"System 94-NJ: Rebirth Missions of Love"
Mission 1; Chapter 4 – "The First Smile (Almost)"
“Sometimes, the hardest smiles are the ones waiting for you.”
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
🗨️ Yoongi (after a moment): It stops sometimes. Usually when no one’s watching.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (soft chuckle): That sounds poetic.
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)
Namjoon (smiling faintly): Do you think… the other me liked winter?
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (quiet): You hated it. Always said your fingers were too long and got cold too fast.
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
Yoongi: 🗨️ You’re acting different.
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (carefully): 🗨️Different bad or different okay?
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (sighs): 🗨️Different like… you’re here this time
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (heart skips):🗨️ Wasn’t I before?
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)
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)
Namjoon: Do you mind if I play something?
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (raises eyebrow):🗨️ Since when do you ask?
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
Yoongi (after a beat): 🗨️That… doesn’t sound like anything you usually play.
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
🎵 “If the morning comes / and you’re still here / maybe I’ll learn / to hold you near…”
Kim namjoon(MC)
Namjoon (looking up mid-note): 🗨️That’s… beautiful.
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (voice trailing off): 🗨️It’s unfinished.
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)
🗨️ Namjoon (teasing): Was that… almost a smile?
Min Yoongi
Yoongi (deadpan): 🗨️Don’t push your luck.
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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