dance | jirose

09 : Add Equals To Subtract

Jimin's POV

"She is gonna come today! Apparently, she's on the plane right now and the estimated time for her to land is in about 5 hours," I said, earning a little hmm from the other end of the call.

"So, that pen pal of yours is coming? And what's her name again?" Rosé asked, her tone kind of cringing at the mention of my pen pal.

"Jimin, Shin Jimin. I found out her name is the same as mine. 'Jimin' is a unisex name anyway." I shrugged

"I don't like her, by the sound of her name. I don't like Shin's." Rosé taunted.

"She's not bad," I reasoned, "She may seem intimidating but—"

"But she's actually a bitch."

I sighed, shaking my head at her remarks of Jimin. "It's your opinion, though. I wanted to ask you if you wanted to tag along when I go and welcome her. "

"Why not," She muttered, "I really wanna see how much of a bitch she is. I'll just be quiet and see how she acts around me. I don't like girls, honestly although some literally throw themselves at me." She added.

I chuckled. "Not gonna lie but if I was a girl, I'll literally throw myself at you too. You're beautiful and—"

"You can already tell me 'I love you', Park." She laughed. "Literally, you kept rambling about how beautiful and how personality-wise beautiful I am during this call."

"I'm not lying though." I blinked. She laughed, her airy laugh echoing in the call. "So what time are you gonna pick me up? I ain't walking 5km for that pen pal of yours."

"I'm driving, don't worry and I'll pick you up later at you know where." I reassured, laughing.

-

A few minutes have passed as me and Rosé stood side by side, waiting for Jimin's arrival. "We've been waiting for 10 years and she still hasn't arrived yet." Rosé eye rolled, sighing heavily. I eyed her from the side, shaking my head.

"It's been about 10 minutes since we arrived.." I said. Rosé pulled my hand towards her and looked at my watch, "Oh really? Because apparently, it's been 100 years now for me. I know I'm impatient. I've always been like that."

I wanted to open my mouth and reply back but the sudden loud yell from a distance disrupted me. I turned, wanting to know who but a body threw itself at me, making me stumble back.

"Jimin!" The female voice exclaimed. Instantly, I already knew who that was and hugged her back. "Jimin!" It felt weird to say each other's names because for obvious reasons with both having the same name.

"Uh..." I eyed the side where Rosé stood with a disgusted look on her face. She took a few steps back and stared at me and her, shaking her head afterwards.

Jimin pulled back and smiled hugely before her attention diverted to Rosé. She raised her brow and stood in front of Rosé, hands on her hips.

"Who are you?" Jimin asked. I just stared, curious with what is about to unfold.

"I don't think you need to know." Rosé replied, a boring look on her face as she looked at me and Jimin.

"I do need to know since both you and my Jimin seem close..." Jimin uttered, leaning a little forward. Rosé threw me a eye roll, "As far as I know, he isn't some object to be identified as 'my' and we're friends." Rosé simply answered before she examined her fingernails, clearly bored with their conversation.

I cleared my throat, wanting to interject but Jimin began to use her index finger and tap on Rosé's forehead repeatedly and rather hardly as the way the sound radiated. An annoyed look plastered on her face as she pushed Jimin's hand away.

"You know what, just both of you go and have fun, okay? I don't even wanna be involved." Rosé faced me, her eyes piercing me before her body turned. "I'm busy tonight so both of you can have fun. Bye." She responded, not even facing me and Jimin before she left.

"R-Rosé!" I called out but she ignored me, walking away. Jimin jumped in front of me and blocked Rosé, grinning widely.

"Now that she is gone, let's have fun! I heard there is this bar around here, bring me there can ya?" Jimin asked. I looked at her and looked behind, searching for Rosé but her figure disappeared from my sight. I sighed and nodded at Jimin's request.

-

Loud music hit my ear as we stood in front of the bar. As we walked in, the smell of perfume, smoke and alcohol hit me in the nose. I scrunched my face up. "This is the club, Ji." I said, looking at her. Jimin jumped excitedly, "I'm gonna go party!"

I nodded mindlessly before I walked up to the bartender who was making some drinks. I plopped myself on the chair and ordered a shot, eyeing everyone in the bar. Venomic isn't here today.

Shin Jimin's POV

I don't know how long passed because what I knew was I was wasted and was shaking my ass off in front of this ugly ass old man who enjoyed what he was seeing. I was damn wasted. All my surroundings were blurry, I couldn't really see anything except the person who was close to me.

I stopped giving that man a lap dance and walked away. That man also didn't mind as he turned to another woman nearby and started touching her and dancing beside her. I walked up to a waiter nearby and grabbed a glass, drinking.

Slowly, my view was becoming distorted.

"I see you're wasted," A female voice muttered out. I couldn't see well due to the alcohol kicking in me. I nodded carelessly. The woman cockily tilted her head.

"Why not we go outside? The air outside is nice for us to talk about, don't you think?"