Fourth Step

After 3 days at Min's flower shop-

Ho-seok is collecting the flowers and singing with the music which is playing in their shop, while Yoongi is thinking about something deeply without knowing that he is plucking off the petals from daffodil flowers. Suddenly Ho-seok noticed Yoongi's action and yelled at him:- "Yaaaaaaah!!! Yoongi......."

Yoongi (comes to his senses):- "W... What?"

Ho-seok (points on the floor towards the plucked petals):- "What is this? Do you want to destroy this beautiful bouquet?"

Yoongi notices the destroyed flowers on the floor.

Yoongi (scratches his head):- "I am sorry Ho-seok. I didn't mean to do this."

Hoseok (comes closer and sits down near Yoongi):- "What happened Yoongi-ah? I noticed that you are lost in many thoughts nowadays. Is something bothering you? Is someone bothering you?"

Yoongi (closes eyes and spins his head):- "I am feeling tired nowadays. I don't know why but I am not getting enough sleep. (stops and looks at Ho-seok) I need sleep."

Ho-seok (smiles at Yoongi):- "Sure sure. You do need sleep but sleep at your home, (being serious) not here you idiot. You are going to destroy my shop."

Yoongi (stares at Ho-seok):- "Your shop?"

Ho-seok (realises):- "I mean... Our shop."

Yoongi (sighs in frustration):- "I know dude but what can I do? Whenever I try to sleep, Ji-hun......"

Suddenly Yoongi stops there to continue.

Ho-seok (looks at Yoongi):- "Ji-hun what?'

Yoongi (being serious):- "He... comes to my dream and talks with me about our past lives."

Ho-seok:- "Then you start crying right?'

Yoongi nods his head in the right answer.

Ho-seok:- "Yoongi-ah.. It's just a dream. Don't worry about it. And you need to move on. You can't be like this till forever of your life. Do you understand?"

Yoongi:- "How can I forget my brother who was the whole world to me?"

Ho-seok:- "I understand that Ji-hun was your whole world but accept the truth. He is not with us now. But we have his memories with us in our heart. And you have me here, am I not your brother?"

Yoongi:- "You are my brother but...."

Ho-seok:- "No if.. No but. We are going tonight to drink. We will enjoy it tonight and make our new memories, okay?"

Ho-seok shows his thumbs up to Yoongi and Yoongi looks at Ho-seok with a confused look.

Ho-seok (stares at Yoongi with a dangerous look):- "Okayyyyyyyy????"

Yoongi (gets scared and bumps his thumbs up to Ho-seok's):- "O.. Okay okay!"

Ho-seok (smiles brightly):- "This is my boy. So finish this all mess and be ready for tonight."

They both start finishing up their work in the shop. At 10:14 pm in a Bar, Ho-seok and Yoongi are drinking their alcohol. Ho-seok is in his half sober mode while Yoongi is full drunk.

Yoongi (happily):- "Hoooooo-seeeeoookkkkk...."

Ho-seok (pouring alcohol in his glass):- "Woooootttt?"

Yoongi (with his gummy smile):- "Love you brother."

Ho-seok (puts down the bottle):- "I know I know."

Yoongi:- "What would I have been without you.. huhhh? You are the second person in this world I trusted the most after my Ji-hun. (comes near Ho-seok and stares at him) You know You know right?"

Ho-seok (drinks his alcohol):- "Yeah.. yeah."

Yoongi (goes backward):- "And you know that you are like my younger brother so please.. don't see me as more than your elder brother alright."

Ho-seok (suddenly choked and threw out the alcohol):- "What?? (coughs) uhhhu.. uhhhh.. Are you kidding me? I don't see you more than my elder brother bro. You are not even my type."

Yoongi (laughs):- "I knew....that... I knew that... but still I love you bro...."

Ho-seok (to himself) 'I can't handle him more than this now.' Ho-seok pays the drink's bill quickly and comes closer to Yoongi.

Ho-seok (helps Yoongi to get up from the chair) :- "Okay Yoongi-ah.. let's go."

