A Caged Bird | Minjoon

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"spain," jimin said, "isn't it amazing?"

the two boys were over at joon's house together, sitting at the kitchen barstools. sung-ha had whipped the two up some cookies- and jimin was eating plenty of them while explaining the valentine's day plan to joon's grandfather.

sung-ha looked surprised.

"spain?"

jimin nodded excitedly, a big smile on his face.

"...wow," the man said, "the school really just gave away two tickets to spain? almost seems too good to be true."

jimin nodded.

"i know! it's crazy. apparently, the school council raised the money through donations and put the trip together themselves."

sung-ha still looked astonished.

"well... that sure sounds like fun. will you two be okay going on that trip all alone? seems awfully scary going there all by yourselves."

namjoon quickly nodded.

"we'll be fine, grandpa."

"...are you sure, joon? i mean... of course, i want you guys to have fun but... spain. that's a long way from home."

namjoon quickly spoke up.

"i'm nineteen years old, grandpa. and jimin will be nineteen soon, too. we're old enough to handle it."

sung-ha sighed, with a nod.

"i suppose your right," he said, leaning over to pinch namjoon's cheek, "you kids just grow up so fast. it's hard to let go sometimes."

jimin smiled at the man, with a sympathetic nod.

"we'll be very careful, sung-ha. it'll just be us out there, anyway. we won't even see anyone else. and i'll make sure joon calls you as soon as we get there."

sung-ha nodded, walking over to stand in between the two boys seated at the kitchen barstools.

he moved his hands to rest on their backs, one hand on namjoon, and one hand on jimin, giving them each a few light pats.

"thank you, jimin," he started, "you two have lots of fun, alright? and make sure you take some pictures to show me when you get back. i'll want to hear all about it."

jimin nodded, enthusiastically.

"we will!" he said, "only two more weeks!"

sung-ha laughed at the boys' excitement, walking back over to the stove to finish preparing their tea.

jimin and joon talked mindlessly amongst themselves again, until namjoon hopped up to use the bathroom, leaving jimin and sung-ha alone.

it was quiet for a moment before jimin spoke up.

"thank you for the cookies, sung-ha. and the tea, too," jimin said, "everything is always so delicious when you make it."

sung-ha smiled, with a little laugh, setting the two cups of tea onto the counter for the boys.

"of course, jimin," he said, "i've got to do something to keep you coming over here."

jimin smiled, starting to tell the man how thankful he was, before getting cut off

"i mean it," sung-ha said, "i'm so happy you and namjoon found each other. i don't know what joonie would have done if he didn't have you this year."

sung-ha stopped for a moment, walking over the counter to sit beside jimin for a moment.

"i love namjoon a lot. he's not my own son, but it feels like he is, you know? and now that you two have gotten so close... it kind of feels like... like you're my son, too. i care about both of you very much. and when i see the two of you together.., it feels right. it feels like you two were put on this earth to be together. i'm not sure what you'd call that. i guess... i just hope you know how much you're loved. how much... how much joonie cares about you. i can see it on his face when he's with you. he's the happiest he's ever been."

jimin had a big smile on his face, nodding back at the man.

"i'm the happiest i've ever been, too. really. namjoon's my entire world. i mean, i'm so... i'm so... in love with him. this house... both of you... it's like my second home."

sung-ha smiled, the two being broken away from their conversation when namjoon came out from the bathroom.

"what's going on?" he asked, with a small laugh.

sung-ha just stood up from his chair, not forgetting to ruffle jimin's hair as he walked back to the kitchen to power off the stove.

"i hope you two have fun in spain," sung-ha said, "i really do."

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heyyy yalll 🤠

srry this chapter was boring as hell- next chapter should be the trip. probably gonna write 3-4 chapters of them in spain not sure yet though. STAY TUNED.

also last night i had a dream that i was playing a game with these ppl & tae and yoongi were there (it was kinda like bts run). then after we all got to the end of the game we were playing i was doing smth & yoongi just came up behind me and started massaging my back💀

it felt so real i-