Destined

Friendship

Jungkook POV:

"I'll never be ready" he mumbles against my ear and I just hold him tighter as I scream while jumping into the river. I've done this so many times as a kid and whenever we would come here on vacation. I could never be scared of jumping, it makes me feel so free. I wanted Jin to feel that way too. Something tells me that he doesn't really have much freedom at work. I want him to realize how amazing life could be if he stopped being scared. We fall deep into the warm water, for some reason this part of the woods is always sunny which keeps the river nice and warm. We float up and I watch as jin starts coughing "are you okay?" I ask him while still holding him against my chest. It feels good having him so close to me. "Y-yeah I think I'm o-okay" he says while rubbing his face. I unwrap my arms from below his thighs and he immediately circles his legs around my waist while yelling "DON'T LET ME GOOOO!" I freeze in my spot with this new intimate position. He must've put his head on my shoulder while tightening his hold on my neck. "Please" he musters softly. GOD why is he SO ADORABLE. I clear my throat before saying "It's okay I got you. Take your time" I move my hands towards his back. "See you didn't die!" I say while rubbing his sides. "That was scary" he mumbles before moving his head away from my shoulder and looking at me "But it was fun, I was scared to death but once I was in water it just felt so-" "Free?" I finish his sentence while looking at him "Yes exactly, I felt free." I smile at him as gives me a smile back "Sometimes in life all you have to do is face your fears and then you realize how strong you really are. You will realize that nothing in this world can stop you from being free." He frowns at my words while saying "It's not easy you know, not everyone has the privilege to do whatever they want. You are lucky" He says while unwrapping his legs and arms away from me. "You're right, I am very privileged and I am lucky but it doesn't mean you can't be either. Tell me, what is it you want from life?" He stares at me for sometimes before saying "I want to enjoy it" I swim towards him and wrap my arm around his waist while saying "Then enjoy it!" he just puts his hands against my naked chest "I don't know how to" he says genuinely while looking into my eyes. It reminded me of the first time I met him, he was giving me the same eyes he gave me that night, they were screaming for someone to reach out to him. It felt like I can understand him, "Let me show you how then?" I ask with a soft smile on my lips. "What if I regret it?" he asks looking down. "Then it's okay, you need to understand that not everything in life is supposed to go the way you want it to but just enjoy whatever moment you're in. Like right now!" I say as I unwrap my arms around his waist and he looks at me in confusion before I start splashing water towards him. "YAH!" he yells as he tries to swim away from me but is unable to. "JUNGKOOK IM GONNA KILL YOU" he says while splashing water towards my direction. And just like that we get lost in the moment, laughing our asses off.

"The sunset is to die for!" jin exclaims as we sit on the edge of the cliff staring at the sky turning all sorts of pink and orange. We must've played in the water for hours. Jin looked happy and I'm so glad I got to witness it. It's weird that I don't even know him enough but I think I will do anything for him, anything to watch him smile and laugh like the way he was earlier. "My dad showed me this place when I was 3, he would always tell me that whenever I feel sad or lonely I should come here. The nature will make me realize that I'm not lonely. I thought he was talking nonsense but with age I realized he was right. Coming here did make me feel better and I don't know if it's the nature or the memories I had with him and mom. But whatever it is, it felt good. I brought you here for the same reason my dad brought me here all those years ago. To feel free and happy. I hope you felt that?" I say all of it while still staring at the beautiful sunset. I can feel him looking at me so I turn my head to look at him and for the first time since I've met him, he gave me a warm smile that reached his eyes. "I did, thank you for bringing me here. Your dad is right, the nature does heal you. I didn't even know how badly I needed this. So thank you again for this." I nod as we start looking at the sunset again. "I misjudged you" I hear him say after some time. I look at him as he continues "I thought you were this brat who wanted to just mess around with me, I mean you can't really blame me, you were very straightforward about your feelings." I turn my head in embarrassment realizing what Jin was talking about. "I mean who really says I love yo-" "Okay okay I got it JEEZ" I say in an irritated tone and he just laughs while watching me be embarrassed. "But you're a nice guy" he says looking at me and I smile while saying "Thank you, I mean I did save you from your boss" He rolls his eyes while saying "and definitely cocky!" "Hey nothing wrong in that!" I just say while smirking as he laughs again. After some time we decided to head back to our campsite. We're both starving and tired after all the swimming.

I watch as Jin goes into his tent to change and I do the same. I walk outside wearing my sweatpants and a hoodie. It's freezing outside, Jin is still in his tent so I decided to build the fire. I brought some cup noodles for us so hopefully jin will like that. By the time I'm done making the ramen, I watch as Jin walks out of his tent wearing a cute fluffy pajama and a hoodie that doesn't look very warm. "Come stay here by the fire, it's warmer" He comes over and sits on the chair I laid out for him. "Here" I pass him the ramen cup and he squeals while saying "Wow I was craving for this, Thank you" I watch as he starts slurping on his noodles. I smile while eating my own, I hear him shiver here and there while eating. "I'll be back" I say as I go to my tent to grab some blankets. I walk out with a soft blanket and wrap it around Jin's body. He looks at me in surprise "You didn't have to" he says while blushing slightly. "I didn't want you to catch a cold" I say while sitting across from him and resume eating my ramen. I watch as he wraps the blanket around him and smile. My heart screams in joy, happy that it can make jin smile. "So since you don't think I'm a douche anymore, how about a friendship?" I say after we both finish our food. I watch as he stares at me while saying

"I would like that very much."