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VI

____Park Jimin____

Present day. 11:30AM

"Oh you again.."
I felt uncomfortable under his heavy gaze as he kind of examined my face. Well, most of the people in the cramped up lobby of the store did.

"You seem to have a lot of...bruises on your face?" The tall male from the bookstore asked, one eyebrow of his quirking up.

"Well, I got into a fight?", I chuckled nervously as I hope he's not going to ask for a reason.

"Oh, take care then. Anyways, how can I help you?" It was only after a few minutes of talking that I noticed how much of a beautiful person Taehyung, the said male's name, was. He was quite friendly and outgoing unlike his reserved behaviour a few days back.

"As I was saying, Seokjin hyung is like always flustered when he sees him! Like for instance, he even let me be the cashier!! Like that's SOMETHING!"

We both hid behind the bookshelf, which was nearest to the cashier table and waited for the chime of the doorbell.

It was so damn difficult to hide ourselves and our laughter at the same time, like Jin looked like as if he was the pink pony from My Little Pony. Like so so so flustered and red.Or pink.

"It's kind of you to provide this 'library service'...I mean, I would be so broke if I had not stopped by here! Thank you so much hyung!" A tall, or rather, very tall male with black rimmed glasses and fluorescent pink hair, scratched his head and spoke, his gestures portraying how nervous he was.

"Ah..no..it's okay..I mean, you are welcome!"

"Gosh he is so whipped", Taehyung remarked, tears already slipping from his eyes as he controlled his laughter.

"His name is Namjoon actually.."

"Oh..."

We caught up together the very next day, a copy of The Alchemist in my hand, as we stopped by a coffee shop.

"As I was saying, it was an off-campus day, and I'm tired of like roaming with my camera like MY LEFT ARM FREAKING HURTS YOU KNOW!" I exclaimed, amd I could hear his deep chuckles resonating in our secluded coffee table.

"You major in photography?"
He asked, his eyes glinting.

"Well duh."

"Cool."
"Everything is cool about me!"

"As if. Your height and knowledge about Jinny and his angel tells a different story."

"Atleast I don't stalk my boss!"

"IM NAWT A STALWFKERR"
I stuffed a piece of crepe in his and we laughed together as if it was going to be our last time together.

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"You are an artist, right?"

"Jiminie give me that bottle too!!!!!!!!!!" Taehyung whined, at one point even making grabby hands.

"Hopeless."

They continued to drink, atleast until they passed out, with giggles echoing through Taehyung's cramped living room, and with him being a lightweight and a deep sleeper, Jimin could finally sneak and take a glance at his paintings.

And his breath hitched. Because they were beautiful indeed, very precious to look at. He could understand every nook and corner of the paint spread out on the canvas, not just because it was painted with emotions, but because he remembered breathing in that place, his eyes taking in the silence, his eyes hopefully. He had been there. 

I want to just lie down and sleep...
He mentally slapped himself and somehow successfully took a picture of it, he had to talk  with his new friend, who somehow recreated the same vivid beauty near the hills just like Jeon Jungkook.

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The following morning turned out to be full of cussing and mourning, due to the after effects of the cheap beer we had.

Taehyung hastily covers his paintings and of course, tries to cook something decent for Jimin. Whilst having breakfast, Jimin suddenly stares at Taehyung wide eyed.

 "What happened?"

"I just realised.."

"Mhmmm?YOU ARE SCARING ME YOU MIDGET!"

"We are friends!"He exclaimed .

"You literally just got enlightened by the fact that someone like me is your friend...must be shocking"

The thing up about friendships like these is that none of them know about each other's past, it's more like a desired ignorance to things which make each other feel uneasy. Such friendships are to be cherished and Taehyung learnt this when Jimin and him talked to him about how food always beats people when it comes to relationships. 

"Busan?"

"Yup. My dialect is like am-"

" You'd be knowing Dalmaji hills right?"

"Of course, in fact someone close to me was living there." Jimin murdered. Both of them shared a moment of awkward silence.

"I feel bad for the pizza with which you had a one night stand with." Taehyung remarked, and there we go, a catastrophic fight began.