Author's note:
I am back with the next part!! Hope you like it!!

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Hoseok's Pov

"This is larger than the previous one. I think I NEED U grossed good profits", Jin Hyung spoke and we nodded. To be frank, this dorm was a way too better than the previous ones. But the only person missing is Suga Hyung.

"Hope ah, what happened yesterday? Did you confess already?", Jin Hyung asked and I shook my head in negation. I don't really have the guts to confess yet.

"Why are you making it late?", Namjoon asked and I pressed my lips into a thin line. My insecurities always kill me regarding this topic. I am not confident to ask her out. We are good friends and I don't think it is easy to confess.

"Minji likes you, doesn't she?", Namjoon asked and I nodded. I know she likes me but I don't think she considers me as someone she wants to date. She is pretty, smart, and a social butterfly. And that's how we bonded.

"Hyung, if you keep delaying it, it would only hurt you. Isn't it hard to see your love talking to you just like a friend?", Jimin asked placing a hand on me. I know it's hard but losing a friendship is even harder.

"I don't know Jimin ah. I am scared. I don't want to lose her", I mouthed and the rest looked at me.

"It will be like that Hyung. But once you express it, your heart will be at ease. I know it will scary until she says yes. But it will be a happy chapter once it is done. Let it be yes or no", Jimin spoke and I understood what he meant.

But I don't have a heart like him. He could be saying this because he might be knowing the feeling. If Minji rejects me, I can't tolerate and I don't really have the guts to hear a no. And I know it isn't right to keep waiting. Ugh! What should I do now?

"I will think about it", I told them and got up to go to my room. Minji is the only person who reached my heart with her extrovert nature. She is my best friend but I started feeling for more than that for a few months.

She has a very lively nature and gives the party vibes everywhere she goes. Her motive is to enjoy every moment of her life. But I know her interest in handsome guys and perfect ones. I am nothing near handsome and perfection.

Our band is still in the growing stage and not many of the people know about us yet. So, I am not financially stable and I can't promise her that I can get her luxuries. I know I am ready to give my level best to make her happy but I am not sure if she would accept me.

Sighing to myself, I lay down on the bed and kept thinking. I know I will be meeting her again tomorrow and I will buy her the tulips again as usual. But yet, it will still be the same normal day. Talking and laughing at random jokes.

God knows how badly I want to ask her out, take her out on dates, spend time with her like a boyfriend. I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep imagining her pretty face in my mind.

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I got up as sun rays fell on my face and saw Jimin sleeping on his bed. I freshened myself and looked at Jimin still sleeping.

"Yah Park Jimin, we need to go for the practice. Get up", I patted him and after his whining in the sleep, he got up with a displeasing expression on his face. I pushed him into the bathroom and threw a towel inside.

"Did he wake up?", Namjoon came and asked me.

"Did Taehyung wake up?", I asked him and he nodded.

"He was complaining about how Yuri kicked him in his dreams but finally went inside the bathroom. And Jungkook is also awake", he mouthed and I nodded, chuckling.

"Hyung, don't worry too much okay? It will be fine", he placed his hand on my shoulder and gave an assuring smile. I know what he is speaking about and I am so glad that my members understand me so well.

"Shall we go and help Hyung with the breakfast?", he asked and I nodded.

"I don't know if he would allow us though", he chuckled at my words and we walked out of my room.

"Don't even try to enter my kitchen you peasants", he snapped at us as soon as we stepped inside the kitchen.

"Why? Hyung?", I asked him, surprised.

"Now tell me who broke the kettle?", he asked and we simultaneously turned to Namjoon who was avoiding our gaze.

"Umm, I need to take this call", he rushed away and I let out a giggle seeing his clumsy self.

"Did his phone even ring?", Jin Hyung shook his head in disbelief.

"Should I help?", I asked him

"No, it's okay. Get the table ready in the meantime and hurry the maknae", he spoke and I did that. I called the younger ones and they settled themselves on the table. We had the amazing breakfast by Jin Hyung and headed to the studio.

We haven't yet decided on the new album yet. And the composition is still yet to be done. So, we are just practicing the steps of the already released songs. My mind was still wandering about Minji. Should I confess it to her?

"Hyung, You are doing it wrong?", Jungkook pointed and I apologized. I am the one who is actually very strict when it comes to mistakes during the dances but today, I lost my mind. We practiced for some more time but I kept missing some moves.

"Let's have a break now", Taehyung announced and I sat down on the floor.

"Just confess it hyung. It doesn't matter if she accepts it or not. You should not worry yourself this much hyung", Jimin stated. Should I?

"Even if she doesn't reciprocate your feelings, it doesn't matter because you will not increase your hope. I know it will be paining but who knows there might be someone even better for you", he smiled and I nodded. Maybe he's right. I can't keep my feelings unanswered.

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"Tulips", I asked the florist and she smiled looking at me. She is the same girl I have noticed yesterday. Every time I come to this shop, the elderly woman gives me the flowers, and only yesterday, I noticed this girl. She gives positive vibes with her smile.

"You seem nervous", she asked as if reading my facial expression. I just smiled and handed her the money.

"I am confessing today", I blurted and she let out a genuine smile.

"You like her so much I guess. Don't worry, whatever will happen, it will happen for the good", she spoke and billed the amount. I smiled at her positive words and mouthed a small thank you to her.

I rushed to the arcade where we usually hang out and she showed a wide smile as soon as she saw me. I gave her the tulips and she inhaled their scent, showing a satisfactory smile.

"If you get me tulips every day, I am sure I will keep with you for a lifetime", she chuckled at her own words but they hit me differently.

"You don't seem alright. Are you okay? Is something bothering you?", she asked me and I shook my head in negation.

"Tell me Hoseok ah", she pulled my arms and I let out a breath. Can I do this? I have to do this. Now or never

"Well umm, there is something I want to tell you since long", I started and she looked at me curiously.

"Don't tell me that you are confessing me", she laughed and I don't know what to do now. Will she accept my feelings or not?

"I am serious Minji", I spoke in a firm tone and she looked at me with a questioning gaze.

"I don't know when but I have started liking you. Not just like a friend, I like you as a woman Minji. I can't hold it in me anymore now", I spoke seriously and she looked at me shocked.

"Please tell me you are kidding", she stuttered and I shook my head in negation.

"I am sorry Hoseok ah. I can't feel the same for you", she stated without even thinking and my heart broke into pieces already. I was very much scared to hear these words and it is even painful in reality.

"But we are very much comfortable around each other. Why not a try?", I asked her with a little ray of hope in my heart.

"If that is what makes you think that we could have a chance, then you are not really liking me Hoseok. You are liking my personality, to be precise and I am like this to everyone. Each and every person in this world", she spoke and I don't even have any words.

"And why not a chance?", I want to know the reason too.

"I don't want to say this but I am being honest. I want a handsome and settled man as my partner. I want someone who can make me feel secure with the future", she stated and I felt hurt. Was she calling me ugly and poor?

"But I do consider you as my friend Hoseok", she completed.

"What if I was handsome and rich? Would you accept me?", I asked her and she nodded.

"Maybe, I would give it a try then", she spoke and I took a deep sigh.

"Don't tell me you would come back to me becoming rich and handsome", she stated and I am controlling my tears now. Does a secured future mean being wealthy and not filled with love? I stepped back and she looked at me confused.

"I won't"

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Who the hell would reject a darling like him?