(Part 2)

Knock knock.

"Come in," came Namjoon's voice.

Jin twisted the handle and pushed open the door to Namjoon's and Jungkook's shared room.

"Hey, hyung." Namjoon greeted with a raised brow.

"Hey, sorry to bother you."

"Not at all. What's up?"

"Jungkook's asleep?"

Namjoon shifted in bed to peer at the member beside him.

"Yeah, he is."

"Oh. Well, I'll talk to him tomorrow then."

"Is this about what I think this is about?" Namjoon questioned.

"I'm concerned, Joon. So is Yoongi."

"I am too, hyung. I don't think he's been sleeping too well either."

"What makes you say that?"

"I've heard him crying in his sleep. He keeps whining, and then mornings when I wake up, he's never here. He's always up much before I am."

"What does he do?"

"I find him working on school stuff. He says he's got a lot to cover or something."

Jin hummed, the gears in his head shifting.

"Do you think that's what is bothering him?"

"I don't think homework alone could cause this, hyung. I'm just saying. Stress is a given. With the life he is living, having to juggle work and school, trying to stay on top for both and give his best there as well as here...I can understand. He's got more stress to carry than we do but... I don't think that the stress of school work could cause this. He isn't sleeping well, isn't eating well, he is withdrawn, hardly talks much. That's... those signs go much beyond stress of school work, don't you think?"

"Namjoon-ah, I don't think you should say that. Maybe you wouldn't react that way to stress of school life. But everyone's reaction to things is not the same. For you, it may seem too small but for Jungkook, it may seem huge. Just because you may not find it hard, doesn't mean the next person may not. Everyone's reaction to stress is different. So, I don't think we should draw conclusions like that, not without speaking to him about it first."

Namjoon nodded.

"You're right, hyung."

A pause.

"What do you plan on saying to him though?"

Jin took a look at the frown lines on Jungkook's sleeping face.

"Not sure yet. All I hope is he'll let us in on everything that's bothering him. I can't see my maknae this way."

"Neither can I."