Leap of Faith: BTS Hyung Line FF

Losing Control

"He's asking around the school, Winnie."
"He won't find me."
"What if he does? What will you do?"
"I'll run."
"You can't run forever, Winnie."

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Hoseok kept his promise, even though he had to drag each and every member out of bed to do so. He didn't want to imagine what it would be like to disappoint her when she already tortured him when he made her happy.

Jungkook and Yoongi were the hardest to wake up, but eventually they came to. All Hoseok had to do, in the end, to get Yoongi up was mention that he needed to keep a promise to Winter.

Taehyung was already up and at her side before Hoseok even woke up. To him, Winter was a new puppy for him to play with. He even made her a bowl of noodles for breakfast, sitting across from her at the table with his chin in his hand, watching her intently.

Jimin plopped down beside her, but Yoongi was quick to correct him, taking the seat for himself once Jimin left it.

"Why do you always steal my seat?" Jimin complained, moving around the table to sit next to Taehyung.

"Because I'm older," Yoongi said simply, digging into his own bowl of ramen that he had Jin season especially for him.

Hoseok came into the room last with a frowning Jungkook and a barely conscious Namjoon. He took a seat to Winter's left, not bothering with breakfast since he already had some fruit.

"Where should we go today?" He asked the group now that they were all together. Taehyung shovelled his noodles into his mouth, then set down his chopsticks to participate in the discussion.

"Where does Winter want to go?" Taehyung asked, smiling softly at her. She shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

"Anywhere is fine."

"Oh I know," Jimin grinned in a devilishly handome sort of way. "How about we go swimming?"

"Absolutely n--"

"I like swimming," Winter said softly, cutting Yoongi off before he could shut down Jimin's idea entirely. She stirred her noodles mindlessly, not even glancing up at the six boys sitting around the table, staring directly at her.

"We can go swimming," Namjoon agreed with a nod of his head. "I know a good place, too, that's private."

"I'm not so sure that's--"

"We'll have to buy Winter a suit," Jin reminded everyone from behind the kitchen counter. "I'll take her shopping, then meet you all at the pool."

"I can buy it," Winter insisted. She had some money left over that she earned during her semester at the college. There was a little cafe near campus she worked at after class.

"No, let me," Jin smiled up at her. "You're our special guest after all." Winter's cheeks turned a light shade of pink, and she gave in with a nod.

Hoseok was already extremely wary of the possibilities that the situation was presenting. Jin was taking Winter to shop for a swim suit, and Jimin had a less than pure motive for suggesting swimming in the first place.

Not to mention, Hoseok imagined he would have a hard time trying not to think about her in his lap from the night before. He stayed silent.

"It's settled then," Taehyung clapped his hands together. "We'll take Winter swimming." He was so excited that it was pretty obvious he didn't understand the underlying problem with the whole scenario.