Behind The Scenes: Book Two || Jihope

XIV: One Friend

Park Jimin had a bubbly and sparkling personality that he considered to be one of his best traits. He was playful and cheerful and he loved to smile. He had a lot of qualities and he also had tons of defects. One of them being the fact that he was a rather fearful person. Jimin is scared of a lot of things. He feels scared of heights, scared of ghosts, scared of monsters and scared of being left alone. However, one of his biggest fears was to disappoint his members and even worse, dissapoint himself. That is why as he waited in line to be weighed for his profile description, his knees started to tremble. He knew he had lost weight but the representatives might think that it was not enough. They might think he was still overweight and that would mean that all his hard work had been for nothing.

"Calm down, sweetheart" Hoseok whispered from behind, carefully setting a hand on the younger's shoulder. He had for sure noticed how tense Jimin was. It had been a few days since the trip to Macao and the same days since they officially started dating. If he was honest, this was the happiest Jimin had been in a long while. He loved Hoseok and he loved how the older would always kiss him, take care of him and hug him. Jimin loved the nights they stayed up talking and laughing together and he also loved the short periods of time they used to show their love to one another during their days. He loved the way Hobi would always make him feel safe, even if it was not particularly working at the moment.

When Suga stepped onto the scale, Jimin became more anxious. He was next. "You've gained weight, Yoongi" the representative said sternly "Let's try to lose at least five pounds before the trip to the US, okay? I will send you diet details this afternoon" he spoke with Yoongi only nodding in response. Poor Suga. Jimin thought to himself. Just the previous day he had gotten in trouble for having disrespected a US associate and now he was going to be sent into diet. Jimin hoped his hyung was feeling alright. He saw the rapper stepping out of the scale and the representative calling for him. Jimin felt the exact same nerves he usually feels before performing on stage. He stepped onto the metalic box as lightly as possible, not even breathing so that air didn't add any unnecessary weight to him.

"Fifty seven kilograms" the guy in front of him spoke. "You've lost almost eight kilograms since last measurements. You are a little underweight" the elegant male continued making Jimin flinch. Underweight? How could that be? He could still see the rolls in his abdomen whenever he sat, he could still see his cheecks being chubby not to mention that the fat under his chin that was also still there. He still had a long way to go. He could not be underweight! "I will also send you diet details this afternoon. You need gain a little weight" the representative said kindly but Jimin felt his world crumble. He didn't want to gain any weight, it had been hard to lose those pounds. He didn't want them back. Ever!

Jimin stepped out from the scale and ran to hug Jungkook. The maknae hugged him back, clearly thinking that it was just a show of affection but truth was that Jimin had gone hide himself in Kookie's arms because he felt afraid. Not long passed until Hoseok also stepped out of the scale having received great comments from representative, no need to lose or gain weight, it seemed like he was in perfect shape. The older quiclky approached Kookie who still had Jimin trapped in his arms. Upon feeling Hobi's soft fingers pressing against his face, Jimin quickly let go of the youngest and turned to Hoseok with red cheeks. "I don't want to recover any weight" Jimin complained with his head buried in Hoseok's shoulder. Hoseok wanted to tell Jimin that he didn't have to do anything he didn't want to but reality was different.

Since their trainee days, they have had to do many things they didn't want. Whether it was staying up all night practicing or eating nothing but chicken breast for a long period of time, they sometimes had to surrender to what they were instructed. It was hard because of their idol status, but the truth is that every single person in the world sometimes has to do something they don't really want to do. That's just a part of life. Hobi stroked Jimin's golden hair. "It's alright, Jiminie" he spoke feeling Jimin's arms dropping to his lower back. Hoseok wanted to kiss the younger so badly right now but he couldn't. They hadn't told the members about their relationship yet. They have plans of telling them, of course, but they just didn't know when.