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Your outfit was really cute yesterday, you should wear those colors more often. They make you shine even brighter.

-sg

Hoseok blushed once he finished reading the note. It was the third one that week that he had found in his locker. He didn't know who was sending them but he enjoyed them. So far they had only been positive and complimentary towards him.

The only downside to them was that they made him blush a lot. Then again, Hosoek tended to blush easily. Especially when compliments were given to him.

The bell rang bringing Hoseok back to reality. Everyone around him began walking to class. Hoseok quickly shut the door to his locker and headed to his class as well. 

Who could it be? Hoseok wondered as he played with the note in his hand. I don't know anyone who has the initials 'sg'.

Hoseok walked into his first block classroom (Science) and took his seat. He looked over at the seat next to him and saw that Jimin, his friend, still wasn't in class.

He's with Taehyungie again, He thought, smiling. It must be nice to be in love, especially during the spring.

He began taking out his notebook and pencils, quietly humming a random song he had heard playing from his sister's room a few days ago. He made a mental note as he opened up his notebook to ask her about the song so he could add it to his playlist.

"Excuse me," A low voice said from behind him. "This rolled out of your bookbag."

Hoseok turned around to see who the owner of the voice was. It was a pale, dark-haired boy who Hoseok quickly realized was Min Yoongi, one of the boys in the school's basketball team. He was a really good player from what Hoseok had seen. Their school had really lucked out with having Yoongi as a student there.

Yoongi was holding out one of his pens to him, waiting for Hoseok to take it.

"Oh," Hoseok said, smiling at Yoongi while he took his pen from him. "Thank you."

Yoongi gave a small, but very cute in Hoseok's opinion, smile back before going back to his seat. 

He's kind of cute, Hoseok thought as he put his pen back in his bookbag. And his voice is very nice.

The late bell rang, bringing Hoseok out of his thoughts and into reality. Jimin still wasn't sitting next to him and the teacher was beginning to call the role. He was going to be late again. Hoseok knew for a fact that Jimin could not afford any more tardies.

"Park Ji-" The professor began before the door swung open and a flustered Jimin appeared at the door.

"Here!" Jimin shouted as he stumbled over to his seat. A few people in the classroom laughed and Hoseok only smiled. Leave it to Jimin to arrive late to class and still manage to be cute about it.

"Barely." The teacher mumbled as he marked Jimin present. He finished up calling the role and began explaining what they would be doing that day.

"We'll be starting a new unit this week and as you're all aware, with a new unit, comes a new project," The teacher said. There were a few noises of disapproval around the classroom but the teacher ignored them. "This will be a project done in partners which I've assigned myself. Last time I let you choose your own partners the projects were horrendous."

This time, the entire class groaned in disappointment. No one liked assigned partners. Too much awkwardness. 

Hoseok and Jimin looked at each other and pouted. They were both good students but they knew that whatever the teacher said, applied to everyone.

They just hoped the teacher paired them up together.

The teacher explained the project and what he expected from everyone before he started calling out the partners.

Hoseok had his fingers crossed. He didn't know anyone that well in this class apart from Jimin. It's not that he was bad at getting along with people, he was just fine at doing that. He just didn't know who in the class were the slackers and who were the ones that would actually do their part in the project.

"Kim Jisoo and Ahn Hyejin."

"Oh Heejun and Kim Jihun."

"Im Changkyun and Lee Luda."

"Park Jimin and Jung Wheein,"

Their teacher called out a few more pairs before he got to Hoseok.

"Min Yoongi and Jung Hoseok."

Oh, ok that's not that bad, Hoseok thought as he turned around to look at Yoongi who was already looking at him. Yoongi's nice, I think.

"I hate him," Jimin said as he and Hoseok walked over to an empty table. "Why would he pair me up with Wheein? She used to date Taehyung. It's going be so awkward."

Hoseok placed a hand on his friend's shoulder as a sign of comfort. "Jimin, I don't think Mr. Kim knew she used to date Taehyung. Mr. Kim is really clueless about this type of stuff."

Jimin placed his tray down and sighed dramatically. "I just wish he wasn't."

Hoseok smiled at his friend. He understood his frustration but it wasn't Mr. Kim's fault. It's not like teachers to keep up with student drama.

At least he hopes they don't.

The two friends took a seat and began eating. Hoseok was in the middle of enjoying his burger when Wheein approached their table.

