Habits {Jikook}

CHAPTER 39

💿 No One Knows Us
- BANNERS, Carly Paige

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I'm glad we got some food on our way, I'm literally starving,"
Jeongguk said as he unwrapped a burger they got from a nearby fast food restaurant. He hadn't eaten anything since this morning and all the baking hadn't helped either.

They were sitting on a hill, surrounded by trees, just enjoying the vibe. Neither of them commented on how they were -once again- hanging out outside of their arrangement but they had stopped mentioning it anyway. Maybe they were even kind of avoiding it subconsciously.

"It's kinda sad that I couldn't say goodbye to Namjoon,"
Jeongguk mentioned with a frown on his face. His older brother was leaving early in the morning and when he woke up tonight, Namjoon was already asleep.

"Yeah true. But at least you're gonna see him again in, like, a week,"
Jimin responded, munching on his french fries in between.
It was a crazy coincidence that all four of them, including Taehyung, got into the same university and Jimin couldn't be more thankful. This change would mark a new phase of his life and he was happy to have some familiar faces around.

"So will you be still coming around when we're in university?"
Jeongguk suddenly asked, trying to steal a discreet glance at the boy next to him.

"You'll see,"
Jimin answered playfully before continuing,
"Maybe I'll find plenty of new friends to spend time with and you will be busy with basketball practice"

Jeongguk then averted his gaze from the blonde and dully looked at the view in front of him, hesitantly mentioning,
"You know I stopped playing in junior high"

"Yeah after basically begging coach to let you leave since you had to study,"
Jimin argued because even though they hadn't been really fond of each other back then, literally everyone knew that Jeongguk was the ace of their school's basketball team. Even in times when it was going down in his life, he never once disappointed his team.

"Look, you can always try again and I'm sure they'll take you,"
Jimin assured him with a smile and opened up a box filled with chicken nuggets. Jeongguk, however, didn't react to his words at all. Maybe he was considering what he had said but you wouldn't know since his expression was an unreadable one.

After one or two minutes of silence, Jeongguk spoke up lowly,
"You know, a month ago, I would've never thought that you'd care enough about me to encourage me to do something"
His hand which was previously placed on his lap, moved to his side. Maybe he was hoping to find another soft, smaller hand right beside him but Jimin was still eating his food, both hands occupied.

"Well, duh. Back then, you also weren't trying to get into my pants,"
the older said, oblivious to the mood change. And Jeongguk played along. He didn't want to make it awkward.
"Wasn't it the other way around?"

"Doesn't matter,"
the smaller one waved it off with a cheeky smile, looking into the distance.

"Anyway, thank you"

Jimin tilted his head in confusion. He didn't get what Jeongguk was thanking him for. As the other seemed to notice, he added,
"for not judging me"

His words were followed by a heavy sigh and sound of disagreement.
"We both know that I did judge you for a long time"

When Jeongguk heard this, he chuckled slightly, remembering the way he acted whenever Jimin was around.
"Yeah but I basically wanted you to do so. And you had every right to hate me, I was a pain in the ass, and that on purpose"

"You still are," Jimin commented and nudged his shoulder playfully with his own before slowly getting comfortable beside him. He leaned against Jeongguk, head on his shoulder.

"Yet you still come around,"
the younger murmured close to his ear, knowing that Jimin would be able to hear him.

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💿 You're The One That I Want - From "Grease"
- John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John

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Jeongguk and Jimin were in the kitchen, music was filling the room.
It was eleven in the morning and they were already awake. It was quite surprising, considering they had stayed outside until 4 or 5 a.m. Jeongguk was currently making some breakfast while Jimin was sitting on the counter next to him.

"You listen to musical songs?"
Jimin asked wide-eyed when the song changed to 'You're The One That I Want' from Grease.
"You don't?" Jeongguk answered playfully, not ashamed of enjoying this type of music. He used the spatula in his hand as a microphone when the first note hit.

I got chills, they're multiplying
And I'm losing control
'Cause the power you're supplying,
It's electrifying!

Jimin quickly joined in, getting off the kitchen counter. He smiled and walked over to Jeongguk, placing one hand on his shoulder flirtatiously.

You better shape up
cause I need a man
and my heart is set on you

They didn't hear the footsteps coming from the stairs as they got even closer to each other, funnily singing the lyrics of the song.

You better shape up
You better understand
To my heart I must be true

Namjoon halted for a second when he saw the two of them dancing and singing so close to each other. He tried to make his presence known by clearing his throat but the music was still louder than him.

"Good morning,"
Namjoon almost shouted. Both Jimin and Jeongguk turned in his direction and as soon as they saw him they jumped away from each other.

"Wow it's the first time you cook breakfast for someone else and it's for Jimin? Last time I checked you didn't even like each other,"
Namjoon commented, paired with a teasing glint in his eyes as he walked over to their coffee machine, seemingly unbothered. Jimin almost tripped when he hurried to the kitchen isle as fast as possible to lower the volume of the music.

After Namjoon had filled the machine with coffee beans and had turned it on, he faced Jimin, observing his rather odd and unusual behavior. By now, he had backed off as far from Jeongguk as the kitchen isle behind his back would let him, sheepishly fumbling with the hem of his big tee.

"Wait, that's Jeongguk's shirt- oh.
Oh!"
Namjoon didn't even mean to say it out loud. His eyes widened comically as he realized what this most likely meant.

Generally, he would think that something like sharing clothes was not even that serious, but this was Jimin and Jeongguk. Because their usual relationship up until now had never been a casual 'oh you need a shirt? I'll let you borrow one' relationship but a 'I'd rather die than share my clothes with you' one. So it had to be the only other option that was left.

And now, his suspicions slowly started to make sense.

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