Jimin sat in the corner of the dimly lit practice room, taking a break only to text his best friend, Taehyung. Taehyung had been Jimin's best friend since grade school when Tae hit a boy named Yoongi for yelling at Jimin to shut up during music class and making Jimin cry. Yoongi was their friend now too but he wasn't around much, he was always so busy with his work. Out of all of Jimin's friends he was only truly close to two of them: Taehyung and Jungkook. All of them were full-blown adults now and each had their own stress, namely University for most of them.
The boys all attended Korea National University of the Arts and studied different things. Jimin was a dance major with a minor in vocal performance. He loved what he went to school for and always went the extra mile for his classes and showcases. Much like tonight, where he had been in that small practice room for six hours now. He decided it was a good time to go home and that he was so exhausted he wouldn't be improving anything more tonight. He unlocked his phone to see he had six messages from Taehyungie all from about two hours ago.
Tae: Chim on your way home can you stop by the corner store and pick up some Honey Butter Chips? We ran out and I'm craving them.
Tae: Actually nevermind I'll just go and I'll call Jungkookie and see if he wants to come over.
Tae: Don't be out too late, you might miss him. He has class in the morning.
Tae: HE ASKED FOR YOU! He told me he wants to see you. Actually I don't know if I was supposed to tell you that. Oops! Hehe ;)
Tae: Chim it's been two hours. Where are you? Text back as soon as you can. Don't overwork yourself and make sure you stay hydrated if you're practicing. Also Kookie is staying the night. He said it got to be too late but I think he just wants to see you because he always stays up late.
Tae: Park Jimin come hooooome. We miss youuuuuu. We're worrieddddddd
Jimin chuckled at the silliness of his best friend and couldn't withhold the smile that came to his face when he read that Jungkook missed him and wanted to see him. He had been crushing on the maknae of the friend group for a year now and Taehyungie was the only person who knew. Jimin threw all of his things sloppily into his practice bag, turned out the lights and stumbled out of the room into the dark hallway. It took him a few minutes to find his way out of the building in the pitch-black, but once he made it out he felt relieved and took a moment to breathe deeply and calmly in the fresh and cool night air. He checked his phone and saw that it was almost 2 a.m., much later than he had anticipated on staying to practice, but with the Spring Showcase coming up, he couldn't afford to be anything less than perfect. He just hoped Taehyungie wouldn't be too worried or upset.
Once Jimin arrived in their apartment, he found that Taehyung was nowhere to be seen and Jungkook was not on the couch. He quietly slipped off his shoes and wandered mindlessly through the living room and into a short hallway that led to his and Tae's rooms. He had just opened the door to his room when Taehyung peeked out of his own doorway. "Jimin, where were you all this time? It's so late." Tae inquired and as exhausted as Jimin was, he did not want to go through this routine which became commonplace around big project times. "I was out practicing. I'm trying to make my routine for the showcase perfect. I just really want a good grade." Jimin answered, knowing that the grade was such a miniscule part of the reason he was out practicing so late that it was almost comical to lie that way. Taehyung rubbed his eyes, looking tired as ever and pointed out exactly that "Jimin… I know it's not the grade. What's going on? Is your family okay? Are you okay? You only ever stay out this late to practice when you're stressing a lot." Jimin looked down, unable to make eye contact with his best friend. His family was fine and his caring roommate knew that, because the moment anything was wrong he would have told him. "It's just that I really want my performance to be perfect, in fact I need it to be. I've been trying to prove myself and my skill to everyone all year now and this showcase I really want to show everyone that I'm a competitor and I know what i'm doing. I'm sorry Tae, I won't stay out this late anymore. I know it scares you when I get high strung like this." Tae nodded and thanked Jimin and both boys started to turn around until Tae whispered something peculiar that caught Jimin's attention. "Oh Chim, I told Jungkook he could crash in your bed. At least until you got here. He was having trouble sleeping on the couch. Sorry man, I didn't want to offer up your bed but I was using mine, you know? And yours was empty…" Jimin smirked at Tae's apology.
