Why Are You Shaking Up My Heart? Pt. 2
It's almost midterms, or that's how Hoseok convinces Taehyung and Jimin both to come out to the basketball court when it's getting colder each day. He tells them that next week they'll be studying too hard, then after that it'll be too cold so this is their last chance. Jimin really wasn't sold by that logic, but Taehyung is and, as always, forces Jimin to come along. It's supposed to be three vs three since Namjoon ends up inviting his friend Seokjin to even out the teams. And Jimin quickly talks them into making him the one to select the teams, claiming he's amazing at choosing good even-matched teams. (Taehyung, that idiot, looks at him oddly when he asks for support and he thinks about giving up.) So, he picks Yoongi first because in his mind he'll have Yoongi and Namjoon on his team, the other will be Hoseok, Taehyung, and Seokjin and this will all work out.
Yoongi shrugs, then asks "Why am I on your team Jiminie?" He's teasing; he still walks over to Jimin's side and ruffles at his hair, except, he's staring at Jimin, seemingly waiting for an answer that Jimin doesn't have. He could have picked Namjoon first, or picked Seokjin instead, but he didn't. He really doesn't know why he didn't considering Yoongi is always making fun of him.
"Yeah, shouldn't we even the height out." Hoseok says, laughing when Yoongi gives him the finger.
"You know what," Yoongi pulls Jimin into a side hug, which surprises him enough to almost drop the basketball. "It doesn't matter; this teams better."
"Really?" Namjoon smirks. "Do you want to do two versus four, then?"
"Sure," Yoongi smiles. And Jimin was just about to say no because, as much pride as he has, in basketball height is definitely the advantage and. Well. Yoongi and Jimin versus four people taller than them is not even.
"Call." Hoseok says, "You even get to start." This doesn't seem like it'll end up well, but Yoongi's pulling him to there side of the court and assuring him he's good and was one of the best in his high school.
This ends up working in their favor, at least a little bit. Jimin's better than Namjoon and Seokjin while Yoongi is able to hold his own against Taehyung or Hoseok. In the end, it's still two against four and they end up losing by about twenty points. Jimin expects Yoongi to be upset, he sighing as he stares at the other side of the court is celebrating, but when he looks over at Jimin he smiles, then comes to sling an arm around Jimin's neck, before yelling over to the others that he's hungry and tired and let's just go eat.
---
Since Hoseok always invites them to do things in groups, Taeyung takes the initiative to ask Hoseok somewhere. Sort of. He asks Hoseok to go shopping, but says Jimin is coming too, which really means he's going to ask Jimin to come up with some reason to ditch. It would have worked out, if Hoseok hadn't said he'll bring Yoongi as well. Or, apparently, it still will.
("Can you ask Yoongi-hyung not to come?" Taehyung asks.
"Why me?" Jimin frowns because this is Taehyung's fault, he could have asked him to go somewhere alone.
"You know him better than me."
"Not really." The look Taehyung gives him is complete annoyance and 'really now' that Jimin sighs and agrees. It saves him from a pointless argument because he's probably going to end up doing it anyway. )
So, Jimin ends up looking for Yoongi in a whole bunch of places that he knows on any other day Yoongi would be (Photography room, Student Center, Coffee Shop), then ends up calling Namjoon, who tells him that Yoongi was in the dance studio an hour ago and he's probably been too lazy to move. Namjoon’s right. Jimin opens the door to the dance studio and Yoongi’s sitting at the opposite wall, staring at the back of his camera. It takes a second, but he glances up, nods, then is back to whatever he was doing. Jimin, however, freezes and why was he here again? Oh right, the Taehyung thing. What is he even supposed to say? Why did he agree to do this?
“I can leave if you want to practice alone.” Yoongi says without looking up.
“No, that’s okay.” Jimin is stuttering and that makes Yoongi look at him, eyes focused on him. “I needed to talk to you anyway.” But, Jimin's brain is still trying to think of exactly what to say, not giving too much away, yet not saying too little as to have Yoongi ask questions.
“Are you going to tell me?” Yoongi snorts after a minute of Jimin trying to think up in his head what to ask.
“Did Hoseok already ask you about, um, tomorrow? With me and Taehyung?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, can you, um, not...go?" Yoongi's eyes are piercing and Jimin feels bad and- "Like, I'm not going either. Taehyung asked me. And asked me to ask you. It's not-" that I don't like you but, Jimin brain catches up and he realizes he should probably stop.
Yoongi raises an eyebrow at him, then shrugs. "Alright."
"Yeah," Jimin nods. "Yeah, goo-"
"I won't get in Taehyung's way."
Jimin sputters, "What? That's not-"
"I can tell when someone has a crush," Yoongi says, and the smirk he gives has Jimin focus on the ground and the grooves on the wood. "It's really not that hard."
"Can you," Jimin stutters, "Can you not tell Hoseok-hyung?"
"I'm not an asshole Jimin." When Jimin's head snaps up, because he's that's not what he meant, he just figured Yoongi is a person less for the annoying 'have them figure it out themselves' and more of a 'just tell them' type of person, Yoongi's staring at the back of his camera again.
"What are you doing?"
"They're photos for my photography midterm. Actually-" Yoongi grins up at him, which never is a good thing. "Since you owe me, you get to be a model too."
