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The way they met each other was not your average cheesy meeting.
Seokjin's sister Dahyun decided to throw a party, originally Seokjin was against it but “It won't be a big party!” Dahyun had said so Seokjin gave in. It was one of the last days of summer break and they would have to g back to college and their dorms tomorrow. Dahyun and Seokjin had the house of their parents for themselves and Dahyun saw the opportunity and took it.
Yet here he was, standing in the living room surrounded by at least a couple of hundred people inside their house and another hundred outside of their house.
Dahyun was, obviously, having the time of her life with Sana, Tzuyu and Jihyo.
Her other two friends were making out in the corner of the house somewhere.
Seokjin was standing in the living room making sure Jeongguk and Jimin wouldn't break any of their limbs as they decided to have a dance off which Hoseok was the judge of as he was dubbed 'dance master' after the last couple of parties they've been to he'd always challenge someone to battle him.
Taehyung was excitedly supporting for both of his friends whilst Yoongi was standing next to Seokjin trying to pretend he didn't know the idiots.
“I'm going outside for some fresh air” Seokjin said as he dismissively waved his hand towards Jeongguk, Jimin, Taehyung and Hoseok “You'll be able to keep them in tow right?” he asked Yoongi, who sighed and nodded “Yeah,” and with that Seokjin left them in Yoongi's care.
Seokjin hadn't even left the opening of the front door and he was already met with some stranger petting Jjangu, Seokjin's dog.
Seokjin stared at the girl for a few moments who was sitting on the ground petting the dog as she giggled, “Dogs are great” she said to no one in particular.
“What are you doing with my dog?” Seokjin asked genuinely confused as to why and how Jjangu even got outside.
“Is this your dog?” the girl asked and Jin nodded “Dogs are great, like they're your best friend.” she started rambling before a guy showed up.
“Mina, she's here” he yelled as he walked towards the girl who was still talking about dogs excitedly.
“Man this dog is amazing” she said as she noticed the guy had kneeled next to her who was laughing at her behavior.
“Jeongyeon, where the hell have you been” a girl with long black hair asked as she kneeled next to the girl, “You're absolutely wasted” she said with a sigh “You're damn lucky I love you or else I would've kicked your ass for this”
The girl— Jeongyeon, laughed as she let go Jjangu “I love you too Mina” she said drunkenly before leaning onto Mina and the other guy who pulled her to her feet.
“I'm so sorry if she caused you any trouble” the guy said, “She gets kind of clingy when she's drunk”
Seokjin shook his head “Ah, no it's fine she didn't cause any trouble” he laughed.
Mina and the guy smiled back at him as they steadied Jeongyeon, “I'm glad, You're Dahyun's brother right? Jin” she asked and Jin nodded, he wanted to correct her on his name but he was known as Jin to most people so he didn't make a big deal of it. “Well it was nice meeting you but I think it's better if we go” the guy laughed “I don't think you'd like to deal with Jeongyeon's throw up, 't was nice meeting you Jin” he said as they carefully dragged Jeongyeon with them who was saying her goodbyes to Jjangu.
“wait I never got your name?” Jin said to the guy who smiled he opened his mouth but Jeongyeon introduced him to Jin “Rapmon” she grinned sheepishly pointing at the guy— Rapmon who laughed “Let's go with that”
Jin was about to question it when he heard something break in the living room and he ran towards the sound where it appeared to be that Jeongguk and Jimin had broken a vase in their intense dance battle, Seokjin sighed deep as he saw Yoongi throwing daggers with his eyes towards Hoseok who'd promised that
nothing will go wrong!
It was four AM when everyone had left and it was five AM when Dahyun and Seokjin had cleaned everything, it was half past five when they finally slept and it was half past seven when they woke up again to pack their stuff to go back to campus again.
“It's too early for this” Dahyun whined as he leaned against Seokjin's body,
“Your fault you wanted to give a party” he deadpanned as he shrugged her off of him, their parents would be back just in time to say their goodbyes. “Just pack your bags you can sleep again in the car, you're lucky I'm the one driving”
Seokjin didn't even need to wake up to pack his own bags, he'd already done that the night before because he knew this would happen and he'd need to help Dahyun pack her bags before she'd break out in panic.
