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" The Pure "

The door creaked open and revealed Jimin within her eye range. Both of his hands slipped into his pockets and he raised his chin a little and stood tall. His displeased eyes looking down at Y/N. "Trying to talk bad behind my back huh?" He snapped as he continuously tapped his foot on the floor.

Y/N rolled her eyes at him, unintentionally to be honest. "Every worker talks bad about their boss," Y/N said and simply shrugged. After that she walked off and went up the stairs, leaving him dumbfounded.

Jimin, who wouldn't back down that easily, walked up the stairs speedily and finally caught up to her. She was about to open the door but he tripped her before she could. Her eyes widened and were ready for the harsh impact but somehow she felt like her body was pulled to the opposite way of gravity. She was pulled up and she could feel an arm wrapping around her waist. Instead of hitting the ground, her head hit a hard chest.

She looked up and saw the same old smirk plastered on Jimin's face. "Oops! Sorry, but a boss can bully his worker too." He teased and Y/N was not having it as her cheeks blushed a bright shade of red.

Her eyes glared up at him and she was ready to fight back when "You--"

"Also...." He cut her off. His face leaned in and snaked his arm around her waist, he pulled her closer to him. She gulped when he did that and she could feel her heart beating fast like it was about to jump out. The gap between them had vanished. His eyes, staring at her lips and hers looking straight into his eyes, unable to look away. His warm breath hit her lips and she bit her lips involuntarily out of anxiety. "A male boss can flirt with his female worker as well." He whispered with a smug look on his face.

Now it was Y/N's turn to have her mouth hung open. Jimin backed away and walked off without giving her a chance to fight back. Even if she did have a chance, it's not like she could fight back. He left her dumbfounded, just like she had left him earlier. She let out a groan of defeat after that. "He had to give me a heart attack..." She complained in her mind as her hand went up and patted her chest to calm her nerves down. Then, her mind started to stray back to when Jimin's face was so close to hers. She noticed his eyes looking at her lips... She really thought he was going to kiss her.

She could feel the heat on her cheeks and the butterflies dancing in her. However, it wasn't for long. A part of herself whispered, "You dare to feel that way after what you did? Remember where you're standing and who you truly are." It hit her hard and her head started to hurt all of a sudden. She remembered everything again. She had forgotten about it for a few minutes because of what Jimin had done but of course, how could a traumatising event disappear forever?

The black charcoal eyes. An empty void. It was back again. Y/N looked down at the floor as she stood up straight. "Pathetic." She said under her breath feeling hatred for herself. That word fitted perfectly for her. She then walked into the library and shut the door behind her.

Her eyes looked around, trying to locate where Jimin was and she saw him standing in front of one of the bookshelves. She walked over without any hesitation. "Took you long enough. Don't bother planning words to fight me back. You can't win me, kitten." Jimin said, trying to annoy Y/N but he knew he failed the moment Y/N looked at him with an unbothered expression. He frowned. "What's wrong? You were fine just a while before. Did I offend you that much?" Jimin asked, starting to feel concerned.

Y/N shook her head. "No. I am fine. Your words before means nothing to me anyway." Y/N said, without any ounce of emotion in her tone. Jimin thought she was offended but now he was the one feeling offended. "So, what are we doing today?" Y/N asked to change the topic. Luckily, he went with it.

"We are cleaning the books today." He replied as he took a dusty and dull book from the shelf and threw it to the floor. His eyes then wandered around the bookshelves again, trying to find the right book to throw away.

"Why are we throwing away the books? It's a shame. If you don't want it, I can take it. I don't mind reading a few." She said as she went over and picked up the book.

Jimin looked at her and raised his eyebrow. "Do you really think these books are some weird novels? Let me ask you, do you know where you are standing?" Jimin asked sarcastically.
He then averted his attention back to the books and took out one that was dull and dusty like the previous. He then threw it at her who caught it before it would drop on the floor.

"If these are not novels then what are they? Also, not all novels are weird, some are pretty great too." Y/N asked and disagreed with what Jimin thought of novels.

"That, I shouldn't tell you. You don't need to know. All will be explained once you take my place and become a Time guardian." Jimin answered and ignored her words which tried to correct his thoughts about novels. "For now, clean up the bookshelves. Find the books that are like this and throw them just anywhere. The floor or---"

"Or throw it at you. Okay, noted." Y/N cut him off making him glare at her. He was about to curse out but she walked away before he could. He started grumbling and Y/N who stood in front of another bookshelf, rolling her eyes.

"Like you said, for now, clean up the bookshelves. So stop grumbling, kid." Y/N clapped back, emphasising the word 'Kid'. That word hit Jimin's nerve.

"Did you just kid me?!!" Jimin exclaimed in disbelief. He was extremely offended by what Y/N said now.