Jimin blinks, "What?"
"I picked movement as a theme, you're a dancer, it works out." Yoongi shrugs, "Hoseok's helping too."
"Um. Alright?"
"It wasn't a request, you owe me remember? In fact, you owe me again for today."
"Hyung," Jimin whines, frowning when Yoongi laughs at him.
"Are you hungry? Let's go eat, yeah?" Yoongi says, then puts his camera around his neck and stands up. He walks over towards the door, ruffling Jimin's hair on his way out.
---
It's now finally hit Jimin that midterms are right around the corner. All the teachers are prepping them, giving them study lists and his friends are declining plans with 'oh i need to study.' Jimin's never been one to freak out about tests, he's pretty good at keeping up with classwork and managing to do at least decently, but Taehyung has always annoyingly been able to approach tests flippantly and do well. And Jimin thinks he's changing when Taehyung is the one to ask him to go to the library and help him study. Maybe, since it's college he's buckling down and taking it seriously.
No.
Taehyung leads him over to this section in the library where Namjoon, Yoongi, Hyosang, Seokjin, and Hoseok ends up being. So, as Taehyung takes his seat on Hoseok's right, Jimin sighs and ends up sitting down next to Namjoon. He's the one that can help him out the most since Jimin needs the most help with Math and English which is Namjoon's area of expertise. He also might be across from Yoongi, not like it matters since he's staring intently at his laptop and hasn't looked up once. Not that that matters either. Yeah.
Everyone studies in quiet, maybe someone asking a question or someone asking for an explanation here and there, but mainly it's quiet. It's not unnerving or awkward, Jimin just can't study like this. He has to plug in his headphones so at least he has music as he tries to outline his art history essay. The thing about that is he doesn't hear anything else going on. It wouldn't be a real problem until he gets kick hard enough in the shin that he jumps. When he takes off his headphones, Namjoon is laughing next to him and Yoongi is staring at him.
"That hurt," Jimin whines.
"Then don't have your music on so loud/ I need help with the art history essay." Yoongi says, then taps the seat next to him. Jimin sighs, but journeys over to other side to help Yoongi with an essay he barely understands. Doesn't understand at all really. He still tries to help out though and lists out a bunch of stuff they did learn in class and is in the textbook that somehow relates to the question or he thinks could possibly answer the question. In his mind, he thinks it all fits together pretty nicely and he's being a bit helpful, but when he looks up Yoongi is staring at him, mouth twitching up, and Jimin freezes.
"What the fuck are you even saying?" Yoongi says, but there's no anger or heat. No sarcasm either which is a new one. "Do you even know what you're saying?"
Jimin blushes and now Yoongi's full out smiling. "No. Not really."
Yoongi laughs, "Eh, what if I had copied everything you said and got a bad grade? Go study over there and help me some other time."
"Why are you making him study for you?" Seokjin asks. He's sitting next to Namjoon on the other side and mostly been talking about this Literature essay with Hyosang.
"Not for me," Yoongi says, "He has to study anyway so-"
"Haven't you taken art history before?" Hyosang has his head in his hands, smiling over. Yoongi's head snaps over and he glares, but Hyosang only tilts his head and smiles wider, blinking innoncently.
Jimin grins over at Yoongi, "Then, you should be helping me, hyung."
"I took it back in high school, yeah." He continues glaring at Hyosang for a few more seconds, before turning it to Jimin. "Do you think I remember that far back?"
"Ah," Jimin nods, then grins, "Well, you don't even remember calculus so-"
"Excuse me," Yoongi flicks him with his pencil when he laughs. "I was doing you a favor, you little shit."
"Alright hyung, it's okay to suffer some memory loss as you get older," Jimin grins and he scoots his chair away from the impending flick, but instead Yoongi kicks at Hyosang, who's laughing hard enough that Seokjin's shooting him a glare.
---
At the next dance practice, Jimin finally learns the lucky thing about Jimin's third: they're the last group to go and they get to end it. It's supposed to end with someone flipping over a person in the front and it was supposed to end with some Junior doing it. What happens instead is Jimin was picked to do it, Yukwon had pulled him aside and said Hoseok had seen him practicing flips and told Yukwon he was really good. So, under a general consensus of the leaders, Jimin's doing it. He doesn't know whether to be thankful or not, truthfully his insides feel like they're already twisting and the performance is two months away.
Other than that, they go over the dance again this meeting, as well as explanations about performance being for a semi-popular local artist that's coming to do a concert at their school. It's a rather quick meeting because this time, Yukwon's gotten permission to use one of the other dance rooms so they can all practice at the same time. Plus, the dance is pretty okay, not easy, but something Jimin can get after a few more run throughs.
Jimin has to stay after along with a couple other people that have specific point moments in the dance to go over their parts. Luckily, Hoseok is assigned to teach him and they get their own room since it has the mats in the supply closet. And since Hoseok is staying (Jimin wants to act like it's a little bit for him too) Taehyung ends up staying to watch too. Yoongi as well, but he's taking pictures in the background for the project.
It starts off with Hoseok explaining what's supposed to happen: half the group will bow like the performance is done and then Jimin breaks through the other half and gives one last flip. Easy. In theory. But, they can't test it out right now instead Hoseok tells him to practice his flipping because he may be good but he doesn't trust him to flip over a person safely right now.