"Hoseok? Someone put this in my bookbag. I think it belongs to you, it has your name written on it." She said handing him a little envelope.

Hoseok accepted the envelope from Wheein and almost opened it on the spot. He was curious as to what the little envelope had inside but he was also aware that if he did, Wheein, who was still standing there, would probably want to know what it says. It had been in her bag after all. It would only be fair to let her know what was inside.

But Hoseok didn't want to. He didn't know Wheein well and now that he thought about it, he was sure that the little envelope contained a note from his secret admirer. He didn't want to show her something that was a bit personal to him. 

It was also something that he hadn't told Jimin about. It would hurt his friend's feelings if he found out about the notes at the same time as a girl they didn't really talk to did.

Hoseok was about to excuse himself to the bathroom when Wheein suddenly turned to look at Jimin and smiled at him.

"Jimin, I hope we can work well together. I know it may look as if it will be awkward between us but I promise that it doesn't bother me that you're dating Taehyung. So let's just focus on our work so that we can get a good grade." She said rather quickly. It seemed as if she had planned those words beforehand.

Hoseok looked over at Jimin to see his reaction. Jimin seemed a bit taken aback by Wheein's words. Hoseok supposed his friend was surprised that Wheein had taken the initiative to address the 'issue' between them. 

Hoseok played with the envelope in his hands waiting for Jimin to say something.

Finally, Jimin cleared his throat after an uncomfortable moment of silence.  "Um, I hope we are able to work well together as well. As you said, we should just focus on the project. It also doesn't bother me that you use to date Taehyung."

Wheein smiled at him again. Jimin smiled at her too, although his smile seemed a bit forced to Hoseok. He didn't say anything though as the situation was awkward enough.

After the two starred at each other for a few more minutes, Wheein said she had to go and left. 

The two friends watched the girl walk away to the table where her friends were at. When she sat down at her table, Jimin let out a sigh. Hoseok laughed at his friend.

"That was so awkward. You don't understand how badly I wanted her to leave." Jimin groaned as he covered his face. 

Hoseok patted his head. "At least you guys talked about it."

Jimin groaned again.

Hoseok was about to start playing with Jimin's hair when he remembered he was holding the little envelope. He quickly opened it and smiled when he saw the folded piece of paper that was inside. He took it out and read it.

Your smile is absolutely stunning. It should be considered a crime to have someone wipe it off your face.

-sg

Hoseok blushed. Why does he blush so easily? It's just a note.

"What does it say?" Jimin asked, startling Hoseok as he hadn't realized his friend was no longer covering his face and cringing at the awkward moment that had just happened. 

He was leaning over trying to catch a glimpse of what the paper read. Hoseok showed him the paper seeing that his friend was struggling. Jimin read it and looked at Hoseok with wide eyes.

"Who's sg?" He asked.

Hoseok shrugged. "I don't know, but they've been leaving little notes in my locker."

A huge smile grew on Jimin's face. "You've got a secret admirer." He sang.

"Stop," Hoseok whined, blushing at his friend's words.

Jimin wrapped his arm around Hoseok's shoulder. "Don't worry Hobi, we'll find out who they are."

"No," Hoseok instantly said. "They'll tell me themselves who they are. I don't want to find out who they are before they're ready for me to know."

Jimin pouted. "But that's no fun."

"But it's more romantic." Hoseok smiled, looking down at the note.

Jimin rolled his eyes and continued eating. Hoseok only smiled and continued staring at the note. Whoever is writing the notes would get a definite yes when they revealed who they were. If they asked him out when they revealed themselves.

Or maybe Hoseok will have to ask them out. They're probably shy seeing as they're writing him notes.

Perhaps he'll find love during the spring as well. His smile grew wider at that thought.

Chapter Text

Yoongi smiled as he watched Hoseok focus on drawing on their poster board. They were at the older's house working on their project. It had been a few days since the project was assigned and they had already finished doing the research part of it. 

Right now they were meeting up at Yoongi's house (For the second time! Yoongi couldn't believe how fortunate he was.)to set up the poster board that they were going to use. After much discussion, they decided on the layout and how they would decorate the board, because, as Hoseok had said, a nicely decorated project is key to a good grade.

Speaking of decoration, Hoseok was still drawing little cacti on their poster board. The new unit they were starting in Science was plant life so the duo had decided to do their project on plants found in deserts.

