it wasn't easy getting to where they were, and i guess they never assumed it would be. that didn't make them feel much better about past experiences though.
yoongi and namjoon had been dating for seven months. and they hadn't told anyone. didn't mention it or bring it up unless they were completely and totally alone.
that's why when suddenly the entire world knew about it, it came as a bit of a surprise for everyone. including the boys' bestfriends.
it was a generally cold day. not dreary, just cold. it was bright outside because of the mass amount of christmas lights strung around the city, but that didn't take the bite of the air away.
yoongi and namjoon were walking, no big deal. they were sent out on a mission to fetch an emergency tub of icecream for jimin, some antis were being hypercritical again, and a couple cups of ramen for jungkook and jin. it shouldn't have been that bad. they were covered head to toe in puffy jackets, boots, masks, and hats so they weren't worried about being recognized and realistically no one would know if they held hands or even snuck a kiss in on their way to the shop.
they were wrong.
a picture was taken. actually a couple pictures were taken. one's that could ruin their lives and careers, but of course that didn't cross the mind of the young teenage boy excited to see his idols. they were posted within minutes of being taken and suddenly things changed. big things. call after call was sent to voicemail as they had their phones silenced on accident. and it wasn't until they almost got back to the dorm when they realized something was wrong.
swarms of people gathered around the doors of the building. namjoon didn't think much of it. assumed it was a protest of some sort or a new competition was released. or maybe it was a members birthday and it left namjoon's mind? but yoongi knew. he wasn't scared. he wasn't frightened. he was aware.
he saw the boy. made eye contact with the camera. saw the look of joy in his features and turned back. it meant nothing to him what negative people thought, but the positive ones mean the world to him. seeing happiness on a person's face because he held hands with his boyfriend? legendary. an experience he may never truly get to see again.
namjoon quickly attempted to duck behind the buildings to do the usual and hide away from the relatively large crowd, but yoongi tugged him back in the direction of the main doors. if he was going down it wouldn't be easily denied it would be obvious and powerful.
grabbing his boyfriend's hand he started towards the doors carefully. planning his route through the people as he moved. weaving through them was a hassle, but finally when he got to the front and took his mask off to let himself breathe properly it dawned on the fans that the pictures weren't fake. he watched as the heads of each person almost instantaneously turned down to grab their phone. to take pictures, format tweets, craft snapchat story posts. he knew the agency would embrace this as a publicity stunt or dismiss everything. maybe even drop them.
he hoped it wouldn't be the latter. this was his dream, but he also dreamt of being open in his personal endeavors. to once not be scared of what others viewed him as. and right in that moment he felt it. the surge of confidence.
he walked into the building. stepped past the secretary with a small smile on his face, and a look of pure confusion on his significant other's. he basically slid into the elevator, the floor was wet, and that's when it finally hit namjoon.
"wait, wait, wait, no."
"yea." was all yoongi could bring himself to say in that moment. he couldn't think of the words to express himself. to explain that namjoon shouldn't be frightful. so they sat silently for two seconds until namjoon spoke once again.
"we'll be okay right? this won't do anything to us. you have to promise."
"i promise. this won't bring us down joon. we're more powerful than that. have faith in us."
"i trust you, even if you have no fear and are completely untrustworthy because you have no idea how this will turn out," namjoon replied. he was obviously joking but you could feel his stress in the air. bts meant everything to him, and he didn't want his own emotions to destroy that for him and the world.
"that doesn't sound very trusting darling."
"where would you get that idea?"
they both chuckled in hopes of thinning out the thick mood. the elevator dinged and they made there way out of the metal box. stepping towards the door to their dorm was more than horrifying for them both. yoongi was confident in his relationship with namjoon, but not the others.
as he stepped through the door, namjoon following directly after, all eyes made their way towards them. five sets of eyes staring holes into their faces and hands that were latched together in fear. then suddenly a smile was shown on taehyung's face.
he stood up and leaped towards them and immediately wrapped his arms around yoongi. "i understand why you didn't tell us, but we wish you would have," he said his voice shaking slightly. he pulled back to look at the both of them and had small tears running down his face.
tae had a bad habit of overthinking. he went through every scenario over and over picking out different words that could change entire tones within sentences. he thought out that one sentence for minutes, and he thought about the outcome of this situation for even more time than that. he was arguably more scared for them than namjoon was.
slowly each member got up. saying different words that impacted the two boys greatly.
"you will continue to mean the world to us, and you will forever be a part of bts."
"i'm not sure how long you have been together, but i want you to know that you're still valid. i love you both."
"a heads-up would have been nice, but of course things don't always work out as planned. you're amazing. both of you."
the only one that hadn't spoken was jungkook, but that was entirely based on the fact that he wasn't sure what to say. that didn't scare the couple any less though.
jungkook picked his head up, a smile on his face and slowly brought himself to say it.
"im bisexual."
immediately yoongi's mood erupted. a huge smile was shown on his face as he pushed hoseok out of the way to go hug the makne. shooting a quick sorry to him before hugging jungkook. yoongi didn't initiate hugs very often. pretty much never. so jungkook was a little stunned. "i am too." was all yoongi had to say for tears to start falling softly from the younger boys eyes.
that. that. was how the namjoon-yoongi empire started. they weren't dropped, and instead got shoved into interviews, photoshoots, trips to america, and more. it blew bts even farther up than before. they were asked deeper questions in interviews about political views and gender studies. they were no longer a boy band with no impact. they became pioneers for the lgbtq community in their country and others. and today. this very moment. as they thought back on the day that created their lives today they stepped on stage at la pride. the rest of their group at the front of the crowd. to give a speech on the impact music can have on our world.
they were not a joke. not a force to be messed with. they were kim namjoon and min yoongi.

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