약속┆promise
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there was still that faint bakery smell in the apartment, mixed with too many air fresheners that the eldest brought over after spending way too much money at the fragrance shop during one of their holiday sales. jin continued to spray around the room while also adjusting the wall plug-ins for maximum scent distribution.

"these are definitely better." namjoon said, currently on his third real cookie. taehyung smiled and felt the pride that comes with good baking and someone enjoying it.

"leave some for the rest of us." jimin said. he walked over, reaching across his hyung to steal a stack of the cookies. he already had a tupperware in the other hand, carefully stacking some cookies inside and ignoring the look namjoon shot his way for stealing the sweets. "you've had enough." jimin shot back, but he kissed the mans cheek to make his words sound sweeter.

"stop that." hoseok pointed at them, "germs." he narrowed his eyes, only smiling again when his boyfriend came bouncing around the island to stand by his side. "you get two." jimin said, standing up on his toes to kiss both of hoseok's cheeks.

"who's that for?" hoseok asked, one arm around the shorter boys shoulder. he gestured to the cookies and saw jimin look down at them too. "they're for jungkook." he said, "i feel bad that he couldn't make it tonight." it was strange to have everyone hanging out on a friday night, everyone but one.

"do you need a ride?" his boyfriend offered it sweetly, still keeping his arm around the youngers shoulder in a side hug. jimin shook his head and kissed hoseoks cheek once more, "no, you stay and hang out. i'll be back in an hour or so." he told him.

no one else noticed the small blonde leave, not as he held the cookies to his chest and headed for the door. It was cold out now as the sun had set, a chilly breeze blowing past jimins cheeks as he left his apartment building and headed down the sidewalk. he knew the path well, only needing to look up a few times to avoid bumping into other bodies walking on the sidewalk.

it was only just past midnight once jimin made it up the stairs and down the hall, taking turns tucking each hand in his coat pocket to warm it up while the other still held onto the cookies.

jimin knocked, rocking back and forth slightly on his feet while he waited for the door to open. when it did, he was expecting to see his friend looking like that ⏤ like he hasn't slept in days. it was the mess of his long hair and the subtle bags under his empty eyes that showed it.

"what are you doing here." jungkook asked. he had his hand on the door, body blocking any sight into the apartment.

"i brought cookies." jimin extended the tupperware, seeing the way his friend simply looked down at it and then back up at the shorter blonde.

the ravenette recognized them, considering he's seen photos and posts about them all night. he wasn't dumb, he knew every well where they all were and that it seemed to be a great night that he wasn't a part of. "alright." was all jungkook said.

"uh." jimin didn't know what to say, not when he didn't know what he did to receive the somewhat cold shoulder. "you should invite me in." he said. "considering i walked all the way here to see if you were okay. but thats fine, have a goodnight jungkook."

it was the short fuse that jimin had, making him say that and already turn to walk away. he could be the sweetest to those that deserve it, but that never meant he'd take anyones shit.

jungkook sighed, "jimin. shut up and come back." he could be blunt too, but it was the smug little grin on his lips that appeared when he saw his friend stop walking and listen to him. jimin turned around and came back to the door, shoving the cookies into the youngers chest before pushing past him too. "you better eat all those damn cookies." he said.

jungkook chuckled and walked in, shutting the door behind himself. "they look cute." he said. "what are they?"

jimin had stopped walking in the living room and saw the youtube app open on the tv, a video paused of himself and his roommates in the kitchen he had just left. now he was looking at his best friend and raising an eyebrow, "dont play dumb you stalker." jimin said.

"i told you to shut up." jungkook grumbled, but the light blush on his cheeks gave way that he wasn't actually upset.

"so what part are you on?" jimin plopped down on the couch, grabbing the remote and resuming the video. "maybe i should be asking how many did you watch." he giggled, seeing all the red bars below every one of taehyung's videos showing that they've been viewed already.

the younger jumped over the back of the couch and tried to get the remote, as if that would change the fact that jimin found his youtube history to be all of one boy too pretty to know how much he meant to the ravenette. jimin screamed from the attack, throwing himself off the side to land on the carpet and hide the remote between the ground and his chest. except he was no match for the one above him, not when jungkook was quick to grab jimins wrist and pull his arms away from his chest.

"what to fuck do you eat, you monster!" jimin was still screaming in between the laughs and attempts to keep the remote in his hands and not the youngers.

jungkook won still, sitting ontop of jimins hips and pinning the boy down. jimin gave up too, laying down on the carpet and trying to catch his breath while his friend shut off the tv and glared down at the blonde. "i eat like a king. my body is a temple." jungkook said, shoving the rest of a spider cookie into his mouth at the end of that sentence.

"temple." jimin repeated, punching the guy in the stomach and feeling nothing but rock. he poked his own and felt the little softness, but smiled anyways knowing very well it made a nice little pillow for his boyfriend when they took naps. hoseok always reminded him of that. 

the two friends didnt move, not as jimin continued to sit and catch his breath and then realized he couldn't move even if he wanted to ⏤ and jungkook was now enthralled with the spider cookies, having one and not seeing an end until the tupperware was empty. "these are so good what the hell." a few crumbs fell from his thin lips when he said it.

"why dont you thank tae for making them." jimin said.

jungkook chewed slower, looking down at the blonde. he was silent for a moment, only pausing to wipe his hands on his thighs before getting up. "they're not that great." he said.

jimin rolled his eyes and sat up too. "when are you gonna tell me what happened?" he asked.

"nothing happened." jungkook said.

it was the truth. according to taehyung.

even the sweetness of he cookie couldn't mask the bitter taste in jungkook's mouth whenever he thought about taehyung. he couldn't even believe the lies anymore, not when the truth was with the feelings inside his heart, swirling around and constantly reminding him what he wanted most.

"yeah thats why taehyung's doing absolutely fine too, since nothing happened." jimin said. he knew saying that would get to jungkook, whether making him upset or simply curious. either way it would bring about a response that wasn't so dry and cold.

jimin stood and straightened his back, hearing the muted pops of his spine hidden behind flesh and muscle. jungkook looked up too, little bambi eyes looking curious and less sad. "he's fine?" even his voice sounded smaller.

"you should talk to him." jimin said. "he would like that, even if it doesn't seem like that right now."

"i dont know-"

jungkook was cut off before he could finish, his friend knowing very well where that sentence would go if the younger had the nerves to ever say what was really on his mind. "please just promise me." jimin said.

he was at the door, but it was never opened ⏤ not until jimin saw those soft bangs bounce with the nod, an even softer voice whispering that promise. one he would do his best to keep.

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