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“Hey guys, It’s Jimin!! Welcome back to my channel! Today I have a special video planned just for you guys, it’s going to be completely different to what I usually do but” He pauses to rearrange the camera in his hand, deciding that his arm is already starting to ache.
“You guys have been requesting to see more of my boyfriend in videos so I think you’re gonna enjoy what I have planned down” he giggles, looking down at his lap as he remembers just what he has up his sleeve today. “So today, I’m going to do the hickey prank on my boyfriend”
Usually, it would be Jungkook pranking him but Jimin had sat down browsing through YouTube late at night, trying to come up with at least one video idea to film. At first, he’d thought of doing a Halloween makeup tutorial but he’d quickly scratched that idea, thinking that his subscribers had become bored of just seeing makeup tutorials from him.
He also wanted to try something new. Vlogging hadn’t worked. He’d tried it but most of the time he’d forgotten to film the rest of his day and others times...well, the content he’d filmed of him and Jungkook wasn’t exactly youtube appropriate. The last thing Jimin wanted was for his YouTube channel to be demonetised.
The truth is, he enjoyed making videos. Sitting down in front of a camera and filming a simple makeup tutorial or doing small storytimes. He loved talking to his subscribers. Of course, he didn’t see YouTube as a full time job but more as a hobby.
“I’m super nervous you guys” Jimin laughs. The truth is, he wasn’t sure how Jungkook would react to this prank. “I don’t know how he’ll react.”
Even though Jimin had been dating Jungkook for 3 years already, he still had no idea how Jungkook would react to it. Of course, if things got a little bit messy he would let Jungkook know it was a prank.
“Okay so he’s going be home in about an hour so I’m going to go put on this fake hickey” With the camera held in his arm, he walks through his and Jungkook’s shared apartment and towards their bedroom. He plops himself down on his vanity and pulls out his drawer full of makeup products. “So I’m just going to use this lipstick” he shows it to the camera before applying it to the pale skin of his neck. He dabs at the lipstick to make it less bright.
He then takes one of his makeup brushes and uses blue eyeshadow to make the hickey look more like a shade of pink and not just a huge blob of lipstick that he smeared onto his skin. He needs to make this look believable.
“Okay guys, I’m done. I think I did pretty well, let me know in the comments if you think it looks like a real hickey” He smiles. He turns the camera off deciding to cook dinner until Jungkook comes home.
When Jimin hears the front door open, he knows Jungkook is home. He quickly places the camera in the hiding spot before whispering a quiet “he’s home, guys” to the camera then quietly sprints to the kitchen, where he continues cooking.
“Baby” he hears Jungkook call out.
“In the kitchen” he replies.
He hears Jungkook’s footsteps behind him then strong arms wrap around his waist and pull him full against his chest. He lets out a little squeal then a small giggle as Jungkook kisses his face all over.
“Miss me?”
“Hhhmmm” Jungkook answers, his head buried in Jimin’s neck.
“Did you cook? It smells good”
“Yep”
Jungkook lets go of his waist walking towards the fridge. He opens the fridge wide and grabs out a bottle of banana milk which he downs in one go.
Jimin stretches out his neck to the side in hopes that Jungkook is gonna catch the hickey on his neck but he doesn’t. Completely oblivious to what Jimin is up to. Jimin rolls his eyes, it’s so typical of Jungkook not to pay attention to the little things that are so obvious.
“Did you have a good day at work?” Jimin asks, his neck still stretched out at a weird angle. He suddenly feels Jungkook’s hands on his waist again and then soft lips pressing against the skin of his neck. He silently hopes that Jungkook will notice the fake hickey. If not then his YouTube video is going to be a complete failure.
Jimin frowns when Jungkook detaches his lips from Jimin’s neck.
“Babe..what’s that on your neck?”
“What’s what?” Jimin says acting completely clueless. He’s never been good at lying to Jungkook or anyone really but he’s determined to make this prank as entertaining as possible for his subscribers at least. He also, kinda wants to see Jungkook’s reaction to him having a hickey that’s not from him.
