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You huff as you get out of your apartment, looking and feeling like absolute dog poop as you hadn't gotten enough sleep for the night. Quite frankly there was nothing stopping you, you were just finishing some editing and articles for work.
You were behind and were paying for the time you took a week off since you were sick and now piles and piles of work are built up and the only way you can get it done is by working all day and night. Sadly enough you've been doing nothing but working the whole weekend, barely eating or taking care of yourself and since then you've decided to finally get off your ass and clean your apartment.
It wasn't extremely dirty since you lived alone and made little to no mess, it's just the piles of garbage started piling up resulting in you ending up with multiple garbage bags and a smelly apartment. It was getting out of hand and finally, you were done with catching up —after not sleeping for nearly two days— but you're grateful.
You managed to carry the garbage all the way down to the chute and only had one more big bag left, fortunate enough you didn't see him yet. Although you'd know that seeing him would lead to you two bickering it always satisfied you to get the last laugh. However, you mustn't let him see you in this state, you would never hear the end of him teasing you about the stains on your sweatshirt, or the pyjama shorts covered in little dinosaurs. Your hair was a complete rat's nest and your face was horrendous, nonetheless, you still thought you were a bad bitch and he can suck your fat big toe for all you care.
It was 5 am and you were sure he wasn't awake at this time so you finally took the last garbage bag and carefully dragged the heavy trash down the hall, making sure it didn't rip on the way. You hum quietly as you lift the bag and throw it down the shoot. Mentally cheering yourself for throwing them all out you start your walk down back to your apartment until you hear a sudden door unlocking and halted your movements.
The door opened revealing a tall Jungkook as he rocked baggy grey sweats and a fitting white tee that accentuates his small waistline, hard rock abs and broad shoulders. You notice his long hair pulled back into a man bun as he has his duffle bag thrown across his shoulder, his keys dangling from his pocket.
He pauses for a second eyeing down your figure as you stand there like a deer caught in headlights. A foul smirk makes its way onto his lips as you begin to sigh, crossing your arms.
"I see someone rose from the dead, literally" He chuckled, locking his door. His full attention was now targeted towards you as an impatient scowl formed on your face.
"Shut up Jeon" you hissed glaring at him as he chuckled, even more, throwing his head back, and holding his stomach.
"Seriously you look too rough, what the fuck happened to you" he scoffs, and you step forward pointing a finger at him.
"You'd be a decent person if someone shut that damn mouth of yours with duct tape" you grinned, as he took a step forward pushing your finger back.
"Yeah yeah, go take a shower and stop pointing your finger at people, it's rude" he merely smirked, turning the wheels in your head. You flipped him off as you bumped his shoulder with yours making your way back to your apartment.
"Fuck you" you grumble as he amusingly watched the squeaking duck slippers on your feet squeak. He laughed out loud as he pointed at them, "You're actually so ridiculous what the fuck are you wearing??" he throws his head back once again, earning two of your middle fingers up in his face.
"I hope heavyweights crush your skull at the gym Jeon" you grumbled one last time before you shut your door. Jungkook chuckled some more, as you heard him trail off while he made his way to the elevator. He was such a dick, you hated his guts, you hated his presence, you hated him!!
He was always in your business, always making fun of you, always embarrassing you in public and always pissing you off. It's been like that since you both graduated from the same university. You managed not to see him for a couple of years and moved into this new apartment a year ago, and then the fucker moved in a couple of months later.
So much for your peace.
It was honestly tiring you, you never hated someone so much. He brought out sides of you that you dared never showed anyone, well maybe because no one ever makes you that mad but still.
It was already bad enough that you both shared the same friend group, always seeing him getting invited to Taehyung and Hoseok’s plans which put you in a bad mood but because they were your close friends you so dearly loved and cared about, you came and tolerated it. Even the time that he embarrassed you in front of Namjoon when you were flirting with him.
You remember he was looking especially dazzling the one-night Taehyung invited everyone for a BBQ and you managed to get enough courage to approach and talk to him. It was going lovely until Jungkook came by and "accidentally" spilt his beer on you.
"Oh shit I'm so so sorry babe, I didn't mean to" he smirked, as you gasped taking a step back. Namjoon confusingly looked between you two as you started bickering. Until he excused himself from you both which resulted in a slap on Jeon's face. You were so upset that night, you actually ended up leaving home as you cried.
After that Namjoon was awkward around you, never approaching you until you did and it was starting to get pathetic for you. You stopped trying to approach him as Jungkook made fun of you for it for a little while.
