Precious Gems | JiKook

二十八

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"I want to kiss you again."

Over the course of over a half hour, and a lot of pep-talks later, Jungkook found himself standing in front of the last bottle he needed to shoot in order to meet the condidtions of Jimin's deal. He had shot three out of the six bottles so far, but since he had missed his first shot there was only one bottle left for him to try to hit. No second chances, he had to be accurate.

It had taken awhile for Jungkook, but he had figured out that if he calmed himself down enough and focused clearly enough he could be accurate. After he had missed the first bottle, he took into account that he had missed it by a very slim margin. Luckily he was able to adjust his aim to fix this, because the longer he stood next to Jimin the longer he slowly felt himself going mad.

He needed to know what Jimin had felt when he kissed him. Jungkook knew that the older male had liked it, given how long they had kissed for, but that wasn't what he was so hung up about. He wanted to know if Jimin had felt the electricity and fireworks that he had felt. He had to know if Jimin was feeling the same feelings that he was, his heart ached every time he thought about it.

The words had left his mouth before he had time to rethink what he was going to say. He had been thinking about kissing Jimin, remembering what it had felt like to actually feel Jimin's lips against his, and soon enough his thoughts vocalized into words. He would have taken the words back if he had said them a few days ago, but he just couldn't find it in him to but back his emotions again.

Jimin knew that he had feelings for him. It was indisputable, and for a little while he believed that maybe the older male reciprocated them. Jimin had kissed him back, and touched him so gently, and spoke the sweetest words. It was no wonder that Jungkook wanted nothing more than to feel Jimin's skin under his fingertips once more.

"Excuse me?" Jimin's words sounded taken aback, and when Jungkook turned his head to look he noticed the pink hue that was rising on Jimin's cheeks. His eyes were wide, and his lips quivered as he tried to suppress a smile.

Jungkook wished that whatever barriers were holding back his emotions were breaking, and that soon enough his true feelings would push through.

"I want to kiss you again." Jungkook repeated, doubling down on what he had said. Jimin's face turned redder upon the realization that he hadn't heard the younger boy wrong, crossing his arms over his chest and looking away to try and hide the embarrassment on his face. "Can I?"

"You're stalling again." Jimin mumbled, gesturing to the last bottle that stood unbroken on he table. "You might think I can't notice, but it's obvious when you're just trying to kill time."

Jungkook chuckled softly, shaking his head and lowering his gun. He turned the safety on and stuck in the back pocket of his black ripped jeans, before taking a few steps closer to Jimin. The older male was clearly battling a swarm of emotions in his own mind, and Jungkook just wanted to hear everything that he had to say. His mind was just too stubborn on this topic, it just wouldn't let him move past until he knew what Jimin had truly meant when he pressed their lips together.

"If I was trying to kill time, I would have asked a really complicated question that you would spend the next thirty minutes explaining." He smiled cheekily, making Jimin narrow his eyes and wonder if the younger male had done that before. "I just stated a fact, and asked a simple question. I want to kiss you again, can I?"

Jimin gulped, his body involuntarily shuddering at the younger boy's words. It was almost agonizing, to front and act like he didn't feel anything as Jungkook pushed every single one of his buttons. The younger male had an aura about him that made Jimin sweat. It was like he knew exactly what words would seep into Jimin's brain the fastest, and precisely what touches would linger on his skin the longest.