masquerade//pjm

five

"You what?"

"I mean," you paused to take a sip of your milk, "he's... hot."

"You're insane."

"What?" You glanced at Jimin and he looked over. With a wink, he ran a hand through his hair. You rolled your eyes and turned back to Taehyung. Who was still very much gawking.

"You're dating Park?"

"Yep."

"You're dating Park?" You sighed and pulled your legs up onto your side of the bench just as Namjoon walked in. With just one cookie. Taehyung glanced at it and raised his hand. "I want it, hyung!"

"What-- how's that fair?" You reached your hand out, pouting. "Joon?"

"Well--"

"She shouldn't get it-- she just did the single-handed most stupid thing I've ever heard of." Namjoon's eyebrows raised as he sat down with his lunch tray.

"Oh?" He opened the package, splitting it evenly in two. You frowned as you got half. "What did our y/n do?" Taehyung chewed and raise his eyebrows, crossing his arms once the cookie was lodged between his teeth.

"I," you finished chewing and brushed your hands off on your thighs, "am dating Jimin." Namjoon's eyes widened.

"You're dating--"

"Jimin."

"Park?"

"The one and only." Namjoon turned around to look at Jimin, only to find the kid blowing bubbles in his chocolate milk with his nose, Jungkook laughing hysterically next to him.

"You've lost your mind," Namjoon said calmly. You grinned.

"Guys, think about it?" Namjoon sighed, shaking his head as he opened his container of salad. He loved salad days. Taehyung passed him his dressing too. "I don't actually like him."

Taehyung rolled his eyes. "She's losing it more and more every second, hyung."

"No, Tae." You gestured to Yoongi, flicking through a comic book. "He's gonna get so jealous." Gears clicked in Namjoon's brain.

"Ah."

"What-- what does he have to do with it?" Tae asked, chewing slowly, trying to savour his cookie. You grinned, leaning in with your hands under your chin.

"If I date Park, his very best friend," you leaned in to take a nacho from his tray as you paused for dramatic effect, "Yoongi will get jealous and finally be open about wanting me."

"Be open," Taehyung repeated. You threw the nacho at him.

"I'm being serious!" Surely they could know your side of the story. You didn't have to tell them Park proposed it and that this was benefitting him too. 

"I don't know about this, y/n." Namjoon picked up a napkin, having spilled some dressing. "This could go pretty wrong."

"How?" You yawned as you handed Taehyung his test back from your bag. Your parents had been very proud over facetime. Jin had caught on though and you'd gotten scolded by him.  

"Well, what if you catch feelings for him?" You laughed out loud, as did Taehyung.

"Okay, hyung-- y/n won't do that," Tae pointed out. "But what if Park catches feelings?"

"And why would he do that?" Tae sighed. "I'm probably-- probably just gonna be a fling, right? Rebound for jm/ex?"

"But you're pretty." You sighed. "And you can be nice and stuff when you want to and what if he starts to actually like you?" You smiled and pulled your bag up onto the table to use as a pillow for a quick nap. Namjoon moved his things away to let you do so.