What We Used To Be and Will Be

Chapter 18

The hyungs thought back to how they found out their maknae was a Little. And now, things are definitely not what everyone was expecting.

There they are, Sejin and Hobeom standing in the living room with their mouths agape as they tried to digest the information and take in the view of the baby that is currently nestled in the arms of Jin and babbling non-stop in front of them right now.

The members could only stand aside and stared ahead cautiously, not knowing what type of reactions they should be expecting from their two managers.

After a measured moment of silence, Hobeom raised the first question, "When did this started?"

"Uhm, a while..." Namjoon replied, voice volume barely above that of a whisper.

"Why haven't any of you tell us? This is something serious and none of you thought it was important enough to let the company know, or at least either of us?!" Clearly, Sejin was not taking things well.

"Hyung, with all due respect, this is not something for us to share. As much as how you and the company always strive to protect our interests, we also wanted what is best for Jungkookie. Coming out with such a big secret is clearly not one of our preferred options and especially since Jungkookie only did it to distress himself. Can you imagine if anyone reacted negatively and 'poof!', there goes the only channel for Jungkookie to relief himself?"

"Yoongi-ah, I know where you are coming from, but this is not something that you guys should hide from us. The company reserves the rights to know, especially if it concerns you guys' well-being. Fine, if you said this is how Jungkook cope with his stress, but don't you guys think it would have been better for the company to know? The least we could do was to work out something to lighten Jungkookie's stress, or worse, for when this secret is let out into the public." Hobeom tried to be the peacemaker.

"Hyung, we know. Like what Yoongi-hyung said, this was not something for us to decide. Jungkookie, he..." Taehyung turned his head towards the maknae whom is currently playing with the strings attached to Jin's hoodie and paused his words, for he knew nothing to explain further.

Jimin, though, decided to take over the responsibility. "Hyung, it is not easy to come out as a Little. While headspace is not a taboo subject as compared to other controversial topics in Korea, not many people understood the concepts of it and often associated it with sexual activities."

"And you guys know what it is?"

"Well, I do know about it..." Jimin spoke timidly.

"Well then, why not share with Hobeom and me?"

Hoseok gulped nervously and decided to break his silence. "Actually, we did not have any idea about this headspace until we discovered it ourselves."

Sejin and Hobeom did not speak a word and just looked attentively at the boys. Clearly, they were waiting for them to spill the beans. Just as they tried to conjure up what to say, memories of the past flooded the boys' minds.

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Thud! Thud! Thud!

"Urgh! Jeon Jungkook, you are so gonna get it from me this time round!" thought Jimin as he got up from his bed infuriatingly.

He stopped his track outside the maknae's room and banged on the door loudly, not giving a damn care for the others in the dorm. "Yah, Jeon Jungkook! Stop thrashing about in your room! It's two in the morning for goodness sake! I need to sleep!"

"Sowwy, Kook-- *ahem* I'm sorry, Jiminie-hyung. I dropped something earlier. You can go back to sleep now."

"Yeah right, what a coincidence of you dropping stuff in the middle of the night every single time. Quieten down or I'll personally kick you out of this dorm!"