That was one time occurrence and was soon to be forgotten as Taehyung and Hoseok got busy with their own lives while Jungkook and Jin with their own. Jungkook kept the job at the toy store and joined again after the week was over. He was given a huge lecture by Jin about sleeping outside the house and its consequences about which he promised to be more careful next time.

It was about a few months later near christmas that Jungkook decided to work at another toy store in a night shift since he would get free at around six pm from the previous toy store. He would pose as a bunny mascot during the day and as Santa during the night. The pay was well enough for his own expenses since he was living alone after his brother bought an apartment of his own.

On the christmas eve, Jungkook was ready to be showered with kids as he dressed up in the red costume and put on the white beard. He placed the cap loosely on his head and looked in the mirror to see if it was good enough of an appearance. He raised one hand and mustered the deepest voice he could bring out.

"Ho Ho Ho~ and what the fuck am I doing?"

Jungkook shook his head as he walked away from the mirror in embarrassment and towards the stall with a sign saying "Santa is Here Kids!" in bright red and white. He took in a deep breath and walked to his seat to sit and smile widely as children lost their shit in front of him as soon as they saw Santa.

"If I live today, I won't do this next year."

Jungkook mumbled to himself as he saw kids running towards him and gathering around. He held the little girl in front of him by her waist and pulled her up to sit her on his thigh.

"Ho Ho Ho~ what's your name cute one?"

The girl giggled as she poked the belly of Santa and answered.

"Ji Eun Tak."

Jungkook patted her head and asked.

"Have you been a good girl this year, Eun tak-ah?"

The little girl thought for a while before nodding enthusiastically.

"Yes, I have. I helped mommy with the laundry once and I gave money for charity today."

Jungkook stroked his white beard at that and hummed.

"Those are very good things you did. Now tell me, what is your wish, Eun tak-ah?"

The girl looked towards her parents as she giggled and reached up to whisper in Santa's ear. Jungkook leaned down for her ease and listened to her.

"I want mommy and daddy to stop fighting."

Jungkook's eyes softened at that but he kept his smile in place. The girl pulled back and hopped off his thigh before skipping to her parents who bowed slightly to Jungkook and left with their daughter. For a second, Jungkook was sentimental but then he shrugged it off with the thought that it wasn't his problem. He was just doing his job of listening.

The crowd of kids didn't seem to lessen at all even after he had listened to 'millions of kids'. Jungkook glanced at the huge clock hanging a little further from where he was sitting and sighed tiredly. It was near midnight now and he hadn't been able to move from his spot at all. His butt was hurting now, his body was slightly sore and he really needed to eat, drink, pee and fart. But with all the eyes on him he had to hold all the desires in until he was off. Each passing second made him regret taking up this job but the pay was way too alluring that he couldn't give up now.

Around two am, Jungkook finally got the permission to get up. He stretched like he never stretched before, yawned like he never yawned before and finally rubbed his butt which seemed to have lost its curves and was flat by now. He quickly ran to the bathroom after stretching as he got reminded by his bladder that he was late on his due time and would wet his costume if he delayed anymore. After getting free of extra load he felt refreshed as he came out of the bathroom and walked over to his spot to clean the things the kids had thrown there, before he would leave.

The owner had given Jungkook a spare key in case he had to leave early like today so Jungkook didn't have to hurry in his cleaning unless he wanted to. He leisurely cleaned the area without changing his costume since he was too lazy to do that. Once he was done, Jungkook turned off the lights and grabbed the trash bag to move out. He sang some random song while he walked, swaying his hips, since no one was there to see him or judge him.

That was until he heard the door opening.

"Who could it be at this hour?"

Jungkook mumbled in annoyance as he turned around from the stall he was picking up his shoes from and walked down the isle towards the door. The lights had been turned off so he couldn't see the person's face who entered. Only the silhouette was visible.

"Shantaaaa! You're shtill here~?"

