Perplexing Simplicities

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The pie fills thick and suffocating in his throat and he chokes, "W-What?"

"Hoseok doesn't have a girlfriend." Taehyung repeats. Everything Yoongi needs to hear and the exact opposite at the same time.

"Are you kidding me?" He swallows, hard, his mouth hanging slightly open.

"Hoseok... Hoseok's been single for, like... five years. How could not know that?" Taehyung leans forward really really confused, and examining Yoongi carefully. "I'm starting to think... I'm starting to think there's been some mixed communication..."

"Yeah clearly! Then who the fuck is Dawon?"

Taehyung shakes his head slightly; he looks lost in thought.

"Tae? Who is Dawon?"

"D-Dawon?" He's back. "Dawon is Hoseok's sister."

Yoongi's face falls into something murderous, and Taehyung makes an "oh shit" face.

"You told me he didn't HAVE a sister!!!"

Taehyung flinches, leaning back in his chair. "He—He doesn't really! Dawon is his step sister! And I never said that!"

"Yes, you did!"

"I would never say that, because he HAS a sister!" Taehyung screams like that's the most factual logic in the world, which it kind of is.

Yoongi stops to think, realization dawning on him. "Oh. Jesus. Fuck Jimin." He leans back in his chair and beats the table with his fists. "Are you fucking kidding me!?"

Taehyung glares at him. "Yah! Don't swear at my soulmate!"

"Why are you too so fucking similar! Get some nametags or something, what the fuck!"

"We look nothing alike and that's not even—why are you—that's not what we're mad about right now, what the hell?!"

Yoongi tugs his fingers through his hair, calming his breathing.

"Sorry, just. What the fuck? What the actual, jesus... Fuck, what the fuck."

"Stop swearing."

"Sorry."

Taehyung sighs heavily. "They're not close."

"What?"

"Dawon and Hoseok. In case you were wondering."

"I wasn't."

"No, just like, they're not about to pull some Clueless shit and get together."

Yoongi frowns.

"It's a movie."

"I KNOW it's a movie—that's just not even—what the fuck Tae—I'm not worried about that, what the fuck?"

"Stop swearing."

"Sorry." Yoongi leans into his hands with a deep, exhausted sigh. "Fuck."

Taehyung reaches a cautious hand and pets his head awkwardly. "Jeeze, you're a mess. You must really like him."

Yoongi snorts into his hands.

They sit like that for a short while until Yoongi jerks up. "Wait, step-sister? His parents are divorced?"

Taehyung nods guiltily. "I probably wouldn't be the best person to ask about it though."

"What does that mean?"

"Hoseok. You should ask Hoseok about it."

Yoongi frowns, feeling a little uneasy not only because he feels bad for assuming about Dawon but because he's realizing he knows very little about Hoseok.

"Is it something serious?"

Taehyung gives him a look.

"Right, right okay. Hoseok. I'll... talk to him. I guess."

Taehyung nods and adds, "Try to talk to him about your undying love while you're at it," and almost gets a fork thrown at his head.

They both laugh a little, Taehyung happily and Yoongi reluctantly because despite being a mess and Taehyung being annoying, he feels a sense of relief spreading through him.

"I do have one question though..."

Yoongi nods, preparing for the worst.

"If you thought Hoseok had a girlfriend, how come you asked Jimin—"

"YES, WE'RE LOVERSSS"

"AND THAT is THahhTTAT~"

They both spin their heads to the door, where Hoseok and Jungkook have just burst through in loud drunken concert mode.

"Yoongi!!!!" Jungkook sees him and immediately runs to wrap his arms around his shoulders. Hoseok stumbles to a table and start giggling into his hands while Jungkook leans into Yoongi's ear and whispers, "Hyyungg, did I ever tell you I've always wanted a cat?"

Yoongi growls because Jungkook smells like three tubs of alcohol and a little like a street rat. "Kook, get off!" Manages to pry him off, only to have him stumble into Taehyung's waiting arms.

"Jesus Kook, you smell awful. C'mon." He easily slings the boy over his shoulder and carries him up the stairs muttering something about 'Gotta get you cleaned up.'

Yoongi can't help but wonder if it's a plow to get him and Hoseok alone because, well they're alone, and Hoseok is looking at him... Really... Really intensely.

"Yoongiii~"

Yoongi's phone rings loudly and he picks it up immediately, because, frankly, Hoseok's face terrifies him. Makes him a jittery mess, the way he looks at him, the way his hair is swooping just over his eyes and the way his lips form to sing Yoongi's name with so much care and love—

"Namjoon?"

"Yoongi," Namjoon's voice comes through the phone shaky and desperate. "Yoongi can you come here..."

Yoongi inhales sharply, "What, yes Namjoon what's wrong? Where are you?"

"We're at the hospital."

hi👋 reading oxymoronic/tautologic eyes made me cry like a very very small stupid child and I resent you for it but you said tag and I can so:))) hi (also I loved it but that's irrelevant because i'm still sobbing it's not okay)