Three days later after the guys invited Jungkook to play with you, that day came.
"Whoa... Jeon Jungkook, isn't it?" Hoseok asked as soon as the boy walked into the field
They were from the same school, along with Jimin and Taehyung. Hoseok was the only one who knew him though. So the boy introduced himself.
"I'm Jungkook. The guys said you have a great time here"
"Indeed. We got to know Yoongi and Namjoon a few days ago too. I hope we'll get along" Taehyung said and smiled at him, but Jungkook seemed stiff.
Well, Taehyung then had no idea that Jungkook would try to keep your attention busy on him the whole time, even during the game. Whenever Taehyung would try to talk more to you, Jungkook would be there to ruin it, would always try to be on the same team as you, would always try to make you laugh and tell you things privately.
It was a little awkward that he was interfering with your communication with the other boys -you hadn't really noticed his target was Taehyung- but you found it cute whatsoever.
The boy who was only texting you until then, was now making bigger steps towards you. He was doing things to impress you, and really succeeded. He was good at everything, and pretty charming. He was making you feel good about yourself after a long time.
That night, you spent hours during the night to talk to each other through texts, and those nights were repeating themselves at least four times the week.
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A month later, things with Yoongi got more serious. Not only he was unable to come at most of your project meetings, but he also started skipping school a lot.
Having only one teammate to do the project with, along with doing Suho's project, made your tiredness even worse, but what you cared about the most, was Yoongi himself.
Namjoon didn't want to tell you anything without Yoongi's permission, so you decided to go find Yoongi yourself.
You got the chance to take a glimpse at school's files, and found the boy's address. You learned it by heart and after school, you went there.
Someone could say it was wrong of you. And you probably agreed. If Yoongi wanted to tell you what's wrong with his life, he would. But avoiding it every time you asked him, seeing him missing out more and more, you got really worried and you couldn't help it.
Your GPS got you to a neighborhood that was well known that was addressed for people with difficulty in affording living at other areas. The houses were at bad state, since the residents there were focusing on trying to find a job and get by. No one was bothering with actually fixing the damaged walls, roofs or doors.
You stood in front of the house that was supposed to be Yoongi's. Thoughts of leaving crossed your mind, that he would probably not want to see anyone. Or that you had to text him first before appearing so suddenly. You looked at the house and noticed how small it was. Was Yoongi living alone there? Would he get offended if you offered him to fix the walls together? You felt bad thinking of him living there.
You took a deep breath and knocked the door. A few moments later it was opened by your friend who was more than surprised to see you. His eyes were wide open and he gulped, as he looked around you to make sure you hadn't brought more people.
"Why are you here?" he asked and it kind of hurt he didn't even say hi.
"Hello to you too" you said and smiled "You were missing from school for days, you're not even coming for the project. I was worried."
"YOONGI? WHO IS IT? WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?" A female voice was heard from inside the house and Yoongi sighed, grabbed your hand and made you follow him outside his house, closing the door behind.
You both sat at a bench that was nearby, and you could see he had difficulty in trying to find his words. You weren't used to that side of Yoongi.
"Was that your mother?" you asked and he nodded.
"Yeah. She's disabled. Can't walk. She's at the living room the whole day and we wouldn't be able to talk in there" he said and noticed how tired his voice was "I'm sorry if I was abrupt before, it's just that you surprised me. I don't like people coming here."
You knew what he meant.
"Sorry for not calling you. I can leave if you want me to, just tell me if you're okay" you said and he smiled at you.
"No need to leave, it's okay. I guess you, Namjoon and Jungkook are the only friends I can allow coming here. I've been skipping school cause I have no time. I won't be the cliché friend who'll tell you I'm fine but dying inside. I'm not really fine. An asshole broke into our house lately and stole everything of value to us. Which means huge financial problem to us. C'mon, look at my house, who would want to steal something from it? Anyways, I only have my mother, no wheelchair, she has no job and the only money we had was an allowance because of the disability. So I have to work. I started skipping school when I got to work at a night club as bartender. They said I'm good-looking" he laughed bitterly "So basically the rest of the day I can only take care of my mother and sleep"
Having him in front of you talking like that, you realized how fragile he actually looked.
"And till when will you do this?"
"Dunno. Until finding a better job I guess. Mother barely supports us anymore. And she's really pissing me off. Always having a problem with anything I do, as if I'm doing this for myself" he said and sighed, but after that he tried to change the mood by slightly punching your arm "Enough with me. How are things with Jungkook going?"
You blushed and pushed his hand away. You wanted to talk more about Yoongi and whether you could do something to help him, but didn't want to pressure him.
"What do you mean? We're just talking..."
"Yeah yeah, Namjoon tells me all about how you look at each other at his house. I heard he even stays there watching you doing the project. Oh, and sorry I can't help with that."
"It's okay, it's almost finished" you said
"But you look tired too. Something wrong?"
You thought of Suho and how hard you were trying to finish his project too
"Nothing new, I'm just... just tell us if you ever need help"
"Of course" he said and tightened your hand in his "Sorry for being distant. Let's both do our best, Y/N, better days will come"
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For the next two days you couldn't get Yoongi and what he was going through out of your mind. You wanted to help him relax even a little, that's why at the basketball field, when all of your friends were there except Yoongi himself, you proposed to them to surprise him by hanging out at his club one night. They were more than eager to do it.
"Hell yeah" Jin said, and you could imagine him being the party animal
"We need this as well" Jimin said
"Sweet of you" Taehyung said and smiled at you.
Jungkook, as if he realized he was getting threatened, put his hand on your waist and appeared in front of you with a smile.
"I'm gonna take you there. Your house is on my way"
Some playful cheering was heard from the guys - Taehyung was only staring at Jungkook though- and that made you kind of embarrassed. Your heart skipped a beat at the boy's touch, and you were aware his intentions were more than friendly. You had done things to keep him waiting until you were ready to make that decision, but your gut told you the time up was sooner than expected.
"Sure-"
"My house is on your way too" Taehyung said and Jin participated as well
"Mine too. Gonna help us Mr. driver?"
The guys laughed and enjoyed messing with Jungkook, he looked at them awkwardly but had to accept helping them.
"Uhm... I'm not gonna come" Namjoon said and you all turned to him
You were surprised to hear this from him, since he was Yoongi's closest friend
"Don't get me wrong, it's such a great idea and all, but I... can't. Have to study"
"C'mon man, you can always study another time, we'd never hung out somewhere besides this place" Jin said but no one could persuade Namjoon.
Hoseok was also pretty reluctant in coming, saying he didn't really like clubs but in the end he agreed, putting a worried look on his face.