Work Text:
Jin is going to kill Park Jimin.
Like, as soon as he gets out of here, he is going to strangle Jimin.
The guy he's on a date with right now is an absolute ass.
Why Jimin thought this guy is a perfect match for him, Jin will never know...because Jimin will be dead.
He broke their bro code. Friends don't let friends date douchebags. Jin did mention that he's into smart, charismatic men, and while yes, this guy is working his way through medical school, he is still an egotistical ass. Jin doesn't even need to wonder how his date never noticed how fake his smile is.
The dude just won't stop talking. Jin vaguely caught on his date's preference of Merlot over Malbec, before he completely zones out and looks down on the flyer at their table. He unconsciously got it from a leafleter on a rush to the restaurant, not wanting to be late. Phil Good Massage, it says. He snorts, and looks back up to his date, not bothering to utter a single word.
He's contemplating on the different ways on how to murder Park Jimin, when the guy begins to stand up. Jin sits up straight, thinking that the guy's finally ending their 'date', but no, he's only going to the bathroom.
Great.
Jin grabs his phone to send a "better hide your boyfriend" text to his friend Yoongi, but sees he's been sent a Twitter link by Taehyung, his future murder victim's best friend.
tigertaetae: hyung, is this you? they're on the same restaurant as yours. is your date really that bad? should i ask Jimin to book a flight out of Seoul?
kseokjin11: FUCK YES, he is that bad. And no, thank you, please don't book him a flight. Find me a place to bury his body, instead. Dibs on his insoles.
Jin clicks on the original post. It already has 500 retweets and almost 2000 likes. He reads the thread, and snorts and sniggers on every tweet. Yes. This is definitely about him. Or, well, his date.
@namu_joon 42mins
I like this place. Not that many people. I like it.
@namu_joon 38mins
Not that many people so currently watching a couple have what i think is the worst first date ever. Both are dudes. One is an MD student. The other dude is beautiful. Don't hear him talk much though. Sad.
@namu_joon 33mins
DOES MED STUDENT DUDE EVER STFU
@namu_joon 29mins
Fuck his date is so beautiful and has the patience of a saint. How the other dude doesn't talk about the guy's gorgeous lips is beyond me. I can confirm medical student is a textbook narcissist.
@namu_joon 26mins
And i say this as a narcissistic MD and PhD candidate, 148 IQ holder. The dude is an asshole.
@namu_joon 21mins
"Saving lives just isn't it, you know? I feel like I can do so much more than this." Bro, seriously? You want to resurrect the dead or sum'n?
@namu_joon 18mins
"They say I am the best looking and most capable future doctor in Kyung Hee." Who told you that? Your mom?
@namu_joon 12mins
His date is not only hot, but also nice. He keeps on asking questions even when his date only talks about himself. Most Capable doesn't even ask him anything :(
@namu_joon 12mins
Did the asshole just ask him if he has ever dated a Mensa member? Pls tell me I heard it wrong
@namu_joon 10mins
"They let anyone in these days. It used to be so exclusive. Now it's turning cheap." ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME
@namu_joon 8mins
I apologize for this guy in behalf of all the medical students and graduates. Run me over with a garbage truck if i ever talk like this to you
@namu_joon 6mins
He's now talking about wine and how the wine selection here isn't at par with the restaurants he's been to in France. "This is a 4-star?" Uh, okay, Mr. Ramsay.
@namu_joon 5mins
Okay, slight reprieve for his date. Douchebag went to the bathroom. The look on beauty's face is hilarious. Like he's been holding his breath the entire date and now he's free. Run, baby
@namu_joon 4mins
Jk, don't go yet! I mean i want to see your face more but i don't want you to waste yourself on a bad date
@namu_joon 3mins
He's texting someone and he looks murderous lmao good luck to the recipient
@namu_joon 1min
Phew. He's giggling and he's so beautiful when he blushes. His date is stupid afffff
@namu_joon 0min
Beauty's looked up from his phone and is looking around. For his date? Or an exit route? The plot thickens.....