Actually, Hoseok had been the one to suggest it and, since Yoongi didn't want to upset the younger in any way, he went along with it.

Hoseok let out a quiet sigh and scrunched up his face. Yoongi watched attentively as Hoseok tried to draw the cacti spikes with a sharpie. Yoongi watched as Hoseok's hand slipped and a large black strip went across the cactus he had just drawn.

He couldn't help but laugh.

"Why are you laughing!" Hoseok yelled, his face turning red.

Yoongi shook his head. "I think you should take a break from drawing. We don't need so many cacti on the board."

Hoseok huffed and put the sharpie away. "It needs some sort of decoration, Yoongi. We'll get points taken off if it looks plain."

"So what if we lose a couple of points, I'm sure the research part will make up for it. We'll pass with a high B." Yoongi said as he looked over the project. "These don't even look like cacti."

Hoseok's face turned even redder. He pushed Yoongi away from the poster board and got up. 

"Where are you going?" Yoongi asked as Hoseok grabbed the poster board and walked towards Yoongi's door.

"Somewhere where my efforts are appreciated." Hoseok sulked.

"I was just kidding," Yoongi quickly said. He didn't want Hoseok to leave so soon. The younger had arrived at his house but a few minutes ago. 

He held the sharpie out to Hoseok. "Come on, you can keep drawing the cacti."

There was a frown on Hoseok's face and Yoongi couldn't help but feel bad for making the younger get upset. He had only meant what he said as a joke but it seems that Hoseok had taken it seriously.

Hoseok went back to the spot on the floor he had been sitting on and gently took the sharpie from Yoongi's hand. 

"Sorry," Yoongi said. "I didn't mean to upset you."

"It's ok," Hoseok responded softly. "It's not a big deal anyway. A high B doesn't sound bad."

Yoongi smiled and grabbed a green color pencil from the pencil holder placed between them. "How about we shoot for a low A? Or is that too ambitious?"

Hoseok giggled. "No, ambitious would be reaching for a high A."

"Then let's go for it." Yoongi smirked. He began drawing cacti on the board as well.

An hour had gone by before the two boys were satisfied with the number of cacti on their project. Yoongi was especially fond of the little cacti that Hoseok had given faces to.

The two boys were tired of drawing little cacti and other plants so they decided that they would stop for today and finish up the poster board another day.

Hoseok was currently putting the markers and color pencils they had used to draw the cacti back in their place. Yoongi was also cleaning up. It was his house, after all, he couldn't let his guest do all the work. Hoseok would end up thinking he's lazy and he didn't want that.

There was a sound of something falling and a small sigh coming from Hoseok. Yoongi looked over at the younger and saw that he had dropped the pencil holder. He was picking them up and Yoongi couldn't help but watch as Hoseok did so.

The brunet was letting out small whines as he put the pencil back into the case. Yoongi had been staring at Hoseok so long, he had forgotten he'd been cleaning as well.

"Um, I'm going to leave now, my dad wants me to be home by dinner," Hoseok said as he stood up and handed the pencil holder to Yoongi. "We've already said we're meeting up tomorrow but we didn't say when."

Yoongi nodded. "Is noon ok with you?"

"Yeah," Hoseok smiled. "Well I'll get going now, my house is kind of far from yours."

Yoongi frowned at Hoseok's response. Were his parents not going to pick him up?

"Are you walking home?" He asked.

Hoseok nodded. "My dad took the car to the mechanic yesterday and we still haven't gotten it back."

"How far is your house? I can give you a ride if you want." Yoongi offered.

"Thank you but it's ok. I'll walk home. I need the exercise anyway." Hoseok laughed, pointing to his thighs.

Yoongi didn't know if Hoseok was saying that as a joke or if he was serious. He hoped he was saying it as a joke. From his point of view, Hoseok looked beautiful. He didn't need to change anything about himself. Hoseok was already perfect.

Yoongi didn't want to say anything that would make him uncomfortable though. Although he and Hoseok were getting along well so far, he still wasn't in the place to tell Hoseok what he was currently thinking.

Hoseok would probably get weirded out.

"I'll walk you to the door then," Yoongi said.

Hoseok nodded and the two boys walked out of Yoongi's room and to the front door if the house.

"Bye Hoseok, be safe," Yoongi said as he opened the door.

