SOPE | Touch

21🔥 "We can't be together, Yoongi."

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It's been close to three weeks since Hoseok confessed how he wanted to kiss Yoongi, the two not speaking much after that.

It wasn't like Hoseok was avoiding Yoongi, sure he didn't go out of his way to talk to the frost elemental, but he didn't entirely try not to either. 

Yang temporarily stopped the combined classes so her and the marshalles could discuss the next move. They needed to figure out what those things were exactly and how they had the ability to move like shadows; that one part is the main reason some of the elementals died and what has caused so much confusion and stirred up a new batch of fear within the students.

They thought they had everything under control, figured out, for the most part, but they didn't.

Because of that, the fire and frost elementals were now not allowed to go near each other once more, since there was no reason for them to get close to each other anymore. Yoongi, because he knows his brother well, knows Victor had something to do with that call. Since Victor had seen him and Hoseok together privately and not somewhere like the training room or cafeteria, it must have made his protective side kick in which is why he probably convinced Yang to keep frost and fire away from each other again.

Yoongi wanted to personally punch him in the face.

Speaking of the frost elemental, he's been healing well since the attack that caused a sword to miss his spine by an inch. Thankfully, it hadn't gone completely through him, or Yoongi would have definitely been dead on the ground.

He's back in his room with Jungkook, and Cashel has allowed him to use some of his ability and walk around the academy again, though he does need to take medicines and put this ointment on his stitches that help heal him faster.

Turned out, Yoongi does wield pure ice now, the moment he was cleared to use his ability they tested it.

The fact that he and Hoseok weren't talking caused his heart to ache within his chest with sadness. He wants to talk to Hoseok, tell the fire elemental that he likes him too, but he's never gotten the chance with this cat and mouse game they're playing. Everytime they make eye contact, Hoseok looked away with a regretful look seen in his honey brown eyes.

The same brown eyes Yoongi looked forward to losing himself in every day.

The same eyes he's dreamed about more times than he'd ever be able to count.

As he, Songhee, Hayoon, and Jungkook walk to their area for dinner, Yoongi noticed that Hoseok isn't where he usually sits with SeokJin and his other fire elemental friends. This caused a flower of hope to bloom in Yoongi's chest as he dropped his food on the table, giving Jungkook permission to eat it, and went off to look for Hoseok.

Knowing exactly where he'd find the fire elemental.

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Hoseok hugged his knees as he stared off into the woods, his mind focused on the scenery and away from the thoughts that have been corrupting him since that day with Yoongi.

Since he basically confessed his feelings for the frost elemental.

He would never admit that he was thankful for the combined classes being temporarily cancelled, because he doesn't think his heart could take having to see Yoongi everyday knowing that the elder didn't really like him back.

At least, that's what he thinks.

"I knew i'd find you up here," a deep voice resonated from behind Hoseok, the fire elementals heart rate automatically increasing at the sound.

He apprehensively turned around, forcing a smile on his face, "Hi, Hyung-"

"Why've you been avoiding me?" Yoongi cuts to the chase, avoiding the small talk, he wanted answers and what Yoongi wants Yoongi gets.

"I-"

"Hoseok, if it's because of your confession, or your kinda confession, i'm going to smack you," Yoongi began walking closer to the fire elemental, Hoseok's heart rate picking up even more with every step he made, his mind whirring everywhere but Yoongi's deep brown eyes.

Yoongi was close enough where Hoseok could touch him if he pleased, but not enough where Hoseok could feel the cold that naturally radiated off of him, "because I like you too, dummy."

Hoseok's eyes visibly widened, his throat closing in on him. Min Yoongi? The Min Yoongi? Likes me?

Nonsense.

Yoongi smiled softly, "and you would've known that if you hadn't ran away from me and been avoiding me."

Hoseok was happy, of course he was, his crush liked him back! But that happiness was immediately demolished when his mind spoke for him, "We can't be together, Yoongi."

Yoongi blinked a few times, stepping back a bit as Hoseok stood up, "so you're going to completely ignore the fact you touched me and nothing happened to either of us? That's not something you can just brush off, Hoseok!" Yoongi didn't mean to shout, but he couldn't help it, his emotions were getting the best of him.

Hoseok stared at him, hard, "It's probably because I touched your clothes and not your skin-"

"But I touched your neck and you're perfectly fine!" Yoongi countered, leaving Hoseok silent for a couple seconds.

Yoongi continued, "We touched and nothing happened to us, yet you want to brush that off with the excuses you keep making up. You don't think that's suspicious? Especially the fact Cashel has kept it to himself-"

"Because he probably knows Yang would have both our heads on a silver platter if she knew!" Hoseok stated, his fists clenched and eyes morphing to orange before going back to normal.

Emotions are truly a dangerous thing.

Yoongi took a deep breath, calming himself down, "Seok," he began softly, approaching the fire elemental cautiously, "we touched, made contact with each other, and nothing happened. Does that not seem weird to you?"

"Even if it did, what are we supposed to do? Yoongi, when you touched me you wielded normal ice and now you wield the coldest ice on the planet, and you expect us to be together when you do?" Hoseok inquired, his eyes staring into Yoongi's, "We never will be, because we don't know what could happen. I say it's best we distance ourselves from-"

Yoongi grabbed Hoseok's wrist before the younger could keep talking, his bare hand making direct contact with Hoseok's skin.

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This chapter is real, teehee