“Hyung?” Jungkook peeked into the room, and V turned to him with a smile.
“Hey Kookie, what’s up?” the elder asked, gesturing for him to come in. BTS was back in Korea from touring in Malaysia, and they were all tired, but V was a little jet lagged, so he was still awake, but tired.
“I can’t sleep.” the younger mumbled, rubbing his eyes. Sitting up, V beckoned to the other, moving to make space on the bed.
“You usually go to Jin-hyung, what’s wrong tonight?” V asked, and Jungkook sighed, cuddling into the other.
“Jin-hyung and Yoongi-hyung are sleeping. I don’t want to wake them up.”
“So it’s fine to wake me up?” Came the amused response. Jungkook laughed gently, nodding.
“I can’t sleep either, actually.” V admitted, and Jungkook ‘hmm’ed.
“Am I bothering you, then?” his voice was small, and scared. V shook his head, running his fingers through the other’s hair.
“Of course not.” he replied, and Jungkook relaxed.
“Hyung…”
“Hm?”
“I love you. You know that, right?” V was taken aback. The members always said they loved each other on a regular basis, so it wasn’t anything new, but Jungkook seemed to want to make sure he knew it, which was rather odd.
“I do. What’s wrong?” Jungkook shook his head, not saying anything. V sighed, sitting up and rolling over so he was on top of the younger, facing him with narrowed eyes.
“It’s not nothing. I know it isn’t, just say it.” he said, and Jungkook bit his lip, hesitating.
“I think everyone else is mad at me.” he said quietly, and V blinked.
“Why would you think that?” he asked, earning a mere shrug.
“Kookie.” he admonished, and the other groaned in defeat.
“I don’t know. I just feel like they don’t like it when I ask questions and stuff.” he said, and V huffed. As their youngest member, Jungkook was one to ask many, many questions, to the point of it being overbearing, yes, but…
“Kookie, none of us could ever get mad at you for asking us stuff. I mean yeah, you ask a lot of questions, but we all love that about you; you’re curious and adventurous when you do things. It’s because you ask so many things that you know exactly what to do and how to do them. That’s why the fans call you our Golden Maknae. Because you’re perfect, and that’s because you ask us what to do.” came the serious response. Jungkook was tongue tied; V was never one to be so serious about things, unless it was concerning their work. The thought that the other was being really nice to him by thinking his answers through before replying was something he was grateful for, and Jungkook smiled, nodding.
“Thank you, hyung.” he said, pulling him in for a hug. V’s eyes widened, and he smiled as well, returning the embrace. They stayed like that for a few minutes, just enjoying the other’s closeness.
“Kookie?”
“Yeah?”
“This is a really weird position, can you let me go? I think my muscles are giving out.”