sugar and salt•jikook

XI

"You what?" Jimin asks, voice trembling. Did Jungkook just say what he thinks he just said?

"I said I love you. I love you too. God... I just... that's what I was hesitant to say last night. I don't know. Something inside of me just wouldn't let me say it." Jungkook lets out. He squeezes Jimin's shoulders gently.

"I-I don't... I don't understand—" Jimin shakes his head.

Jungkook laughs. "What's there to not understand? Don't we feel the same way about each other?"

"I-I..." Jimin doesn't know what to even say. He doesn't know what to think. This is probably the first time someone he loves has actually loved him back, and he has no idea how to react.

An abrupt clapping starts up, and the couples heads snap in the direction it's coming from. It's Hoseok.

"Jiminie. This must be him." Hoseok grins. "Hi, I'm Hoseok."

"Uh, Jungkook." The male shakes Jimin's best friends hand.

"Sorry for interrupting your little moment. It's just that Jimin here looks a little confused." Hoseok grins. Jungkook looks back at Jimin.

"What are you confused about?" Jungkook asks him.

"I just..." It's almost as if Jimin can't even comprehend the situation. Out of all the scenarios he had played in his mind, Jungkook loving him back was never one of them. "You feel the same way?"

"Yeah." Jungkook nods. "Now will you let me explain myself?"

"Sure..." Jimin nods slowly.

"I didn't want to end things, Jimin. I just... I didn't want things to stay how they were."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't want your money. It's been making me feel so guilty. I want you and only you."

"You don't want my money?" Jimin's eyes fill with tears, and he tries blinking them away. "You only want me?"

"Yeah." Jungkook nods, and a few tears escape Jimin's eyes. "Don't cry. I'm sorry." Jungkook brings his hands up to wipe away Jimin's tears.

"What happened to me? I used to be the one in control of this relationship." Jimin sobs. Jungkook laughs and pulls him into his chest.

"That's why when we went to that Christmas thing I paid for your stuff. I wanted you to feel like you could see us together and not see me as someone who wants you for your money. Even if I'm so poor I'm about to be evicted from my apartment, I don't want to use your money ever again."

"I would force you to let me pay your rent." Jimin sniffles.

Jungkook laughs. "You're not still mad at me, are you?"

"Of course I am." Jimin slaps Jungkook's chest. "You shouldn't have been so over dramatic last night. Then none of this would've happened." Jimin cries. Jungkook only holds him tighter.

"I'm sorry." Jungkook smiles. He then leans down to press a kiss to Jimin's lips and then leans towards his ear. "If you're really still that angry... why don't you take it out on me?" Jungkook whispers.

"Really?" Jimin pushes him away, rolling his eyes. "I'm crying and all you're thinking about is having sex?"

"Well... you kind of turned me on when you yelled at me." Jungkook shrugs embarrassedly. "So is that a no?"

"I never said that." Jimin wipes his eyes and looks up at Jungkook. He wraps his arms around the younger male's neck and leans in closely. "This means we're going back to how things were."