Waiting for Anpanman

CHAPTER 17: Exclusives

Min Yoongi sat in their apartment's entertainment room, blankly staring at the TV airing this evening's breaking news. He crossed his arms as he leaned back into the couch, thinking deeply. The anchor-woman droned on about an exclusive from Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office about a high profile case involving an unnamed business man's alleged parricide.

"You shouldn't waste electricity. Turn the television off if you're not going to watch it." Namjoon announced as he sat on the couch's edge near Yoongi, resting his arms on his knees. "How are you doing?"

"Huh?" Yoongi finally snapped out of his thoughts as he felt their tall leader sink into the couch beside him. "Ah, yeah. I'm fine. I'm fine." He answered absent-mindedly.

"Yeah? But how are YOU really doing, Hyung?" Namjoon didn't want to let it rest until Yoongi answered him truthfully. It wasn't just his role as a leader to monitor his members' health but it was Namjoon's responsibility as their friend.

"Wellllll." Yoongi dragged on as he tried to decide what to tell Namjoon. "I... I think... I'm..."

"You can tell me anything. Everything. What ever is going on, I'll try my best to help, to understand."

"I think I'm gay... but the person I like keeps on telling me that I'm not. When I confessed - he told me that my feelings didn't matter." Yoongi wanted to tell their leader about how serious Yoonsoo's problems were but it wasn't his secret to tell. So, he decided to tell Namjoon about his "smaller-scale" troubles.

"You're gay? Hmm..." Namjoon remembered the weird incident involving Yoongi and Yoonsoo before. "What made you think you were, though? Our everyday interactions as a group - how close we are with each other - people sometimes misconstrue it as gay."

"Anya. It's not like that. That person... he makes me feel things not even my first love made me feel before."

"Is that person in our group?" Yoongi didn't respond. "It can't be Hopie hyung, even if the fans ship the two of you. I know you don't curve to pressure. So... it must be Yoonsoo hyung. He's the only variable that's changed. Unless, you met someone that I don't know of?"

"N...no." Yoongi gulped nervously. Rap Monster - he should be called Detective Monster... How did he get it so fast!?

"Okay. Just tell me who ever it is when you're ready so we can go beat him up. Who ever it is - he shouldn't have disregarded your feelings that way. If he didn't feel the same way, he should have just said it the way it is."

"But... he said, I should be patient because everything will become clear soon." Namjoon could see the difficulty Yoongi was undergoing plain on his hyung's face. Eyebrows furrowed. Lips pouting a little. His face turning into that sulking emoji.

"It will. Just hang in there, Yoongi-yah. Just trust me." Yoonsoo's voice drifted in from the door, making the two look in his direction.

"How long have you been standing there, huh?" Yoongi blurted out in surprise.

"I was right?" Namjoon asked no one in particular.

"Never mind. I need to talk to you about something." Yoongi quickly told Yoonsoo before the other man could say anything else and stalked out of the room with Yoonsoo in tow.

Yoongi finally stopped dragging Yoonsoo when they reached the roof deck. Yonsoo looked at Yoongi's hand, still clutching his wrist like a mother would her child. Realizing this, Yoongi quickly dropped the wrist in question.

"Sorry... I didn't... Ah, right." He remembered the reason he dragged Yoonsoo to the roof. "I've been thinking. With the money I earn, I think I could pay for a really good lawyer. We could ask for legal advice for-"