𝔸𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 ℍ𝕚𝕤 | 𝕪𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕞𝕚𝕟

Trust

Love and eye contact directly correlate. Studies have been done. Strangers with prolonged eye contact have a significantly high chance of falling in love. MRI machines have proven that your brains literally begin to function in sync; almost as one!

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"I hope everyone heeded my advice and started their morning off with a kiss!" Dr. Nayeon's cheerful voice boomed through the morning lecture hall.

Jin wiggled his eyebrows. "Oh, we did alright."

"I don't wanna know the details," Jimin sleepily grumbled.

Yoongi walked over and lazily pecked the top of Jimin's head before taking a seat next to him. "Just following orders," he offhandedly explained, while Jimin fought the urge to giggle like a schoolgirl over his crush.

"How was your individual therapy session?" Jin asked Jimin. "You looked pretty nervous walking in there the other night."

Jimin waved the implication away. "It was fine. I was more anxious than nervous," he lied.

"Have you seen Hoseok or May?" Namjoon asked from where he was seated next to his husband.

Yoongi shook his head. "They're probably going to be late to the lecture, or maybe skip it entirely like I wanted to."

Jimin smacked him playfully. "If you don't put in the effort, you're not going to reap the results," he quoted from yesterday's session.

"I'm a little concerned for them," Jin continued to gossip. "They had the individual session before us, and neither looked happy leaving it."

"Plus," Namjoon added, "their cabin is on the other side of ours, and we could hear them fighting last night and this morning."

Jimin frowned. "Hopefully they'll work it out. That is why they're here, after all!"

Dr. Nayeon took the lecture stage as the lights dimmed to display the projector. "Trust," she began, "the first of the six foundational keys to a healthy, happy relationship that we will be focusing on this week. If you did not master trust at the beginning of your relationship, then it was doomed to fail from the start. Or perhaps," Dr. Nayeon paused, "you once had trust that has been lost or broken. You see, trust is very delicate. Depending on the person, it can be easy or difficult to earn, but for every single couple here, it only takes one lie, one mistake, or one affair to break years worth of trust."

"So, the question I will be asking you today is this." She flipped the slide and read, "'Do you trust your spouse?'" She continued, "It's okay if you don't, because as hard as it may be, you can rebuild trust. And if that's your goal this week, then I truly hope you achieve it. Now-"

Jimin was distracted from the lecture as Hoseok and May slid into the seats next to him. May was shushing her husband, who appeared to be attempting to hold a conversation with her. There was a thick tension between the two. Jimin didn't dare to ask about it. Hoseok was fidgeting distractedly, and May's eyes were red and puffy. It looked like she had spent the morning crying.