Rainbow - BTS

28 - Red

when I just want to help
is it criminal to wonder if i've made any impact
when i just want to see someone happy
is it awful of me to want to know the facts

it's time we realised what love really means
why i'm a red more than any other colour
if i learn who i am in my teens
why do i just seem to get duller

"Is Namjoon hyung okay?" Jimin asks worriedly, as Jin returns to the till, and the purple sighs, nodding a little. 
"He'll manage." Jimin glances in the direction that the green haired stranger (to him) and his boss went. 

"Who was-"
"That's Jungkook. He illustrates for Yoongi, Joon's brother, and he seems to believe that he needs to help us whenever there's a problem. He knows the code to the staff room, so he'll get in there fine." 

"He's an illustrator? But he's so young!" Jimin comments before he can stop himself. Jin just shrugs, used to that reaction by now. "The skill he has is incredible."
"He was fourteen when he started working with Yoongi. He's had to grow up fast, poor kid. But I think you two would get on, in all honesty. You're both quite friendly, even if he's a little more nervous around new people than you are." 

"Oh, I'm terrified of new people," Jimin admits freely, "I just get possessed by the spirit of customer service, and that's how I survive." Jin raises an eyebrow, but then shrugs, realising that he can relate to that idea. 
"I don't think anyone is born to work in retail," he comments simply. 

"What's that supposed to mean, hyung?" the young illustrator himself comments, laughing when the purple jumps about two feet in the air. "I was born to work in retail. I reckon I'd be pretty good at it."
"You don't even know how to use a till," Jin counters. 
"I can learn." 
"No-" 

"Photographic memory, here we come," Jungkook interrupts intentionally, laughing a little when Jin glares at him playfully. Jungkook claps his hands excitedly a few times, meeting eyes with Jimin for a moment. "Let's get it!" 
"..What's going on?" Jimin questions, baffled, raising a hand. Jungkook turns to glance at him, and quickly understands the red's confusion. After all, the two have never met.

"Oh, sorry. I'm Jungkook, resident loyal kid, Namjoon basically saved me from a toxic mother by giving me a job as an illustrator so I constantly feel like-"
"Kook," Jin interrupts, as Jimin starts to look faintly alarmed, and the green freezes like a deer in headlights, doe eyes going wide as he figures out what's up.

"Sorry. I can sometimes overshare when I meet new people. It's either that, or I hide from them the whole time. It's nice to meet you, by the way." Jimin offers an awkward smile. 
"You too. I'm Jimin. And don't worry about it. New people are kinda scary, aren't they?" Jungkook nods in agreement almost instantly. 
"Tell me abut it," he says simply. 

"Good to see that you two are getting on," Jin says quietly. "Don't fuck everything up, alright?" Jimin doesn't question it, choosing just to nod in understanding. "I'm gonna go check on my man. Yell if there's a problem." 
"We'll be okay, hyung. I'm pretty sure that Jisoo will be able to help us out as well. She is here too, you know?" 

The silver haired girl waves awkwardly from where she's stocking a shelf full of books, only a few metres away, and Jin just waves back automatically before turning to the two younger males. "I didn't forget that she was there," he whispers, conspiratorially, and they just try not to laugh at him. "See you in a bit." 

Jungkook blinks a few times, watching the purple walk in the direction of the staff room, and then rubs his hands together, pulling on a spare work hat. "So," he says, as conversationally as he can, even though he's more nervous than he want to admit, "how on earth do you use this till?" 

Jimin smiles a little. "It's simpler than you think," he reassures the younger. "You'll get it in no time, especially if you have a good memory. Just think of it like learning how to use a calculator computer thing?" Jungkook tilts his head at the redhead. "It was the first thing I thought of." 

The day finishes in that way, and when closing time arrives, Jimin, Jungkook and Jisoo close up together. It's surprisingly calm, after the mess of earlier: the thief, Namjoon's collapse, Jungkook's random arrival. And when the blue himself appears to thank all three workers (one of which is voluntary) for helping out, they're just glad to see that he's coping. That he's alright.