TAEJIN ONE-SHOTS

ASHES 3

"Yoongi, I saw him! I can't be mistaken. It's really Taehyung!" Seokjin exclaimed as they walked in their shared home. Hoseok put the towel down that he uses to wipe his wet hand and went to listen to Seokjin.

"Come again?" Yoongi asked wide eyed as soon as he heard the name.

"Kim Taehyung! You know ... my supposed to be soulmate."

"Holy Shit!" Hoseok said.

Yoongi glared at him. "Language, Hobi."

"Sorry, can't help it." He said and shrugged. He went on Seokjin's side and guided him to sit on the couch.

"He is here, he saw me. He even called me by my name." Seokjin spoke wearily. "I don't know what to do! I just can't keep calm and not think about this, Yoongi, Hoseok. Just by seeing him, the memories of that day came back. The same pain, fear and ... and things I can't name comes back. I thought ... I-I thought I am okay, that I already moved on, that I can live peacefully and happy, but when I saw him, I felt like everything went back to zero."

Seokjin's tears fell. His two friends held his hand and let him pour his heart out.

"I thought I will never see his face again. we were separated by fate and now ... he's here. I didn't plan what I should do, how I shall act or what to say to him when we meet. I was not prepared for this. What should I do?"

Hoseok wiped his tears for him and smiled gently. Seokjin heard Yoongi sighed. They all don't know what to do. They know how hard this is for Seokjin. They saw him suffer the first year he was with them. He is sleepless, always having nightmares, and he will cry himself to sleep. Yoongi was the one who always helped him calm down. He will stay beside Seokjin not doing anything, not speaking, just making his presence known fully aware that words can't comfort their newfound friend. He will just stay there sitting on Seokjin's bed with a book in his hands or playing the guitar beside him. That will instantly even out Seokjin's breathing and help him go to sleep.

Hoseok on the other hand, he knows how to take Seokjin's mind off of things when the morning comes, he will tell Seokjin funny stories that Hoseok experienced in his work, or throwback tales from his childhood. That will instantly make Seokjin smile and listen more. Hoseok will cheer him up by dancing goofily around him and their harmonious laugh will echo throughout the house waking Yoongi up who will instantly smile at them. Seokjin is ever so grateful for these two, because if not for them, he probably is dead by now. They never forced him to talk, they just listened and accepted what he can offer and what he will tell until the day he is ready.

"Jinnie," Yoongi spoke his nickname, a name that the two made up for him saying that he is their practice child. Seokjin kept telling them that he hated the name, but the three of them knows that he likes it. "Maybe this is the opportunity for you to make peace with your past and have a closure."

"Or maybe ..." Hoseok spoke and looked at Yoongi before glancing back at Jin. "this is fate connecting you two together."

Yoongi knitted his forehead. Hoseok knows how protective he gets when it comes to Seokjin – his best friend and second, if not tied places with Hoseok as his most favorite person on Earth. "That is just ridiculous!" Yoongi exclaimed,

"Don't you use that term on me." Hoseok said gently but firmly. "You were head over heels with Jimin before too."

"That was in the past! And I never did horrible things to you." Yoongi mumbled. Seokjin sniffled and looked at the two. His eyes are now puffy, and his lips are swollen.

"The point is, I have given you a chance when you ran after me here in Paris."

Seokjin knew their story, of course, Yoongi is in a relationship before with his high school sweetheart, Jimin. It was not until college that he knew Hoseok was his soulmate. He kept rejecting Hoseok at first not knowing that the man had slowly stole Yoongi's heart without him knowing about it. Hoseok got tired and went to Paris to work and forget Yoongi and live a loveless life, but Yoongi soon realized what he feels and ran after him. And now, they are soon to be married.