Know Yourself [] PJM & MYG/ Yoonmin []

Chapter 12: Struggle

"What do you mean 'things are gonna get shitty'?" Jimin asked their leader, body rigid in Yoongi's arms.
Another sigh escaped Namjoon's plump lips, "Bang PD-nim read the story. He believed my explaination though. That Yoongi-hyung and Jiminie have been working on a song to surprise our fans."
Jungkook tilted his head in confusion, curious bunny, "Then what's the Shitty part?"
"Yoongi-ah and Jiminie need to produce a song and submit it to Bang PD-nim in a week," Namjoon replied slowly.
"What?!" Yoongi sprang from the couch, "A week?! I'm not a fucking robot! How the hell am I supposed to write, compose, produce, and record a duet in a fucking week?!"
"You won't," Jimin said, his eyes meeting Yoongi's, full of determination. "I-I know I'm not as good with m-music as the others but... I'll help you. I'll do whatever I can."
Yoongi took Jimin's hand, squeezing it lightly, and sharing a warm smile. How had Yoongi resisted Jimin's heart for so long when now the elder melted like butter with a single look?
"Me too," Jungkook chimed in, his hand springing into the air.
"Count me in," Taehyung added, "We're gonna turn up!"
Everyone shared a laugh, Hoseok standing and hugging Yoongi's back, "I'm in too! Anything is possible with SOPE."
Yoongi patted Hoseok's arms in thank you.
Jin grabbed Namjoon's hand and lifted them into the air, "You'll all be useless without me and Namjoonie. We're in this."
Namjoon and Yoongi groaned in frustration. As the groups main writers and producers, they knew the next week was about to be the biggest level of hell the band will experience. On top of their tight schedule over the next week, they now needed to create an entirely new track. ".... From fucking scratch," Yoongi mumbled, finishing his thought out loud.
"No, not from scratch," Jimin jumped up now, reaching into Yoongi's pocket and pulling out his phone. "Hyung, your song. The one you've been working on. We could work from that."
Yoongi smiled, grabbing Jimin's face and kissing him swiftly. The other members feigning disgust but the pair easily ignored them. "Jiminie, you're a genius."
Yoongi looked back to Namjoon, "Right now it's a hip hop track with heavy bass. The lyrics I have so far are romantic. The struggle of a man in love with someone he can't have."
Jimin blushed at the comment, hiding his face in Yoongi's shoulder. An action the elder found extremely cute.
But sadly Yoongi didn't have time to enjoy his boyfriend's cute actions as he focused on Namjoon's reply, "We'll need to rework the composition, rewrite the lyrics to fit a duet, develop a routine, lay the track-"
Yoongi waved his hand in Namjoon's face, "Yeah, Yeah. The next week will be hell. We get it."
Namjoon frowned, "There's more."
The group groaned before letting Namjoon explain, "Bang PD-nim is announcing a press conference tomorrow for us to explain away the rumors."
The room grew silent again. Guilt weighing on Yoongi's shoulders again. But the guilt must have been heavier for Jimin. Because after a few moments, the 95 liner dropped to his knees. Releasing Yoongi's hand leaving him to stare down at Jimin with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry," Jimin's voice was shaky. The group hearing the tears in his voice. "I'm so sorry that I've caused everyone this stress. I'm sorry that I'm not normal..."
The tears streaming down Jimin's cheeks were like wounds to Yoongi's heart, as he dropped to the floor and took the younger into his arms. The other members following suit. Everyone releasing soothing coos and hugs to Jimin and Yoongi as they both broke into Tears. Apologies spilling from their lips.
Yoongi knew too well what Jimin was feeling. A mixture of guilt for harming the other members with their choices. Shame in being different. Fear of facing the world after realizing their true selves. They couldn't even think about the future because it scared them so much. Both had only thought five minutes ahead. Making selfish decisions. Yoongi covered his face as he cried, the other members patting his back.
Jin stood and pushed everyone back on to the couch, "Yah! Enough of this nonsense. You have nothing to apologize for."
Taehyung nodded, "I'm still the weirdest of us all and you guys still treat me like family."
"Yeah," Jungkook joined in. "We protect our family."
"You shouldn't have to," Yoongi replied, wiping his tears.
Hoseok smacked the back of Yoongi's head, the elder wincing slightly, as Namjoon added, "Yah, Min Yoongi... You two don't get to make decisions for us. Yeah, accepting you was hard for all of us when we each found out. But we chose to support you and Jiminie. That means coming together and protecting each other. You don't have to apologize for something we all agreed to."
"Besides," Jungkook grinned, "I'm gonna need you guys to cover for me a lot when I start dating IU sunbae-nim."
Jimin laughed, the sound lightening the load on Yoongi's shoulders, smacking Jungkook's arm.
"JK, don't you think you're getting ahead of yourself?" Jin teased, his face red as he whined.
Namjoon stood slowly, turning to the other, "Yah, no more of this. We need to plan a script for the press conference tomorrow and start working on the song. Yoongi-ah, Kookie, and I will work on the music. Jin-hyung, Hobi, Taehyung-ah, and Jiminie will work on the melody and possible choreography. Yoongi and Jiminie, you both need to compare notes on this so your lyrics fit with his rap. This isn't like your collab on 'Tony Montana'. This is a duet. Each of your lyrics have to be inner thoughts on one subject from two different perspectives without leaving the audience out. We've never written a duet. So... You know... Don't fuck it up."
Jimin scoffed, "Yeah, no pressure."
Namjoon pats Jimin's head, a tinge of jealousy building inside Yoongi but he pushed it away to their leader, "Thats no way to treat your protectors."
Yoongi frowned, "How long are you gonna hold this over our head?"
Taehyung layed across everyone's laps, eyes wide as he looked at Yoongi, "For. Eh. Ver."
Yoongi rolled Taehyung to the floor, earning a chuckle from the other members, "Fuck it. Let's do this shit."
Namjoon nodded, opening the laptop, with a playful smirk, "First things first, let's save Yoongi and Jiminie's asses at this press conference."