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F I V E

"Hyung, he just found out that Eun Hye's dating again, so he's not taking it...too well." Taehyung said.

Lee Eun Hye was the girl Jimin had been dating for the last two years, and had broken up five months ago. While Eun Hye had moved on, Jimin was having a hard time accepting what was happening.

"Should I come over?" Hoseok asked. "Actually, I was going to ask if you could get Jong Gyu from school." Taehyung enlightened.

An hour later, Hoseok found himself in a schoolyard. He had felt a little out of his depth when he'd first set foot in the yard as everyone's attention turned towards him immediately despite the mask he was wearing.

Looking along he corridor, he spotted Jong Gyu's class and leaned against the wall to wait. Soon enough, Taehyung's little brother came charging out of the room and threw himself at Hoseok, happy to see him. Hoseok pulled his mask down and laughed as he swung the young boy up into his arms.

"Had a good day?" He asked. "Hyung, snake lady's here!" Jong Gyu exclaimed. "Snake lady?" Hoseok questioned.

"Yeah, the lady that looked after you at the museum when you got scared by the snake." Hoseok felt his cheeks redden as a ripple of laughter flowed along the corridor at Jong Gyu's words.

"Dude, not cool!" Hoseok hissed, only to receive a huge grin from the boy. "Seriously, Suzy's in there?" Hoseok asked, just to make sure and Jong Gyu nodded.

"Yeah, my teacher is her friend and she came in to talk to us about snakes and frogs. She even brought some snakes with her!" Hoseok swallowed hard at the mention of snakes, but something told him that he should hide his fear and make some attempt to see Suzy.

"Would it be okay if we went in there, so I can say hi?" He inquired. Jong Gyu snickered, "Taehyungie hyung said you love the snake lady."

"Really? Well, Hoseok hyung thinks he'll be having a talk with Taehyungie hyung later." Hoseok muttered as he carried Jong Gyu back inside the room.

"Jong Gyu, did you for- hey Hoseok!" Rosé's voice rang out loud enough to make Suzy whirl around from her stool on the other side of the room. Hoseok looked over at her, smirking a little at the shy smile she wore.

"Hey Rosé, Jong Gyu said Suzy was here, so I thought I'd say hi."

"Suuuuure, c'mon in." Rosé invited. "Jong Gyu, want to help me get some things ready for tomorrow?" She asked, making the boy scramble out of Hoseok's arms to help her. Suzy looked down nervously at the floor once they were out of the room.

"How was the head on Sunday morning?" Hoseok asked, standing just in front of her by the time she looked up. "Terrible." Suzy admitted with a laugh. "I think I owe you a huge thank you for rescuing me from making an even bigger ass out of myself."

Hoseok tried to pass it off with a shrug. "It was nothing. You helped me, so it was the least I could do." Suzy nodded, returning his smile. "Well, it was good you were there, and I'm very grateful for that." She told him softly.

"I stopped by the museum on Monday to see how you were."

"Wendy told me." Suzy replied and Hoseok chuckled nervously. "Okay...here's the thing. I did wanna see how you were, but there was another reason for me being there." He stated. "Oh." Suzy replied in surprise.

"I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go out some time...dinner, movie...whatever, I don't mind. I'd just really like to see you some time." He said, looking at her hopefully.

She nodded with a smile, "I'd like that, thank you."

"Great! So, maybe you wanna give me your number..." he trailed off. "Oh yeah, of course." Suzy said and Hoseok handed her his phone with a grin. He looked over her shoulder at the tank behind her, watching the corn snake in it.

"He looks harmless compared to that brute the other day." Hoseok stated wryly.

"He is, wanna hold him?" Suzy asked, not bothering to hide her teasing tone.

"Sounds tempting, but I think I may just pass that opportunity for now." Hoseok shrugged.

Suzy only smiled at him and Hoseok replied with a grin. "I'll call you tomorrow?" He asked hopefully. "Sure." She said when Rosé magically appeared from nowhere with Jong Gyu, an excited grin on her face.

"You ready kiddo?" Hoseok asked him, taking a hold of Jong Gyu's hand. "So tomorrow?" He said back to Suzy, smiling as she nodded. "Tomorrow." She replied, earning a smirk from him. Hoseok turned and bid goodbye to the girls, stopping briefly at the doorway to take one last look at Suzy.

"Taehyungie hyung's right, you do love her!" Jong Gyu stated happily, once they were out of the room.

"Taehyungie hyung's a dead man, that much I'll say." Hoseok answered as he walked down the corridor with a new found swagger.