They maybe make it through about twenty minutes of actual practicing before it evolves in them just dancing for fun. Hoseok ends up doing random, silly dance moves to try and make them laugh. Jimin tries showing off some of his tumbling skills, Taehyung gets up and tries stuff too. Stuff since it's not really dancing. All the while, Yoongi is taking random pictures.
"Are you even doing your project anymore, hyung," Hoseok laughs when Yoongi ends up taking a random picture of Taehyung doing a funny face.
"Facial movements are movements," Yoongi replies, then snaps a picture as Hoseok walks over.
Jimin comes over, looking over Yoongi's shoulder to look at the camera, but Yoongi moves it out of his sight. "Can we see?"
"We're never allowed to see them until he's done with them," Hoseok says, then drapes an arm around Yoongi's shoulder. "But, since right now it's three versus one. And he has an expensive camera and an even more precious project inside it-"
"Are you threatening me?" Yoongi glares, shaking off Hoseok's arm.
"Not if you just give it to us first," Hoseok says, extending his hand. But, Yoongi just glares at that and him, before stepping away.
"C'mon, hyung," Jimin says, and Yoongi frowns at him. "Please." He tries pouting and holds out his hand, smiling when it works as Yoongi huffs and removes the camera from around his neck.
"I'm the only one that can touch it," Yoongi sounds like he's growling and so upset, but he's slightly smiling as they all crowd around as Yoongi begins cycling through the pictures he's taken. The recent ones are all random: Taehyung making weird faces, Hoseok's arm dance, Taehyung smiling at him, all three of them laughing. Then it's back to when they were actually practicing with Hoseok in the corner dancing on his own, Taehyung staring at them (and Jimin almost points out how sickeningly in love he looks), Jimin doing a flip, another flip, fixing his hair, fanning out his shirt, Hoseok doing this spin thing, Jimin listening to Hoseok explain stuff.
"There's like three pictures of Jimin to every one of me," Hoseok frowns at Yoongi, though he seems more like he's trying to suppress a laugh.
"Well obviously, he was doing flips and shit." Then, the camera cycles through the actual dance practice with groups shots of each particular third, some pictures of Namjoon, some pictures of Namjoon glaring at him, a few of Taehyung, a lot of Hoseok teaching, then Hoseok dancing, a lot more of Jimin dancing.
"I bet it's legitimately three to one, hyung." Hoseok is grinning at Yoongi, before Yoongi pushes him out of the circle. "Hey!"
"It's cause he's the better dancer," Yoongi snaps.
"Really?" Jimin grins. The look Yoongi gives him would have made him sputter and shy away before, but now it just makes him grin harder.
"Don't grow a big head Jimin-ah." Jimin continues to grin even as Yoongi flicks at his forehead. Then, Hoseok jumps onto his back, throwing him forward a bit out of surprise
"I don't accept this." He yells, "Let's battle Jimin."
"Eh. No." Jimin says, laughing when Hoseok slaps him on the shoulder.
"What is ‘eh. no’? We'll see who's better." He tries to get off, but Jimin locks his arms around his legs. "What are you doing? Let me go, we've got to fight this out." But, Jimin starts to carry him around the room, sometimes running to scare him, while Taehyung laughs so hard he falls to the floor. Even Yoongi's smiling as he takes random pictures, making sure to get an amazing picture of Hoseok falling off Jimin's back when he stops suddenly.
---
Yoongi has taken to wearing his camera everywhere now. He had worn it a lot before, but now Jimin literally doesn't see him without it. It's not like he's spending every moment on the project, he even told Jimin it's honestly not that hard, but that Yoongi really loves photography even if he won’t say it outright. He takes pictures of everything, from the grass to the trees changing color to random ones of people walking. Even takes pictures of food sometimes which Namjoon laughs at him for and calls him such a hipster.
With the camera around his neck he seems generally happier, even if he gets frustrated over a picture not coming out right. Even if he complains that all of yesterdays photos are void because of something that went wrong with his camera. Even if he says he hates photography. He talks about it at Jimin a lot without Jimin needing to ask. Sometimes, after taking a good photo he even comes over to show it off to him. He seems so lively.
"Do you like this one or this one?" They're studying again, all of them, but Yoongi nudged Jimin to look down at his camera then flipped between two different photos. They look exactly the same. Like, exactly. Jimin stares at them for enough time that he's memorized everything about them.
"Um." He doesn't want to lie, but it's honestly like playing find the error in the two pictures where the creator messed up and there is none. "I don't...know?"
"This one is like two millimeters to the left and doesn't capture half of that guy over there eating. It might look better to have him for realness though," Yoongi says, then brings the camera up closer to his face. Jimin can't stop himself from laughing, hard, because two millimeters. There's a flash that goes off and Jimin has to blink away the spots in his eyes.
"That's not," Jimin starts, but he waits a bit so he can actually see Yoongi's face. "That's not movement."
"You throw your whole body into a laugh," Yoongi says, looking down at the back of the camera. "It's movement."
"Why don't you take a picture of me and Seokjin?" Hyosang suggests, putting an arm around Seokjin's shoulders and bringing him closer. It takes no time at all for Seokjin to start smiling and pose with a peace sign.
