"Ow, it's hot." Jin recoiled from burning his tongue on the appetizer sitting in the middle of the table.

Namjoon let out a small chuckle while watching the dark haired hair fool before him. For such a smart person, he lacks common sense. Namjoon thought.

He watched in disbelief as Jin was about to make the same mistake again. "Jeez, put the fork down."

"Hmmph." The dark haired boy listened to his boyfriend and did just that. Namjoon picked up a piece of the spicy chicken and blew on it for him.

"You don't have to do all that for me.." Jin mumbled. He was a bit shy about being babied like this.

Before making his next step, Namjoon looked to make sure they weren't being watched. Then he brought the fork to the blonde boy's lips. " I didn't ask for your opinion. Just open up." Namjoon sincerely spoke.

Timidly Jin let himself be fed the piece of chicken.

"Hue hue, you make a cute face when you're embarrassed." Namjoon teased his pouting love.
Whenever Jin tutored him, he was extremely harsh and strict. So when it comes to things like this, he took great pleasure in it. .

"Hey Joon. What would you do if we got caught? I'll never be able to go to a top rate college. Not only you, but your whole family might downfall." Jin turned his head down to avoid Namjoon's gaze. "Worst of all, we would be separated forever"

Jin alluded to a real and terrifying reality they face as a homosexual couple. If you were caught practicing homosexuality, you'd be put in jail, fined or even sent to an asylum. Only bad things could come out of going to that place.

"Tcch." Namjoon gratingly replied. "Don't even think about something like that. We're gonna leave this town and go somewhere else. We can get a cottage in the woods or something. No one will ever be able to hurt you again."

Namjoon wanted the both of them to start a new life together. His neglectful family would only separate him from Jin. Anything that ever brought him joy was ripped away.

"Your parents. Do you ever miss them? Do you think they're looking down from Heaven?" Namjoon hesitantly asked.

He may have been brought up in a broken home, but he still had two living-breathing parents. Based on what he's learned from Jin, life hasn't been easy.

"I guess you can't miss someone you never knew. But I imagine they would have loved to meet you." Jin turned his head up with a sincere look. "Suga told me that they may have reincarnated and would reunite one day. I'd like to believe he's right."

Jin wasn't raised in a religious household. His aunt never cared to do anything but clothe him and give him a bed. But the orphanage caretaker taught him about being spiritual.

"Reincarnation, huh? If you believe in it, maybe I will too." Namjoon didn't believe in any religion either. After all, what kind of God would grant him a life like this? The idea of spending the rest of his life with Jin sounded good. All he wants to do is provide for and love his partner.

" If something ever happens to me. Promise me you'll find me in the next life?" Jin held out his pinky to his beloved brute.

"What a silly promise." Namjoon's dismissive response made Jin start to frown.

"But I guess this is one I intend to keep." Namjoon stuck out his pinky and made the promise.
He often struggled to show his inner feelings. But this was truly one of his happiest moments

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***

I'm gonna be late! Jungkook was sprinting to his club room. His lateness was caused by his trip to J - Hope's house. He was learning how to make a foreign dish.

He and J - Hope meet twice a week, once for baking and the other for cooking lessons. While Jungkook is horrid at baking, his cooking skills were the opposite. Somehow his own gift of making edible goods contradicted itself.

Today was another baking lesson in making brownies. It seems that the boy couldn't understand the difference between baking and cooking. While baking had to do with chemistry, cooking is about fusion and experimentation.

But both of them knew that wasting food was not okay. So J - Hope would rip him a new one if he screwed up the dish. Although, each time the failures did taste slightly better which indicated progress. If he could just apply himself hard enough, one day he will be able to rival his mentor's skills.

"I made it! Whoo!" Jungkook celebrated.

" Whoa, just in the nick of time. I'm impressed." Someone came up to the panting boy.

"Thanks. Are you the club president?" Jungkook noticed everyone else was sitting in their seats.

"Yup. Nice to meet ya. My name is Terrance." The president warmly welcomed his new club member.

Terrance is an African American boy majoring in Computer Science. He is well known amongst his peers. His GPA is 4.0 and has amazing reflexes. His specialty is play versus player.

"My name is Jeon Jungkook, I'll go take my seat now." Jungkook dismissed himself.

"Now that everyone is here." Terrance checked off the last name on his list. "Welcome gamers! My name is Terrance and this is your new home. All levels of gamers are welcome here."

Jungkook watched in awe of how welcoming his president was. Normally quite a few gamers can be a bit prejudiced.

The room they were in was a lot bigger than expected. It was the size of two classrooms. There were two rows of computers lined up with matching gamer chairs. Towards the back of the room were two flat screen TV's with various connected cords.

Attached to the connected cords were different gaming consoles. Along the left side of the wall was a long desk. Next to it was a refrigerator filled with various sponsored drinks. On the right side of the room wall was a table lined up with various snacks. Finally, the room was outlined with LED lights to give an alluring ambiance.

"We have snacks and drinks right over there." Terrance pointed towards the corner. "Please keep your hands clean when using any of our equipment."

"Now!" Terrance clapped his hands with a sparkle in his eye. "Who's ready for an elimination style tournament? Let's see who will represent us in the Novice League."

Jungkook could barely contain his excitement. This was the exact kind of challenge he was looking for. At this moment, no one knows who he really is. His gamertag will definitely let them know who they're dealing with.

"Everyone log into BattleFront! Then give me a thumbs up when you're ready." Jungkook logged into his account then gave a thumbs up.

" It's them!" A club member spoke up.

"There goes my spot in the league." Another member spoke.

"Well look what we have here. Looks like we have a seasoned veteran here." Terrance optimistically pointed out.

