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38. Hoseok: Look I'm Nemo

Hoseok's POV

I am not excited for today, we are supposed to be going surfing and I just don't want to, I can't swim, I am afraid of the water. But no one knows, it's embarrassing, I am a grown man that not only doesn't know how to swim, but is too afraid to get in the water to learn properly. We are eating breakfast and Namjoon is running down the schedule for today and I am not really listening.

"Hobi hyung, did you hear me?" Namjoon asks and I sigh.

"No sorry." I tell him and everyone turns to look at me with concern.

"I said that you and Jungkook are partners." Namjoon says and I nod and just look down at the table and continue to eat quietly.

"Hobi are you alright?" Jin asks me and I look up to see everyone still looking at me with concerned faces.

"Yeah, I am okay, why wouldn't I be?" I ask and they all shrug.

"You are just quiet and you aren't our usual hope." Yoongi says and I sigh, not sure how to get out of this conversation without telling my secret.

"I just didn't get much sleep last night." I tell them and they look more concerned.

"Why didn't you get much sleep and are you sure you are going to be okay to do this today, we can reschedule it." Namjoon tells me and everyone nods and I shake my head.

"No I will be okay and I don't know I just couldn't get myself to sleep." I explain and they nod and we finish our breakfast with little mindless conversation and they head out. I am sitting in the backseat next to Jungkook and I can feel myself starting to panic.

"Hyung, are you sure you are alright, your knee is bouncing really fast like you are nervous." Jungkook asks and I nod.
"Yeah, I am just nervous to try something new, I want to be good at it but I am worried I might fail." I say telling only part of the truth and he sighs.

"Hyung this is your first time surfing, don't worry if you aren't good right away." Jungkook tells me and I nod and he smiles and I left to my thoughts once again.

Jungkook's POV

I know that Hoseok is panicking and I know it's not out of the fear of failing. He is afraid of water, I have known for a while and it wasn't that hard to figure it out. I told the rest of the boys as soon as I realized it and they all agreed, the whole point of today was to try to get him to tell us because we want to help him. But instead of telling us he just accepted the plan and is now playing the part of being excited but nervous but he won't admit that he is afraid. I am worried about how this is going to play out cause I am not sure how far he will take it.

"Did he tell you, I saw you guys talking." Yoongi asks after we arrive and get out of the car and I shake my head.

"No but he had a borderline panic attack and I am worried that something bad is going to happen because he won't tell us and he takes it too far." I explain and Yoongi nods.

"JK, I understand why you are worried, but we won't let anything bad happen to Hobi I promise." Yoongi comforts me and I nod and we head into the building to get the equipment. I see that Hoseok is just getting more and more panicked. I walk over to talk to him and I hear him wheezing.

"Hobi hyung maybe you should sit down." I tell him and he nods and sits down. I hear his wheezing turn into broken breaths and tears start to fall down his face and he sounds like he is choking and I don't know what to do.

"Namjoon hyung, I need help Hobi hyung." Is all I can say and everyone's attention turns to us and they see the state that Hoseok is in and they all run over to us and Yoongi takes over.

"Hoseok I need you to breathe, it's a panic attack and I know that because you are panicking about the plan for today. We know Hobi, we know you are afraid of the water." Yoongi tells him and he nods and he starts trying to slow his breathing with Yoongi's help.

Yoongi's POV

I can't believe I blew the secret that we knew but I didn't know what else to say to help him. Hoseok starts to get his breathing under control and his tears start to slow.

"If you knew I was afraid of water why would you plan this?" Hoseok asks me and I shake my head.

"We wanted you to come to us and tell us so we could help you but you weren't so we thought that if we gave you a reason to come to us you would, we didn't expect it to get this far." I explain and he nods.

"It's not that I am scared of the water, I can't swim." He tells us and his cheeks get red.

"Why did you tell us Hobi hyung?" Taehyung asks and he shrugs.

"I thought you would make fun of it, and it's embarrassing." he tells us and I shake my head.

"Hobi we wouldn't have teased you and if you want I can teach you how to swim, like I did with Jimin." Jin tells him and he nods.

"But Hobi, how about today, instead of surfing, we teach you how to swim." I offer and he nods and I nod. We get ready and get into the water and Jin starts teaching Hoseok how to swim as the rest of us swim around but stay close in case they need help. Little by little Hoseok got more comfortable and he now knows how to swim.

"Thank you guys, for teaching me how to swim and not teasing me." Hoseok says as we get in the car to go get dinner, we all nod.

"Yeah Hobi, you learned how to swim today, you are our little Nemo." I say and everyone laughs and we talk about how fun today was as we eat.