Chicken noodle soup came out the day I wrote this and also BTS HAS A FUCKING TIKTOK.

I LOVE IT.

That's all I wanted to say.

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"She's your girlfriend?" Hongjoon asked after seeing the both of you greet each other.

Jimin moved his eye contact from you with the rude customer who called you to Hongjoon.

"Yeah, why?" Jimin stared at him.

"Just wondering" Hongjoon smirked. "So how long have to two been together for?"

"Why does this matter to you?" Jimin quirked an eyebrow.

"Because me and your girlfriend are friends now" he smirked.

As Hongjoon came to the end of his sentence, you came back to the counter after giving Yugyeom the order.

"Hey muffin?" Jimin asked and you looked at him with a bright smile. "Who's this guy?" He asked pointing at Hongjoon who was smiling as he slurped his drink.

"Oh yeah this is Hongjoon, a guy who stumbled into the diner yesterday. He was drunk but apologized about it, so I forgave him" you smiled. "Although he would want to watch what he says when he's here" you side eye him in reference to your previous conversation.

"Ah I see" Jimin answers, slight annoyance in his expression.

You then turn to face Hongjoon. "This is Jimin, my boyfriend. Who I care about dearly" you smile and winks at you.

"Ah I see" Hongjoon mimicked Jimin from before only ending up with Jimin death glaring back at him.

"Hey, That was uncalled for" you knit your eyebrows. "What happened to that really sweet guy who apologized two hours ago?" You ask.

He sighed and glanced at you. "You're right, I'm sorry"

"Much better" you fix your posture.

"Order up!" Yugyeom exclaimed.

"Woah that was actually fast!" You praise him.

"Well yeah, it was just a portion of fries with garlic sauce" he said.

"Don't be a down putter" you frown and walk away.

Hongjoon and Jimin are once again left all alone.

"Hey, I'm sorry about before" Hongjoon admitted and Jimin turned his head an annoyed expression was displayed on his face. "You have no idea how lucky you are" he spoke softly.

"I'm fully aware of how lucky I am" Jimin said as-matter-of-factly.

You waltzed back to Jimin and smiled tiredly. You sat on a stool beside him and laid your forehead against his shoulder.

"Babe?" You spoke.

"Yeah?" He kissed your head sweetly.

"I'm tired" you yawned.

"I know Muffin. You should take a day off soon"

"I can't. I already took a day off for my speech presentation which is going toward fifteen percent of my Christmas grade" you sighed.

"You're still coming to that, right?" You asked and Jimin smiled softly.

"I'll be there next Wednesday at five" he promised and you sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness" you breathed.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world muffin" he assured.

I wouldn't miss it for the world...

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It's a few minutes until closing time at the dinner. Both Jimin and Hongjoon left hours ago. Jimin even decided that he would come and walk you back to your dorm considering their on the same hallway.

You told him not to, insisting that it would be too late but Jimin said that it didn't matter. He also mentioned how much he wanted to see you now that his time with you will be cut down.

It was two minutes to four a.m. when you and Yugyeom decided that two minutes wouldn't make much of a difference so you closed up.

You stood and waited outside for Jimin and Yugyeom looked at you questionably.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Jimin said he was going to walk me home" You said.

"Oh well I will wait with you until he gets here" he said standing beside you.

And so you stood and waited.

And you waited.

And then you waited a little longer.

Then you called Jimin and there was no answer.

And then you just decided to walk yourself home.

Yugyeom offered to walk you, but his house was in the opposite direction so it just didn't feel fair.

You walked home thinking about all the possibilities that could've happened to Jimin that could be the reason as to why he didn't show up.

You sluggishly walked into your dorm building and stumbled up all the stairs until you arrived at your door.

You proceeded to walk inside, seeing a dark dorm room. You walked towards your side of the room.

Or on your side of the divider.

After dropping all of your things at the door.

There was a fifty-fifty chance that Jimin would be laying in your bed, because he doesn't stay over every night.

You took your key to Jimin's dorm and walked out of your home and walked a few meters to his.

You opened the door and was relieved to see Jimin passed out on the couch. You sighed and walked towards him.

He doesn't have a roommate so he converted the empty side of the dorm into a lounging area, where as everyone else had to go to the lounges and game rooms that the accommodation provided.

There was a few beer bottles around the place and you rolled your eyes.

He must've been at a party.

You just shook your head and collected the brown bottles from the floor and table around him before disposing them.

You then noticed he looked uncomfortable in his jacket so you began to take it off him.

He sluggishly woke up and you took it off completely and once it was off he collapsed back onto the couch.

You threw his jacket onto a nearby chair so you could take off his shoes and as you did so, a white box fell out of his pocket onto the floor.

You eyed it before picking it up.

Cigarettes.

You heart thumped with nerves.

You couldn't tell how you were feeling.

Was it anger?

Sadness?

Disappointed?

You just shook your head and put them back into his jacket.

They mightn't even be his, you thought.

You pushed any recollection of the past thirty seconds away from your focus and you took off Jimin's shoes and put a blanket on him as well as a pillow under his head.

You kissed his hair ever so gently and left him in peace on the couch before returning to your dorm, biting your tongue and repeating that you didn't just see what you saw.

You can't go through a story like that again, especially not with Jimin.

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You were sitting in a local cafe at noon.

You had only woken up less than an hour ago due to you late schedule last night.

You were seated at a small oak table with a frappe sat in front of you. You yawned and rubbed your eyes that were being weighed down by the dark bags beneath them.

You got three hours sleep last night.

Due to waiting for Jimin after work, walking home, checking up on Jimin and then not being able to sleep because you were thinking about those cigarettes.

