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"Ok guys, first day of practice for the comeback. I've been told we have guest choreographers coming in to teach us the dance, don't ask me who they are because I haven't been told. Everyone please do your best. We can just start warming up and the choreographers should be here any minute and we will go from there." Namjoon encouraged, knowing that the first few days of preparing for a comeback can be the hardest.
"Namjoon-hyung, did Jin-hyung make us food? I've missed his food" Taehyung hummed as he sat on the practice room floor.
"Hyung it's 9am, stop thinking about lunch and start stretching" Jungkook pointed out, rolling his eyes at his pouty hyung staring up at him from his sprawled out position on the floor.
"Also, Jin-hyung made you food three days ago, what are you even talking about" Yoongi mumbled from the other side of the room, still fighting off tiredness.
"You already know that Jin-hyung is away filming for the next few days, so no, he didn't make you anything for lunch" Namjoon chuckled, rolling his eyes.
"Doesn't hurt to ask, and three days is a long time Yoongi-hyung, that's a good length of time to start missing someone. You haven't seen Hobi-hyung in a day and you probably already miss him. Tae huffed out while glaring over at his hyung.
"Tae, you can't really be comparing you eating Jin-hyung's cooking to Yoongi-hyung seeing his Alpha" Jungkook stated, gently flicking the back of his hyungs head. Before Tae could retaliate there was a knock at the practice studio door.
"Wow, they didn't tell us we were working with a bunch of slackers" Hoseok joked as he ran his eyes over each member lounging around the studio.
"Hobi hyung! Jiminie!" Taehyung exclaimed excitedly, rushing over to greet them.
"Are you two our choreographers? I can't believe this. I missed you so much Chim Chim!" Tae cooed all the while gently crushing Jimin.
"Tae I'm your hyung and I saw you a few weeks ago, stop being dramatic" Jimin lightly scolded, not really meaning what he was saying as he too was just as happy to see his best friend.
"What is it with you people? How long do I have to wait before I can start missing things" Tae huffed "but anyway, Hobi-hyung you have perfect timing, Yoongi-hyung is grumpy cause he misses you" Tae added before going back to stand next to Jimin.
"Stop telling lies you brat" Yoongi grunted as he smacked the back of Tae's head.
"Aww, don't be so mean to Tae Tae, Yoongi-ah, you know he's only messing with you" Hoseok beamed before he gently leaned over to plant a kiss on Yoongi's forehead.
"I knew this was too good to be true, the new choreographer is already showing favouritism." Tae joked before positioning himself behind Jimin to prevent any retaliation from Yoongi.
"Well, everyone has already met Hobi-hyung plenty of times and everyone has met Jimin-hyung before, right?" Tae questioned
"Yeah I've met everyone a few times before. It's good to see you all again" Jimin beamed, bowing slightly towards the members
"Everyone ready to get started, we've a lot of work to do. Jimin and I pretty much have the choreo finished but if there’s anything you don't like, we're open to suggestions" Hoseok chattered, excited that he was getting the chance to work with his boyfriend and their friends.
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“Jiminie, don’t be stupid. Just come stay in the dorm with the rest of us. Hobi-hyung is staying there anyway with Yoongi. You can stay in our room, right Kookie? Did you really think we would let you stay in a hotel?” Tae rambled on as he took Jimin’s suitcase and started walking in the general direction of their dorms, expecting Jimin to follow behind.
“I, uh, I left something back at the dance studio, I’ll catch up with you later” Jungkook quickly mumbled, bowing his head as he jogged away from Tae and Jimin.
“Tae, I’ll just stay at a hotel, I already have it booked. I don’t want to intrude.” Jimin insisted.
“I already told you, it’s fine. You’ll be sharing my room and besides everyone will be happy to have you” Tae assured, gently tugging on Jimin’s arm to get him to continue walking.
“I don’t think Jungkook likes me that much Tae, I don’t want to make him uncomfortable with me being there” Jimin confessed, awkwardly rubbing his hands together and avoiding making eye contact with his best friend.
“Why’d you think that? Kookie likes you, trust me” Tae insisted, wrapping his arms around Jimin’s waist from behind and resting his head on the shorter males shoulder.
“I think you’re just making excuses to not spend time with me” he added, pouting slightly at his best friend.