Yoongi (trying to sit down again):- "Noooo.... I am not done yet. (patting empty glass on the table) I need more."

Ho-seok (grabs the glass from Yoongi's hand and puts it down afar):- "No.. you are already drunk now. We need to go home."

Yoongi (pouts in anger):- "Noo.. no.. I want alcohol."

Ho-seok (stares Yoongi in anger):- "Yoongi........ let's go......"

Yoongi (gets scared):- "Ummmm... Okay......"

Then they both leave the bar. Ho-seok drives the car towards Yoongi's house. As soon as Yoongi gets on his bed, he falls asleep.

Ho-seok (smiles):- "Today you will get your sweet sleep Yoongi-ah!"

Then Ho-seok left his room and got back to his house. After sometime, Yoongi's phone rings. Yoongi suddenly gets up from his half sober mode and looks at his phone.

Yoongi (without seeing the caller name):- "Who is this?"

Taehyung (from the other side was surprised):- "Did you delete my number, Yoongi-ssi?"

Yoongi (smiles):- "Ahhhh Taehyung-ssi... How... are you?"

Taehyung (notices that Yoongi is drunk):- "Yoongi-ssi.. Are you drunk?"

Yoongi (with a gummy smile):- "Just..... a little. With my best friend....."

Taehyung (rolls his eyes):- "Ho-seok..."

Yoongi (gets surprised):- "Ohh How did you know that Taehyung-ssi?"

Taehyung:- "I know and it's obvious. By the way, I wanted to tell you something."

Yoongi:- "Yes yes please tell me. (hiccups)"

Taehyung (hesitates):- "Will you.. will you...."

Yoongi (puts his phone closer to his ear):- "What....... What are you saying Taehyung-ssi? I am not getting your voice clearly."

Taehyung (quickly):- "Will you come to my birthday party tomorrow?"

Yoongi (gets excited):- "Birthday!!! Ohhhh.... (starts clapping his hands) Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to you.. Happy birthday dear Taehyung-ssi, Happy birthday to you......."

Yoongi realizes that his phone falls down aside from him then he grabs his phone and puts it back on his ear.

Yoongi:- "Taehyung-ssi.. Did you hear...."

Taehyung (who has listened to the full song and laughing):- "hahaha.... I have already heard your song Yoongi-ssi. But today is not my birthday. It's tomorrow. Please come to my house, will you?"

Yoongi (happily):- "Of course, I will come and..... Ho-seok will also come tomorrow. It's my promise."

Taehyung:- "Ahhh.. Ho-seok-ssi... Do you think you can close your shop tomorrow? It's Sunday tomorrow and you will probably have a good amount of customers in your shop. Do you think you both can manage a day loss?"

Yoongi (starts thinking):- "Ummm.... I think...... (happily) yes we can manage a day loss. It's your birthday by the way."

Taehyung (somehow disappointed):- "Okay.... as you wish. Then see you tomorrow Yoongi-ssi and sorry for disturbing you at this late hour."

Yoongi (smiles):- "It's okay Taehyung-ssi. Good night."

Taehyung (smiles):- "Good night."

Then they both disconnected their calls. The next day, Yoongi wakes up and searches for his phone in half opened eyes. Suddenly he gets shocked and opens his eyes widely after looking into his messages. He sees that Taehyung has messaged him.

Message- "Yoongi-ssi, thank you for accepting my birthday party proposal. Actually, I was scared to call you before because you were not answering my calls and messages. But Jin hyung encourages me to call you again and I don't know how I will ask you after our last meeting. But you have promised me already to come to my birthday party today. So I am waiting eagerly for you. See you soon, Yoongi-ssi. Take care then."

Yoongi checks his call recording list for last night and starts listening to his conversation with Taehyung. After listening to the whole conversation,Yoongi starts crying as a baby. He throws the pillow in frustration on the floor and hides his face inside the blanket with embarrassment.

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Taehyung (happily) - "Suga hyung..."

Yoongi (gets embarrassed)- "Hajimaaaaa!!!!!"

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