"Thank you and bye Yoongi," Hoseok replied, smiling at the older.

Hoseok walked out of the house and Yoongi watched him walk down the path and onto the sidewalk. He didn't close the door until he couldn't see Hoseok anymore. He could only hope that the rest of Hoseok's trip back home had been safe.

Chapter Text

Hoseok, you're beautiful. 

Don't ever doubt that.

-sg

"This guy is totally whipped for you. Oh! Do you want a cookie? I made some with Wheein when I went over to her house a few days ago." Jimin said giving Hoseok a cookie without even waiting for him to say anything.

Hoseok didn't complain though. The cookie was the best he'd had in a long time. Who knew his friend had a talent for baking.

"I see you two are getting along just fine," Hoseok giggled. "Are you still mad at Mr. Kim?"

Jimin glared at Hoseok. "I'm mad at him for different reasons now."

"What happened?" Hoseok asked.

"He caught Taehyung and I kissing in the janitor's closet. Usually, when teachers catch us they just give us a warning but he gave us detention for a week." Jiminie whined. "Why is he becoming such a horrible teacher?"

Hoseok shrugged and stole a cookie from Jimin's lunchbox. "He's a good teacher, it's just you're starting to do more risky things at school."

Jimin groaned and slammed his head on the table. "Don't say that it sounds like something my mom would say if she found out what I've been doing."

"My Jiminie isn't innocent anymore!" Hoseok whined in a high pitch voice, trying to sound like Jimin's mother. "What should I do? My Jiminie is growing up!"

Hoseok threw himself onto his friend, fake sobbing that his 'son' was a big boy now. Meanwhile, Jimin was trying to pry Hoseok off. His friend was bringing too much unwanted attention from a certain boy Jimin got a weird vibe from.

Min Yoongi.

The older boy had been starring at his friend for weeks now. It only got more intense after Yoongi got paired up with Hoseok in their science class.

Sometimes the pale boy would even sit with them at lunch. Jimin wasn't sure what Yoongi wanted from his friend but if the older tried anything funny on Hoseok, Jimin was prepared to throw hands.

"Jiminie, do you ever think that sg might be a girl?" Hoseok suddenly asked, bringing Jimin out of the various scenarios he was imaging involving a certain pale boy and punching.

"It could be possible," Jimin said, looking at the note that was on the table. "But don't girls usually write neatly?"

Hoseok shrugged. "The handwriting looks neat to me."

"But, I thought you didn't like girls Hobi?" Jimin asked, looking over at his friend. 

"I don't, but I feel like it's wrong to think that sg is only a boy. What if they're a girl? Then what?" Hoseok said. 

Jimin sighed. "I guess you just tell her you liked it better when she kept her identity undercover."

"But that's mean." Hoseok pouted. "I don't want to hurt her feelings."

"Well you can't exactly tell her you'd like to date her, can you? That'll only hurt her feelings even more, especially when she finds out you feel nothing." Jimin pointed out.

"I hope it's a boy," Hoseok whined again. "It'll make things easier for me."

As Hoseok continued whining about not wanting his secret admirer to be a girl because he wasn't prepared to break someone's heart, a certain black-haired boy was approaching their table. Jimin watched Yoongi take a seat at their table as if it was something completely normal for him to do. Hoseok didn't notice this though, he was still worried about the possibility of sg being a girl to notice his science partner sitting in front of him.

"What's wrong Seok-ah?" Yoongi asked. "What's got you so worked up?"

Hoseok yelled when he heard Yoongi's voice. A few people looked their way and laughed. Jimin frowned when he saw that Yoongi laughed as well. Why was it that everything this boy did made him more suspicious about him?

"Y-yoongi," Hoseok stuttered. "When did you get here?"

"Just now," Yoongi responded. "Sorry for scaring you."

Hoseok shook his head. "It's ok, I wasn't even scared. It was all just for show."

Jimin scoffed and went back to eating his lunch. Hoseok did not scream for show. He knew his best friend better than anyone and he knew that Hoseok hated bringing too much attention to himself. 

"Sure," Yoongi smiled. "You didn't answer my question by the way."

Hoseok struggled to come up with something to tell Yoongi. While Yoongi waited for Hoseok to answer his question, he spotted the note on the table. He reached for it but Jimin quickly grabbed and hid it.

"What is it?" Yoongi asked.

