Waking up next to someone you love and adore was a heavenly sight for Jeongguk. Even after all this time he still wasn't used to waking up next to an ethereal sight before him. He still looked at the younger with the same love and adoration he held the first time they met years ago. If anything changed was his love for the said boy, it keeps on growing day by day, as every day passes by Jeongguks feeling to protect his muffin, to cherish him and keep him away from any danger increased. In short, he became more possessive and protective when it came to his jimin.

Even if jimin found this suffocating at times, he still was grateful that someone loves him and is willing to risk it all for him. That's why he came along with Jeongguk willingly.

* 1 year ago *

"It's just one night!"

"No! You're not leaving and that's final! How many times do I have to repeat this, it's not safe for you" his mother yelled back. She hated seeing her child look so miserable and defeat but she has no other choice. She has to protect him.

"W-why can't you understand me for once eomma! I j-just want t-to make f-friends I have no one beside-" jimin begged his mother, his tear stained face all flushed red with frustration but like any other time it did him no good.

"Park jimin enough with this! There's no such friend of yours who goes by that name, it's all in your head!" She yelled back at her son, not wanting to listen to this nonsense any longer. He always mentioned someone who goes by the name Ggukie, but how can he meet him when she doesn't allow anyone to meet jimin. So the only conclusion she left was with, that her son had gone slightly crazy from being isolated for too long.

"Y-you think I'm c-crazy, don't y-you?" Jimin sobbed, not believing how his own mother didn't believe him.

"Jimin, enough with this go up to your room and stay there I'm not in a mood to argue with you and please grow up and wipe those tears away!" She scolded her son, dismissing him as she made her way back to her room.

Jimin stared at the empty space, tears still streaming down his flushed face, eyes and cheeks swollen from all the crying he did lately. It was like a daily ritual for the boy to cry himself to sleep after arguing with his mother to let him out.

Defeated, jimin paddled his way up to his room and opened his door, ignoring his open window. He made his way towards his bed and slumped down on the floor and continued crying. His soft sobs could be heard in the neighborhood but did anyone dare to save him? No, they were all scared when his mother told them about the mark.

In the far dark corner, a figure stood there, patiently listening to his precious sobs and silent cries for help. It killed him to see his muffin cry himself every night to sleep. He visited him when ever he got time from his business. But he Controlled himself, waiting for the perfect opportunity. He had seen enough and decided to make his presence known. He slowly approached jimins crying figure and sat down next to him.

"Don't cry" he whispered closely to his ear, making the younger jolt back, shocked to find him back! It's been more than 5 months since he last saw him.

"G-ggukie you're back?" Jimin cried as he wiped away his tears, damping his sweater paws.

"Of course I am, I couldn't leave my muffin crying" Jeongguk cooed as he caged Jimin's shaking figure between his arms, taking him into a warm comforting hug. Jimin allowed himself to enjoy the warmness and calm himself down, knowing he would leave soon.

"M-minnie doesn't like it here, e-eomma is too mean, please take me" jimin begged the older, clutching his arms around him, not wanting to let go.

"Don't worry muffin, just wait for your birthday" Jeongguk replied as he caressed his soft hair, trying to stop him from crying his eyes out.

"P-please take me away Ggukie, I promise to be a good boy, I'll e-even work and help you clean your house a-and I won't even bother yo-"

"Stop, I promise I'll take you away from here and you won't have to suffer any longer. The day you turn 18 I'll take you away from here and give you the life you deserve and that's by my side. I won't make you work, I'll cherish and love you, I'll spoil you and give you everything that your mother failed to do so, just wait" Jeongguk promised and eventually jimin calmed down and stopped crying. He found comfort in his voice and assurance.

"Then I'll wait for you"

*End of flashback*

Jeongguk came back from his thoughts when he heard a soft voice calling out to him.

"Ggukie do you love Minnie's hair that much that you keep on touching them" jimin giggled as he teased his lover. Enjoying his sweet touches, as his fingers tangled within his soft locks.

