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Chapter 5

"B-boyfriend?" Jimin wondered. His face got so hot, it felt like it was burning.

Jimin stared at his hand. He was holding Jungkook's hand. Or rather, Jungkook was holding his hand.

Blood was pumping through his veins vigorously as Jimin tried to calm down his breathing, even though he had failed miserably to do so.

Jungkook dragged Jimin out of the library, and found a bench to sit down. He took a while to catch his breath and smiled brightly at Jimin.

"Thanks, I needed the strength from you to tell Hyunjae off and get her away from me. Also, I didn't know you could speak so sarcastically, I like it." Jungkook let go of Jimin's hand and laughed.

"Mhm.." Jimin didn't know what to say. Was Jungkook not going to talk the whole boyfriend thing?

"So, about t-the b-boyfriend thing?" Jimin asked awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.

    "Well, I can be your boyfriend in real life if you want." Jungkook laughed, and Jimin's face instantly turned lobster-red.

    "N-no! That's not what I meant! I'm just asking if it's.. uh.. just a joke?" Jimin stammered.

    "Only if you want it to be."

"I-I want it to be a joke!" Jimin lied, feeling heat from his embarrassment rise up to his face.

"Then it would be a joke, for now."

'For now'? What does that even mean?!
Jimin sat there silently, deciding not to question Jungkook any further. He simply swung his legs and looked at the ground, the awkward silence making him uncomfortable.

"Hmmmmm," Jungkook hummed as he looked at his watch.

"It's still early, why not we hang out for a bit? You can take it as a belated birthday present from me. Let's go have some fun."

"B-but it's been 2 days since I studied!" Jimin was using it as an excuse. He just didn't want to hang out with Jungkook. It was something he himself didn't understand, but one thing for sure was that he didn't want to faint.

"So did I. She didn't give me any peace at all for the past two days, y'know."

"Anyway, if you ever fail a subject, come to me and I'll tutor you personally, one to one, how does that sound? I'm pretty good at all my subjects so I'm sure you would pass with flying colors if I tutor you."

   "Uhhhhhh.." Jimin trailed off, not knowing what to reply. His face was far too red to go unnoticeable at this time, so he just decided to hang his head down and stare at the ground again.

"So, shall we go?" Jungkook asked.

"To?"

"Let's go and have lunch, shall we?"

"But I'm in my school uniform.. I don't feel comfortable with it." Jimin tried to make up another excuse.

"Right, lets go get you some clothes first then."

"What?"

"Exactly what I just said, let's go."

Jungkook brought Jimin to a nearby clothing shop. He browsed around before picking a black and red stripes long sleeved shirt for Jimin. He threw the clothing onto Jimin's arms.

"Ask the staff to help cut off the tag and go change into that, I'll pay for it."

"What?"

"Exactly what I just said, why do you keep saying 'what'? It's not that expensive, I can afford it."

"O-okay."

And so was Jungkook and Jimin out of the shop. Before that, both were wearing uniforms, but after that, one was wearing a white T-shirt while another was wearing a black and red striped shirt.

  "Now that I think about it, why do you always wear white shirts? And uh, thanks for the free shirt.."

   "Why not? it's easier to take off." Jungkook replied.

Jimin's face turned bright red imagining Jungkook with his shirt off.

  "Now, lets go and eat! I'm starving!" Jungkook said as they both went in search for a restaurant.

   "And so we end up on the same exact bench, drinking bubble tea?"  Jimin laughed.

   "Not my fault that there were so many people having lunch at 3 pm." Jungkook sipped on his bubble tea.

  "Mhm."

  "Hey, let's get to know each other by asking each other questions." Jungkook said.

   "What, no, why?"

  "Because it won't make conversations awkward while we are drinking."

   Jimin thought for a while.

   "Alright."

"I'll start. First question, who did you have a sleepover with?" Jungkook asked.

   "Uhm, Taehyung."

    "Who?"

"My best friend."

"Ah.."

   "Uhm my turn, what do you dislike the most at the moment ?"

   "I'll say Hyunjae. But since it's a what and not a who, I'll say her stubborn and rude personality."

    Jimin swallowed.

    "Oh."

   He really hates people who are easily infatuated, stubborn, and rude huh?

    "What's your sexuality?" It was Jungkook's turn to ask a question.

    Jimin spitted out the bubble tea he was drinking and started coughing loudly.

     "Pardon?"

     He was so caught off guard by the question he technically panicked.

   "What's your sexuality?" He repeated.

    "Uh, what's yours first?" Jimin's mind was a blank.

     "I'm bisexual" Jungkook answers, smiling at Jimin.

     "Ah.. Uh... me too! Wow! Look at the time, I really need to go feed my goldfish now, thanks for the birthday present, I'll treasure it, bye!" Jimin lied, panicked, and quickly left.

    "Pftttt" Jungkook chuckled.

    "Cute."

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