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Deep within the early hours of the morning Yoongi found himself disturbed from his slumber, he wasn't quite sure what had woken him up but he was fully aware of the fact something had woken him up and of all things Yoongi hated in the world, was to be woken up at such an ungodly hour. Figuring it may have been because of a bad dream he may not remember, the rapper turned himself over so he could settle down, his eyes cracking open and glancing over at the occupied bed on the other side of the room. He grumbled to himself, envious of the other male snuggled under the blankets like a burrito, Yoongi was supposed to be the king of sleep around here and he was not going to let Jin Rob him of that title.
Letting his eyes fall shut he tried to lull himself back to sleep but just as the final grasps of sleep had reached him, a few small, timid knocks sounded from the bedroom door and had him silently groaning to himself. Who in the hell would be knocking at this time of night? There were other members within the group, so couldn't whoever was outside in the hall go to someone else just this once? Then Yoongi thought to himself, thought about who was mostly likely to do such a thing and why. None of the other members would wake him up on purpose, usually there was a valid reason as to why, so he huffed softly to himself and called out a tired "come in" when the person outside the door started knocking again.
As soon as the words left him the bedroom door cracked open wide enough for a small head to poke itself into the room "H… Hyung?" The intruder called back in return and Yoongi felt all irritation fade away from him at the sound, it was Jungkook and it oddly sounded as though he had been crying.
The elder sat himself up in bed to look over at the other. He should have known it would be Jungkook, both Jin and himself realised very quickly that when the younger was struggling with things the room he always retreated to was their room. Yoongi wasn't quite sure why though, he could take a few guesses that sounded pretty accurate to Jungkook, but that could wait for another time. Despite the room being dark he could detect the dried tear tracks, the slight tremor in the boy's frame, and of course the way it looked as though the maknae was trying to appear tough in front of him. However, they both knew that Jungkook going to him in the first place had already given him away.
Yoongi shuffled himself over so an empty space was made between himself and the wall "come on kid" he mumbled quietly, giving the mattress an inviting pat and within half a second a body had barrelled itself right into him, arms and legs wrapped tight around him and a face had made itself at home within the crook of his neck.
Okay, Yoongi had seen many of Jungkook's episodes before, times when the younger had pushed himself too hard or got worked up over things etc. Yoongi more often than not was there, but it was unlike Jungkook to just tackle into him of all people like that unless it was Jin, or the others. Yoongi had never been a victim to such hugs from Jungkook, at least not often since they all knew he was very protective of his personal space. The rapper felt a wave of seriousness settle within his chest as soon as he picked up on the sound of small whimpers as well as the feeling of tears soaking his skin "yah, who hurt you? I'll kill em" were Yoongi's words of choice because he knew it would get a reaction from the boy, well, at least he thought it would since it usually did.
Thankfully this time around was no different and a small wet giggle erupted from the other "y… you and i both know i could take them m… myself hyung… though I think m… murder is a little extreme" he chuckled wetly, seemingly snuggling himself closer when the elder brought his own arms around his frame and held him.
"That's because you've been listening to Jin too much" he teased "now, mind telling me why you knocked on the door at such an ungodly hour of the night looking like you've been dragged through a bush backwards?" He then asked, he wouldn't openly admit to it but he was always concerned whenever one of the younger members cried. Even more so when it was Jungkook since he was Yoongi's favourite. You never heard it from him though.
At the question the maknae tensed up a bit and went quiet for quite a while. In the end he just shook his head and pushed his face further into Yoongi's neck, squeezing his hyung tightly almost as if he were afraid to let go of him. The ebony haired rapper noticed it all and couldn't help it when his lips turned down into a concerned frown "Jungkook, has someone hurt you?" He tried asking, maybe direct questions would coax some sort of answer from the younger boy. If anyone had hurt him then god forbid them, because Yoongi would wreck havoc on them, come crashing down on them harder than they could blink. He was very protective of Jungkook after all.
Again, Jungkook said nothing. Instead of talking he just focused on the beating of the other's heart and tried to use that as a means of calming himself down, reminding himself that he wasn't gone, he was still there and there was no need for him to be acting in such a way. He wanted to let himself calm down first before trying to talk. Inhaling the sweet scent of coffee mixed with the vanilla scented shampoo that had been used when they had showered earlier, he remembered the way his fingers had pressed into his scalp as he massaged the shampoo into his hair while the elder leant against him and nuzzled into him like a cat begging for attention. He remembered the hushed tones they each used when exchanging so it would make it all seem a bit more private, it's not that they had any need to hide it since pretty much everyone knew by now, but it just gave it a more serene feeling to it when they spoke in hushed whispers. It was also just an excuse for Jungkook to hear Yoongi whisper to him and only him, to have the elder’s attention on him and only him.
