Yoonseok Oneshots

1 - ANGST

When you're born, you get a timer on your arm, counting down until you meet your soulmate. After you meet your soulmate, another counter will begin, this time, counting down until one of you die. Yoongi has 3 minutes.

After 24 years of waiting, Yoongi finally meets his soulmate, Jung Hoseok. It's when Yoongi passes by a hospital window, dressed in his nurse clothes, that's when he sees the fragile, orange haired boy surrounded by sorrowful family members.

Staring at him through the hospital's window, Yoongi watches as his soulmate slips away, as the timer on his arm counts down from 3 minutes. It's all he needs.

He opens the door, surprising Hoseok's family, but as the boy stared at Yoongi with alertness that faded into fondness, tears prickled his eyes. Yoongi ran to him, taking his face into his hands, cupping Hoseok's soft cheeks, tears wetting his hands, no, no, 2 minutes, I need more time. Yoongi's silent chant.

"I'm sorry I wasn't here to love you." Yoongi whispers, leaning his forehead against Hoseok's. Hoseok understands, because who can bring themself to being angry at the soulmate you never met while dying? Not him, never him.

"I know, I know, it's okay, just live a full life, okay? Just- be alive, even after I'm gone." Hoseok whispers back, the tears flowing unstoppably -- there was no going back. Hoseok's family stepped out, leaving the two in peace, and Yoongi made the most of it. Kissing the face of the man he should've met, should've loved, should've held as this sickness ate away at his being. Yoongi cried freely; this was who he had been looking for all his life, and he was perfect, and he was dying. Years of waiting, only for him to leave this world. Jung Hoseok, him, his soulmate, his love, his.

The timer on his arm and Hoseok's arm ticked to 30 seconds. Hoseok notices, and looks up at Yoongi, eyes red from the tears and cheeks stained with tear tracks. Hoseok remembers the beautiful, crying man sat in front of him, faces so close, hands in each other's grasp, so many unsaid words, so many 'i love you's missed out on, so much time but so little left. 10 seconds.

"Min Yoongi," Hoseok reads on Yoongi's name tag, the counter reaching 9. "I love you, even if we didn't have enough time to love."

"I love you too, I'm sorry." Yoongi answers, the words rolling off his tongue smoothly. Hoseok kisses Yoongi, and a second later, he breaks away. 3.

"I wish I could have loved you."

The heart monitor beeps loudly. Yoongi turns to it, seeing the green, straight line that made him sick to the stomach everytime he saw it, but this time, it hurt him. He turned back to Hoseok, sweet, angelic Jung Hoseok, who's eyes were closed and who's lips remained a small smile. He was happy in the end.

Despite such little time.