Catch Me

16

"Hey, guys! I'm so glad you guys could make it!" Jungkook gives me a warm hug and high fives with Jimin.

"Of course! Thank you so much for inviting us!" I reply. "We brought dessert!" I reveal a tin I had in my hands and give it to Jungkook.

"Ohh what is this?" He asks peering under the foil covering.

"Angel food cake made by y/n. Freshly cut strawberries cut by yours truly and whipped cream made by well, the good people at Reddi Whip." Jimin explains as he brings out a few cans of whipped cream and container of strawberries.

"Thank you guys so much!" Jungkook takes the other containers from Jimin. He walks into the kitchen and places the containers gently on the counter. He begins to come back to us before turning down a hallway and motions for us to follow him.

"Follow me!" He calls out and we follow him in the hallway and down a few steps. We step into a room with a few chairs and a couch, another room used for entertaining. He leads us through the back door and we see everyone outside. Seokjin is standing by the grill and Namjoon talks to him as he cooks. Taehyung, Yoongi, and Hoseok are all trapped in a heated conversation at the table. Hands were flying and voices would raise, Seokijn yelling at them if they got too loud before returning to the conversation with Namjoon. As soon as Taehyung sees Jimin he jumps up and rushes over to him.

"Jimin your here!" Taehyung wraps his arms around his shorter friend.

"Yeah sorry, we're late. This one here had an appointment this morning." When he says 'this one here' he points a finger back at me and Taehyung nods understanding.

"Well, you guys are here now!" Taehyung pulls Jimin away, leading him to the table to join the conversation he had left. I glance between the two separate groups, trying to decide which one to join.

"Hey." A voice from behind startles me making me jump slightly. A Jungkook appears beside me, now holding a bottle of coke in his hand.

"Oh sorry." He rubs the back of his neck nervously.

"We've threatened to put a bell on him," Seokjin shouts over at us, making us laugh.

"Really?" I ask. Jungkook hung his head as both Namjoon and Seokjin began to laugh hysterically

"Oh trust us. He likes to just 'appear' behind you, not saying a single word. You'll get used to it." Namjoon explains before returning his attention to Seokjin.

"I swear, I don't do it that often." Jungkook defends holding up his hands.

"It's alright, I tend to do that to Jimin as well," I admit, and Jungkook flashes a small smile before taking a sip of his coke.

"You want something to drink?" I nod and Jungkook leads me over to a cooler.

"Coke? Water? Beer? Juice Box?" Jungkook asks opening the cooler.

"Umm, how about a coke." He smiles and grabs a bottle. Before he hands it to me he shakes off the excess water from the outside.

"Here you are M'Ladhy." He hands me the bottle. The cold glass freezes my hands.

"Why thank you." Jungkook smiles at me. We continue to talk, filling the time until the food finishes cooking.

"So what is one place you've always wanted to go?" I ask taking another sip of coke.

"Probably South Korea, Busan to be specific. Both of my parents were born there and I think it would be cool to see where they came from." I nod my head. "What about you y/n? Where do you want to go?" Jungkook asks finishing his drink and grabs another.

"Well, it would be nice to visit Busan. Jimin's parents are from there as well and I feel as if they are my own parents." I raise my bottle to my lips before adding another response. "Or Italy. I really want to get some fresh pasta there and go for a boat ride in the channels." I finish and Jungkook looks at me curiously.

"You've mentioned that you're very close with Jimin and his family. Did something happen between you guys?" I watch his eyes as he says this and they soften as he continues his question. I bite my lip, trying to figure out what I should say.

"That's for another day. Let's just say." I feel a nervous drop in my stomach. "Let's just say that my parents and I are estranged. I never felt a need to accept them because Jimin's family was there for me." I didn't know if Jungkook is going to ask me anything else when Seokjin saves the day.

"Burgers are done!" Seokjin shouts and eight very hungry people flood the grill.

"These are so good Seokjin!" I compliment with a mouth full of amazing burger. Others compliment Seokjins cooking as well making the man's ears turn red.

"Ah look! We've embarrassed him!" Hoseok points out making Seokjins face go completely red. He drops his burger and hides his face with his hands, making everyone erupt into laughter. We continue to eat and laugh, spending the rest of the night hanging out When the sun begins to fall, we make a fire. While we make smores on the fire we all sing. Their voices are so beautiful and all of their voices together steal my breath away. The evening continues on with me giving the boys songs to sing. The boys tirelessly fill my requests, singing until even the stars fall asleep.