Say you want me too ☾ ym ☽

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" Did you rest well ?" Yoongi takes off the apron and put it on the table side. He just swapped places with Jimin for one hour and he's already tired, he don't know how the younger even manages to work in his condition.

" Yeah, thanks to you I got a short nap." Jimin stretches out his sore limbs and looked around. The coffee was almost empty, now that it was their closing time.

" Come, I'll walk you home." He wore his jacket that he took off earlier during the work.
" You'll be late." Jimin gets up and hangs the apron back in it's original position. Bowing to all the workers before leaving with Yoongi following behind him.

" Don't worry 'bout it."
Jimin can't argue with Yoongi, the older is too persistent to take a no and maybe he likes his company too.
" Fine."

-

" I can't do it anymore." Taehyung slumps back into the couch. The deflated balloon clenched tightly in his hand.
" Just a few more." Jungkook tries to assure him as he blew air into another one.

Currently in Jimin's and Jungkook's apartment, they were busy decorating the living room for Jimin's birthday party.
Taehyung's face was red from inflating all these balloons. He stared at the amount of balloons that were still waiting to get filled up.

" When will the hyungs come ?" Jungkook tied up the two balloon, sticking them on the wall behind them.
" Yoongi hyung must be on his way with Jimin and the rest are buying cake and other stuffs." They had planned the surprise party after Jungkook told them that it was Jimin's birthday today.

Not the real one, because even Jimin doesn't know when he was born. He never actually cared about celebrating birthdays. But when a little Jungkookie came into his life, it made him change his life ways.

Jungkook made chits of random number and months and made Jimin choose from it, taking it as his birthday.

Jimin thought that it was just a one time thing, but Jungkook proved him wrong. He celebrated Jimin's birthday on that one day every year. Afterall all, he was the only one that Jimin had.

" Hyung..." Jungkook whispers lightly at the memory.
Taehyung looks up and hummed, to let him know that he was listening. There is silence for some seconds, Jungkook is contemplating if he should say it or not.

" What is it like to have a family ?"
The question made Taehyung's heart drop. For someone who has always been close to his family and grew up with so much love, he don't even know the one percent of what Jungkook might feel.

He thinks hard how to explain it to Jungkook in the simplest words, in a word that wouldn't hurt him in any way.

" Family..." He starts.
" It's just like you and Jimin." Jungkook looks up at him, Taehyung shot him a comforting smile.

" You see how Jimin is so protective over you, and you also care about him so much. That's what a family is." Jungkook nods his head in understanding, the things slowly progressing through his brain.

" Me and hyung are a family ?"
Taehyung smiles at Jungkook's foolishness.
" Yeah, you both love each other so much, share your secrets, spend time together, that's the thing a family do." After that Jungkook look down and doesn't meet the older's gaze, so Taehyung had to cup his face in his hand and make him look into his eyes.

" Me and hyungs, we all are your family. We all are one big family." Now, that he's caged in Taehyung's hand, he can't look away from the eye contact even it he wanted to.
" You're my family too ?"
" Mmh." Taehyung's gaze burn on his skin, but in a good way. It had his heart doing flips and a silly dance.

" Yoongi hyung, Namjoon hyung, Jin hyung and Hobi hyung too ?"
Taehyung smiles again, this time it's so wide that his eyes closes half way and Jungkook's image gets blurry.
" Yes bun, we all are your family." The nickname got him feeling euphoric.

Now that the words are not spoken anymore, they let their eyes do the talking. Unconsciously, both the boys start to lean closer to each other. So close that they could even smell the other's shampoo. So close that they almost kisses , if not for the sudden interruption-

" JIMIN IS HERE ! Hide quickly !" Hoseok's voice enters the house before his body. The two boys separate out from each other with a light push.

The three boys that just entered the house look at them suspiciously because of their red faces, but they don't have any time to question it. So, they let it slide for the time being.

" They're downstairs." Jin whispers. In a blink of eye, the cake and other stuff has been set up on the table. Lights out and everyone taking their spots to hide. It's just them and their racing heartbeat before the footsteps are finally heard with the creak sound of door following behind.

" Hyung, I told you-"
" SURPRISE!" Jimin flinched at the sudden shout that boomed in his ears. The darm room suddenly lights up, leaving Jimin's jaw hanging open as he looked around himself.

He looked to and fro between his friends and Yoongi, who stood there with his smug smile. He seems too confused to know what's going on so Yoongi decides to tell him.

" Happy birthday, Jimin ah." He embraced him in a warm hug.
Jimin is still shocked though, because he remembers not telling any of them about his birthday. Heck, he himself forgot that it was supposed to be his birthday today.

" Minnie, Happy birthday!"
" Happy birthday hyung."
" Happy birthday Jiminie."
All his friends come along to give him a group hug. For a moment, Jimin decides to put all the questions aside and just enjoy the essence of the moment.

" H-how did you know ?" He finally asks after detaching from the hug.
" This little birdie told us." Jin puts his arm around Jungkook's shoulder and pulls him closer.
At that, Jungkook hides his face in Jin's chest.

" You didn't have to do all this." Jimin's eyes look around with amusement in them, just like a little child.

" Hyung, you were on it too ?" He quirks his brow at Yoongi.
" Yeah, he was the undercover agent." Taehyung said in a sarcastic tone.

" Put this on." Hoseok emerges from behind with a birthday cap in his hand, putting it on Jimin's head. 'Birthday boy' it spelt out in front.

Namjoon opens the cake box, lighting up the candles.
" You didn't have to do all this." Jimin practically spoke through his tears.

Taehyung cooed at his bestfriend, engulfing him in a side hug.
" You'll make the cake salty with your tears." Taehyung jokes which earns him a smack from Jimin.

" Tae, don't tease him." Jin said sternly.
" Blow the candles, make a wish."

Jimin closed his eyes at that. It's hard to think for a wish when you have so much to ask for. But he settles on the one wish that's dear to his heart.
' Let my friends stay happy like this ' with that being his wish, he blew out the candles.

The tiny room, reverberating with clapping sound and a not-so-in-sync happy birthday song.