Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop || Jikook [COMPLETE]

Chapter 2

Jimin sighed heavily, his hands cradling his face as he sat there, bored. He knew he should take advantage of the lull in traffic to work on his schoolwork, especially the paper that was due next week, but he just didn't have the motivation. All because of one Jeon Jungkook. Jimin glanced up at the door as if the thought alone would conjure Jungkook up and make him walk through it, wearing that stupid grin Jimin had adored since the moment it was first flashed at him two years ago.

Yep. Two whole years had passed since Jimin looked up from this very same counter to watch Jungkook walk through rkive's door. A lot had changed between them since that initial encounter, but a lot had also stayed the same. Jimin was still hopelessly in love with Jungkook while Jungkook saw Jimin as just his best friend. Jimin loved being Jungkook's best friend, but he wanted more than that. From the moment he set eyes on him, and that feeling had only intensified the more he got to know Jungkook over these last two years. Jimin sighed again.

"I know that sigh." Jimin heard from his right.

Jimin didn't move except to tilt his head in the direction of his original best friend and still roommate, Hoseok. Hoseok knew all about Jungkook from the moment Jimin walked into their shared apartment that very same day he'd met Jungkook. Okay, burst into said apartment, if Jimin were being honest. Hoseok also knew about Jimin's unrequited feelings for Jungkook.

"What happened this time?" Hoseok asked, mirroring Jimin's stance at the counter.

"Oh, you know the usual. Nothing much, just Jungkook being Jungkook," Jimin lamented.

Hoseok hummed, waiting for Jimin to tell him exactly what happened, knowing Jimin would.

"I ran into Jungkook before my shift started when I was running through campus late from dance practice. You know how time gets away from me."

"Naturally," Hoseok agreed, understanding better than anyone since he shared Jimin's major in dance.

"And do you know why I ran into him, Hobi?" Jimin asked, looking at him, no longer leaning on the counter but standing upright in irritation. "He was bringing me lunch. Lunch, Hoseok. Because he knew I had a busy day and wouldn't have a chance to grab anything otherwise," Jimin finished as if it were the worst thing in the world.

"How dare he!" Hoseok exclaimed dramatically, to which Jimin gave him a cross look before Hoseok began to giggle.

"Hoseok," Jimin pouted. "It's not funny. He can't keep doing stuff like this if I'm ever going to get over him."

"Jimin, at this point I don't even know if that's possible," Namjoon spoke from behind the two of them.

"Don't talk to me, mister I-have-the-perfect-relationship," Jimin pouted further.

Jimin was plainly and simply jealous of the relationship his boss and friend had with his partner of a year and a half, Seokjin. Just as Namjoon had been witness to Jimin and Jungkook's origin story, Jimin had been witness to Namjoon's and Seokjin's.

Seokjin had waltzed into rkive exactly two months after Jungkook did, not that Jimin had been keeping track, inquiring about the possibility of selling some of his pastries in Namjoon's café. Namjoon had agreed before even tasting anything Seokjin had to offer. Jimin watched that partnership blossom from that day forward into the sickeningly lovely romantic relationship the two now shared.

"Jimin, I don't understand why you don't just tell him you have feelings for him," Namjoon stated, as if it were the easiest thing in the world to do.

"Joon, you don't think I haven't thought about that?" Jimin turned around, his back coming to rest against the counter, facing Namjoon. "I mean, come on." Jimin rolled his eyes, because this wasn't the first time Namjoon had suggested such a thing. "I think I've made it painfully obvious that I like him as more than a friend, and he hasn't caught on. Doesn't that speak to where he stands on the matter?"