You let out a soft sigh as you and Jimin walk into the office together, him holding the door for you in the process. You smile up at Jimin as he leads the way through the office. It's been a while since the real estate company he works for decided to make your company a permanent business partner. He's been stopping in the workplace every now and then to talk to you, along with some of the other employees in your office. You're surprised that him being in the office hasn't caused any weirdness in your relationship. Jimin and you are surprisingly good at keeping things professional at work.

To be fair, you haven't told anyone that you're dating. The only other person in the office who knows is Jungkook, whom you've been paranoid about. You know he wouldn't risk your job by telling Mr. Jung about you and Jimin, but in the back of your mind you can't help but wonder if you should be trusting him at all. Especially after Taehyung talked to you.

"I'm gonna go discuss some things with Mr. Jung." Jimin says, giving you a soft smile, placing his hand on your back gently. You smile up at him, his small gesture of affection still managing to cause butterflies in your stomach. You nod your head and he winks at you for a moment before walking over to Mr. Jung, waving in his direction. "Mr. Jung!" you can hear Jimin's voice calling out, causing you to smile and shake your head.

Turning on your heel, you start walking towards your desk. You're dressed in a gray, plaid suit. The blazer of the suit has a small belt around the waist of it, causing your curves to be accentuated in the outfit. The matching pants are mid-calf, showing off the white high heels you've decided to wear to work today. You have your hair tied up in a tight bun and paired the outfit with the new necklace that Jimin bought you. Your purse is a medium-sized blood red, leather purse.

As you place your purse onto your desk and start preparing your workstation for the day, a pair of shoes are directly in front of you. You furrow your eyebrows, seeing the flat ballerina flats in front of you. Once you glance up, you're greeted by Sowon's smiling face. You give her a smile and immediately stand up straight from your computer to greet her.

"Good morning!" she happily states. Your smile only widens as you see how excited she is this morning.

"Good morning, Sowon." You respond curtly.

"I just had to say it," she states while shaking her head for a moment before pointing down at your outfit. "I love this suit. Where did you get it?" You glance down at your suit for a moment before smiling up at her.

"Oh, thank you! I actually got this as a gift from my mom." You respond. "This was my first work suit, but I can try calling my mom later to find out for you." You respond.

"Okay! Sounds good to me!" she responds before walking away from your desk. Your eyes follow her as she walks away, greeting everyone on her way to the other side of the office. You furrow your eyebrows for a moment before shrugging and sitting down on your seat.

As you swivel your chair around to face your computer, a voice makes its presence known next to you again.

"She's a hyper one in the morning, isn't she?" a deep voice asks. You turn, glancing at the owner of the voice before letting out a soft laugh as you see that it's Jungkook.

"Yeah, the early bird does catch the worm, I guess." You respond while shrugging as you log onto your computer. Jungkook leans against your desk as he stares at Sowon from a distance. He lets out a soft laugh at your joke for a moment before glancing over to Mr. Jung and Jimin.

"I thought I was the most energetic in the office," he starts while his eyes stay locked on Sowon. You turn your chair to face him, leaning back in your chair as your eyes follow his for a mere second. You move your attention to Jungkook again and see that he's still staring at her. You furrow your eyebrows for a moment, a small grin on your face as you see the curious look in his eyes.

Looks like Jungkook has a crush on someone other than me... Taehyung was clearly being overly dramatic the other night.

You glance over at Sowon and watch as she turns her head to wave at Jungkook. He waves back, giving her a small smile. Once she turns away, he turns to face you, coughing slightly as he stares down at you.

"So, what's it like for you?" You furrow your eyebrows as you hear his question.

"What's what like for me?" you inquire in response to his question. He shrugs before nodding his head over in Jimin's direction, gesturing towards him.

"You know, working with Jimin," he responds before pausing for a moment as he stares down at you. His eyes glimmer with mischief as he arches an eyebrow. He leans a little closer to you, lowering his voice as he speaks. "I would say 'boyfriend,' but you've made it pretty clear that your relationship is separate from this business. I don't want to get you in trouble." You open your mouth, your mouth forming a small 'o' shape as you realize what he was asking. You glance over at Jimin for a moment and smile before shrugging.

