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¨I need your help¨ Jungkook says one morning entering Yoongi´s room. He turns on the light and Yoongi groans and curls around himself, moving the pillow to cover his eyes from the sudden light but Jungkook is faster and he grabs the pillow and throws it somewhere else ¨hyung, there is not time for sleep¨
¨It´s my day off¨ he grumbles and turns around but Jungkook sigh and Yoongi feels Jungkook sitting on the bed ¨can´t you wait? ¨
¨Hyung¨ he replies impatiently ¨I fucked up, seriously¨
¨Did you kill someone?¨
¨No but-¨
¨Did you steal something?¨
¨Hyung-¨
¨Did you eat again Jin hyung food and tried to blame the neighbour’s cat?¨
¨That happened once!¨ Jungkook protest ¨Hyung, please¨
Yoongi moves around and finally decides to get up, he rubs his eyes and yawn, he feels Jungkook staring at him and sigh ¨ok, I´m up¨ he says ¨what´s the problem¨
¨I lied to my brother¨ Jungkook bites his nails and Yoongi snorts ¨it´s not funny, I don´t usually lie and even less to my family¨
Yoongi thinks its too early for this kind of guilty talk from Jungkook but he crosses his arms and waits and waits more until he slaps away Jungkook´s hand from his mouth.
¨Ouch¨
¨It´s my day off, it´s ass o´clock in the morning and you just woke me up because you feel guilty because you lied to your brother, please spare me already¨
¨You are not helping me at all¨
¨Jungkook¨ he says a bit exasperated but softly. Even if he wants to be upset with him he can´t. He has tried several times, whenever Jungkook has done something, like messing up his movies collection or when he dropped into the coffee shop the same moment Yoongi was moping the floor ¨come on, tell me¨
He sees how he takes a deep breath and closes his eyes.
He waits again.
¨My hyung is getting married, right?¨ Yoongi nods ¨so ok, I told him that I was going to go with someone and he just assumed that I was going out with someone and he is coming in two days to Seoul to buy a present for his fiancé and he wants to meet that someone¨
¨Wait-¨
¨So basically he assumed I was in a relationship and I´m an horrible human being and I couldn´t even tell him that he was wrong because he wants me to be happy so I told him yeah, sure, you will meet him but then he said that he is coming to Seoul and he wants to meet and he wants to meet that person who doesn´t exist¨ Jungkook finishes, flushed and embarrassed. He drops his face between his hands and groans ¨I tried to tell him that it wasn’t going to be possible and actually I was planning to take maybe Jimin hyung or Namjoon hyung to the wedding you know? As friends of course¨ Yoongi nods again, more and more confused about the whole situation ¨but he told me he couldn´t wait to meet that person and…yeah¨
They stay in silence for a minute or two. Yoongi looks at his bedside table and the clock marks seven thirty in the morning of his free day of customers complaining about pricing coffee. Jungkook has still his face hidden between his hands.
¨So you lied¨ Yoongi concludes
¨I lied¨
¨Your hyung wants to meet someone who doesn´t exist¨
¨Actually…¨
¨Jungkook¨ he warns. For some reason he doesn’t like at all where this is going. He is also starting to have a headache ¨does this person exists? ¨
¨I told my brother that it´s a hyung and he knows that Namjoon and Jin hyung are on a relationship and Taehyung hyung and Hoseok hyung are also on a relationship and Jimin hyung it´s like my second cousin or something¨
¨Really¨
¨From my dad´s side I think¨ he mumbles and shakes his head ¨so…he just…I…¨
¨What did you tell him?¨
Yup, that´s a headache.
¨I didn’t say a name but he just assumed it was you because I talk about you…about all of you always and-¨
¨Jungkook, did you corrected him at all?¨
Jungkook raises his head a bit and bites his lips.
Yoongi needs a coffee or maybe three.
***
He spends the whole day avoiding Jungkook at all cost but it´s impossible since it’s his free day and Jungkook has just finished his classes for the semester and there is not enough space at home to hide so at the end he just gives up when he receives another fucking text from him.
¨I said no¨ he says shaking his phone ¨oh, hi hyung¨ Jin hyung raises his cup of tea and arches his eyebrow, looking back and forth between Yoongi and Jungkook ¨did he tell you? ¨
¨Oh yeah, I want to know the name of this drama¨
¨Ugh¨ Yoongi groans and Jungkook laughs shyly ¨seriously it´s not funny, I don´t want to be involve in this whole scheme of lying and weddings and…Jin hyung is right, this sounds exactly like a drama¨
¨Very cliché synopsis¨ Jin hyung points out.
¨It´s just a couple of days, just until he goes back to Busan and you don´t even have to come to the wedding!¨
¨Well, thank you¨ he fakes it although deep inside, and maybe not so deep inside, he would love to go with Jungkook to the wedding and dance together and drink and laugh and cheer for the happiness while he holds his hands and kisses him. Yoongi shakes his head, lost in his own world ¨still a really bad idea¨
¨I will pay you!¨ Jungkook exclaims.
