The next morning, you're woken up to breakfast in bed. The tray is sitting on the table beside your bed and you let out a soft groan as you sit up straight, stretching your arms above your head.

The tray is covered with toast, eggs, and bacon along with a glass of water on the side. The napkin on the tray is neatly folded and there's a note lying next to the plate.

You bite onto your lower lip as you lift the note.

I hope you enjoy this breakfast in bed. If you're free this weekend, I was wondering if you'd want to rent a room with me. Let me know your answer tomorrow.

You bite onto your lower lip as a small smile starts forming on your lips. Reaching for a piece of bacon, you fill your mouth with the crisp meat, letting out a sigh of content.

"Hey, Y/N?" you hear from the door. Glancing up, you see Jimin and give him a small smile before your head snaps back in his direction.

"Jimin? Yeah, what's up?" you ask. He makes his way into your room, eyes glancing down at the breakfast. The note is still in your hand and you crumple it up in your fist, pretending to stretch your arms up again. You lower your hands back down and hide the sheet of paper underneath the covers as he looks at you once again.

"Remember how I said you've been acting weird and I said I'll get to the bottom of it right after we start sampling the lip balm?" he arches an eyebrow. You roll your eyes and nod your head, waving a hand to dismiss his claims.

"You mean when you were assuming something's wrong with me just because I haven't been going out as much? Yeah, I remember." You scoff before lifting the piece of toast from your plate, taking a bite of it, appreciating how Seokjin added a bit of cinnamon to the toast along with a light layer of butter on top.

Jimin's eyes remain locked on you as you eat and he narrows his eyes at you.

It was then that you noticed that he's holding something behind his back.

"Yeah... now that your period is done, I'm still going to investigate you." He moves his hand from behind his back, revealing a can of whipped cream. "This look familiar?" he questions.

Okay, Y/N. You can easily play this off as you getting a midnight craving for something sweet.

You arch an eyebrow as you examine the can of whipped cream.

"It's a can of whipped cream, Jimin." You accentuate before placing your index finger on your chin, pretending to think. "I think... yeah... I've seen that before. I've seen it in the fridge." You tease. He merely blinks before setting the whipped cream on your bedside table directly next to your breakfast.

"Okay, Y/N. Something really is up with you..." he trails off before gesturing to your bedside table. "And whatever it is, you have Seokjin involved too. He may be a messy chef, but when he's finished, he always makes sure his ingredients are stored properly."

"So I snuck a midnight snack of canned whipped cream. What's so suspicious about that, Jimin?"

"Seokjin would've yelled at me if I did something like that. Why didn't you get yelled at?" he questions while staring down at you. "In fact, why didn't he even notice that this can was out?" You let out a soft sigh as you stare up at nosy Jimin.

"Jimin, you're freaking out over a can of whipped cream," you speak slowly before pushing the covers off of your lower half. You approach him slowly before placing your hands gently on his shoulders. "Is this lip balm project stressing you out? Because debriefing me about a can of whipped cream doesn't exactly seem like a normal thing to do... unless you're Seokjin." Jimin scoffs, taking your hands off of his shoulders.

"It's not just the whipped cream! You sent me on a wild mission to get rid of that Oscar guy who claimed you texted him first. Then, you start forgetting important things like the meeting we were supposed to have with Mr. Lee regarding Yoongi-"

"Wait. What?" you interrupt, holding your hand up to make him pause his sentences. He crosses his arms.

"Unbelievable. You wouldn't have even remembered if I didn't say anything!" he scoffs before placing his hand on his forehead, shaking his head back and forth. "That case was really important to you a few weeks ago. What happened?" You bite onto your lower lip and glance at the floor.

"I've just... been busy with my brand." You state. Jimin narrows his eyes at you before gesturing towards the whipped cream can.

"Finally, I wake up in the middle of the night because of a business call and see this can of whipped cream sitting on the kitchen counter for no reason whatsoever. And I know Seokjin didn't leave it out because he was totally confused about it." He sighs before eyeing you again. "Y/N, you need to be honest with me."

"I literally just wanted to eat from a whipped cream can and you're giving me the third degree?" you ask before rolling your eyes as you plop onto your bed, stuffing your face with more food.

Time to lie out of your ass.

"With the Oscar thing, fine. I did text him first, but I changed my mind and didn't want any of Jin's scolding about hooking up with random guys. With the Yoongi case, I just forgot because I'm working my ass off trying to create a product to replace the one he created music for in case he does end up leaking information on that moisturizer." You state before taking another bite of your food and staring up at him as you chew. Upon swallowing, you speak again. "And the whipped cream? I've been stress eating in case you haven't noticed."

