distance between them growing..a gap widening that he didn't know how to bridge. It wasn't just the fact that they no longer lived together and that they had all moved out of the dorms and into their own spaces. It was more than that. They were on different paths now, embarking on solo ventures..with schedules that barely aligned. Catching up and let alone visiting each other had become a near-impossible feat.

When Jin wasn't busy with his own projects he prepared for fans while he was still in military, Jungkook might be in a completely different country..in a different time zone..surrounded by people who weren't Jin or his members . Jungkook tried to keep up, tried to stay in touch..especially after the last concert...but it felt like every attempt fell short somehow . What used to be effortless conversations between them had become awkward now..Short messages in the group chat replaced the intimate talks they used to have and even those texts often went unanswered for hours, sometimes days.

It left Jungkook feeling...off!! Like something precious was slipping through his fingers and he didn't know how to stop it. He surely missed Jin...missed the closeness they had always had. But no matter how hard he tried to bring it back..to rekindle that connection, it seemed like Jin was drifting further and further away from him.

And it hurt more than he wanted to admit.

Then, out of nowhere, Seokjin suggested a trip. "One last hurrah before everything changes!" he had said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

Jungkook had hesitated initially. He had a lot of questions for his hyung. But he wasn't sure if confronting Seokjin about the sudden distance between them was the right thing to do. Part of him desperately wanted to ask—why now? Why were they drifting apart? What had changed? But another part of him feared the answers that those questions might give .

What if it wasn't something they could fix? What if this was just the way things were going to be from now on ? ..He wasn't sure if he was ready to accept those answers . Jin was a major part of his teenage and youth..between the chaos of the fame and career , he was the one who kept him sane...kept him grounded to reality..he wasn't sure if he was ready to let go off him, even though he knew eventually they all will have to move on to different paths.