Yoongi wonders if he knows — if, through their closeness, Jungkook senses how close Yoongi came to not waiting, how badly he wanted to take his own life at times, and the utter force of will it took him to keep going. To still be here. How his heart beat against his ribs like a bird trying to escape a cage, wild and panicked. It was losing Jungkook that put him back in that desperate, frightened place; it was Jungkook, too, that kept him here. The thin hope that he was alive, the fear of hurting him, the need not to let him down or break his promise.

"I know," he says quickly. "I'm sorry. I know you wouldn't." That's what scared him so much. It took time, but he's come to an understanding, he thinks, a realization that Jungkook won't leave him, won't change his mind and seek something better, safer. "I knew you'd be here if you could. But it's okay now. I know —" You're alive. "Please don't worry about me." It won't be easy now, but it will be better. It has to be. He knows where Jungkook is and how to get to him. It's going to be fine, no matter what comes next.