last hope

Chapter 11

'You'd better let Namjoon in,' Yoongi smirks, 'before he explodes.'

'I can hear you, you know!' Namjoon's voice is muffled against the door, and Hoseok laughs as he hears the key turn in the lock. He laughs even harder when Namjoon comes crashing into the apartment. Hoseok looks down at his friend sprawled on the floor in front of him.

'Serves you right for being so pushy,' Hoseok turns his nose up. It doesn't last long though, and soon he's reaching down to pull his friend up off the floor.

Namjoon stares at him indignantly. 'Clearly you didn't need a push, you were handling it so well on your own.'

'I was fine,' Hoseok grumbles, heading back to the sofa.

'Like hell you were,' Jimin scoffs. He's sitting cross-legged beside Taehyung, leaning against the wall opposite the sofa. Hoseok wonders absently if they should get some sort of extra seating.

Hoseok rolls his eyes. 'I wasn't that bad, you're overreacting.'

The entire room erupts as everyone fights to explain why they are in fact not overreacting. Namjoon looks as if he might be on the verge of a mental breakdown. Taehyung looks slightly bemused. Jimin can't seem to control the volume of his voice.

Yoongi? Yoongi is watching Hoseok with sparkling eyes. 'You were unbearable,' he grins, reaching out to pull Hoseok down beside him. 'You were kind of a nightmare.'

Hoseok stiffens beside him. 'I can't have been that bad, if you're still willing to cuddle me.'

He leans into Yoongi's arms, the other man holding him tight.

'Oh no, you were that bad. You were an absolute brat, the entire time,' Yoongi laughs. 'But it was worth it.'

Jimin groans. 'God, are you going to be this gross all the time now, hyung?'

Yoongi smirks. He leans over and kisses Hoseok's neck, his eyes still locked on Jimin. 'Don't forget that this is all your doing. If you hadn't dragged his sorry arse out here, I wouldn't be able to do this.'

Jimin has the sense not to argue the point, but he makes a disgusted noise and turns his face away.

'Come on,' Taehyung nudges him. 'Leave them alone, they're finally together.'

'Thank God,' Jimin sighs dramatically. 'I don't know how much longer I could have held onto my sanity.'

'What sanity?' Namjoon raises an eyebrow, looking up from his phone briefly. Jimin throws his slipper at Namjoon's head. It hits him in the side of the face, and Namjoon gives him a stern look as five phones start to buzz simultaneously.

Yoongi laughs nervously. 'Are we being summoned or something?'

Hoseok pulls his phone out of his back pocket and groans.

Jungkook

omg about time

Seokjin

@/namjoon thanks for actually telling us what's going on

No thanks to everyone else

Jungkook

Hyung, you're at work and I'm in class

Plus it sounds like they've had their work cut out

Seokjin

@/jimin amazing idea locking them in the same room

Jungkook