DRABBLES AND SERIES [ jinbyul ]

short story: right time

short story: when is the right time?

a/n: you need to bear with my prompts about idol-jinbyul being ambiguously in love, my mind could only handle that for a while bc of this stupid coincidences lol, i had to let the plot bunny drop constantly, so... enjoy?

also, if you can guess the inspiration for this one-shot besides jinbyul, i'll post an extra one-shot about historical jinbyul wherein jin is a royal guard and byulyi is a royal princess! good luck ;) - ps: that's a 10k prompt!

hint: probably from a k-drama inspiration here... ;)

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"hey."

seokjin was torn from his thoughts while walking around the mall with his members before going back in seoul. "yes?" he asks hoseok after getting called. "you seem to  be zoning out." hoseok chuckles softly, patting his back as jin grins in reply, shaking his head. "just a little tired."

with a purse of lip, hoseok acknowledged his reply, nudging his shoulder. "go get some rest later, hyung."

seokjin beams sincerely, nodding before telling him the same. now in his reality, he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket, quickly grabbing it to see the ID of the messenger.

in a split second, his mindless wanders went back to one thought, smiling genuinely to see the person.

byulie
are you home yet? call me when you get home~

byulie
considering how you're not even replying, i might assume that you've dozed off in the plane.

byulie
i'll leave the extra side dishes to your brother that my mom sent, eat it well ^^ 
sleep tight, jin-jin~

he smiles even more, sighing softly in contentment before biting his lower lip, looking around before finding himself ending up in a jewelry store, now looking back to his members as if they were signaling him to venture in the mall before they leave the country later.

nodding in reply, he playfully salutes them, letting them leave him alone as he decided to enter the jewelry shop.

in reality, jin has always been fond of byulyi, who had turned out to be one of his best friends for the past few years even before their rise to fame. everything about them were beautiful, and after a while, he was sure that he had fallen in love with her.

it wasn't one of those cases wherein both of them were avoiding each other's feelings, where one tries to be numb about the other to carry on with the avoidance of the call of heart. it was actually obvious for the two of them, but maybe it was fear. it is still fear.

he can say that he's in love for himself, and he can feel that she does too, but they weren't about to risk anything for now.

he would no longer call her a friend if he had decided half of his life would be with hers even if it means not finding someone to settle with. age had already been with them, and they were finding it hard to settle down with someone else. as if their hearts were already aware, they'd choose to live their life time with each other than risking their hearts with someone else.

it wasn't an option at all, it was his first intention.

he'd rather not settle than do if it's not with byulyi in his life time.

so he'd rather watch her from afar and live a happy life instead of trying to force a life that he never wanted.

it wasn't what he considered as just friendship if he's already with her each time he gets back, sharing clothes and moments with her, with her knowing most of his life rather than his parents.