Blind || Yoonseok

THREE

S t a r t . .

Y e a r s   e a r l i e r . . .

Jung Hoseok and Min Yoongi have been friends for as long as they can remember.  Their parents were best friends. So it was only natural for them to be the best of friends as soon as they were born. Yoongi was only a year older than Hoseok. But there were times where Yoongi felt like he was 'forced' into this friendship with him. Yet the thought of abandoning or replacing Hoseok had never crossed his mind. It slowly became a necessity for him to be by his side. Yoongi knew EVERYTHING about the younger. EVERYTHING. So as he thought. 

. . .

"When is this lesson going to end!!" Hoseok cried under his breath whilst he repeatedly banged his head against his table. "MATH SUCKS. Who the hell even uses Algebra in real life?!" 

"Can you like, I don't know, just a thought, hmm...SHUT UP?" Namjoon hissed at Hoseok, completely engrossed in class as he diligently copied everything the teacher stationed at the front wrote on the blackboard.  His eyes frequently moved up and down. 

"Shut up" Hoseok inaudibly mocked him. Which the latter heard thus resulted in Hoseok getting kicked in the shin, "OW!" he cried out as he babied his pained shin. He angrily brought his chair closer to the window, paying no more attention to his best friend who was more than before absorbed in their lesson. 

His eyes wandered around for a few seconds until his attention landed on a specific male with blond hair. Who he noticed was lying on a bench, with an open book on his face. "Waah, looks relaxing." He chuckled as he observed him longer. 

"Hey I wanted to ask you how the visit at the hospital was--" Namjoon hoped to ask, promptly noticing that the boy he's talking to is not picking up anything he's saying. 'What are you staring at?'  He leaned back to get a better view of where his gaze directed to, it took him a good second to distinguish but his confusion was then replaced with a teasing grin. "Yoongi-hyung, huh?" 

"Wh-Wha-What?!" 

"I get it. He's cool. Amazing. Smart. And your childhood friend. Best love story written out there. Don't make me any more jealous." 

"You need to shut up." 

"Hey, you're embarrassed, I also get it. No need to be so mean." 

"Embarrassed as in how you were when you accidentally bumped shoulders with that really handsome guy on the train last week, rather than words coming out of your mouth to apologise, incoherent sounds came gushing out instead, then afterwards you jumped off whatever station the door was open to which was definitely not the one we were going to so we had to get off the next one just to wait for you." 

"IhateyouIhateyouIhateyouIhateyouIhateyouIhateyou" 

"Hey, you're embarrassed, I also get it. No need to be so mean." Hoseok guffawed as he watched Namjoon turn multiple shades of red in seconds. "Anyway, were you asking me something earlier?" 

"Oh. Yeah, I wanted to ask how the visit was last weekend? I never really got to ask earlier because I was busy, doing...stuff. " 

"Stuff as in..thinking about that totally handsome guy who is to DIE for--"

"I'm serious! Shut your trap or I'm going to politely throw you out of the  window."

Hoseok's big and bright smile instantly turned into a frown, "It was fine." he replied in a colourless tone.

"Nothing new? Nothing to be gravely worried about? Is it getting worse or better?" 

"Everything was fine." 'Not.'

"What? What do you mean? Like, it was just...fine? That's bullshit. I call bullshit." 

"It. Was. Fine. End. Of." 

"Come on there must b--"

"Look, Namjoon I don't want to talk about it in school or ever again. I only told you because you found out but if you didn't then--"

"--Then you wouldn't have told me at all? I'm your best friend. But you wouldn't have told me something so damn important like, you were slowly going blind, which is incredibly rare for someone so young to have which makes it more life-threatening?" Namjoon said through gritted teeth, feeling absolutely nothing but pain and frustration. 

"Joon--"

"Enough." Namjoon raised his arm, which the teacher noticed, "Yes Mr. Kim?" 

"May I be excused? I'm not feeling very well." 

"All right, but come see me when break starts and present a nurse's note." 

"Thank you." Namjoon quickly thanked her, he packed his bag before Hoseok could say anything else. "Don't talk to me for the rest of the day." With that he headed for the door and to the Nurse's office, with a grim expression and a bitter taste in his mouth, he hates getting into fights with Hoseok, let alone say those words to him, but he just couldn't help feel this way. He didn't know whether to regret or feel grateful at the fact that he accidentally found out about Hoseok's situation, because if he never did then he would've been left in the dark for who knows how long Hoseok wanted to keep it a secret. Knowing him he probably would've never told them for as long as the universe granted him to live. 

Hoseok was then left alone, immediately regretting what he had said and the way he approached the matter. "Fuck." 

He looked down on his notes, contemplating whether he should actually pay attention to the class from here on out or not. "Not in the mood." 

Hoseok goes back to watching Yoongi; peacefully sleep under the trees, on the bench, a book on his face, both arms up under his head to prop it up. But before he could relocate him he felt a sudden twang of pain in his eyes, "Ow," he shuts them, to ease the pain. "Stop, stop, stop." He whispered. To his relief the irritation finally alleviated. He slowly, opened his eyes. Waited for them to re-adjust to the brightness. 

"Huh? It's still kind of blurry?" He rubbed his eyes. 'Maybe that'll make it better. Clearer.'

"Wait?"

Again.

"Wait."

He rubbed it again.

"WAIT!"

"Why? Why. Why! WHY! WHY?! WHY ISN'T THIS BLURRINESS GOING AWAY??"

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A/N: Umm, I'm back! With an update! Whoo! Was busy...watching my life fall apart? LMAO. How're you all? How's school? Work? Family? Life? I hope everyone is doing good. 

If anyone notices a spelling mistake or whatever then please forgive me for it as I did write this at 2am. And ye, HOW'RE WE FEELING FOR BTS' NEW COMEBACK??? EGO IS COMING OUT TOMORROW-- well- later, BUT YO FREAKIN' EXCITED! 

Hoped everyone enjoy this chapter. Not gonna promise anything but I am aiming to write more these upcoming months, to feel/and be productive. Please stay hydrated. Love yourself. Be kind. And I love you all so much!!