Hope, In a Photo (Yoonseok)

Part 11

Note: Fasten your seat belts folks, and I am always, forever grateful for your support <3

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To Yoongi's surprise, falling in tune with his old routine was relatively easy, but, something was different. The group that he had begun to think of as family wasn't the same, traveling to the village where lively stories from the Maknaes would normally paint there way, was now quiet. The village itself, even Ji Eun and her grandmother, was now a quieter, as if they all knew the gravity of what was happening. The gravity that, Yoongi himself, didn't even know.

But was hurt most of all, was that when they'd all sit together to eat, the laughter that the five of them would share every night, was now tired, it was a tense laughter that didn't fill Yoongi's chest the way it once used to.

One night, on a fairly uneventful trip to the village, Yoongi was walking along side Jungkook, he was quiet, until, "Hyung, you know we all keep saying that we're glad your back, but really-"

"You're glad I'm back yeah yeah Kookie you four say that more than anyone else." Yoongi finished with a chuckle, reaching up to rustle the youngers hair, earning him a wide teeth filled smile.

"Okay you got me hyung, but really, I mean like, Hobi hyung took it the hardest. I think you changed him when you were here, because when you left he was distant, he was drinking more and when he smiled at us, it was like when we first met him."

"When you first met him?"

Jungkook looked like he was searching for the right words, "Yeah, like...he used to smile at us all the time but he would try so hard to bury everything in that smile, his stress and fears, I mean you've known him long enough to know he's a scardy cat."

Yoongi chuckled, "You don't say?"

"I know, it's shocking."

The two laughed, which was nice, Yoongi thought, but then he couldn't help but want to see Hoseok, to see that heart shaped smile again, as soon as possible, "Well, rest assured, he's changed me too. Even my friends back home noticed."

The youngers eyes grew wide, "They did?!"

"Yep. And you know what the first thing they asked was?"

"What?"

Yoongi smirked, "Who is she?"

The two bursted out with laughter.

Finally, Yoongi had made it through the week, he'd notice the tense air only building, yet when he'd asked about the details, it seemed like everyone was just as clueless as him.

When Yoongi opened the door to his dorm, surprisingly, Hoseok was already there, sitting on his bed, "Hey" he spoke with a smile.

That's one thing, Yoongi thought, one thing that will never change, "Hey"

Hoseok got up, walking over to Yoongi, "Get any good pictures today?"

Yoongi looked down at the camera slung around his neck, "No, it's been pretty uneventful and kinda..." he sighed, "Kinda different I guess."

The younger gently grabbed Yoongi's forearm, "Things will go back to normal before you know it, there's no storm that lasts forever right?" Yoongi looked up, meeting the boys hopeful eyes as he couldn't help but to smile, "Yeah, your right Seok-ah."

A challenging smirk resting on Hoseok features as he slid his hand down Yoongi's arm to his hand, "Since I'm always right, that means you trust me, yeah?"

Yoongi was confused, holding Hoseoks hand in his own, "Of course I trust you? Why wouldn't I-" But before he could finish his sentence, Hoseok was dragging the two of them out of the dorm. Yoongi tried to speak again but was immediately cut off by Hoseok putting a finger against his lips, whispering a smile filled, "Trust me"