Not Just Friends, Not Just Lovers

Part Nine

Word Count: 2,114

"Four in the morning." DY mumbled, waking up.

DY hasn't gotten a good sleep since he started dating that new girl.

Lim Jimin turned around to face DY.

"Sorry." DY said getting up.

"Nah, it's fine. Just, try and get more sleep in the future. It pains to see these eyes." Lim Jimin said.

DY smiled and got up to get ready.

"Try not to make noise. I'm going back to sleep now." Lim Jimin said.

DY nodded and looked in the mini fridge in the room.

"Beer... Sorry, but is that all there ever is here, beer?" DY asked Lim Jimin.

"Yeah. We're beeraholics." Lim Jimin joked.

"I'm going to go to the store. Jimin said you and Chenle are staying over for Winter break. It's not good to just have beer." DY said.

"Oh, yeah. Winter break starts tomorrow. Will you spend more time with us?" Lim Jimin asked.

"No. I need to find a job." DY said.

"Jimin hyung can just sell the house he bought you and you can work for him here. We all hate cleaning. You can be the maid." Lim Jimin suggested.

"Yeah, because I will love living here and cleaning Jimin and Suga's dirty sheets." DY said, sarcastically.

"Just don't clean their sheets." Lim Jimin said.

"Then why would he pay me?" DY asked, standing up.

"Alright, alright. Are you good with kids?" Lim Jimin asked.

"I don't know. I've never been around any." DY said.

"You've never!?" Lim Jimin asked, getting up from shock.

"No. My parents have always kept me from having fun. I've never been to a park, a water park, a hotel, this is the first time I've ever had friends. I've only ever been in my school and house." DY said.

"Damn. What kind of parents would do that? They just took your childhood away?" Lim Jimin asked.

DY nodded.

"Anyways, you're too young to work at the bar. I was just wondering if maybe I could help you get a job at my place. I helped Jimin's friend Jamie get a job there." Lim Jimin said.

"What'd the kids have to do with this?" DY asked.

"There's a restaurant area. Mainly parents with their kids come because all our waiters are nice to kids and kids love them. Maybe you can be a janitor their." Lim Jimin suggested.

"For sure, because wiping up someone's shit from the bathroom is my dream job." DY said, glaring at Lim Jimin.

"Can't you just be nice and happy that I'm trying to get you a job?" Lim Jimin asked.

"No. I want to get a job based on my skills. I don't just want to get handed a job because I'm friends with someone who can get me one." DY said.

"Well obviously you're not very skilled." Lim Jimin mumbled.

DY looked at Lim Jimin in disbelief.

"Shut the fuck up. Fuck!" DY screamed.

DY left the room, crying as he walked into the living room.

Lim Jimin smiled at DY.

"At least he can cry. That's good." Lim Jimin said to himself.

He got up to check on DY.