Forever Young 영원히 젊은 Park Jimin

Chapter 10 - (BTS Cam) May the Best Man Win

It was still early in the morning when Kim Namjoon and Kim Seokjin called the maknae line of Bangtan Sonyeondan into the living room. The three boys who were sitting on the couch were in their pajamas, still a bit groggy and wanting nothing more than to go back to their rooms and sleep.

"We need to talk." Namjoon told the boys sternly. Beside him, Jin stood with his arms crossed and an unreadable expression on his face. The maknaes became nervous at this. Their hyungs were rarely ever this serious, and when they were it was usually about something really really bad that they have done.

"You know why you're here." Jin added. The boys looked down in shame. They did know the reason why their hyungs wanted to talk to them.

It was exactly a week ago that Yoongi and Gale's song had been released, and they had been promoting the song non-stop, which meant that Gale had been spending a lot more time with them.

It was mostly Jimin and Taehyung since for the most part Jungkook still didn't talk to Gale. It started with actions such as getting Gale's attention when she was clearly talking to the other, or never leaving her alone with another maknae. Even Jungkook would make sure to cough loudly whenever he felt like his noona was getting too close with one of his hyungs.

Namjoon though it was cute at first, seeing his dongsaengs compete for the attention of one girl, but then things escalated quickly. They started to argue over the littlest of things, like who would buy her lunch, or who should sit next to her. The peak of their fighting happened last night when Bang Shihyuk called the boys into his office to discuss what they wanted to do for their debut anniversary next year. The boys agreed that they should shoot MVs for each of their solo songs on the Wings album since ARMYs were always asking for it. Shihyuk suggested that since the fans went crazy over the video that Jin tweeted of Jimin and Gale dancing together, she should dance with Jimin in his Lie MV, to which of course he readily agreed, causing both Taehyung and Jungkook to protest in jealousy in front of their boss. They argued in the office about who deserved to work with her more, much to the horror of their hyungs. Shihyuk then decided to postpone all plans of the MV shootings until they cleared the issue.

"Answer me directly." Namjoon demanded. "Do you like Gale?"

The maknaes looked at each other, unsure of what to say. They've never admitted to each other how they really felt about her.

"Of course hyung. She's our friend." Taehyung chuckled, hoping to lighten the mood. It didn't work.

"That's not what I meant." Namjoon replied, trying to keep his patience. "Do you have any feelings for her?"

Seeing as none of the maknaes were going to admit anytime soon, Jin decided to ask them one by one.

"Jimin-ah?" He called, making the boy look up at him. Jimin ran his hands through his hair. He wanted very much to say no- that he was just very fond of Gale because it would make everything less complicated, but then he remembered how he felt butterflies in his stomach whenever she smiled at him, or how he was captivated by every little thing that she did. He remembered how he felt like he could explode with happiness when she kissed him on the cheek a week ago and realized that he couldn't lie to himself anymore.

"I-I do." He admitted.

"Tae?" Jin continued. Taehyung thought about it for a while. He really didn't know how he felt about their friend, so he just decided to be honest.

"I'm not sure," he said, "but she makes me happy."

"Jungkook-ah?" Jin asked the last boy. Jungkook's face became tinged with pink. But to everyone's surprise, he answered confidently.

"I like noona a lot."

His answer angered both Taehyung and Jimin, making the two lash out at him.

"Then how dare you make her feel bad? Do you know that she thinks you hate her?" Jimin snapped.

"Yeah! You've been ignoring her ever since we met her." Taehyung added.

"I wasn't ignoring her!" Jungkook defended. The three boys were now standing, looking like they were about to punch each other any second now.

"Then why do you-"

"This is the problem!" Jin roared in anger, cutting Jimin off. He had never been so disappointed in his dongsaengs before. "We all love Gale, but she's tearing you guys apart!"

"Jin-hyung's right." Namjoon said. "If you continue to act like this, we'll have no choice but to stay away from-"

"NO!" The three maknaes all shouted at once. They looked at each other, realizing how stupid they have been acting. They were more than just friends- they were brothers. No one should ever come in between them.

Jimin was the first to apologize.

"I'm sorry hyung. It's just that I've never felt like this before." He explained to Namjoon before turning to his dongsaengs. "I'm sorry Taehyung-ah, Jungkook-ah. I promise to be more mature from now on."

The three boys all went in for a group hug.

"I'm sorry too Jiminie, Jungkookie." Taehyung said, still hugging the two.

"I guess I'll say sorry too...even though it was your guys' fault anyways." Jungkook joked, which caused his two hyungs to hit him playfully on the shoulder.

"Yah!"

"Jeon Jungkook!"

Namjoon and Jin smiled at each other.

"So everything's okay now?" Jin clarified. The maknaes nodded their heads.

"But this doesn't mean I'm giving up on her." Jimin said. "Gale is a very special girl. I don't think I'll ever find someone like her again."

"You're going to have to wait a long time. BLACKPINK has a three-year dating ban." Namjoon warned. Jimin just smiled at him before answering.

"She's worth it hyung. Besides, she's going to have to wait for me too for two years when I enlist for military service."

"You're getting overconfident Jiminie." Taehyung chuckled. "Maybe it's me she's going to be waiting for."

"Don't count me out hyung. I want Gale-noona to see me as a man. The next time I see her I'm going to apologize for ignoring her and make it up to her." Jungkook said with determination. Jimin looked at his dongsaeng with pride. Jungkook really has turned from a young boy into a man before his eyes. He was happy that Jungkook was taking command of his feelings and doing something about it, but that didn't mean that he was going to go easy on the golden maknae- not when they were competing for Gale's heart.

"Well, may the best man win." Taehyung said. The three boys hugged each other again before Jin told them to get ready for breakfast as he started walking towards the kitchen.  They all went back to their respective rooms to change into their practice clothes before going back to the living room.

Everything was back to normal as the seven boys of Bangtan Sonyeondan ate their breakfast around the living room table.

"Jimin-hyung," Jungkook said as he drank some water from his glass, "since Bang-PDnim did offer you the chance to work with Gale-noona first, I won't complain anymore."

Jimin smiled at his dongsaeng, appreciating the gesture.

"Me too Jiminie. You better not make me regret my decision. That MV should be the coolest MV ever!" Taehyung added.

"How can it be cool? Jimin-hyung has no jams." Jungkook teased. Jimin hit him again playfully.

"Yah!"