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"Hey," Yoongi softly said as he approached Namjoon. The leader had been staring at his phone for minutes now and he had an idea what exactly he was looking at. They were in the hotel lobby waiting for the rest of the members to gather before they proceeded to the awarding ceremony's venue. This event was monumental for their group but he knew that the younger had something else in mind.
"Hyung," Namjoon turned to him and for the first time, Yoongi could fully see how broken the other looked. He knew how much his dongsaeng had been trying these past weeks. Namjoon never talked to them about what happened. Even while on tour, he would usually just lock himself up in the room when not on stage and pour his emotions into letters that would never be sent. Now was different. Now, Yoongi can finally see him opening up. He could see the exhaustion in the younger’s eyes along with the tears that are threatening to fall.
Patting the other’s back, he pulled him in for an embrace and let him lay his head on his shoulder. “You will be fine, Joon-ah.”
The younger finally gathered himself and straightened up just as the others arrived. After some last minute reminders and huddle, they started piling into the waiting limousine. He was about to enter the car when Namjoon stopped him and asked a question he didn’t know the answer to.
“Hyung, are you?”