There was also a time back in University when he humiliated you out to a group of guys at a party announcing that you were a virgin, it doesn't sound dramatic but it was the way he was talking behind your back when you were a couch away.
"I'd like to get to know y/n more, she seems cute" One of the guy's mentions and Jungkook clicks his tongue on the top of his mouth, disgustingly scrunching his nose as he shakes his head.
"She's honestly a boring prude, what fun can you have with a virgin?" He asked him, as they all chuckled agreeing with him. He didn't know you were right behind him, as you eyed him angrily. Your heart shattered into two as you pushed past the bodies in the living room fuming past the group of boys, with tears streaming down your face.
"Fuck I think you've upset her" One of the guys points at you as Jungkook turns to watch your combat boots stomping away. He chuckled at the guy, shrugging as he chugged the rest of his beer.
Being a virgin wasn't bad (not that you were anymore) it just hurt to see him ridicule and make disgusting comments about you, behind your back. You could've defended yourself but you decided to stomp out of there to save yourself the embarrassment. Certainly, if he did talk behind your back then, he probably still does.
You never really did anything to Jeon and he was the first one to declare war between you two back in college, you simply became friends with Taehyung and Hoseok and met him through them and you guess he just decided to hate you. He teased and bullied you until you decided to fight back and started to angrily and aggressively hate him back.
The little scar on his chin was the result of you slapping him while wearing a pretty sharp ring, he cursed and even called the cops on you that night which also resulted in you spending some time in the police officer until he decided to drop the charges.
He was a little bitch and honestly, if you were to kill him one day, it wouldn't surprise you.
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It was finally time for you to get out of work and although you were tired and exhausted, Hoseok invited a few of his friends (including you) over for some beer and chicken—which you could never decline. You absolutely loved food and every time Taehyung or Hoseok invited you over for some you'd never say no. It was absolute comfort.
You work as a journalist in a newspaper company, writing articles, proofreading, editing, and publishing for some authors even. It paid you well and you got the job as soon as you graduated which helped you in paying your loans faster and renting out a pretty nice apartment.
Packing your things into your bag you let out a loud sigh as you stretched your neck, it was tiring and painful to sit in front of a computer screen for hours at a time and honestly you needed to book a massage therapist soon to get your problems sorted out. Tidying up your little cubicle desk area you make the effort to shut all your files and log-off, until you hear footsteps walking toward you.
"Hey y/n, how was work?" Your kind co-worker Jimin had made the effort to come and check up on you. He knows you've been stressing and working yourself out, although he offered to help you. You declined the offer, you had to deal with your own problems and you didn't want to burden Jimin, he was too kind.
"Hey, Jimin, finally logging off" you smiled brightly, putting on your coat as you walked out of the building with him.
"Finally right, the boss is giving out more work than usual" he points and you scoff, getting into the elevator.
"Especially for you, you know if you ever need help I am more than happy too" he adds kindly as you smile at him. He was so kind, it almost made you coo.
"Aw thanks, Jimin, but that's okay. If it gets too much then I will" you muse out a compromise and he chuckles lightly, nodding his head.
You both make it to the first floor and watch as Jimin tucks his hands in his slacks, as he walks you to your car. This is now a daily thing that Jimin walks you back to your car after every workday for 5 days straight until the weekend comes.
You've never hung out with Jimin outside of work, not that you weren't interested but neither of you ever made the move to invite one another. You would take the first step in initiating it but you didn't want to come off like that he was just a mere co-worker, nothing else.
As soon as you get to your car you turn around and glance at Jimin, giving him one of your charming smiles. "I really appreciate you doing this Jimin, thank you," you tell him honestly, and you watch him appreciate your words with a little blush on his face, and his cute face adorning into a smile.
"Y/n...." you nod, putting your bag in your car as you turn back around again. "We should hang out outside of work sometime?" he shyly muses the statement, or question. Anyways you smile brightly as you nod your head.
"We should, you're the only person getting me through work, to be honest" you let him know, and honestly you did come to work just to see him smile, and drink the coffee he brought to you most mornings.
You suddenly pique up in excitement grabbing his wrist momentarily, "My friends having a get-together tonight, would you like to tag along?" you asked, beaming, and patting yourself on the back for thinking of such a good idea.
As far as you know Hoseok invited everyone and you're sure he wouldn't mind you bringing a friend, if anything he'd be glad to make another friend. You're sure they would get along well, and Jimin watches the eager expression on your face as you brightly smile with wide eyes.
