CARNIVAL ; rewritten

0.4

⠀⠀the height and age of a person had little to no correlation. height wasn't a stable variable and more likely than not, at an inconsistent rate, increases over time. although since the pattern of growth varied from one individual to another so that theory didn't always apply. sometimes people just stop growing, whether it be at age 12 or 21, their body was somehow satisfied with their height and just stopped growing. of course there was a more scientific way of explaining it and of course yoongi had no idea what it was, it wasn't like he had constantly searched up 'why am i short when all of my friends are tall?' or, 'natural tips to become taller,' on the internet, it definitely wasn't like that.

⠀⠀yoongi knew all the troubles of being considered short for his age but seemed to forget that he wasn't the only person in the world to be 5'9" in a world of 5'11" giants. of course his 'world' was considered to be his shared apartment and the 5'11" giant was none other than kim namjoon but, that was besides the point.

⠀⠀the point was that yoongi had made the mistake of thinking that the tall, attractive, university student in front of him was the 'same age as him' one seokjin had recommended to him.

⠀⠀he wasn't.

⠀⠀"seokjin should have been more specific," yoongi mumbled to himself as he looked at the shorter one who he now knew was jimin. namjoon patted yoongi's back to comfort him during this incredibly embarrassing mistake but yoongi shied away from his touch, a disgusted look on his face. "don't touch me ugly," he said, forgetting that there were others around them. jimin and jungkook seemed a bit taken back by his choice of words.

⠀⠀"feisty isn't he," namjoon said to jimin and jungkook, both smiled ever so slightly in response. "let's start over with the introductions since my roommate here seems to be having a problem," yoongi hit namjoon in the side with his elbow sharply causing him to wince. after a bit of overreacting and playful banter, namjoon motioned for jimin to start.

⠀⠀"hello, i'm park jimin, i'll be living next to you for a while," jimin said with a small smile and a bow towards yoongi, yoongi tried to remain unbothered by his earlier mistake as he bowed back politely. "i know i'm kind of short but i'm the older one, you'd understand my troubles right,"

⠀⠀"nice to meet you," yoongi said, ignoring the comment about his obviously height impaired self. the next to speak up was jungkook.

⠀⠀"hello, i'm jeon jungkook, let's enjoy our time living near each other," jungkook said with a cute smile as he bowed. yoongi told himself to void any attraction he had felt towards the giant but there was something about his smile. yoongi felt something hit his side, namjoon's elbow, and at this point he realized that he had been staring at jungkook and forgot to bow back. finally he bowed back politely and faced the two, masking any embarrassment he felt.

⠀⠀"welcome to the floor," was all yoongi said before the audience, also known as his fellow floor mates, began to converse again. as everyone began laughing and enjoying themselves with the newcomer's, yoongi slipped out of the group and went towards the staircase. opening the door, yoongi looked behind himself once more before leaving through it, heading up the stairs.

⠀⠀"that was so embarrassing ugh," yoongi complained to himself as he trudged up the stairs. "now they're my neighbors, ah am i really this unlucky?"

⠀⠀amidst his ranting, yoongi didn't hear the stairwell door open and someone enter the stairwell.

⠀⠀"i know i'm kind of short but i'm the older one, you'd understand my troubles right," yoongi said, mocking jimin's voice as he quoted his statement, "who does he think he is, saying that to someone he just met, how rude," yoongi grumbled as he made it up his first flight. "he think's just because he's kind of cute he can just say whatever he want's, smile, and everything will be alright? not on my watch," yoongi said before he turned around to start on his second flight of stairs. "i can't believe seokjin wanted to set me up with him," yoongi said as he took his first step on the second staircase, only to lock eyes with an individual on the staircase he was just on. yoongi stumbled back, tripped on his own feet, and stopped breathing all in just a few seconds. "j-jimin," he squeaked out before beginning to process the situation.

⠀⠀"i didn't mean to eavesdrop but i never got to make my presence known so," jimin said shyly. yoongi could barely believe his eyes. why was jimin, of all people, standing there? how long had he been standing there? in situations like this, yoongi only had two options: fight or flight?

⠀⠀in one scenario, yoongi could just run up the rest of the stairs to the roof and completely escape the situation. there was a slight chance that jimin would just follow him anyway but yoongi hoped that he'd just let him leave because yoongi had already embarrassed himself enough.

⠀⠀in another scenario, yoongi would yell at jimin for not saying anything and make a big unecesary scene in the staircase to try and hide his embarrassment from the multitude of incidents today. there was a chance in this scenario that jimin might argue back and yoongi might say something he might regret.

⠀⠀while both scenarios would work, yoongi went with the flight response. yoongi, in the blink of an eye, got up and started to run up the stairs. he could hear jimin calling after him but he just continued to run until he reached the roof entrance. without looking behind himself, yoongi opened the roof access door and stepped onto the roof.

⠀⠀an instantaneous feeling of calm washed over yoongi upon stepping onto the roof. it felt as if all his problems had just blown away and the day was just like any other. yoongi quickly made his way toward the ledge of the roof as sat on it, his feet dangling above the ground he was just standing on. he took a deep breath and took in his surroundings, nothing that had happened seemed as bad anymore. yoongi loved the roof for this reason, he loved it for the

⠀⠀this calm feeling was unfortunately shattered by the roof door bursting open and a very out of breath jimin rushed onto the roof.

⠀⠀"yoongi," jimin panted, as he hunched over, his hands on his knees as he attempted to catch his breath. for a second yoongi just considered jumping right off the building, ending it all right there would be easier than having a painfully awkward conversation with jimin, someone he'd just ranted about. yoongi just stared off the edge of the building at the ground below, not realizing that jimin had finally caught his breath and was now coming towards him. "yoongi," jimin said again, this time he was right in front of yoongi.

⠀⠀yoongi jumped ever so slightly, his attention turning from the ground below to the boy in front of him. he didn't say anything but as soon as he made eye contact with jimin, yoongi averted his eyes. what was he supposed to say to someone he had just talked about.

⠀⠀"if it's any constellation," jimin began.

⠀⠀yoongi was not at all expecting him to say what he said next.

⠀⠀"you're pretty good at mimicking my voice,"
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i hope you all enjoyed this update and i promise the next two chapter update will not take as long as this one did, i'm so excited to publish these chapters because i love hearing about how excited you were to see that i updated and things like that, idk i'm a sucker for those types of things and it really makes me want to write more and more. i really really love you all and if you ever wanna talk for get to know me, my messages are always open and you can definitely reach me from the comments here. thank you fro reading, if you enjoyed show your appreciation by faving, commenting, even sharing, anything is appreciated!
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