Falling Tears

Chapter 26

Jungkook's POV

As we walked to school I thought about last night, how Sumin found me and Jimin hugging in the bathroom but she hadn't said anything. We had had a nice dinner, chatted and then gone to bed. It had been a normal night. It had felt really normal.

But in some way it hadn't.

Jimin and I had felt closer, and when I glanced at our linked hands, we still did. I had been so embarrassed about what had happened. I was a little younger that Jimin and no wonder he had more 'control' but I had wanted to smash my head to the wall when I escaped to the bathroom. I had been so embarrassed but somehow Jimin had made it all better. He had made us even closer.

But seriously: Had the guy really thought that I could first take the sight of him without a shirt and then a heated make out session without getting aroused?

When we arrived to school, Jimin and I let go of each other's hands and continued walking normally. Sumin was already gone looking for her friends. We went normally to our lockers but something wasn't right. The group (still no Tae, thank God) had gathered in front of our lockers and were talking quietly, ignoring the rest of the world.

"Hey?" Jimin said and patted Yoongi's shoulder to get his attention.

Yoongi turned around. "Oh, hey. We're... umm... Having a small crisis here." He bit his lips worriedly but let me and Jimin into their little circle.

That's when I started to hear the sniffling. Namjoon was holding Jin, who was silently crying, against his chest and smoothing his back slowly. He gave me and Jimin a worried smile before lowering his head again and starting to speak into his boyfriend's ear so low I couldn't hear.

Yoongi was the first one to speak properly. "Jin's parents found out he was dating Namjoon."

"And the problem isn't Namjoon", Hoseok continued. "It's the fact that he's a guy..."

I turned to look at Jimin who immediately went to hug Jin the best he could with Namjoon already holding him. He held him tight, but his eyes found mine and I could see the tears that weren't falling yet. His lip trembled but he closed his eyes and seemed to focus on hugging his crying friend.

I shared a look with Yoongi, like he knew what I was thinking before I was sure what I was thinking, but it came to me pretty soon. Jin's parents didn't approve. People didn't approve. I started to feel like shit. This was not what I needed to be reminded of. Not about something that kept me and Jimin from getting closer and living happily when we were this far, but it wasn't like it was something easy to forget. I had felt so happy yesterday when Jimin had talked to my friends who had acted completely normal after finding out I was gay, though really curious about Jimin. Jimin had sat on my lap the whole time and played with my fingers. It had been nice, as if we were just a normal couple.

This reminded me that even normal couples had hard time.

On top of what every couple went through, both me and Jimin had our own major problems. Our relationship would be hard, that was nothing new to me, but it was something special.

I looked back at Namjoon and Jin and I had to feel happy for them. They were facing something hard but they were obviously facing it together.

Hoseok cleared his throat quietly. "I have to ask... How did this happen? I thought you were being very careful."

Namjoon lifted his head back up. "We were. We made sure his parents wouldn't find out. We even told Jin's neighbor, who's in the same school as us, not to tell anything since her family visits Jin's often. But... Her parents saw us kissing and told Jin's parents. She said she tried to stop it but couldn't. We should've been more careful." Namjoon let Jin press his chin on his shoulder and Namjoon pulled his boyfriend even closer, burying his nose into Jin's hair.