He couldn't exactly say no after you've so excitedly invited him, he was beyond grateful for your initiation because he was always a shy person who overthinks situations, so he was scared to make plans with you.
"I'd love to," he says and you let go of his wrist jumping into your car as you smile.
"Great, I'll text you the address and time!" you tell him to which he nods, bidding him goodbye you back out of the parking space and make your way back to your apartment.
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Hoseok: That should be fine, see you!
Hoseok had texted you that it was okay bringing your friend, and you replied back letting him know you will be bringing some beer and snacks for everyone to which he appreciated you with a phone call and a virtual kiss.
As soon as you hung up the phone you decided to get out of your work clothes and take a quick shower to wash off today's sweat. It is pretty hot since it's in the middle of July and taking showers was an important task, especially in Toronto's hot summer weather.
As you lathered your body and cleaned, you rinsed and moisturized your skin as soon as possible. Doing your skin routine and throwing on a random piece of underwear, you stood in your closet staring at the possibilities of clothing.
After trying on so many things you opted for a tight white skirt and a matching halter top decorated with small yellow flowers that stopped right at your belly button. You paired it with a pair of sandals and a black bag with all your essentials in it.
You left your hair up in a high ponytail, as you showed off the amount of jewelry that pierced both sides of your ears. Making your way to the store you grabbed a few essential snacks like chocolate covered pretzels, and chips, as well as the beer.
Showing your ID to the cashier who eyed you weirdly, you tried not to think about it as you made it back to the car and drove your way to Hoseok's house. He lived downtown, near the CN tower which you hated because it was always filled with tourists and traffic, leaving barely any space to park. So you'd always have to park somewhere other than his apartment building—because they didn't allow visitors parking which was stupid—but it made you sad anyways, you'd have to carry all the groceries down the block—but you told yourself you'd get through it.
As soon as you parked you grabbed the case of beer and groceries in the other hand as you continued your long walk down the block, shockingly you flinched as you felt a tap on your shoulder. Turning around you saw Jimin who had his stupidly charming smile on his face and your eyes momentarily trailed down his body.
He was dressed to perfection, and quite different from what you see him usually wear which surprised you. A black button-up covered his upper half as he had on a pair of black jean shorts. He had on white sandals and his neck was decorated with a simple silver chain and his brown hair was styled carefully with a strand cutely falling over his forehead.
"Y/n let me take that for you" he grabbed the heavy case of beer, making you sigh out. "Thank you Jimin, you look so good by the way" you compliment him as you start walking with him.
He blushed profusely as he smiled and it reached his eyes, "Thank you y/n, you look beautiful as always" he flatters you to which you turn around and give him a grin. You make small talk as you finally walk into his apartment building.
"I'm actually glad I caught you before you went in, because I was pretty nervous about walking in myself it would've been awkward" he comments, you turn around and coo— he was so cute.
"Jimin it's okay, I'll introduce you to them they're all friendly I promise" you stared up at him, he wasn't that much taller than you maybe an inch or so but you still looked up at his eyes. He nodded his head with a purs of his lips. Every time you see Jimin you just get that fluttering feeling in your stomach, he was so innocent and cute.
Knocking on Hoseok's door you're greeted with the sight of your best friend, rocking a Hawaiian button-up with some shorts. "Y/n finally" he side hugged you as you took off your shoes and Jimin did the same.
"This is Jimin, my friend and coworker Hoseok." You introduced him and Jimin smiled, shaking his hand.
"How's it going bro," Hoseok asks brightly causing you to giggle, Hoseok could make friends with anything and anyone and it was always endearing to see him so happy about meeting new people—Jimin in this case.
"It's going, going good" he stutters, making Hoseok smile.
"You cute aren't ya" he punches his cheek making his eyes widen as he walks away with the cans of beer. You look back at Jimin with a faint smile, "I'm sorry he's like that" you lightly chuckle and he shakes his head, waving his arm to dismiss it.
As you walk into Hoseok's living room you greet the rest of his friends you recognize, including Jin and Namjoon who both smile and send a quick hey. You also recognize Hoseok's girlfriend, Mila who you hug briefly, complimenting her beautiful dress and telling her that her brown complexion compliments the dress so much, that you were in love with her.
By the time you make it to the kitchen with Jimin trailing behind you, you set the groceries down as Taehyung comes up to greet you.
"I missed you" he mumbles into your neck, hugging you in a tight embrace. You wrap your arms around him fully and take in his cologne scent, it was certainly the Dior one you gifted to him on his birthday because you remember picking it out.