Jin continues to look around, trying to find the mysterious tweeter. He's narrowed it down to three people - one girl sitting alone and two guys on their phones. One guy is hot and wearing black, while the other is wearing plaid and..not hot.
If the mysterious tweeter turns out to be the hot guy calling him gorgeous and beautiful, then it's worth all the embarrassment.
He quickly looks towards the bathroom to check if the jerk isn't on his way back yet, and opens his phone to compose a tweet.
kseokjin11
@namu_joon black shirt?
Jin immediately looks up to see the hot guy's head snap up from his phone to look back at him. He raises his eyebrow with a grin, and the guy gives him a small wave, warily smiling back at him. Jin snorts and gives him a wave back, which seems to ease the panic on the other's eyes. He watches the guy type on his phone and put it back on his pocket before looking back at him with a smile and a shrug.
Jin looks down on his phone to see what he's tweeted this time.
@namu_joon 0secs
Ladies and gentlemen.... I have been found. I think I am now going to rescue a beautiful swan and personally beg for forgiveness in behalf of the medical community, myself included.
Jin looks up to see the hot guy walking towards the maître d' and away from him. He's confused, considering the last tweet, but pays no mind because he's now admiring how his ass and thighs look in those pants. He stares for an entire minute, then quickly opens his phone to type a text to Taehyung, saying the mysterious guy IS actually a hot guy with great thighs. He's so focused that he jumps when he hears a voice whisper in his ear, and oh my god, his voice is so sexy.
"I come to you, bearing the best chocolate ganache cake of contrition, hoping you will forgive me and the rest of the narcissistic MD holders out there."
Jin looks to his side and sees hot guy ninety-degree bowing at him while holding a plate of mouthwatering chocolate cake. He laughs and smacks his arm to make him stand straight. "You're such a dork."
"Oh, yes. I'm that Mensa-level of dork. Very exclusive. All we do is talk about how cheap it has become that only the three of us got in."
They're both still laughing at the ridiculousness of his joke that they didn't notice the douchebag has returned.
"Hey, Soojin. This dude bothering you?"
Jin stares in disbelief. This guy. Really.
"It's Seokjin. Seok-Jin. And this is my friend..umm.. Namu. We, uh, met at school."
"Ah, cool," the jerk holds out his hand, "any friend of Soojin is a friend of mine. Nice to meet you. I'm Junwoo."
Jin sees the wheels in hot guy's head turning as they shake hands.
"I'm Namjoon, nice to meet you too, Juwon. Actually, I might need to steal Seokjin away.. I lost his number so I couldn't contact him to plan our school reunion.. Good thing I ran into him here, right, Jungso?"
Jin doesn't need any more prompting after hearing that so he grabs his phone on the table and stands up.
"It's been so good to meet you, Jimboo," Jin says with a straight face as he shakes his date's hand.
"And I, you.. so good. I'll call you, yeah? We'll do this again sometime. I didn't get to tell you about my friend who has a brother who got a total in with the dean at Harvard."
"Ah, yeah, Dean Manning is a very cool guy," Jin can't hold it in anymore. "His discussion on the administrative law and structural constitutional law played a huge influence on my thesis. He always made sure to have time for his JD students when we needed help. You're currently at Kyung Hee, right?" Normally he wouldn't bother, but he just couldn't deal anymore. He can see Namjoon giving him a look of pride and amusement at the corner of his eye.
Junwoo pales and stutters, "Harvard law school, huh? Wow. Umm.. Can I, uh, get your number?"
Jin looks down and sees the flyer on top of the table.
Fix Your Prostate!
High quality prostate massage.
Call us at 011-3829-8299
He glances up and sees Namjoon looking at him curiously. He winks at him and inconspicuously reads the number from the flyer to Junwoo, who puts it on his phone. Namjoon barks out a laugh when he figures out what he's doing, then turns it into a cough.
