"Joonie!" Jimin jumped up from the blanket he had laid on the grass in the middle of a quaint park.

He raced over and Namjoon forced a smile, hugging him.

"Hey, sorry I'm late."

"No worries," Jimin guided him back to their picnic spot.

Namjoon eyed the way there was security guard scattered around, watching them. "Do they think we're gunna get attacked by squirrels or something?"

Jimin laughed. "Well in case the squirrel uprising happens here, we're protected."

They sat down on the blanket and Jimin passed out some of the food. Namjoon ignored the alcohol, grabbing a water bottle instead.

Jimin leaned back and looked up at the sky, talking about something Namjoon wasn't paying that much attention to. He felt bad, he knew it wasn't fair to Jimin to act like this on their date, especially when he genuinely did enjoy Jimin's company. But he couldn't stop thinking about Yoongi.

Jimin noticed how withdrawn Namjoon was this time, and he sat up, putting his hand over the distracted boys.

"Hey, if the guards are putting you on edge, we can do something else." Jimin said.

Namjoon shook his head. "No, they're fine. I'm just...there's a lot going on right now, sorry for being so absent."

Jimin smiled and stood up. "Wanna go back to my place instead? We can play video games and procrastinate school work and have all the milkshakes we can sneak into my room."

Namjoon couldn't help but smile. "Sure."

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"I think my brother has company over." Jimin said when he opened the door to the large estate, seeing multiple pairs of shoes in the foyer.

Namjoon almost didn't hear him. "Wait, you have a brother?"

"Two step brothers." Jimin said. "Their dad married my mom. It's a whole sitcom."

Namjoon nodded, following Jimin to the kitchen where some people were gathered.

"Yo!" Jimin greeted them with a large smile. "Taejin duo! What the haps is fuckening, bros? Oh, hey Yoon."

Namjoon froze in the doorway, and so did everyone else in the room, except for Jimin, who was unaware of the situation.

Yoongi stared in surprise at Namjoon, leaning against the counter next to Seokjin.

And on his other side, glaring pure hatred at Namjoon, was Taehyung.

Jimin glanced awkwardly at everyone, his smile frozen on his face. "Whoa, what's with the tension all of a sudden? Haha."

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what this chapter lacks in word count, it hopefully makes up for in drama uwu

lmao jimin is precious I love him