LET ME LOVE YOU ; Jikook!au

FRIDAY // 2

"So do I."

Jimin nodded and decided to go first but Jungkook spoke also.

"I think I like you-"

"I think I love you-"

The boys pulled away from the hug and looked at each other surprisingly.

Jimin's cheeks were bright red, his eyes wide and glossy.

"Wait. What?" He asks.

"I said~ I think I like you." Jungkook playfully punches Jimin's arm gently, a huge smile portrayed between his lips.

Jimin froze. He couldn't believe it.

"A-Are you serious?" Jimin asks, his body completely still.

"Yes Chim~ I'm very sure." Jungkook giggles and looks fondly at Jimin's eyes.

"Besides that~ you said you love me."

Jimin immediately looks down and watches as a single tear hits the floor.

"I-I really do. It's the truth." Jimin plays with his fingers, his head still lowered.

"You're cute." Jungkook feels his cheeks suddenly become warm.

Jimin looks up with bright red cheeks and a happy smile.

"Really?"

Jungkook nods, realizing that their fingers were intertwined.

He looks down at their hands, thinking of his friendship with Jimin. Does this mean that they're more than friends now?

In the middle of his thoughts, Jimin placed a soft kiss on his cheek, causing his heart instantly skip a beat.

"Jim-"

"Shh~" Jimin smiles, "This is our little secret."

LATER THAT DAY

Jungkook walks in his house, smiling widely and bursting with happiness. He never felt so alive.

"Where have you been?"

Jungkook looks up at his father who's eyes seemed to be red and his balance a bit off.

"I was at Jimin's." Jungkook walks over to the couch where he places his backpack.

"Didn't I tell you to let me know where you're at, at all times." His father states, his tone of voice extremely serious.

Jungkook looks over at his father, surprised.

"Dad, you know that I go over there often. Chill." He doesn't think anything of his dad's remark and attempts to walk away.

"Look at me kid!" His father grips JK's arm, whipping his son around so he was facing him.

"Dad-"

"Ever since your mother left, its been hard taking care of you and your sister by myself."

"Okay okay, I get it. Just- let me go." Jungkook attempts to release from his father's grip, but his father pulled him closer.

"Have some respect Jungkook. I am your father."

JK looked at his father's eyes, realizing he was completely wasted and out of his mind.

"Dad- you're drunk. Let me go." The kid was scared. He just wanted to get out of his grip, but his father wasn't letting him go.

His father didn't say a word and just hit his son across his face. Jungkook's head jerked to the side as his eyes watered.

"What the fuck!" JK shouts and shoves his father away, watching as he tumbles backwards.

His father finally snaps out of it and realizes what he did to his own son.

"Oh shit- Kook, I'm sorry-"

"Don't ever touch me again."

Jungkook rushes out the door where he sprints in the street. The darkness taking over the world. He just needed to get somewhere safe, and he knew exactly where to go.

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Jimin flips through the pages of his book, laying comfortably on his bed. His smile wide, and his eyes disappearing through his eyelids. He couldn't help but be happy. Jungkook liked him-

Jimin hears loud knocks on the door and takes his glasses off before walking downstairs. He speed-walks to the door and opens it.

"Jungkook-ah. You're back-"

"My dad hit me Jimin. He fucking hit me." Jungkook lifts his hood off his head, letting it fall behind him.

"Oh shit- are you okay? Come in."

Jungkook slowly walks in, holding the place on his cheek which was covered with a red mark.

"Let me see." Jimin gently removes Jungkook's hand, examining the wound.

"Is it bad?"

"You're gonna be fine. I promise." Jimin gives JK a comforting smile and leads him upstairs to his room.

"Why would your father do that?"

"He was drunk but I didn't know he could get like that. He's never- hit me." Jungkook sits down on Jimin's bed, still traumatized from the experience.

"Jesus." Jimin sits beside him, placing a pack of ice on the red wound.

"He was a whole different person." Jungkook's eyes become teary. His father meant a lot to him.

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

"But you don't deserve this."

Jungkook sighs, looking over at the blonde-haired boy.

"Thank you."

"For what?" Jimin tilts his head.

"For being there for me." Jungkook finds a way to smile through his pain.

Jimin looks at him lovingly and admires his features.

"You're welcome Jungkook~"