"A piece of paper." Jimin responded flatly. 

Hoseok watched the interaction between the two males in front of him. Why was the tension so thick, he wondered.

"Jiminie," Hoseok whispered to his friend. "Why are you hiding the note?"

"Do you want him to know about sg?" Jimin whispered back.

They both jumped up when Yoongi leaned forward.

"Why are you two whispering?" He asked, also whispering.

Hoseok laughed nervously. "It's nothing. I was just asking Jiminie if I could throw his trash away."

"But he's not done eat-"

"I'm done! Here Hoseokie, throw the trash away." Jimin gave Hoseok a napkin and the bag that had the cookies. He gave Hoseok the note as well so if Yoongi asked to see it, he'd act as if he accidentally gave it to Hoseok to throw away.

He just hoped Hoseok noticed he had the note with him. His friend would freak out if he found out he threw the note away.

Hoseok treasured those notes, as anyone who received beautiful notes from an admirer would. He kept them in a small box in his room which Jimin found extremely wholesome. Hoseok was just a wholesome person in general and Jimin felt like he had to protect him at all costs.

Especially from people who didn't have any good intentions regarding getting acquainted with Hoseok. 

"What does Hoseok think of me?" Yoongi suddenly asked.

Jimin blinked. "Huh?"

Jimin was surprised and honestly, a bit shocked Yoongi asked him that. And he became even more surprised when he saw Yoongi slowly start to turn pink.

"Um, since you and Hoseok are close I kind of figured he might've talked about me. I just want to know if he's comfortable around me and stuff." Yoongi explained, his face completely flushed.

"Oh, um, yeah Hoseok hasn't said anything about feeling uncomfortable around you. He says you're funny." Jimin shrugged. 

I, on the other hand, don't trust you. Jimin thought as he watched a smile grow on Yoongi's face.

"Oh, that's great." The older said, his face still a bit pink.

Jimin nodded. He wanted to ask Yoongi why he asked when a distressed Hoseok ran up to them.

"Jiminie why didn't you tell me you gave me the note!" He cried, his face showing he was very upset. 

Jimin swallowed. "I-"

"I almost threw it away!" Hoseok exclaimed as he sat down.

"Well, you didn't." Jimin smiled, relieved that Hoseok hadn't thrown it away as he had feared. 

Hoseok mumbled something underneath his breath as he put the note into his backpack. His mumbled words were most likely insults to Jimin which the shorter male didn't mind.

He kind of deserved it for almost giving Hoseok a heart attack.

Instead of being bothered by Hoseok's words, he watched as his friend took out a folder and began talking to Yoongi. He closely watched the interaction between the two. 

Jimin was going to find out what Yoongi wanted with Hoseok, and he was going to need help if he wanted to do it right.

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"Yoongi, do you think we'll do good on our presentation?" Hoseok asked the older boy. It was one day before the project was due and presentations started and the two were spending it at Hoseok's house going over their work. They wanted to be ready in case they ended up presenting tomorrow.

"Of course," Yoongi smirked. "You already memorized your stuff and I'm halfway done with mine. We scream A-plus."

Hoseok sighed. "I wish you would've already memorized all of your parts though."

He wasn't trying to be rude to Yoongi, he knew it was hard to memorize things, especially large pieces of information that you had to say in front of people. He was just feeling a bit nervous about the presentation. 

The way he and Yoongi worked on the project was very different from how he and Jimin usually did things. He was yet to see the outcome of their work.

"Don't worry Hoseok, I'll have it all down before I leave today," Yoongi reassured Hoseok. "Now stop worrying and get practicing."

Hoseok smiled and nodded.

They picked up where they left off before Hoseok asked if they would do good. They had minor mistakes (some from Hoseok, some from Yoongi), but overall, they did pretty well. Of course, the parts that were mostly Yoongi's territory were where they moved a bit slow but Hoseok helped Yoongi out anyways.

("I can take up some of your parts if you want?" Hoseok offered.

Yoongi shook his head. "That wouldn't be fair.")

By the time the sun had set, Yoongi had 98% of his parts memorized. As for the other two percent, Yoongi assured Hoseok that they would still get an A-plus. 

Yoongi gathered his things to get ready to head home. He was driving himself home that night. His parents had let him take the car over to Hoseok's house.

Hoseok sighed as he put the posterboard up against his desk. 

