Pins and Needles (ll)

"That's where I want it," you huff out, throwing all your firmness into it. "If it works, then I'm getting it there."

Like an overgrown child, the man in front of you crosses his arms and glares. "Fine. Whatever. On the right thigh-"

"I want it on the left," you interrupt, not because you care but, at this point, just because you want to spite him. He's been nothing but rude since you walked in the door of his room.

Hearing that, Jungkook curses under his breath. "You really just want to set this all up, don't you?" he grumbles absently, flicking his bangs out of his eyes. He stands up, modeling the long, slender length of his legs as he goes here and there about the room, gathering supplies.

"Set what up?" As he wanders around, you lay back on the recliner and interlock your fingers, staring at the ceiling.

"Nothing," is his response, "-and everything. I'll start it on the side of your hip. You need to roll your pants down."

Down? Like...pull your pants down?

Oh. Yeah. You forgot about that tiny detail in getting a tattoo on your thigh. Embarrassed and reluctant, because you can't remember what underwear you're wearing today, you hop off of the recliner and let your fingers linger over the button on your jeans.

Coverage. You need immediate coverage as soon as you get them off. "Do you have a towel or something to put over my lap?"

Jungkook, who's testing the whirring needle on the gun, pauses to glance at you in amusement. "Towel? Are you embarrassed?"

"No." Yes.

"You don't have anything I haven't seen before, princess," the black-headed man mocks, one dark brow arched dryly to paint a smug, arrogant look across his face. "But here - just because I feel nice."

He grabs a black towel off of one of the counters and tosses it to you.

Hmph.

Trying to diminish the red flush to your cheeks, you start to pull your pants down.

"Just to your mid-thigh should be fine," says Jungkook absently, messing with something you can't see. He doesn't seem to be affected one bit by the fact that you're having to partially-undress to get this done.

The second that you get your jeans down to where he wants them, you throw yourself back into the chair and cover everything but your left leg with the towel. There. You're not showing very much now, just from your thigh up til your T-shirt, revealing the band and side of your purple cotton panties.

Finally ready to go, Jungkook rolls his chair over to you and hovers his hand over your thigh. "Have you shaved recently?" he questions. Ever so gently, he rubs his fingers along your leg.

You shiver and retract from him.

"I shaved this morning," you mumble, looking away. How does he do this? He's not flustered at all...

You guess, if he does this for a living, he's become desensitized to the exposure of certain body parts by now. Or maybe it's just you.

"Good. Then I can skip that step." Jungkook turns around and takes something from the counter. "I'm gonna put the stencil on now, but I have to move your underwear down, okay? Just the edge. Don't freak out."

It's official. He can read your mind. He knows that you were seconds from freaking out at that statement.

You clamp down on your tongue to keep from making any weird noises as he hooks his finger under the band of your panties and pulls them away from your skin. When the stencil is on and traced, black lines ranging from your hip bone to the middle of your thigh, you can't help but admire it.

It's a beautiful tattoo, the perfect balance of detailed and simple. It looks so real, like a live vine is climbing up your leg. Your breath catches.

"Wow," you whisper.

"And it's not even on yet." Grinning in artistic satisfaction at your reaction, Jungkook snaps on a pair of latex gloves and grabs the tattoo gun. "Alright, the hip is probably gonna hurt a bit. Let me know if I need to stop."

Kicking the gun into action, Jungkook's pretty eyes disappear from your view under his shaggy black hair as he leans over your leg, letting the whirling needle touch down on your skin.

Instantly, pain blossoms under the needle's point.

"Holy freaking heck!"

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