Burning Wings | Yoonseok

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POV: Hoseok
"Oi, man, what other songs do you have on your phone?" Yoongi asked, grabbing my phone out of my hand and scrolling down my songs. "Oh, my god. You have more Katy Perry?!" he snickered.

"I want more songs from that Panic! At The Disco dude, you know, but I forgot to download some songs before I left," I huffed.

"What about TØP?" he asked, out of the blue.

"Who?" I said, confused. "Who the heck is top?"

"Twenty. One. Pilots." he said in a robotic tone. "How the fuck can you not know twenty one pilots?"

"Um... sorry?" I said unsurely. "I don't really know any of them emo groups," I laughed sheepishly.

"Emo groups?" he raised an eyebrow. "Hmph," he looked through my songs. "What's this?" he scrunched up his face, looking puzzled.

"What's what?" I replied, looking over his shoulder. Namjoon and Jimin were sitting on their side of the room, playing Rock Paper Scissors with each other as if it was the most fun they ever had.

"This," he tapped on my screen.

"Oh, that's just a sad sounding piano piece that I found the other day. It makes me happy, but sad at the same time... it's pretty emotional." I explained, as he gently clicked the play button.

"Mind if I take a listen?"

"Not a problem."

We sat there, quietly listening to the piece as we heard the legato, dolce melody blend in with the more rough, thicker bass line that accompanied it.

He shut his eyes, experiencing the sound of the soft chords reach his ears, until I heard some sniffling.

Even Namjoon and Jimin stopped their stupid game of Rock Paper Scissors to listen as the sound of the piece resonated through the whole room.

"Woah..." he spluttered out as the piece slowly faded away, ending. "That... that was magical."

"You see?" I chuckled. "That's exactly how I felt," I nodded. "It made me cry, hearing it for the first time."

"Can I... will you let me cry?" he asked weakly, his voice hovering.

I saw the amount of pain that was hidden behind his eyes. The suffering, the regret, guilt and worthlessness that covered up his face- I could see right through him.

I opened up my arms and gave him a small smile. "Go ahead."