Sixteen

Piper sat sunken down in Naomi's beanbag type chair in the corner of her room. She hadn't moved in what it felt like hours as she stared at the floor. She had almost become one with it. 

Naomi had switched on and off too many shows to count, yet her interest was too peaked with her phone and obviously Namjoon. 

Piper couldn't get Yoongi's face out of her mind. Every time she thought back to what happened a few hours ago, her anxiety would increase. She still couldn't understand what had happened and she thought she was beginning to lose her mind because there was no way. 

The one thing she thought would never happen, but always hoped, almost happened?

"Piper?" A soft voice made her return back to reality as she looked around the room."Are you okay? You've been quiet all night." Naomi stared right at her. 

"Hm? Oh. Yeah, I'm fine." Piper smiled a little. "Sorry, my mind is elsewhere."

"What are you thinking about?" Naomi asked.

Thinking about how she could've possibly just kissed her brother. Thinking about how she's had these feelings for her brother all of this time she's known her. Thinking about how she's insane for even having those feelings. 

"School." Piper lied. "Need to remember I've got an essay due in next week." 

Naomi nodded at her as she sat up on her bed. 

"You'll get it done, don't stress." Naomi told her, but her tone didn't seem believable. She ran her eyes over Piper before she hid a small smirk.

Piper nodded in response as she lifted her phone. 

It was almost midnight.

"Come on, we should get some sleep." Naomi tamed her freshly washed hair into a satin scrunchie before throwing her duvet down. 

"Yeah." Piper nodded. "I'm going to go brush my teeth." She stood up and looked around the room. 

"Your toothbrush is in the first drawer." Naomi pointed to her shelves as she slid in between her sheets. 

Piper plucked her blue toothbrush with a purple cap on top from the drawer and smiled. She had an extra of mostly everything with staying over. 

She walked into the hallway and closed over Naomi's door before she turned. Once she began to walk down the hallway, she approached Yoongi's room. She hesitated at first but when she saw no light on underneath, she assumed he'd still be downstairs or sleeping. 

She walked into the bathroom and pressed the light switch on with the palm of her hand. The bright light made her squint a little as she looked at herself in the mirror. No makeup, her under eyes a little tired and her cheeks were a little flushed. 

She'd also just realized she still had Yoongi's hoodie on and she'd not moved from that spot in Naomi's room for almost four hours. No wonder Naomi was looking her over.

Piper grabbed the tube of toothpaste and squirted a blob onto her toothbrush before running it under the water. She stuffed the toothbrush into her mouth and sighed as she started to brush her teeth before the door opened a little more and she turned with wide eyes and her mouth hanging open.

Yoongi stopped once he saw her. 

"Oh sorry. I thought Naomi had left the light on again." He glanced to the floor before looking up at Piper. 

He had a long sleeved baggy shirt on and sweatpants that looked like they'd seen better days.

Piper couldn't say anything. She had a mouth full of minty foam. Where would she go?

She held her hand out towards the sink. "Go a head." She mumbled before she took a step back and tried to fit herself into the corner of the room. 

Yoongi stared at her for a moment, hesitating before he sighed. He walked over to the sink and picked up a toothbrush before putting toothpaste on it. 

The two of them stood in silence, with nothing but the sound of teeth getting brushed and tension. A lot of unspoken words. 

"You don't have to stand in the corner, I won't maul you..." Yoongi sighed as he glanced at Piper through the mirror in front of them.

"Just giving you room." Piper mumbled as she folded one hand over her chest and continued to brush. She watched as Yoongi's tall frame stood bent over the sink, the front pieces of his hair hung forward and shook around. 

When he glanced up, she tore her eyes from him before he could catch her. 

She tried to look everywhere in the bathroom but forward, as she tried to not make it obvious the toothpaste in her mouth was drying out. She quickly took a step forward and freshened the water before continuing.

Yoongi stood up and he glanced down at her. 

Piper turned away. 

He sighed as he finished up and threw his toothbrush into the holder. The plastic hitting off of each other hard enough to make a sound. 

"I'm sorry about earlier." He told her. 

Piper still refused to look at him.

"I didn't mean to pull you, or hurt you - " 

"You didn't hurt me." Piper cut him off. She finished up what she was doing before she sat her hand down onto the counter.

"My head...has been so full for a while..." Yoongi began as he took a step towards Piper. "...instead of listening to it tonight, I listened to my heart." 

"Yoongi - " Piper shook her head.

"Please. I need to say this." He pleaded quietly. 

"What are you talking about?" Piper closed over her eyes.

"Piper you're a smart girl...you've thought about it too..." He told her, almost in a whisper. His hand moved forward a little as his fingers slightly brushed against Pipers. 

Piper widened her eyes. She moved her hand towards his, just slight. Their fingers sitting between each other waiting to fully connect. 

There was silence between them as Piper finally looked up at him. He looked back at her as a small smile sat in the corner of his lips. His eyes, soft.She had thought about it. Too many times.

"Shorty - " He whispered to her as he leaned his other hand out forward, brushing it against the fabric of the hoodie she was wearing as it hung on her frame. " - I'm not crazy right?"

Piper contemplated two things. She'd initiate by lifting her face towards him, or stand and wait for him to do it. 

"You're not crazy." She quietly told him, surprising herself. His eyes widened but as if right on cue, Piper's mind went blank and she could only imagine Naomi's face. Imagine walking into your bathroom and seeing your brother and your best friend. 

Piper shook her head as she pulled her hand back. 

"What are you doing?" She asked him. "What are we doing?" She ran her hands over her face as she took in a deep breath. "This is crazy." She told him. 

"Piper, we should - " He turned and reached out to her but she walked over to the door, shaking her head. 

"We should to get some sleep." She interrupted him. "I'm sure tomorrow...will have more sense, goodnight." She turned back to him before she continued down the hallway before disappearing into Naomi's room.

Yoongi turned and got a glance of his disappointment in the mirror in front of him. He shook his head as he sighed, running his hands through his hair before clasping his fingers at the base of his neck.