Even though Yoongi's face is out of view, Jungkook knows that he's smiling. He can feel it, in the soft exhale of breath against his neck, in the way Yoongi's cheek very nearly brushes against Jungkook's skin. It's enough that Jungkook smiles in turn, comforted by Yoongi's company. All other thoughts and worries are able to recede for the time being. Even if his house is a treacherous place, even if there will surely be worse days ahead, he doesn't have to think about any of that now. He won't have to think about any of it tonight.

The important thing about happiness, Jungkook finds, is being able to cling to it all the more when life is tough.

He shudders lightly at the brush of Yoongi's lips against his neck, the gentle way Yoongi draws Jungkook's skin between his teeth. Even if they decide not to go all the way right now, Jungkook knows that staying over tonight means that there's no easy way of avoiding the matter of the bruises on his body. Is it better to share them now? Maybe. Maybe the bliss of ignorance isn't worth the extra hit that there would be later, when Yoongi skims across skin unwarned.

"Yoongi-ah," he says gently, palm brushing up around the back of Yoongi's neck. "I've got some new bruises today. Don't be too alarmed when you see them, okay?"