A bit short sorry, I didn't have time to make it longer since I'll be updating another book today as well <3

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Jimin is lying on his bed, staring out of his window. Tears are slowly leaving his eye, running over his nose before hitting the sheets.

It's currently 7:43 am, and the blonde just can't get out of bed. He's emotionally hurt and doesn't have the heart or mind to deal with Jungkook right now.

He bites his lip, pulling his blanket even closer to his chin. His chest is hurting, and he doesn't know if it's because he's mad or because he feels guilty. What he said to Jungkook was not okay, yet he still doesn't have the courage to go and apologize. He's too stubborn, he's not the only one who fucked up.

He can still feel his slightly tender cheek, the skin is buzzing from where Jungkook hit him. He hit him. Jimin almost can't imagine it... can't believe it. His father would never do that, yet here they are.

Suddenly, faint footsteps are heard outside. It's clear that the others are in the house, and Jungkook has probably been pacing around for hours now. Jimin knows his father that much.

And indeed, Jimin's door is slowly opened. He hears it close again but still feels someone's presence in the room. After a few seconds of silence, the footsteps approach the bed and Jimin feels the mattress dip from the weight of someone sitting down.

He soon feels a hand on his shoulder, the thumb slowly caring for his skin. The younger just stubbornly keeps his eyes locked on the window, his back still towards his father.

"Are you awake?" Jungkook's voice emerges. It's so small and fragile Jimin almost looks over his shoulder to make sure it actually is the Jeon Jungkook who's sitting behind him. Never in Jimin's 18 years of living has he heard Jungkook's voice this timid.

After not receiving an answer, Jungkook cuts to the chase and breaks the silence once again.

"I don't know if you can hear me or not, but I need to get this out..."

Jimin feels his throat close as he listens to Jungkook's hurt voice. It's obvious he feels horrible about this situation, something Jimin hasn't seen or heard before. It's scary.

"What I did was horrible. Never in a million years did I think I would react like that... to let my rage and anger take such control of me it-it's... it scares me. It scares me so much Jimin," he whispers.

Jimin gulps and slowly turns to look at his father. The elder looks absolutely horrible. His hair is a mess and there are big bags under his eyes, indicating that he probably didn't get one minute of sleep.

"And I promise you it will never happen again, then I'll rather chop my hand off..." he adds.

Jimin now has tears streaming into his hair as he looks at Jungkook, taking in every bit of the elder's words.

"I do understand if you hate me," Jungkook says and looks down on the bed. His hand is still caring for Jimin's shoulder, yet his movement seems stiff and almost afraid to break Jimin.

Now it's the younger's turn to react. He can't take this Jungkook a moment longer, so he jumps on the elder, pulling him into a tight hug. He buries his face deep in the elder's neck, earning a surprised 'oof' and some hesitant hands around his middle.

Jimin couldn't hear one more word from Jungkook's mouth without feeling his heart break. His strong and always-in-control father almost broke down in front of him, of course it's something he'll do everything to avoid.

"I don't hate you Jungkook... I love you," Jimin whispers timidly. Their family's bond is very strong and they have always cared a lot about each other, but now that Jimin thinks about it, he has never said those words out loud.

He feels Jungkook's body tense at the words before they pull even closer in the hug.

"I love you too," he says.

Oh, how Jimin's heart just broke free from a whole amount of weight there. This whole scene might seem cringe and Jimin's mind is telling him he shouldn't be so forgiving with his father, but his heart is more than satisfied so he's not complaining.

They keep each other close for a moment before Jungkook forces himself to pull back and look into his son's eyes.

"I'm sorry," he repeats. Jimin quickly says sorry too, knowing that both of them are at fault here.

Now silence falls over them, but it's a somewhat comfortable silence. Jimin has an idea of what is coming now.

"But Jimin... what happened yesterday, promise me that will never happen again," Jungkook says rather sternly. He can't have his baby getting into danger like that, it's just too much of a risk.

"I promise," Jimin says quickly. He knows he really messed up and that, if he ever makes a part two, he'll never see light again. More like, he would get locked into his room for good.

"Great," Jungkook smiles and removes some hair from Jimin's eyes. Wow, that's so like Taehyung. Jimin doesn't comment on it but leans in again to give his father a long and warm hug. In some families, stuff like this takes months, hell even years to figure out. In their family, they sit down and talk about it, they don't let it stick around for too long. [Just like BTS *wipes tear*]

And Jimin is extremely grateful for that.

He pulls back from his father and observes him again. Jungkook's cheek is also weirdly red, making the younger frown.

"What happened?"

"Well, your dad wasn't that big a fan of me hitting you, so I guess it's karma," Jungkook chuckles.

He did indeed get one hell of a slap when Taehyung came back inside and heard about the whole argument. Taehyung was close to walking up to talk with Jimin, but the younger clearly needed some time alone.

Jimin starts laughing, that's so typical Taehyung.

"Guess it is," he smiles.

Jungkook gives his shoulder a pat before standing up.

"Well, let's go down and get some breakfast shall we?"

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"And I can't believe you actually did that, Jimin I would have fucking murdered him on the spot-"

Jimin throws his head back and laughs again, loving to see Taehyung have another small tantrum against Jungkook.

The raven sighs, "I know what I did was wrong, but you don't need to rub salt into the wound..."

They were peacefully having breakfast when Taehyung chose to attack him, but he guesses it's well deserved.

"Yes I do," Taehyung teases. He walks over to the younger and throws his arms around his neck. He gives Jungkook a lingering kiss on the temple, then his cheek and then his hair.

Jimin smiles fondly at the two, loving to see that they can always make each other happy. Little did he know about the whole drama that has been up lately with them, but he doesn't need to know that.

"By the way Jimin, want to go to fitness today?" Jungkook asks, leaning back into his husband's embrace.

"No way in hell," Jimin says in utter disgust. Jungkook chuckles, "come on, you need to keep your sessions going or else it'll never work."

"What if I don't want it to work?"

"Come on Jimin, you're still grounded so you're just going to get bored here anyway."

Right. Because of the whole slap thing, Jungkook hasn't added anything to Jimin's punishment, but he was only about halfway through so there's still a long way to go.

He sighs and falls back in his chair. With a small 'fine' he agrees to do another stupid workout with his father.

Jungkook smirks in victory, glad that he will get to spend some more time with his son.

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Hug and make up ~