BTS HYYH Notes (Book 1, 2, BUS Game) // COMPLETE [Part 2]

2022, Jul 16 - Hoseok (With Jungkook)

[Place: Hospital]

I turned the pages of the sketchbook one by one. We were smiling together in the classroom-turned-storage room, in the tunnel, and against the backdrop of the sea.

Jungkook was lying alone on an asphalt road. Blood was streaming down the road. The large moon hung high in the night sky.

"Are you hurt?"

I looked back and saw Jungkook coming into his patient room. I danced with my ankle wrapped in a pressure bandage, and now a plaster cast was around that ankle.

"I seem to be in a better shape than you." I deliberately showed a dramatic reaction to his words and said that his health was unbeatable.

Jungkook said he'd undergo a thorough checkup the next week and be able to go home after that if there were no problems. I decided that we should throw him a party.

(A/N: Throwback)

We'd had a party at Namjoon's container on the day Jimin escaped from the hospital, with hamburgers and cola and cake that Seokjin hyung brought. (A/N: Refers to HYYH On Stage Prologue and RUN MV)

We fought over who got to wear the only party hat until it was crushed. We smeared that expensive cake all over each other's faces. Namjoon complained that he'd have to clean up the mess all by himself.

But it was fun. The seven of us finally got together for the first time after we left high school. We laughed at every word and every movement. Every minute together was exhilarating and exciting even though we didn't say or do much. I had wanted to make a day like this. A day we met and laughed together again.

(A/N: End of throwback)

"Hyung, that night..." Jungkook started to say as we got off the elevator and headed for the front door of the hospital. His gaze was fixed on something outside. He didn't seem to actually be looking at anything. He was just blinking his eyes as if trying to dig up an old memory. "Does Seokjin hyung talk about that night? I mean, has he said that he saw me or...?" Jungkook stopped talking.

"Seokjin hyung? Saw you? Where?" I asked, but he didn't open his mouth again.

"You're a good person, right?" Jungkook asked me before we parted.

"Stop talking nonsense." I tapped him on his shoulder playfully and waved goodbye. I quickly bent my steps.

Am I a good person? Growing up, I'd been told that I was a bright and cheerful kid. I used to be told that I was sensitive and impressionable. Did that mean I was a good person? I'd never given it a thought before.

I looked back and saw him still standing at the entrance and looking up at the cloudy sky.