"Would you tell me what's going on in that big brain of yours?" Yoongi asks after a while when Jungkook sobs have reduced to occasional sniffles.

He fondly presses a kiss to the younger's forehead.

"You know Hoseok and I can't see you cry, yeah? What's going on, bub?"

Jungkook hides his face in Yoongi's shirt, feeling slightly embarrassed. Bawling like a toddler in front of his father wasn't part of the plan but as he'd placed his luggage close to his bedroom door, he was overwhelmed by a hundred different emotions but one that stood out among all was fear.

And that fear was what left him sobbing. The thoughts were so loud in his head that he'd failed to hear his father step into the room. While a part of him was ashamed at being seen that way, a part of him was relieved.

"I'm scared," he finally admits in a small voice hoping that vague answer would give Yoongi clues to the entire puzzle.

To be continued
1 November, 2022