Finding the Flower

Part 10

Jaesung had an annoying habit of being able to corner Jimin away the teachers eyes to inflict his damage and so there was little Jimin could do to stand up to him. He felt relieved that since Yoongi had spoken to him Jaesung hadn't bothered him.

His thoughts had done a full circle and come right back to Yoongi. He pulled in a stuttering breath and released it slowly, his stomach churned and sank painfully low and his heart pounded strongly as the anxiety swept over him.What if Yoongi did the same?

Jimin raised his gaze to the rest of the cafeteria. Students were going around their usually daily lives, no one spared him a glance, no once sat at his empty table with him. No once spoke or glared at him, there were no whispers.Perhaps this time was different.

He still felt confused and the turmoil within himself didn't subside with the acknowledgement that perhaps Yoongi wasn't out there spreading hate against him, if that were true then why had he not seen Yoongi in almost two weeks, it was currently Thursday.. 10 days of confusion...

Jimin sighed and stood from his seat taking his plate away to the cleaning station. He left the cafeteria to go outside to a patio area for students who liked to sit and eat outside. He made his way to the edge of the patio that lead to some grass and a couple of cherry trees.

As he leaned against the smooth bark of a tree he spotted Hoseok dashing across the courtyard,momentarily they locked eyes and Jimin offered a weak smile and a small wave before wrapping his arms around himself then slowly sliding down the trunk until he sat on his heels.

Hoseok Tilted his head as he saw Jimin, his smile seemed sad and that thought was confirmed as he watched the boy practically fold in on himself. He offered a large warm smile in return and an even bigger wave, he wished he had more time but right now he had to run.

He sprinted through hallways and up staircases and eventually ploughed through some double doors. He pulled up out of breath inside the library and was currently being glared at menacingly by Ms Han. "sorry Ms Han" he whispered and bowed deeply to her before moving on quietly.

He worked his way round to the staircase that lead to the upper floors, here he found the Botany section and at the back sat at a desk overflowing with open books he found Yoongi flat out drooling onto his arm. Hobi smiled sadly at his friend...

Coming here was supposed to be a break however the lure of unread texts was all too much for him,Hoseok knew as soon as they were shown the library that Yoongi would spend most of his time here. He turned and looked out of the high windows and remembered seeing Jimin.

Hoseok gently shook his friend awake and sat opposite him. He began to close the books and pile them up a bit neater as Yoongi slowly roused himself from sleep. "time 's it?" he muttered as he rubbed sleep from his eyes. "Lunchtime Yoon" he paused looking at his friend.

"we should go eat tonight,you look like you're lacking, staying up to late in here" Hoseok tutted at him. Yoongi yawned and stretched then nodded his agreement to a hunt. "didn't we only eat a couple of days ago?" he asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Hoseok blinked at him. "you're joking me right? Have you no sense of time, its almost two weeks we've been here..." he trailed off and looked to the window again "you.. You haven't spoken to Jimin since... Have you?"he kept his eyes on the window.

"no... I guess I just lost track of days..." Yoongi studied his friends face and noted he was avoiding him. "What is it? Is he ok? Did something else happen?" with each question his voice pitched with a hint of worry and it made Hoseoks lips twitch into a small smile.

 "You do care then" he turned now to look Yoongi in the face and noted the slight red tinting his ears. "I don't think he's doing so well Yoon, I ran past him today across the yard and he kinda looked like a puppy that had been dumped at the side of the road"

Yoongi dropped his gaze to his hands as he picked at his cuticles. "you need to speak to him"Yoongi nodded. "just.. n-not tonight, it's- it'll be dangerous"Hoseok Tilted his head in confusion. "dangerous? Why?"Yoongi sighed and tried to organise his thoughts about it.

"there's something wild with Jimin" he started slowly, Hoseok sat quiet, he knew it could take Yoongi some time to get his words organised for it to make sense to someone else. "it's like a great gravitational pull towards him.. And it- it..." Yoongi huffed in frustration.

"Because it scares me"he added quietly "I don't know what it is but it feels too powerful for me to control... Or to control myself, I don't know.. I-I just don't know" He drags his fingernail along a groove in the wood of the table to give himself something to focus on.

"after we hunt... Tomorrow. I'll talk to him tomorrow" Yoongi finally raised his eyes to his friend and was met with a steady gaze, it was an unreadable expression on Hoseoks face and it made him squirm a little under the pressure. "all right" Hoseok said. "Tomorrow then."

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