philophobia | j.hoseok

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there were lanterns attached from the ceiling and small minature candles lit on the floor. in the middle stood seokjin, taehyung, jimin, and jungkook. they all had smiles on their faces before taehyung walked towards me and took the bowl of chicken noodle soup away from my hands and placed it somewhere else. and then, he took my hand pulled me over to a chair settled smack-down in the center of the room.

i was forced to sit down calmly onto it while looking around to be surrounded by the four, with no eunbyul in sight. suddenly, a background instrumental started to play.

i looked around confused as the four stood by mouth. suddenly, i found myself listening to jungkook singing, along with jimin harmonizing at a few parts. when it came to the pre-choruses, taehyung started to take the lead along with seokjin. the soft melody came to an end and before i knew it, the colors of the lights changed to a more subtle atmosphere. the deep colors of purple and blue filled the room before realizing five different people now.

two of them had black baseball caps on that it was hard to identify their faces. the others i had managed to find out their identity: jungkook, jimin, and namjoon.

a hip-hop beat song started to play filling the room. namjoon and a guy with one of the baseball caps stayed in the back doing simple dance moves. jimin and jungkook with one of guys with the baseball cap stood in the middle and started to dance. their bodies flowed easily through the music. whenever the music felt poppy, they expressed it through their bodies.

the one in the baseball cap stayed in the middle and i realized he was getting closer towards me. feeling a bit nervous but at the same time i felt some sort of comfort. when the music ended, i didn't realize that taehyung, seokjin, yoongi, and namjoon stood in the back holding a banner and a bouquet.

the lights had finally turned on and i saw the surprise. taehyung and jungkook hurried to fire some celebration springies as i saw the designed banner.

"you can turn around and see the real surprise," a voice said behind me that sounded almost out of breath.

the breathy voice tingled at skin on the back of my neck, so i quickly turned around and i saw hoseok standing there with the pink and purple bouquet of flowers in his hands. small beads of sweats poured just at the sides of his face with the baseball cap hiding away the fringes.

he had that same smile plastered on his face as he breathed in and out for breath slowly.

"haesoo, will you be my girlfriend?"

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school starts tomorrow ));