He wasn't sorry and he knew Jimin wouldn't mind. He was far too kind to be bothered by this. JImin nodded and the boys said goodnight and Jimin entered his room careful not to wake up a sleeping Jungkook. Jimin paused for a moment at the sight of a sleeping Kookie in his bed. The sight made Jimin fuzzy inside and for a moment he just stood there and admired Kookie sleeping. He looked so innocent and peaceful. Beautiful even. Jimin tore himself away from standing in his doorway admiring the sleeping boy and went to his bathroom to change and get washed up. He needed a shower, but feared it would be too loud and wake up Kookie so he just changed and told himself he would do it in the morning. He brushed his teeth, and washed his face and felt much more refreshed. When he reentered his room he tripped over a shoe on the floor and accidentally let out a yelp and woke Kookie up. He immediately felt terrible and quite frankly somewhat frightened, as Jungkook valued his beauty sleep and if you awoke sleeping beauty, sometimes he wasn't so nice. He fell silent as Jungkook sat up in his bed, making immediate eye contact. "Jiminie?" Jungkook whispered into the dark. Jimin did not want to speak. Or breathe. He felt so sorry. "Yes, Kookie. I'm sorry I woke you up, just go back to sleep. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Sweet Dreams. Saranghae." Jungkook rubbed his eyes and immediately yawned. "No hyung it's okay, really I don't mind. I wanted to see you anyways. Wow, Jiminie… that lighting on you… You look beautiful."
Jimin blushed and it was at this moment he had never thanked the darkness so much, because he did not want jungkookie to see him like this. Jimin stared at jungkook, and to his genuine surprise, there wasn't a hint of lie in his eyes. He had called him beautiful. And not like after their showcases, when he had said his costume or his dance was beautiful. Kookie had called him beautiful. Jungkook must have taken the silence wrong because he immediately apologized profusely. "Jimin i'm so sorry I didn't mean to scare you or make you uncomfortable. I'm so sorry. I'll go sleep out in the living room, you shouldn't have to sleep out there instead of your bed. Oh my gosh I'm so sorry." Jungkook got up to leave and Jimin grabbed his waist as he passed in front of him, hands covering his face. They had flirted before, even hugged and kissed each other's cheeks and foreheads, but this was different. It was far more intimate. The two of them alone in the dark. And for the first time for Jimin, it felt scary to be this close to him. Jimin pulled Kookie closer to him, and pulled him into a hug. Jimin felt Kookie's body start to shake, and pulled away from him to look into his eyes, his beautiful sobbing eyes. "Kookie, you haven't done anything wrong. You didn't even overstep. It was sweet. Thank you. Now stop crying, Kookoo. Angels don't deserve to cry." Kookie just sniffled and leaned his face into the crook of Jimin's neck. "Hyung, I have something to tell you. I-I have feelings for you. I was always scared to tell you and I'm sorry I withheld it for so long. I don't want to do anything crazy I just wanted for you to know the truth." Jimin smiled and quietly cooed into Kookies ear "Well, Kookie, I feel the same. And I agree we shouldn't rush into anything crazy. But at least now we know. And if and when you are ready, we can do something about it, but right now, it's really late and you should be going to sleep, Kookoo."
Jungkook smiled when Jimin called him "Kookoo." He didn't know when he had started doing it, but it was his favorite nickname. It was an intimate one that only he and Jimin shared, and nobody else was allowed to call him that. Hoseok did it once, but nobody ever did it again besides Jimin because Kookie got so flustered he smacked Hoseok in his belly and knocked the wind out of him. Suddenly realizing he had spaced out (as always), Jungkook sniffled and finally broke the silence that wasn't at all uncomfortable, but he didn't want his silence to be misinterpreted. "Hyung?" "Hm?" "Would you stay with me tonight? I mean… I feel bad about kicking you out of your own bed and I really just want to be close to you right now." The pair blushed at the same time, as soon as the words rolled off of Jungkooks small, pigmented lips. Jimin smiled a small smile and said yes just before reaching out to place a small peck on Jungkookie's forehead. Soon the pair were bundled up under Jimin's warm yellow quilt holding each other as if they were in their own small world, and happy as could be. They fell asleep quickly with Jungkook's head in the crook of Jimin's neck and Jimin's head resting on Jungkook's, both with content smiles on their faces.
A/N: Hi my name is Jen and this is my first FF. If you guys like it, you should definitely let me know. And If there are areas I could improve let me know. Also I'm gonna keep this as clean as possible, just a heads up. If you have any comments, requests, or suggestions just let me know and I will gratefully respond to them ASAP and I do well with constructive criticism. But anyways leave me your reviews and comments, I would really love and appreciate it. Thanks for taking your precious time to read my writing. * Finger Heart * :)