==thirty-three==

"Okay wow. This is kinda embarrassing." Seokjin murmured, looking away.

You were still trying to wrap your head around what had just happened, tongue-tied as you stared at nothing in particular.

He shuffled uncomfortably as he stood rooted to the spot, totally fazed by your lack of reaction to what he thought was the most difficult confession he had ever made in his life.

He didn't know what to do.
He didn't know what your answer was, if there even was one.

A voice in the back of his mind told him to be brave, to stay, to wait for what you had to say to this.

But he wanted to run away. Badly.

Because he was afraid of a possible negative outcome.

He was afraid of not being enough. Yet again.

And before he knew it, his feet began retreating towards the door.

You flinched back to reality as you noticed him move away from you, with a substantially dazed and dejected look clouding his face.

And at once, you knew you were going to regret not having the strength to open your mouth and tell him that you had liked him all along.

Just like you couldn't, even when his hands uncomfortably fumbled to reach the door handle and managed to pull it open.

Just like you couldn't, even when he dashed out of the very room you were now stuck in.

ㅡ

Also, there was a clueless someone who was about to fall in Seokjin's arms as a result of being too engrossed in eavesdropping with their ear stuck to the door.

No one even saw it coming, as the man in focus absentmindedly opened the door and was greeted by a considerably heavy man loosing his footing and falling back on him.

"Wha-   Taehyung?!"

Seokjin staggered under the brunet's weight as both of them struggled to maintain their balance and not collapse on the ground, but ended up falling anyway.

And well, the others were a bit too surprised to react.

"I told you this was gonna end with someone breaking their neck." Yoongi muttered.

Taehyung tried to get up, his effort bringing somewhat painful results to the other victim as his foot mercilessly landed on one of his legs.

Seokjin let out a groan of pain as Taehyung's eyes immediately shut in regret.

"Kim Taehyung you douchnozzle GET OFF ME!" he yelled clutching the part of his leg, mercilessly stomped on by the culprit, in pain.

"I'm sorry!" Taehyung whimpered with worry as his eyes widened.

Namjoon seemed to sense how the elder one was probably at edge for some reason, and he immediately bent down to help Seokjin up while the latter still grimaced in pain.

"I told you snooping wasn't going to be a good idea today." Jimin whispered into his friend's ear, which although sounded nothing close to a whisper.

"What.... happened?"

A voice distracted them from the current tension as they all turned around to find you standing by the doorway.

If there was a look that could incorporate surprise, embarrassment and awkwardness altogether, it would be something close to the one on your face at that moment.

"Ah, nothing much. Some fool got caught sneaking on the both of you and ended up broke a leg. Literally." Yoongi huffed without the slightest bit of amusement, his hands folded against his chest.

"What a wonderful description." Jungkook remarked, raising his eyebrows, and earning a glare from Seokjin in return.

Your eyes travelled to your soulmate, who stood there with an arm around Namjoon's shoulders, and that's when you could finally make sense of what Yoongi had said.

You stepped closer to him, figuring out that it was probably his left leg that for hurt, judging by the way he couldn't seem to firmly set that foot on the ground.

"Are you- Are you okay?" You managed to voice out, at once feeling a faint sting within you.

That must hurt.

"Let's go guys." he only ignored your question, looking ahead.

"Looks like this is a bit serious." Hoseok said as he watched Jin wince with each step he tried to take.

You were about to follow them when another wave of emotion struck you, and you sensed the very disappointment your soulmate was feeling.

You sighed.

He is misunderstanding something.

Jimin stopped walking as he glanced back at you, only to notice the frown on your face.

"Y/n!" He called out, immediately getting your attention as you got the signal and started following them too.

A few steps until you walked alongside Jimin at the back of the group, the others a bit ahead of you.

"Something happened in there right?" Jimin enquired, observing your anxious self.

You looked up at him, a bit fazed.

"And I guess that something wasn't really a good thing either."

You looked down again.

"We all knew it the moment he stepped out of the greenroom, and even more when he yelled at Taehyung at bit too harshly." He remarked.

"Did you perhaps.... reject him?"

Jimin asked the question with utter carefulness, himself afraid of what your answer would be, and that it might have been the next reason to put his brother through another phase of insecurities and self-doubt.

"No! Why- why would I?" Was what you immediately said, or rather let out in an exasperated whisper as your eyes widened.

A small smile made it's way to his plump lips.

But the smile didn't stay long.

"Then what's made him so snappy?"

"Nothing did."

His brows scrunched as he caught the emphasis in your words.

"Then wh-

Oh. So it was the nothing."

Right. This guy was smart sometimes.

"So you're telling me you didn't reply to his confession?"

You nodded sheepishly, grimacing with guilt.

Jimin shook his head.

"No offense, but I must say the both of you are really hopeless when it comes to voicing out what you feel."

Your brows furrowed at his comment, and he only chuckled.

"You managed to kill that man's confidence today.
I don't blame you though. I myself don't know how I would've reacted if I were in your place?"

He then leaned towards you, his expression growing into a lighter, mischievous one.

"I mean, imagine a member of BTS getting all nervous while confessing that they like you-"

"Wow, this really isn't funny, Jimin." You cut him off as he fought the laugh bubbling up his throat.

"I'd be insane for laughing at this fiasco of yours, huh.

But you need to know, that Kim Seokjin is really clueless sometimes."

You only walked along, staring at him with confusion.

"He won't see what we can, like how you're all heart eyes for him whenever he's around." He continued, and you really wanted to shove him off for his teasing tone.

"He needs to be told the obvious sometimes, just so that he can make himself believe it."

Your confusion only increased with each word that he uttered.

He noticed that and smiled.

"I'm not teaching rocket science here, miss. I'm just trying to tell you how to clear things up."

"And how is that?" You beckoned, raising an eyebrow.

"Duh, it's really simple," Jimin shrugged, stepping out of the glass doors at the exit and turning towards you.

"Just give him your answer."

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