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Taehyung had not meant to find Jimin’s stan twitter account. He really hadn’t. He hadn’t even known of it, Jimin had never said a thing – then again, Taehyung had also never mentioned his own stan account and they had been living together for two semesters already. But still… it had been an accident.
It was Once Selca Day, so you know your boy Taehyung was scrolling through the hashtag to look at beautiful people. He loved not only sending some love to his mutuals but also to other people who he had never talked to before. It made him smile and giggle at his phone when they’d respond with their excited ‘thank you!!’s. He had already commented on quite a few people’s posts when he stumbled upon Jimin’s. His roommate had copied a recent selca of Sana and Taehyung had to admit that it looked kinda cute.
At first, he thought maybe someone was catfishing with Jimin’s selfies but Taehyung had never seen that selfie and also – why would someone do that just for selca day? So he did what had to be done and clicked on the profile. He couldn't decide what was cuter – the messy and soft Sana layout, the handle (@sanajeonglove) or his profile name saying “jeongsa luv bot”. For a second Taehyung thought about leaving it at this. He thought about leaving the profile and continue on with his ‘once love bot’ task. But. He was a nosey bitch and this was a goldmine. So he decided to snoop just a tiny bit more.
Jimin surprisingly didn’t have his OSD pinned but another tweet that just consisted of his curiouscat link and a short video of Sana and Jeongyeon at a recent fan sign. When Taehyung noticed the tweet was in a thread, he clicked on it and quickly found an ‘all about me’ thread embedded below.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
all about the owner of this acc – a small thread uwu
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
my name is Jimin (he/him) and i’m 20 years old !! I’m korean and live in seoul but I don’t wanna miss out on international stan twt so i’m tweeting in english mainly hehe
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
my twice biases are sana and jeongyeon !! but i’m ot9 so do not dare to hate on any of the girls -_- other bands I stan but maybe don’t tweet too much about: gfriend, everglow, itzy & gfriend
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
I love: dancing, singing, cuddling, kithes, sweater paws, milk tea, peaches and ice cream
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
I dislike: haters. periodt.
Before Taehyung could fall into this hole any further, he went back to Jimin’s OSD since he hadn’t commented on it yet.
t♡ @jinsouliestars
@sanajeonglove you’re so cute !! this looks amazing T_T
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So. Taehyung had really meant to tell Jimin, he knew about his twitter account. He really did. He had wanted to flop down on his roommate’s bed one afternoon and say “Hey, Jimin, I just wanted you to know that I recently found your Twitter account, the twice one. It’s no biggie though” – but he didn’t. Maybe it was because he had simply forgotten to do so with both of their college lives being stressful enough. Maybe it was also because he was curious about if there was a difference between this Jimin and his Jimin. People tend to act differently around certain people, so this was some sort of social experiment. So no, he didn’t end up telling Jimin about it.
Instead, he started following him and interacted with his tweets every once in a while. It was… nice. Of course, he loved interacting with twitter Jimin since he also loved talking to Jimin at the dorm. But then even replying to his tweets wasn’t enough anymore.
On one Wednesday, everything seemed to be just fine. Taehyung and Jimin had shared Chinese takeout while rewatching season two of my hero academia and everything had been fine, really. When it got late the both of them retreated into their small bedrooms and everything was fine. But apparently, it was not, because after Taehyung had changed into his pyjamas he found a new twitter notification telling him Jimin had tweeted.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
I feel so :[[ why am I like this ??
Immediately, his heart plummeted. His fingers itched to reply but they weren’t even mutuals and while Jimin had been nice to him, they probably weren’t close enough to talk about personal stuff. He couldn’t just go to Jimin’s room without exposing himself either and not doing anything wasn’t even an option. So after a minute of overthinking, Taehyung decided to just leave a curiouscat message, hoping Jimin even checked his inbox there regularly. He scrolled through his twitter timeline for a few minutes before going back to his curiouscat account and almost squealed in delight when he saw that Jimin had replied.
what’s wrong? do you wanna talk about it? ♡ — it’s just,,, ugh idk, you’d probably think I’m being dramatic :((
Taehyung pouted as he typed a new ask, refreshing his account afterwards until the reply appeared some minutes later.
nooo T-T i’d never !! i pinky promise ♡ — alright,,, lately, I’ve just felt very??? lonely? which is stupid because I know I have a lot of friends who love me but I can’t help it. the feeling really overwhelms me and it makes me overthink everything my friends do,,, like what if I love them more than they love me??? what if I annoy them but they don’t wanna say?? why does my brain keep telling me I’m gonna die alone ?
oh no bub :[ I know that feeling tho,,, do you feel like that all the time or does it come from time to time? — it’s a phase thing T-T it always comes out of nowhere,,, if you felt like that too, how do you handle it? I feel so helpless :[[
honestly I haven’t really figured out how to help it either ;-; I just keep telling myself that my anxiety is lying and that I am loved until the feeling disappears!! I know it’s not much, but sometimes we really just have to convince our brain of the truth ^-^ — thank you for your advice :[ I better go sleep now, it’s getting late!! But talking about this really helped, I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling like this hehe
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After that, two things changed. For one, Taehuyng tried to be a more attentive and overall better friend to Jimin. Of course, he wouldn’t necessarily be able to tell whenever Jimin felt lonely, but he made sure to let him know he was always there for him. So Taehyung started doing a list of things, a list of sweet little nothings, a list of random acts of kindness. The list looked a little like this in his head:
• make breakfast when he has morning classes !!