"The combination of both of you will break my camera." Yoongi says, smiling innocently. Namjoon stifles a laugh next to them, as Hyosang sneers and Seokjin gives a pout.
---
Midterm week comes and it's really not that bad, definitely not as bad as people made it out to be. It's a lot better than highschool and after the calculous test, his biggest concern, Jimin doesn't worry as much. In fact, he's in the coffee shop, on his laptop and mostly looking up random videos, not in the least bit freaking out that he's doing it. Tomorrow is literature and he honestly doesn't really know how to study for that anyways.
He's kind of spacing out, because he's bored and he should go back to the dorm and hang with Taehyung or go and call Yoongi up, when the door opens up and Hoseok and Taehyung walk through. Just Hoseok and Taehyung. Jimin wants to throw confetti on them and yell in triumph. Instead, he decides not to ruin their date and tries to hide himself behind his laptop screen so he isn't seen.
It doesn't work, while they both look up at the options (they almost have the same expression) a barista calls out an order and Hoseok's eyes flicker over and they meet gazes. Jimin smiles and waves, hoping that'll be it, but Hoseok pulls at Taehyung's jacket, points over at him, before they walk over.
"How long have you been here?" Hoseok asks.
"Two hours or so." Jimin tries to catch Taehyung's gaze, get some type of signal or anything, but he's just smiling back at Jimin.
"Damn, are you still studying?" Hoseok says, then leans over to see Jimin's screen, videos perfectly on display. He laughs, "Have you just been hanging out here?"
Jimin shrugs, "Yeah, sorta. I like it here."
"See, I told you." Taehyung says.
"What?" Jimin asks and Hoseok looks over at him too.
"The sign when you first came with your favorite order!" Taehyung grins like that explains everything.
"Oh, like fate?" Hoseok nods.
"Yeah." And Jimin stares between both of them. He now understands what Taehyung meant, but now he doesn't understand them. They're on the same wavelength: completely out of the Earth's orbit.
"Since you're not doing anything, did you want to come with us to see a movie?" Hoseok suggests. Again, Jimin tries to see some signal from Taehyung, but he takes it as something else.
"You'll like it," Taehyung says.
Is he really suggesting Jimin join them? Is he really doing that? Jimin has no idea how he's supposed to help someone who can't help himself. "No, I'm going to actually try and study."
Hoseok laughs, "Alright, well have fun." Then, they got back in line. Actually, they both do that irritating thing where they get in line, but are still completely undecided about their order and hold everyone up and-
Jimin sighs and turns back to his laptop.
---
"Did you want to do something or are you just going to chill on my bed," Jimin says. When Jungkook had asked to come over he had suggested going to explore around campus, but it's been ten minutes and he's laying down on Jimin's bed.
"Do what?" Jungkook replies, not even looking up. He kind of looks like he's about to fall asleep, so Jimin's not going to argue that he was the one who came over with the intent to do something. Highschool was hard, he's probably detoxing on his bed. Besides, Taehyung is sprawled out on his own bed, reading manhwas, while Jimin's messing around on his computer. It's too relaxing for them to move.
"Wait," Jungkook sits up and stares over at Taehyung. "You said the dance team meets today."
"Canceled." Taehyung doesn't look over, just flips a page.
Jungkook sighs and falls back down on the bed, "I wanted to meet Hoseok-hyung."
"Oh, that reminds me." Jimin looks over to Taehyung, "How was your date?" Jungkook blinks up at him, then turns to stare at the back of Taehyung's head, as he still won't turn around. It tends to happen, Taehyung getting lost in his comics, so Jimin flicks a pencil at him, hitting him right in the crown of the head.
"What?" He turns, eyes darting between the both of them as he rubs at his head.
"How was your date?" Jimin asks again, grinning.
"Huh?" Taehyung eyebrows knit and this time he sits up, "What are you talking about?"
"Yesterday. At the coffee shop." Jimin sighs when Taehyung just continues staring. "With Hoseok-hyung."
Even with that, it takes a second for it to click, then he blushes. "That wasn't a date."
"Then what was it?" Jimin rolls his eyes when Taehyung shrugs, "Jungkook-ah. It was only Taehyung and Hoseok-hyung."
"Really?" Jungkook grins. "Only them?"
"But-"
"They got coffee together."
"Coffee? Wow."
"It wasn't-"
"They even saw a movie together!"
Jungkook's eyes widen, "A movie, hyung? A movie." He turns to look at Taehyung. "A movie."
"The entire time they were alone. Alone." Jimin nods, satisfied at Taehyung's silence. When Jungkook looks over, eyes still wide, but lips starting to quiver, they meet gazes and both crack up.
"Shut up," Taehyung mumbles. And Jimin would tease him more, but now he's gone and shrunken into himself, knees up to his chest with his arms hugging them.
"C'mon," Jimin smiles, "You should be happy."
"It wasn't a date."
Jimin shrugs, "Then, it's a step forward in the right direction." His phone rings next to him and he checks it as Taehyung grumbles on about why exactly it wasn't a date and that Hoseok looks at him like a friend and how he should give up. He smiles, then wiggles his phone screen in Taehyung's direction.