Their parents were home just as they walked out of the house,
Their mother hugged them and gave them a kiss on the cheek talking about how she'd miss them and how grown up they are and Dahyun rolled her eyes, cheeks red from embarrassment as she whined a “Mom”
They threw their bags in Seokjin's black pick up truck, they'd first drive to Yoongi's house where they'd all gather and drive to college from there.
“Maybe you'll have more luck finding your soulmate this year Jinnie” his mom said before waving them off.
Ah yes soulmates, the name of the person tattooed on your body that you're supposed to be with for the rest of your life or something. People cared a lot about finding the one, Dahyun had been very lucky to have met Tzuyu when they were very young.
Seokjin's mother was totally set on the idea of her Jinnie finding his soulmate.
“yeah yeah,” he said “Bye mom, dad, Love you” he and Dahyun said as they waved their parents goodbye.
They parked the big pick up in front of Yoongi's house where Yoongi's own car was parked and Momo's car was parked in front of Jin's.
Dahyun sleepily stepped out of the pick up to greet their friends who were sitting in Yoongi's yard waiting for the others, so far only Yoongi, Hoseok, Jimin, Momo and Chaeyoung were there so they'd have to wait for Jeongguk, Taehyung, Tzuyu and Sana.
“ready for another semester?” Jin asked as he saw Yoongi's scowl being even worse today than normally, Yoongi looked at him “woohoo another fucking year of prison, can't wait for my death” he said sarcastically and Hoseok grinned as he pulled Yoongi back into his chest, “It's because we won't be rooming together, again” he said accusingly, “You're too loud to room with” Yoongi simply said “Jin hyung is a lot calmer and tolerable”
Hoseok gasped as he clutched his chest dramatically, “Maybe we were never meant to be soulmates” he says and Yoongi snorts “I would be free at last”
Dahyun sat down next to Momo and Chaeyoung who were laughing at the couples' antics,
“Get a room” Seokjin said as he sat down next to Yoongi and Hoseok.
“Would love to but you're kind off rooming with my boyfriend” Hoseok said.
“Don't be salty hyung!” Jeongguk said as he and Taehyung walked towards them,
“Look who decided to show up on time” Yoongi said “Brat number one and two”
Taehyung and Jeongguk scoffed as they sat down next to Jimin.
“it would be nice if Sana and Tzuyu would show up on time” Momo said looking up from her phone, “They said they'll be here in two minutes but I wouldn't count on that”
“Give them a chance” Chaeyoung said “They might show up in two minutes”
“They only live two streets down the road” Yoongi said dismissively.
“The later they are the better” Hoseok said “I'm not really jumping to go to college again”
“It can't be that bad right?” Jeongguk and Dahyun said, both attending as freshmen.
“It's okay if you're popular which, being family of Kim Seokjin, won't be hard” Yoongi said to Dahyun, “Good looks are like running in the family people will throw themselves at your feet”
“But luckily he isn't part of that stupid group of cool guys, they're like the 'hotter' and 'cooler' people” Hoseok said, “I heard they once beat up a student who called them pretentious asses”
Momo sighed “I told you they're not like that”
“I'd rather not find out” Hoseok said again.
“Teachers will despise you, one nighters will become a regular habit and parties will destroy you because you want to stay social” Chaeyoung said.
“Who will despise who?” Sana asked as she and Tzuyu walked towards their group of friends,
“Never mind that let's just get going” Momo said “Wouldn't want to get there late” and the others nodded in agreement,
Everyone loaded their bags and boxes in Jin's pick up.
Tzuyu and Dahyun got into the pick up truck with Jin where they both fell asleep after only driving for ten minutes.
Momo, Chaeyoung, Jeongguk and Taehyung were in a car together and Yoongi, Hoseok, Jimin and Sana in the other.
The second time Seokjin saw Rapmon was when moving, they had just arrived at campus and they were getting their stuff to move in when he saw him again with Jeongyeon, a girl and a guy who Seokjin didn't know.
“Jin” Jeongyeon called out and surprised him, “I'm sorry about the dog thing” she said sheepishly “I didn't mean to bother you like that” Rapmon and the other two laughed.
