Everyone Loves Park Jimin

Chapter 25

JIMIN

Jimin was staring at Namjoon who was sucking on the end of his pencil looking rather pensive. He wanted to gauge Namjoon's mood and at the moment he seemed like a volcano with bubbling lava threatening to burst at any given moment.

He grunted scratching something in his notebook.

"I think I gotta start over," he said more to himself.

"You can't get it...?"

"Not now Jimin," Namjoon said holding up his palm. "I have to focus."

Jimin sighed. This was not going anything like he had planned it for it to go. They were actually studying instead of talking which was what Jimin had envisioned when Namjoon had said yes to meeting up. Jimin knew it was unfair because he had literally asked him for help with Math and Namjoon was just keeping his promise.

"Namjoon...,"

"What?" Jimin he said keeping his book down. "I told you I need to focus..."

"You can leave that problem for now," Jimin suggested. "We can move onto the next one."

Jimin had to do it for his sanity. He wasn't letting Namjoon sit there and do equations for the next 15 minutes.

"Fine," Namjoon sighed as he leafed through the pages of the book to find the next problem.

"This one?" he asked to which Jimin nodded.

"We already went through this before," Namjoon said. "Have you been practising?"

"I have...," Jimin began. "But you know how I am with Math...I just forget stuff sometimes."

It was a lie, Jimin had been practising a lot. He had to maintain his grades or else he would be kicked out of the exchange program and he wasn't gonna take any chances with it.

"Fine," Namjoon sighed. "But you gotta focus...so you can remember it later on okay?"

Jimin nodded as he watched Namjoon explain the same problem again. Though he was only half-listening. After a few problems, Jimin had finally hit his limit of feigning interest in Math.

"Let's take a break," Jimin said closing his book shut.

"We have barely finished 5 problems."

"I know," Jimin said. "But if I learn too much all at once. It just confuses my brain."

"Fine."

Namjoon shut his book and picked up his phone completely ignoring Jimin's presence.

"So...Namjoon what's up with you lately?"

"Nothing much," he replied not even looking up from his phone. He hadn't even tried feigning interest in what Jimin asked let alone ask him about anything. Jimin couldn't understand what could have happened that Namjoon was suddenly so cold and sullenly. What exactly had he done? Or was it something that Namjoon was going through personally that he felt like he couldn't tell Jimin?

Jimin cleared his throat. Namjoon was still ignoring him.

"Hey...Namjoon about that crush of yours...how is that going?" he asked. Surely, this would help them in making conversation and maybe Jimin would finally find out why Namjoon had been avoiding him like he was the personification of the black plague.

Namjoon set his phone down sitting up straighter.

"That's a long enough break," he said. "5 minutes is enough to recharge your break. Now let's get started."