"Yoongi-hyung just invited us to a party," Jimin says. All he gets back is Taehyung blinking at him. "It'll cheer you up. Pretty sure Hoseok-hyung is going."
Despite the frown being etched onto Taehyung's face, his eyes do brighten up a bit, "Where?"
"Namjoon-hyung and Seokjin-hyung's apartment."
"Hyung," Jungkook grins at him, now completely awake and ready to do things.
"You can't come." Because Jungkook only pulls out hyung when he wants to try and be cute to get Jimin to do something. By the way Jungkook's face immediately falls into a pout, he was right. Jimin smiles at him as he ruffles Jungkook's hair. And Jungkook's growl isn't scary at all with his bangs all messy in front of his face.
---
The party doesn't end up being much of a party. Or maybe Jimin expected too much from college movies. It's at Seokjin and Namjoon's apartment and it's basically all the upperclassmen Jimin knows plus a few other people that he knows are all upperclassmen too. It's small and there's video games and faint music in the background. Completely the opposite of the making out, drunk people passed out, loud thumping music he expected. But, that's not bad at all.
In fact, Jimin really likes this. They're all just talking about stuff and hanging out with the addition of alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol. Yoongi and Hyosang make it their personal mission to introduce Jimin and Taehyung to all the different types of alcohol. It takes about thirty minutes for Jimin to say the rooms getting a bit not straight and he should probably go sit down on the couch.
"You're such a lightweight, Jiminie," Yoongi says, when Jimin trips on his way over to the couch. Taehyung laughs at him, but then ends up trying to sit on the coffee table so.
"How much have you given them?" Seokjin frowns as Jimin and Taehyung successfully manage to sit down on the couch. The rooms finally okay again and Jimin's mind is pretty okay. Taehyung, on the other hand, is kind of smiling at nothing at all.
"Relax Seokjin-ah," Hyosang plops down next to Seokjin and drapes an arm around his neck. "We are careful and protective hyungs."
"You've had like six shots already," Seokjin rolls his eyes and shrugs Hyosang off him.
"They're fine," Yoongi sits down next to Jimin, who grins over at him. There are drinks littering the table, a lot of the actual liquor bottles only half empty. None of the others seem drunk, Hoseok looks really red in the face, but he's completely stable as he walks over to sit next to Taehyung. Namjoon and Jiho are both on the floor in front of the television, playing Super Mario Cart sort of really awfully, but it's funny and entertaining. For a bit. Then, Jimin starts to look at a bottle that has a peach on it. He's always loved peach.
"Do you want to try it?" Yoongi asks and Jimin turns to him and smiles. So, Yoongi reaches to get a cup and pours him a bit, before handing the cup over. It tastes good, it tastes really good.
"Really good," Jimin mumbles out because that's how good it is. And Yoongi laughs at him and, even though Jimin doesn't know what's funny, he laughs too. Besides, Yoongi's smile is really nice and makes Jimin feel all warm and makes his stomach flip in a good way.
"Don't let him drink all of that," Seokjin yells. At first, Jimin thinks Seokjin's talking about him, but then he looks over to see Taehyung with a half gone beer in his hand. When did that happen?
"It's alright, hyung," Hoseok grins.
Seokjin huffs, "Yoongi, I think you should keep track of Taehyung too."
"Hoseok's got Taehyung."
"Hoseok's a bit drunk. Jimin's cute and all, but you don't have to stare at him all the time." Hyosang says, head in Seokjin's lap and eyes closed so he doesn't see Yoongi's glare. Jimin stares over at Hyosang because he just called him cute. That's okay. Like. That's a compliment, a weird one, but a compliment. Then, he stares back at Yoongi, who's watching the television where Namjoon just won and Jiho's calling bullshit. What Hyosang said is okay, but-
"Am I cute, hyung?" Right after it comes out his cheeks feel hotter than the alcohol already made them. The way Yoongi looks over at him, eyebrows scrunching together, doesn't help.
Namjoon laughs loudly, drawing Yoongi's eyesight away. "Yeah, is he cute, hyung?" Yoongi takes Jimin's cup and throws it at Namjoon's head. His reaction is way too slow and he only thinks about telling Yoongi there was a bit left when it's already spilling in Namjoon's hair. Now Jiho's laughing and Namjoon is cursing and everyone else is laughing too, including Jimin. Until a hand comes up to pinch at his cheek.
"That hurts." Jimin whines.
"Yeah, you're cute." Yoongi gives a small smile, then lets go of Jimin's cheek. It really hurts when Jimin smiles, but he can't stop. Yoongi has to roll his eyes and push Jimin's face away, complaining his smile's too bright.
"Do you want to watch a movie," Namjoon asks, as he gets up, glaring pointedly at Yoongi.
"Scary movie!" Taehyung calls out.
"No." Jimin yells. The look Yoongi gives him is very foreboding, like he's storing this in his brain for some random day in the future.
"Eh," Hyosang says, "Action."
"Action." Jiho agrees.
"Alright, action it is." Namjoon says, then goes off into the apartment to wherever the movies are stored.
"Why not a scary movie?" Taehyung mumbles, pouting.
"How about tomorrow we watch one together, huh?" Hoseok words bring a grin right to Taehyung's face and when he pats at his head it gets even wider. Jimin reaches for one of the beer bottles on the table and when he sits back at up, Yoongi snorts over at him.
