The answer comes as a relief, though Yoongi wasn't exactly expecting anything else. Of course Jungkook wouldn't think that of him. Still, it's nice to hear it from him directly and not just from Hoseok via half-panicked text conversation. As great as Hoseok's support is, it doesn't exactly have the same weight when it comes to this.

"I can't always tell," he says wryly. "I never know when they're serious." He spent so long worrying that, if Jungkook knew how he felt, it would ruin the dynamic of the group. In a way, that fear has only shifted into a different form, the idea that their being a couple changes things, too. And maybe it does, but he knows he'd rather that than not have this. The others will have to learn how to adjust. He just has to get his brain to accept that and convince his heart not to beat too fast when they tease.

"And I would never try to keep you from anyone." Except his father, maybe. "I just... want you to be happy."