The Most Beautiful Moment In Life

Epilogue: Young Forever

written by dimpled-gukkie

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Jin climbs the steps of the apartment building, slowly making his way to the fourth floor. He can already hear voices seeping through the thin apartment walls and into the hallway, filling the fourth floor with the comforting voices of his best friends. Before he can even put the key in the door to his apartment, the one directly across opens.

"Hyung!"

Jin nearly falls over as a newfound weight lands on his back, a small set of hands wrapped around his shoulders. "We missed you so much, we're starving!"

Jin huffs before pulling the hands away from him and opening his door. "What do you say?" His voice is teasing, the tone you use when trying to coax a child into using manners.

"Please!" Jimin whines while smiling so wide that his eyes are basically closed, smushed by his chubby cheeks. Jin has to resist the urge to pinch them, happy to see that they are no longer hollow like they were a few years back.

He pretends to ponder his answer before "reluctantly" sighing and swinging his door wide open. "I guess I can make you something."

In reality, Jin knows that if he doesn't make food for the group, they'll most likely starve or order pizza for every meal. The rest seem to lose all brain cells when in the kitchen if the many near disasters are anything to go by. Jin distinctly remembers the time Namjoon not only burned one of his favorite pans but Jungkook also managed to get potatoes stuck to a plate and defied all laws of gravity.

"Jin Hyung is making dinner!" Jimin yells into the hallway beckoning the rest of their friends to Jin's small apartment. The first to rush out are Taehyung and Jungkook, which is no surprise as they both never stop eating. Pausing in the doorway, Jin waits for the rest to arrive before sighing as the other two apartments on the floor remain occupied.

"Are Hobi and Yoongi still working on their mixtapes?" Jin asks as he begins pulling pots and pans out of the cupboards. As a college student struggling to not accumulate student loan debt, all he has to make is an unhealthy amount of ramen. Jin proceeds to pick through his numerous flavors of packaged noodles when the door opens. Before Jimin can open his mouth to answer, Yoongi enters.

"Wow, Jin hyung. Look at you, you're a true college student." Jungkook snickers nearly earning him a whack on the back of the head.

"Yah! You should be nice to the one who's making you food." Jin chides before pouring water into the pot. He can hear Jimin softly scolding Jungkook to be nicer to his hyung and smiles. Jiminie has always been such a sweetheart.

"How's the mixtape going?" Jin asks Yoongi while filling the pot with water. He glances in Yoongi's direction while turning off the faucet to make sure that the boy is actually taking care of himself. Yoongi had a habit of throwing his health aside for his music, but hopefully with Hoseok working alongside him, he will take care of himself.

To Jin's relief no dark under-eye circles contrast Yoongi's pale skin, a result of not venturing outside for five years. Yoongi only begins to answer when Jin is once again facing the stove.

"It's going. I'm not sure that it's where I want it to be though. It feels incomplete." The maknaes fall silent listening to their hyung's worry, not sure exactly how to help since they have no knowledge of music composition.

"Have you had Hobi listen to it yet?" Jin asks pouring salt into the pot of water and turning on the stove. The faster he can get the water boiling, the faster he can cook the noodles, which means the faster they can eat.

"Yeah, he's not quite sure either though. We just spent two hours listening to the tracks on repeat to try and see what's off."

"Maybe you need another voice on your track, hyung? I would gladly volunteer." Taehyung smiles. Ever since Hoseok and Yoongi created Cypher Records, Taehyung who's their biggest fan, has been asking to be on a song every time it's brought up. Secretly, the duo have planned a song out just for Taehyung to feature on, but it's a gift for his birthday.