"Don't get too drunk okay?"
"You could just take him home," Hyosang says, then stares over at Yoongi with a smile. Seokjin ends up hitting Hyosang on the arm and Hyosang pouts up at him. They look comfy and nice and Jimin really wants to do that, lean up against Yoongi, snuggle into him. But, he's pretty sure Yoongi wouldn't want him doing that. He still wants that though, someone comforting him, someone holding him. The settlement, he decides, is laying his head on Yoongi's shoulder.
It's amazing how quick Yoongi shrugs him off. And maybe that was too much. Maybe, he should have settled for nothing at all. Or-
He's tugged by the arm into Yoongi's chest and he was right, it feels so nice to be held.
"This is more comfortable, right?" Jimin grins up at him and notices Yoongi's face is a bit red. It's the first time he's gotten any sign that Yoongi's been drinking. He would comment on it, poke at his cheeks, but, Namjoon comes in, toweling off his hair and holding a DVD case.
(It takes thirty minutes -fourty minutes? enough minutes that the action has barely started- for Jimin to start to doze off and mumble that he's tired. Upon further inspection, Hyosang is asleep in Seokjin's lap and Hoseok and Taehyung managed to fall asleep on each other. So, Yoongi volunteers to take Jimin to his place because Jimin's dorm is on the other side of the campus while Yoongi's is a five minute walk.
They get there after some stumbling, mostly on Jimin's part, and cursing, mostly on Yoongi's part, and Jimin is dragged into the suite where he's pushed onto the couch.
"You're sleeping here." Yoongi says, "My suitemates are out this weekend, you'll be alright."
"But I want to sleep with you," Jimin mumbles and pulls on Yoongi's sleeves. It's the most of his effort to try and pull Yoongi down onto the couch with him.
Yoongi laughs, then ruffles his hair, "Just sleep out here." He leaves and Jimin frowns off after him, before turning to try to sleep. Right before he closes his eyes, a blankets put on him and his head is lifted up to put a pillow beneath it.
"Good night Jimin-ie." Then, the lights cut out.)
---
When Jimin wakes up, he promptly freaks out and wonders where he is because nothing looks familiar. He might have even sat up quick enough that he gives himself vertigo. Or maybe that's just a hangover.
A door slams and yeah, definitely a hangover. "You're finally up?" Why the fuck is Yoongi yelling.
"Hyung," he whines. When he looks up, head pounding now, Yoongi is grinning at him. He's being an ass and Jimin can't deal with this, so he just lies back down on the bed.
"It's one in the afternoon, c'mon lets go eat." At least he's not being loud anymore, but he's pulling on Jimin's arm.
"Hyung," he whines again. "One more hour."
"What am I your mother?" And as Yoongi gives another pull, Jimin tugs back. While he knew he was stronger than the other, Yoongi's all lean and skinny and Jimin thinks the dance team is the only exercise he allows, he didn't think it'd be that easy to pull him down onto him. And Yoongi's tensing up against him which might mean Jimin's going to pay for this in about ten seconds, but the ten seconds of complete surprised quiet is all Jimin wanted. So, Yoongi starts to sit up and Jimin's head is aching incredibly in preparation to get yelled at- Then, the door opens and there's a loud sigh.
"Did you pass out on the couch again?" It's a low voice, sounding very annoyed. "Just cause we leave for the weekend doesn't mean we want to come back to you passed out and barely alive. There's going to be a day when I come in banging pots and pans and I won't care about your complaints and whines because you need to learn-"
"Shut up," Yoongi groans.
"At least you're not completely missing and I don't have to fill out a form for a new suitemate. I'd rather not have to deal with those two other shits alone for the-" He abruptly stops talking when Jimin sits up to see who he is. His annoyance falls away as he looks between the two, "Oh. Oh, uh, hey. I'm Dae...hyun." Jimin's head is hurting way too hard for him decipher what's happening right now.
Yoongi quickly gets off the couch, then kicks Jimin in his leg. "He's a friend." And Jimin will pretend that doesn't make his face fall and chest ache. "It's a Sunday, why are you back?"
"This is my place too, what do you mean why am I back." Daehyun's still staring at Jimin even as Yoongi walks towards the minifridge on the other side of the room. "Yoongi's got a lot of...friends every week. I've never seen you before though."
"Yo, Jimin," Yoongi calls, and just as Jimin turns a water bottle lands in his lap. "Take that and go to the second room, sleep there for one more hour, okay? One more. I'll bring you Advil." Jimin nods, then scrambles up and away from the awkwardness coating the room. He gives a slight smile to Daehyun, who's studying him with a small smile, then goes towards the room.
"This friend is a very different type of friend."
"Shut up," Yoongi snaps back. The laughter in response is loud and obnoxious, but the type of obnoxious that makes you want to join. Still. It’s very loud and Jimin closes the door to mute it, then quickly falls down onto the bed. At that point he realizes that this is Yoongi’s room and he’s laying on Yoongi’s bed and surrounded by Yoongi’s stuff. Actually, the rooms not really anything, only messy, lived in, and besides the stuff every school dorm gives, is pretty typical. He didn’t really expect anything, other then maybe something embarrassing so he could tease Yoongi for once. He sighs, then turns to see a few photos on the wall. Some of them are just stock photos, probably ones Yoongi's proud of, then there's some of his friends. There's one of Jimin, right in the center of the bed, low enough for him to reach up and touch it. He smiles.
