I CHOOSE

11. COMPETITION

"Thank you for your assistance." Namjoon waved at the blushing store assistant, (Y/N) stood beside him; a similar heat present on her cheeks and a bag filled with the clothes (Y/N) had worn previously clutched in her hand, she flushed as the middle aged woman shot her a wink.

They walked out of the store, strolling towards the exit.

"We should do that again sometime." Namjoon laughed shortly, his next words interrupted by someone shouting his name rather loudly.

"Hyung!" (Y/N)'s cheeks heated up even more than they already were; how were they going to explain the bags in their hands and their reason for meeting up?

Jimin ran up to the duo, smiling at them with Jungkook who was sipping on a juice box trailing behind; their faces were hidden by masks similar to Namjoon's and (Y/N)'s. Although Jungkook's was slid down to access his drink.

Nevertheless, the black bucket hat that sat on his head still shielded his identity.

"What are you guys doing here?" Namjoon asked returning Jimin's smile. (Y/N) stood shyly behind Namjoon. Jungkook subtly craned his neck looking over Namjoon's shoulder to see who was standing behind.

"We have a vlive tonight, so we came to shop for food, but one thing led to another and we lost Taehyung at the ice cream shop." Jimin sighed, Taehyung belonged to the creamy goodness of ice cream now.

Namjoon laughed at this, (Y/N) also giggled softly behind him, "(Y/N), is that you?" Jimin asked, his eyebrow cocked. He could recognize her head anywhere.

"Hi." She greeted finally stepping out from behind Namjoon.

"What are you guys doing here..together?" Jungkook queried disposing of the empty carton in a nearby bin.

(Y/N) looked to Namjoon who had a calm face, "We came here to shop. It is a shopping mall and we're actually heading home now." He explained. (Y/N)'s eyes glanced at Jimin whose bottom lip was caught between his teeth.

His eyes met hers before momentarily dropping to roam over her body.

"Oh really? What did you buy?" Jimin asked gesturing to the bag in (Y/N)'s hands which she slowly moved behind her, away from their curious eyes.

"How dare you guys leave me at the ice cream store?" (Y/N) sighed in relief as a frantic Taehyung ran up to them, berating the two men for leaving him behind, even though he was the one who strayed off into the sprinkles section.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Namjoon and Jungkook locked in a tensed glaring battle.

"(Y/N)'s here!" Taehyung suddenly cheered walking away from Jimin who was still trying to lecture him on the dangers of walking away.

"Hey V." She transferred the bag to her other hand as she leaned in to hug Taehyung.

"We're heading back home too, we could drop (Y/N) off at her house along the way." Jimin offered kindly.

"Su-" Namjoon's words were cut off by his phone ringing, he stepped ahead of the group to answer the call, the others walking behind him towards the exit.

Taehyung began telling an uninterested Jungkook about his journey to the sprinkles section, the two walking behind (Y/N) and Jimin who inched closer to the woman.

"Can I ask you a favor?" He began.

(Y/N) nodded urging him to continue speaking.

"We're practicing the choreography for our next concert and for one of the songs, I feel like I'm not making the right faces and my moves are not strong enough." He explained to (Y/N) who had her eyes widened in surprise.

Not strong enough? If his moves were any stronger, he'd be dropping panties left and right; not like he wasn't already doing that.

"I was wondering if you could help me assess my moves while dancing since you know a lot about posture and facial expressions." (Y/N) hummed thinking over his request.

"Sure, I'd love to help, but wouldn't one of the others be better?" She asked.

"They have to practice too and I don't want to bother them." He stated pushing the exit door open for (Y/N) to walk through and closing it when he was out as well.

"Oh, I see. When do I come over to the studio then?" She looked up at him.

"I'll come pick you up Saturday evening." He told "Thank you so much." He hugged her with one arm.

Jungkook squinted his eyes, watching their exchange with an irked scowl not paying attention to Taehyung.

"What's up with that look, dude?" Taehyung laughed at his friend's expression.

"It's nothing, I just realized I have some competition after all." He said and walked off, leaving a confused Taehyung struggling to catch up to him.