"Oh no, let's go and get you something for that cough, Namjoon. We still need to plan our reunion this weekend!" They quickly asked for the check to pay and quickly walked out, Junwoo behind them. Jin and Namjoon turned left and Junwoo to the right, and as soon as they were out of earshot, burst into laughter.
"Jimboo?!” Namjoon sputters, mid-guffaw.
"Well, you started it, Nyamjun!" Jin wipes the tears from his eyes. What a day.
When they finally calmed down, Namjoon smiles and holds out his hand.
"I'm Kim Namjoon. Nice to make a thread out of your date."
Jin stares at his dimples. Really cute.
"I'm Kim Seokjin, and it's a pleasure to be stalked by you. I mean, tweeted about... Oh, shit! I left my cake!"
"Oh no, you left my chocolate cake of contrition?" Namjoon says in mock horror. "I, um, know this place down the street.. We can get dessert from there? The cake isn't as good as this restaurant's, but it's fairly decent. There's only coffee and tea, no wine from France, though."
"Oh my god, thank fuck for that," Jin grins. "By all means, lead the way, good sir."
"Sir Dork, at your service, my prince," he says with a wink, his dimples deepening as he offers Jin his arm.
Jin snorts and links his arm as they walk to the café down the street, already completely comfortable with each other.
They sit in the coffee shop and talk for hours. Not once did they bother checking on their phones. They talked about their likes and dislikes, their doctorates and the work they're doing right now. Jin is fascinated by the way Namjoon's eyes open wide randomly when he talks about his previous dissertation topic. He doesn't brag at all. He just seems to love what he does. They compare their love of books and arts, and although they overlap at times with their preferences, that's what makes them more interesting to the other. Namjoon listens to him and gives out his opinion without any judgment.. because he wants to know and understand Jin.
The staff finally kicks them out as they finally reach the closing hour, but the two linger on the sidewalk, obviously not wanting to let the other go yet. This afternoon started with one bad date and ended with a great one.
As they stand together in comfortable silence, Jin takes his hand and, on a whim, gives Namjoon a quick kiss on the lips. When he pulls back, Namjoon's smiling softly at him, surprised and looking relieved. He gently cups Jin's cheek and bends his head to kiss him. Their lips move against each other slowly, taking their time, very sensuously.. and Jin melts into the other man's embrace.
When they finally separate, Namjoon holds Jin's face in his hands, stroking his cheeks with his thumbs before giving him three quick, small kisses. He presses his forehead to Jin's, whispering, "Can I call you, please?"
Jin smiles and gives him his number.. the real one this time.
Ten months later
namu_joon
wtf Bad date guy is here at the café with a new victim. @yooniesjimin HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED YET?
yooniesjimin
@namu_joon very funny, hyung. Jin hyung hid all my insoles after that so NEVER AGAIN.
namu_joon
LOL "I feel like the reason why I've been single for so long is because my parents just throw their money my way. Got me a car and a penthouse for my 19th birthday. Can you believe that?"
namu_joon
He's talking about his daddy issues on his first date. Go big or go home, I guess
namu_joon
His date looks so into him though. Holds his hands in comfort, earnest gaze. Phew. Really can't save everyone.
kseokjin11
@yooniesjimin you still owe me for that. God, at least Jimboo didn't talk about daddy issues. I don't know how @namu_joon would get me out of that one
yooniesjimin
you got my insoles and @namu_joon so everything worked out fine in the end for you
kseokjin11
Fine @yooniesjimin you're right. Best worst blind date ever, right @namu_joon?
@namu_joon
Yes, babe.. Your date was the best thing that ever happened to me
kseokjin11
me too, baby. I love you <3 on my way home, my dork!
namu_joon
I love you most. Running out of here! See you at home, my most beautiful alpaca
yooniesjimin
OHMY GOd UNTAG ME PLs YOU FURRIEs
The end.