“Stop trying to make me feel bad, you know that’s not true. But it’s just that you always say Jungkook is very loud and energetic and he has barely spoke all day. Anytime I entered the room he went quiet again and he won’t even look at me. He even made up an excuse to leave when you brought up me sharing a room with you guys. He obviously doesn’t like being around me Tae” Jimin pointed out “Do you think he’s uncomfortable because I’m an omega?” Jimin asked, feeling very insecure about the whole situation.
“Don’t be silly Minnie; Kookie has no reason to not like you. Maybe he just wasn’t feeling well and besides he doesn’t even know you’re an Omega, I never told him and it’s not like you tell people. I’m pretty sure me and Hobi-hyung are the only ones that know.” Tae reasoned, reaching out to squeeze Jimin’s hand reassuringly.
“So, what’s it going to be? Me or some hotel?” Tae smiled, batting his eye lashes.
“Ah, I knew you’d pick me!” Tae exclaimed before Jimin could even answer, grabbing a hold of the pink haired males arm and dragging him along behind him.
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To Kookie [7:12pm] Where are you? I thought you were just grabbing something you forgot. We’ve all been waiting for you to get back so we can eat together and Yoongi-hyung is getting cranky.
From Kookie [7:14pm] Sorry Hyung, I got distracted. You should all eat, don’t worry about me.
To Kookie [7:14pm] No, you’re eating with us, we have guests.
From Kookie [7:16pm] Can you tell them i’m sorry for me Tae? I’m just not feeling up to it. I’m going for a walk. I’ll be back later, don’t wait up for me
To Kookie [7:19pm] Not feeling up to it my ass, you better get back here to eat with us Jungkook-ah or there will be hell to pay. You’ve already made Jimin feel bad by ignoring him all day and then refusing to walk home with us and now you won’t even eat with us. What’s he going to think? I don’t know what you’ve got against Jimin but you better deal with it because he’s my best friend too and he’s never wronged you in anyway. I always thought you really liked Jimin but whatever it is, stop acting like a brat.
From Kookie [7:20pm] Be home soon
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“Ah, I’m sorry for making everyone wait for me, I lost track of time” Jungkook apologized, bowing politely as he made his way over to the table where everyone was waiting for him. Taking the only seat that was available for him beside Namjoon.
“Don’t worry about it Kook, at least you’re here now” Namjoon smiled reassuringly as he stood up to retrieve the food from the kitchen.
“Let me help you with that” Jimin beamed, standing up from his chair and following Namjoon to the kitchen.
“Ahh, Jimin, such a goody two shoes as always” Tae mumbled.
“I heard that Tae and it’s called being polite and helpful, you should try it sometime” Jimin smirked, sticking his tongue out at Tae as he walked back over the table carrying a bowl in each hand.
“I’m very helpful thank you very much” Tae insisted, pouting at Jimin.
“So Jimin, how is it working with Hobi hyung?” Namjoon asked through a mouthful of food.
“Honestly, it’s amazing we get along well and ever since we started working together we’ve had some many great opportunities, we have so many people requesting us to choreograph for them and things are never dull with Hobi hyung around” Jimin gushed while Hoseok hummed in agreement every now and again.
“You know Jungkook-ah used to spend all his time watching your dance videos, he thought we didn’t notice.” Yoongi chimed in before shovelling more food into his mouth.
“You did?” Jimin questioned, looking at Jungkook across the table.
“I, uh. I just liked um, you’re a good dancer” Jungkook mumbled, avoiding Jimin’s gaze in the hopes that he wouldn’t notice how red his face had gone.
“Aww is Jungkookie embarrassed, is it cause you still have your huge crush on Jimin?” Yoongi teased.
“Agh Yoongi don’t tease him like that” Hoseok scolded, gently nudging Yoongi with his elbow.
“I don’t like him, ok!” Jungkook growled, standing abruptly from the table and storming away to his shared room with Tae. The only sound was that of a few dishes rattling on the table.
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“Jimin hyung? Can I talk to you please?” Jungkook asked, awkwardly rubbing his arm as he waited for a response.
“Uh, yeah sure” Jimin smiled, gesturing for Jungkook to take a seat somewhere.
