My Sister's boyfriend

chapter 5: In Which Yoongi And Jimin Are Friends

After that time in his room Jimin comes to hang out with Yoongi relatively often considering he should know when Hani isn't home, but Yoongi can't find it within himself to complain. Sometimes they go out and get coffee, or they stay in and play video games, board games, or just hang out and talk in Yoongi's room. It should alarm Yoongi how used he is to Jimin's presence, how Jimin is becoming an even bigger part of his life than he was when they were partners and that he doesn't feel any different about him now. It should worry him that he's this attached to one of Hani's boyfriends, knowing that if they break up he will have to be on her side and sever all ties with Jimin. It should worry him that he spends so much time with Hani's boyfriend and wants to kiss him approximately 100% of the time, but Yoongi can't bring himself to distance himself from the kid.
But then again its always Jimin who finds Yoongi; shows up at his door, grinning from ear to ear. Yoongi tries to respect the kid's boundaries but he's never the one to seek out Jimin's company in the first place. If Yoongi really wanted to he could end his and Jimin's unorthodox relationship, tell Jimin no for once and close his door. Yoongi could do exactly what he did before; gradually let Jimin fall out of his life. He could, but he doesn't want to.
Sometimes he'll dream about Jimin. Most of the time its just him, Jimin and Hani hanging out together like they do in real life. But sometimes it just him and Jimin, sharing coffee, words and kisses. It's always got a surreal quality to it. Jimin tastes like candy in his dreams, moves in sync with Yoongi, laughter always at the tip of his tongue, laughter Yoongi can taste. But it doesn't last because eventually Yoongi wakes up and groans into his pillow annoyed with how ridiculous and pathetic those dreams make him feel. It keeps happening to him and every time when he wakes up Yoongi wants to throw up.
This morning it goes a little differently; there's a weight on Yoongi's legs. Yoongi is still hazy from sleep and halfway between dream and reality. To Yoongi everything that his mind processes just confuses him more (even more than when he's awake). Yoongi comes to the vague realization that someone is leering down at him from above him, someone with bright red hair. Yoongi blinks lazily as a face comes into focus, a face that is about ten inches away from his face. It's such a familiar and beautiful face, Yoongi smiles sluggishly. It's Jimin. Yoongi's eyes drift to land on Jimin's lips, so pretty, so kissable. His eyes flutter shut.
Jimin practically jumps off of Yoongi like he's on fire, kicking Yoongi in the process and managing to wake Yoongi up the rest of the way. Yoongi sits himself up and squints at Jimin, scratching the back of his head. He's still sleepy enough to not register the way Jimin is determinedly not looking at him, or be at all embarrassed that his immediate response to having Jimin be ten inches away was to close his eyes and wait for Jimin to kiss him.
“Why the hell did you wake me you twerp.” Yoongi yawns.
Jimin seems to recover a bit, he smiles shyly, “Hani wasn't here but you were asleep... It's one in the afternoon.”
“Meh, I have today off.” Yoongi says simply, he fluffs his pillow and lays back down on it looking at Jimin sideways.
“What! You can't go back to sleep!” Jimin exclaims tugging the pillow out from under Yoongi's head.
Yoongi sits up to scowl at Jimin, “Kid, you are gonna be the death of me.” he tells Jimin seriously.
. . .
It would have been nice had that been the only close encounter that Yoongi had had with Jimin but alas it had only been the first.
Yoongi is going to see his father for the first time about a year, his mother had divorced him over 15 years ago but that man still insisted on his yearly dinners with the family. To be fair to his father he did pay most of their household income in alimony but that does not mean Yoongi has to enjoy their time together, it just means he has to be relatively pleasant and polite until the dinner is over.
It also means he has to wear a suit. Yoongi didn't really mind wearing suits; they always make him feel dapper. The problem is that he is fundamentally a sloth and putting on a suit is just too much effort at once for something Yoongi does not even want to do. He always keeps the knot in his tie so that he would seldom have to go through the motions of actually tying it, but now that Yoongi is all dressed up he finds himself staring at the evidently very untied tie in his hands. He sighs and slings the tie around his neck to deal with later and exits his room.
He meets Jimin in the living room, already in his own full suit. Jimin is coming to the dinner this year; Yoongi's father had insisted on meeting the boy Hani had been dating for the last few months. Jimin is wearing a plain black suit, making his bright red hair stand out even more than usual. The sight takes Yoongi's breath away; Jimin looks so absolutely incredible and the way that he's smiling brilliantly at Yoongi isn't helping Yoongi remember to breathe.
“Nice tie.” Jimin laughs and Yoongi feels his face heat up.
“It's all the rage in America to do it this way.” Yoongi replies and Jimin's grin gets broader, Yoongi feels his own shy smile mirror Jimin's.
“Well this isn't America, is it?” Jimin says as he approaches Yoongi confidentially and takes his tie from he shoulders, “Here, at least I know how to tie a tie.” Without further prompt Jimin gets to work on Yoongi's tie. Jimin is very close, too close. Everywhere that Jimin touches tingles long after his fingers have moved on, Yoongi finds he has to concentrate on breathing and when Jimin leans closer in concentration Yoongi's breath catches in his throat. It's very hard to act casual when Jimin is this close to his face. Every part of Yoongi's body is screeching at him to kiss Jimin, and Yoongi's eyes flicker awkwardly around the room, looking for anything that isn't Jimin but he always finds his gaze landing back on Jimin's mouth.
Get it together, Yoongi.
Thankfully Jimin doesn't seem to notice, and after a few minutes of Yoongi concentrating on keeping his breathing quiet Jimin finishes with the tie. “Ah! You're so handsome, handsome!” Jimin says tightening Yoongi's tie for him and then working on Yoongi's collar.
Yoongi softly pushes him off, “Dude, personal space.”
At least Jimin has the decency to look embarrassed at that.
. . .
Of course Jimin manages to charm the pants off of Yoongi's father so the dinner goes about as well as it could. Yoongi has to share a few facts about himself and justify his decision to drop out of university several times, and he knows that Hani hates being talked down to like his father often does to her. It's uncomfortable, but somehow everyone manages to power through it. Yoongi can tell that having Jimin there helps Hani deal with their father and even that makes him feel more relaxed, he can do this, he thinks.