"Hey, hyung," Jimin nudges at SeokJin to stay behind as the rest of you walk in the small restaurant, "Can I talk to you for a second? Privately."

Instantly SeokJin turns and calls out to NamJoon, "Hey, NamJoon, me and Jimin saw a friend of ours and we'll go talk to him for a second. We'll be back soon okay?"

"What friend?" NamJoon asks confused.

"You don't know him," SeokJin replies.

"Can I meet him?" 

"No."

"This hyung," NamJoon sighs as he observes SeokJin's back as the door closes behind him. His gaze follows the two curiously until he can no longer see them, "Since when did he have friends I don't know about?" he mumbles under his breath as with a lost gaze he goes to the table you guys have chosen to sit at.

"Hey, where's SeokJin and Jimin?" Yoongi asks NamJoon as he takes a seat down next to him after he takes his coat off.

"They said they came across a friend of theirs and they'll go talk to him for a bit. They'll be back soon," NamJoon shrugs.

"Okay...," Yoongi replies although he doesn't look very convinced. 

And both him and NamJoon have every reason to not be convinced, evidently, there's no acquaintance of theirs somewhere near here.

"What's up?" SeokJin asks Jimin after the two have strolled a further from the restaurant.

"I've...a small concern," Jimin begins while twiddling his fingers with each other.

SeokJin face grows concerned as Jimin's seems to be serious about this. Yet, internally, Jimin seems to be having second thoughts. Isn't it silly to ask your friend about whether he thinks a girl like him or not? Isn't that what young kids do in school? It's silly he's a grown man, he shouldn't be- But then again this feeling he gets every time you do something affectionate, or even flirty, is concerning for him. He needs reassurance.

"Uh...I don't know how to say this," Jimin shifts from one leg to the other uncomfortably and SeokJin can't help but grow more curious and worried.

"What happened? Did you hurt someone? Did someone hurt you?" SeokJin makes a small pause and then his eyes grow wide and his lips pout to form a small 'o', as if he had an epiphany, "Is ChaeRin here?" he deadpans and snaps his neck to look at his right and then to his left cheking the area for the presence of Jimin's ex.

"No, no, no, no," Jimin waves his both hands negatively with his palms facing towards SeokJin, "That's not it. ChaeRin is history now."

"Then what?" SeokJin tilts his head to the right, more confused than ever now, "Is it about Y/N? Are you thinking of kicking her out of the team? I don't think she's that bad to deserve that," SeokJin goes on and Jimin has had enough with him. Rolling his eyes he takes a deep breath and after he exhale he finally confesses;

"I- feel weird when I'm around Y/N because I think she likes me."

SeokJin's eyebrows raise upwards and his eyes are searching Jimin's concerned-looking face.

"What?" SeokJin asks.

"Don't make me repeat it, it wasn't easy to say," Jimin mumbles as he shifts his gaze to the solid ground. A pout forms on his lips.

"Let's go sit on that bench," SeokJin points to a bench a few meters away from them. Jimin nods his head and they go.

"Why do you think she likes you?"

"Well-," Jimin halts not really sure of how to answer this question, but he's fast to come up with something, "She blushes insanely each time I tease her for something. I mean, okay, I tease nearly every female I meet and they blush so that's an expected reaction? But on the other hand, Y/N isn't supposed to recieve that teasing in the same way other women do...we're friends."

"Are you sure you're not the one who has to stop the flirty teasing with her because you guys are friends?" SeokJin corrects him and Jimin goes silent for a moment to process SeokJin's words.

"Okay, maybe you're right about that but I only do it because her reactions are funny and I like to bring that side out of her," Jimin defends himself.

"Sure, but what if you mislead her and she misunderstands because of that, it'll be on you," SeokJin raises his shoulders.

"Okay, okay, but that's not the only reason I think she might..., you know."

"What else is there?"

"Um...well... she hugged me today...twice!."

"Oh. Oh wow, she basically proposed to you right there how are you so slow to realize?" SeokJin mocks him finishing with a chuckle and Jimin only turns his head to send him a glare.

"Hyung, you're not getting it. I've never seen her hug any of you. And skin-ship isn't something she likes so I'm concerned because she- well she hugged me twice! And on top of that, she has stared retaliating on the teasing."

"Is that all your reasoning?" SeokJin asks on a more serious tone.

"It's just that, each time she does those things I get this weird feeling as if we're not supposed to- you know," Jimin shakes and moves his hands in front of him to somehow express himself.

"I think I understand what you mean," SeokJin replies as he rests his hand on Jimin's shoulder, "But you know, what we feel in certain situations isn't only because of the action of another person. We also feel accordingly to what we perceive and understand from that action."

"So...you're saying I might be misunderstanding the situation?"

SeokJin sighs as he crosses his legs and looks up at the sky in the thought of what he should say next, "Uh...I'm saying that if you flirt with Y/N eventually she's gonna catch up and treat you the same way. And that today she had an especially hard day and you were a good friend to her, Jimin," SeokJin turns his gaze to Jimin only to find him staring back at him, "And as much as someone might not favor skinship when they're not feeling well a hug is always wanted. It's comforting. Even for the coldest of people. Especially, for them."

Jimin remains silent and purses his lips. What SeokJin is saying makes a lot of sense to him.

