Origin

Chapter 16

"Yeah, and I'm super embarrassed about it."

"Oh my God. Did you bribe the restaurant, too?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Jungkook," he laughs, throwing his head back, "how many times have you put your name in for something before?!"

"I swear, this was the first!" Jungkook argues. "I've never done it before, and I don't plan to again. It's degrading, somehow."

"Sure, sure." Jimin looks around. "You gonna tell me what we're doing here?"

"We're, um." He drags his thumb across the back of Jimin's knuckles. "We're gonna look at the stars."

"We're gonna look at the stars," Jimin repeats.

"Yes."

"Because it's too cold out to do that outside, so you made it happen inside."

"Yes."

"And you rented out the entire planetarium after hours so we wouldn't be interrupted, giving me all the time in the world to make fun of you at my leisure?"

Jungkook groans, cheeks reddening. "Yes."

"I have a roommate who decorates my apartment with pictures of puppies in Santa hats and he wears an elf onesie for a month straight and sings 'Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas' about 72,000 times a day and somehow , this is still the cheesiest thing anyone has ever done for me."

He slumps down in his seat. "Sorry."

"Whoa, no." Jimin looks up at him, eyes wide. "Cheesy is a good thing, sometimes. Like right now."

He clears his throat. "I love this. Like, I fucking love it. Hobi, not so much. But this..."

"Yeah?" he asks, perking up.

"Mhm. Jungkook. You took me to look at the stars."

Jungkook smiles. "Yeah, I did."

"Good God." He looks around as the ceiling above them begins to light up, a slow array of stars peeking out, dotting the black as ink makeshift sky, scarily realistic. "Very Ross and Rachel of you, by the way."

"Does that mean I can make out with you on the floor?"

"I think they did more than that."

"I think so, too." He raises his brows up and down, suggesting, and Jimin laughs.

"Good try, superstar."