pickpocket ↞ jenmin

"me? n-nervous? never"

JENNIE WAS LATE. AGAIN.

While Jimin waited, he subconsciously fiddled with the latch of his bracelet, clasping it and unclasping it. He could now successfully open the clasp of his bracelet within a second, sometimes two. After much practice of course - convincing Jungkook to sit still for a few minutes each day for him to practise definitely took a lot of effort.

He also remembered how he tried to give her one fourth of the money he earned after practice last session, and she rejected, saying its too much. He felt guilty though, for taking up her time, and managed to get her to accept some of the money.

His eyes wandered over mindlessly again before he caught sight of a girl walking toward him from a distance. His face lit up - but it immediately diminished when he saw that she was arriving with about four to five watches in her hands.

She saw his expression drop and laughed, before sitting down next to him.

"Hi Chim, guess you know what we're doing today"

He sighed dramatically "I unfortunately do ...and, Chim?"

"I feel lazy to call you Jimin. Besides, we are friends now aren't we?" She gave him a gummy smile that melted his insides.

"Okay, then I'll call you Jen" he said after a moment.

"Sure" she answered cheerfully, quickly latching all the watches onto her arm.

"Anyway, these are the ones I pickpocketed today. And you're going to learn how to unclasp them quickly"

"F-from your hand?"

Jennie smirked "Nervous?"

He ignored the faint pink and forced a laugh, "Me? N-nervous? Never"

"Sure..." she trailed off, clearly showing her disbelief and she stretched out her hand to him "Try first"

Jimin cracked his knuckles dramatically, squaring himself to not make a fool of himself in front of Jennie. He reached for her slender wrist tentatively, his fingers wrapping around them to feel the clasp. He bit his lip apprehensively when more than five seconds passed, until he finally managed to unclasp one.

Jennie gave a low hum, one of her eyebrows rising "You actually did quite well for a first attempt, Chim" she smiled encouragingly. "But as always, there's room for improvement, how about you try the rest?"

He didn't really want to practise removing watches, but he knew he had to. He started working on the next three, and he took them off with the same pace. However, at the last one, he realised the clasp was something he was not familiar with, and took extra long for that one.

Jennie had been staring intently at his hands, which had just increased the pressure. So when he was finally done, he looked at her, anticipating her comment.

She kept silent for a few moments, which just increased his anxiousness as he waited for her to finally decide on what to say.

"Your hands are really tiny"

He gaped at her, disbelief clouding his facial features.

"Thats the first thing you noticed?" he almost screeched incredulously and she laughed.

"I mean, it's kinda hard not to notice."

He huffed, rolling his eyes, when she said "Wait, I want to compare. I think my hands might be your size"

He scoffed "No way, my hands are not that tiny"

She smirked "Really?" She compared her pinkie finger with us and barely held in a laugh when she saw his expression, after he realised that both of their fingers were of the same length.

"Impossible" he muttered, then looking at Jennie indignantly "I swear I'm not that small"

She smirked wider, cockiness practically radiating from her being "Oh, I'm sure you're not"

For a second, his brain froze. Wait- that right there. That was a sexual innuendo.

Hold up- Jennie just flirted with me?

Jennie on the other hand, seemed completely unfazed as she re-wore the watches.

He didn't know how fast her heart was beating though, once she realised what had slipped her mouth.

She was spending too much time with Lisa.

But in a way, she didn't regret her flirting attempt. She knew she was developing a soft spot for the guy, and seeing him blush like it was the end of the world after she made that comment - she found it even cuter.

She smiled discreetly, "How about we practise the last one again? I'll teach you a trick to unclasp it"

He barely managed to nod, and she held in a wide gleeful grin.

Oh, how she loved the effect she had on him.

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the chapter is shorter than the first three bc i didn't know what else to write 😪