"I definitely wasn't trying to coerce you into anything," Jungkook says, nodding to himself as he listens to Yoongi's words, the logic holding well enough. "I really was happy just to spend time with you, and I didn't expect that things could ever... you know, go any further than friendship. And I was okay with that." Jungkook nods minutely to himself, his thoughts drifting a little further as he wonders about the others in their group, and the loves that weren't as seamlessly requited as their own.
He remembers sitting together with Hoseok in the dance studio, watching his hyung shed tears over Seokjin not feeling the same way. Listening, with his stomach twisting slightly, as Hoseok mentioned having some feelings for Yoongi as well.
Remembers the look in Taehyung's eyes as Namjoon began to retreat into his family life, the longing and pain of having one's loved one step away in a manner so concrete.
Would Jungkook eventually have fallen to the same level of pain? It's hard to know.
When he glances off to the side, the sight of Yoongi is enough to pull a smile back on Jungkook's face, his expression softening. "Of course, now I... yeah, I can't imagine any universe where we wouldn't have been drawn to one another."
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He remembers sitting together with Hoseok in the dance studio, watching his hyung shed tears over Seokjin not feeling the same way. Listening, with his stomach twisting slightly, as Hoseok mentioned having some feelings for Yoongi as well.
Remembers the look in Taehyung's eyes as Namjoon began to retreat into his family life, the longing and pain of having one's loved one step away in a manner so concrete.
Would Jungkook eventually have fallen to the same level of pain? It's hard to know.
When he glances off to the side, the sight of Yoongi is enough to pull a smile back on Jungkook's face, his expression softening. "Of course, now I... yeah, I can't imagine any universe where we wouldn't have been drawn to one another."