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Hoseok can’t believe that he almost broke his promise. He promised to live for her, for his mom. And his own selfishness and negligence almost cost him his life.
Ever since they found him that night, Hoseok has kept his friends and Yoongi at arm’s length. He doesn’t want a soulmate, doesn’t want them to feel his emotions, doesn’t want what happened to his parents happen to anyone else.
It’s been over a month now, a month of pushing away Yoongi’s help and making sure that he appears okay to everyone around him. Nobody knows how he truly feels except Yoongi, and he doesn’t want him to know either. He didn’t ask for someone to be privy to his emotions, he didn’t ask for help, and he definitely didn’t ask for a soulmate.
It’s February now, the night before his 20th birthday. He’s hoping that Yoongi is wrong, that he actually doesn’t have a soulmate, and that he feels nothing when the clock strikes midnight.
He sits in his room, looking down at the letter his mom left him. He’s kept it all this time, wanting to open it so many times but refraining because she wanted him to wait.
It is almost midnight, so Hoseok opens the envelope. He is not sure what he’s expecting, but it definitely isn’t what’s on the paper.
My baby,
I love you to the ends of the Earth. To the ends of this universe, to the moon, the sun, the stars, and back.
One day, you will find your soulmate, and I know that they will love you just as much as I do.
You are the light of my life, so I want you to think about how loved you are every time you see a light. My favorite lights are the stars, because they remind me that even on your darkest night, there is hope.
You are my hope, Hoseok. And I know that you will find your own hope as well.
~Love, Mom
He sits there for what feels like hours, tears streaming down his face. His mom fell asleep for the last time while watching the stars. How is that supposed to give him hope?
Maybe there is something that he doesn’t understand. Through his despair, he feels a glimmer. He wants to go outside and see the stars just like she did, so he can feel loved again.
He makes it outside, but before he can look up at the sky he bumps into somebody.
“Hoseok?” A gentle voice asks. Hoseok feels a rush of warmth, warmth that isn’t his own.
Hoseok looks up, into Yoongi’s eyes. It’s at that moment that he realizes, he doesn’t have to go outside to see the stars.
All the light that he could ever need is in the eyes of his soulmate—his hope—Yoongi.