Entanglement

Chapter 4

"Alright, I have a flush of aces!" Namjoon exclaimed, showing his cards to the rest of the table.

"I knew it!" Jhope exclaimed. "You were way too confident!"

Namjoon scooped the chips he won over to himself and began to shuffle the cards again. "Jiminie, you're quiet man. You alright?"

"Yea," jimin replied feigning a smile.

"He has blue balls!" Jungkook exclaimed, causing the table to erupt in laughter. Jimin threw a poker chip at him.

"I do not have blue balls!" Jimin exclaimed, a smile coming to his lips. "Alright, I admit my modeling partner is fucking hot as fuck..."

"Dude she is beyond hot!" Jungkook laughed and Jhope nudged him.

"Jungkook!" The older boy called him down and Jimin took his cards off the table that he was just dealt. Another bad hand. He figured.

He folded almost immediately and sat back on the couch and waited for the others to finish the round. That's when he felt a small vibration in his pocket. His phone.

He pulled it out expecting it to be a notification from Weverse or perhaps a producer texting him, but his heart jumped when he saw "Misty" on the screen. A surge of excitement coursed through him and he peeked up at his bandmates who were immersed in the poker game.

He opened the message.

-Hey! Sorry to bother you, I just wanted to check in with you and see how you were!-

He smiled a bit and hoped his face wasn't too red.

-Hey beautiful! I'm just playing poker with the guys. You left really quickly this afternoon after the shoot. Is everything alright?- Jimin genuinely wanted to know. It was a few moments before he got a reply. He won the next hand of poker and then waited for the reset and listened to his brothers argue over what snack to make when she replied.

-Not really. He's mad that I'm modeling and he wants me to quit. I told him not I'm not quitting. We got in a huge fight and I am staying at my dad's house for the night-

Jimin immediately replied back to her.

-Sweetheart, I'm sorry that happened. You deserve so much better than that. I can promise you I have no intentions of imposing on your marriage. I mean, you are absolutely stunningly gorgeous, but I understand we are just modeling together and it's only work and I'd never do anything to cross a line you wouldn't want crossed, you know?"-

"Jimin!" Yoongi said, as he gestures towards the new hand on the table he had been dealt. "Place your bet."

Jimin looked at his cards and threw in a couple of chips. It was true. He didn't want to disrespect her, or her husband in anyway, but his body was going to react to a beautiful woman and he couldn't help that.

-I feel so alone. My dad is here but I don't want to talk to him about it. I'm thinking of going for a walk on the beach-

Jimin read the message and folded his hand, then leaned back on the couch and thought for a moment.

-Need any company? I'm just playing poker and I'm losing anyway.... if you could use a friend.-

He hit the send button and after a few moments the quiet quip of the iPhone sounded.

-I'd like that actually. Meet me by the frozen sno cone shop in 15 minutes?- She had asked and Jimin smiled.

-I'll be there!- He put his phone in his pocket.

"I'm going to head to bed for the night everyone. I've had a long day..." Jimin stood up and Yoongi looked at him, knowing Jimin never turned in before midnight. Ever.