"I mean, I wouldn't say I'm exactly working with him," you respond while shrugging. "I mean, he only stops by like, what, twice a week?" Jungkook shrugs before glancing over at Jimin again, who's now standing next to Sowon.

"That's true," he responds before stuffing his hands in his pockets. He lets out a soft sigh before looking back down at you. His eyes sparkle as they stare down at you. You watch as he furrows his eyebrows while staring down at you. "He's treating you right?" he inquires. You lift your eyebrows at the boldness of his question before nodding your head. A wide smile forms on your face as you look over at Jimin, who's smiling widely at Mr. Jung, laughing as his entire body leans forward while he laughs. Mr. Jung pats Jimin's back and laughs along with him as he smiles down at the man.

You immediately nod your head and bite onto your lower lip as you watch the interaction between your boss and your boyfriend.

Ah, the Jimin effect.

You look back at Jungkook and can't help but feel your heart crack a little at the sight of Jungkook still staring down at you. Your smile falls a little as you swallow for a moment, seeing the little ounce of hope in his eyes. The little ounce of hope that Jimin isn't treating you well so he could swoop you away from him.

"Yeah. He's treating me very well." You respond quietly. Jungkook nods his head before pointing down at your outfit.

"Good. I'm glad to see he also has good taste in jewelry." He responds before giving you a small smile. By the way he smiles, you can tell that this smile is an odd one. It's mixed. Half of it is a genuine, happy one, while the other half looks like a disappointed one. You open your mouth, ready to say something before Jungkook gestures towards his desk. "I'm going to start working. I'll see you later." You close your mouth slowly before gulping and nodding your head. Jungkook walks away, towards his desk and starts logging onto his computer.

You turn away and glance over at Jimin, who feels your eyes on him and turns to face you. He has a smile on his face and he glances at everyone in the office to make sure no one's watching. You furrow your eyebrows as he does this before he winks at you and sends you finger hearts. You let out a soft laugh before turning to your computer.

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Your red-painted fingernails are tapping along your keyboard as you work on your assignment for the day. You shift into hyper-focus mode, eyes scanning the report as you double-check every number.

"Jimin, you idiot!" you hear from the other side of the room, causing you to shut your eyes tightly, losing your spot on the document. You take a deep breath before turning your head to glance over at the person talking.

Not only was the voice annoying you, but it was the words that this voice was saying as well. You've been hearing this for the past thirty minutes. You're annoyed to say the least.

Once you turn your head, you see Sowon pushing Jimin while Jimin awkwardly laughs, trying to distance himself from Sowon.

Don't even think about it.

"You weren't supposed to tell Mr. Jung about the office party yet!" she exclaims before quickly widening her eyes as she sees the people in the office now staring at her. "Oops... sorry, everyone." You watch as Jimin makes fun of her before she shoves him once more, her face turning red as he makes fun of her.

You narrow your eyes at the woman as you see her continually trying to get closer to Jimin and touch him in one way or another. She either gently slaps his arm, pushes him, or stands so close that their shoulders are touching. You quickly sit up straight and purse your lips together, gaining the courage to walk over there.

"What party?" you question. Sowon looks up at you with a smile on her face.

"So, we have an annual office party for our company, and this year, we've decided to invite all of you to join us. You've been a really big help and we thought it'd be best to invite all of you." You nod your head slowly before tilting your head to the side.

"When is it?"

"They just finalized it today. It's going to be in about three weeks." Jimin interrupts as he looks at you with an apologetic look on his face. "I was going to make an actual announcement about it tomorrow, but Sowon ruined that plan." He shakes his head, placing his index finger on the bridge of one side of his nose and his thumb on the other, showing signs of annoyance.

You, however, aren't paying attention to that.

You're paying attention to the way Sowon stares at Jimin while he talks. She keeps staring at his lips, causing you to arch an eyebrow. You then turn to look at Jimin, who's carefully observing you. He tilts his head down a little bit, showing his concern at your expression.