Jimin grows quiet as he stares down at you. You can see the doubt in his irises for a moment before he lets out a soft sigh.

"Alright, Y/N." he states, holding his hands up in defeat. "I've known you for years and I can tell you're lying, but if you don't trust me with whatever secret this is, then fine."

"Jimin, I don't have a secr-"

"Yes, you do." He interrupts, reaching down and grabbing the whipped cream can, turning his back on you. He makes his way towards your door before stopping in the doorway, pointing the can at you. "And I know that Jin-hyung knows what it is. I have a feeling it has to do with a certain someone." He states, staring at you to gauge your reaction to his statement.

You know what he's trying to do, so you keep your cool and merely cross your arms, giving him a faux amused smirk.

"Oh? And who do you think that certain someone is, Jimin?" You tease, tilting your head to the side. Jimin smirks back, resting his free hand on the doorframe as he lifts the hand that's holding the whipped cream can. He tosses the whipped cream can upwards, twisting it as he does so to make it spin. As it starts to drop, he catches it before pointing the can back at you once more.

"I won't say who because I know you'll try to stop me from asking them questions." He states before bringing the whipped cream closer to his face. He removes his hand from the doorway and pulls the top off the container, squirting some of the whipped cream in his mouth from the can. This causes you to roll your eyes, a smile on your face. "But I can tell you that I'll be investigating this person." He states after swallowing the whipped cream.

He leaves the room and your shoulders slump.

He might have already caught on to the friends with benefits situation going on between you and Seokjin.

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You're sitting at the dining room table, watching as Seokjin prepares your dinner after a long day at work.

"How's the lip balm stuff going?" Seokjin asks, taking his eyes off of the food he's cooking to look back at you.

"They're still processing formulas for it. Samples take a few months to make sometimes." You say while shrugging your shoulders. "But we narrowed the formula down and got rid of a lot of the bad samples from before. I was more focused on quality control today."

"Something happen with one of your products?" he asks, holding a wooden spoon in his hand as he stirs the broth for the meat.

"A few complaints about one of our eye creams." You shrug your shoulders before pressing your lips together. "Some people are saying the formula feels different. I've been using the same formula for years but I guess something went wrong with a batch in the lab."

"Shouldn't be too hard to fix, then?" he asks. You nod your head.

"It should be easy."

You and Seokjin were trying to act the way you think Jimin would expect you two to. Jimin is sitting across you on the dining table, eyeing both of you as you speak to one another. His eyes are cold as yours meet his. He still knows you're hiding something from him, but he doesn't know that that something is a someone... and that someone is Seokjin.

"Y/N," Jimin suddenly speaks from the other side of the room. "I've set up another appointment with Mr. Lee. It's tomorrow morning. Try not to forget this time." He states harshly. You sigh and nod your head.

"Alright, Jimin. I won't forget this time."

"Unless you don't want to go through with this lawsuit because a certain someone is preventing you from it." He hints.

"Are you insinuating that you think I'm protecting Mr. Min?" you ask, arching an eyebrow.

"I'm not insinuating anything. Just noticed how you went from despising that man to defending him in a matter of weeks is all." He states. Seokjin grabs three bowls and starts using a ladle to put some meat and soup into the bowls. Jimin watches him before looking back at you. "Don't you think that's odd, Seokjin?" he says his name harshly, causing Seokjin to roll his eyes.

Seokjin steps towards Jimin, placing his bowl of food down in front of him before walking to your side of the table, placing yours in front of you. He plops onto a seat on the longer side of the rectangular dining table. He sits in the middle of the longest side, keeping an equal distance between himself and you and Jimin.

"Did you think that maybe Y/N knows that Min Yoongi is a coward and won't actually leak anything about her moisturizer?" Seokjin replies sarcastically.

"I knew it! You two know something that I don't." Jimin states, crossing his arms and pouting like a child.

"Jimin, you're acting like a child." You state before picking up your spoon and fork, using the fork to gather the meat and soup onto the spoon before feeding yourself.

"I'm a child?" he asks before scoffing. "I'm not the one who insisted on us filing a lawsuit against a businessman only to back out right when we're about to resolve the issue."

"Yes, but you are the one who's making a scene at dinner," Seokjin interrupts before slurping the soup from his spoon. "And you're the one insinuating that Y/N has some sort of relationship with the man she has a restraining order against."

"I never said anything like that. All I said is she's protecting him for some odd reason but thank you for putting that idea into my head, Seokjin."

