Chapter 110: A Thousand Unsaid Things

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The hiss of the coffee machine filled the silence

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The hiss of the coffee machine filled the silence. I stared at my phone, not seeing the screen.

I wasn't texting anyone.
Just scrolling absently, pretending.

My thumb kept moving because I needed something to do with my hands, anything to keep the feelings from overflowing.

Footsteps padded in.
Familiar.

Yoongi.

He didn't say anything at first. Just walked over to the machine, poured water into the back, and let the silence breathe.

Then-"Don't let it fester."

His voice was low, quiet but firm.
His kind of serious.

I didn't respond.

He stepped closer, leaning slightly against the counter near me.

"He's scared because he cares," he said. "So are you."

I swallowed, tightening my grip on the phone.

"I know."

There was a long pause.

"But it felt like..." I blinked too fast.

"Like he didn't trust me. Didn't even try to see it. Just cut it down."

Yoongi tilted his head, watching me.

"He did see it," he said gently.

"He just saw the risk louder than the dream today."

I nodded slowly, blinking down at the floor.

"That's what hurts. That he didn't believe we could build it safe enough. That I could."

"You're not alone in building it," he reminded me. "You never were."

Something in his voice made me look up.
And for a moment, his face was all softness. His eyes full of quiet, steady faith.

Yoongi didn't always say much.
But when he did, it felt like it had been forged in fire first.

He clapped a hand briefly on my shoulder. Not dramatic. Not grand.
But solid. Warm.

It said, I see you. I believe in you.
Always.

My eyes stung.

He didn't ask if I was okay.
Because he already knew I wasn't.

And that was the thing about soulmates.
Sometimes, they didn't need to fix you.

They just stayed long enough to help you breathe again.

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Yoongi's POV

The house was golden.

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