My eyes widened, immediately they started watering, "Hobiseok hyung?..." I whisper, "Hobi?" Jimin asked louder, "HOBISEOK HYUNG, ARE YOU OKEY ARE YOU HURT?!??! I THOUGHT YOU WERE- I THOUGHT- Hobi hyung.... are you okey?..." I shouted, then my voice broke as I started scrying nearly sobbing, "OH MY GOD JUNGKOOK?!??!? YOURE OKEY?!????" My hyung.... my best friend he's... he's not...
Hearing his voice sent me into sobs, I fall to my knees in front of the table the radio was on, "Yes, yes it's me hyung. It's your little ggukie... I'm coming... I'm coming to find you Hobiseok... just please- please don't be a dream please be alright.."
My hyung spoke up again, but the radio was starting to cut off and I couldn't hear him, "Hyung? Hyung are you there?" I ask, desperately trying to fix the thing but I only broke it further and it cut out completely. Though I didn't care too much, my Hobiseok is alive.
I felt Jimin grabbed my waist hugging me, "He's okey! He's okey Jungkookie." His voice was so happy and thankful, I couldn't even manage any words out of my mouth. I felt Yoongi softly touching my shoulder, I look over to him, "Thank you so much..." I say, I'm not even entirely sure why I thanked him but I'll roll with it.
Without any second thought I got up, "Let's go get my hyung." I say, walking out of the room determined to bring my Hobiseok back.
They follow me as we make our way back to the university, Yoongi somehow thinking about grabbing some guns incase we-... have an 'unpleasant' visit.
"HOBISEOK!!!" I yell out, desperately running through the empty hallways, "Jungkook wait! Slow down!" Jimin yelled out from behind me but I didn't even register his voice, "Jungkook?!" I heard a voice.
It's his voice.
It's his I just know it.
I can't hear it clearly but that's him...
That's my Hobi hyung.
"Hoseok!" I call out, desperately looking around, I saw a shadow of something and immediately went towards it. And there he is.
"HOBISEOK!!!" I yell out, immediately falling to my knees in front of him and clinging to his waist sobbing, "I thought I lost you!" I say through sobs, I could hear Jimin and Yoongi running after me and slowly stopping and panting.
"I'm okey..." Hobiseok whispered to me, hugging my head tightly, he slowly allowed his body to fall down too, I wrapped my arms around his neck as he clinged to my waist.
"I'm so fucking thankful you're okey." He said through his own sobs, though they were far softer then mine, I look up at him, staring at the face I thought I'd never see again.
I sniffled, trying to calm down but I just ended up sobbing once again, I hugged him tightly, "I thought I lost you..." I whispered, slowly letting him go and allowing Jimin to hug him too but I still had a grip on him, "Hyung, what happened?" Jimin asked, letting go and wiping his face. He wasn't as close to Hobiseok as I was but they were still very good friends.
"I'm not sure, all I remember is running away from something screeching in my ears and Yugyeom pulling me into a closet. About an hour of hiding we came out and everyone was dead, I thought you were one of them...."
My head perked up at his words, "Yugyeom's alive too?" I ask, my eyes sparkling with hope, but seeing the look in his eyes and the silence.... "Please... no please..." I beg him, my eyes teary once again, he gently shook his head looking down.
"H-he was badly injured and-" "No... no..." I shake my head, begging him not to say it, "He didnt make it...." Hoseok whispered, his face stained as well, he looked up at me slowly and gave me a small smile, "He told me.... that if I ever found you to tell you-"
"Shut up!" I scream, trying to get up and away from him, but he grabbed my shoulders and kept me close to him, "He wanted you to know that the loves you." Hobiseok said while I kept struggling, somewhere in my mind thinking hes just doing this to make me feel better and that Yugyeom didn't say anything about me, "And that he never blamed you for what happened to Rose..." I freeze, rose was Yugyeom's girlfriend that drowned about a year ago because of me. Nobody besides Yugyeom knew I was the one that pushed her into the water....
"H-he doesn't?..." I whispered, "No, and he wanted me to tell you that it wasn't your fault. And that you didn't know.."