¨You are a broke college student who lives far from the university because this is the only place affordable for you when you moved to Seoul and also you live with two old guys¨ he hears Jin hyung protest at the last part ¨and you steal the wifi from the coffee shop and don´t pay for the coffee because I’m too soft for you¨
¨I will buy you dinner for a month¨
¨Again, you are broke¨
¨I will work for free at the coffee shop for a month¨ Jungkook says and Yoongi raises his eyebrow, considering the possibility to have an extra hand at the coffee shop. But, on the other hand, having Jungkook coming everyday at the coffee shop, working next to him, sharing comments and giggles with him, it would be too much for Yoongi´s poor heart ¨please, hyung¨
Don´t get him wrong, Yoongi would love to help Jungkook for a couple of days but just thinking about pretending to hold his hand, kiss him or just coos at him it would be enough, it would break his heart and Yoongi doesn´t want that. He wants to be real and he doesn´t have any hope up but a little voice in the back of his brain is just whispering that Jungkook chose him for a reason. Another voice tells him it’s because he is the only single friend he has.
¨I´m sorry, Jungkook-ah¨ Jungkook drops his face and Yoongi wants to take it back but it´s better like this ¨maybe you can tell your brother I couldn´t make it because I’m away visiting a family? ¨ He offers but Jungkook shakes his head.
¨I will tell him the truth in person¨ Jungkook whispers and Jin hyung pats his head.
***
Jimin
So, Jungkookie told me about his hyung
Yoongi
I´m not changing my mind
Jimin
I´m not asking you to, hyung, I wanna make sure that you are ok
Yoongi
Im ok
Jimin
I mean, I would be pissed off as fuck if the guy who I have a crush on since minute 1 just told me to fake a relationship for the sake of said crush brother
Yoongi
Who the fuck-i´m gonna kill Hoseok
Jimin
Come on, hyung, its obvs you like him and im sure he asked u because he liks u too. Very masochist move from jk but whatever flows his flow
Yoongi
I regret our friendship
Jimin
Sure, hyung. But before u block me maybe idk, you should talk with him abt this? Like tell him a good reason why? He thinks u hate him.
Yoongi
Did he tell you this?
Jimin
No but I know him. Did u know we are like second cousins?
***
He has closed already the coffee shop when he gets a text in the group chat from Jungkook. He doesn´t usually text back unless it´s urgent, funny or he wants the wifi password from Hoseok studio. He scrolls up the conversation, understanding half of it because of the exceed amount of emojis between Hoseok, Jimin and Taehyung. He reads all of it, Jungkook asking for advice about what to tell his brother. He has also shared his location and he has asked for best of lucks from all of them.
Yoongi is about to type something, maybe a sorry I don’t want to fake something when I feel too real or best of lucks but at the end he grabs his keys and types a message to Hoseok
Yoongi
I´m about to do something really stupid
Hoseok takes his sweet time to reply and Yoongi takes his car and drives. He is about to text Jungkook but he is sure that he is already with his brother and maybe he is late and maybe he is a masochist but he also has a small fucking chance. His phone pings and while he is stopped because of a light he reads what Hoseok just texted him and snorts.
Hoseok
OMG!
JESUS
!!!!
ARE U GONNA FAKE PRETEND?! JIMIN OWNS ME A DINNER NOW
Hyung
Hyung?!
Yoongi
I´m driving but im…idk, this is stupid but
Hoseok
Go get him and be a fake boyfriend.
Yoongi
I hate u
He drops the phone on the passenger seat. He drives five or ten minutes more until he pulls in the restaurant where Jungkook is supposed to have dinner with his brother. He is pretty sure he is late but he cannot stop feeling drunk on his own feelings, about what ifs and what not.
He enters the restaurant and asks the first waiter, he ask for Jungkook, for tall, broad guy, smile like a million Walt, cute and hot as fuck. Well, maybe the last part he reserves for himself but the waiter points at the bar and Yoongi looks up and here they are.
Jungkook is looking down at his own drink, his brother saying something with the frown burrow and yeah, Yoongi takes a deep breath and starts walking towards them, feeling nervous as hell. When he is close to them, Jungkook is about to explain to his brother where the fuck is suppose to be this hyung so Yoongi grabs Jungkook´s arm and turns him around, softly.
He smiles when he sees the way Jungkook is panicking.
¨Hyung? ¨ He asks
¨Hello, Jungkook¨ Yoongi bites his lips and with his other hand he softly puts him on Jungkook´s neck, pulling him forward. He kisses him softly, maybe once or twice and smiles again ¨Sorry I´m late, traffic is horrible¨
***
Yoongi goes to the wedding six months later.
And to Busan on Christmas with Jungkook, holding his hand.
And to Jungkook´s wedding anniversary party.
And-