blush。hopekook

three

after a few days of not seeing jungkook, hoseok was somehow been able to gather his thoughts one night. he thought of jungkook's red lips, soft, brown eyes, and the image of jungkook with pink cheeks in his mind, then he wondered if jungkook's okay now, if he was doing well with his bruises and busted lip.

he sighed.

+

the next day, jungkook finally attended school again.

"oh, hey, jungkook. are you okay now?"

hoseok frowned at the small bandage on jungkook's cheek but shrugged it off and offered a smile. jungkook was looking down on the floor, fiddling again with the hem of his uniform that somehow hoseok picked up as a habit of his whenever he's nervous, or shy.

jungkook nodded. "yeah," he mumbled, then glanced up at hoseok. "i—uh, t-thank you, h-hyung."

hoseok was caught off guard, and he had to cover the lower part of his face with the back of his hand to hide his blush. "um," he cleared his throat, looking away. "it's no problem. really."

damn, i never blushed in front of a guy before.

+

on the way home after school, hoseok bumped into jungkook along the way. they were both surprised to find each other in front of the arcade store once again.

jungkook greeted him with a meek hello and a bow of his head, and hoseok returned the same gesture. he honestly don't what to say as seconds passed by, and he panicked when jungkook turned around and began to walk away.

hoseok reached for jungkook's arm.

"i—" hoseok breathed, feeling the heat traveling up to his neck then to his cheeks. he probably looked like a tomato right now. "are you, perhaps, free? this weekend?"

jungkook's eyebrows shot up. "uh, y-yes?"

hoseok scratched the back of his head, feeling embarrassed all of a sudden. he cleared his throat. "i was just—you know—wondering if you..." hoseok blushed even more redder, if that was possible. "if you wanna go out this weekend?"

the last word came out more like of a squeak, and hoseok mentally cringed as jungkook's face became unreadable. his heart hammered against his chest nervously, feeling his palms sweat as he anticipate for jungkook's answer.

but then jungkook suddenly flushed warm red, maybe finally registering hoseok's words inside his head as his mouth open and close.

"i—o-okay."

hoseok froze. "'okay'?"

jungkook nodded shyly, looking away from hoseok's eyes and cheeks still colored with a pretty shade of red. "okay."

oh, my god.