“That thing on your neck” Jungkook points out. His gaze is fixed on Jungkook’s neck where Jimin’s pale soft skin is a purple-ish colour. He reaches out, rubbing the pad of his finger over it.
“Oh, That” Jimin giggles, stepping away from Jungkook. “It’s nothing”
“Baby, your neck is bruised. That’s not nothing” Jeongguk reaches out again, pushing the pad of his thumb into the bruise. When Jimin doesn’t flinch or show any signs of pain, he frowns.
“Jimin, what is that?” He tries again.
“It’s nothing, I told you” Jimin rolls his eyes, paying the part. He leaves Jungkook in the middle of the kitchen and walks off to the living room where he spots another camera he hid behind the flower vase.
Jimin doesn’t realise Jungkook is next to him until he feels cold hands cupping his face. “That’s not nothing Jimin”
“I just fell down the stairs that’s all” Jimin says perhaps a little bit too aggressively because he instantly feels guilty when he sees the shocked look on Jungkook’s face.
“You fell down the stairs?” Jungkook’s not buying it. Jimin has to get better at lying. “So you’re telling me you fell down the stairs and somehow managed to get a bruise on your neck out of all places?”
“Come on, let’s eat. Dinner’s ready” Jimin announces a little bit too enthusiastically. He starts walking back to the kitchen when he feels Jungkook grab onto his wrist and pull him back. When they’re at level with each other, Jungkook puts a hand behind his waist and pulls him flush against his body.
“Don’t try to change the topic”
Jimin’s heart rate picks up and he’s not sure why. “Dinner’s gonna get cold”
“I don’t care about dinner, Jimin. I want to know what that thing on your neck is”
“You’re overreacting. I told you it’s nothing”
“Don’t lie.”
This is it. This is when he drops the big bomb. “Okay fine, you want to know the truth?! Remember I told you I’m going to go have a drink with my boss today? Well, I might have gotten a little tipsy and kissed him”
In the 4 years Jimin has known Jungkook, he has never witnessed the absolute distraught look on Jungkook’s face. He wants to instantly gather his sweet boy in his arms and tell him that’s it’s all a bad prank for his YouTube channel but he decided to do this so he has to stick to it for a little longer.
“Is this a joke?” Jungkook speaks up, his eyes burning holes into Jimin’s face.
Jimin smirks, playing up his role. “Do I look like I’m joking?”
“So, you’re telling me..while I was at work thinking about how much I fucking miss you and how I can’t wait to get home to you, you were out kissing your boss?”
Jimin wants to cry in that moment. No one has ever loved and cared for him as much as Jungkook has and hearing him confess something so loving to him just makes him want to call the whole prank off. “Things happen when people are drunk, Jungkook. What do you want me to say?”
“I want you to tell me you’re joking”
“Well, it’s not a joke. We were drunk, we kissed and he gave me a hickey. Big deal”
“Are you fucking serious right now, Jimin? This isn’t a big deal to you? Cheating isn’t a big deal to you?” Jimin can sense the anger in Jungkook’s voice. He’s sure he can even feel Jungkook’s body shaking.
“I was drunk, I don’t know how many times I have to say it Jungkook” Jimin rolls his eyes.
“So it wasn’t consensual?” Jungkook raises his eyebrow.
Jimin cocks his head to the side, confused. “What?”
Jungkook doesn’t reply, he merely walks towards the kitchen counter where he spots his car keys, he picks them up swiftly and heads for the door with long strides completely ignoring Jimin.
“Where are you going?” Jimin asks when he spots Jungkook opening the door and walking out. He runs after Jungkook outside.
“To fucking kill your boss” Jungkook answers loud enough for Jimin to hear.
Jimin totally wasn’t prepared for this part. It doesn’t ever cross his mind that things could escalate to this.