“It's fine Jeongyeon” Jin said,
Jeongyeon seemed to notice Jin was busy “Ah! Sorry for disturbing you, I hope moving in works out fine”
“Maybe you should stop talking so much Jeongyeon” Rapmon said, “Maybe it could keep you out of trouble for a while”
Jeongyeon just stuck her tongue out before walking off with the other two as Rapmon stayed behind, “Need some help?”
“If it's not too much trouble Rapmon” he said laughing as he said the name, Rapmon took some of Jin's bags before walking together with him to his new dorm.
Rapmon and Jin talked a lot and Jin learned that Rapmon was a music major, roomed together with Jeongyeon and Mina, he had a dog called Rapmon, how ironic, which they kept at their dorm because apparently they were able to pull some strings and he's a sophomore. He started college late because he studied in New Zealand for two years and has an IQ of 148. Seokjin didn't learn a lot about him but only the things you'd get to know making small talk, he couldn't deny that hanging around Rapmon was nice.
The third time is when Seokjin gets to know his real name, it wasn't him who said it but it was Yoongi who said it.
“Didn't know you had a crush on Kim Namjoon” he said nonchalant as he caught Seokjin look up as soon as he heard the younger man's voice,
“What? so that's his name” he said,
“Yeah, music major, good rapper a lot of potential” Yoongi said short “Also one of the clique we've all agreed to dislike” he said pointing over to the group huddled together.
Seokjin looked up to notice that they were indeed standing huddled together.
Seokjin only knew a few by name and others by face,
Jeongyeon and Mina were there and he knew Mark Tuan and his boyfriend Park Jinyoung he shared a few classes with the Seniors.
“They added some new freshmen to their clique” Yoongi said pointing to two boys rather tall, Seokjin looked up to see Jeongguk walking towards the two freshmen as Yoongi scoffed “Of course the brat's involved with them”
Seokjin was never a fan of the way how Yoongi would call the younger ones—Sometimes even the older ones, in their circle of friends. But by now everyone knew Yoongi never meant the things he said like that, t
“Let him be,” Seokjin said “You know it's hard for him to make friends, you're also not his dad” Seokjin chuckled as he said the last part earning a raised brow form Yoongi “Says the one who's basically his mom”
“Am not”
“Are too”
it went back and forth like that for a while until Seokjin gave up in defeat and looked up to see Jeongguk talk animatedly to the taller freshmen in the huddled group. Seokjin's eyes traveled over to Jimin who was sitting on the opposite site of the table next to Yoongi. He was looking at Jeongguk but quickly looked down and continued his conversation with Taehyung.
Seokjin looked up again only to be met with Rapmon, No Namjoon, staring right back at him flashing him a dimply smile throwing Seokjin off guard with how cute and uncharacteristic it was.
“You're heating up” Yoongi said bluntly before Hoseok joined them at the table,
“Who, what, where?” Hoseok asked.
“Jin fancies Namjoon”
“What?!”
“I do not”
“Hyung why didn't you tell me you liked pretentious assholes?” Hoseok whined mocking him,
Seokjin sighed “He's not like that”
Hoseok gasped “You're beginning to sound like Momo!”
Yoongi hit Hoseok, “Namjoon is not that pretentious as the others but yeah” Seokjin would kick Yoongi and Hoseok if he wasn't so nice,
He looked up again only to see Namjoon signaling him to come over, Seokjin looked at him with a questioning gaze as he pointed at himself as Namjoon laughed and nodded his head as in “yes you, who else would I be signaling to”
“Just go” Yoongi said, “You'll change your mind about him sooner or later” Hoseok added before Jin walked away and shot him an angry glare.
Seokjin walked towards Namjoon who laughed,
“You and your friends aren't good at talking quietly,” he said and Seokjin turned red from embarrassment,
“I'm so sorry” he said.
“It's fine, the entire campus seems to think I am a pretentious asshole playboy anyways” he snorts,
“Are you?” Seokjin asked,
Namjoon shook his head “I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic” his voice suddenly sounding a lot sadder than before.
