Nestled together like this, Jungkook feels Yoongi's presence curled all around him, protective and tender. Nothing else can reach him. Nothing else can touch them. When Yoongi tells Jungkook how safe he feels, Jungkook feels almost everything melt away, their previous conversation only a memory for now. There will be rough days ahead, Jungkook thinks — he's not naive enough to think that there won't be. But being here for Yoongi must be better. Being able to solve so much with sheer contact alone must be a gift for both of them.

He meets the contact between forehead and cheek, purses his lips just enough so that a small tilt of Jungkook's head brings them together for a kiss. His eyes close. He focuses on the warmth, hand smoothing over skin until he's able to find the steady beat of Yoongi's heart, then down the center of his sternum, back up again.

"I know that I've never been as happy as this. Being with you. Knowing that we've got forever waiting for us," Jungkook murmurs.