Chapter Nine

Their ages in this fan fiction

Taehyung -16

Jungkook -17

Jimin -17

Yoongi -18

Hoseok -19

Namjoon -20

Seokjin -20

Jimin got back later that afternoon, opening the door to their small apartment, groaning in pain as he slide down the wall to sit down on the floor.

Just as he sat down the door flew open and Taehyung walked in a tied cloth in his hand.

"Chim, when did you get back" Taehyung asked as he removed his shoe but he didn't get an answer, so he moved towards Jimin before kneeling down beside him.

"What happened Jimin, why do you look so down" Taehyung asked as he placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Nothing Tae, I'm just tired that's all" Jimin answered smiling at him, one that didn't quite reach his eyes.

"are you sure?" Taehyung asked again, eyes staring at him suspiciously. "are the other students not welcoming? because if they are not I... "

"Tae it's okay" Jimin cuts him off with a chuckle "I won't care even if they don't welcome me" Jimin grabbed Taehyung's hand on his shoulder. They both knew Jimin was the more sensitive one among them and even though he tries to hide his emotions sometime, Taehyung knows him well enough to see right through him.

"Jimin... "

"What's that you're holding there?" Jimin cuts him off, hearing him sigh before he starts talking.

"The neighbors gave it to me on my way in" he said, placing the cloth covered gift on the floor. "They said it's a welcome gift" he smiles when he opened it to see a big bowl. " wow, it's Soondubu Jigae"

"it smells nice" Jimin exclaim and they laughed when his stomach agreed with him by growling.

"I'll go make some side dishes" Taehyung said still giggling as he stood up to move to the side of the room to pick up some ingredients.

Jimin leaned his hair on the wall, as he watched him move around the room, contemplating whether to tell him about Jungkook or not.

***** ***** *****

"Hello, Yugeom? did you find what I asked you for?" Jungkook asked into his phone as he stirred his cup of coffee, eyeing the stalk of books on his study table.

"nope, this Taehyung you talked about doesn't seem to really exist, I've searched everyone called Taehyung but they don't match your description at all" the voice on the line said with a tired yawn and Jungkook could already picture his sleepy face.

"so what does that mean? " Jungkook asked, keeping his mug down to hold his phone properly.

"I mean he doesn't have any online record Jungkook, it will be very difficult to look for him" Yugeom answered and Jungkook sighed a little bit disappointed.

"Just forget about him" Jungkook heard him say, he hummed and then cuts the call.

"Where are you Taehyung?" he asked himself, rubbing his tired eyes before continuing to finish his assignments and projects, finding it hard to concentrate when all he could think about was a certain boy he was having a hard time finding.

***** ***** *****

"How was your job Tae?" Jimin asked after they were done eating and just laying down to relax.

"it was fine, a little hard because I'm just learning but fine nonetheless" he answered turning around to face Jimin "How was the dance school?" he asked back.

"it was awesome, the boy who is teaching us was so good, he moves like he doesn't have solid bones on his body" Jimin answered, stars now shining in his eyes as he recalled earlier that day.

"and the other kids we're so in sync with him and the music, I was almost left out but Hoseok made them go slow so I could catch up.

"must be fun" Taehyung commented, sitting up and smiling when Jimin jumps to his feet.

"let me show you some dance step" he said already dancing to a tune he remembers in his head, Taehyung clapping to encourage him.

"You're so good Chim" he whistled, laughing loudly cause the scene of Jimin dancing without music was so funny no matter how many times he had watched him do it in the past.

"Dance with me Tae" Jimin grabbed Taehyung, trying to pull him up.

"Nooo, you know I can't dance" Taehyung whined but lets himself get pulled up by Jimin.

"you just have to follow my lead Tae" Jimin said, their laughter becoming even louder as they danced into the night and Taehyung isn't sure if the flush face and beating heart were a result of dancing or because he was being held tightly by Jimin, but one thing he did know for sure was that with each passing day, he kept falling in love with his best friend.

***** ***** *****

The next day when Jimin got to bighit, he didn't see any trace of Jungkook and later found out he only came in on Mondays and Saturdays because he had an academic school to attend but came in on some evening to practice by himself.

Jimin felt happy in the absence of Jungkook and his dance improved during the days when he wasn't around, Hoseok and the other students praising him for the quick improvement and he even got lucky enough to get a job with an evening shift.

"Jimin can I come over to your school after work, I want to know the place" Taehyung asked on Friday evening while they were taking a stroll through the local park in the area, the sound of playing children and teenagers bringing a sort of nostalgic feeling to them.

"you don't have to ask me for permission Tae, you can come by anytime you are free from any of your jobs"

"I don't have anything doing tomorrow after my first work which is in the morning and my other job is only on week days" Taehyung answered

"okay then" jimin answered "I'll see you tomorrow there then" Jimin answered, smiling at Tae who was now watching a kid dance seriously in front of his friends.

Taehyung laughed pointing at the oblivious kid, "he reminds me too much of you" he said and Jimin laughed along.

***** ***** *****

It's Saturday which meant Jungkook was around and that meant there was someone who would annoy Jimin and make him angry.

while they were warming up waiting for Hoseok, some students choose to dance to music while the others just stretched their limbs and Jimin was also stretching when he felt someone hit his side almost making him lose his balance and he doesn't even have to look up to know it was Jungkook, he had been at it since morning, calling Jimin names, stepping on his feet, hitting his side while muttering a fake apology with a smirk on his face.

It got on Jimin's nerves and just as he was about to retaliate, the door swung open and Hoseok walked in.

"Good morning everyone" Hoseok beamed at them and they smiled back at him because his smile was just too contagious.

"Good morning" they answered back.

"he looks even more sexy today" Yoongi whispered to Jungkook who snorted at the remark but kept quiet.

"as you all know, the senior category which I'm part of, concluded their dance battle last week in which we emerged winners and as it is by tradition, the Junior category will be next" Hoseok announced, hearing happy murmurings coming from the room.

"it has been set to happen in a month time, so we have up to four weeks to prepare but before then we need a leader for this group" Hoseok continued looking around the room to see who it will be.

"it's obviously going to be Jungkook, he's the best dancer in this class" a boy in front of Jungkook whispered to his friend and the other nodded in agreement, at this Jungkook raised his head smiling proudly.

'of course it's going to be me' he thought to himself, 'no one here is as good as m...'

"Park Jimin" Hoseok called out "I choose you as the leader of this set"

"WHAT?"

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