---
It takes a few days for Jimin to actually figure out what happened at Yoongi's place. Actually, Taehyung, of all people, is the one to explain it to him over dinner. That Daehyun thought Jimin was another one of Yoongi's many, apparently, one night stands. (Taehyung says something more along the lines of "the guy must have thought you two were bumping uglies" which Jimin stares at him for, before he gets it and sprays his drink everywhere.)
So, Jimin casually brings it up before class. Just to, y'know, laugh about it. Not to figure out if it's true or anything. What does it matter to Jimin? It doesn't matter to Jimin.
"Why do you care about my sex life?"
"I d-don't," Jimin manages to stammer out, "I was-it's only- I'm trying to make conversation." Yoongi stares at him, eyebrow raised and eyes piercing, Jimin can't even meet his gaze, but then he shrugs.
"Sometimes I go to parties, sometimes I get wasted, and sometimes I bring people back home. Does that satisfy your curiosity?"
No. Because what type of people? How often? Is Jimin his type of person? "Yeah," Jimin sputters.
---
When he first got to college, Jimin thought he would struggle to keep up with dance and practicing, but he's managed to carve out a spot in his schedule, not like it was extremely packed anyway, where he can go down to an open dance room and do whatever. Sometimes he asks Hoseok to come and help him with something, but most of the time it's him by himself. A way to get some alone time away from Taehyung asking him to do things or school obligations or friends asking to do things. He has to practice. It's a perfect excuse.
Usually, he likes it. Even if he gets frustrated because he keeps missing a dance step or he can't get a move, he's still ends up more relaxed at the end of it then at the beginning. But, lately it's been different. Lately, when he dances and messes up it's not due to him actually not getting the beat right. It's because thoughts cloud his head and he's too busy thinking about things, not throwing himself into the dance. Thinking about school stress, Taehyung and Hoseok, minor annoyances. That's what it starts out as. Then, it always winds up back to Yoongi. Something Yoongi said that day to him, something he texted him. Or maybe he thinks further back to what Yoongi's roommate said. Maybe even further back to when they first met and the contrast to now. He convinces himself of things that have no basis. Yoongi loves to ruffles his hair, Yoongi's smile seems to be different when it's aimed at him, Yoongi never snaps at him.
Yoongi.
Yoongi.
And Jimin trips over his own feet, lands on the floor with a thud. He rolls over and stares at the ceiling, bass thumping from the loudspeakers and making the floor bounce along with it. This is such a complete and utter disaster.
---
The sky is a very dark blue when Jimin and Taehyung exit the dining hall. It's only around seven and night is already starting to fall earlier and earlier. The weather's also getting a lot colder and Jimin's thankful he remembered his jacket. A lot of people didn't. There are actually people in all sorts of attire which would make you question the season they're in. There are even people in suits. Jimin pauses.
"Is there some event today?"
Taehyung looks over at him, "Why?"
Why? "Because people are in suits. Do you normally see this many people in suits and dresses?"
"Maybe they just wanted to?"
"A bunch of people are in business attire at the same time because-" Jimin sighs at Taehyung's blinking face. "Nevermind." They carry on with their walk back to the dorm, Taehyung kicking a rock back as Jimin tries to figure out what's happening. He makes up his mind to ask this one guy who's coming towards them, adjusting his sleeves and dusting off his pants. Then, he looks up to adjust his tie and-
"Is that Hoseok-hyung?" Jimin says.
And Taehyung kicks the rock at a bad angle and it flies off into the grass, "What?"
"Up there in the suit."
"Oh," Taehyung pauses, "Yeah. He looks really good." He doesn't know how Taehyung can tell when Hoseok's barely distinguishable, but it gives him an idea.
"Oh?" Jimin grins, "Hoseok-hyung!"
"What are you doing?" Taehyung sounds horrified. It doesn't matter because Hoseok heard and he's already walking towards them.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Hoseok greets.
"Just came back from eating. But, what are you doing? Are you going to a fancy party or something?" Jimin teases because Hoseok looks so uncomfortable. Not with the suit, but with the atmosphere of the suit; he keeps tugging at the sleeves and fixing his jacket.
"I wish," Hoseok smiles, then sighs. "Sometimes we do mock meetings in business attire. It's such a pain and always so quiet and stoic and I have to present something. This suit's also new and feels weird. It probably fits weird too."
"No, it looks good." Taehyung says quick, blushing when he realizes and harder when he sees that Hoseok's staring. "You look good in it. It doesn't look weird." His voice is so soft and barely audible, he's even talking to the ground.
"Thanks," Hoseok smiles. It's not one of his cheerful, fun smiles, the one he always has on his face when he laughs at a joke or is being friendly or being him. There's depth to it, tenderness, and he's looking straight at Taehyung and- Oh. "I should probably go; don't want to be late. Bye." Jimin waves after him and Taehyung says his goodbye to the ground that he's been staring at for the past few seconds.
"Taehyung."
