VKOOK: The Fallen and the Wish

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"Okay lol that's lame," Suga hyung complains as he pours the Sprite into V's bottle. Jimin laughs his ass off. "I'm not crazy, I swear!" Taehyung Kim protests. All of them laugh at once until RM enters the hotel room with a tired expression. Suga realizes the torn part of his jacket. "What the hell is that and how did you get it?". RM does not answer, heaving a sigh as he plunges into V's bed with a loud thump. Jimin and V exchange looks, then Jimin shrugs it off. RM does not usually look this tired, but everyone sympathizes. Suga leaves the room in an awkward silence and Jimin follows him from the back like a puppy. V is now left in confusion. He sits next to RM, leans in closer. "Hyung...you can have my bed for the night, I can just-" he hears soft snoring. V cheekily giggles, pulls the covers over his big brother, then leaves the hotel card on the table.

When V is down the corridor, he spots Jungkook immediately. Jungkook is on his phone, smiling at it dearly. "HEYHEYHEY KOOKIE AHH WAIT!" he yells, decking the halls with shouts, alerting the bunny boy. He hugs Jungkook close, clinging on to his jeans, greeting him afterward. "Oh, Taehyung, please don't scare me like that." he jerks. V notices the scar on Jungkook's neck. He dabs his fingers softly on the spot, although he's scared of what's about to be his reaction. Kookie surprisingly moves away. "What happened?Are you okay?" V puts cutely. Jungkook can't help but to look back into his beautiful eyes. "You didn't hear?" Jungkook laughs , he drags his hyung over to his hotel room. Once they get in,V smirks his way into Jungkook's heart. Jungkook sat down on a blue stool and faced his Hyung. "Suga saw it...he saw the scar. And he doesn't approve it." he lifts his arm, a solid, shiny muscle that is torn crimson, V's eyes turn a little purple. His eye vein looks like it's going to pop. The scar is dark and about to heal, but it's long and vicious, attacking one of Jungkook's large veins. Taehyung groans. "I thought it'd be vanished by now." he leans to see closer, but the boy moves away. He covers it back, under cool wool and looks back at him. At this moment, V has no clue on what to do or what to say. He knows what Suga is like, and he sees him changing to be a brighter man, but there has always been a fatherly side to him, always. Suga is always the worried one, besides RM and Jin. But once he sees the blooming depression smeared on the sweet face, he has no choice but to say everything will be okay. He grabs the injured hand, turns it face-front. Jungkook watches as the smart one traces his fingers through the skin, the creases he feels. V knows very well. "Makeup." he murmurs. Jungkook is still perplexed. "The scar you showed me isn't the only one," he explains. Oh, that. Jungkook quickly pulls away. "Hyung, I can explain.." as the bunny finds an answer, V is calm, patient as always. "You don't have to hide, I know you couldn't help yourself, but can you just...try to accept yourself?" he notices Jungkook's sadness fade away in his iris, the old adorable baby boy shedding his skin."Okay, but please don't tell the others." he playfully tucks it under his armpit, making the hyung laugh. They make long eye contact for a good fifteen seconds before Tae drops the stare and moves out, waving on the way.

"Yo, VEEEEE check it," Jimin is along the corridors as he makes a sassy catwalk to the lift. V laughs in a low tone, watching the idiot fall to the ground. J-hope comes in time, out his room with Jin and in boy shorts. He looks over to V, waves a cute hello. He's carrying with him a plastic full of keychains, throws them over to V suddenly. " Open." he points. Tae frowns as he is clearly still confused. " O-pen-e." he says. Taehyung opens the bag and takes one of the keychains in his palm. It's a statue,a picture of himself, standing. " They have all of us in that bag,cool huh?" Jimin walks over and pulls out one of himself, not amused. "Is this mockery?" he aligns his with the one V is holding, suppressing both visuals, the height difference is too obvious. J-hope and V can't help but to laugh. The sun is bright in afternoon and the boys are already out in different shades, Jin and Namjoon is walking hand-in-hand to the souvenir shop and J-hope is wandering around singing' I Need You. Jimin already has his heart and eyes set on V, he knows what he wants to do, how to do it, when to do it. He wants to show how he really felt, but he was shiverring, rooted to the ground when Tae looked back. But there is no turning back now, it's been 8 years, and counting. There is no time to lose, what if tomorrow never comes? Jimin quickly squeezes himself in between both Kook and V, locks his hands with Tae and they start to walk, in no direction. But Tae is focused, he keeps looking over his shoulder for the baby boy, who's clearly not well. He puts on his earphones and tunes the music loud, pitched above the surroundings. V changes his move, then lifts Jimins hands away. "What are you doing.." he suddenly sounds irritated, like a different side of himself. Jimin backs away like a terrified puppy. Something's different about Tae... Meanwhile, Suga is busy checking out the kiosk nearby, picking out the perfect ice cream flavour to fit his mood. He scratches his chin. Vanilla...wait no, that tastes like vomit.. uh choc-AH! he shoves aside the hand on his shoulder. He heaves a sigh of relief. It's just a bunch of fans, impatiently waiting for him to be in the frame of the camera screen. But Suga is unbothered, he just wants his ice-cream. Jimin pops over at the right time, knowing very well that his hyung needs time alone, the fans are rolling in to his side now. RM is all the way at the parking lot. He is closing his eyes, tasting the heat pour over his face like thick honey, warm like the sun. The sensation is intriguing like his feelings, like the flow of the wind. Love never ends..love is just like us.. He hears a voice as shrilling as a goat's coming from his right. He knows who it is, but he doesn't care. The footsteps get louder, until Jin's spit blastes itself onto RM's neck. He staggeres away from the tired alpaca. Jin has a sheep-wool sweater over his head, panting loudly. "I've been searching..for you..everywhere." he huffs. RM just smiles to himself. "Hey, do you remember the times when we made songs together? Before BTS was just..it was.." RM's voice dies down, cut by Jin's. "Just..us?" he looks over at him. Jin's heart is beating too fast in his chest but he keeps it controlled. They watch over the horizon in silence, just the sound of Jin's loud panting. He stabilizes himself. RM is cool, he just wants to know if Jin forgot. "I miss the old times." Jin finally says. RM continues to keep his head straight,but nods. When life had it's limits, Jin and RM was together like an inseperable bonds. Like partners, they stood their ground and made music together. Somehow RM felt their bond evaporating and caught up between a net once they formed BTS. Now it's all work, work and more work. Jin has been keeping a question to himself lately, but it seems he doesn't know Namjoon anymore to the point that he is afraid to talk. And he seems so busy lately with mixtapes and inspirations he appears to be occupied. Jin holds a hand out to reach his, but RM doesn't seem to notice. He pulls it back, casually looks up and brushes the hand at the back of his neck. The skies are heavy and the clouds seem to form into one. "We have to go back now, it's going to rain." Namjoon faces Jin finally and they move back into the car. "Where's the rest?" he asks. Jin shrugs. "Jhope is at the kiosk with Suga, Jimin is with a few fans, V is with Kook.." his voice trails off. They start to panic, RM starts to break in cold sweat. "No, nonono...." he and Jin rush out, finding the two love birds. They know very well when Tae and Jungkook are together, nothing goes right, everything leads to risk; like the last time Tae ended up in a tree and Jungkook went missing for a good two hours. That was just last week. Jin asks the rest to search for them while RM goes up to the nearby stalls to check up on the last place they went. A cameraman is sitting by himself, sipping on a cup of hot coffee, he reports that he's seen Kook and Tae on the way to the playground underneath the bridge. Yep, RM says to himself. That's them.