The Park Down the Street || Sope✔️

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Yoongi spent a lot of time alone the summer before middle school. Most of his friends decided to go to summer camp this year, leaving him alone. The only thing his family had planned for the summer was the annual family reunion camping trip. Yoongi dreaded going every year, the though of sleeping on the ground outside, with only a thin layer of waterproof fabric protecting you made Yoongi feel uneasy. Not to mention the family reunion part. He had lots of family and only knew the names of like five members. Don't even get him started about his little cousins, he was forced to play the role of babysitter at every family event whether he wanted to or not. Luckily he had a little while to mentally prepare himself for the torture he will be forced to endure. For the time being he could sit with his nose in a good book and just relax.

This summer Yoongi was spending a lot of time reading. He read classics like To Kill a Mocking Bird and Lord of the Flies. He also spent sometime reading poetry, he became interested in the writing and creative process. The fact the a few lines of words could have such an emotional impact on someone really interested him. Someday he wanted to be able to do that. To make that much of an impact on people.

Along with books and poetry came music, it seemed like an appropriate path. Yoongi spent hours listening to music, dissecting the lyrics and melodies. On his birthday his mother gifted him with an IPod and earbuds. As days went by, Yoongi became even more interested in the lyrics of songs. This drove him to look into rap music. The different flows each artist used gave a certain feeling, sometimes it would completely overpower the musician until they were screaming nothing but emotion.

During this period, Yoongi's father wasn't happy. He wanted Yoongi to go out and make friends. He wanted his son to practice basketball, he wanted him to get his head out of the clouds. When Yoongi's Mother went away to a teachers conference for a week, he was left in his fathers care. Yoongi wasn't allowed to listen to music at all that week, he was forced outside with his friends.

He and his father had fights over everything that week, it all stopped when his father sold his piano. The worst part was that he used the money he gained from it to gamble. When Yoongi came home from the park that night, his dad was gone. All he left was a note saying he had to go to work for a while. Yoongi's Mother had told him about his father quitting his job. He managed to find another part time job but nothing he would need to be called in for.

That night Yoongi called his mother and told her what happened. She apologized profusely for his fathers actions. Yoongi knew it wasn't her fault but he still felt anger. Towards his father and the world. To let that out he want to his room and listened to one of his favourite rappers, Eminem, and wrote down all his feelings.

That's the story of how Yoongi wrote his first song.

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Hoseok and Suran both went to Yoongi's house while they were in town. It was a short two week period but during that time the three practically lived together. They both slept over almost every night. Yoongi's parents were a little worried about letting a girl sleep over at first but they didn't really care now. The three were friends, sure Yoongi and Suran had a crush on each other but they were both too scared to act on their feelings.

One day the three were in the park and decided to play grounder. It was fun, it started off with Hobi being it. He closed his eyes and spun 11 times, I spin for each year you've been alive, then set out to find the other two hiding on the play structure. It took him forever to find either of them. After a while he found Suran, unfortunately he had accidentally fallen onto her. It was a little awkward but it quickly went away. As the three played, Tae and Jimin joined in, then eventually Jin and Namjoon.

The game was even more fun with lots of people, it also meant that Yoongi could just stay in the same spot. While Jin was it he figured out Yoongi's strategy of not moving and immediately got him. Yoongi huffed and started spinning, unaware that little Jungkook was coming to play too. Yoongi was always put in a bad mood when that little shit was around, and lately he's been getting very easily agitated. He was also swearing and cursing a lot more then he used to.

When Yoongi finished spinning he started walking only to hit his head off of the slide.

"Ow, Fuck!" He yelled in pain grabbing his head. A gasp came from Jungkook's mouth.

"I'm telling!" The little brat shouted not caring about the game anymore. He jumped off the play equipment and started running.

Done with that little kids shit Yoongi grabbed him by the back of the shirt and yanked him to the ground. Yoongi didn't care if the kid got hurt, he didn't want his mouth to be washed out again.

"Go tell on me, see what the fuck happens!" He shouted at Jungkook. At this point Yoongi was completely gone, frustration took over and nothing was stopping. He didn't care if Jungkook was Jin's younger brother he would punch the kid if he told on him again.

"I will!" The kid got off the ground, not taking a hint and ran into the house to his mother. Yoongi was completely livid at this point. Anger had completely taken over his body and he was going to lash out.

"Yoon calm down take a few breaths, count to ten, clam down." Hoseok said in a calming tone. He was the only one coming remotely close to the boy. He did was his best friend told him to, took a deep breath and slowly released it.

Everything was going great, until the little shit came back from his house. As soon as the kid was behind him, Yoongi didn't think about the consequences and punched the 7 year old.

The boy collapsed to the ground and was quickly tended to by His brother and Tae.

"What the hell is wrong with you! He's almost half your age? Are you happy now!" Jin yelled in Yoongi's direction. He didn't say anything in response and just left the park. He wasn't happy with what he did, he felt horrible actually. He felt like he couldn't control himself in that moment. In fact punching the kid made him feel much worse. While walking home he felt a familiar presents come up behind him. It was Hoseok, Yoongi could already tell before turning around. Rather then stopping he just sped up and went home, unsurprisingly Hoseok followed him into his room.

When the two were finally alone Yoongi broke into tears. Without another word Hoseok grabbed his friend and pulled him into a hug.

After that little event, Jin and Jungkook didn't blatantly tell on Yoongi. Their parents managed to find out overtime. When they did discover who gave their youngest son a black eye they weren't permitted anywhere near him. This continued into the school year, when Jin was transferred out of all of Yoongi's classes. Leaving him alone, with Suran.