I've been in a fair share of awkward situations throughout my life. I've told the movie ticket seller to " enjoy his movie too ", I've face planted in front of my class when one of my foot stuck behind the other, I even stood once in front of the twins and asked them to buy me a box of tampons. And I have never, never, felt so awkward as I did now.
The twins were driving Jimin and I to Dan's house. Firstly, when Jimin and I walked up to the car, both of them took their sunglasses off and scanned Jimin up and down, while I stood there facepalming and begging for them to let us sit down as quickly as possible. Secondly, Yu-jun opened the back doors for me, but did not allow Jimin in. He said that the pretty boy will sit in the front with him and Ye-jun will keep my company in the back. Just a precaution, he said, so that you'd keep your hands to yourself. Thankfully, Jimin simply shrugged his shoulders and didn't argue.
Thirdly, was the deafening silence in the car during the almost hour long trip. Both of the twins kept eyeing Jimin throughout the whole ride but didn't ask him a single thing. Sometimes I was afraid that Yu-jun will forget that he's driving and crash the car, as some of the stares lasted as long as half a minute. I was incredibly impressed at how chill Jimin was about it. I would have probably already left the car in his place, yet he was simply enjoying the ride, looking out the window or winking at me through the mirror. The latter would always receive disapproving reactions from the twins. I understood, that it was their safe way of trying to intimidate him, but at this point they started to look like overprotective brothers. When I couldn't handle the silence anymore, I asked Yu-jun to play some music and he happily obliged. I sighed and leaned back on the seat, hoping that the music will drown the silence out. Some old style gangster rap started to play and I couldn't help but giggle. Ye-jun looked at me confused, and I whispered "You guys are not fooling anyone."
When we arrived to our house, the drive in was completely empty, you could only see Dan's sedan in the garage. It was a weird view, as usually there were at least a few vans stopped there. I saw Jimin looking around as soon as he stepped out the car. Impressed? I smiled to myself. Our house was located pretty far from the main city, and was hidden pretty well by the surrounding forest. The only buildings in a visible radius were the abandoned farmhouses behind our house in the fields. Jimin turned to me and wiggled his eyebrows and I pretended to be raising my nose higher. Yu-jun and Ye-jun quickly caught onto our game and looked at each other. I've been with them long enough to know that this act of intimidation was nothing but a facade. They liked Jimin, or at least they liked how happy I was with him. If by any chance they would have felt that he's wrong for me in any way, Jimin wouldn't have made it to the house.
As we started to walk towards the entrance, Jimin wanted to take my hand, but Ye-jun quickly wiggled in between. I looked at him and eyed him a what the hell do you think you're doing? look, whereas he answered with his eyes what do you think you're doing ? We kept the fight with our stares for a moment or so, neither of us standing down, when the front door opened.
"Kieran, Jimin! I'm so glad to see you! Come in!" Dan welcomed us. He was still walking around with crutches. He didn't really need them anymore, but we agreed it would be best to show Jimin that Dan was still recovering. If he'd be jumping around all better, Jimin would start questioning my scheduled attendances. I hugged my brother and snuck inside, while Jimin shook his hand firmly. "It's really nice to meet you, Jimin." I heard my brother say. "It's a pleasure to meet you too, Dan. How's your wound?" Jimin inquired. "Much better now, thanks." Dan answered smilingly. I tried to keep my cool, but felt extremely nervous. I really wanted them to like each other.
The first part of the meal went quite well, the boys did tease Jimin now and then, but it was nothing serious. I went to the bar and took out the glasses and a bottle of liquor. Dan always allowed me to sip on my drinks when we had guests, and in this case - Jimin was one. I filled every bodies glasses and took a sip. The cold, refreshing drink made me understand how hot I actually felt. I wasn't too sure if it was from actual temperature in the house or the anxiety. I took my sweater off and hung it on the chair. As soon as I revealed my shoulders, Jimin, who was sitting on my left, lowered his hand under the table and caressed my thigh. Instantly blushing I pushed his hand away and gave him the most intimidating look I could. He smirked, but laid his down back on the table. I felt a pair of eyes staring me and turned my face to Dan in front of me. He was looking at my pendant with quite wide eyes. Shit, I forgot to tell him. I remembered how I lied to Jimin about Dan being extremely happy that I'm wearing the pendant, and I knew that if he'll remark anything right now, Jimin will understand that this is the first time Dan is seeing it too. Dan lifted his eyes to me and I saw a smile forming on his lips, a teasing comment forming.
Don't. My facial expression was as serious as I could make it and I shook my head ever so slightly. The twins were still joking about something, so I knew that nobody would pay this interaction too much attention. Dan narrowed his eyes and tilted his head a little, I saw him thinking for a second until it hit him. He widened his eyes, looked at the pendant again and back at me. I nodded very slightly and turned away, in hopes that he understood everything he needed to.
I raised my eyes at Jimin, and noticed him staring at my pendant too. Oh no, did he understand? Did he notice that Dan was surprised as well? Jimin open his mouth slightly, and looked me in the eyes, then lowered them down to my chest again. He closed his mouth and seemed to be recollecting his thoughts, while I was simply staring at him with fear in my eyes, thinking that he figured out another lie of mine. Then he pouted. What. I looked at him questioningly, and he mouthed "you're not wearing my necklace". I couldn't help myself but laugh out loud, making three heads turn to me immediately. Waving my hands I brushed them off but giggled for a couple of minutes more, while Jimin just sat there and pretended to be hurt.
As the alcohol kept pouring, the tongues of the men moved more freely too. Dan and the twins changed positions, forming a wall on one side of the table, whereas Jimin and I kept our ground at the opposite. They started to interrogate Jimin, by shooting questions at him. They were simple questions, but fired at a rapid speed, and Jimin didn't falter once. What are your parents jobs? They're dead. What are you studying? Pre-med in surgical. How do you earn your money? My parents left a will, I invest into businesses. How old are you? Twenty one. Why you only started studying now? I had to retake my exams. It took me a while before I realised that they were hoping for some slip up. Neither of the three managed to find any dirt about Jimin, and I was sure they looked deep, so now, knowing all of his information they were probably checking if he'll lie. He didn't, and Dan noticed it too. After about five minutes of the game "let's interrogate Jimin" they finally backed off. Jimin smiled victoriously, took a sip from his glass, put it on the table slowly and turned to my brother. "Now I want to ask some questions." Jimin stated calmly, I felt a shiver run down my spine. This was not his usual voice, his whole attitude changed in a split second. I felt his dominant aura emerge from his body. "What are you dragging Kieran into?"
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Her Name | pjm
Romance"Ever since Jimin left, I've been sleeping alone. I couldn't say that I hated it, but there was some sort of discomfort staying at a new place, absolutely alone, especially when I started to get used to him being near. Back home if I had a nightmare...