Before Jungkook can open his car door, Jimin steps in front of him against the door blocking the door. “Uhm no you’re not”
Jungkook grits his teeth. “Get out of the way Jimin”
“You need to calm down, let’s go back inside and talk-“
“No, get out of the way” Jungkook shouts. Jimin flinches, looking around the neighbourhood hoping that none of their neighbours are outside. The last thing he wants is to cause a scene in public.
“You don’t get it, I had everything planned out-“ Jungkook cries, gripping his hair. “This wasn’t supposed to happen, Jimin. Why did you go and do that? You screwed everything up, fuck”
Jungkook shakes his head. “I was going to marry you- gosh, I still want to but this-How can I trust you after this? How can I-“
Jimin’s heart stops for a second, he’s sure of it. “What did you just say?”
Jungkook lets out a fake laugh shaking his head, “I said I was going to propose to you, but it doesn’t even matter now-“
Propose? Jungkook was going to propose to him? But, he was sure it would be a couple more years before that happened. He’d thought that Jungkook wasn’t ready for marriage and now, he’d screwed everything up over a stupid prank.
With his heart in his throat and his eyes pooling with tears and a shaky voice he says, “it was a prank, Jungkook...I didn’t kiss my boss and the hickey isn’t real”
Jungkook stops his pacing and looks up at Jimin with wide eyes. “What?”
“Its a prank for my YouTube channel” Jimin asks.
Of course. It all made sense now. The not so realistic hickey on Jimin’s neck. The story that didn’t really make sense but Jungkook had believed anyway. A huge sense of relief washes over him. Jimin hadn’t kissed his boss. Another man hadn’t touched Jimin. Jimin was still his and he would be for a very long time. Of course, in the back of his mind, Jungkook knew Jimin would never do that to him but it wasn’t Jimin that Jungkook didn’t trust. It was Jimin’s boss.
“Come” Jimin says, grabbing Jungkook’s hand and pulling him into their shared apartment. He pulls Jungkook towards the first hidden camera in their living room. He picks it up anxiously and holds it in front of him and Jungkook.
“See” Jimin points. “It was a prank, believe me now?”
“And what about the thing on your neck?”
“It’s makeup”
Jungkook sighs, plopping himself down on the couch and putting his head in his hands. He feels so overwhelmed. For a minute there, he had thought he’d lost Jimin. What would he have done if he had? His whole life for the past 4 years have revolved around Jimin. He’s not entirely mad at Jimin for the prank. He could never be mad at Jimin. Never.
He feels soft fingers running through his hair. “I’m sorry..I didn’t think you’d take it so seriously. It was just a stupid prank for my YouTube channel..look, I won’t even post it”
“I’m not upset anymore..maybe a little actually but I thought that was it..that we were over for a minute. I don’t want to experience that feeling ever again”
“I’m sorry.” Jimin pouts, trying so desperately to hold the tears back.
Jungkook cups Jimin’s face bringing their lips together in a soft, short kiss. “Don’t do that ever again” Jungkook matters against Jimin’s plump lips.
Jimin nods, looking down in slight shame. What he thought would be a fun prank for his YouTube channel had turned into something so messy but at least Jungkook wasn’t too mad at him.
Jimin can’t help but think back to Jungkook’s words to him. Did Jungkook still want to marry him? He decides not to bring it up and leave it up to fate. When Jungkook is ready to propose, he will and when he does will ready to say yes.
“I hope you’re not thinking of putting that video on YouTube” Jungkook laughs.
“Definitely not.”
Jimin ends up not uploading that video, too embarrassed to have even thought of a video like that. He loses a couple subscribers because he doesn’t upload for what feels like months.
It’s not until two months later that somewhere in the world, someone gets a notification on their phone. It’s a YouTube notification from the youtube channel ‘Park Jimin’ the video uploaded only a couple minutes ago is captioned “HE PROPOSED!!!! (Spoiler, I said yes)”.