• leave sweet notes on the fridge for him
• if you feel like it: bake something for him or with him !!
• randomly ask to sleepover in his room
• be annoying about!! cuddles!! and kisses!!
• make him a mixtape but it’s 2019 so ?? a playlist on spotify?
• recommend him more songs and movies and then listen/watch together!!
• more !! compliments !!
Another thing Taehyung did though was leaving more asks in Jimin’s curiouscat.
hello :3 friendly reminder that throughout your life you’ve caused at least one puppy to wag its tail when seeing you and that is a GOOD THING ^-^ — aww thank you!! this made my day :[[
hello :3 friendly reminder that you are allowed to feel proud of yourself for things that might seem silly to other people. You deserve to feel proud of your accomplishments!! — it’s you again!! thank you so much ^-^
hello :3 friendly reminder that your anxiety is lying. you!! are!! loved!! you are not alone!! you can do this!! — cc fairy you’re back! and thank you so much úwù
So yeah, he was ‘cc fairy’ now and he kind of (really) loved it. Because in real life he was always there for Jimin and when he wasn't physically there he could still be and thankfully Jimin appreciated his friendly reminders a lot.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
cc fairy? If you see this, mind dropping something in my inbox? :( need a little boost!
And they were fine. Jimin was fine. Everything was fine. Fine. Fine. Fine.
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But then Jimin started tweeting about his crush. You see, at first, Taehyung didn’t really mind, because Jimin was happy so he was too. And the tweets were almost adorable.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
y’all I think I have a crush :((
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
oh my god why does my crushie make me feel like 14 again o.o can my heart please slow down ??
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
aaaah my crushie’s smile lights up my world T-T
As time went by, Jimin’s Tweets changed though. Taehyung couldn’t really pinpoint it. Maybe they got more desperate? Maybe they got a little bit more honest? Whatever it was, it bothered Taehyung.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
I just wanna wrap my crushie in a blanket and kith his cheekies and make sure he’s happy :((
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
do you ever wanna hold your crushie’s hand and like ?? never let go??
It was like an itch under Taehyung’s skin and he couldn’t quite find out where it itched and how to make it stop. It got to a point where he got visibly upset over Jimin’s tweets - until one day his best friend noticed his weird behaviour as well.
“Taehyung? Everything alright?” Yoongi asked. The younger jumped slightly and turned his head to look at Yoongi.
“What?”
Yoongi raised an eyebrow. “I was asking if you’re alright. You just got a notification on your phone and then you started staring at the wall. It’s been a minute so...”
“Sorry,” Taehyung mumbled, looking back down at his notes and books scattered across the table. “I’ll get back to studying.”
“Not so fast, tell me, what’s this about first.”
“It’s nothing.”
“Tae.” Yoongi fixed his small eyes on his best friend. The younger sighed. He never really managed to lie to Yoongi. “What was your message about?”
“Ah, it was just... Jimin tweeted.” Taehyung had already told his best friend all about his adventures on Twitter and curiouscat and even though Yoongi wasn’t really amused about his new double life, he promised not to say anything to Jimin.
“And that got you upset because...?”
“Because he keeps tweeting about his crush and it’s kinda annoying.” Taehyung pouted while picking up his phone to read the tweet to Yoongi. “you know what oomfies? I’m like this close to just kiss my crushie on the mouth the next time he hugs me. like. that’s how desperate I am.”
“Ah.” Yoongi nodded. “I have a quick question.”
“Okay, sure.”
“Do you find those tweets annoying because he’s being annoying about his crush? Or are you annoyed because you want to be kissed on the mouth? By Jimin?”
Taehyung’s mind went blank. “W-what?” he blurted out. “No, of course not, I-“ He stopped in the middle of the sentence when Yoongi raised an eyebrow again.
“Taehyung, I’m not saying you like him. I can’t tell you what to feel. But. I know you and normally you’d never get annoyed at someone because of this stuff. Hell, I used to talk for hours about Namjoon and you never told me to shut up,” Yoongi said and smiled encouragingly at his best friend. “So, maybe think about what you’re really feeling, yeah?”
