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LOG #11022118_00
[All systems= start]
[Subject identified: Jin- friend]
[Consulting internal clock: 09:21]
[Watching Jin- owner starting to stir]
Jin- owner looks around.
''Don't tell me that we fell asleep on the couch again?''
[Run program= nod]
''Oh, God. My neck.''
Jin- friend starts massaging his neck then looks up towards me.
''Are you ok? Do you feel a-any different?''
Jin- friend looks at me almost worried.
[Trying to understand what he means]
[Starting to remember what happened yesterday]
[System alert: heartbeat surpassing the maximum of 80/min]
[System alert: blood flow getting higher in the cheeks]
[Running quick diagnosis]
[No errors found]
[All systems working properly]
[Run program= answer]
''N-no. I am fine. Really fine. Fine. Definitely.''
Why can't I speak and function normally!?
Watching Jin smile at me.
[System alert: warmth spreading from the thoracic area]
The lines around his eyes and mouth are so pretty.
[Run program= smile]
Watching Jin- friend patting my thigh then getting up and checking his phone.
''I have to call some people now. I have around 20 missed calls from Namjoon and Yoongi. God, I even ran from a photoshot.''
[System alert: slight ache in the thoracic area]
[Running quick diagnosis]
[No errors found]
[All systems working properly]
[Run program= talk]
''I am sorry.''
Watching Jin- friend stop and turn towards me.
''What do you mean?''
[Run program= answer]
''I mean... it's my fault that you had to run away from work and come home. And now your friends are worried and I-''
''No, Jk, listen.''
Watching Jin- friend sit next to me. Jin- friend takes my hand and interlocks our fingers.
He's so warm.
[Run program= tighten hand]
[Run program= smile]
''You are important to me, you are more important than a photoshot or a call, ok?''
[Run program= nod]
[System alert: heartbeat still too high]
''Good. Now I have to tell them that today I won't go anywhere. Today we will relax, watch some movies or play some games.''
[Run programs= nod vigorously]
[System alert: heartbeat starting to increase]
[Running quick diagnosis]
[No errors found]
[All systems working properly]
''I will go in my room then. Oh, why don't you invite over Jimin and Taehyung?''
[Stopping any program running]
[Run program= ask]
''What?''
''They seem really nice. It would be fun to have more people to play with.''
[Run program= murmur]
''Sure.''
Watching Jin- friend leave the living room.
[Run program= sigh]
But I wanted to be alone with you.
[Searching for the phone]
[Hearing a knock on the door]
[Looking at Jin- friend]
[Noticing that Jin- friend is looking at me too]
''They are your friends.''
[Run program= roll eyes]
[Run program= get up]
[Going towards the front door]
[Run program= open door]
[Subject identified: Jimin- friend]
[Subject identified: Taehyung friend]
[Undetected entity brushing against the ankle]
[Run program= look down]
''Sorry about that, Yeo-''
''Aah!''
Jin!
[Run program= run]
[Running 'protect mode': Jin- friend]
[All 'protect mode' programs open]
[Hearing laughter]
[Run program= stare]
[Watching Jin- friend laugh while Yeontan tries to climb on the sofa]
[Hearing hurried steps from behind]
Jin- friend stops laughing and looks at me then at the guests.
''Umh, sorry? I got scared when I felt something jumping on my leg. Didn't mean to worry you.''
Jin- friend turns to look at me again.
''No, I am sorry, he becomes a bit hyperactive if he stays too much in a place. Seems like a 20 minutes ride was enough for him.''
Taehyung- friend goes to take Yeontan in his arms.
''No, let him be. He's a cute pup.''
[Deactivating 'protect mode']
''Ok, so what do you want to do? Movies or videogames?''
''Videogames, I really need to let some frustration out. I have an assignment for theater history in two days and I barely started it but I am so done. Oh, and we brought some soda and beers, if that's ok with you.''
''Yeah, let's put them in the fridge for now. You guys start the console.''
[Watching Taehyung- friend and Jin- friend going towards the kitchen]
''It's a really nice place.''
[Turning towards Jimin- friend]
[Run program= answer]
''Mmh?''
''The apartment. Is really nice. I wouldn't expect anything else from Jin but still. I have this idea in my head that all students are broke and can barely afford food.''
[Looking around the room]
[Run program= answer]
''To me it seems normal?''
''Oh, was your parents' house similar to this then?''
[System alert: contraction in the thoracic area]
[Running quick diagnosis]
[No errors found]
[All systems working properly]
[Noticing Jin- friend and Taehyung- friend coming back into the room]
[Catching Jin- friend's eye]
Jin- friend shakes head.
[Run program= answer]
''Yeah...''
''Guys really? You didn't even pick a game?''
''Oh, right!''
[Watching Jin- friend sit on the sofa while Jimin- friend starts the console and Taehyung- friend tries to make Yeontan stay still]
[Run program= sit]
[Feeling Jin- friend moving closer]
[Watching as Jin- friend's hand moves towards my back]
[Feeling Jin- friend's hand massaging my neck]
[System alert: muscles losing strength]
[Body slowly leaning towards Jin- friend]
[Run program= close eyes]
[Run program= sigh]
It feels so nice.
[Feeling a dip in the sofa on the other side]
[Run program= open eyes]
[Noticing that Taehyung- friend sat on the sofa]
Taehyung- friend rises his eyebrows.
Jimin- friend smiles looking at us.
''So... are you sure you are not toge-''
[System alert: higher blood flow in the cheeks]
[Watching as Jimin- friend runs towards Taehyung- friend and puts a hand over his mouth before finishing the question]
[Noticing the absence of Jin- friend hand]
[System alert: pang in the thoracic area]
[Running quick diagnosis]
[No errors found]
[All systems working properly]
[Watching Jin- friend getting up and passing the joysticks]
[Run program= take joystick]
[Remembering what happened yesterday]
[Touching the lips with the pads of the fingers]
I'd also really like to know.