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Chapter 14

They had been wondering around for what felt like forever. V kept complaining to Jungkook for getting them all in this situation for no real reason and Suga bounced along happily. Jungkook, however, was beginning to grow frustrated. That was when they saw him. The three were approaching a fork in the catacombs when none other than J-Hope himself appeared from around the corner with Jimin trailing behind him. Huh, the plan actually worked.

“Oh! What a pleasant surprise!” J-Hope clasped his hands together at the sight of the three and smiled, his fangs visible. What was with this guy?

Jungkook’s entire body tensed. His stance softened a little with relief when he was Chimmy once again perched on Jimin’s shoulder. “Yeah,” Jungkook spat sourly. “‘Pleasant.’”
“I see that my partner has returned to me… But I didn’t want the rest of you here as well.” J-Hope stated, his smile dropping. “Why don’t you leave us be?”

Jungkook was fighting angry tears. “Why do you even need him anymore? We already have the sweater.” Jungkook had to pause so that he would not choke on his words. A lump was forming in his throat. “Why can’t you just leave him be...give him back?”

“Jungkook’s right. There is no point for you to keep Jimin around anymore. He may aid to your power, but why do you even need it anyways?” Suga questioned.

“To be better than you!” Jungkook had not seen J-Hope get so worked up before, or, at all for that matter, so when J-Hope yelled Jungkook jumped back instinctively. “You have always been able to do more than me and you never hesitated to show it off.” His words bit and Jungkook could tell Suga was as shocked as he was. His mouth hung open and Jungkook almost thought he saw the wizard shaking. Those were very harsh words for J-Hope to direct at someone who still had so much faith in him even though he had absolutely no reason to.

“Better than me? J-Hope, I wanted you to become stronger. I wanted you to do better, even if you surpassed me. But just because you wanted to be stronger and more powerful, that doesn’t mean that you have to be evil. And as I taught you and V, I never intended to show off. I was merely trying to teach you spells and such… and I must have gotten too ahead of myself without realizing it. I’m sorry if I’ve caused you to hate me…” As he spoke, towards the end his voice got softer. Jungkook noticed how saddened he was at this.

J-Hope seemed taken aback. “Hate you? I could never!” He sighed heavily. “You idiot, don’t you see?”

“What do you mean?” Suga asked, dumbfounded.

J-Hope started to gesture wildly in the air, mouth opening and closing, trying to find the right words. Eventually he gave up and sighed in exasperation. J-Hope grabbed Suga by the collar and planted his mouth on his. Frankly, Jungkook was shocked. It seemed as if the others were just as taken aback. When they broke apart it was Suga who was now opening and closing his mouth, no idea what to say and J-Hope was glaring at the ground, face beat red. Jungkook’s brain was struggling to comprehend the event that just took place.

“Wait, wait, wait. What?!” Jungkook exclaimed, eyes wide as he looked between the two.

For a second, it felt like the entire world froze. Jungkook’s head was spinning. What was even happening anymore. Jungkook looked around once more. Even Jimin seemed shocked. It was this that brought Jungkook back to his senses. They came down here to get him back. For real this time.

“What was that?! What just happened?” Jungkook questioned, continuing to look at the two back and forth as he waited for an explanation.

Jungkook felt someone's hand on his shoulder. He turned his head to see V. “I don’t think they know any more than we do.” He was right. Suga and J-Hope were both all but frozen. Jungkook took the liberty of tapping on Suga’s shoulder and then gesturing to Jimin. He needed to remember why we came here. Jungkook’s brain paused for a moment to wonder if this meant J-Hope was on their side now before deciding it wouldn’t matter as long as he fixed Jimin.