"Same Tae" you giggle as he rocks you side to side, you finally pull back to glance up at his eyes. He was always a handsome man, he dressed very sophisticatedly with brown slacks and a sweater vest, a white t underneath it. His hair was jet black, styled curly and neatly. He was always there for you when your life has always gotten to shit, Hoseok as well. But ever since he's got a girlfriend you tend to be closer to Taehyung since he was always available and besides, you thought it was disrespectful to Mila if you sought emotional support from him.
But nonetheless, you love them both so dearly, and as you pull back you make sure to introduce Jimin and Taehyung to each other. They shake hands and make conversation as you go to the other side of Hoseok's massive kitchen, grabbing a bowl to mix in the snacks you bought.
"You seem to be where I always am, are you following me?" you hear a voice, and you recognize the voice immediately without turning around. You scoff out a chuckle as you hear his unbelievable words.
"I could ask you the same question Jeon" you finally turn around and Jungkook gulps, watching as you glare daggers at him. He wore nothing but black and you weren't surprised to see the black baggy jeans and baggy black shirt he had on. His hair was up in a bun as he let his undercut show, with silver jewellery adorning his neck and ears.
Jungkook's eyes you with a smirk which you disgustingly scowl at, "Stop staring at me" you hiss, bringing the bowl to the centre of the island, where he leaned on the granite marble.
Jungkook's eyes trail down to your semi-exposed chest as you lean in and flick his forehead, "I mean it weirdo" you warn him one last time, to which he chuckles—he was starting to piss you off as he just stared at you with no reason. Jimin joins your side to which you instantly smile.
Jungkook eyes your interaction of you, side hugging him before the man looks up at him, you clear your throat and look at Jungkook who had a boring expression on his face. "This is my coworker and friend Jungkook," she says through her teeth, trying so hard to be kind. Jungkook scoffs seeing the stupid fake voice you put on, if he knew any better he thinks that you have a little crush on Jimin.
"Hey my name's Jimin" he smiled at Jungkook, making him fake a grin as he shook his hand.
"Jungkook" he nodded uninterested, to which you glare at him. "Anyways we're leaving you" you blew a kiss, sticking up your middle finger as you grabbed Jimin's arm and dragged him to the couch. Jungkook lazily threw a chocolate-covered pretzel into his mouth as he amusingly watched you rush away from him with your boy toy, a smirk on his face.
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"Okay Jimin, when was the last time you did it?" Hoseok asked Jimin, a blush appeared on his face, deep red as he coughed. You guys were now playing truth or dare for whatever stupid reason, you thought it was childish for a bunch of young adults to be playing, but nonetheless, you amusingly watch as you sip on your sprite.
You’re currently sandwiched between Taehyung and Jimin, glaring at Hoseok for asking Jimin such a question. He was a shy person and as Hoseok mouths a "what" you roll your eyes turning to Jimin to which you whisper in his ear.
"Don't listen to him, you don't have to answer if it makes you uncomfortable" you tell him, pulling back to look into his eyes. Jimin nods, staying quiet until he hears a boo coming from the other side of the living room.
You look over at Jungkook who grins, "Boring, you probably don't get any anyways" he comments with a smirk causing you to glare at him too, throwing your middle finger as you speak up for Jimin.
"None of your business anyways," you hiss, sitting up straight. He mirrored your pose, as he leaned forward in his chair.
"Oh, but babe weren't yo--"
"Enough, you two stop this stupid bickering" Jin cuts him off, making you sit back and look at Jimin with apologetic eyes. And Jungkook watches as you comfort him, with your hand wrapped around his bicep, probably whispering sweet nothings into the fuckers ears.
He was pissed, so pissed. He hated your guts and if he could simply cut out your vocal cords he would but unfortunately, he can’t.
The game goes on for a few more rounds until it was Taehyung's turn to ask someone so he turned and faced Jungkook who sat alone on a single chair, "So Jungkook, you tell us when was the last time you had sex?" he purses with his lips and eyes him, watching him as he makes eye contact with you. He smirks.
"Ast y/n she knows" he shrugs smugly, making you choke on your drink, as you stumble up.
"No, I don’t,” you grit through your teeth, as Jimin watched with wide eyes. Jungkook looks at Jimin and then back at you.
"Babe, it's okay stop keeping me a secret,” he pouts, almost childishly which you'd scoff at. You walk towards him with your finger pointing at him, "Stop lying Jeon, you always do this,” you walk closer to where he stands, towering over you.
