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

2022, Jul 24 - Jimin (Party For Jungkook)

(A/N: Loop #1)

[Place: Container town]

The inside of the container was completely decorated. The hamburgers, fries, and drinks that Hoseok hyung brought were set on the table, and Christmasy ornaments were dangling on the walls. Jungkook was sitting in the center.

Only three of the seven cups were filled. Hoseok hyung had left for his part time shift after laying out the food, and Namjoon hyung was coming late after his part-time shift was over. No one could get hold of Yoongi hyung, and Seokjin hyung said he'd come but hadn't shown up yet.

Taehyung sat speechless. Is he still uncomfortable in Namjoon hyung's container? I'd almost dragged him here, but it was impossible to liven up the mood.

This was how we were most of the time after returning from the sea. No one reached out to each other at first, and no one was aware of how the others were doing. Maybe it was inevitable. We were no longer those students who'd ditched school to hang out together. We all had our own set of problems and obligations now. We couldn't afford to disregard them just because we wanted to be together.

As for me, I had to work hard to stay out of the hospital and decide whether I'd go back to school. I had to prove to my parents, as well as myself, that I was okay. I had to make sure that I wasn't a burden for anyone.

After some time, Jungkook hesitantly stood up. I held onto him, saying he should stay a little bit longer and see Namjoon hyung. Jungkook just laughed, saying he'd take a rain check. I couldn't keep him there.

We cleared the table and left the container. We turned on our phones' flashlight function. It was ten-thirty. We parted in front of the container.

As I crossed the railroad and waited for the bus to come, I could see Jungkook and Taehyung walking away in the distance with their flashlights on.

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(A/N: Loop #2)

[Place: Container town]

I opened the container door and walked in to find no one. The air inside, heated by the afternoon sun, rushed out as if it had waited for the door to open. I fumbled to turn on the light. The fluorescent light flickered balefully before the room finally became bright.

I was ten minutes late, but I was the first one there. I turned on the fan and looked at my watch. Ten past seven. What happened to everyone? Did something happen? Were they on their way here or not?

The place looked too empty to have a party. I give a quick look around the place, but there wasn't anything I could use to make the place more presentable for the party. There were some of Namjoon hyung's stuff, but definitely no balloons or party hats.

On some pieces of papers I found, I wrote Welcome, Back, Home and Jungkook, and taped them on the wall, but they only made the place look more pathetic. I should have done a better job writing those words. I regretted it as I straightened the papers on the wall.

I checked the chatroom to make sure that everyone was on their way. Ten more minutes passed. A train passed by shaking the whole container. Seeing the whole world shaking through the open door, I thought back on the day when I had banged open the hospital door and run away.

Could I have done it if Taehyung, Jungkook and all the others weren't there for me? Just because there is a door, an open door, doesn't mean that you can walk through it and step out from where you are. Maybe Seokjin hyung was trapped somewhere. Waiting for someone to knock on the door.

Nothing was certain. I wasn't sure if we could help him. I wished the small pieces of information we had stumbled upon would provide some hints.

While I was thinking of this, the container door finally opened, "There's only you here?" said Yoongi hyung.