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"leaving so soon?" jimin, who was sitting cross legged on the bed, watched taehyung pick up his things and stuff them into his bag.

"yeah, i need to get back to the store. i said i was going to be back at noon," he swung his bag over his shoulder, patting jimin's head gently. "if you need anything, just give me a call. it's not like we have a lot of customers or anything."

he laughed at the last remark. "take care."

"i will," taehyung waved goodbye and closed the door behind him. jimin was a bit shocked when he said he had chosen to go to work for half a day when he could just be taking the whole day off, but he was glad too, since it would save him the trouble of explaining who hoseok was.

as if on cue, his phone started to vibrate on the table next to his bed. picking up, he didn't need to ask who it was.

"hello, hoseok. are you here already?" he said with a smile, before realizing nobody could see him.

"yeah, but the stupid staff won't tell me where you are," hoseok lowered his voice. "could you please tell her that i'm not a serial killer?"

"okay, hand her the phone," he laughed. "excuse me, miss? it's jimin from ward 1013. please let this man in."

"thanks, i'll see you in a bit!" jimin could almost hear hoseok smiling as he hung up.

it would probably be a good idea to tidy up the room first, jimin thought. throwing all the empty bags of chips into the trash, and smoothing out the bedsheets, he sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for hoseok to arrive.

"jimin?" he heard a voice call out from outside.

"in here!" he shouted, seeing a head poke in soon after.

"hello! nice to meet you, i'm jung hoseok," hoseok beamed, holding out a hand.

"i didn't think we needed to introduce ourselves again, but nice to meet you too," jimin accepted his hand with a warm smile, which hoseok shook with a surprising amount of strength. he looked exactly as jimin remembered from the train station when they first bumped into each other.

"i know it's the first time we met, but i feel like i've seen you before. have we seen each other in the past?" hoseok tilted his head, raising a curious eyebrow and studying his face.

"at the trai-" jimin caught himself before he could continue. maybe all of that had only happened in his head, but it was better not to say anything than to risk being thought of as a psychopath.

"sorry, i didn't quite catch that."

jimin shook his head, smile becoming more strained now. "i was just going to say maybe we've seen each other's faces on the streets is all."

"that's possible."

"please, have a seat!" he motioned to a sofa next to the bed. if hoseok noticed anything strange, he didn't say so as he simply sat down wordlessly.

jimin's eyes caught sight of the wallet lying next to him on the bed, and he handed it over to hoseok. "i believe this is yours."

"again, thank you so much," he took it, laughing to himself. "i trust that you didn't take anything."

"no, of course not!" he quickly denied.

"i was just joking, lighten up! there's nothing much to take anyway," he turned it over, noticing the small keychain that sparkled when it caught the light. "oh, this is cute! i thought i should be the one giving you a present, not the other way around."

jimin looked up at him, puzzled. so it wasn't his, then? why else would he think it was a present from him?

"i had no use for it anyway, so you can keep it," he played along, his smile anything but genuine now.

"thanks, then!" hoseok paused, his smile faltering. "so, about yoongi."

jimin immediately perked up, millions of questions entering and swirling around in his head like an angry swarm of bees.

"do you know him? where is he? is he alright? where does he live?" he blurted, wanting to get as many answers as he could.

"woah woah, slow down," hoseok chuckled, a bit stunned by his sudden outburst. he sighed, lips stretched into a thin smile. "i know him, and i know where he is, but we aren't exactly the best of friends."

"why?"

"i'm his ex-boyfriend," he admitted. "we used to date, but after we broke up i've never been in contact with him."

"then how do you know where he is?" jimin felt a bit bad asking him all of these questions, when their relationship seemed like it was clearly nothing but bad memories for him.

"his friend jungkook told me where he was after the incident, since he thought that i should know."

faint images of a waiter and a cheery aura flashed through his mind. but what incident?

"he jumped into the han river." hoseok said suddenly, interrupting his thoughts. it left jimin to wonder if he had asked that last question out loud.

"is he okay?"

"that's what i was getting to. i can take you to see him."

"but where is he?"

hoseok sighed, heavier this time. "he's actually in this very hospital."