EIGHT8

09 Fix

"You miss Jieun noona,hyung?"

Jimin's question this morning still plugged in his head which is made him overthinking until now.

'Jieun noona. Yoongi hyung's wife.'

'He miss her. So much,I could see it.'

'Jimin even mention about his nephew yesterday,like they never meet him.'

Sounds weird if they knew that he's overthinking of such a thing when he has no relatives with them. But yet, he's concern.

How could he not? When-

"Hobi~" The soft voice calling for him from behind. Not even turn around to know who's the owner of voice since he know it well.

"Yeah noona." He still looking through out the window with he's sitting on the edge of his bed.

IU settling on beside him and throw her sight to the window too. "You said you wanna talk? I'm here."

Hoseok call for her after he goes out from Jimin's room. He need to talk about something. The things that he should do to make the things right.
He slowly fishing up his phone from the side pocket of his shorts then unlock it. With a couple of touchs and scrolls, he show it to his cousin who patiently waiting.

"Wait Hobi-" she anxiously trying to react of the picture he showed her. A wedding picture,of a guy named Min Yoongi and the bride who dearly in his arm. A picture who talk a lot of means to someone.

Can't even finished it Hoseok snap first. "Noona he needs you!"

Eyes blurry and lips stutter. "W-who?" Asking innocently but full of anxious.

"Drop the acting noona. Yoongi hyung need you,he need his wife back. He need to know the truth. I can't,I really can't to see any of you suffering from hiding and faking identity." Hoseok's words firm,as his voice. He's serious on this. He need to let it out now,he know he need to fix something here.

"Madame Jung Ai- No,Lee Jieun. Please,just face him as Lee Jieun and tell him the truth." Her heart break into pieces looking at her cheerful cousin who always stay beside her for whatever weather they're in,who's now filling his eyes with sad unshed crystal tears and determined just because of her.

"You know what's my purpose to working with Min's,noona? It's him,Yoongi,to know him better if he deserves you or not. And he did. Now I knew him for long enough that I can say that he's change,he need you. He miss you a lot noona. So please- stop hiding."

Jieun teary eyes now dropping pearl of tears with her mouth still mum shut.

"He love you,Yoongi still love you. And he need to know that Jungko-"

"As if he know that Kookie is his son,will he accept him after what he said five years ago? I guess not. He's ego will lead him to not eat his own words Hobi." She mutter it with whole broken heart she felt through these years.

"He don't want me to carry his child so what the use to let him know? Nothing." Each words she spill,she can't stand the tears from falling down drastically. Talking in sobbing between, Hoseok know that Jieun's hurting.

"You know Hobi,he didn't even look fond when he saw me this morning for the first time. He look shocked but yet didn't respond like he's happy. E-even when I introduced myself as IU. Y'know it's hurt Hobi,it's hurt." Jieun's cheeks fully in wet by tears even when she swipe it away with her back of hand.

Hoseok looking at his crying cousin sympathy. Because he know that Jieun is still and always love her husband even after those five years being apart. And he also know that Jieun is hurting by Yoongi words that too hard to find the rationality and hard to describe the pain.

His brows knitted in concern. Leaning forward to get Jieun in his embrace,and let her crying in comfort. Once she lean on him and wrapped her hands around Hoseok,finally he can drop his own tears behind Jieun's sight. Cause he can't cry in front of her when he should be the one who be her strength.

"I'm afraid Hobi. What if he still hate me? What if he can't accept me,nor Jungkook?" She mutter in sobbing that just heard more like whisper trough his ears.

Hoseok close his eyes tightly trying to hold himself from break his voice into crying too.
"He'll accept you noona cause he love you. He always do."

'He love you.'

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After a couple of minutes cuddling in flooding tears,Jieun pull away from Hoseok and straighten herself. Face looks puffy and eyes swollen,fresh from crying for the whole 20 minutes.

Hoseok pat Jieun's shoulder lightly make her to look at him. "I'll help you find your courage noona. So let's take this chance to make a true appearance."

Jieun nodding with a weak grin plastered. She felt really grateful to has a cousin like him who always support her no matter what. Jieun even has thought once as if Hoseok was not her relative,she will marry him and move on from Yoongi. 'What a joke Jieun.' She slip a funny smile unnoticed when the memory playing in her mind.

"What're ya thinking noona? Something good huh?" Hosoek ask in tease.

Jieun chuckle at his words. Could only nodding in smile while looking at her cousin. "I'll go out with Kookie today to his Korean class. So let's talk bout this later again."

"Kay." Hoseok reply as soon as Jieun stand up from his bed and walk out from his room's door.

Realising her footsteps now are here to be heard,he mutter. "Now everything will be fine."

'I don't need to be a middle guy anymore. Let's stop hurting each other noona,you need Yoongi as well as he's.'

'And stop hurting me from loving you more than a sister,noona.'

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With relief smile plastered on her face,walking pass the door's room. Jieun close Hoseok's door right after she got out of it.

'I miss you too,Yoongi.'

Turn her head to the left, leading to Jungkook's room right across her eyes. But before she could take another step forward, a blue ornament vast at the corridor took her attention.

It never have any flowers fill it since it's only an ornament that Hoseok bought at Beijing four years ago.

"Buttercup?" She mutter in confused. 'Who put it there by the way?'

"Pure soul." The sudden voice jolt her in pace. Turning her back to face the owner voice slowly. As her eyes catch the sudden figure,she could feel her heart going crazy and also her mind.
"J-Ho -Hoseok's birth flower. And the meaning of it is pure soul." He slip a smile showing his gummy, sweet.

Jieun rubbing her nape awkwardly. "O-oh. I never know 'bout it."

'Where on earth he just show up!'

Unexpectedly he chuckling at her behaviour. "It's not a big matter though." She only nodding at his confront. "By the way is Hoseok inside?"

Still catching her guard. Too casual and he lost his formality too. This is not Yoongi she met that morning. This one is, someone she miss,perhaps.

"Yeah he is." She realise her heart racing just now and one thing she can only do is run. "I-I'll get going. See you then." Jieun take a step backward before turning to face her back to him. But can't avoid his eye-contact that smile nicely towards her.

"See ya too~"

Gentle. His voice,his expression,his vibe. Jieun not even sure of what kind of feeling she felt but one thing she realize, she miss him badly. She miss this kind of Yoongi,her dear husband. Even if she don't know how to trust him again. Cause she just scared. Afraid that her nightmare will rewind twice.

Love you so bad, Love you so bad
-but i'm afraid if this Fake Love~