freckles

* chapter forty three *

"Will you be okay?" Yoongi held Eliot in his lap, watching Claudette fix her hair in the mirror.

"Yeah... yeah I'll be okay." Claudette paused her movements, locking eyes with Yoongi through the mirror. "It's just a flight..."

"We got you a first class ticket, and I can call the airport to help you with international-"

"No no." Claudette interrupted him. "That's too much of a bother, I'll be okay. I did it successfully during my flight here, I can do it on the way home." She smiled reassuringly at Yoongi and pulled at the sweatshirt she was wearing. "Can I keep this?"

"Yeah, it's all yours." Yoongi nodded, laying back on her bed, tired. "Do you want anymore?"

"No it's alright." Claudette walked around for a little bit before finally closing her suitcase. "You, Jungkook, and Taehyung gave me sweatshirts and I can hardly close my suitcase oh my goodness." She laughed, sitting on her suitcase, getting the two sides of the zipper to finally touch.

"Hey," Namjoon knocked on the door, smiling at the two. "We're leaving in twenty."

"Okay!" Claudette beamed, zipping her suitcase, Yoongi grunting an 'okay.'

Claudette stood up from her suitcase, looking at Yoongi, watching his chest rise and fall with each breath he took, Eliot's head on his arm. She studied his face, how peaceful he looked.

She wanted to say something, but she didn't quite know what to say. She didn't think they were close enough yet to just lay on him, even though she really wanted to...

What to say-

"I'll call a lot." Yoongi spoke up, knowing the silence was getting a bit weird. "So much you're going to want to block me."

"No one ever talks to me, I'll never block you." Claudette smiled, hugging herself as Yoongi finally sat up.

"Come here." He motioned for her, him sitting on the side of the bed so his feet could hang off. "Hey," He held her face with both of his hands, their eyes not leaving each other, "I'm going to miss you, a lot. And I know this will be a change for you, so make sure you talk to me if you ever have questions or are confused. If you need a break, I'll respect that and your choices. Just don't forget I'm always one call or text away. Hell, I'm one flight away as well."

Claudette held his hands against her face, smiling sadly. "Yoongi..."

"I will make time for you, I will postpone things to visit you. Nothing is too expensive when it comes to you, okay?" Yoongi leaned his forehead against her, Claudette's eyes slowly closing while he studied her freckles. "You matter so much to me Claudette, and I'm not going to disappoint you as your boyfriend."

Claudette is a one of a kind, it wasn't difficult for Yoongi to see this. Saying these words to her was not weird, and it wasn't hard, it was what needed to be said. She has such a pure and gentle soul. And the excitement and wonder she holds in her eyes, it left Yoongi wondering if this was her soul's first life on earth.

And if it was, he wanted to show her the wonders of this beautiful world.

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Claudette took a deep breath, looking out at the security of the airport. She turned around, Eliot in her arms, the suitcase beside her.

"The flight will be super smooth and go by so fast." Namjoon reassured her and her slight fear of crash. "You can use those headphones Jungkook got you, they'll block out the sounds around you and make sure you only hear the music."

"You understand how the music app works, right?" Taehyung asked, his hands in his pockets. "Press the arrows to shuffle, the pause and play buttons..."