"What's wrong Seok-ah?" Yoongi asked as he put his book bag on.

Hoseok shook his head. "I'm just a bit nervous about the presentation. "

"Hoseok, you're really smart, there's no way you'll forget everything. Plus, if you do, just know that I happened to have memorized one of the things you have to say." Yoongi smiled. 

Hoseok laughed. It sounded a bit forced so he smiled at Yoongi instead. "I don't know how that will cover for everything else I have to say but thank you Yoongi."  

Yoongi walked over to Hoseok and placed his hand on the younger's shoulder. "If you forget everything you have to say and I say one of the things you have to say, it's most likely that the things you forgot will come back to you."

"Oh," Hoseok said. "That's actually smart Yoongi."

"I know, my friends and I have done it a bunch of times." Yoongi said proudly as they walked out of Hoseok's room.

Hoseok laughed. "Has it worked every time?"

"Don't worry about that Hoseok." Yoongi chuckled. "I probably won't even have to say your part. We're going to do great, ok?" 

He smiled a Hoseok, giving him a thumbs up.

Hoseok nodded, smiling back. "Ok."

The two reached the living room, which was where the front door was. Hoseok's parents were in there watching television. They didn't notice that Hoseok and Yoongi had entered the living room until Hoseok cleared his throat.

"Oh! Leaving already Yoongi?" Hoseok's mother asked, peeling her eyes off of the television program but not getting off of the couch. "I hope you two had fun."

"We did, thank you for letting me come over," Yoongi replied. 

"No problem Yoongi. You should better get going though, it's getting dark and I don't want you to drive in the dark." Hoseok's mother said, her eyes now back on the television. 

Hoseok opened the door to let Yoongi out.

"Bye, be safe, and see you tomorrow," Hoseok said.

Yoongi smiled. "See you tomorrow Seok."

Hoseok watched Yoongi walk over to his car before he shut the front door. As soon as he did this, his mother spoke up.

"Couldn't you have worn a different pair of jeans Hoseok? The seams look like they're about to bust." She scoffed, not even bothering to look at Hoseok.

Hoseok rolled his eyes. "I just got these jeans mom."

"Well, you better get them a size bigger next time we go shopping. How did you even get into them?" She asked, her eyes still on the television and not on her son.

Hoseok was very close to going off on his mother but he knew better. Although both his mother and father seemed to not be paying much attention to him, they were waiting for him to get upset. They were waiting for him to give them a reason to punish him.

"I'm going to my bed, goodnight." He said. It was better for him to leave to avoid any possible conflict that could happen if he stayed a little longer.

He didn't wait for his parents to say anything back and ran off to his room. He shut his door and tried his best to not look over at the mirror in his room but failed. He stared at his reflection, examining his legs. He usually didn't let what his mother said about his appearance get to him but sometimes he couldn't help himself. 

Especially today. He had thought he looked good in the outfit he had picked out and now his mother had gone and ruined that state of mind. He stared at his legs, tracing the seams of his jeans with his fingers. 

My jeans look fine, He thought as he stared at his reflection a little longer. They fit just fine. Why did she say they didn't?

Hoseok gave himself one last look before he began getting ready for bed. At least his mother had been nice enough to not make a comment about his jeans when Yoongi was still there. That would've been embarrassing. It would've led to a conversation Hoseok didn't want to have with the older. Not that he didn't trust Yoongi, it's just he hasn't talked with anyone about how his parents, especially his mother, are about his appearance.

It's a conversation he doesn't want to have with anyone. It's his problem and he could deal with it alone. He likes to think that he does a pretty good job of ignoring his parents' negative opinions on his weight, although sometimes their words do end up sticking with him. This comes with its own consequences as Hoseok sometimes ends up joking about having to lose weight which results in people giving him a concerned look. 

Jimin even pulled Hoseok aside one time and asked him if he genuinely thought he should lose weight. Hoseok had said no and he felt bad when he saw the relief wash over Jimin's face when he said that. He hadn't meant to make Jimin worry. Jimin had hugged him and told him that he was perfect just the way he was and that he shouldn't change a thing. 

And even though Hoseok knew he was fine as he was, Jimin saying that had made him feel better.

Hoseok laid in bed, staring at the ceiling of his bedroom. How he wished his parents would try to bring him up rather than down. 

And how he wished he'd be able to completely ignore their comments one day.