Chapter 10- He's Scared?

You come back to reality from your deep thoughts as Jimin snaps his fingers in front of you. 

"What were you thinking? I called you three times" he says, eyeing you cautiously. 

"N-nothing" you stutter and get back to searching for the second beat through various folders in your computer. 

Where the heck did you save that thing?

"I like the lyrics" he blurts out. 

​​​​​​You turn to look at him shocked. You weren't expecting this kind of reaction from him. You expected some teasing about the cheesy lyrics or even some negative comments from his prospective, literary anything other than him saying he actually likes the lyrics. 

"Are you serious?" you ask

"Yes, what's wrong with you? Did you hit your head anywhere?" he asks making an irritated face. 

"Are you okay? You're being nice to me and something smells fishy to me" you respond spitting out a question you've been wanting to ask. 

"Don't get used to it. I'm just too tired to be mean" he nonchalantly says. 

"Why don't you go back to sleep then?" you ask getting irritated. 

You wait for Jimin's response but you get non.

Why doesn't he go to sleep?

You're sure, he'd prefer sleeping than being with you. What's keeping him from going to sleep? Whatever it is it must be quite 'powerful'  to make him be want to stay with you and be somewhat nice to you instead of going to sleep in the quiet dark. 

Then the answer pops to your head.

They watched a thriller film earlier. He and Hoseok nearly pooped their pants at probably every scene. 

He's scared.

Park Jimin is scared of sleeping in the dark after watching a thriller. 

"You're scared aren't you?" you chuckle. 

Jimin's eyes go wide, he's been compromised, "Wh-what? Why would I be scared?" he tries to cover his own ass up, but it's already too late. 

"Jimin, your scream literally woke me up. And you complained about watching a thriller because you don't like these kind of movies" you tell him and purse your lips as you give him the 'are you serious'  look. 

He looks anywhere but you.  He's trying to think of a cheeky way to avoid himself getting cornered but the scary as hell moments from the movie flash across his mind and he can't concentrate. Aside of that, his tough wall cracks for a moment and he's quite worried of your reaction, are you going to make fun of him? You've already caught him in some embarrassing moments and you can tease the life out of him because of those. 

For a moment you even think of starting to laugh on purpose for payback but then you see him looking very uncomfortable and you decide against it,  not wanting to make him feel any worse than he is. 

And who knows, may be if you're kind to him he'll see that you're not as bad as he thinks and hopefully will warm up to you. 

​​​​​​One more friend couldn't harm, right? 

"I won't make fun of you, I know better than that," you reassure him but still show that you're not fond of his behavior, "Feel free to stay here as long as you don't try to get on my nerves" 

"Sure" be mumbles and he scoots his chair closer to you. 

​​​​​​For an odd reason he's feeling relieved that you did not make fun of him or kick him out and even the fact that he won't have to come up with a stupid excuse to stay here with you and not go to that dark living room where Eun-bi is lightly snoring. 

"That's the only beat you've come up with?" he asks, in a hurry to change the subject.
 
"No... There is also one more... It's more upbeat" you say and click open a file you hope the second beat is in but you find it empty, "I prefer this one,  though" you refer to the first beat. 

"I actually like this one too" he says looking back at the lyrics. 

You find your cheeks getting hot. Why are you blushing? You've been getting good responses for your work from a lot of people, both female and male, you've never blushed, now why does this specific person, make you feel a bit embarrassed so that you blush? What does he have that others don't? 

"Thanks?" you say but it comes out more like a question as you're not sure if you should respond that way. 

This is new to you. Having a civilized conversation with Jimin is weird. You keep waiting for him to shoot you with a snarky sentence,  but it never happens. He's not much positive either--thing that you're grateful for 'cause otherwise you'll be one  to get your hopes up and then have them crumbling down by his usual hostile attitude--he just keeps a neutral stance; throwing a few nice comments here and there, carefully and not irritatingly pointing out some mistakes but not too open with the whole situation. 

He doesn't want to open up to you a lot, he could find himself to actually want to get to know the real you and the ​​​stubborn voice in his mind tells him to not let you in and he does so. Of course he's not shooting you with bad remarks because his ass it too scared and tensed up to go back to snoring  Eun-bi. 

"Do you wanna-" you turn to ask Jimin whether he wants to try singing the song as the two of you concluded that the slower beat fits more with the lyrics. 

However,  you find Jimin resting his head on the table, right next to your keyboard, with his eyes closed and stable breathing. 

He fall asleep.

Guess you're going to have to be silent so that you don't wake him up and probably have him yelling at you.
You push your chair off as silently as possible. You walk out the door, this time succeeding opening it like a ninja,  and walk to the living room to take a blanket so as to cover Jimin. 

​​​​​​You grab a light blanket as a small laugh escapes your lips because of Eun-bi's snoring. After that you go back to the studio and cover Jimin with the blanket. 

Considering that you won't get down to doing anything in the studio you go back to the kitchen and try to keep yourself occupied. 

As you walk in you see a male figure standing in front of an open fridge. 

"Wow!" you say startled. 

The person immediately turns around, you finally see his face; it's NamJoon but he's mouth is stuffed with a sandwich his eyes go wide the moment he sees you and he's frozen on the spot. 

