Chapter Text
Namjoon was walking in the busy playground of his new school. This is the fifth time he had changed schools. Sighing, he dully looked onto the playground, observing the hustle and bustle. Children were playing, laughing; having fun.
Namjoon remembered his mom when he saw smiles all around. He missed her beautiful smile and her warm hugs which Namjoon loved a lot. Lost in thought, Namjoon didn't notice someone coming up to him. He felt a slight tap on his shoulder. Startled, Namjoon turned around to find his brother, Kim Taehyung.
"Hyung?"
"Mm?"
"Hyung, are you okay?"
Namjoon cocked his head towards his brother and smiled. "What makes you think that, Tae?"
"You seemed lost in thoughts. Hobi Hyung asked me to check on you."
Namjoon's two deep dimples were showing. "Tell Hobi everything's fine."
Taehyung replied with his cheeky box grin and ran back to Hoseok and when he reached him Namjoon saw Hoseok smiling back at him.
Jung Hoseok was in fact the Kim brothers' adoptive brother. Namjoon's and Taehyung's parents died when they were little and so the Jung family- one of the richest families in South Korea- were kind enough to adopt them. Due to business activities, they moved very frequently, so the children had to change schools often. Namjoon and Taehyung were very grateful to the Jung family and never forgot where they came from or who their real parents were. Namjoon still remembered witnessing his parents' accident, a horrific memory that will be etched in his mind forever. Taehyung didn't remember much, but he knew he had kind and beautiful parents.
When Mr and Mrs Jung told their only son Hoseok that they were adopting two children, he was so excited to meet his new family and didn't sleep for days, waiting to meet them.
On the day Namjoon and Taehyung came home, Mr and Mrs Jung called out for Hoseok. The Kim brothers watched the giddy boy and waited for the parents to introduce them.
"Hobi, meet Kim Namjoon and Kim Taehyung."
Hoseok looked at them up and down. His eyes lit up and gave them a huge blinding smile.
"Hi! I'm Jung Hoseok and I'm your new brother!"
Scared by Hoseok's sudden action, Taehyung hid behind Namjoon. Namjoon mustered up his courage and replied, "Hi Hoseok-ssi, I'm Namjoon. Nice to meet you."
"Pfft! Call me Hobi. We're the same age, you know?"
Namjoon smiled, showing his two deep dimples. Namjoon noticed that Taehyung was still behind him.
"Yah! Taehyung! Say hi to Hobi!"
Taehyung slowly peeked out and with his big doe eyes, he looked up at Hoseok. Hoseok looked back at him with his wide smile.
"Joonie Hyung?' He looked at his brother.
Namjoon hugged his little brother. "Tae, you can do this."
Taehyung nodded and extended a hand to Hoseok. "Hi, I'm-"
Taehyung was engulfed by Hoseok's tight embrace. When he pulled him back, Tae smiled and looked back at Namjoon. "Hyung, I like him already."
The three became so close that nothing could separate them. Namjoon and Taehyung never felt lonely or inferior. Hosoek's parents always treated them all equally. Hoseok felt jealous sometimes, but his love for them was definitely more than his jealousy.
Namjoon was the smartest and most mature of them all. He got perfect grades at school which was deeply appreciated by his parents. Taehyung and Hoseok weren't so bad either. But Hoseok was exceptionally good at dancing. His movements were so mesmerizing that one could get lost watching him dance. However hard Namjoon and Taehyung tried, they never managed to dance as gracefully as Hoseok.
Taehyung was really good saxophonist but he didn't want to pursue his passion as he thought it wasn't 'relevant'. Hoseok and Namjoon agreed on the latter and persuaded Taehyung to do what his heart said. Taehyung always replied with an empty smile. He did want to follow his heart, but he wasn't sure what his heart said. Taehyung decided that time will tell and so he left thinking about it.
The three knew what each other liked, disliked, tell if they were lying and even finish each other's sentences.
