Not Meant To Be: Never End

Chapter 4

Jin didn't know what to do as Namjoon, Yoongi, and Hoseok gaped at each other.

Hoseok finally breaks down, falling onto the floor of the porch and crying hysterically. Jin goes to his side immediately, trying to calm him.

Namjoon covers his mouth and Yoongi lets out a shaky breath. They knew that their old friend was alive but never expected to see him again. As for Hoseok... he thought the opposite.

"You... you guys are alive!" he cries out. "All these years I... I-" He jumps up and the three hugged each other so tight.

Jin finally sees Taehyung off the porch, waving at him to come over. When he did, they walked behind the house.

"What is it?"

"Jimin managed to find a way for us to be seen by everyone else," Taehyung says. The fairy nods; he had to speak to many other spirits from different villages to find something useful.

"Taehyung and I have to speak to all of them," Jimin refers to his friends.

"So how are you going to do it?" Jin asks. Hoseok's voice was heard, calling for his son.

Taehyung and Jimin looked at each other.

"It's difficult to explain," Jimin shrugs. Taehyung places his hands on Jin's shoulders.

"Try to be present tonight, okay?"

~~

Jungkook would be home any minute now.

Jin brought a tray of tea for Namjoon and Yoongi, who still gave him looks of astonishment.

Hoseok then motioned Jin to sit next to him. Yoongi was the first to bring up Seokjin again.

"Hoseok, it must be some kind of magic that your kid looks just like him," he said. Then, sarcastically but sadly, he whispers, "I won't be surprised if I see some boys identical to Taehyung and Jimin then."

"Actually-" Jin stops himself. Should he mention that Taehyung and Jimin are spirits? Everyone else in the room stared at him and after thinking, Jin decided not to say anything, at least for now anyway. "Never mind."

"I'm home!"

Everyone whips their head at the person at the door, who didn't noticed that he had guests until he took a few more steps into the house.

There's another shocked reaction, but this time, the air felt different. Thick, tense, and definitely not good.

"What are you two doing in my house?" Jungkook said through gripped teeth. He glanced at Hoseok before stepping in front of him. He pulls him up and wraps an arm protectively around him.

"Did they say anything to you?" he asks his husband. Other than expressing their relief of seeing each other again, they didn't get time to say more. Jungkook takes Jin behind him too.

"Jin, they didn't hurt you?"

His son shakes his head, confused about his father's worry. Namjoon and Yoongi don't even look a bit close to dangerous.

Still keeping his family close behind him, Jungkook asks once again what the men's businesses were.

Namjoon speaks up, sighing, "We didn't know that you and your family live here. Yoongi and I... we just wanted to see Seokjin's home again."

Jungkook notices him staring at Jin and knew what he was thinking. He actually can't explain how Jin is born with the same body as Seokjin. He didn't really think about it through the years until his son started going through puberty. That was when he took a closer look, and realize that the resemblance was there.