Mission 1; Chapter 4 – "The First Smile (Almost)"

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“Sometimes, the hardest smiles are the ones waiting for you.”
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Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (pacing by the window): 🗨️The snow hasn’t stopped since I got here. Is it always like this?
🔲 Yoongi sits on the couch with his guitar in his lap, tuning strings that buzz too tightly. He doesn’t answer right away.
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
🗨️ Yoongi (after a moment): It stops sometimes. Usually when no one’s watching.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (soft chuckle): That sounds poetic.
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (shrugs): That’s just how this town is. It freezes until you forget what warmth feels like.
🔲 Namjoon turns back to the window. Frost clings to the corners. Beyond the glass, kids run past in layers of scarves and puffed jackets.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (smiling faintly): Do you think… the other me liked winter?
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (quiet): You hated it. Always said your fingers were too long and got cold too fast.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (touching his hand):🗨️ That… sounds like me.
🔲 Yoongi pauses his tuning. His eyes settle on Namjoon for a second longer than necessary. Then he looks away.
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi: 🗨️ You’re acting different.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (carefully): 🗨️Different bad or different okay?
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (sighs): 🗨️Different like… you’re here this time
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (heart skips):🗨️ Wasn’t I before?
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (without looking up): 🗨️Physically, sure. Emotionally? You were like soup without salt. Warm, but missing everything that made it mean something.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (softly):🗨️ I think I’m trying to remember what flavor feels like.
🔲 A silence passes. Not cold. Not sharp. Just… sitting there like fog.
Namjoon walks toward the upright piano in the corner of the room, its lid slightly open. He trails a finger along the keys.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon: Do you mind if I play something?
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (raises eyebrow):🗨️ Since when do you ask?
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
🗨️ Namjoon (grinning slightly): Since now, I guess.
🔲 Namjoon presses a key. The sound is raw, slightly out of tune, but pure. He begins to play a slow, simple melody — improvised, gentle.
🔲 Yoongi stops tuning. He watches, eyes narrowing slightly. Then softening.
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (after a beat): 🗨️That… doesn’t sound like anything you usually play.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (still playing): 🗨️It’s not. I’m just listening to how the keys want to be touched today.
🔲 Yoongi doesn’t speak. But his foot taps slightly on the floor. He hums — a quiet line under the piano. Then, without warning, he begins to sing.
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
🎵 “If the morning comes / and you’re still here / maybe I’ll learn / to hold you near…”
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (looking up mid-note): 🗨️That’s… beautiful.
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (voice trailing off): 🗨️It’s unfinished.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon:🗨️ So let’s finish it.
🔲 Yoongi doesn’t answer. But his lips twitch — the smallest hint of something. Not a smile. But close. Closer than before.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
🗨️ Namjoon (teasing): Was that… almost a smile?
Min Yoongi
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (deadpan): 🗨️Don’t push your luck.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (laughing):🗨️ I think I’m starting to like winter.
🔲 Outside, the snow begins to fall slower. Just slightly. Almost like it’s listening.
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To be continued

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