Jungkook cursed himself for not changing his costume as soon as he realized it was a drunk guy. He placed the junk containing bag aside before approaching the drunk guy. Jungkook barely made it in time to catch him before the intruder tripped on nothing and was about to face plant the floor. Jungkook realized that the guy was not very heavy so he didn't have to put much effort in straightening him up on his feet.

"Who-"

Jungkook was cut off right there as the drunkard slurred out.

"Aren't you going to ask if I wazj a good boy~?"

Jungkook understood that he was talking to Santa, not Jungkook so he played along since it would be a waste of time and energy to make a drunk person accept that the person in Santa's costume isn't actually Santa.

"First tell me what's your name?"

The male giggled like a child and replied.

"Tae Tae."

Jungkook felt like he had heard those words before but ignored it since he had 'millions of kids' today who told him their names so it could have been similar to any of those.

"So Tae Tae, have you been a good boy this year?"

Jungkook didn't hear a response but received a small shake of head which was followed by a nod.

"Is that a yes or a no?"

Jungkook asked as he stopped the guy from falling again and decided it would be better to sit him down first. So, he pulled him along towards the chair he sat on the entire evening and half the night, to sit him down but the drunk male refused to sit. Jungkook tried again but the male refused again as he resisted with as much strength as he could gather, although it would be pretty useless if Jungkook actually tried to use force on him.

"Santa sit on chair. Tae Tae sit on Santa."

Jungkook sighed again and did so to get over with it quickly. He sat himself down and pulled the drunk guy to sit on his thigh like he did with every other kid the whole evening. Before Jungkook could start, he heard the other guy speak.

"Tae Tae fight with Hobi. Hobi is mad at Tae Tae. But Tae Tae not bad. Tae Tae want Hobi back~"

Jungkook could have sworn that he knew those names but he couldn't put a finger on it. He didn't get much chance to think about it since he was soon blessed with the sniffing and sobbing of the drunk guy. Jungkook rolled his eyes as he patted the sobbing male and shushed him.

"If Tae Tae was a good boy then Hobi will come back. Santa will bring him back for Tae Tae."

Jungkook heard a few more sniffs before he felt the guy rubbing his nose on Jungkook's costume. Jungkook scrunched his nose in disgust and thanked his luck that he didn't have to wear it again after this night was over.

"Really? You pwomish?"

Jungkook clenched his teeth to stop himself from throwing the annoying guy on the floor and stepping on him on his way out. Instead he hummed cheerfully to which he heard small giggles from the drunkard and soon it fell silent afterwards. Jungkook waited for him to say something else but when nothing came he shook the guy slightly as he asked.

"Is that all, Tae?"

No response came so he shook him a little strongly this time and felt the body limply flailing around.

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

Jungkook harshly whispered to himself as he realized what happened. The guy had slept on him and Jungkook had no choice now than to either take him home along or leave him on the street. He would be glad to drop this guy on the street but he couldn't bring himself to be that inhumane. Sighing again, Jungkook got up and sat the other guy on the chair before he moved to the counter and took his own clothes to change. After changing, he made sure everything was taken care of and once done, he moved towards the sleeping drunkard. Jungkook sighed again for the nth time before throwing him over his shoulder and moving out. He locked the door and started to walk towards his apartment.

Since it was very late, not many people were out to question him taking an unconscious person like a dead body. Jungkook reached his destination soon since it wasn't at much distance from the store he worked at and unlocked the door. He moved in carefully to make sure he doesn't bump the sleeping guy's head anywhere and walked in the kitchen to place his keys and the weight on his shoulders on the table.

Jungkook was tired af so he didn't bother much about anything once he saw his bed after that and only ensured that the door was locked before brushing his teeth and accepting the welcoming warm embrace of his lovely bed. It didn't take long after his back hit the bed that he fell asleep. The drunkard long forgotten on the kitchen table.

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Completely off topic... But Look. At. Him... 💘💘😍😍