Together: BTS X Reader 8th Member

Chapter 72

Namjoon got up and grabbed the remote to put on a random movie. Instead of coming back to lie with me, he went to his little area where his blankets and pillows were set up since he was a solo sleeper. "Come lie with me," Taehyung pleaded while prying at me so I would go lie next to him. I placed myself between Taehyung and Yoongi, and almost immediately, Yoongi was dozing off. I looked at him and couldn't help but chuckle at his cute antics. We did have a super long day, and he was writing lyrics all day, so his falling asleep almost immediately was understandable. I snuggled closer to Taehyung, who wrapped his arms around me.

"Are you two back together?" Namjoon suddenly asked, which caught both of us off guard. "No," I shouted while sitting up, which caused Yoongi to wake up. "Why would you think that?" I asked now in a hushed tone so the older boy could go back to sleep. "You two are all affectionate all of a sudden. Last time you were like this was when you were dating," Namjoon explained while narrowing his eyes at us as if he didn't believe us. "We're not dating. I just wanted to cuddle with someone," I reassured, shooting down the dating speculations since there was nothing between Taehyung and me after that one kiss we shared a while ago. We went back to watching the movie and cuddling until we all fell asleep.

I woke up a few hours later to the sounds of snoring from three of the members. I was so used to sleeping with Jimin, who doesn't snore, so now that we were all together, I couldn't sleep. "Why are you awake?" I heard Jungkook ask while rubbing his eyes and sitting up. "You, Namjoon, and Jin were all snoring," I whispered, while getting up and motioning for Jungkook to follow me. Since Namjoon was a super light sleeper, and I wasn't going to go back to sleep, I figured hanging out in my room was a better idea. "I snore?" Jungkook asked after shutting the door behind him. "Yes, Kookoo. It's not as bad as Jin, but you snore," I replied while sitting on my bed, leaving enough room for him to sit next to me. "I missed you," I mumbled while resting my head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry for not talking to you," he replied while resting his head on top of mine. "It's fine, just don't do it again." I enjoyed the quiet, peaceful moments like these because it felt like we were just a big, happy family, but for some reason, in this moment, I was tired of having these moments with Jungkook, but not knowing what was going on between us. 

"Jungkook. I have a question," he removed his head from mine and sat up to face me. He nodded at me, signaling me to ask my question, but I could feel a lump in my throat growing, which was preventing me from even forming a sentence. "Um, I'm not sure how to say this, but bear with me. I've just been thinking about it, and I needed to talk to you about this. I don't want to be friends with benefits. I understand we're both young, but I know that I don't only want to have sex with you, I want to go on dates and have those couple moments. I know we've talked about this before, but there was no change, so what are we, Jungkook?" he looked back at me with wide eyes and a flushed face. "I'm sorry, I'm not the best at this kind of stuff. I know we started casually, but I'd be lying if I said you haven't come to mean more to me. You deserve someone who doesn't make you question where you stand, and if I'm being real with myself, I want those moments too. The real ones. So yeah, I don't want this to be just friends with benefits either. I want something real with you." I could feel a smile growing on my face at his words; it wasn't a relationship, but it was clarity, and that was what I needed. "I'm going to give you some time, I don't want us to rush into a relationship, but I'm going to start planning some dates to make this feel less casual." I let out a sigh of relief since this was exactly what I wanted. It was like I had a crush on the male version of myself, except Jungkook is also very different from how I am. "I just need some time to plan something." Jungkook continued talking to himself now. He abruptly got up from my bed and walked over to my closet, looking into my side of the closet, rummaging around. "What are you doing, Koo?" I questioned with a worried look on my face. Why was he looking in my closet? "I want to plan something perfect, and I want to make sure you worry about nothing, not even what you're wearing," he explained as he continued to rummage through my closet, pulling out various shirts, skirts, pants, and even dresses I didn't know I had. "I can help you if you told me what you're planning in that big head of yours," he ignored me and instead continued pulling clothes from my closet, "Koo, I hope you know your cleaning this up," I mumbled as I got up from my bed and started looking at all the clothes he had pulled out. "Seriously, Jungkook, what are you planning?" I asked, noticing that the clothes he had pulled out followed no theme. He stopped rummaging and turned to look at the pile of clothes and then at me. "I don't know." I almost melted at how cute he was in this moment. "Aw, koo. Don't think too hard about it, we could go get snacks at a convenience store, and I'd think that was the best date ever." he seemed to look a little less stressed, but still stressed at the same time. "I'm not taking you to a convenience store; that would be a bad date." I rolled my eyes and shook my head since I thought that wasn't a half bad idea, it's close to the house, no one ever goes to the one by our house, and it's open all the time, so it could be a late night date. "Don't look at me like that, we're going to do something that I classify as an actual date," he muttered while digging through the pile of clothes. Eventually, he gave up and started putting my clothes back in my closet with a disappointed look on his face. "You have a lot of clothes, but it's just not what I had in mind," he said as he finished putting the last of my clothes back in my closet. "Let's go back in the living room," I said as I grabbed his hand to guide him back into the living room, where we lay down next to each other, waiting for the other members to wake up.