27- I'm taking care of this.

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«Tae take me home! Take me – a hiccup broke his sentence in half – home!».

«What the hell? Jimin, what happened?».

«Take me – another hiccup – home! Home!».

Jimin was crying, his small fingers pulling the other's hoodie to make him stand up.

Taehyung and Jimin had been friends for years and yet, the blondish kid could swear he had never seen him so desperate: he stood from Hoseok's lap and pulled him into a hug, petting his hair as he let him cry on his shoulder.

«Take me home. Please, Tae.» he whispered again.

«I can't, Chim Chim. Hobi drove us here, remember?» V pointed out, sincerely worried, running his fingers through his dark hair, but Jimin simply begged him again and he gave up, gesturing towards his boyfriend to make him stand up, too.

«Jiminie can I d-» Jungkook began, but Jin's hand grabbed his wrist and forced him to sit back down, shaking his head as he mouthed a silent “No”; the maknae simply obeyed, scared that he might somehow make the situation even worse.

«Go. I'm paying our drinks.» Hoseok stated, and when he came back the 95s had already left.

He turned to the couple on the sofa, advising he'd be right back and rushed outside but before he could actually reach the kids, something caught his attention, and it didn't take him long to find Yoongi's silhouette sitting on the footpath, his head between his knees and his hands clenched on both sides of his body as hiccups would shake his thin figure and steal whimpering noises from his lips.

In no time he understood what had probably happened.

He cursed under his breath, running towards his hyung to pat on his shoulder: «Wait for me. I'll be right back.» he bossed, earning a weak nod from Yoongi.

He helped him to his wobbly feet and guided him back inside the pub, then he hurried to his car.

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The ride back home was, in a word, heartbreaking: Jimin wouldn't stop crying, even though Tae did his best to comfort him, cuddling him on the backseat, while Hobi just decided not to talk, since he could feel the sense of guilt build up in his belly -it had been his idea not to tell the kid about it earlier, and though he knew perfectly that sooner or later he would have found it out anyway, he couldn't help but feel bad: he mentally kicked his friend again for being so stupid and fought the urge to open his mouth and shout that nothing serious had happened, that those two had just kissed and Yoongi was in love with Jimin.

They arrived at the kid's house as soon as possible and the 95s got off together Tae kissing his boyfriend goodbye, for the last thing he wanted was to Jimin to be left alone.

«I'm going back to the pub. I have someone's ass to kick.» Hoseok whispered to the blond kid once he was sure that Jimin was too far to hear him.

«Don't be too hard on him. – Taehyung snapped back – I want him to be still alive when I'll put my hands around his neck.».

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«Hoseok! Come here. – Namjoon called him as soon as he entered the pub – He's been sitting at the counter over there since you left. We tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't answer. And I lost count of the shots he has already had.» he added in a whisper.

J-Hope rolled his eyes, a sympathetic expression on his face as he patted on the other's shoulder: «Thanks, guys. You can go home now. I'm taking care of this.».

«You sure? Want me to help you?» Jin offered, but the rapper shook his head.

«I'm sure. Thanks again.».

Namjoon nodded and both Seokjin and Jungkook followed him outside.

Eventually, J-Hope ended up being the only one left there: he sighed, and headed towards the counter.

«Yoongi? – he called, but the hyung didn't seem to hear – Yoongi c'mon look at me.».

It wasn't until the 5th time that Suga finally moved, turning around to face his friend.

«I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm … » he burst into tears again.

«I know. I know you are. C'mon, we're going home.».

Yoongi didn't complain when Hoseok helped him get off the stool, nor when he gently pushed him outside, leaving some pounds fall on the bartender's palm, and he didn't say a work even when he guided him to his car and secured his seatbelt before turning on the engine.

Next to Hobi, Suga tried hard to pull himself back together, though hot tears were still rolling down his face and his chest was still heavy due to the sense of guilt that was taking his breath away.

«I'm sorry. – he whispered again, as he stared out of the window, his eyes barely registering the urban landscape they were going through; his voice was raspy enough to make his throat ache and his eyes were burning as if he'd been trying to pull them out of his skull – I'm such a jerk. I love him. What's wrong with me, Hobi?».

«Nothing's wrong. You are just scared. Close your eyes now. Rest a bit. I'm waking you up when we get home.».

But Yoongi wouldn't listen to him, fumbling at his own pockets: «I'm calling him!» he yelped, as soon as he managed to get his phone out, but Hobi stole it just in time.

«No, you are not. Just wait til we get home.» he advised, driving both of them back to his place -Yoongi's parents would have killed him if only he'd gone back home in such a state.

For the rest of the ride the car got filled with a confused sequence of drunkish promises and complaints from the red-haired guy to which the dongsaeng was forced to answer, no matter how messed up or nonsense they were.

« … should I do it? What about it, Hobi? What do you think?» Yoongi concluded, as his friend helped him out of the car.

«No. You definitely shouldn't to it. Buying him a pet wouldn't solve the situation.» the other objected with a sigh, earning a puzzled glare from his hyung.

«Oh.» he pouted back.

Luckily, Yoongi knocked out as soon as he hit the pillow on Hoseok's bed, allowing the other to relax a bit.

HP – 23:46 _ *Yoongi fell asleep.*

HP – 23:46 _ *Is Jimin okay?* 

TAE – 23:48 _ *Sort of. He jsut fell asleep.*

TAE – 23:48 _ *Thakn god his parents r sleepin soudly.*

TAE – 23:49 _ *But Chim wouln't stop repeating “I'm so stupid”.*

TAE – 23:49 _ *What happned¿* 

HP – 23:49 _ *I'm explaining it all to you tomorrow.*

HP – 23:50 _ *I'm going to bed sweetie.*

HP – 23:50 _ *To the couch, actually.*

HP – 23:51 _ * -.-'' *

HP – 23:51 _ *Goodnight sweetheart.*

HP – 23:52 _ *Everything will be alright.*

HP – 23:52 _ *I love you.* 

TAE – 23:52 _ *I love u 2*

TAE – 23:52 _ *I hope u r right*

TAE – 23:53 _ *Gnight Hobi.*

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