"That was dumb. He doesn't even think of me that way, he probably thinks I'm a little child talking about how cool hyung looks just-" He sighs loudly, not looking up, even scuffs his foot on the cement. "I know."
"No, Taehyung he-" But, Jimin pauses then groans because he won't look up, he's shut down. His 'I feel shitty, because I'm so stupid' mode, that he gets into sometimes. "Nevermind. Let's just go." And he has to drag Taehyung off.
---
There was a very desperate attempt by Taehyung to get Jimin not to go to the dance practice today. He has no idea why since Taehyung is the one with the problem with Hoseok (which isn't really a problem and is more Taehyung making a problem). The obvious solution is that Jimin goes, because he has to show Yukwon he’s capable of doing the solo today, and Taehyung stay home, but, for some reason, in Taehyung's mind that's not acceptable. So, he's been completely quiet the entire time while they wait for it to be their turn to dance. It's so weird that Jimin misses Taehyung's weird speeches about aliens or an app he just bought or even his gushing over Hoseok. Instead, he's sitting next to Jimin and looking so absent and unaware when usually he has a smile on his face.
When they get up to do their part, Taehyung is definitely hitting all the moves right and knows the dance down pat, but he's just careless. Jimin can see it as he's behind Taehyung in the routine, Hyunah even shouts out 'be more energetic Taehyung!' It really shouldn't be this much of a big deal. They complete the routine basically perfectly, Yukwon approves that no one needs to be switched out or anything at least. Then, Jimin shows off his flip (doing it over Hoseok because, well, he's the only one he's practiced on) and it works spectacularly. He sticks it and everyone in the dance club is amazed, Taehyung even gives a slight smile despite his sour mood.
Then, that's it. There's this dinner or something that Yukwon planned for the whole dance team, but Taehyung won't want to go and Jimin doesn't want to leave him at the dorm moping. So, they're just going to leave, Jimin waiting on Taehyung to get his backpack that he left back where they were sitting, when Jimin’s pushed forward by a weight on his shoulder. He looks to his left and it's Yoongi's face right in his.
"Good job, yeah?" Yoongi grins. And Jimin already feels his face starting to heat up and his stomach is fluttery and he grins down at the floor, unable to look Yoongi in the eye. This is just over one compliment. It’s not even a large compliment, it’s like being happy over an elementary teacher’s good job sticker. "You're pretty good at dancing, kid."
"I'm not a kid," he mumbles. He can't look at Yoongi when he's that close, but he knows the other is laughing, his eyes probably crinkling up and showing off his too white teeth.
When Taehyung returns, he's looking at everyone in his "why-is-this-happening-to-me" way and sighs. "We were going to go back to the dorm."
"Oh?" Hoseok says, "Not going to go and get some free food?" His smile is overcompensating and it doesn’t even go to his eyes which are searching Taehyung’s face. One of the many things about Hoseok is he's definitely able to tell when something is off by a little. Even though he's been completely oblivious with Taehyung, he's not when it comes to someone being in a bad mood. He tries to make them smile or be happy like he's doing now.
"I," Taehyung glances over at Hoseok, then he's looking down on the floor. "No, I don't think-" And Hoseok envelops him in a hug, then sort of wobbles them around for a bit. Yoongi snorts next to Jimin and his arm is still around Jimin's neck, heat is still radiating on Jimin's body.
"Namjoon left early too, you can't leave me alone with them." Hoseok whines and turns them around so he's glaring at Jimin and Yoongi.
"Jimin's coming with me too." Already, Taehyung seems a bit less sour.
Hoseok huffs, "That's even worse. Do I want to be left alone with Yoongi-hyung?"
"Hey." Yoongi snaps, then shoves at Jimin when he laughs. He also takes his arm away, his body away, and Jimin doesn't know why he complained about it being there. It feels so empty now that it's gone.
"Well, if you're going to do that," Hoseok finally lets go, smiles directly into Taehyung's eyes. "You have to promise me something."
Taehyung blinks, "What?"
Hoseok grins wider, "Me, Yoongi-hyung, Hyosang-hyung, and Namjoon are doing a performance at the Coffee Shop. You should come."
"Hoseok," Yoongi's voice sounds like a warning, "Not a good idea."
"It's a fantastic idea," Hoseok aims a frown at Yoongi, then smiles back at Taehyung. "You're coming right? You can invite people too."
Yoongi groans, then whispers "Definitely not a good idea."
Taehyung looks between them, then shrugs, "Sure. When?"
Hoseok is practically bouncing with joy, "Next Friday! At around eight, yeah? We could eat afterwards?" Taehyung nods.
Yoongi flicks at Jimin’s head to get his attention, then smiles at his frown, “You’re coming too, right?” For a second, Jimin stares at him blankly because it doesn’t register. Yoongi wants Jimin to go? Didn’t he just not want Taehyung to go? Yoongi pouts, which also confuses Jimin. That is not a valid expression on Yoongi’s face. “Fine then. I’m going to change my verse to a diss against you.”
“Hyung.” Jimin frowns and Yoongi’s smiling again. It seems different and makes Jimin’s stomach flop hard and he doesn’t really know what to do with his face, so he looks back at the ground. “No, I’ll go.“ Then, Yoongi’s petting at his head and it’s annoying how much Jimin likes it.
Part 3