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𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 — 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟒 𝐚𝐦
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the kitchen smelled like french toast and lemons from whatever mrs. kim used to clean the floors earlier that day. the dishes in the sink continued to pile up as the boys finished up making breakfast for them all.

jimin was still making the last french toast in the pan while taehyung started getting rid of the egg and cinnamon they used. "this is stupid." he mumbled when standing beside his friend at the stove. their back were to the rest of the kitchen and the table where their mothers sat and drank tea together.

"i couldn't stop her. my mom is little but she's mighty." jimin said, taking the spatula to get the last toast onto the stack on the plate. they were in charge of breakfast today, their mothers making the tea and namjoon was on his own, partly because he was getting ready for the semi-finals tonight. "sorry kid." his big brother said, walking by and stealing a toast from the top of the stack.

taehyung glared at him, one for not arguing on his behalf to go tonight too as well as stealing food before it was on the table. "mom always listens to you, you could have told her to let me go." he said, it was almost like a whisper shout.

they had all gotten back late last night, maybe midnight after getting food following the last boxing match. neither of the kim boys expected their mother to still be awake and waiting for them, and especially not taehyung who was now suppose to stay home to study for a history exam that monday.

jimin took the bowl of fruit they also cut and walked to the table, smiling politely at both woman before sitting down. taehyung followed with the toast and took a seat as well.

the only one not at the table was now namjoon, who kissed his moms cheek and excused himself to leave. he was going to train a little longer at the gym before tonight. taehyung pouted some more knowing who'd also be there. he only stopped when his mother gave him a look, making him suck his bottom lip in and sit up straighter.

"thank you for breakfast boys." ms. park said with a nice smile, using her own fork to take a serving of fruit as well as one toast. jimin smiled and waited his turn, only grabbing once both woman took for themselves. he piled a stack high of both items before digging in, his mother wasn't surprised at his eating habits and at this point in their sons friendship neither was mrs. kim.

they ate quietly, only the mothers speaking about random things that really didn't matter. taehyung only reacted to something when he felt his phone ring in his pocket, quickly fishing it out and seeing the name flash across. "excuse me." he said before standing up and making his way outside to get a better signal.

"hey," taehyung said once he was outside and felt the sun on his face.

"hey tae," jungkook said through the phone, his voice sounding a little crackly and most likely due to being inside the gym. "namjoon said you weren't coming tonight. are you okay?" he asked, the concern in his voice endearing.

taehyung sat down on one of the steps leading up to the front door, "i'm okay," he said. "my mom said i'm not allowed to."

"oh." that one syllable had the younger suddenly feeling embarrassed. he still lived at home and still had to listen to his parents telling if he could or couldn't do things. the thought had him chewing on the inside of his lip, waiting for the other male to say something else instead of just oh.

"uh, maybe i can stop by after." jungkook said, "see how you're doing." he offered. it was weird trying to navigate this situation, he hasn't had to for a while. there never really were parents in his plans having a say in the outcome, jungkook just waited for him to say something.

taehyung kept biting on his lip. "yeah," he said, "that would be nice."

"mhm," jungkook hummed, and soon they said their goodbyes. taehyung stayed outside for a few more minutes, just enjoying the early sunday morning atmosphere and how no one was really awake just yet, no one but the birds and the little snail doing his best to make it from one part of grass across the cement walkway to the other part of grass.

taehyung watched until he made it, and then he stood up from his spot to go back inside to the the air conditioning. jimin was cleaning up his plate when his friend walked back in. "i can sit with you until you're finished." he offered, but taehyung just shook his head and started to clean up his own dish. "i'm not hungry anymore." he said.

once they cleaned up their spots, they excused themselves one last time upstairs. "we're going to get a head start on studying." jimin smiled, pulling on his friends sleeve as they back up towards the stairs, then turning to leave before either woman could say anything else.

the made their way up to the boys room, one still frowning and the other pushing open the door to go right for the television remote. "so," jimin said, facing his friend who already flopped onto the bed. "what season of project runway are we starting on?"

taehyung turned his head sideways and peeked one eye open, a tiny smile wanted to show. "season eleven of course." he said, and the big smile on his best friends face was contagious. soon they were giggling and jumping onto the bed and drowning in blankets and pillows.

the two were so immersed in the show, fighting over who was doing better and what style looked best, neither noticed they finished the season and had already made it nearly halfway through the next season.

taehyung only sat up real quick about ten minutes into a new episode, ears straining. "what?" jimin asked, seeing his friend no longer cuddling with their pillow castle.

"pause." he said, waiting for the boy to do as he was told and fill the room with silence — and then taehyung heard it, the creak of the floorboard. "get the books!" he whisper shouted, knowing very well namjoon was gone and the only other person walking in the hall would be his mother coming to check on them.

jimin opened both textbooks to random pages while taehyung tossed some notebook pages onto the bed with an array of sparkly pens. they  laid on their stomachs and waited for that door to open, which it did, and mrs. kim poked her head in with a small smile, "hey boys," she said, pushing the door open further and coming in. she had a tray of two meals on top, coming and placing it on the nightstand beside the bed. "how's the studying going?" she asked.

jimin held up a paper, "really good." he said, "we're going over important dates and events." he explained. mrs. kim smiled and then stood, "well i don't want to interrupt, but remember to take a break and eat something."

"thank you." both boys said at the same time, earning another smile before mrs. kim left the room and shut the door quietly behind her.

"i feel a little bad." jimin said, looking at the paper and realizing he didn't know much of anything that was on it. "maybe we should actually try studying." he suggested.

taehyung nodded, feeling the same especially when his mom prepared them meals and brought them all the way up. "yeah that's a good idea." he reached for the remote, but instead ended up grabbing his phone that started to ring.

"who's that?" his friend asked, and taehyung just looked at the name and felt his stomach twist. "it's jungkook." he said. the older male was suppose to stop by after, not call. for some reason that had taehyung feeling off, but he answered anyways and managed a hello.

jimin didn't think anything was wrong, and he started to read some more of the paper until looking up at his friend, who sat there with an unreadable expression. "dude what's wrong."

"namjoon won tonight."

"wait that's good." jimin said, ignore the little flutter of his heart when hearing that mans name. "that means he's going to the finals."

taehyung nodded, but he still looked like he was about to be sick to his stomach, "yeah he's going to the finals." he said, "and so is seojoon."

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