“Anyways” Namjoon said clearing his throat, “I think you figured out my name?” he said raising his brow questioningly, Seokjin smiled proudly “Yeah, honestly I thought it would take months trying to get it out of you but Yoongi spared me a lot of time”
“So you intended to spend more time with me?” Namjoon asked grinning,
“That's not what I said” Seokjin said trying to defend his case but he knew he already screwed himself over when he mentioned the thing about it taking months.
“Don't worry I intended to hang out more with you too” Namjoon smiled as he offered his phone, Seokjin's heart stuttered as he took the phone and handed his own over.
He typed his contact information in record time and was mentally scolding himself because he met this guy a few weeks ago at a party at his house and he knew almost nothing about him and yet his heart was stuttering madly.
“We barely know each other yet though,” Seokjin said as he took his phone back, “what makes you want to hang out with me more, I'm not exactly someone who'd fit in with your friends” he said as he looked around in the group who consisted of people who could make everyones jaw drop.
“What makes you want to hang out with me more?” Namjoon asked and Seokjin playfully slapped his shoulder “I asked a question first”
Namjoon laughed and Seokjin could listen to it all day,
“Alright but I was trying to make a point there, but we can get to know each other better right?” Namjoon said, “we could ask each other questions?”
“Like the game of 20 questions?” Seokjin said and Namjoon chuckled,
“Let's make it the game of 15 questions, I only have such little imagination of what to ask” he said, “We've got all the time we need”
And that's how things started,
“My first question for you,” Namjoon said, “Major?”
“Medicine”
Seokjin walked out of the classroom after having just royally fucked up, as Yoongi always said, his test. He also got a heart attack when Namjoon popped up out of no where and asked with a dimply smile,
“How did your test go”
Seokjin swore he jumped at least ten feet into the air,
“don't scare me like that” Seokjin said as he hit Namjoon's shoulder, something that became a habit whenever the older found himself hanging around Namjoon.
“C'mon hyung I'm just being friendly why do you have to hit me” Namjoon whined as he grabbed his shoulder dramatically.
Seokjin rolled his eyes, “Because you deserve it and as for the test it went horrible and I will be sincerely surprised if I even graduate this year”
Namjoon looked at Seokjin with disbelief written all over his features,
features which became more attractive the more Seokjin got close to Namjoon,
“It's true don't look at me like that! I'll never become a doctor like this, with luck I might be able to become a janitor”
This time it was Namjoon who'd hit Jin,
“Hyung don't say that, I've met many medicine majors and you're one of the smartest I've met so far” Namjoon said and grabbed a hold of Jin's wrist and his heart skipped a beat “Believe me hyung!”
“alright” Seokjin had said and it was like a whole new motivation sparked up in his chest.
He got a B+ on his next test,
“Question 5, Parents?” Seokjin asked
“I don't have contact with them anymore”
Seokjin learned after knowing Namjoon for two months the reason why Namjoon doesn't have contact with his parents anymore,
Sadly it's when Namjoon had been drinking, so Seokjin wasn't sure if he had meant to tell him these things.
“I was born without a soulmark which is normal” he started, “But when after eight years there still hadn't appeared one, my parents knew I wouldn't have a soulmate”
Seokjin had heard the stories on campus, the boy with no soulmate a sad story about Namjoon's soulmark-less body. Seokjin had yet to hear it from the man himself,
“My parents were disappointed, they are very traditional and like to keep things the old fashioned way” he said, sadness edging in his voice “I knew I would never be how they wanted me to be, I started focusing on school and studies. I took advanced classes, I got straight A's but when I told them I wanted to major in music they told me what a waste of brain it was going to be, they told me I would never find anyone that way if I was even lucky enough to find anyone for that matter.” Seokjin listened and felt tears well in his eyes and wiped them away,
“They told me that I wasn't going to be a son of theirs if I persuaded in music, that's when I decided that I didn't want to be a part of a family that could never be proud of me for who I am and what I wanted to do, I saved up enough money to try and get to Jeongyeon. I got offered a full scholarship in New Zealand and knew I'd be okay.” he said with a smile which was both happy and sad at the same time.
“So Jeongyeon and her family are basically your family?” Seokjin had asked
Namjoon had nodded,
“Blood makes you related but you choose who your family is” he'd said and Seokjin smiled, Namjoon was known for getting philosophical when he was sober but it was worst when he was drunk or a little tipsy in this case.