"NamJoon? What are you doing?" You ask.

NamJoon pulls out the sandwich from his mouth.  He didn't even get the chance to take a bite out of it. 
"I got hungry? " he says unsure. 

​​​​​​"oh okay, go a head, eat" you say nonchalantly as you sit on a stool. 
NamJoon closes the fridge's door and comes to sit down with you. 

"Why are you up? " he asks and then takes a huge bite out of the sandwich, his facial expression giving away that he's enjoying it too much.
 
​​​​​​"I couldn't sleep"  you nonchalantly say, "so I ended up working on the song. I've written the lyrics and I made a beat... Jimin liked it so I think it's done?" 

NamJoon nods as he listens to your words while munching on that last bit of his sandwich but he freezes when you mention Jimin's name. 

"What do you mean Jimin liked it? Isn't he asleep?" he asks once he gulps down the food. 

"Well he is now, he said he couldn't sleep so he came to the studio, he fall asleep on the desk a while ago" 

"And you haven't killed him yet?" NamJoon asks believing that Jimin probably tried to annoy the hell out of you. 

"Actually he didn't give me any reasons to make me want to kill him, kick him out or harm him in general" you say being surprised once again. 

"mmhhmm" NamJoon nods with interest as he tries to uncover Jimin's reason for behaving like that. 

"So, do you boys have any classes today morning or will we have to see your faces all day long?" you ask playfully. 

You know NamJoon won't be offended or any of the boys for that matter. You've come to a great level of friendship with them. 

"Huuum... If you have more of those sandwiches here then I'm definitely staying" He says and rubs his tummy in enjoyment. 

You laugh at his action but then notice that the sun has risen up,  "What time is it?" you ask and grab your phone to check the time.
 
07:15 a.m.

​​​Wow... Did I actually spend two hours with Jimin without him sending hostile remarks? 

You think and as your about to comment on how fast the night passed, Hoseok lazily walks in, with his messed up hair and sleepy eyes. 
"Morning," he rumbles, his voice slightly hoarse. 

"Morning," you and NamJoon say at the same time as Hoseok takes a seat in front of you. 

"Why did you get up so early? You don't have any courses today, do you?" NamJoon ask and looks at Hoseok as he rubs his eyes for better vision.

​​​​​​"Actually I have to go to the dance studio I have a class, at nine" Hoseok mumbles as he lazily holds his head. 

"Why would you have a class at nine in the morning? Aren't they supposed to be afternoon?" You ask confused. 

Hoseok teaches hip hop dance at a dancing studio to make some money to out aside. He's hella good  at dancing so why not put his skills to use and ease up his wallet. That way he gets to do something he loves and also earns money. 

"It's a lesson for a girl whose having trouble with the choreography, she asked for a personal lesson and the only hour we're both free is at nine in the morning" Hoseok explains. 

NamJoon starts smirking like the Cheshire Cat and it doesn't take you long to realize what he's thinking and start smirking yourself. 

"What are you guys thinking?" Hoseok asks totally unaware. 

"I'm thinking that this girl has no problem with the dance and she only wants some time alone with you"

NamJoon says and you wiggle your Eyebrows up down while looking at Hoseok who still is confused. 

After a few moments of thinking realization hits him and he starts blushing, "I don't think so, she's really serious, she wouldn't do something like that" 

"No matter how serious a girl is she'll definitely grab any opportunity she gets to spend some time with a boy she likes" you say being absolutely honest about that. 

The shade of red on Hoseok's cheeks keeps getting darker. 

"Do you think so?" he asks,  trying to hide his smile. 

"Oh my!!! You like her!!!" You exclaim happily and NamJoon laughs as Hoseok turns to look away in shame. 

"I don't know... She's nice..." he says and runs his hand in front of his face, "But neither me nor Jimin are allowed to have enteractions with clients" 

"Jimin?" you ask in confusion. 

Does Jimin work at the same studio with Hoseok? 

You don't know, you have heard that he's a great dancer and maybe a professional one as well but you're not sure. 

"Yeah, we work at the same studio" Hoseok says, "Didn't you know?" 

"Why would I know? If you haven't noticed, me and Jimin aren't really looking forward to getting to know each other better," you explain.

"Good point..." Hoseok says, slightly nodding his head.

"Well... I really don't get why you guys do not get along, I believe that you would make really good friends" NamJoon asks, changing the subject from Hoseok's interest in a girl to yours and Jimin's 'relationship'.

"I dunno, I tried befriending him, he pushed me away, I gave up not giving a penny anymore" you say and as you finish your stomach growls. 

"Anyone up for breakfast?" you ask, ready to stand up to go to the fridge and pull out the essentials for breakfast. 

You're not the best in the kitchen but you're not useless either. 

"YES!" Hoseok screams, excited at the thought of food. 

"I'm supposed to cook breakfast for nine people, aren't I?" you purse your lips as you realize that you don't have enough food for nine people,"Who wants to go to the grocery store?" You ask. 

Both the boys start laughing ironically, meaning that their not getting their warm butts up to go to the grocery store and freeze from the cold outside. 

You're not looking forwards to that either, so you grab your phone and search for the number of a Cafe that serves breakfast two blocks down from your building. 

"Yeah... I guess we'll have to order some from outside"

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