Yoongi poked the muddied ground with a stick, waiting for Hoseok.

They had met up every day between 2-5 am to sleep together for the past 6 months.  Neither of them had been questioned thanks to the glory of adulthood.

But Yoongi had been waiting so long and he was cold.  It was raining too, his hair and clothes dripping as he shivered, at the edge of tears and his lip quivered.

He didn't react to the rushed footsteps behind him until Hoseok's brown, concerned eyes were at his, the male's hands on his cold face.

Yoongi licked his cold lips, "You're late...."

"I know and I'm so so so sorry. Im so very sorry, oh my god you're freezing, Im really really sorry.  You're coming to my place, it's warmer and I can give you my clothes and give you a warm bath...."

As Hoseok spoke he lifted Yoongi, the smaller unhesitatingly wrapping himself around Hoseok and dropping the stick. He shivered roughly, Hoseok making sure he was secure before running back to the kingdom, trying to be quick so he could warm Yoongi up.

He'd never been so late before.

6 months of repetition but he was still late.

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Yoongi, now bathed, dried, and clothed, sat on Hoseok's bed, chewing on Hoseok's hoodie string that he was borrowing, wondering why Hoseok wasn't coming to lay with him.

He didn't voice this, watching Hoseok type sentence after sentence on his desktop quietly.

Hoseok then cleared his throat, Yoongi looking towards his face but he couldn't only see the back of his head, Hoseok not bothering to turn around, "You can lay down, I'll be with you in a minute."

"Wha-What time is it," Yoongi stuttered, at first unsure of what he was asking.

"Uhhh 5:30 am, it's okay though, it's a Thursday though and I have school stuff I have to make up."

"Oh.."

Yoongi did, in fact, lay down like told.

Hoseok didn't lay with him.

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Yoongi woke so suddenly, unsure what time it was except that it was still dark.  Whimpers tore from his throat, small sobs making their way too. 

He had a night terror so horrible it made up for not having one so scary in 6 months.

He rocked himself, everything in his body hurting from how hard he cried.

Which woke Hoseok who had fallen asleep at his desk.  The taller male took a second before he was able to rush to Yoongi's side, wrapping his arms tightly around his tiny frame and rock him gently until he quieted.

Hoseok was silent which was unusual but Yoongi didn't point it out, knowing fair well he was probably tired from being suddenly woken up.

"I'm sorry..."

"Nono don't-" Hoseok yawned mid sentence, "Don't worry, I should be sorry for not laying with you like i said I would.  Come on," Hoseok mumbled, pulling Yoongi down so they could cuddle.

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"TINY! WANT ICE CREAM~?"

Yoongi gasped, "Seokseokseok, can I go?"

"Why are you asking me?" Hoseok laughed, shoving Yoongi forward.

Yoongi giggled, shrugging and running off to Taehyung who immediately handed him a small bowl of ice cream.

Yoongi had practically took Hoseok's place as Taehyung's best friend, they were the softed duo.

Yoongi bounced on the balls of his feet as he ate, Taehyung sitting at the outdoor stool that was on his front porch, legs swinging.

Hoseok, having walked over, smiled seeing how unusually hyper Yoongi was that day.  Of course the thought of how little sleep Yoongi got that night crossed his mind, it seeming the most likely answer.

"Yoon," Hoseok mumbled after a second, "Are you tired?"

"I'm very tired, why?" The smaller sassed back, looking up from his ice cream and over to Hoseok who frowned a little, Yoongi cutting him off, "Don't you dare apologize, whore."

"It's my fault though... I didn't stand by any of our agreements and—"

"Apologize one more time and I'm going home."

Hoseok whimpered.

Whimpered.

Yoongi's eyes widened at the small noise. While Hoseok showed weakness or disdain more openly, he wasn't one to go ahead and show it too much.

Even Taehyung, who sat a bit away from them but still heard it, was shocked.

Yoongi whined, trying to play around, "You're making me feel like I hurt a puppy, that's not fair."

"Yoongi."

Yoongi's lips parted, confused at the quiet way Hoseok said his name, it coming out weak and barely audible.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Can we.... Go back to my house? I really need to talk to you."

"Sure..?"

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As soon and Yoongi sat down on Hoseok's bed, the taller male began to speak.

"I want to leave.  I want to leave the kingdom.  I-I don't want you to keep going back to the camp either.... I know I can't stop you especially after I tell you.... they're taking the camps and bringing them in the kingdom," He stopped to take a deep breath trying to work his words, "I-I- I dont want you to get hurt."

Yoongi licked his lips.  "A few days.  I'll stay put for a few days so I won't worry you, but if I need to leave or if I hear my family is being hurt I'm going to go back, okay?"

"That's all i ask," Hoseok mumbles, sitting on his desk chair backwards so his arms rested on the backrest. "I want to make a plan to leave because we both know, oh so incredibly well, the war only gets closer.  Unless we plan on overthrowing the royals—"

"Let's fucking overthrow the royals, or are you too much of a pussy?"

Hoseok glared at Yoongi, the smaller licking his lips and turning his gaze away, "I-I mean—"

"It's not a bad idea but it's risky," Hoseok hummed, Yoongi's face pink as he stared at his hands in his lap.  Hoseok cooed softly, rolling his chair over and cupping Yoongi's cheeks, "You're so cute, y'know, so so cute."

Yoongi frowned, shaking his head but Hoseok just turned his head back towards him, "Don't argue with me, pretty boy."

Yoongi gasped, knowing fair well Hoseok only talks to him like that when he's either serious or flirty.

Which in this case it might be both.

Yoongi bit his lip, eyes avoiding Hoseok's.  He leaned into Hoseok's right hand that was still on his cheek, the taller smiling and gently caressing his cheek.

To him, it was amazing how he was able to get Yoongi to warm up to him in just 6 months, but with the assistance of their very personal talks he was able to.

And Yoongi was surprised in himself, how he could get so attached, how in his head he pushed past the need of having his brother's to acknowledge him just once that he was helping them and instead relied of Hoseok for that approval.

He really liked him.

Smut next chapter 🙈