strawberries & cigarettes ; yoonmin

twenty

~unedited~

Jimin can't believe he's late to school once again, except this time it's not from taking to long in the shower.

He woke up this morning to some text from Yoongi, who he finally gave his number, and his grandmother beating on his door for his attention.

Yoongi<3:
dinner tonight?

He smiles though at the memory of last night, but damn he over slept because of it. Grandma Park didn't realize he was asleep still until he didn't come down at his normal time. By the time she woke him he only had a total of 10 minutes to both change and run to school. He cries out in pain as he fastens his pace once the school comes into view. He grips the entrance door which is thankfully unlocked again.

His phone buzzes in his pocket.

"Taehyung" he wishes to whine but instead breathes harshly into the phone, "Frick I overslept".

"Figures since it rain yesterday" Taehyung sighs, "Mrs. Kim isn't here yet but I'd recommend running".

"Like I'm not already?!"

A few students still remaining in the halls side eye him. He rolls his eyes before speaking again, "see you in homeroom".

He taps end call before shoving his phone deep into his school uniform pocket. The good thing that he's realized about school uniforms is that they save you time in the mornings. All together though- it's a pretty shitty.

He giggles at the bad words in his vocabulary today, possibly because he's been hanging around Yoongi so much lately.

Somuchtothepointheslatetoschool.

He whines loudly before lazily climbing the stairs. But smiles large as the classroom door comes into his peripheral. He slows in pace as his hand finally reaches the knob, moving into the class at a normal speed. He doesn't miss the chuckle coming from the back of the class as he swerves through the isles to sit next to Taehyung.

The younger has a hand over his mouth and other flipping through pages of his textbook.

The bell decides to ring just then and Jimin flops into his seat exhausted. He side eyes Taehyung who is still horribly attempting to cover his smile.

He rolls his eyes before pulling his phone out of his pocket and taps on the screen.

Pretty Boy:
yes

****

"Jiminie was late for the first time in awhile" Taehyung smiles as the three friends sit at lunch, "when was the last time anyways?"

Jimins smile dulls as he tries to remember exactly when the last time he was tardy, and his eyes widen as he realizes. It was when things were falling apart from over a month ago right before summer break. He had overslept from crying that night at news of Jungkook's parents trial.

Both Hoseok and Taehyung seem to be struggling to remember.

"Who knows" Jimin shrugs, "sorry guys I don't want to spend all lunch period remembering my morning struggles".

The group begins to chuckle at Jimin's humor. He pulls a fake smile for the first time in a few days, he thought things were getting better. He's so stupid, so foolish for assuming he was already over Jungkook leaving. But he smiles anyways seeing as his friends are getting better and he should help them instead of being a downer. Maybe if he's happy they will learn to be happy too?

"I think I'm gonna head to the rooftop" he offers a weak smile at the younger across from him.

"Why it's raining?" Hoseoks voice comes from his left.

"I like the rain remember?" Jimin stands.

"Yeah but not standing in it?" Taehyung cocks an eyebrow, "won't your grandmother be angry?"

"Guys I'm not going to stand in it" he giggles, yeah he's going to see Yoongi.

"Oh okay" Hoseok nods before eyeing Jimins tray.

"Have it" he smiles for real this time before waving goodbye to the pair and dashing to the stairwell. He can hear the pair whispering curiously behind him, making his heart ache. The fake smile is still on his lips as he climbs the steps to the large exit door. He flips off the 'do not exit' sign before pulling the heavy door open and-

Someone takes a hold of his wrist.

"Jimin I know you like the rain but you'll get sic-" the older is cut off as Jimin tangles his arms around Yoongis neck. He buries his face into the latter's shoulder, blinking back tears.

Fuck he came crying to Yoongi, such a fucking idiot.

"Why are you crying" Yoongi cringes as the heavy door clanks shut and echoes through the stairwell.

"I wanna go home" Jimin mutters into the olders shoulder completely avoiding the question. Yoongis eyebrows furrow at the youngers response and his grip loosens as he attempts to pull the younger away so he can look at his face.

When he fails to do so he instead lefts his right hand and grips the youngers chin and pulls his face off his shoulder. He tilts the younger's head to look him straight in the eye.

"Jimin-"

"Yoongi please just take me home" he whispers, refusing to look into the olders eyes.

"Tell me why" the older demands.

Jimin refuses shaking his head, he can't bring himself to talk about Jungkook. He doesn't even know why it hurts so bad- he talked to the younger not even that long ago for his birthday- does he really just miss him that much? He and Jungkook weren't even as close as the younger and Hoseok. And he's not the one with the crush on him? Why does it hurt so bad?

"Jimin you shouldn't skip class" Yoongi sighs.

And Jimins eyebrows furrow, he always thought Yoongi was on his side and now- now the olders telling him to go to class? He never questions the older why he isn't at class?! What a fucking hypocrite.

"You're a fucking hypocrite" Jimin eyes narrow at the older as he slaps Yoongis hand away from his chin and backs away from the older entirely. "You're telling me I should go to class? You don't even fucking go to class Yoongi?!"

The older stares bewildered the the smaller boy in front of him clearly frustrated, and he doesn't even know why?! "You're not even giving me a reason to let you leave" the older growls, "I shouldn't take you home just because you want to".

Jimin knows he gets scary when he's angry and he knows how close he is to just seeing all red. The person he trusted isn't even trusting him? And he's being so hypocritical about it-

"You don't give me a reason for why you leave?!" Jimin shouts back, lucky the all his classmates and teachers are at lunch break or else someone would be stomping up the stairs at how loud he just shouted. "I never see you in class- sometimes for days a time? What's your reason huh?!"

Yoongi shuts up not knowing how to answer that.

"Is it's just because you want to huh?" Jimins heart is beating out of control, he hates fighting so much. "Everybody has a reason Yoongi- I don't even know yours?! I don't believe that bad boy act for a second! You're smart enough to be in those classes yet- yet you skip them and I don't question you for it? W-why do you want to look like a bad person?"

And as Yoongis lips part the bell rings signaling class needs to resume. He seals them shut as quickly as they parted as he watches the irate Jimin step towards the stairwell, "Im going to class. Maybe you should too".

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I have more written but- that shitty cliff hanger tho...