“I just wanted to apologise for last night. I was rude and I have no excuse for it, I hope you can forgive me” Jungkook apologized, looking up to meet Jimin’s eyes before quickly bowing his head again.
“Don’t worry Jungkook, I forgive you. Thank you for apologising though” Jimin beamed “You know you can smile, I don’t think I’ve seen you smile” Jimin pointed out, gently nudging Jungkook’s thigh until he met his gaze. Jungkook couldn’t help smiling back.
“I was hoping we could go out somewhere after practice tomorrow, just us so we can get to know each other better.” Jungkook asked hopefully.
“I mean only if you want to, you don’t have to or we can bring Tae if you don’t want it to just be the two of us if that makes you feel weird or we don’t have to, maybe it’s a stupid idea. I’m sorry” Jungkook stammered out afterwards, tripping over his words as his nerves go the better of him.
“Wow that should be a talent, you managed to talk yourself out of that idea very quickly” Jimin giggled “but if you could talk yourself back into it, I’d love to go somewhere tomorrow” he added hopefully, raising his eyebrows at Jungkook while he waited for a response.
“No, yeah, tomorrow, us. Yeah” Jungkook confirmed nodding his head and smiling to himself before getting up to leave, looking back at Jimin once more before exiting the room.
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“Can I ask you something?” Jimin asked, breaking the silence that had fallen between them.
“Yeah hyung, what’s up?” Jungkook replied, looking over the shorter male walking next to him.
“Do you like me? It’s just, that first day I know you didn’t really want me around and it’s just that if Tae is forcing you to be nice to me or something, its fine you don’t have to. You’re allowed to not like me. I don’t want you to be uncomfortable and you just always seem a bit weird and uncomfortable around me.” Jimin confessed, twisting his ring around on his finger as he spoke.
“I like you hyung, I really am sorry about how I treated you that day.” Jungkook reassured, gently grabbing Jimin’s wrist to gain his attention “I just never know how to act around you.” He added, letting go of Jimin’s wrist.
“Just be yourself Kookie! I want us to be friends” Jimin beamed, feeling more relieved knowing that the younger didn’t hate him after all.
“We should probably head back soon, it’s getting late and I’m getting hungry. Plus if we go back to the dorm to eat we won’t have to pay.” Jungkook pointed out.
“You are so spoilt Jungkookie.” Jimin giggled, lightly swatting Jungkook’s arm while her laughed.
“Come on hyung; let me treat you to a delicious meal, paid by one of my hyungs.” Jungkook announced, holding out his hand and wriggling his eyebrows up at down as he did so.
“You’re too cute.” Jimin breathed in between giggles, leaning his body on Jungkook as he continued to laugh.
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“Hyung? Where are you going?” Jungkook mumbled, groggy from sleep.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you. Go back to sleep” Jimin apologised, looking towards the dark figure he could only just make out from the moonlight shining in through the window.
“But where are you going?” Jungkook repeated, rubbing at his eyes in the hope that he would be able to see somewhat better.
“I was going to sleep on the sofa, Tae keeps kicking me in his sleep.” Jimin informed, glancing behind him to check that Tae was still asleep.
“You can sleep here if you want?” Jungkook offered, stifling a yawn.
“I, um, yeah ok.” Jimin whispered as he made his way over to Jungkook’s bed. Jungkook shuffled to the side to make room for the smaller male, pulling the covers back to allow Jimin to climb into the small bed.
“Thank you” Jimin whispered once he had settled down into the bed, face to face with the older male. Now that he was awake he realised how cold it was and couldn’t help the shiver that wracked through his body, teeth chattering ever so slightly.
“If you’re cold you could um...” Jungkook trailed off feeling too awkward to finish his sentence, instead just pulling Jimin slightly closer to him. “Is this ok?” he worried, roughly chewing on his bottom lip.
“This is perfect, no, I uh mean, it’s just that you’re warm and yeah... no, this is fine.” Jimin stammered, thanking the world that it was dark and Jungkook couldn’t see how red his face had gone.
“Go to sleep hyung” Jungkook yawned as he shuffled a bit closer to Jimin.
“Good night, Kookie” Jimin whispered, closing his eyes and enjoying the warmth of Jungkook so close to him.
“Hmm, night Minnie.” Jungkook mumbled in response before drifting back to sleep with ease.