Friends With Benefits

Chapter 4

Jimin hears a knock on his apartment door and he quickly dashes through the crowd of people all crammed into his living room, dancing to music and drinking from plastic cups. Once he reaches the front he pulls open the white wooden door to reveal Yoongi standing on the other side with a small pack of beer cans in his hand.

Jimin's eyes light up in delight. "Hey."

"Hey." Yoongi greets, looking a bit nervous and out of his element.

"You made it." Jimin smiles.

"Sorry I'm late."

"No, no. Please, come in, come in." Jimin shakes his head and reaches out to tug on Yoongi's arms, pulling him into his apartment. 

"Thank you."

Jimin then spins around and faces the lively crowd before him, calling over the loud drum and bass music. "Hey, everybody! Hey!" He waves his hands about rapidly until he catches the attention of his friends. "This here is Yoongi. He's from Daegu." 

The crowd boo's after hearing he's from out of town and Jimin rolls his eyes at their silly behaviour, calling out again. "He's the reason I can afford all this beer." 

This causes everyone to change their tune and cheer loudly, raising their cups up into the sky. Both Yoongi and Jimin laugh and then the younger turns back around to face Yoongi.

"Let's get you a drink." 

Yoongi follows suit and once he's placed his alcohol onto the messy kitchen counter, he takes a can out of the packaging and cracks it open. 

"Okay, all right. Am I an animal?" 

Yoongi, Jimin and a few of his friends sit in a small circle in the corner of the living room, with post-it notes stuck onto their foreheads and extremely drunk. Jimin hadn't let Yoongi leave his sight all evening, being kind enough to stick with him as he didn't know anyone here.

"Yeah." The small crowd calls out, shocked that Yoongi has guessed correctly. 

"Fuck. I'm pretty good at this." Yoongi sways a little where he sits, and Jimin reaches out to steady him, rocking slightly himself as he was just as intoxicated, if not a little more. 

A little while later the game has finished and Jimin and Yoongi are now currently standing in front of a large painting Jimin has hung on his living room wall, above the fireplace. 

"Lieutenant Kali's a Japanese street artist I got into about five years ago." Jimin explains while the pair of them gape up at the large painting. "His postmodern interpretation..."

"This shit is amazing."

That night once everyone had left, Jimin and Yoongi sit together on the sofa and watch some romantic comedy on the TV. The pair had both sobered up slightly, and Jimin decided on a movie to ignore the state the living room was left in, plastic cups and empty packets strewn everywhere. 

Jimin sits curled up with his legs in front of him, arms wrapped around them tight. His eyes are wide as he is engrossed in the film, watching a heartbreaking scene play out.

Beside him Yoongi is slumped down, with a half empty beer can still in his hand, nowhere near as interested in the movie as Jimin is. He groans when the protagonist walks away from her love interested as a sad soundtrack starts playing through the speakers to go along with the emotional scene.