"You two fight like siblings." Seokjin states while continuing to eat his soup and meat, unbothered by the conversation happening at the dinner table. "I'm surprised you two haven't fought over who gets the last piece of a dessert I've made yet."

"Siblings wouldn't keep secrets from one another. So no, we don't fight like siblings." Jimin mumbles under his breath before uncrossing his arms to start eating.

"He does act like an overbearing older brother, though. I'll give him that." You mumble back.

Seokjin places his utensils down to glare at the two of you.

"I don't know why you're so concerned with Y/N not going out and partying anymore, Jimin. That's her business, not yours." He tells Jimin. You smirk over at Jimin, assuming that Seokjin is taking your side.

That is, until Seokjin turns to you.

"And Y/N, stop keeping secrets from Jimin and rubbing it in his face. He's overbearing because he cares about you and is worried about you." He states before huffing out a breath and picking up his utensils again.

When you look over at Jimin, he's smirking at you now. His arms are crossed over his chest.

"What are you anyways? Our father?" You ask Seokjin while eyeing him. Jimin suddenly turns to Seokjin, agreeing with you.

"No, I'm just more mature than both of you." He shrugs.

"You know damn well that we are just as mature as you, hyung." Jimin narrows his eyes at Seokjin. Seokjin glances between the two of you before letting out a laugh.

"First of all, if you're so mature, prove it. Stop starting fights while eating dinner." He states before looking at you specifically. "Second of all, no. I'm not your father. Unless you want to call me daddy." Seokjin teases.

You freeze and immediately look over at Jimin.

Jimin's eyebrows are furrowed at the inappropriate comment while he stares over at Seokjin. You immediately look at Seokjin who's now panicking, pretending to act normal.

Time for you to lead Jimin away from the trail that Seokjin just offered him.

"I'm sure that Luke wouldn't appreciate me calling another man that, Seokjin." You speak quickly before starting an act.

You widen your eyes and cover your mouth with the palm of your hand. Jimin's head snaps towards your direction as he eyes you.

"Shit..." you mumble before covering your face. Jimin's eyes look between you and Seokjin.

You look at Seokjin as well and he looks confused for a few seconds before he realizes what you're doing.

"Y/N... I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to make you spill the secret."

"Who's Luke?" Jimin starts immediately interrogating as his eyes drift between the two of you. "That's what Y/N has been hiding? Some guy named Luke? Your boyfriend I'm assuming?" Jimin crosses his arms, a pleased smirk forming on his face.

"Luke..." you sigh before covering your face. "Yes, Luke is my boyfriend." You cover your face with both hands, hiding the smirk forming on your face.

Jimin fell for it.

Jimin springs up from the table, picking up his bowl. It's now empty as he finished eating and he skips merrily towards the sink before placing the bowl gently into the sink.

"Thanks for the help, hyung." He pats Seokjin on the back as Seokjin pretends to be ashamed. You watch as Jimin makes his way towards you. "You know, you didn't have to lie about having a boyfriend. Now I get why you don't go to bars as often and don't go home with guys anymore." He pats you on the back as well before placing a wet kiss on your forehead. Your face scrunches up in disgust as Jimin winks down at you before making his way out of the kitchen.

When you hear his footsteps far enough away, you look at Seokjin.

"Thanks for helping me cover up your mistake." You sigh before finishing your food as well.

"Sorry... I almost fucked that up." He states before sighing as he takes another bite of his food. "Thanks for saving my ass." He chuckles, causing you to laugh as well.

"No problem. Be careful next time."

*******
Usually I update you all with news that covers multiple locations. However, considering what's going on in the US, it's really important for me to talk about that.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, on 1/6/21, a group of idiotic Trump supporters entered one of the government buildings and destroyed property, stole papers, rioted, etc.

If this was a BLM protest, they would've all been shot before they even entered the building. They would've been shot at for walking. However because these terrorists (yes, they are terrorists because the government officials in that building had to use escape routes that were designed for terrorist attacks after the 9/11 attack) are white, nothing was done. They allowed them to raid the building, destroy property and so many things that are ILLEGAL without getting in trouble. Some have been arrested, but a lot of them haven't been caught yet. The FBI is still searching for them because they let them get away with it on the first day.

This behavior disgusts me. The fact that people think it's okay to break into a building like that carrying guns, holding Confederate flags and harassing a black cop makes me sick to my stomach.

I know this is dark news but it really need to be talked about. It's not right.

I hope all of you are doing well and I hope that you're all healthy and happy.

I love you

Kim ❤️