“You're right” Seokjin had said and Namjoon's hand intertwined with his,
“after two years I began to miss home and went back, Jeongyeon's parents insisted on paying for my scholarship and I promised to repay them but they keep refusing my offers,” Namjoon said.
“There's something I'd like you to know” Seokjin said as he lifted his head to meet Namjoon's gaze, Seokjin's face was red and hot “You can find someone without a soulmark,” he'd said before he closed their distance to let their lips meet in a kiss.
“Question 2, Best friends?” Namjoon asked,
“Min Yoongi and Jung Hoseok, yours?”
“Yoo Jeongyeon and Im Jaebum”
Namjoon had asked Seokjin out on a date after that night and he'd said yes, after dating for a bit Seokjin got the best friend check,
“So, I take you're Seokjin?” A tall guy asked, his ears adorned by piercings and a piercing through his lip, he had seen him with Namjoon the day they moved back into the dorms.
Jeongyeon was standing besides him, “He is” she smiled gleefully.
“I'm Jaebum” the guy said as he offered his hand, Seokjin took it “Kim Seokjin” he said, even more intimidated of him than before.
“You're serious with this?” he asked immediately, “You wouldn't be the first one to think they would never find their soulmate and of course Namjoon, a guy with no soulmate to leave you for, is the perfect option. But then after a few weeks or moths guess who appears out of nowhere, your fucking soulmate and you let Namjoon fall like a brick only to rebuild himself to be let down by the next one” Jaebum said, anger and sadness edging in his voice.
Seokjin stared at Jaebum for a while, his heart aching that this happened to Namjoon.
Jaebum's features softened after Jeongyeon had elbowed him and looked at him sternly,
“I'm sorry I didn't mean to sound so accusing but..” Jaebum said as Seokjin interrupted,
“I get it, you don't want him to get hurt and I have no intention of doing so”
Jaebum smiled, “That's good, you make him very happy”
Needless to say Seokjin's meeting with Jaebum went better than Namjoon's with Hoseok and Yoongi.
Namjoon tried to introduce himself but he didn't even get the chance as Hoseok already spat out a “Spare me” and Yoongi looked at Namjoon clearly not wanting to be there.
“I guess they really don't like me” Namjoon had said sadly to Seokjin,
Seokjin knew Namjoon really wanted to make a good impression,
“Guys give him a chance” Seokjin had said, everyone else liked him why are you guys so hard on him?”
After a lot of pleading they finally gave him a chance, although they were still as unexcited as ever.
They loosened up however when Namjoon brought up music and they talked excitedly about tracks and what they were working on, at the end of the day Yoongi said
“You're okay”
which made Namjoon's entire day.
“Question 13, Do you want to meet your soulmate” Namjoon asked uncertain,
“No”
Seokjin remembers the day his parents explained him what that name engraved on his shoulder blade meant,
“That's the person that's supposed to be perfect for you” his mother said excitedly,
“The one that will always be at your side no matter what” His dad added.
“He'll be like your best friend and more”
“You'll love them unconditionally and they'll love you unconditionally”
As a kid Seokjin was excited, he wanted to meet his soulmate, a best friend for life sounded appealing but when he met Yoongi and Hoseok he learned you didn't need to be soulmates to be best friends and thats when he stopped caring.
“Don't you want to meet your soulmate?” his little sister Dahyun asked,
Seokjin only smiled, “who needs a soulmate when I have you” he said as he hugged her tightly, she giggled which was Seokjin's favorite sound in the world.
“Then I don't want to meet mine either” She'd said at the time, looking down at her wrist where Chou Tzuyu was neatly engraved.
She met her soulmate three months after that exact conversation.
His parents always told him not to bother with romance if it wasn't with your soulmate, they said those things would never work out. Someone would find their soulmate and someone would get hurt and heartbroken.
Seokjin didn't like to be the source of someones heartbreak and decided to follow his parents advice,
and yet here he was crying in bed as he wished for the name to magically disappear, that the face behind that name would never find him,
Lee Jaehwan
“Question 7 first crush and heartbreak?” Seokjin asked,
“Those are two questions” Namjoon had laughed,
“Just answer” Seokjin had huffed,
“Jackson Wang”