"How can I not love something that has to do with you, I love your everything including these soft chubby cheeks" Jeongguk teased back as his hand made it's way towards the younger's soft cheeks, caressing them softly as he leaned forward and kissed the soft surface.

"I love you too" jimin giggled back enjoying his time with him. These past few days Jeongguk has been quite busy and neglecting jimin. And jimin didn't like it at all!

"Hmmm are you eating much?" Jeongguk asked out of nowhere as he stared back down at jimin, who was now trying to avoid direct eye contact with him.

"O-of course I am" jimin lied.

"You know I hate it when you lie so tell me the truth?" Jeongguk asked, already knowing the answer.

"I-i I can't eat alone, especially when you're not with me" jimin confessed, fiddling with his small fingers as he looked down feeling guilty for lying to him.

"Well then next time drag me to eat along with you if I'm not there okay? I don't want these cheeks to loose their chubbiness" Jeongguk said as he smiled down at jimin who in return gave him a toothy smile.

"Okay!"

"Good" Jeongguk laughed, seeing jimin all happy made him happy. He didn't gave a second thought as he leaned down crashing his lips against Jimin's plump ones. Jimin instantly welcomed the new found warmness and moulded his lips perfectly against Jeongguks heart shaped ones. Kissing and nibbing as he fought for dominance but Jeongguk didn't let him win. He devoured the poor boy who was now struggling to push him off so he could get some air in his lungs. Jeongguk leaned back when he saw a breathless jimin, panting and glaring at him.

Jeongguk ignored his cute glares as he leaned back and captured his lips again, moulding them perfectly together. Loving how sweet and full they are.

"Y-you don't do that!" Jimin yelled at him.

"Do what?"

"Kiss someone like that I thought I'd pass out from the lack of oxygen" Jimin scolded him.

"Okay I'm sorry I'll warn you next time"

"You better Gguk!"

"So now that you've woken up tell me are you free this afternoon?" Jeongguk asked in a gentleman manner.

"hmmm don't know let me check my nonexistent schedule" jimin sassed as he turned his imaginary book pages to show as if he's checking out something.

"Oh c'mon the only thing on your schedule is being cute, giving kisses, eating, annoying yoongi and-" Jeongguk started to in list Jimin's daily routine but got a smack on the back of his head.

"I do more than that okay!" Jimin argued back, embarrassed to find all of them true.

"Oh really, like what?" Jeongguk smirked as he looked down at his flushed lover.

"I just- theres this- I can't tell you like that but there are many" jimin stuttered, not coming up with a proper answer to defend himself.

"Okay okay so tell me are you free?"

"I'm free when it comes to you" jimin replied, blushing at the cheesy line he said.

"Great so how about you and me go out and spend a day at the mall, we can even go to your favorite arcade and have lunch outside" Jeongguk suggest already knowing Jimin's answer.

"You'll do that for me! I can go out!" Jimin asked excitedly, loving how his day started and kept on getting better.

"You know I'd do anything for you muffin"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! A hundred time yes!" Jimin screamed as he lunged himself forward prepping Jeongguks face with small soft kisses, making the older coo at his adorableness. Already wishing jimin would have a similar yet more emotional reaction when he completely makes him his.

"Hahaha okay now go get changed and have some breakfast till I talk with Yoongi and then we can go on our first date" Jeongguk said as he ushered jimin away.

"Oh it will be our first date! I need to dress up well for that!" Jimin smiled.

"Yes of course"

"But you promised you'll get me all those things I had listed down before, can I get them before we leave so I have something to do while you're away for work" jimin asked nicely, putting on his famous innocent puppy face that never failed to convince Jeongguk, or anyone in that matter.

"F-fine I'll call Taehyung to come and jot it down"

"Great I'll be ready before you even know it" jimin yelled as he dashed towards their shared bathroom.

"Great now what" Jeongguk never went out on an actual date before. How was he going to impress jimin with zero to nil experience.

