Burning Wings | Yoonseok

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POV: Yoongi
"N-no, you didn't see anything, Hoseok. I repeat: you did not see anything just then!"

"Yoongi, no, don't try and hide them from me! I've already seen them... they're pretty much glowing red in the dark, I can see them so clea-"

"Stop looking at them!" I screamed, trying to cover up my arms by folding them.

"You're helpless, aren't you?"

"What?"

"How long have you been doing this for? How long has all of this been going on for?" he questioned, looking me dead in the eye. "It's not good to draw blood like that, you know."

"I-I know. It's just a habit... it's been going on for a few years, but I'm fine. I've gotten used to it by now so I'm okay. I promise."

"No, I don't believe you!" he whisper-yelled, yanking my arms towards him. "Look at them! Those are deep cuts... wounds, almost. If you sliced an artery you would have been dead by now! Is that your intention, Yoongi?"

"What intention?"

"To die?"

"No! It's not, stop assuming things about me!"

"Yoongi, you need to get help, like right now. This isn't good... this'll get worse, and I'm scared you're going to end up dead. I don't want that to happen, Yoongi, I'm so worried. I love you, I can't let you kill yourself like this!"

"Stop, stop, stop! I'm okay, Hoseok! I've always been okay, and I assume that I always will be! There's nothing for you to be worried about, because I don't want to be a burden to anybody, especially to the person I love the most! Hoseok... you're the only person I have in my life, you know that? I really wouldn't kill myself if I knew that I would end up losing you forever by doing so,"

Hoseok gently held my hands, stretching out my arms so he could see the red lines.

He pulled my arms towards him and started to gently kiss each scar, whispering something.

"You know... these scars will stay on you forever, they're permanent, and you should realise that you've ruined your beautiful wings. Your arms are precious wings... so, please don't damage them, don't burn them. I beg of you not to burn them by doing this to them. They're worth more than that- you're worth way more than that and you should know it!"