SAFE HAVEN, yoonkook

eight.

Yoongi was close to falling asleep at his desk when the shrill ringing of a fire alarm jolted him out of his stupor. He jumped up, blinking slowly as he looked around his office. The alarm was still going, making him wonder if there was a drill scheduled that no one had informed him about. It wouldn't have been the first time.

Eventually, after watching many of his coworkers make their way out to the front of the building, he decided he should follow and see what had happened. He timed it perfectly, exiting his office as Hoseok pushed through the crowd. The younger male smiled excitedly ― way too excited for a fire drill ― and waved.

"Is this a drill?" Yoongi asked as they headed out. His question was soon answered by a man with a megaphone ― he didn't even realise they had megaphones at the place.

"This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill." He said.

"Shit. I left my phone and coat in my office." Yoongi muttered and turned around to go back. His friend watched with a frown.

"But that's... Wait, you're not supposed to go back!"

"That phone cost money: money I don't intend on wasting." Yoongi yelled back, pushing through all the people eager not to risk getting burnt.

"But it's just a phone! Surely your life is more important than that."

"I took a junior firefighter's course when I was younger, I'll be fine." Hoseok paused for a moment before deciding this wasn't a good enough argument for him to let his friend go back in there. He chased after Yoongi with the intention of pulling him back out, but when he grabbed the older's hand he ended up just being dragged along. He huffed, making sure it was loud enough for Yoongi to sense the displeasure, and begrudgingly followed.

"Wow, you need a new phone..." Hoseok noted when he saw the object they risked their lives for. "You do realise newer ones have been released since that one ― loads of new ones."

"Yeah, but this one still works..."

"I'm buying you a phone for your birthday. If we even survive through this..."

Yoongi rolled his eyes and pulled his coat on. He then shoved his phone in his coat pocket and started to leave the office again, "Don't you think there'd be more smoke and stuff if there was an actual issue?"

"Well maybe, but it's not a drill." Yoongi just shrugged. The pair then started to head out of the building again. All seemed to be fine until there was a loud, screeching siren; one that caused Hoseok to squeal and jump up against the brunette. "What was that?" He hissed.

"A siren. It's probably just the firetruck or something." Sure enough, a few moments a later, a fireman entered the building. He seemed surprised to see the two males there, and it caused him to fall silent for a second.

"The man said everyone had evacuated... Shouldn't you― Why aren't you out with the others?"

"I hate my job and I have a kid who's a pain in the arse at home." Yoongi deadpanned, causing another moment of speechlessness. "He just followed me because, as he constantly tells me, he'd follow me to the depths of hell."

"It's true." Hoseok piped up.

"What seems to be the problem, Kim." Another fireman said as he appeared beside the first one. "What're these two doing here?"

"They, um... They want to go to hell."

"Not gonna find that here ― try my place on the weekend: that's hell." The second one joked, eliciting a nervous chuckle from his co-worker and a small smile from the other pair. "No, but seriously, you guys need to evacuate the building so we can do our job."