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The Bet - [J-Hope / You]

Title: The Bet

Author: hangarianne

Characters: J-Hope / You (Reader)

Disclaimer: This is a BTS fan fiction originally written by hangarianne. Any similarities to real-life persons, situations, places, etc. are coincidental. No copyright infringement intended.

~~ This is a 'you' story! Just think of your name when you see <you> </you>

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"Park Jimin!" You ran to your friend and circled your arm around his.

Namjoon and Jin turn their heads to look at you and the former whispers, "I'm betting 25,000₩, those two will end up together."

Jin argues, "Nah. Jimin is gay for Jungkook and Taehyung. He won't date her. Besides, they've been friends for who knows when; if Jimin liked her, he would've already pursued her."

You shake your head at them and say, "Why bother whispering when we can hear you from here?"

The duo simply laughs and goes back to doing their business. "You can transfer the money to my account," Namjoon tells Jin as he goes back to his cubicle.

Finally realizing the position you are in, Jimin jumps at the sudden skinship and escapes from your grip. "Eww, too close," he tells you as he holds out the palm of his hands signaling you to stop and not come closer.

You smile impishly and take a step forward. He takes a step backward. "I said stop."

"Why~ Are you afraid Namjoonie will win the bet?"

He ignores your question and insists, "Don't come near me."

You grin and shrug your shoulders. "Alright." You turn around and keep talking, "Ah, Jiminie, you're too cute. This is why I love teasing you."

He mumbles something incoherently and you jokingly tell him, "Yeah, I love you too."

You glance at him and he's looking at you with wide eyes. Not wanting him to get the wrong idea, you quickly countered, "It was a joke, silly!"

He avoids your eyes and turns his back at you. "Yeah, everything you say and do are jokes." He sounded hurt but you dismissed the thought.

You felt bad making fun of him especially since you know he used to like you. 'But he said he's over me already that's why we're close like this...' you tell yourself. 'Weirdo.'

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After your late afternoon meeting, you rushed back to your office only to find out that Jimin has already left despite making a promise to accompany you to a small get-together with college friends.

You wanted Jimin to go with you as your date since all the other girls have boyfriends and you didn't want to be the odd one out. He's the only male friend you have and you know he won't disappoint you. Well that's what you thought.

"Tss... What, did he take my joke seriously? He can kid around and I can't do the same thing?" You mumble to yourself as you arranged your things. You realized that maybe he acted the way he did earlier because he knows Namjoon and Jin were watching you and the situation you placed him in was kind of embarrassing. 'Still...'

"Why the long face?" You turn around to see Hoseok smiling you. He rests his chin on your cubicle's divider and stares at you.

"None of your business," you say without looking.