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They dried off, dressed quickly, and left the bathroom hand-in-hand.
Jimin raised his free hand and gave a little wave to Tae. He whispered, "All yours."
Taehyung sputtered, not able to find words for a moment. When he did, he said, "Do NOT go anywhere. I will be right back." With that he hurried into the bathroom to relieve himself.
The activities of the night and having had no sleep were catching up with the boys. They were practically asleep holding each other up when he came back moments later. He gestured for them to follow him into the common area where they could sit and talk at a relatively normal volume without worrying about waking the others.
Jimin sat and Jungkook cuddled up next to him looking rather exhausted. The younger lay his head on the older's shoulder. They still held hands.
Taehyung looked at them, face full of curiosity, and said, "This is new. Looks like Jimin-ie got his man, but Jungkook-ah, I thought you liked girls."
Jungkook was startled by the implied question. He responded, "I do, but I like Jimin-ie too," he paused as something dawned on him, "Wait. You knew he liked me? Why didn't you say anything?"
"What kind of best friend would I be if I didn't know? And I didn't tell you, because," he paused and lifted a finger, "One, I thought it was obvious." He raised a second finger, "Two, I thought you were straight. I didn't want to make things awkward if you hadn’t figured it out already."
The younger nodded accepting that reasoning.
"But were you guys really showering together?" Taehyung blurted, not being able to keep that question in any longer.
Both of the guilty parties blushed brightly. Jungkook hid his face against Jimin's shoulder and mumbled, "We needed to clean up after the mess we made in the laundry room."
"Why are you doing laundry in the middle of the night? Someone drink too much and get sick?" Taehyung asked.
Jungkook didn't look up, but shook his head 'no'. He said, "Hyung, you said you wanted to tell him. Go ahead. I’ll just sit here and burst into flames."
Jimin chucked, put his arm around the younger boy, and kissed the top of his head. He then looked at Taehyung. "Where to start. Hmm..." he paused to organize his sleepy brain.
Jungkook mumbled, "Bathroom. Measurement game."
Jimin looked at the boy hiding his face and asked, "Did you want to tell him then?"
The younger shook his head 'no' and said, "I'll shut up now."
The older chuckled and looked over at the amused face of Taehyung. "Tonight has been very...eventful. It all started when he was having problems getting hard for the game earlier. He was about to forfeit. As we talked, he admitted he was attracted to me. So, I helped him not forfeit by sucking on his neck and watching him stroke himself."
"You did what?!?" Taehyung's eyebrows nearly disappeared into his hairline.
Jimin beamed proudly, "Yup. We also lied about his size. He’s huge, Tae. Bigger than everyone."
Jungkook looked up then. "You promised you wouldn't tell," he looked accusingly at the older.
Taehyung interrupted, "But why would you want to lie about that?" He looked so confused. He was not awake enough for this.
"I don't want anyone to feel bad. I'm not even done growing." He hid his face again. This conversation was just too much for him, but it also gave him a bit of a thrill to admit to his first intimate experience.
Jimin squeezed Jungkook's hand and clarified that he promised to tell the others the fake length and he did. He didn't promise to not tell his best friend the truth.
"Fine," he mumbled in a soft tone against his shoulder, letting him know he wasn't mad.
"You are killing me with how adorable you are," he told him and kissed his head again. He turned to Taehyung, "Anyway, after everyone went to sleep we talked about whatever this is," he gestured with his hand to include himself and the youngest, "I guess we opted on a friends with benefits, since we aren’t allowed to date… and because… we are guys."
"You guess?" Their friend asked, looking for clarification.
"We didn't exactly put a name to things. We just agreed we couldn't be in a 'relationship' because of contract and other reasons. We both agree we don't want to do anything to endanger BTS, so we decided not to have real sex so we can honestly say we aren’t having sex if someone asks."
Jungkook decided to lay down using Jimin's legs as a pillow. He was so tired and spoke without thinking too much about it. He decided he could be embarrassed later. Being embarrassed took too much energy, "I looked it up before. Legally defined, sex is literally penis in an orifice. Anything else is not sex. That leaves a lot if room to play. So we spent the night exploring other things." The last words trailed off since he was falling asleep.
Jimin smiled fondly and ran his fingers through the sleeping boy's hair.
"You guys are so cute, but how is this going to work Jimin-ah?" Taehyung looked at them worriedly. He wanted his best friends happy.
"Please don't tell the others about any of this. Hobi-hyung saw us kissing, so he knows that much but suspects more since he saw me grabbing lube earlier, but nobody else knows about any of this. We are hoping to keep it hidden. We will tell everyone eventually, especially if we end up doing more than just playing around. We are hoping you can help us. At the very least keep flirting and doing skin-ship with both of us, so others don't catch on."
"Of course Jimin-ah. I love you both. I want to see you happy. I had thought that you liking him was hopeless." He lapses into silence thinking over what they had revealed.
"Tonight was amazing, Tae. So perfect. I cannot believe he’s mine...well as much as he can be. I will take whatever this is. This is only the beginning. I am so happy."
Tae looked at his exhausted bff and asked, "You guys haven't slept yet, right?"
"No. We've been occupied." He blushed.
"I will grab you guys some pillows and blankets."
Jimin was out before he returned. He woke them enough to get them comfortable.
He looked at them sleeping peacefully in each other's arms. He really hoped this would work out for them. Life of an idol was hard with the demanding schedules and the details of the contracts in addition to current attitudes about gay relationships. This was going to be tricky, but he would do everything he could to help them work out.
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