Jungkook examined the room to see the faces of his current enemies. He couldn't let his name be tarnished here. Too many countless hours were spent grinding out games. BattleFront was his specialty since it's a third person shooter game.

"Five.. Four.. Three.." The LED screen counted down for the game to start. Jungkook could feel his hands start to sweat with excitement.

After fifteen minutes of non-stop shooting, there were only three members left. Naturally, Jungkook was at the edge of his seat. This meant he was competing with others on par with him.
"No! Augh!" One of the trio just fell. Now it was just Jungkook and the mystery student. He was too focused on the game to see who else was still playing.

"Kookie_J , it's truly an honor to play against you. But I don't plan on losing to you." A girl's voice called the boy out.

Jungkook took his sight and aimed down at his opponent.

"Hearken, the evening bell tolls thy name!" Jungkook muttered to himself. His in-game character looked similar of an assassin. So his choice of words for finishing someone changed depending on the setting. He then perfectly sniped his enemy from the corner of the building.
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Congratulations
Kookie_J
Wins 300 Loses 10
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" That's my boy! Making me so proud." Jimin cried out to congratulate his friend. He unknowingly drew everyone's attention onto him

"Oh sorry, I was just here to drop something off for Jungkook..."

The club members shifted back their sights onto the boy. They were shocked to see he was one of the top ranking players in the U.S. No one could ever put a face to his name.

"Alright everyone. If you were placed in the top four, welcome to 'The Elite Four'. Terrance announced.

"I will talk one on one with each of the four today. So don't leave before then." He then dismissed his club members to mingle with one another.

" We're taking a little break from our club right now. So a visit to yours was necessary." Jimin chimed.

"We're?" asked Jungkook.

"Yeah. We're" Jimin revealed Michael was hiding behind him.

"Hi Jungkook, we made a bit too much. So I brought you this." Michael revealed a small container filled with pork belly, steamed rice and broccoli..

"Thanks a lot. It looks really good." Jungkook accepted the gift.

"Hey mister Kookie_J , let's go have a quick chat." Terrance popped up and required an audience with Jungkook.

"I'm sorry, I have to go now. Thanks for the food." Jungkook thanked the two visiting cooking club members then followed after Terrence.

" It's surprising to have someone like you attending my club. I'm looking forward to seeing you bring more trophies here." Terrence showed Jungkook a collection of medals and awards.

"I don't like a lot of people surrounding me so that's why I don't ever show my face. But I felt safe here with my fellow club members." Jungkook reflected on his discomfort.

"I noticed that you did have your headphones on, but they weren't plugged in. That's quite impressive in its own way." Terrance picked up on that when walking around and observing the competitors.

"For personal reasons, I tend to either play with extremely low volume or none at all. So my reflexes are quicker to make up for it." Jungkook explained then saw the papers that Terrance was carrying.

"If you wish to step up and compete competitively. Here's the packet you need to fill out." Terrance reviewed the content of the packet with his fellow member.

"Okay, thank you for the opportunity. But can I give you an answer tomorrow?" Jungkook asked hesitantly. He wasn't fully convinced if he should reveal who he was.

" Yeah of course. Just shoot me a text to my number. It's written on the sheet." Terrance didn't want to pressure anyone to join his club. If Jungkook wanted to join, they had a powerhouse for the novice league.

"It's about 6 o'clock now, so I need to go see J - Hope. He's my ride home." Jungkook started packing up his belongings.

"Okay, it was nice meeting you." spoke fellow club member, Johnny.

"Yeah, let's get a rematch next time we meet." Mia chimed in. She was the girl who faced one on one against Jungkook in their game.

***

"J - Hope, are you here?" Jungkook called out.

"Yeah, just let me pack up my things." J - Hope responded.

J - Hope just finished up with an intense training session. His body was sore and slightly bruised from practice. He felt like Joey was personally riding the hell out of him.

"Hey Joey, I need that report so I can file it." Taehyung walked into the locker room.
It's him. Jungkook thought to himself.

"Good work out there J - Hope, keep it u-" Taehyung paused when he saw Jungkook.

The boy from before was now right in front of him. Taehyung's heart was beating so fast that he thought it was a stroke. His hands were actually starting to tremble from the overwhelming sensation.

Jungkook's eyes immediately started to water. His bottom lip was quivering as if he couldn't speak even if he wanted to. He was scared to come any closer to the built boy before him.

"I got your papers here!" Joey's voice echoed bounced off the lockers.

That was Jungkook's cue to leave while he could. If he stayed, things may get awkward.

"Oi, Jungkook let's get going now. I'm starving and you make the best hamburger steak!" J - Hope called out to his friend as he just finished putting away his belongings.

" It sucks that the president didn't eat yet. He's been really busy lately with the club." J - Hope casually spoke out loud. With that last sentence the boys set off on their way home.

***

" Put that book down already. All I see you do is study and that's all." Namjoon chided the boy he was following.

" For someone constantly following me, you're bad at being discreet." Jin coldly responded.

" Where's your lunch?" Namjoon noticed that Jin wasn't eating like everyone else around this time.

"I didn't bring lunch today." replied Jin.

"What's wrong with you ?! You're gonna get sickly that way." Namjoon unintentionally popped off on the boy.

"I was too busy yawn working. Didn't have time to make food and sleep." Jin's eyes looked completely void of life. He was working a full time job to pay for his living expenses.

"Here." Namjoon monotony spoke.

"But this is your lunch." Jin pushed back the knapsack to its original owner.

" Don't worry about me. Tomorrow, meet me here at the same time." Namjoon opened up the knapsack and spread out the food.

"You're such a brute.." Jin side eyed the delinquent next to him. " It's making me fall for you," he mumbled.