Love Me || Taekook

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The Previous Night....

Jimin smiled as he plopped down next to Yoongi on the couch, grabbing the bowl of popcorn and keeping his eyes on the TV. "This is such a good movie. You won't regret letting me pick."

Hoseok chuckled, lifting his arm up over Yoongi and resting it on his shoulders. He didn't fail to miss the way Jimin flinched away from the slight drake his fingers made against the beta's shoulder. "I'm sure we won't. You've always had an abnormally amazing taste in movies."

"What? How does that even make sense? An abnormally good taste in movies?" Yoongi furrowed his eyebrows, looking at the others in confusion.

"Let me tell you, this kid doesn't only like the perfect genres of movies, but he also somehow manages to find the needles in the haystack. He find the movies no one has even heard of and they're always great," Hoseok explained as the film began to play.

"Oh, that's cool. It must feel special when you watch those movies. Kind of like they're your own special films, huh?"

"Yeah, has I guess you could say that.... By the way, what time is it?" Jimin asked, glancing at the others.

"Ummm...about 11:30? It's kind of late for you since you have school tomorrow. Will you be okay?" Hoseok asked as he checked the time on his phone.

"I'll be fine." Jimin's voice was snappy, but he quickly adjusted it and smiled. "I think I'll go get washed up and ready for bed now, though. That way I won't have to worry about it when the movie ends and I can just go straight to bed." He set the popcorn bowl down and stood up. "Don't worry about pausing it. I've seen this a million times anyway. I'll be back soon." He hurried off to go grab his pajamas and his toothbrush from the bag he'd packed, taking them to the bathroom to get ready for the night.

He took his time brushing his teeth, humming a tune as he did so. Once he'd made sure his food pulverizers were clean, he made his way over to the shower and turned the knob, testing the water and adjusting it as needed before stepping back to begin undressing.

As he pulled off his shirt, Jimin's eyes rolled back in his head and his body went limp, causing him to collapse on the floor. He twisted and turned on the floor, opening his mouth to scream but finding that no sound was coming out. Burning hot tears streamed down his face and he started to make an effort to crawl over to the shower.

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"Hey...don't you think Jimin's been gone for a while? I think I'll go check on him. He might need something." Yoongi paused the movie and stood up, walking to the bathroom to check that the teenager was okay. He heard the shower going, but decided to knock anyway. "Jimin? Are you okay? It's been a while..." he waited for a second, but got no response, so he knocked a bit louder. "Jimin?" No response. "I'm coming in, okay?"

Yoongi's eyes widened as he opened the door. He immediately ran over to Jimin who was curled up underneath of the water stream created by the shower, shaking. At first he thought it was because he was too cold since the water was icy to the touch, but he soon found that it was actually the opposite when he touched the beta. "Holy shit, you're burning. How are you so hot right now?"

All he got in response was a weak whine and a hand reaching out for help. "HOSEOK!!! GET IN HERE!!" Yoongi shuffled forward and picked up Jimin, letting the poor boy rest in his lap. It seemed to help since Jimin let out a large sigh of relief along with a cry of pain.

"What?? What happened- oh my god!" Hoseok rushed over to the two others, kneeling down and fussing over Jimin. "What the hell happened? Why is he so hot?" As soon as he touched Jimin, the teen began to cry, his entire body relaxing. When he moved away a bit, the tension resumed along with the pain.