"That's no excuse... i-i killed her..." I whispered, he seemed confused but stuck with what he said, "You didn't know...." he gently brought me in and gave me a tight hug, I melted in his embrace.
It wasnt my fault?....
Does he really still love me after what I did?
That girl was his life, and I pushed her into the water. And didn't realize she couldn't swim until it was too late because I was drunk and didn't react. But that doesnt mean I didn't kill her.
I look up at Hoseok, realizing it was his best friend that died too, "H-how?... when..." I ask softly, he didn't answer at first but eventually spoke with an absolutely broken voice.
"He died... in my arms.... I couldn't save him. I'm so sorry, a peace of metal stabbed through his stomach...."
"He died.... in your arms?" I ask, almost not believing it, his pained expression broke me, "He didn't want to be alone..." he said, as if it was an excuse, "He didn't want to die alone...." Hoseok whispered, he bit the inside of his lip to stop himself from crying, "And he didn't.... thanks to you he wasn't alone and scared.." I say, he seemed to smile for a moment at the thought that he kept Yugyeom from being afraid...
Without warning he started sobbing, "He couldve still had the fucking decency to close his fucking eyes... " Hoseok spoke softly at first, while burying his head into my neck, "I had to fucking close his eyes! THAT FUCKING BASTARD HAD TO HURT ME LIKE THIS?!??!?!!" He screamed and cried into my chest, this is probably the first time he was able to express his feelings and emotions. He has a habit of bottling up.
"Where is he?..." I ask softly, Hoseok sniffled, then stood up and started leading me to the football field, right in the middle was a patch of dirt that didnt match the rest of the perfect green grass.
"He always said he wanted to be buried here.... it was his favourite thing to do, playing football..." I say softly, "He's right there with his jersey and ball..." Hoseok whispered, he put so much thought into his burial...
"I should've waited for you..." he whispered, I shake my head, "you did the right thing hyung...." I whisper back to him, my voice breaking making it nearly impossible to speak but I managed.
I look down to my hand, gently removing a friendship bracelet off of my wrist. I look over at Hoseok who did the same thing, we both looked at each other bringing the bracelets up to our mouths and kissing them gently. Then bend down and started digging separate holes in his grave as we buried the bracelets, "Forever together, forever and always I'll love you. You are my best friend. You are my brother." We both said together, kissing the back of our left hands then hitting the dirt where we buried our bracelets four times.
This is something we did when we where kids, we thought it was cool, we thought we were just playing around. But it stuck and became a tradition whenever we fought or were not going to see each other for a long time.
We'd make each other bracelets and wear them permanently, then if we had a falling out we'd do this ritual and bury the bracelets somewhere important like under our favourite tree in the park. And when one of us would leave for a long vacation or leave the country we'd do it too and give each other new bracelets.
"This is the last time.... we'll ever be together as three...." I said softly, "Rest in peace, dear friend..." Hoseok said, gently caressing the dirt.
"We love you so much, I hope heaven finds you well." Hoseok said, I couldn't help but laugh, "Heaven? More like hell, this man was the definition of troublesome."
Hoseok chuckled along with me, "Yea, remember that one time he filled the community pool with paruna toys so that they'd move around scare people because he got banned for skinny dipping?" Hoseok asked, I laughed, "And when he ran threw the hallways screaming 'theyre here!' with a toy Barbie attached to his waist by a strinh following him and painted green." I added, "He got suspended for that." Hoseok laughed.
We continued sharing memories of Yugyeom, from good and wholesome to time he nearly got expelled because of stupidity. "He was always such a prankster..." I said, we were sitting down next to his grave laughing at old memories together, "And yet he was the best person to ever walk this earth.." Hoseok added, gently rubbing his fingers over the grave.
"Let's go..." I said softly, Hoseok nodded and got up with me, before we left turned to Yugyeom's grave one last time, "To infinity..." I mumbled, I looked at Hoseok and smiled, he smiled back at me and nodded.
We both made little fist and pointed them up at the air, then turned around and started running towards the building yelling, "And beyond!" While laughing and giggling
We all shared a love for toy story, its a fitting goodbye to be leaving in laughter rather then tears.
I'll see you soon buddy, just wait a little longer.