Hope | Yoonseok

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"The quiet but inexorable breaking down of self-esteem is much more sinister - it’s violation of the soul."

Rachel Abbott,

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Tw / mention of abuse and rape
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Hoseok held Yoongi's hand while he was picking out some groceries his mom had sent them out for. Yoongi reached for a bag of chips and turned to look at Hoseok. "Should we sneak some chips along with it?" Hoseok laughed, putting the bag in the basket he was holding. "I'll pay for it so your mom won't beat your ass."

"Wow. So romantic." Yoongi smiled, leaning up to peck Hoseok's cheek. "What else does your mom need?"

"....Oh no she wants beans again. I'm sick and tired of it." They turned the corner to enter another aisle before Yoongi pulled Hoseok back. "What's wrong?"

Yoongi looked behind him and saw a can of beans, stuffing it in the basket. "Can you go to the cashier register?" He pushed the money his mother had given to Hoseok. "What why?"

"Just, please do it." Yoongi put his mask up and his hood all over his eyes before quickly passing back out through the entrance. Hoseok looked confused but headed towards the check out anyway. "Good afternoon." Hoseok smiled to the cashier, putting the groceries down.

"Are you taking good care of him?" The cashier scoffed. Hoseok looked taken aback. "Excuse me?"

"Yoongi." Hoseok looked at the cashier's face before looking down at his nameplate, Hyeonjun. "Do I know you?"

"No, but I know your little boyfriend VERY well." Hoseok furrowed his brow. "Just do your job will you?" Hyeonjun scoffed, scanning the groceries. Hoseok handed off the money before quickly packing up the stuff and exiting the store. He met up with Yoongi outside of the store who quickly started walking back home. "Do you know a Hyeonjun?" Hoseok asked when running after Yoongi. "Yes."

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"He's here." Yoongi announced once they entered the home. "Who?" Taehyung put his laptop aside. "Hyeonjun."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Taehyung stood up and walked over towards Yoongi. Hoseok awkwardly walked towards the kitchen to give Yoongi's mom her bag of groceries. "What's the commotion all about?" She asked, looking at a panicked Yoongi with a frustrated Taehyung. "Oh uhm, he said something about Hyeonjun being here-"

"He's here?" She dropped the cookie she had been eating, Hoseok reached down to pick it back up. "Uh yeah, who's he?"

"An awful, awful boy." She said before walking past Hoseok to her son. "Thanks... that's... that's very helpful." Hoseok muttered under his breath.

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Yoongi layed sprawled out in his bed, Hoseok making his homework on the side of the bed. After a while Hoseok sighed, throwing his stuff to the side. "Can I ask you something?" Yoongi hummed, still looking at the ceiling. "Who's Hyeonjun to you?" Yoongi froze up before sighing deeply. "Ex."

"And why is it such a big deal that he's here?"

"You wouldn't understand."

"Well how about you start explaining, I might suprise you." Yoongi sat up, looking at Hoseok with a saddened look. "I guess you deserve to know what's going on." He scooted closer to Hoseok, grabbing his hand.

"I was 14 when I started dating him and was mentally already kinda.... bad, due to all of the bullying and teasing." Hoseok nodded, paying all of his attention to what Yoongi had to say. This was the first time he was opening up about his past. "At first he was everything you could ask for, kind, caring, funny, smart... but then a switch flipped and he became... abusive. He started beating and degrading me... and told me if I ever told anyone they would no longer love me. He manipulated me into shutting up and I just accepted it for nearly three years." He took a deep breath, his breath shaking when breathing out.

Hoseok rubbed his thumb over the back of Yoongi's hand in an attempt to make him feel better. "I trusted him Hoseok... And once he got everything that he needed he left me, more broken than I had ever been before. It already suprised me that I could open up to you so quickly, it hasn't been very long.... At most a year." Hoseok nodded, he looked at Yoongi's eyes and saw that there was something more. "What more has he done?" Yoongi bit his lips tears threatening to spill. "He continuously raped me."

Hoseok immediately pulled Yoongi in for a hug, rubbing his back. "I'm so sorry angel. I promise you I will do everything to protect you." Yoongi dug his face in Hoseok's neck. "I know." He mumbled.

For some reason, ever since he had met Hoseok... He just knew, he could trust him with his life. But perhaps not with all the details of it...