You were now waiting until your lecture started and until then, you were watching time pass on your phone.

"It seems that we can't stop running into each other" a voice said, sitting opposite it you.

"Hongjoon" You greeted.

"Y/n" he answers back. "No boyfriend with you?" He tilted his head.

You quirked an eyebrow.

"I was kidding with you!" He pressed.

You returned to your frappe and you drummed your fingers against the table.

"You alright?" He asked and you perked up.

"Yeah, yeah, of course" you sigh. "Just didn't sleep great last night" You weakly smile.

Hongjoon sees your distress and offered a friendly smile. "You know it's okay to not be alright the whole time" he said and you slowly looked up from your drink. "I mean, I know you don't know me long and you mightn't necessarily trust me but if you do, I'm here"

You lean your head back with a slight chuckle. "You're giving me whiplash, do you annoy me? Or are you really sweet? Pick one" you said causing the both of you to erupt in laughter.

"That's for me to know, and you to figure out if we continue this friendship" he said batting his eyelashes.

"Alright, I could live with that" you smile and Hongjoon returns the smile before grabbing his drink and standing up.

"I should probably go best friend" he nudges your shoulder. "See-ya" he winks before leaving.

And you were on once again left with your thoughts and your frappe.

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"Thank god it's Friday" you sigh, tying your white waitress apron around your waist.

"I hear you" Yugyeom reciprocated.

You tied up your hair tightly and walked from the kitchen doors into the diner.

You firstly went around collecting the dirty plates and glasses. Then you continued to take orders and collect bills.

You were just writing down an order when a set of new customers came through the entrance door.

It was Jimin as well as Jungkook and some others who you didn't know.

You went back into the kitchen to give Yugyeom the order and walked back out to see the group sitting in a booth.

You sat down at a stool at the counter so you could give them a few minutes to look through the menus.

You decided that instead of sitting at the counter, that you would talk to Yugyeom in the kitchen.

"I'm tired~" you whine.

"Join the club, I almost put cheese on one of the ice-cream sundaes" he yawned.

"Life fucking sucks" you exasperated.

"Preach it to the world" he said, giving you two plates for you to bring to customers.

You walked out of the kitchen and gave the plates to the young couple.

You then decided that it was time to make your way over to the other table.

"Good evening, what can I get you?" You asked politely.

Jimin smirked up at you.

"Guys, this is my girlfriend y/n" he said grabbing you hand and you smiled.

"Ah so is this the precious cupcake?" One of them asked and Jimin chuckled.

"No, it's the precious muffin" he explained and the other nodded.

"Anyways, can we have-" and they all proceeded to order.

You wrote all the orders down and plastered a fake smile on your face.

"Also I'll have a chocolate shake and make it snappy" one of his friends said and your eyes widened at how rude he was being.

"Yeah, use those pretty legs of yours to bring back the food quick love" you faced the other friend in disgust at how degrading he was towards you.

"Okay, thank you" you managed to say through your disgust and then you made your way to give in the order.

You were refilling the salt and pepper shakers when someone entered the building.

"Hey! It's my favourite frappe gal" Hongjoon greeted and you smiled.

"Hey! It's the creepy guy that follows me everywhere" you retaliated and he started laughing hilariously.

"Can I have my usual?" He asked.

"Your usual?" You quirk an eyebrow. "You've been here twice and the first time you were so drunk you started eating the ketchup packets at your table" you giggle.

"I meant a strawberry milkshake" he deadpanned and you nodded, walking away to prepare his drink.

Hongjoon shifted so that he was sitting comfortably in his chair and you walked back to him.

"I made it with extra cream and I'm not sure if it's better or not" you said placing the pink drink in front of him and he took a sip.

"Ten stars" he said with satisfaction and you high fived him.

"I'm just amazing" you sighed. "You know it's hard sometimes, being this amazing"

"Oh yeah I'm sure" he rolled his eyes.

You chuckled before going back to filling up the salt and pepper shakers.

"Order up" Yugyeom exclaimed and you took the tray and walked toward the booths.

You placed the plates down in front of each person and just as you were about to leave Jimin grabbed your hand.

"Yeah?" You asked.

"I actually asked for ice in my coke" Jimin smiled and your straight face turned into a sour expression.

"Hey, Hey, I was only kidding" he said standing up and leading you aside. "What's up?" He asked.

"Nothing" you said in a monotone.

"You're a terrible liar" he smiled. "Hey how about I walk you home after work?" He asked.

He's kidding right?

"No thanks, I'll be fine walking alone" you nod awkwardly.

"Why not?"

"What? Just for you to not show up and leave me standing out in the freezing cold again?" You ask.

"Again?"

"Jimin you said you would walk me home yesterday and you never showed up" you said.

"When did I say that?"

"How can you not remember? It was right before I smeared cream on your cheek"

It all came rushing back to Jimin, his proposal and how you said no at first but he eventually persuaded you and then he went home and got a text from his friend asking him to go to a house party and then he went-

Fuck.

"Oh Muffin I'm so sorry" he said, his guilt eating him away.

"Look I don't want to talk about it now, plus your food is going cold so you should return to your friends" You persist.

"Muffin-"

"Please" you press and he sees your desperation.

"Okay" he breathed and kissed your cheek before returning to your friends.

And there Jimin sat thinking how he could make it up to you.

And there you stood at the counter, thinking about how you didn't care that much about him forgetting to walk you home or how rude his friends were.

It was the fucking cigarettes you cared about.

TBC

A/N: CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

WITH A SODA ON THE SIDE🥵🔥

Lots of love xx