7 Bangtan Princes || Completed ||

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Hoseok crashed into me and held me in an embrace, practically knocking the air out of me.

"Ah, Hobi, what the hell?" I gasped with shock.

I tried to pull away but he held me tighter and so instinctively I put my arms around him as well, my heart pounding a little at the sudden action.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" He buried his face into my neck but didn't say anything, his shoulders heaving just a little and a soft, muffled sob escaped his lips. He's crying... What happened to him? I've never seen him cry.. My sunshine is crying, what am I supposed to do?

I rubbed his back and held him tightly in return, unsure of what to do. I had invited him on a date for the second time in one day since I was just getting home from Yoongi's and to my surprise, he said he could and wasn't busy so I went to go wait for him outside of the bookstore where he said he'd meet me.. And then this happened.

"Hobi... What's wrong? Why are you crying?" I asked softly.

He tried to muffle his sobs but failed miserably.

"Hobi-ah.. You're breaking my heart.." I sniffled, feeling like I was going to cry myself.

He stopped and pulled away, biting his lip to keep the sobs away. He stared at me a moment and then swiped at the tear that slipped down my face, a tear caused just by him simply crying. I reached up and tried to do the same to his tears but he swatted my hands away and did it himself, sniffling a little bit before looking back at me with a small smile.

Stop. Don't smile when you're clearly hurt.

"Stop smiling." I spoke firmly. His mouth wavered and he, indeed, lost his smile, surprised at what I told him. "Why are you crying? You haven't spoke anything to me and you cried-- Look, you're still crying!" I swiped away the fresh tear before he could swat my hands away. "And you're not letting me touch you. What's wrong?"

He let out a small sigh and rubbed his eyes moment, his eyes all puffy and red from crying now. "Let's go somewhere else." He suggested, a hiccup ending his sentence as his hand found mine and he grasped it tightly, leading me into the bookstore.

Why did we have to meet here?

Who hurt my sunshine so bad?..

We went through many aisles before finally finding one that lead all the way to the back where no one hardly goes and sat against the wall.

"Why did you want to meet here?" I asked, patiently.

"I need to get a few books." He sniffled, sitting very close to me but I didn't mind.

"What's wrong?"

He closed his eyes, tucking his knees to his chest and burying his face into his knees so that when he spoke, it was very muffled. "I'm so stressed out.. My mom told me that she didn't want to see my face until I succeed and debut but I don't know if I ever will.. Kyu is causing issues that are threatening our group to even succeed anymore.. Taehyung will have these on and off days with me.. It's like a light switch, I swear. One day he's like his old self and we hang out and have fun but then the next day he snaps at me and causes issues with the rest of the boys..." He stopped to sniffle again before continuing. "I feel so bad for not hanging out with you and rejecting you this morning.. I even forced myself to work harder all day today so that I could go on a date with you later and I succeeded but I'm just so damn tired... I'm exhausted and I'm stressed and I'm nervous... And I'm hurt.. I don't know how to deal with it."

He just broke. That's why he's like this.. He finally broke down from his happy go-go self and now he's left empty and hurt.. I pulled on his arm and caused him to lift his head and then pulled his head down into my lap, cradling his head and stroking his hair to try and calm him down.