"But, honestly, would it be so bad if she liked you?" SeokJin asks out of the blue and Jimin furrows his eyebrows, "I mean, if you saw her that way too...you two would actually make a very good couple. You managed to stage a fake one whilst being on bad terms so I can only imagine how good of a team you two will be if you try it."

"Are you actually suggesting this?" Jimin raises an appalled eyebrow.

SeokJin rolls his eyes and takes in a sharp inhale, "Right. Well, you don't exactly fit Y/N's taste anyway, so I doubt she'd be interested in you," and so SeokJin stands up and starts slowly walking towards the restaurant only to leave a wide-eyed Jimin following suit behind him.

"Wait, wait! Who fits Y/N's taste then?" Jimin stops him by holding him by his arm.

SeokJin turns to face him with a nonchalant but mischievous glint in his eyes reflecting the light of the street lights.

"Jungkook." He says.

"What?" Jimin gasps. He looks offended, "She likes awkward younger guys who work out too much for their own good?"

SeokJin stifles a laugh that goes unnoticed by Jimin, "Well, we can't tell her what she should like in a partner," SeokJin shrugs in all seriousness before he walks away leaving Jimin behind once again.

Jimin snaps out of his train of thought and with a mouth that's full of complaints about more information and how SeokJin knows this in the first that, he follows behind him.

Despite the efforts, none of his questions are answered as SeokJin has already walked in and they've nearly reached the table all of you are sitting at.

"Hey where have the two of you been?" HoSeok's asks while covering his mouth as he's chewing on some food, "You weren't here so we ordered some things for you too if you want anything else just call the granny."

Jimin's eyes search around the table for you and he pauses for a second when you make eyecontact with him. Nonetheless, he retaliates the smile you give him only for it to freeze on his face when he takes notice of Jungkook sitting next to you and clearly telling you something Jimin himself can't hear, but he can see the coconut-head's mouth moving and then you laughing after he stops.

So she likes Jungkook? 

Jimin's eyebrows furrow and he seems to be glaring down at the food that sits in front of him as he takes a seat between NamJoon and you after he walked around the table for the empty seat.

"What's wrong? Did the food diss you or something?" NamJoon asks, knowing that usually, this plate is Jimin's favorite.

Jimin snaps out of his train of thought and turns to look at NamJoon, "What? No, I was thinking of something else. There's a part in the choreography of...of...of butterfly that I'm not so sure of."

"Aaah," NamJoon exclaims, "Stop thinking about that for a second and relax. We've done enough today let's rest now."

"Yes, you're right, I won't think about it anymore," Jimin replies and although NamJoon understands that he's referring to the choreographies, Jimin actually means that he won't think about you anymore.

Even if he's getting displeased at the sight of Jungkook showing you how to properly hold chopsticks and use them to collect your food. No, no, he has no right to be displeased, and hence he shouldn't be. Everything's fine. You guys are friends, you clearly don't like him- as you shouldn't- and there's nothing wrong with you liking another person from your group of friends.

Right?

Right, Jimin, Right.

And so Jimin starts digging in his food, finally feeling the hunger that he'd forgotten for some time now.

"Hey, Jimin," you turn to him and he looks at you just as he's about to put some food in his mouth, "Oh, go ahead eat."

He nods his head and does so.

"I just wanted to ask whether we'll be practicing again tomorrow," you tell him and wait for him to chew and swallow down his food. He certainly takes his sweet time with it, you notice.

"Well, I think you can practice alone tomorrow," he begins and you already feel your stomach dropping at his words. You were actually looking forward to practicing with him, "But if you need someone with you, I guess HoSeok is free tomorrow morning. But then again, you did say you don't really wanna practice with him so I think Jungkook could help you out."

You noticed that as Jimin spoke the tone in his voice got mildly harsher and his eyebrows formed a slight frown on his face. He almost looks hostile.

"Jimin, are you okay?" you ask instantly and Jimin turns to look at you with a pretent-clueless face.

"Perfectly." He states. "Why?"

"I..." you stammer, "I don't know. You just seemed off. But uh...yeah, sure, if you can't practice with me tomorrow I understand. I'll find a way," you mutter, and just as you finish you notice Hoseok waving his hand to get a waitress's attention and you look at him questioningly and he tells you they want another round of some beverages. 

Without a second thought, you stand up and walk toward the granny- who got introduced to you as the owner of this place- to tell her of what Hoseok told you. She gave you a warm smile before telling you to return to your seat and she'll send everything right away. But as you turn to return someone stops you.

"Excuse me, Miss."

You turn to look at the source of the voice only to find a skinny, yet tall man, dressed in all black with color-matching hair that slicked back with what looks like to be way too much hair gel. Despite all that, it actually suits his shard features well.

"Can I help you with something?" you smile at him politely.

"Uh...," he awkwardly rubs the back of his neck. Apparently, he's not as intimidating as he looks, "I've noticed you since you came in this place with your friends and I was uh..."

Although you have an idea of where this is going, and it's already making you feel uncomfortable, you're not given the chance to cut the poor boy off before he says,

"I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee sometime, maybe? I swear I'm a really good guy."

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Soooo!! How we liking jealous mochi?

Personally I'm having lots of fun with him XD

Hope you guys are doing alright. If things are tough...just hang in there and try to do your best in every situation. 

Love you lots and I appreciate each and every one of you, no matter what.

Take careee

Adioooss!!