"Or what?" he grins, his handsome face quirking to the side. You huff as you grit your teeth turning around to everyone, "He's lying please don't believe him" you tell your friends embarrassed at the fact that you have to explain yourself, especially now that Jimin was there. There he goes ruining another potential thing for you, you could just scream in his face right now and you didn't want to lash out in front of everyone so you composed yourself and walked back to your seat, sighing as you leaned into Taehyung's arm.
He caressed your hair as he sends a glare at Jungkook, "Anywayssss....." Hoseok trails off with a faint laugh, turning to Jungkook.
"Your turn to ask," he tells him and you can already tell who he's going to target. It was either Jimin or you and you were ready to jump and defend yourself or him. He grins proudly as he calls your name.
"Y/n" he starts making you groan, at this point, the party is now divided into two as a couple of people moved to the other side of the living room and made conversation as they ate. And you felt a little better about maybe slapping him after his stupid question since the crowd wasn’t huge.
"I heard you like Jimin, is it true?" he asks the most unbelievable question, making you choke once again. You uncomfortably look at Jimin with an uneasy smile as he chuckles at your expression. So you decide to play his game, smirking.
"I do, he's cute" you nonchalantly answer, turning to smile brightly at Jimin who blushes. Hoseok claps his hand as he chuckles at your straightforwardness, and you see Jungkook's smile fall.
"Anyways I'm done playing this game," you get up and head to the bathroom leaving a flustered Jimin and a pissed Jungkook.
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Tired and exhausted you greet Hoseok goodbye and get a comforting hug and kiss from Taehyung who you try to hold on to for far too long before he forces you off him. "Please visit me Taehyung," you pout as you look up at him, he almost scoffs at the puppy eyes you give him. You were adorable.
"I will I promise" he bops your nose making you giggle, and Jungkook watched the whole interaction with a scowl on his face. It was disgusting, he hated the way you acted so innocent and kind when you were the complete opposite, he scoffed as he pushed past you and out the door.
You watch Jungkook nudge you as he walks out, making you stick out your tongue at him from behind his back. "What's your problem with him?" Taehyung chuckles and you look at him baffled.
"What do you mean, I fucking hate him" you curse making him chuckle even more. He shakes his head at you as you put on your sandals, he bids you goodbye as you turn and bid Hoseok and Mila one last goodbye as well.
You make your way down the apartment by yourself, since Jimin had to leave earlier which left you walking back yourself. Quite frankly you were scared to walk a block away to your car alone, especially in downtown Toronto, at night.
You sigh as you start your walk and notice a broad back sitting on the bench on the sidewalk, and the closer you get you notice who it was. Rolling your eyes you continue your walk.
"Hey" he shouts behind you, and you resist your urge to turn around so you keep walking. After a few seconds, you felt a hand on your shoulder making you turn, and sigh as you give him a bored look.
"What," you ask impatiently. You watch him switch the weight of his feet as he rubs the back of his neck. "Uhhh" he trails off, making you fold your arms.
"What Jeon" you shake your head, signalling him to get with it.
"Can I get a ride home?" he asks timidly, making you scoff. You eye him suspiciously but when you see the soft gaze in his eyes you sigh, nodding before you turn around and keep walking. It was a win for you because you now have an escort, so you won't be scared to get to your car.
Jungkook didn't question your silence and just walked side by side with you. He figured you parked at the nearby plaza since you couldn't and decided to quietly follow you with his hands in his pocket. It was weird, the tranquil silence between you two was definitely something new and Jungkook didn't mind it.
He watched as you walked, looking around and he let out a little chuckle.
"What" you snapped and he held out his hands, shaking his head.
"Are you really scared?" he asked.
"Yes" you answered, still looking around and Jungkook chuckled, throwing his head back.
"You know I'm with you right" he points and this time it's your turn to scoff.
"For all I know you're unreliable to me" you turn to him, a sarcastic grin on your lips and Jungkook's eyes trail down to your chest again. Fuck how could he focus when he could clearly see you weren't wearing a bra, and the fact he can make out the outlines of the silver studs on each side of your nipples was even more distracting.
He never realized you had nipple piercings until the day you'd come knocking on his door to complain about his loud music, and he heard you curse and complain to him but his eyes were connected to your chest the whole time. So he mindlessly nodded to your rant and closed the door in your face, not wanting to deal with whatever shit he was feeling then.
"I won't let anyone hurt you, y'know" Jungkook says seriously, making you whip around as you stifle a laugh. But once you see the serious look on his face you gulp, turning back around.
"Yeah, whatever," you huff as you throw your purse into your car, and Jungkook climbs into the passenger, driving back off to your apartment.
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