blush。hopekook

one

the bell rang, signaling that classes have ended for today. heaving a long, tired sigh, hoseok rubbed his eyes and looked down at the messy, scribbled formulas on his notebook, the lesson still fresh in his mind even if he started packing up.

his friend jimin in front of him quickly turned around in his seat to give hoseok a smile. "hyung, wanna come with us down the arcade?"

hoseok paused for a moment. there wasn't much anything to do back at home, much as well waste his time with stupid video games with jimin. he nodded, returning the smile as he stood back and shrugged on his backpack. "count me in."

"cool!" jimin beamed, standing up and following hoseok as they both exited the classroom. "some of my friends are coming, too. is that okay?"

"yeah, yeah," hoseok waved his hand in dismissal. "sure."

jimin laughed loudly, eyes disappearing and turning into crescents, and hoseok stopped to take a good look at his friend. jimin was indeed attractive, no wonder the older female students talked about him a lot. hoseok averted his gaze before jimin could even ask what's wrong, and they both exited the building and walked past the gates.

hoseok scanned among the students walking the same path as them. he frowned. "where's your friends?"

"down the arcade already." jimin grinned as a certain brunette caught his eye. "or not, one second, hyung."

hoseok nodded, confused as jimin jogged towards another student that was walking ahead of them and head locked the poor boy.

"hyung, this is jungkook," jimin said once hoseok caught up with them. he nudged the boy beside him. "jungkook, this is hoseok hyung. say hi."

"hi."

hoseok stared at jungkook, who was fiddling with the hem of his uniform and looking anywhere but hoseok's eyes. he looks like a cute bunny, hoseok thought to himself as he smiled brightly and jungkook glanced at him, only to duck away his head again. a shy one, hoseok thought.

"well, let's go! i'm sure the others are waiting for us," jimin announced, slinging an arm around jungkook's shoulders, who grumbled in response.

and off they are to the arcade.

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"HA, FUCKERS—"

"YA, JIMIN!" seokjin glared at the screen with disapproval at jimin's curse, who was going crazy punching down the buttons and moving the joystick while his tongue stuck out between his lips.

he had met jimin's friends a few minutes ago, and one of them was already treating him as if they were best friends for along time. not that hoseok minded as taehyung dragged him around the arcade to play almost all of the games in there.

seokjin and jimin were playing tekken for the past ten minutes while the rest of jimin's friends had squeezed inside the karaoke room, ear-cringing voices that echoed to the whole shop as they tried to sing the high-notes. jungkook, however, was spending all his coins in one of the vendors, trying to catch the small, stuffed toy that probably screamed GET ME at him.

hoseok sighed, rubbing his eyes while watching taehyung play the small bowling game, chuckling in amusement once the younger misses the animated pins on the screen and wailing out complaints. his throat was too dry for him to speak, and he was itching to drink something.

trying to blend in within the wind, hoseok quickly ran away from taehyung, who was still busy threatening the machine, and exited the arcade, breathing in the air before walking to the vendors. he got himself a can of coke, then just decided to get everyone some drinks.

"hoseokie hyung!" jimin exclaimed once hoseok walked back in the arcade and latched himself around hoseok's chest, a pout on his lips as he looked up at hoseok. "i thought you left! i panicked and ran around the arcade to find you!"

hoseok grinned, patting jimin's fluffy hair once jimin pulled away. he raised the plastic bag he was carrying and smiled. "drinks?"

a couple of me's echoed, and in a blink of an eye, jimin, along with namjoon and taehyung, were already gulping down their drinks. hoseok laughed in amusement at the sight, and walked over to yoongi who was still busy inside the karaoke room. he handed him a can of fruit soda, accompanied with a friendly smile that yoongi returned with a nod as thanks.

then he gave seokjin a bottle of orange juice, and was caught off guard when the latter wrapped his arms around him. hoseok just patted seokjin's back awkwardly, clearing his throat once the older pulled away and flashed him a charming smile. hoseok grabbed the last two remaining drinks inside the plastic bag, and approached jungkook, was standing far from the rest and fiddling with his fingers once again.

with a smile, hoseok extended his hand that held the strawberry milk carton. "here."

jungkook snapped his head up to meet hoseok's eyes but quickly ducked his head and stared at the milk carton in hoseok's grasp instead. then he hesitantly reached for the carton, bowing his head and mumbling of what seemed to be "thanks".

hoseok watched him scurry away when jimin called his name, heart skipping a beat when he see jungkook's cheeks blooming with the color pink that made his mouth hang open a bit.

he averted his gaze, looking down at his can of coke for a second, then flicked it open and chugged it down, the harsh acid going down in his throat to his stomach.

with a sigh, hoseok wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, the image of jungkook with pink cheeks burning in the back of his head for the rest of the day.

// hope that was ok omo. :c