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Part 28

Hey guys! All prose this time. Enjoy!

Question of the day: If you could be any mythical creature, what would you be?

Jimin wasn't sure how celebrities kept up with all their notifications. They must have thousands waiting for them once they woke up. He didn't know how they could stand all of it. Well, for one thing, they must have their sound off.

Jimin groaned, rolling over in his bed as he reached out a blind hand for his vibrating phone. His hand closed around something hard and cold. He sat up, rubbing at his face in a poor attempt to wake up as he brought the phone up to see. His eyes flew open at the amount of notifications on his lock screen. Instagram notifications, missed calls and texts were piling up. He had never seen so much in his life. What in the world was going on?

His screen changed, showing an incoming video call from Taehyung. Jimin sighed, contemplating just ignoring it, but he ended up answering.

"Yes Tae –"

"Jimin!"

"What? What? Why are you shouting?"

"Haven't you checked Instagram?"

"Uh, no?"

"Why not!"

"Because I just woke up!"

Taehyung's face softened as he took in the way Jimin looked.

"Oh," he said. "Well, you need to check. Like, right now."

Jimin put down his phone face up on the bed and reached for his tablet. He typed in the password, no longer surprised at the slew of notifications he saw.

He yawned, "What's going on?"

"You have to see it to believe it. You're going to freak, Chim," Taehyung's tinny voice came from the phone.

That hadn't answered Jimin's question, but he soon forgot to ask any follow ups when he opened up Instagram. Posts after posts about him and Yoongi. It took him a while, but eventually, he found the source. Of course, Dispatch had posted a picture of the two of them on their last date. Damn it, Jimin should have known to be more careful. They both should have.

Someone must have recognized him because he had tons of messages and posts about him. Gosh, it was a nightmare to look at. He quickly came out of the app and put down his tablet. He picked up back the phone and the look on his face must have said volumes, because Taehyung sighed when he saw.

"Told you had to see it to believe. You okay?"

Jimin groaned, running a hand through his hair, "I don't know. Tae, it's a mess. People keep tagging me and Yoongi and...oh no, Yoongi! What is he going to think? We agreed to keep it a secret and now we've both been outed. I don't know what to do."

"Breathe, Jimin. Just breathe."

Jimin tried to take a few calming breaths and eventually, he didn't feel like freaking out anymore. However, it didn't get rid of the gnawing feeling in his gut. He honestly wasn't sure how Yoongi would react to the news. It wasn't that the older man was unreasonable. In fact, Yoongi put up with a lot more than most people thought he would. Jimin knew his reaction wouldn't exactly be positive, though.

"Okay, I'm calm."

Taehyung gave him a gentle smile, "Good. I know this isn't exactly ideal right now for either of you, but you need to talk to Yoongi before you do anything."

Jimin nodded, "You're right. Gosh, his phone is probably blowing up right now."

"No doubt. Hey, at least people know who's been giving you all those presents now."