«Το να ακούς τη σιωπή, είναι να ακούς τον καρδιακό παλμό του σύμπαντος.»

❝To listen to the silence is to listen to the heartbeat of the universe.❞

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"Yahh! What the fuck?" 

"Wow, best friends indeed! They even scream the same things together!" Namjoon and Mina high-fived and, Ara and Yoongi groaned. 

It was seven in the morning, and Ara and Yoongi were still asleep, cuddling each other. Mina and Namjoon had stopped by to get them when they saw them fast asleep. Being the playful best friends they were, they had taken a few utensils and started hitting them against each other, making loud bang noises. 

Ara and Yoongi sat up and cursed at them as they pushed the two nuisances away. Yoongi then went back to sleep, while Ara got up and walked up the stairs after smacking the back of Mina's head. 

"Yoongi! Get up, kitty! Here kitty, kitty! Get up, sweet kit-" Mina couldn't complete her sentence before Yoongi sat up and glared at her. She pursed her lips and hid behind Namjoon as he cursed at them. 

"Hyung, how'd you get here anyway? We were expecting to see Ara on her bed with her Kumamon plushie, but we see the two of you guys cuddled up against each other. Are you guys on a mission to make Hobi and Jin hyung jealous, or what?" Namjoon chuckled, and Yoongi groaned. 

"Shut up, Namjoon. Go back home!" He grumbled as he walked to the guest room bathroom. 

"Do you think we went a little too far?" 

There was a short silence as the two pondered on Mina's question. 

"Nah, I don't think so," Namjoon said, and Mina chuckled. 

- - -

"I'm so sick of this shit!" 

"Yahh! Don't curse out loud like that! We have customers out front, Hobi!" He lectured after he smacked the back of his best friend's head. 

The two of them were in the back of their cafe kitchen, taking their ten-minute break when Jin had started talking about Yoongi. 

"Hobi, you told me that you had to undergo therapy and that you hadn't deliberately changed into who you are. Think about it, Hobi. If you weren't affected by the therapy, you would be holding hands and kissing Yoongi in public by now," Jin scoffed, and Hobi sighed, running his hands through his hair. 

"I don't know, hyung. I mean, I barely know Yoongi hyung, and I can't just get into a relationship with him. You're right, hyung. If I hadn't gone through therapy, I probably would have started dating him already," he avoided his hyung's gaze. 

"Hobi, you clearly can't get into a relationship already. It takes time to understand and learn to accept each other for who they are. Even before you start dating, you need to get to know each other first and make sure you're comfortable around each other," Jin explained. 

"What about you, hyung? How far did you get with Ara~ssi? I swear if she weren't your soulmate, I would've made a move on her." Hobi teased, and Jin raised a challenging eyebrow. 

"Well, curse you for that, Hobi. And we haven't gotten anywhere, geez. We're just partially bonded for now. She said she needs her space, and I respect it. Besides, I-I'm..." he hesitated, and Hobi furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm her second soulmate. Her first soulmate was Kim Jonghyun, and he lost his life in a car accident before they could completely bond." 

Hobi's eyes widened as he sighed. "I'm sorry, hyung." 

"It's okay, Hobi. I don't mind her keeping her distance, but I could only hope she's okay. It's hard to face life when your first soulmate dies after your partial bond-" Jin was interrupted when the bell rang, signaling the end of their ten-minute break. 

With a tired sigh, the two of them went back to work at the cafe cash counter, with bright smiles plastered on their faces. 

- - -

"Yahhh! Stop running around like babies!" 

"Yoongi, they are babies, Jesus Christ." Mina rolled her eyes, and Yoongi groaned. 

A friend of Mina's mom was a single mother of two four-year-old twin boys. This morning, Mina had woken up to a call from her mother asking her to take care of her friend's sons while the two moms go out shopping. 

And there they were. Mina was feeding the babies some porridge while they ran around and played catch with each other. 

Yoongi was annoyed since the start, but Namjoon had helped Mina out a little by offering to play along with the kids. However, soon, he became tired of all the running around and collapsed next to Yoongi on the couch. 

That was when Mina called Ara over, telling her that she had a surprise job for her. Ara doesn't know yet why Mina has called her over but was on her way anyway. 

"Ugh, this is why I hate babies!" Yoongi groaned. 

"B-babies?" 

All of them looked at the door, and even the kids froze. They stared at Ara, who had just walked into the house. 

"Omo, who's kids are they?" 

"Mina's!" 

"WHAT?" 

And then the two boys started giggling as they jumped onto Yoongi's lap, attaining a loud groan from him. 

x Chapter Fifteen x