"Sounds like it'll be a lot of fun!" you exclaim, a wide, fake smile on your face. Sowon smiles back eagerly and Jimin merely stares at you, his eyes narrowing slightly as he then rubs his hand along his chin for a moment.

"Actually, Y/N, you just reminded me," he starts before stepping a little closer to you. "Since you're here, I forgot to ask you something about our reports." He states before gently putting his hand on your elbow, leading the way as you two walk away from Sowon. Sowon coughs before turning back to Mr. Jung, continuing their conversation.

"I told you about those reports two days ago," you respond before moving your body so his hand is no longer on your elbow. He lifts his eyebrows for a moment before pulling you into the door near you, which just so happened to be the co-ed bathroom. "Jimin, why'd you pull me out of there?" you question, crossing your arms.

"Why are you crossing your arms?" Jimin challenges, crossing his as well as he stares down at you. "I've never seen that smile on you before. What was that?"

"What smile? I always smile." You respond before flicking your hair out of your face. He steps closer to you, placing a hand on your back to prevent you from backing away from him. He leans in, his eyes directly in front of yours as he searches yours.

"Not like that, you don't." he responds before furrowing his eyebrows. "Wait... are you... jealous?" he questions, the sides of his mouth tugging upwards as a smirk begins to form on his face.

"No." Jimin's smirk widens as he merely shakes his head.

"Baby, there's nothing to be jealous of." He states regardless of your denial. He leans in, pressing his lips to yours for a moment, causing you to melt into him. Your arms grip onto his forearms as he kisses you. One of his hands is placed on the small of your back while the other is placed on the side of your face. He allows his lips to linger against yours momentarily before he slowly pulls away. "I'm all yours, you got that, baby?" You stare up at the man, mesmerized by his kiss as you slowly nod your head. This causes Jimin to merely smile for a moment before he pulls your body into his, wrapping his arms around you. His chin is resting on the top of your head as you lean into his chest.

"Promise?" you quietly question, causing Jimin to softly smile. He leans down again and places another kiss on the top of your head.

"Promise, baby," he responds before softly swaying your body. "I was willing to go through this friend with benefit phase for a reason, baby. Anything you want, you'll get. So, if you want me, you got me." he finishes.

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Happy Update Day!

If you haven't already, I highly recommend watching BTS's commencement speech that they did for Obama's 2020 Graduation on YouTube. If you're feeling down and anxious, they gave really good advice for dealing with hard times right now.

I hope that me posting chapters often is helping you cope with the situations at hand.

This virus will get a vaccine eventually. In the meantime, there's a lot of good things happening around the world. There's less pollution in the air, some rivers and lakes are clear again from us being inside, and I'm sure some animals were able to reproduce, which is a good sign as well.

With good news comes bad news. The two always go hand in hand. Unfortunately, there are still hateful people in the world who put themselves on a pedestal while oppressing others. Just because the other cops have been charged and the degree of the first cop was raised doesn't mean we're finished. There's more black lives that have been taken away from us too soon without the murderers being convicted. Breonna Taylor, I'm talking about you. We're going to give you justice next so you can Rest In Peace properly. Once Breonna's murderers are in jail, we'll help the countless others who have been taken too soon.

The bright side of this situation is that we have so many allies with us to end this injustice. I've seen protests all over the world happening. For those of you losing hope, we have more allies now than ever before in history. For once, our side has the upper hand, and you're damn certain that we are going to use it to our advantage.

Continue spreading the word, educating others, and learning about these issues every day.

I recommend listening to "Where is The Love" by the Black Eyed Peas. This is a song that will never become irrelevant; it's been relevant since it was written.

Also, support your local black owned businesses. I don't know about you, but I like knowing that my money is being put towards a company that doesn't approve of innocent lives being killed.

I love all of you. Stay safe, stay healthy, do something that relaxes you today. I've recently started coloring in coloring books and it helps a lot.

- Kim ❤️