So deep in thought about his moments shared with Yoongi he had almost fallen back to sleep, it was the sound of Yoongi clearing his throat that made him aware of where he was. The singer found himself blushing and Yoongi chuckled "you don't have to share with me right now, if you're tired then we can go back to sleep and you can tell me tomorrow if you feel ready, I'm not going to force you into saying anything kid" his hyung spoke softly, it was very pleasing to hear, yet Jungkook picked up on the concern within his tone and shook his head.
"I wanna tell now…" he stated with uncertainty, nervously playing with his fingers as he tried to get his thoughts together "N… No one hurt me hyung, well, no one hit me or anything… but… earlier today when Bang PD-nim was talking to you guys I may or may not have been eavesdropping and heard about what haters have been threatening to do at our next show… hyung… I had a nightmare about it and it scared me so much I genuinely thought you weren't here anymore and so I ran here and knocked on the door because I needed to make sure you were still here hyung I… I…" by now Jungkook's breathing had gone from small even breaths to short pants, his face had paled and he clutched tightly at Yoongi in an attempt to keep himself grounded.
"Hey, hey, whoa kid slow down, deep breaths Kook deep breaths" the elder brought the much larger form closer to his smaller one, hugging the boy to his chest "shhh, listen to my breathing and try to copy it okay? Deep breaths Kook, come on you can do it" Yoongi spoke encouragingly, the tips of his fingers running trails through chocolate brown locks that were still damp from their shower.
Jungkook focused on what Yoongi was saying and tried to do as he was told, pressing his ear to the smaller rapper's chest so he could listen to his calm heart beating against his chest. But the nagging thoughts running around inside his head weren't leaving him alone "n- no h… hyung… n… nothing can happen… I… I won't let anything h...happen…" Jungkook rushed out, his eyes were blown wide from the utter panic he had been feeling all day since overhearing the conversation between his hyungs and their manager, he had kept it in all day and was only now releasing it.
The elder internally cursed to himself "yah shut up brat and focus on my breathing, let yourself calm down first before saying anything or you'll pass out" deciding to use a slightly more scolding tone since his soft one wasn't getting through to him, the result happened almost instantly and it had Yoongi sighing in relief to himself "that's it kid, that's it" he praised gently when he heard Jungkook beginning to calm down.
By the time Jungkook had calmed down he barely had the strength to keep his eyes open "I love you hyung, we can't lose you… I can't lose you" he mumbled barely above a whisper, nuzzling himself into the rapper's touch.
Yoongi found his chest clenching at the words Jungkook spoke, he could hear the genuine worry and fear of losing within the younger's voice "okay, for one you shouldn't have been eavesdropping anyway, the whole reason we had that talk without you, Tae and Jimin there was to protect you guys from ever hearing about that. I knew you hearing that would get to your heads so we didn't want you guys listening in, and two, nothing is going to happen to me brat. You underestimate me if you think a threat like that could take me down without a fight, I'm not going anywhere I'm staying right here with you all so try not to worry that head of yours too much okay" he consoled the boy, hoping he was getting through to him "there are plans in place already, security will be tighter than normal to ensure safety, it will all be fine so quit your worrying you moron before you make yourself sick" he added the teasing tone to his words since he didn't want Jungkook to feel like he was being told off.
His words were met with silence and at first Yoongi figured Jungkook was letting his word sink in before saying anything, however, a very light snore had him looking down only to find said male fast asleep, using the elders chest as his own personal pillow. The damn brat. Yoongi shook his head fondly at the sight, pressing a light kiss to the top of Jungkook's head, settling himself down with full intention of going back to sleep himself. He couldn't exactly be mad because of the late hour and Jungkook probably exhausted himself by freaking out so much about it.
"I'll make sure to scold him properly tomorrow, for now let the kid rest, he needs it" Yoongi called out to Jin, who he knew had been doing some eavesdropping of his own.
"Good because he wasn't supposed to hear about any of that, you did well in calming him down Yoongi-ah. Sleep well both of you" were Jin's words before quickly falling back to sleep.
Yoongi smiled contently to himself, finally letting sleep consume him with a slumbering Maknae held within his arms.