divine ; yoonmin

act 4, scene 2

act 4, scene 2
you're still pretty

AS soon as jimin found the willow trees and the pond beyond them, the animals that were merrily trotting around all scurried away.

the faint sound of water slushing against the horsetails sounded, and a fierce determination settled in jimin's small body like contained fire.

"min yoongi," his voice occupied the now empty space. he sounded harsh and authoritative, like he wanted. a few small rabbits scampered back into their burrows and a frog leapt off it's place on a lily pad, diving into the water below.

jimin stepped closer towards the body of water, the tips of his shoes almost touching the bank. "i know you're there," jimin's eyes pierced into the tall shoots of green springing from the pond, gazing into the darkness the thickness created.

a few lotus flowers floated from beyond them. placed on each flower was a brightly colored tree frog. jimin took a step back, wondering if any of them were poisonous.

"yoongi," he softened his voice in hopes that this would gain the older's trust, "please come out."

there was more evident movement beyond the horsetails this time around, yoongi making his presence known. the plants swayed, but he never showed himself.

silence broke out after the plants had settled back into their previous state. the lotus flowers stopped coming and the tree frogs never moved from their place.

"i'm nude again." yoongi's gruff voice broke the dead air.

the faintest shade of pink danced across jimin's nose bridge and the apple's of his cheeks. sensing what yoongi was hinting at, jimin tore his unwavering stare from the pond and directed it towards the draping branches of the willow trees.

he listened intently to the splashing of the water and the way it sounded when yoongi walked in it; like there was a path being cleared for him.

jimin knew the male stood in front of him when the looming sense of another presence sat heavy on his shoulders. the coolness of yoongi's skin from being in the water was also a factor. it also told jimin that the male was standing alarmingly close to him.

"you can look at me you know." yoongi said, taking it into his own liberty to firmly take jimin's jaw in his hand and bring his gaze forward.

their noses were practically touching, their breaths ghosting over each other's lips.

"you're still very pretty, even though you saddened me." yoongi whispered in a way that made it seem as if he were in a daze. he brought a finger up to lightly sweep across the barely noticeable freckles on jimin's cheeks.

the small gasp that came from the younger is what seemed to snap yoongi out of his trance. he immediately brought his hand back down to his side and gave jimin a harsh glare. "why are you here." he demanded.

jimin didn't necessarily have an answer. he was asking himself why he was even coming back the entire venture here. he had no idea how yoongi would react, but for some reason, he felt the need to be around him.

"you're not going to eat me, are you?" jimin sheepishly asked, hoping yoongi would recognize the slight joking tone he used to make light of the situation.

"non-human diet. mainly fish. question avoided." yoongi rattled off eerily.

jimin watched a droplet of water that cling onto yoongi's dark eyelashes as well as the other various sized droplets that decorated his hair like beads. "you're pretty too." jimin noted, eyes falling back down to yoongi's.

he cleared his throat and looked away, but caught the blush yoongi began to sport on his own face. "i've never been complimented before. that is a nice feeling right here," yoongi tapped at his chest over the place his heart resides.

"i feel so terrible for making you feel sad," jimin said guilty. his voice was small and he was still looking at the trees behind yoongi, unable to look directly at the naked boy he was apologizing to. "i was just completely overwhelmed and confused. one minute snaketopus was drowning me and the next some random boy who i named was calling me names."

yoongi watched intently as jimin spoke. his eyes darted from how the boy's cheeks moved when he talked, to how his eyes expressed everything he was saying, and to his lips that shaped his every word.

he was so engrossed in this that he didn't care much for the apology. jimin coming back for him made yoongi forgive the younger anyway.

"-and you have a fucking tail!" yoongi only caught the end of jimin's rambling, but his ears perked up at the information.

he nodded as if having a tail and wings were normal every day things, whereas jimin's soul almost left his body due to how incredulous he felt.

"you still want to know what i am, don't you?" a knowing smile crept across yoongi's face.

for a moment, only a moment, hesitation hindered jimin from nodding. but the look of thrill that burned brightly in yoongi's dark eyes is what caused the unknowing boy to decide what he ultimately wanted.

"i do." jimin spoke in a whisper, not sure if what he had gotten himself into.

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