hugging yoongi is everything that jungkook thought that it would be. it's absolutely everything that he possibly could have imagined and yet somehow even more, feels so nice, so comforting being pressed close to him that for a few moments, at least, he practically forgets about being anxious at all. even though his mind is still running in overdrive, even though there are still at least a million things to try and focus on like this, the biggest thing that jungkook can't ignore, can't deny, is simply how good, how relaxed, how strangely at ease he feels with yoongi's arms wrapped around his waist, pulling him close. it doesn't require much thought, letting his own fall somewhere around yoongi's shoulders, giving him a comfortable, genuine, affectionate squeeze in response despite the nerves and the shyness still lingering around the edges of it all. no matter what, it's still yoongi. the same yoongi he's been talking to for months, who's made him feel at ease, feel special, feel all kinds of incredible things just through text on a screen, through recorded audio playing through his earbuds. now, he's making him feel all the same things, and jungkook feels a little ridiculous for it, but he also can't help it. can't help the way that just meeting yoongi for this long, getting the chance for this much makes him feel so completely, incredibly lucky.

it feels like it lasts forever and yet nowhere near long enough. whenever yoongi pulls back from the hug jungkook does the same, lets his arms slide back from around yoongi to slip back to his sides as the other speaks up once again. the flush on his cheeks only seems to darken a bit more at yoongi's words, jungkook quickly shaking his head, looking down at his sketchbook and materials strewn over the table as if suddenly remembering they were there all over again. "oh! no, it wasn't long. i mean, i came early, but - it's fine. it was fine. i was just, um, drawing so i wouldn't get too nervous i guess." the words come out in a rush, right around the same time that jungkook starts moving to gather his things back up, to pack them away, to give yoongi some space, some room at the table that he's chosen for them as well.