Y/N smirked and simply shrugged. Jimin then walked over with a stack of books that he had picked and she flinched when he made his move towards her. She forgot how scary Jimin could get.

"Well, this kid here will show you what he can do," Jimin said and shoved a stack of books to Y/N's arms.

She stumbled at the heaviness of the books in her arms but luckily, she was able to keep her balance. Jimin pulled her arm, enough for her to be closer and he leaned in to whisper at her ears. "Drop a book and punishments are coming for you." After that, he moved away and gave Y/N a full view of his smug look. She was beyond shocked. "Now, let's start for real." He said as he went over to the bookshelf and took out a book. He then put on the stacked books in Y/N's arms.

"Hey! I can't carry all the books!" Y/N whined as she could feel her arms hurting with every passing second.

"When it reaches fifty books then you can put it on the table over there," Jimin said as he pointed at the big table and his eyes remained fixated on the books.

"Again, I can't carry fifty 'fat' books!" She complained, emphasizing the word "fat". If the stacked books did reach fifty, she might be saying goodbye to her arms at that point. "There is zero chance I won't drop a book!"

Jimin turned around and smirked, a flirtatious look on his face. "That's my intention, kitten," Jimin said and added another five stacked books to her pile.

"YA!" She shouted at the same time, trying to balance herself with the weight of the books. Her face turned red and it was hard to tell if it was either out of anger or, the heaviness of the books or if she was blushing. Maybe it was all three.

Jimin chuckled at her trying her best to balance herself. "Cute." He said without realising. It took him a few seconds to realise what he just said and he quickly turned around to check if Y/N heard it but to his luck, she didn't. She was busy trying to not fall or let a book fall. Jimin let out a sigh and then looked back at the books. His lips curved upward into a smile.

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It was a long day. They both had finally cleaned up the bookshelves. The unwanted books were stacked up into a pyramid and there were at least more than one thousand books. Jimin sat on the couch, sipping tea, his face looking much calmer and collected, whereas
Y/N was sprawled on the couch with her arms laying out lazily.

"I can't feel my arms," Y/N whined out but in a lazy and tired tone. Fortunately, she managed to not drop a book. She was persistent to not drop any and because of that, the chance of her not dropping a book increased by one per cent.

"Great job." Jimin praised, and put down his cup of tea on the table. Y/N scoffed at that. "I didn't expect it from that small and weak body of yours." Jimin taunted her and smirked.

She sat up abruptly out of anger. "Boy!! Don't make me---- OW! my arms!" For a second she forgot her arms hurt but remembered when the pain struck. She continues to whine to herself and Jimin glances at her, concern lingered around his face. He then walked over and sat next to her. He took her arms without asking for permission. "OW!! don't grab me like that! It hurts!" Y/N whined again.

Jimin chuckled. "Sorry." He said as he brushed his fingers on her arm. Y/N flinched at his touch and she froze up. She wanted to ask what he was trying to do but the next thing he did explained it all. He gave her a massage on the arm to relieve the pain.

Y/N was quite surprised. "Okay, I thought you were a jerk?" She asked sarcastically and stayed still, letting him massage her arm. Honestly, it didn't hurt even though it was supposed to hurt. Probably because it was the Jimin effect.

"I..was..a jerk." He replied and Y/N's mouth shaped an 'O'.

"Ah right. The duality." Y/N said under her breath. Even so, Jimin heard it. He raised his eyebrow in confusion but he decided not to ask anyway. Silence prevailed in the air as they both were in deep thoughts but someone decided to break in. Who would be the one who could never keep quiet?

"JIMIN!!! THEY ARE HERE!!!" Valentine's voice boomed in the library and he swore if Valentine was a giant, the whole shop would collapse.

Y/N and Jimin groaned at the same time. She looked at him and nodded her head, telling him that now she understood how he felt. They then finally gave their attention to Valentine.

"Who?" Jimin asked. Valentine rolled her eyes, obviously not liking the person's presence and pointed rudely at the person behind.

"I wonder who teaches you to be this rude." A soft voice came from behind Valentine and she scoffed at that. She then moved over and the person came into Y/N's and Jimin's view range. Y/N's mouth hung open, greatly astonished while Jimin remained in his normal state.

Fluffy silver hair and the skin that took the colour of milk. His or her face was perfect. Perfectly sculpted face. The problem is, she couldn't tell if that person was a female or a male. Its face had the face of a female and a male at the same time. He or she had silver-green eyes that could captivate anyone's attention.

That person wore a white suit that remained perfectly clean. Then, a heavy figure was seen flapping behind the tall person and Y/N realised they were wings. Bright feathery wings. With all the features, that person who stood in front of her, was beyond beautiful.

Edited by Sanabuii

Sorry for late update. Past few days had been emotionally busy. I hope you understand.