At their first family dinner, Namjoon wasn't sure how he should behave or sit but he saw Taehyung waddling towards the table and sinking his butt onto a chair. Namjoon watched open-mouthed until Hosoek closed his mouth and asked him to sit. Namjoon still stared at his younger brother. How did he fit in so easily? He chuckled a bit, thinking about how the situation was the exact opposite a few hours ago. When everyone was seated, Mr Jung asked Namjoon,
"So Joonie, what do you think? Do you like us? Or are we horrible?"
"Honey!" Mrs Jung smacked Mr Jung on his arm, "Don't scare him with direct questions like that!"
Namjoon smiled softly, "No Mrs Jung, I'm not scared," Mr Jung smirked at his wife.
"To be honest, I really like you all. So does Taehyung. Did you notice how that brat got along so fast? He barely gets along with anybody and I'm glad and grateful to you all for letting us in your beautiful family circle."
Hoseok stood up and gave a warm hug to Namjoon. He hugged back, a little surprised to how comfortable his hug is. Hoseok gave him his award-winning smile, to which Namjoon gave his dimpled smile.
Mrs Jung was pleased to find them getting along.
"And drop the formalities, Joonie and Tae. You can call me omma." She hugged Taehyung and Namjoon.
"And you can call me appa!" Mr Jung screamed happily. "Come here both of you!"
After bring squished in a bone-crushing hug, Namjoon looked at his parents and let out a breath of relief.
Things looked bright for him. No literally, Hobi is like a walking sun.
"Namjoon-ah! Hurry up!" Hoseok called out for his brother. He looked around and sighed. This was their sixth school. Taehyung, however, was weirdly excited to go to the new school. Hoseok stared at his little brother who was dancing to a Kpop girl group song.
Hoseok laughed hysterically when Taehyung started to twerk like no one's watching.
"Yah! Hobi Hyung! Were you watching me??"
"Dang, I should've filmed it! We could've watched it in today's family dinner!" Hoseok said, still laughing thinking of the previous event.
"What happened here? Why are you laughing?" Namjoon asked, coming down from the stairs. Hosoek couldn't explain as his eyes were brimming with tears of laughter.
Namjoon, realizing what happened couldn't be answered by Hoseok, so he asked Taehyung.
Taehyung's ears were scarlet and he left the room without saying a word. Namjoon sighed and waited for Hoseok to gain composure. When Hoseok finally stopped, Namjoon asked again what had happened and Hoseok remembered Taehyung twerking and started laughing all over again. Namjoon gave up and left the room with Hoseok still laughing like a maniac on the floor, unable to stop crying.
Eventually, Hoseok, Namjoon and Taehyung reached their new school. Hoseok and Namjoon went over to find their class while Taehyung went to his class in the opposite direction. Hoseok and Namjoon took a while to find their class. After that, time went by slowly and finally when the recess bell rang, Hoseok and Namjoon went out to find Taehyung. The corridors were packed with people and Namjoon found it difficult to find Taehyung as well as keep Hoseok insight. Suddenly Namjoon was pushed and he fell onto the ground.
"I'm so sorry! Here, let me help you up."
Namjoon looked at the stranger's hand. When he held it, he felt an electric shock all through his body. Eyes widening, he looked at a stranger. Before he stood the most handsome person he'd ever seen in his life. He had beautiful brown eyes, perfect skin and soft plump lips. He had broad shoulders and his hair was dyed bubble gum pink.
Namjoon stared at the beautiful stranger, unable to find words. The stranger smiled at him which made Namjoon's heart flutter and dance.
He gave one last look and began to walk away, but Namjoon came to his senses and asked,
"Hey! What's your name?"
The stranger looked back and smiled. Namjoon's heart fluttered again."Kim Seokjin." He said and disappeared in the crowd. Namjoon stood there, memorizing the name, never to forget it. Hoseok finally caught Namjoon and watched him stare at a handsome guy disappearing in the crowd. Knowing Namjoon, Hoseok wiggled his eyebrows and asked him, "Who's that?"Namjoon blushed and looked down. He whispered so that only Hoseok could hear.
"Kim Seokjin."