Red String | VMIN

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Jimin and Dean are hand in hand walking down the sidewalk, Tae following close behind. Tae kept staring at the boys hands, long and hard. It was like he wanted to burn right through them.
After a few minutes of walking, Dean comes to a halt, causing Jimin to stop.

"We're here."
Jimin and Tae look up. It's a korean BBQ. "They have authentic food here, my favorite actually."
"Alright then let's go in!"
Jimin grabbed Dean's hand and pulled him inside. Dean smiled and followed Jimin in. Tae looked at the sign a bit more.
"Pft. Korean BBQ."
Tae rolled his eyes and walked in.

He fixed his outfit and walked to the boys who were already talking to someone else.
"Ah Dean! It's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you too Christian. How's it hanging?."
They did that basic handshake that all men know since birth.
"Gosh, who don't you know."
Jimin jokes.
Christian smiles.
"We've missed you recently."
"Yea. Sorry, I've been on tour and I haven't really gotten to visit my favorite person." Christian smiles.
"Aw Dean, am I really your favorite person?"
Christian said with a coo.
"No. Jimin is."
Dean grabs Jimin by the waist and pulls him in front of him while resting his chin on top of Jimin's head. Jimin buried his pink face into his hands. Christian smiled at how cute they were.
"Gosh it's been 2 years, just marry him already."
He pulls out the menus.
"Just two?"
"Actually there's three."

Dean turns around and looks to Tae.
Tae, who was listening to the whole thing, but staring at the interior turned around and smiles.
"Oh. Hello."
Tae walks over.
"Hello." Christian put out his hand and Tae took it. They smile at each other for a split second, then Christian leads them to their table. They sit around the grill.

(A/N ok, so I legitimately don't really know how Korean BBQs work to the fullest. I have a bit of knowledge, but I don't know much. I'm sorry if this offends you in any way and please leave a comment on where you think I could improve!)

They sit around and Dean gives out the menus. Jimin points to some vegetables and Dean chooses the meat.
"This would be a good choice of vegetables to help balance out the meat."
Jimin suggests.
"Alright and shall we go for medium rare or well done?"
They continue to converse and Tae looks at the menu.
"Oh, I'm sorry Tae, we haven't asked you what you'd like."
Jimin looked at Tae. Tae looked up and smiled. "Anything is ok with me, really."
"Ok well, do you want to pick anything?"
"No really, it's fine."
Jimin smiled slightly and then went back to talk to Dean.

After a while they ordered their food they started working on it and Jimin started a conversation, like always.
"So, Tae, did you finally choose what you wanted to do?"
"Uh, no, but I narrowed it down to Gucci or my art."
"Oh you do art?"
Dean looked up at Tae.
Tae cleared his throat.
"Yea. I'm majoring in art right now. But on the side I do some work with Gucci and help model their clothing line."
"Oh. That's great! You do look like the type to model. Very handsome."
Taehyung smiles.
"Why thank you, you could pick up modeling too if you wanted to."
Dean laughed.
"Oh no thanks. I'm not that good with pictures. And besides, I think I'm good with my music career right now."

Tae arches an eyebrow.
"Oh. You do music?"
Dean smiles.
"Yea. I've made a few songs here and their, but nothing major."
Jimin chuckles, "nothing major" he said with a sarcastic tone.
"Can I hear some of it?"
Tae takes a bite of his food.
"Sure, once we leave-."
Before Dean could finish Jimin cut him off. "Why not ask Christian?"
"Well, I don't wanna bother him."
Jimin sighs.
"Alright."
Dean pinches Jimins cheek. Tae looks down while biting the inside of his cheek. A few moments pass and Christian walks over.
"How we doin?"
"The food is always great Christian, you never disappoint."
Christian smiles.
"Thanks Jimin."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
Jimin gets up from the table and they walk away leaving Dean and Tae alone.

"So how long have you and Jimin been together."
Tae sips his water and looks at Dean, not blinking. Dean clears his throat.
"Uh, well. Roughly two years? We originally met at a party through a friend. And we started hanging out a lot. And well, I fell in love with him. He then asked me out. And we've been dating since."
Dean smiles widely.
Tae felt as if any chance of getting with Jimin was slowly leaving his fingertips. The two of them seemed to be in love. Like they were meant to be.
"How long have you known Jimin?"
Dean continued to eat his food.
"Uh, this year actually, around November. We met once at a park."
Dean nods.
"Let me guess, Jimin was out on a walk and was going to his favorite spot huh."
Tae looked up, a bit shocked at how right Dean was.
"How'd you guess?"
"Well, in 2 years you really get to know a person."
They both chuckle. After a few seconds, Jimin comes back and sits down.
"What did I miss?"
"Oh nothing much, Dean was just telling me about how much he loves you."

Tae hated to admit it but the pair are honestly meant for each other. It suddenly dinged on Tae.
He could read Dean's string.
"Hey, uh, Dean."
Tae was thinking of ways to bring it up.
"Hm?"
"Uh, do you mind if I share something with you? Since we're friends and all."
"Oh sure."
Dean stops eating and focuses on Tae. For some reason, Tae got nervous.
"I, uh, I don't know how to say thing exactly." Jimin looked at Tae. Tae locked eyes with Jimin and suddenly conjured the courage to say it.
"I can read peoples read string."
Dean's eyebrows rose.
"Really? That's so cool!"
Dean then went back to eating.

Tae was surprised.
People usually always ask if Tae could read their strings for them. Why didn't Dean want to know?
"I could read yours if you'd like."
Tae wanted Dean to accept.
Dean looked up. Tae felt a bit intimidated. Dean then smiled.
"That's fine. I don't need a string of fate to tell me who I'm going to fall in love with. If the person I want to be with is right here."
Dean turned to Jimin and held his hand.
"Oh but it won't hurt to see. I mean, at the end I'm still the one you're going home to."
Jimin smiles.
Dean kissed his head.

Tae was over how cute they were. They were so adorable, it was sickening.
"I mean, what if it's not you?"
"So what? Right now you love me. There's no guarantee we're forever. Let's just focus on the now, and what ever comes up in the future will come up."
Jimin smiles cutely.
Dean is overwhelmed with how cute and smart his boyfriend is. And Tae fell in love with Jimin all over again, for the millionth time.

"Alright, I'll give it a shot." Tae sat up.
"Alright, can I see your left hand?"
Dean gave his hand over to Tae.
He wanted to know,
no wait,
he NEEDED to know if Jimin was Dean's soulmate.
Tae needed to know if he was wasting his time or not. Is this worth it? Is fighting for Jimin, who has a boyfriend, really worth it.

Tae brushes his hand softly. The words slowly start to form. Then, a song pops up.
"Ah babe! It's our song!"
Jimin pulls on Dean's right hand and they stand up. Tae sat there stunned. He was so close to seeing if this really was a forever thing. But there was two words Tae could make out. It didn't make sense to him.
He repeated it over and over in his head.
Then he mumbled out the word.

"Korean pancakes?"

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Yo, I'm on drugs fr fr.

OH AND TODAY IS JHOPES BIRTHDAY HES THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORD PLEASE LORD PROTECT HIM AT ALL COSTS.

Uh yea I don't know what I'm doing anymore. But can you guess who Dean's soulmate is from the clue?? I think it's a dead give away. Anyways, till the next update.

- awful writer 💌