BTS HYYH Notes (Book 1, 2, BUS Game) // COMPLETE [Part 2]

2022, Jul 24 - Namjoon (Hoseok and Seokjin Hyung)

[Place: Container town]

After waiting for Hoseok who didn't text us back, we started the party without him. Because Hoseok wasn't there, we had no cake or candles. With Jungkook sitting in the center, we awkwardly clapped and sang a song.

"Welcome back home---Dear Jungkook---,"

Yoongi hyung flicked his lighter instead of candles. "Make your wish here." When Jungkook stayed motionless with his eyes fixed on the lighter, hyung said, "So, you got no wish? Then make a wish not to get hurt again."

And the papers on the wall flapped because of the fan. Seokjin hyung sat leaning against the wall the whole time. Looking like someone had been dragged there against his will. He watched us and then checked the time on his watch out of boredom.

I asked him, "What are you thinking?"

Seokjin hyung slowly turned around. My heart sank seeing his cold eyes. He looked different compared to when I had first met him at the gas station or at the street pub a couple of days ago. He seemed colder now.

"You asked about map of the soul last time?" Hearing "the map of the soul," Seokjin hyung's eyes changed. "Ask your abeoji about it."

Seokjin hyung scowled. He must've thought I was just pulling things out of a hat. When I was about to explain, Hoseok rushed in.

"I didn't think you'd come---," Hoseok paid no attention to what Jimin said and walked across the container and went straight to Seokjin hyung. He wasn't even limping.

Hoseok said, "We need to talk."

But hyung pushed away Hoseok's hand and said in a low voice, "I got nothing to say. If you have something to say, say it here."

The tension between the two was palpable. Hoseok said in a trembling voice, "Can you please tell your abeoji to take Yangji Children's Home out of the redevelopment plan? If that's too difficult, can he look for a place where we can relocate together? He's your abeoji. You can ask him." Hoseok had never looked so desperate.

Seokjin hyung listened without moving a muscle and said, "It's a grownup business."

The air inside the container seemed still. Dumbfounded, Hoseok stared at Seokjin hyung.

Hoseok spoke in a very low voice. "You know what the place means to me. How could you talk to me as if I'm talking to a stanger? How could you?"

For an instant, Seokjin hyung flinched. He scowled against the wall and rubbed his temples. He pushed his hand against the wall and stood up.

"Until when do I have to look after you guys? Can you please learn to do things by yourselves?"

And hyung banged open the door and left.