Jeju Fever | #yoonmin

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Jimin returns from the bathroom with his toothpaste and toothbrush. He takes his shoes and jacket off under the awning of Yoongi's tent. He feels nervous to open the zipper. What if Yoongi is just getting changed?

"C-can I come in?" Jimin asks.

"Sure." Jimin makes his way in the tent and sees Yoongi sitting on the floor making some sort of pile out of some clothes. He's wearing a simple long sleeve black T-shirt and black sweatpants. Cute.

"What are you doing?" Jimin asks with a smile.

"I'm making my bed, you take the mat and sleeping bag."

"That's supposed to be a bed?" Jimin laughs.

"Don't mock my beautiful creation." Yoongi laughs as well.

"You can't sleep on that."

"It'll be fine. Now, I'll go to the bathroom. Make yourself comfortable." Yoongi says kindly and is about to leave the tent.

"Wait, do you ehh.. do you have a T-shirt I can wear? My T-shirt got wet..."

"Oh, sure." Yoongi ruffles around in his bag and throws him a piece of clothing, then leaves the tent. Jimin happily changes into Yoongi's shirt. It's a large black T-shirt with text 'Fear of God'. Jimin wonders what it means. He crawls into Yoongi's sleeping bag. He can't help but smile when he smells Yoongi's scent all over his stuff. He feels bad that Yoongi is pretty much going to sleep on the cold floor. While Yoongi is away Jimin is getting all comfortable and rosy in Yoongi's tent. He thought he'd feel all awkward and nervous, but he's strangely at peace. The sound of the rain is making him feel nostalgic and sleepy. By the time Yoongi gets back into the tent Jimin was almost sleeping already.

"Are you comfortable Jimin-ie?"

"Mmm... yeah..." Jimin sighs.

"Good." Yoongi says softly and pulls the sleeping bag a bit higher over Jimin's shoulder. Jimin sighs again deeply and closes his eyes. He hears Yoongi lay down and yawn.

"Thanks hyung." Jimin says with his eyes still closed.

"You're welcome. You didn't think I'd let you sleep in that car all by yourself right?"

"Hah," Jimin huffs, "You're such a good host. No wonder you have an Airbnb."

"Haha, I guess it's my fate."

"Yes. It's your fate to host me." Jimin says sleepily.

"Mmm, I'd happily accept that fate."

"Too bad I'm leaving tomorrow."

"Don't remind me. I wish you could stay." Yoongi grunts.

"Me too."

"Really?"

"Mmm." Jimin softly falls asleep.

Sunday

Jimin wakes up while it's still dark outside and raining heavily. He barely noticed that he fell asleep earlier. He checks the time on his phone - 3am - and looks over at Yoongi. There's a weak light shining from the street close to the tent, causing Jimin to just be able to see his hyung next to him. He has his back turned to him and is laying under his jacket, which of course barely covers him. For a while Jimin watches how Yoongi's body is slowly moving up and down by his breath. Jimin was just about to close his eyes again when he hears Yoongi softly clear his throat and sniff. He's awake?

"Are you up?" Jimin whispers.

"Mmm? Y-yeah, s-sorry, did I w-wake you?" Yoongi says with a shaking voice.

"Oh shit, you're shaking, are you cold?" Jimin says worryingly while leaning up on his elbow.

"I-I'm f-fine."

"You're obviously not. Come." Jimin intuitively opens the zipper of his sleeping bag all the way so it becomes like a little blanket and holds it up. Yoongi turns his head and takes a second to look at Jimin. He then throws his jacket off of him and wiggles over to Jimin. Jimin places the blanket over Yoongi and lays back down. They barely fit on the little mat and under the small blanket together without touching. Jimin doesn't mind. He's still half asleep and welcomes Yoongi's body heat close to him. Yoongi pulls the pile of clothes back under his head that has been functioning as his pillow and takes a deep breath. Jimin feels Yoongi is trying not to shake from the cold. He closes his eyes and feels his heart get all warm and fuzzy. He's sharing a blanket with Yoongi, and it feels so good. He doesn't feel nervous. It's just right. He slowly falls asleep again as he feels Yoongi is not shivering anymore. He dreams about a warm spring day in a field full of flowers.

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When Jimin wakes up he still hears a few raindrops falling on the tent, but it's bright outside now. He feels warm. So warm... He then realises one arm is draped over Yoongi's side and the other is tucked under Yoongi's neck while... Yoongi is holding his hand?? He's spooning Yoongi and they're holding hands?? What do I do? What do I do? Is he still sleeping? I... shit this is comfortable. Don't wake up yet Yoongi, let me lay like this for another hour. Or two. Jimin takes a deep breath and tries to calm his nerves. Feeling Yoongi's body rise and fall from breathing is helping him relax again. Jimin gently squeezes Yoongi's hand, just to check if he's not imagining this whole thing. Yoongi squeezes back. He's awake. Shit. What do I dooooo...?

The two lay there for a while in silence, listening to the rain and enjoying each other's warmth. Then Yoongi takes a deep breath, lets go of Jimin's hand and slowly turns around. Jimin's eyes are now wide open. Yoongi slowly opens his and looks Jimin in the eyes. They stare at each other in silence. Yoongi then moves his hand to Jimin's waist and gently moves it up to his chest, while Jimin still has his arm draped over Yoongi's body. He's is starting to breathe more rapidly and shallow while he feels Yoongi's hand slide over his body. Their eyes are still locked. Yoongi's hand is moving further up, reaching Jimin's collarbone. Then up over his neck, to his jaw, and landing on his cheek. Yoongi's warm thumb strokes his pink cheek a few times.

"Jimin-ie..." Yoongi whispers and moves his head a bit closer to Jimin's. "Can I..." Yoongi pauses as he looks at Jimin. Jimin is frozen. "Can I kiss you?" Yoongi then asks softly. His words echo in Jimin's head, blended with the sound of the rain. His mind feels cloudy. Say yes. Say yes. Come on. Just say yes.

"I... I-I'm sorry Yoongi, I..." What are you saying? Say yes! "I can't..." Jimin feels himself pull away from Yoongi. Yoongi lifts his hand from Jimin's cheek and he backs up a bit, looking rather surprised.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry, I thought..." Yoongi stumbles on his words as he moves further back, incapable of finishing his sentence. It suddenly stops raining. The newly found silence is causing the moment to feel like an eternity.

"Hyung, I -"

"No, it's okay. You don't have to explain. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..." Yoongi sits up and starts to awkwardly arrange his clothes from which he had made a pillow.

"Hyung..." Jimin sits up as well. He reaches his hand to Yoongi's elbow and gently wraps his fingers around it. Yoongi turns and looks at him with dispair in his eyes. Jimin doesn't even really know what to say, he just doesn't want it to end this way. He just wants to pull Yoongi closer and...

"Guys!! Are you up?" Hoseok's loud voice breaks the silence. "It stopped raining, we should pack up now before it starts again!"

Jimin quickly lets go of Yoongi's arm as if Hoseok can see them.

"Yeah, we're up." Yoongi responds in a monotone voice. He breaks eye contact with Jimin and slowly gets up to get out of the tent, abruptly leaving Jimin alone with his thoughts. He sits there for a while, wondering if he made the right decision to refuse Yoongi. He really wants to think it was the right thing to do, so that he can just get on his flight today and forget all about these weird feelings. Once he's back home in Busan he'll probably realise how silly this whole thing was. Maybe he'll even install a dating app. Yeah. That's what he'll do. This will soon just be a funny memory of how he met his friend Yoongi. Jimin takes a deep breath, changes his clothes and steps out of the tent.