Jeongguk quickly fished out his phone and dialed Yoongis number. After the third ring he answered.

"What's up?" Yoongis voice yelled through his phone.

"I need you to tell me what to do on a date"

"What date? Do you have a meeting or schedule planned? Check your reminder the fuck you're calling me for" yoongi yelled.

"You fucker I meant an actual date!" Jeongguk screamed back, annoyed at Yoongis behavior.

"What actual date? What date is it?"

"Yoongi I'm going to fucki-"

"Oh shut up both of you, Jeongguk are you planning to take Chim out on a date?" A new voice, belonging to taehyung replied.

"Yes finally someone gets me" Jeongguk breathed out as he sat down.

"You both are weird, I'm sure you guys would have planned millions of kills but you get frustrated over a simple date" Taehyung laughed.

"Wait, how do you even know what we were talking about"

"Oh the phone was on speaker you know how lazy yoongi is" Taehyung replied and jeongguk could clearly hear him munching on something.

"Oh that explains it, are you going out today?"

"Oh just going to grab that guy to kill"

"Aren't you scared or something kid" Jeongguk asked. He for sure knew Taehyung was weird but didn't knew he would be this weird. How can someone not be creeped out over this.

"I'm not the one killing here, so I don't care" Taehyung deadpanned.

"Anyhow just take him out for simple movie with popcorns and a drink, he likes to keep it simple, he hates those overly expensive places"

"Oh thanks, I told him something similar to this. bye" Jeongguk quickly cut his call and ran towards his room to get ready.

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After breakfast, Jeongguk, along with Taehyung and jimin were settled down, or more like jimin cuddled between his blankets while Jeongguk and Taehyung stood before him holding a notepad.

"Anything else?" Jeongguk asked as he settled his pen down.

"No! Repeat it I might have forgotten something" jimin ordered as he snuggled more between the blankets, his actions making Taehyung laugh.

"Zip it!" Jeongguk glared at Taehyung making him cover his mouth to stop himself from laughing. From the past 30 minutes or so jimin made Jeongguk write a list to make himself more "comfortable".

"Okay so you need; gummy bears, chocolates, a pink fluffy blanket, DVD series of sponge Bob, an art pad with complete paint set and a brown pony?" Jeongguk stopped as he looked at the list, confused.

"Yes is there something wrong?" Jimin asked, as he leaned forward to look at the list.

"Baby, you don't need a pony to tie your hair, they aren't that long" Jeongguk said as he tried to reason with the said boy.

"You pabo! I said a pony!" Jimin yelled at the older. His cheeks red from embarrassment.

"He meant a horses baby, it's called a pony, gosh you mafia dudes are so dumb when it comes to soft stuff" Taehyung scoffed, earning a glare from Jeongguk making him shut up. He still values his life.

"Oh you know how to ride a horse?" Jeongguk asked. He clearly remembered jimin never went out to ride a horse.

"Oh for the love of peaches! God Ggukie you're so stupid" jimin mumbled as he covered his face with a pillow preventing him from screaming out.

"What did I do?" Jeongguk has never been this Confused in his entire life.

"Huh Ggukie come here, sit next to Minnie" jimin said as he patted the space next to him. Jeongguk gladly got up and sat next to jimin who took both of Jeongguks hand between his smaller ones and made him look at him.

"Now listen to Minnie carefully, okay? So you know the difference between the two" jimin said cutely, making Jeongguk die due to his adorableness. The older found it cute how jimin was clearing it out to him.

"Okay" Jeongguk nodded giving him a small smile.

"I'm not talking about a hair band, Ggukie I'm talking about a baby horse plushie, okay? There's a difference in between the two" jimin said as he smiled towards the older.

"Ohh" Jeongguk finally got what jimin was trying to say.

A/n

Hi guys I know I updated late but like I said before I had my exams going on and Im still sick so sorry for the late update.

My first priority was my other book, once it's done this book will have regular updates.

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