it's just kissing | m.j ✓

CHAPTER SEVEN.

"Hey, do you wanna go shopping with me?"

Namjoon doesn't even give the question a moment's thought before answering with a resounding "no." He does his best to ignore how Jimin's now watching him with a crestfallen expression, his already droopy eyes growing even more so. The boy fell asleep on his couch, ate his cereal. Namjoon's not about to let the little man drag him around shopping too, no thank you. So he just remains still on the couch, his eyes fixed on the small screen of his phone in front of him.

"Uhh, boss?" Jimin tries again, this time sitting on the small space besides the taller man. "I need to buy my uniform and was wondering if you wanted to come with? You know, in case I pick something bad." Namjoon has to give it to him. The guy doesn't give up easily.

"...Are you being serious right now?" Namjoon asks gruffly, the familiar sensation of irritation bubbling inside him again.

"Yeah, so can we go?"

"I'd rather stay home and relax till I have to go back to the bar," Namjoon does his best to remain polite despite the onset of an headache. He doesn't get out of the house much, especially to anywhere crowded like a shopping mall, because he spends so much time around people for hours when he's on the clock.

"Please? Pleaseeee," Jimin persists, dragging his word out and even twisting his body around like a shy school girl for emphasis. Namjoon raises his eyebrows and stares at the smaller man, hoping the hard stare might deter him, but he quickly finds out that Jimin is completely oblivious.

"Will you stop bothering me if I go shopping with you?" Namjoon asks with a sigh, putting his phone away. He doesn't like the idea, but he figures it's better than listening to Jimin whine for the next hour. And he does not have the patience or the energy for that shit.

"Yes," Jimin answers with a gleeful smile, his eyes practically twinkling under the fluorescent light. Namjoon sighs and nods before peeling his long limbs off the couch.

"Thank you! Awesome! Can we go now?"

"...Yeah, why not..."

They go to the nearest shopping center, and as soon as they're inside the building, Jimin is hopping around all over the place, looking perhaps a bit too excited for someone looking to buy work uniform. Jimin insists that they get ice cream first, because he needs energy if he's going to go shopping, and Namjoon does open his mouth to argue but stops himself, because he can't be bothered to. Jimin is obviously going to whine until the ice cream is in his stomach, and he's not in the mood for that, so he lets Jimin lead him to a small ice cream shop located a few stores down from the entrance.

"Do you want anything?" Jimin asks, his eyes already fixed on his options in front of him and his hands and nose pressed against the display window.

"No."

"Are you sure? You're going to regret it later."

I'm going to regret coming here with you, Namjoon thinks as he shakes his head. Jimin ends up ordering three scoops for himself and binging on it with the bar owner sitting right across from him. Namjoon crosses his arms and just watches the smaller man in front of him shoving spoonful of ice cream into his mouth with more excitement than Namjoon knew possible.

"I see you like ice cream..." Namjoon mutters as Jimin is scraping at his nearly empty cup.

"Yup. One day, I'm going to find a guy who will go on an ice cream date with me every single day. Well, not every single day, but...you know what I mean."