"Jungkookie?" Yoongi calls, voice filled with concern as he closes the distance between them and sits on the floor beside the distressed teen.

Jungkook hastily rubs his eyes but it does very little to remove the evidence that he's been bawling his eyes out, considering their redness as well as his flushed cheeks.

"Hey, buddy. What's the matter?" Yoongi asks softly, hand immediately going to massage the younger's scalp just as he always did when Jungkook was a little kid, as a manner of comfort.

Jungkook finds it hard to speak. There's so much he wants to say but everything seems muddled up and he's afraid nothing he says will make sense. So instead he opts for burying himself in Yoongi's chest and gripping the older male tight.

Yoongi wraps his arms around the younger male immediately, one hand cradling his head while the other rests on his son's lower back tracing circles on his clothed skin.

"Shh, baby. You're okay," Yoongi mumbles, not bothering about the tears soaking his shirt.

To be continued
1 November, 2022