Hope | Yoonseok

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"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Kahlil Gibran

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Jungkook finally stopped running, catching his breath. He put his hands on his knees, looking up to see the lights of the store going off. Eventually two figures left the store, locking the door and waving each other goodbye.

There he was, in a tight black shirt and black skinny jeans, removing the scarf his boss made them wear so customers could recognize them. Jungkook pulled a short sprint again, ending up right in front of Seokjin. Seokjin was busy stuffing things away in his backpack, not bothering to look up to who he was talking to. "I'm sorry sir we just closed up the sho-" He finally looked, his eyes meeting Jungkook's. "What are you doing here?"

"What my mom told you is a lie." He blurted out, not knowing how else he could've brought it up. Seokjin tried to play it off, standing up straight and swinging his backpack around his shoulder. "I have no clue what you are talking about." He tried walking past Jungkook but he stopped him. "My mom owed up to it, please be honest with me." He had grabbed both of Seokjin's hands, giving him a pleading look. "Jin please..." Jungkook sunk down on his knees, holding his hands tightly.

"Get off your knees idiot!" He tried pulling Jungkook back on his feet but the boy didn't budge. "Be honest with me."

"About what!?" Seokjin snapped at him, his eyes filling with tears. Jungkook gulped, blinking away his own tears. "Do you still love me?"

"That- That doesn't matter, you are seeing other people and-"

"It does matter. Do you? Do you love me?" A silence washed over the two of them, Jungkook looked up at him with desperation. "I'm not seeing anyone anymore, please just answer me Jinnie." Seokjin slowly lowered his gaze, looking at their hands that just seemed to fit perfectly together. "I do." The words finally flowed out of Seokjin's mouth. The tears that had been building up in his eyes spilled over, making their way down and splashing down on their hands. "You do?" Jungkook made their eyes meet again, Seokjin softly nodded his head.

A small smile made it's way on Jungkook's face before he jumped up, lifting Seokjin off the ground. He let out a small squeak before wrapping his limbs around Jungkook, for the first time allowing himself to burst out in tears and sobbing.

"I love you, so so much." Jungkook's voice got muffled by Seokjin's body being pressed against his. They were holding each other like lovers that were separated for decades and found their way back to each other. "I love you too." Seokjin choked out while Jungkook put him back on his feet. "Let's promise each other that we will talk everything out from now on... Not letting the other wonder what went wrong."

"I promise." Seokjin sniffled, wiping away the stray tear that had escaped Jungkook's eye. Jungkook's hands were still tightly wrapped around Seokjin's waist, he carefully leaned in, brushing their lips against each other.

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Hoseok plopped down next to Yoongi, wrapping his arm around him. "That was... Wow..." Hoseok breathed out, still on cloud 9. Yoongi softly chuckled with his eyes closed, slightly stretching out. "You lasted long for your first time." He peeked one eye open to look at Hoseok's expression after his teasing. Hoseok had an amused smile on his face. "Can't say the same for you." Yoongi smacked Hoseok's chest playfully. "You can tease me when I no longer have to guide you through every step." Hoseok softly huffed. "Fine."

Hoseok pulled his arm away but Yoongi grabbed it. "Hoseok I think you have something on your a-" Mortified, Hoseok quickly pulled his arm back. Yoongi looked over at his boyfriend with disbelief. "Baby why didn't you tell me?" Yoongi felt like an idiot, not having noticed them at all until now.

"They're old." Yoongi sat up, grabbed Hoseok's arm and softly trailed his fingers over it. "They don't look old- You should've told m-"

"I said they're old!" Hoseok raised his voice, making Yoongi cower in fear. The look in Yoongi's eyes told him enough, he screwed up. "Fuck, angel I'm so sorry." Hoseok reached out for him but Yoongi smacked his hand away and quickly got dressed. "Yoongi-" Hoseok tried but he had already stormed out of the room, heavy footsteps being heard down the stairs.

Hoseok quickly got up, dressing himself before running after him. "Yoongi please listen to me!"

Yoongi harshly pulled the door open, startling Seokjin and Jungkook who were about to enter. "Oh Yoongi- I didn't know y- Hey where are you going?" He had pushed past them, storming down the street and hauling over the first taxi he spotted.

Hoseok helplessly looked from the doorway, watching the car drive away. "Hobi what the fuck happened?"

"I- .... I messed up."

"Yeah well duh." Jungkook motioned towards the road, earning a smack from Seokjin. "Too early." He hissed, he shoved Hoseok back into the house and pulled Jungkook along with him. "You better start explaining Jung Hoseok."