Precious Gems | JiKook

二十一

7k already??? y'all are too kind <3
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It had been a few days since Jimin and Jungkook had gone to the jewelry store.

Though the older male should have spent this time coming up with a detailed plan as to how they were going to execute the heist - he hadn't. It was nearly concerning to him, that he was so distracted from the task at hand, but he just couldn't help it with the state that his mind was in at the moment.

Everything had been going fairly well up until then. Despite high tensions at first and a few speed bumps along the way, Jungkook had actually become someone that Jimin really couldn't say he minded being around. He was street smart, and very adjustable, which made him a perfect fit to be the partner that Jimin hadn't even been looking for.

He became less and less irritating to Jimin the longer they knew each other and Jimin had slowly found himself actually caring about the younger boy's well being. Jimin was excited to see what he could do, what he was capable of.

And he was just about to, until a wrench got thrown right into the gears of his plan.

He wasn't supposed to think of Jungkook as anything other than a partner. Jimin hadn't even ever thought about what would happen if he did beforehand, not considering it as something to ever happen.

But it did. And very suddenly, at that.

There were hardly any accurate words to describe what he had felt when his eyes lay on Jungkook in a suit for the first time. Jimin couldn't even remember the last time that he had genuinely felt his heart jump when he looked at someone, and so the feeling was foreign and startling.

He felt so childish, embarrassed that a mere glance from Jungkook had his palms sweaty and his breath stopping.

Why, did his heart have to do this to him?

He couldn't have Jungkook, in a relationship or any other way - it just wasn't something he had ever accounted for. With the lifestyle that he lived, and the risks he took, Jimin had come to terms with the fact that romance wasn't something he had the time for.

He couldn't risk having somebody he loved be hurt by the decisions he made, and so he chose to love nobody.

This was how it had been for as long as Jimin could remember, which was why the feelings that Jungkook had uncovered were extremely troubling.

He shouldn't feel anything other than camaraderie towards Jungkook, but he felt so much more - and it was terrifying. It only got worse the more he thought about it, because maybe it wasn't as sudden as he once assumed. What if these emotions had just slowly been building up, and seeing Jungkook dressed so elegantly was the tipping point?

The longer he pondered it, the more it made his head hurt.

Jimin was genuinely thankful when he was interrupted from his thoughts by a knock on his front door. He had been lost in thought for god knows how long, tiring out his mind with thoughts of Jungkook.

Jimin groaned softly, pushing himself off of the couch he had been sat on for most of the day. There wasn't any light coming through the curtains anymore, and when Jimin looked at the clock he was surprised to see that it was just past two in the morning.

He raised an eyebrow and looked over to his front door. Yoongi was home, so who could be here?

He crouched down, reaching under the couch and grabbing his gun, before tucking it into his waistband and walking over to the door slowly. Jimin and Yoongi never got many visitors, especially this late at night, and so he couldn't help but be on edge.