Blue

Big Steps.

Jimin was proud of himself, he should probably be worried about Jungkook beating him up when he walks into his apartment but he's too proud of himself to care as he drops the couple home. He waves and says all the right things then speeds off to Namjoon's as soon as they are out of sight, just in case Jungkook runs back to throttle him when he sees the bottle of lube with a bow around it on the sofa, he didn't want to take any chances.

To Jimin, it feels like his friend has been dating Tae forever. He knows that they probably haven't really officially been dating but from the outside looking in, that is exactly what it has seemed like. He remembers Jungkook telling him about the man with blue hair for the first time and how his whole face lit up. He had spoken about little else after that, even when Jimin had tried setting him up with one of their colleagues. Jimin had a couple of friends in mind for Jungkook, nice guys that would treat him well, were witty and fun but happy to have nights in but Jungkook didn't want to know.

He knew that Jungkook probably went to Bluebirds more often than he admitted but there was something about that blue haired stripper that he just couldn't let go of. Jimin knew it was about more than sex because he had slept with others to try and find out the identity of Vante and it was far too much effort just to get laid. He didn't know what it was that kept him motivated, that kept him returning to the club trying to find out who he was and he knew that Jungkook didn't know either, They'd discussed it at length, Jimin trying to get to the bottom of it and encourage some soul searching but he didn't think they'd ever got any answers, there was a magnetism between his friend and the stripper but for a long time he thought it was only one way.

Jimin had known it was serious and that he was in deeper that he let on when he stopped going to the club after the first time they'd had sex. That was when he started to be slightly concerned that this was a situation that wasn't going to just disappear. He didn't know what it was like from Tae's point of view or why he continued seeing Jungkook whilst knowing that they couldn't ever have a normal couple relationship, or so it was at the time. Jimin was suspicious of the strippers motives, he could see how emotionally invested Jungkook was, the sex escalated everything and he wasn't convinced that his friend realised how far things had gotten. He also realised how special his friend was, how many people feel bad about a spontaneous, heated, passionate fuck just because it wasn't the love making that he wanted for his lover? Jimin couldn't believe that after he'd finally got what he wanted, it kept him away from the stripper because he was worried he felt used and Jungkook had tried so hard to be different from everyone else who came into contact with him.

There are some images he will never be able to erase from his mind and the one when he first walked into that room at Magpies and saw the way the stripper was clinging to Jungkook, was one of them.

He had been so relieved to find them alive after the things Azure and Teal had said but walking in and seeing the panic on Tae's face as the other policeman tried to prise him from Jungkook to help them both out of there, he won't forget it. He was shaking and crying, his silver metallic hair, blue in places, stuck to his face that was a mixture of black and flesh coloured streaks. The shirt he was wearing was bloody and dirty, Jimin wasn't sure what colour it should have been but presumed it was Jungkook's, who was shirtless.

He had laid his jacket over Tae who was naked apart from the shirt and sent the policeman to get his bag from the van because he remembered that he had a tracksuit in it. Jimin had to think quickly because he was convinced Tae was going to have a full on serious panic attack, he could see how tense he was as he held Jungkook and his whole body was trembling. It took a bit of time to register the state his friend was in, his soul focus being Tae at first and wanting him to calm down. Jungkook looked like he'd been boxing with a man twice his size whilst his hands had been tied behind his back because no one could have beaten him to the degree they had if it had been a fair fight.