phone calls ↭ m.yg × p.jm ↭ discontinued

twelve.

(tapping)

(ringing)

(stutter) hello?

jimin, hey!

are you free?

can we talk?

(startled) oh, sure... what is it?

no, i mean, let's just talk and all. like yesterday.

oh, sure, hyung... (failed enthusiasm, followed by an attempt of confidence) ...umm... what do you wanna talk about?

(slight shock) oh. um... let's see... how about we start with you?

(stutter) me... um. okay... but if you wanna start with you, i'm fine with it too, hyung!

oh, no, that's fine. i'd like to know more about you.

(slight surprise, stutter) why?

what?

why do you wanna know more about me? like i said, i'm not really that interesting...

well, i think you are interesting.

ahh. never mind me, jiminie. i'd just like to know more about you, okay?

(whisper) okay...

oh, wait a second. umㅡ

 ...what is it, hyung?

does the nickname bother you?

(confused) huh?

the nickname 'jiminie,' i mean. just a thought. if it bothers you, i'll gladly stop.

(clearly touched by the sudden concern) no, no, it's fine. but... thanks for asking. and forㅡ um, giving me the nickname? nobody's ever called me anything besides jimin...

(you can tell he's smiling) i'm glad to be the first, then. honestly though, the nickname kinda fits you. it's cute, you're cute, and...

(interrupts) you think i'mㅡ

  (silence)

...jimin?

(slight amusement) did i give you a heart attack or something?

(faint, hard knocks in the background) uh, hyung. i, um, have to go.

wait, what'sㅡ

(crashing sound in the background)

(stutter) i'm sorry, hyung.

(abrupt end call)

(mutter to self) ...jimin...