✔ Save me ⌇⌇ JHS + OC

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APTO 401

"Why are you standing like a statue in the middle of the room?" Namjoon questioned, staring at his friend and roommate with a raised eyebrow.

It had been a few minutes since Hoseok had arrived home and was pacing the house from one side to the other, tilting his head to the side in a nervous tic, while sucking in air in a thoughtful sound. His head was buzzing with overlays of conversations he had with his friends, about his feelings and his relationship with Soora.

He was always so sure of what he felt and how their relationship was purely friendship, but lately, he wasn't so sure anymore. He always found Soora pretty and attractive, he didn't deny thinking of her that way when he first saw her over a video call. For months the two just chatted, without him ever having seen her face and the friendship between the two had already been established before anything else.

Seeing how beautiful she was, left him daydreaming for a few weeks, thinking about his feelings for her, but that was all left behind when he learned the truth about Shin Soo-Ra.

At first, he thought she was just too busy since she only used to chat at night and this led him to believe that she was rarely home.

After she bonded with him, over time, she opened up little by little until she finally revealed about her illnesses. When he found out, Hobi's only thoughts about her were: what can I do to help her? And since then her life has revolved around helping her.

Introducing her to Seokjin, easing her little big problems by getting her parcels at his house and then leaving them at her doorstep, taking out her garbage, and doing some of her grocery shopping. but mainly being her unconditional support.

Now that he was being bombarded with suggestions of the two becoming a couple, he was revisiting his old interest. He couldn't say that he was in love, but he didn't deny being enchanted by the neighbor. She was funny, they had many interests in common, they spent hours talking about the most varied topics, she was beautiful and they were best friends. But would all that be enough to risk something as safe as what they had?

"HOSEOK!" Namjoon shouted his name and Hobi jumped in his place.

He had lost himself in thought again, but now he looked at Joon as if a light had gone on in his head.

"When did you realize you liked Ashley beyond friendship?"

"Seriously?" Joon frowned with an angry expression. Hobi approached his friend in quick steps and threw himself on the couch next to him. "Prettyplease! It's very important to me to know." He pleaded, clasping his hands together in supplication. Namjoon raised his eyebrows again and analyzed him.

"I always liked her beyond friendship, but I never believed that we would be more than friends and classmates. I firmly believed that I would forever be in the friend zone." He confessed.

"When did that change?" Hoseok asked curiously.

"Well..." he paused thoughtfully and as soon as he remembered he put on a wistful smile. "When the teacher put us together for an assignment where we had to compose, produce and sing a song together. It brought us a lot closer, we had to spend many hours working together, alone. One day I was singing my part of the song, and she kissed me at the end and said I looked really sexy singing, even though I wasn't a great singer." He told laughing embarrassed at the end by the memory.