Caught In The Middle | Jimin & Jungkook x Reader

7 - Climbing Buddies

Weeks passed again, I adjusted to having Jungkook as my partner instead of Jimin. And for the rest it was all just work so nothing happened much. Jimin indeed acted "more natural" again, though, I still couldn't help noticing this tension between us. Every time we were in the same my body temperature would rise, and I would always have my eyes focusing to see if he was around.

Especially in the places I would see him more frequently such as the cafeteria or the shooting range. It's like I got this fever every time he crossed my mind.

It really had developed in an intense crush. A pathetic one though considering he literally told me "to forget anything ever happened".

I occasionally caught him gazing at me, and every single time that happened my heart skipped a beat.

 It was Thursday end of day, this was such a time we were allowed to do things by ourselves "to train our physical strength ". Even before starting the academy, way back in high school I had a passion for climbing. So that was something I continued doing. As long as I had my phone with me for emergencies it was all fine.

I would sometimes go with Gina, in that way we were able to "secure" each other. Now I had to do it with a self secure setup, meaning that I could climb even though there was nobody who was at the ground holding my rope, it was an automatic system. When I arrived I noticed it was already a bit crowded, which wasn't too great.

To be frank I loved places with the least amount of people the most. okay perhaps that sounds a bit unsociable but whatever. it was the truth. 

I looked around to see which route was free for me to climb on, but as expected with this crowd there wasn't much free. Then I saw an area which was less crowded, it was the more advanced area; I knew that. It wasn't that I wasn't able to do those, it just was that I wasn't keen to start with such routes. I guess today I didn't really have another choice though.

I made my way to it and I noticed a guy climbing a route and it was hard not to be impressed. I narrowed my eyes to get a better view and then I recognized him.

Jungkook? 

I stared at him open mouthed, he was really good actually. I was pretty familiar with all the different climbing routes by now and he was doing one of the more difficult ones but seeing him doing it was as if it was an easy route. Since when did he even get into climbing?

Eventually he reached the top and soon he made his way down.

I walked his way as he hadn't noticed me either.

     'What are you doing here Jungkook?' I asked bluntly

He turned his head startled by my sudden approach.

       'uhm climbing?' he replied shyly. 

I stared at him still a bit dazed 'since when do you like climbing?'

'yes, you were always so enthusiastic about it in the academy I thought I'd give it a try, but then I really liked it so I do it every week actually'

      'Why didn't you tell me?' I asked indignantly, because weeks had already passed. I had never seen him here but as he knew I liked climbing it was something I had expected him to share.

    'I don't really know actually.'

There was a silence. and Jungkook looked down.

I didn't want to make it awkward and hit him softly on the shoulder which made him look at me again

    'You want to race who is first at the top?' I suggested with a smile. There was a part of me that was fairly confident I could win this, but then again Jungkook had drastically improved on the physical side. Plus from what I saw just now he is pretty agile too.

A smile appeared on his face 'sure'

We both stood in front of the wall. 

      'You count down' I said to him and he smiled

       '3 .. 2...1 '

I had to admit that I was pretty competitive, so I really wanted to win and to that end I jumped right into it.

I tried to focus as much as possible on the climbing but I couldn't help but notice how Jungkook, on my right, was definitely further than I was.

shit there I went with my over-confidence or better said arrogance

Then I saw him stop, at a difficult point and I smirked

okay this was the moment.

I climbed up but soon I also arrived at a difficult intersection and there was a short moment we exchanged a glance. The funny thing was how I also saw this competitive spirit in his eyes. He had definitely set his mind to win. and when he looked back, he made which seemed to me an impossible move and was able to surpass the difficult part. 

fuck

and just like that he arrived at the top in no time.

He looked down at me with a smile

     'alright, alright let's get down' I answered as a response to his triumphant smile

I already lowered myself and soon he followed.

We unhooked ourselves from the rope and I reached out my hand to shake his hand. He first looked at it doubtfully but then shook it.

     'Congratulations, I will admit my defeat' I stated determinedly

      'You were a worthy opponent y/n' he answered and I scoffed but honestly it did made my heart flutter. It's just.. seeing a boy that you used to have a crush on, and then also more fit and also even having the same hobbies.. it was hard not to let that get to you. 

We both looked at our intertwined hands

A moment later we both let go

     'uhm yes so ...' I started

       'yes soo.. you know maybe we can be climbing buddies? It's always less crowded at the places without the self secure system?' he suggested.

It was kind of what I thought as well, as if he knew what I was just thinking about. I smiled at him

      'yes, good idea.'

We gazed into each others eyes until and right at that moment suddenly the alarm on our phones went off, and my heart skipped a beat reading the alarm message.

     'It's them' I let out looking at Jungkook who only stared at me confused, as for him it was probably not really clear who them was. but to me it was.

This criminal group was my focus, my main objective

    'We have to go now!' I then indicated with a certain pressure.