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fifteen: till you've stood where I've stood

Jungkook's POV

He was a little surprised by Jimin's cooperation. This just proved how frantic the boy was about letting his secret slip.

And that was good. For Jungkook, the more scared Jimin was the better. That fear, he assumed and hoped, would regulate and overall control Jimin to the point where he pushed Yoongi out of his life entirely.

It sounded cruel but it was how he felt.

For the person whose primary goal had been to make the life of Jungkook's dear friend absolutely miserable and difficult, this was suitable punishment.

A part of Jungkook was still in shock. He had never even suspected Jimin was gay. But now that he knew, some things made a little sense; however it still didn't excuse what Jimin had done to Yoongi. All that bullying. And the time Jimin had made Yoongi's cheek bleed.

He had known in his heart Yoongi's dog hadn't been responsible.

It wasn't okay. None of that was okay. Jimin needed to understand that.

By any means.

"Hoseok, Jin, can I talk to you two?"

It was after school one day, a day when Yoongi claimed he had to hurry home because he had a dentist's appointment or something and his father wasn't going to wait for him if he were late getting home. Jungkook saw this as a good opportunity.

He didn't want Yoongi around for this.

"What's up, Kook?" Hoseok asked cheerfully, stopping in his tracks once the chocolate-haired boy had come up to him. Seokjin did the same.

"You don't usually ask to talk to us." Seokjin breathed a soft laugh. "Usually it's Yoongi."

"Well, this is important."

It certainly was a rare sight. A rare sound, too. Jungkook didn't often talk around them at all. Though they all considered each other as friends, Hoseok and Seokjin both knew Jungkook had a special, stronger bond with Yoongi.

With interest piqued, the two boys gave some sort of gesture to let Jungkook know they were listening intently. So Jungkook spoke.

"You know how Jimin hasn't really been bothering Yoongi for a while now?"

"Of course, how could we not?" Hoseok said with a heaving sigh. "It's been weird, but I'm just hoping for the best and trusting he'll keep his distance now. He's done enough damage to Yoongi, it's about time he takes a break."

"For the rest of his life," Jin added. Hoseok nodded solemnly.

Jungkook knew they would agree with him. "Well, I know why," he said. The two boys with him simultaneously looked at him with slightly widened eyes. They didn't say anything, though, as if knowing already that Jungkook would elaborate. "He has a secret."

"Oh, a secret is it?" Jin glanced at Hoseok whose face remained still and fixed in a concentrated state.

"What is it, Jungkook?"

"Jimin's gay."

There was no one else around at the moment. Jungkook had made sure of that, because right now, he didn't want anyone else to know, not yet. Jimin hadn't broken that little rule he had given him, so Jungkook would hold off on exposing him for what he deserved. But Seokjin and Hoseok—especially Hoseok—had a right to know.

Neither of the boys were quick to believing it. But as they both examined their friend's expression and the sheer sobriety of it, they realized this wasn't just some practical joke or even something to spark a rumor.