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two weeks later

"so.. he's getting help now?" yoongi asked.

yoongi was over at jimin's house, so the two of them could hang out. jimin was busy trying to explain everything that had happened with hoseok to yoongi.

"yeah. he's staying at some sort of clinic right now, so the doctors can evaluate him and stuff. it sucks, though. i miss him. i miss hanging out, and seeing him at work. he's like... he's one of my best friends. i just want him to be happy again. like he used to be."

"how long have you guys know each other?"

"years. since we were like fourteen."

"wow. that must be tough."

"yeah, just a little," jimin said, laughing sarcastically.

"well, i know i don't know this hoseok guy, but i hope he gets better soon."

jimin just smiled and flung himself down onto yoongi, pretending to sleep on his legs.

namjoon walked out of the kitchen and saw the two boys almost cuddling. he walked over and leaned jimin upwards so he was sitting up. he then placed a soft, firm kiss to jimin's lips. when he broke away, he gave yoongi a look, and started walking away.

"don't worry, joon. i'm not trying to get with jimin. we're just friends."

"yeah, okay. that's coming from the guy who was dating my girlfriend while we were in a relationship."

"hey, i didn't know about that."

"whatever. paws off my boyfriend."

"joonie~" jimin whined, standing up and walking over to him,

"be nice. he's my friend," jimin said, wrapping his arms around his shoulders and leaning up for a quick peck.

namjoon sighed, coming to his senses.

"yoongi, i'm sorry. i'm being a dick."

"don't worry about it. i get it."

"you guys have fun, okay?" namjoon said, walking into his room and shutting the door behind him.

joon instantly cracked the door back open and peered his head out, "but not too much fun."

"joonie!" jimin said, laughing and throwing a pillow at him.

"alright, alright," he said, going back in the room.

"i don't know if i ever said this, but i'm really happy that everything worked out with you and joon. i know how hard that was on you," yoongi said.

"thanks. it definitely wasn't easy."

"yeah, but look at him now. he's fucking crazy about you."

"you think so?" jimin asked, smiling.

"fucking head over heels."

-

"babe, where are you going?" namjoon asked, groggily, pulling his head up from the bed.

it was around two o'clock in the morning and jimin was supposed to be asleep.

"s-sorry, joonie. i didn't mean to wake you up," jimin said, standing a few inches away from the bed.

"it's fine. what are you doing?"

"i can't sleep. i was just gonna check if i got any.... messages from hobi."

"jimin, we talked about this. you gotta give the boy some space. he's hurting. he needs time to work on himself and get better."

"i-i know. i-i'm just- i'm worried about him."

"i know you are," joon said, standing up and walking over to him, "that's one of the reasons i love you so much, you're so caring," namjoon said, leaning in and kissing him lightly," but you have to start focusing on yourself a little bit. it's terrible what hoseok is going through, but he's gonna be alright. you need to stop worrying so much. i don't like seeing you like this."

"joonie, do you think it's my fault?"

"your fault? why on earth would it be your fault?"

"it's just... he- he liked me. a lot. i sort of rejected him. then after i rejected him, we sort of kissed for a while and-"

"what? you guys kissed? i though he was like... your best friend?"

"yeah, he is. it's just... it was when you and me were having all those problems and i was mad and- and i messed up. i used him. i used him when he expected me to be there for him. when he needed me most."

"jimin, what he chose to do isn't your fault. you know that, right?"

"i-i don't know. i just- i feel terrible. i can't get him out of my head and i can't stop thinking about it-"

"stop. please. jimin, i hate seeing you like this. what hoseok did... that was his decision. i know it's hard for you to wrap your head around it, but it's not your fault. you just have to figure out how to forgive yourself and move on."

"how am i supposed to do that? how can i stop thinking about it... about him?"

"you just need to distract yourself. focus on something that makes you happy."

it was silent for a few more moments and jimin eventually looked up at him, a slight look of interest on his face.

"so... you're saying i should focus on you?" jimin asked, lowly, smiling for the first time that night.

namjoon laughed, cupping the boys face and caressing his soft skin with his thumbs.

"that's not what i meant."

"i don't care," jimin said, edging his face closer to joon's, "you're what makes me happy."

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