study with me ✎ m.yg x p.jm

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when we walked into the restaurant, the first thing my eyes landed on was the host, who was talking to painfully familiar faces.

"hyungs, i'm working. i can't join you." jungkook laughed.

"come on! let us talk to your manager, we'll get him to let you off your shift." hoseok offers.

"no, i need the money, hyung. i can walk past and chat when i'm free." he shoos, looking behind hoseok and taehyung to jimin and i. "jiminie hyung! yoongi hyung!"

he greeted us with enthusiasm, making hobi and tae look back at us and let of each other's hands in a panic. we did the same instinctively as their eyes landed on us.

"hi jungkookie." jimin smiled.

i look at hoseok, making sure his eyes catch mine before i flick them over to taehyung and back quickly. he looks down and blushes, and everyone looks as us confused as i laugh quietly.

"what brings you two here?" jungkook leans on his podium happily.

jimin hesitated. "i-i'm taking yoongi out."

jungkook's jaw dropped. "really?"

"y-yeah." he said quieter, grabbing my hand and intertwining our fingers for them to observe. hoseok and tae smile freakishly on the sidelines, whispering things among 'fuck, that's so cute' to each other not so quietly.

"aw, that's nice." he shows his bunny-like smile and looks down at the screen behind the small podium. "so, table or hibachi? since you guys can't sit at the bar."

"hibachi." jimin said, his voice less shaky now.

"alright, follow me." he tapped the screen a few times then walked us over to a table cut off in the middle, a grill taking up a majority of the counter space.

"hey! shouldn't we get seated first?" tae called out.

jungkook just flipped tae off, making the bartender chuckle.

"do you want those two here or do you guys wanna be alone tonight?" jungkook asks as we sit down.

"i don't care." jimin says and i nod in agreement.

"if they want."

jungkook walks back to them, laughing at whatever they said before bringing them to our table.

"so," they sit down next tot us. "you two are public?" hoseok asks.

"to friends." i confirm. "i don't want to be out at school again, we both know what happened last time word got out about there being a guy into guys at school."

hoseok scoffs. "yeah, i feel you."

"so, i see you got the confidence to ask tae out." i gesture to taehyung, not caring that he was there and staring between my hand and i.

"pfft, no. he overheard me talking about him to ann, so he confronted me about it later. one thing led to another and yeah. you don't want details." hoseok laughs.

"nasties!" jimin laughs.

"no! no, not that. we just made out in the boys' bathroom." taehyung confirms, with no shame.

a waitress comes over, notepad and pen in hand. "hello, guys. can i get you some drinks?" she asks with a smile.

we all get sodas, and go back to chatting.

"so yoongi, jimin's taking you out, right?" hoseok raises his eyebrow and i become suspicious.

"yes..." i say uneasily. what is he getting at?