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7

Seokjin watched Jungkook and sighed. "I have something in mind that we could do."

~

"Haha I won!" Jungkook cheered happily while throwing his hands up in the air. Seokjin sighed while rolling his eyes, frowning.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm sure I can beat you in the next game though!" Seokjin declared.

"That's what you said last time but look at you now," Jungkook teased. He walking over to his older friend and gave him a hard pat to the back, making Seokjin stumble forward a bit. "I still ended up beating you!"

"Well, that's only because I wasn't taking it seriously!" Seokjin retorted while Jungkook laughed.

The two boys had been at the arcade for almost an hour already and they just got done playing a one on one match in air hockey. Jungkook had felt like doing something fun and he was glad that Seokjin took him there.

"Anyway, we've been here long enough." Seokjin said. "Want to go somewhere else?"

Jungkook shrugged his shoulders. "Do you have a place in mind?"

Seokjin shrugged his shoulders as well before laughing and walking out of the arcade. Jungkook quickly followed behind him until he was side by side with him. He suddenly threw his arm around Seokjin's wide shoulders, almost barely able to reach the end of his shoulder blade.

Seokjin returned the gesture, throwing his arm around Jungkook's shoulder as they walked together. "Your shoulders are so tiny," he said to Jungkook.

"Your shoulders are too big," Jungkook replied. As they continued walking, Jungkook noticed a poll in front of them. He decided to only hold Seokjin tighter as the poll came in between them.

To his surprise, Seokjin didn't let go either.

The two struggled and laughed as one tried to pull the other to their side. "Go this way, dude!" Jungkook laughed.

"No, I will forever stand my guard!"

The two didn't care that the people passing by were staring at them weirdly because all they needed were each other. Jungkook didn't feel embarrassed at the fact that people gave him weird stares but he felt more alive that he didn't care about it anymore.

Jungkook managed to drag Seokjin to his side and let out a breathy laugh. "Haha, I win again!"

"You're just a tough rabbit," Seokjin replied while laughing and continuing to walk. He had been a bit worried about Jungkook's well being but he was relieved when he didn't seem to mind the people around him anymore.

A few minutes of walking, Seokjin led Jungkook to a clear beach. No people were around and the only thing present was their two bodies that walked across the sand. "You remember this place?" He asked the younger fellow.

Jungkook nodded, looking down towards the ocean. "Of course I remember. We would always hang out here every weekend."

He stared down to the sand and back to the sky, where the sun began to set and the blue sky began to turn orange. Just thinking about the memories of him and his friends made Jungkook feel nostalgic.

In a way, he felt bad towards his friends as well.

Jungkook never intended to push them away. He rather wanted to just be alone without hurting anyone but he never realized that just by doing that, his friends were extremely worried. He didn't think much of it then but thinking of it now, he felt extremely apologetic.

He turned to Seokjin who was staring right at him the whole time. "It's not too late to start over, you know." Seokjin said and smiled. "And it's not too late to keep moving forward."

Jungkook tilted his head to the side and chuckled. "You sound like Namjoon."

"Hey, I'm trying to sound inspirational here!" Seokjin whined.

"Don't do that. It doesn't fit your face."

"You really want a spanking to the butt, don't you?" Seokjin warned while Jungkook quickly covered his butt with his hands.

"I surrender to you," he laughed. His eyes squinted and his nose crinkled, showing his bunny-like teeth with his smile. Jungkook had felt something he never felt before. "Hey, do you think you could call the guys?"

"For what?"

"To hang out," Jungkook rolled his eyes, emphasizing his 'duh' expression. "If you won't call them then I will."

"I'm on it captain underpants," Seokjin said while pulling out his phone and immediately dialing Jimin's number.

Jungkook pouts when he heard his friend give him that nickname but he smiled at the thought of finally being with his friends all together again. He wanted to jump high into the sky at how joyful he felt.

Back then, Jungkook would have never imagined to feel this way. That once foreign feeling suddenly didn't feel so foreign anymore; Jungkook felt happy.