And Taehyung did. Not right that moment because he had had an assignment to work on but later throughout the day, he took some time analysing his own behaviour. Was he jealous of Jimin’s crush? He kind of was, right? He didn’t want him to confess and get a boyfriend. He liked how they were now. And now that he thought about it, he’d also definitely want to kiss Jimin and hold his hand and cuddle even more than they already did.
Shit, he really had a crush on Jimin. Or maybe it was already more than that. How long had that been going on? He didn’t know. All he knew now was that he really liked Jimin. But Jimin already had a crush.
That night he didn’t feel exactly great so in the end, Jimin and he didn’t stay up as late as usual. When he wrapped his blanket around himself and looked at his phone for the last time, the sight of another one of Jimin’s crushie tweets made his eyes well up with tears.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
crushie looked kinda sad today :(( hope he has someone like my cc fairy too
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You might think now that this was the end of Taehyung. His love (okay, not love yet but you know) was unrequited. His life was over. Except... it kind of wasn’t. Yes, it wasn’t really fun harbouring a crush on someone who was probably falling for someone else at that moment. But they were still friends and roommates. Taehyung still loved spending time with Jimin and when it came to that, things were going great. Jimin did keep tweeting about his crush but he wasn’t sad as often anymore and while Taehyung of course never stopped his occupation of being a “cc fairy”, he technically wasn’t really needed anymore. But let’s be honest if he was able to bring a smile to Jimin’s lips then he wouldn’t stop for the life of him.
So, yeah, it hurt but that was perfectly fine. (Maybe he was masochistic, who knows.)
It was a few weeks after Taehyung realised his feelings when Jimin decided to share a little more about his crush with the twitter world. Since it was Saturday and both of them didn’t have any classes that day, they were both lying on the couch, their legs intertwined, while some tv show was running in the background. And as it turned out, apparently they were both scrolling through Twitter.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
so. recently I got a lot of ccs asking me things about my crushie. so here’s a little thread about him, ig?
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
my crushie is very,,, passionate. be it about his major or his favourite bands or movies or shows or art, he’s very passionate about everything he loves and it just makes my heart go boom boom.
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
he’s always very sweet to me and he makes sure I’m okay and never once have I felt uncomfortable with him. he truly is an angel and god, it’s so cute
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
he’s taller than me!! which okay a lot of people are but he’s just a tall squish while I’m a small squish and I just love it when he hugs me :(
jeongsa luv bot @sanajeonglove
I think I could go on forever but :(( it’s just a lil complicated right now because we’re roommates and great friends but T-T
Taehyung blinked at the tweet in front of him before lifting his eyes to look at Jimin who was still very much busy with typing on his phone.
I-It couldn’t be? Right?
Except. This was Jimin. And Taehyung was his roommate. Whom Jimin had a crush on.
Dear god.
On a whim, Taehyung quickly opened his front camera, shot a quick selfie, before going back to twitter. Jimin had already continued the thread but Taehyung didn’t even mind to read the rest as he typed a reply to the thread.
t♡ @jinsouliestars
@sanajeonglove u talking bout me? o.O [picture attached]
He put his phone down to watch Jimin’s reaction. At first, there was none. Jimin kept scrolling and typing until... he completely froze. Taehyung was sure that he had now seen his reply. Jimin continued to stare at his phone screen for a few seconds before he threw his phone in front of him on the couch. Taehyung raised an eyebrow.
“Oh my god,” Jimin whispered his eyes flitting in Taehyung’s direction before he hid his face in his hands. “Oh my god.”
Taehyung couldn’t help but smile a little. “Are you alright?”
“This is so embarrassing,” Jimin whimpered. “You just- I’m- how-“
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you that I found your twitter account. I meant to... but then I didn’t and that’s not fair, I’m sorry,” Taehyung said earnestly.
Jimin sighed softly. “That’s- That’s okay. I don’t mind. Well, I mean, I wouldn’t have minded that much if I didn’t... god.” Jimin got up, running his fingers through his hair. “I hope you don’t hate me now.”
“Me? Hating you? As if,” Taehyung let out a gentle laugh. He got up from the couch as well, making his way to his roommate slowly. “You know, I gotta admit I was kind of annoyed when you said that you had a crush on someone.”
“A-Annoyed? Why?” Jimin furrowed his brows.
“Well, to be honest, annoyed is the wrong word. Jealous, more like.” Taehyung shrugged. “I didn’t understand it at first, but then I did.”
Jimin blinked at him. “As much as I like you, you love to talk some bullshit sometimes.”
Taehyung laughed. “I’m trying to not kill the suspense.”
“But you’re confusing me,” Jimin whined, pouting at his roommate. Taehyung smiled gently and took a step forward so that there was almost no space left between them.
“This might help,” he mumbled, before leaning down to gently press his lips against Jimin’s. The elder immediately sighed, leaning into him, his hands going up to grip Taehyung’s shoulders.
“I’m guessing, you like me too?”
“You’re guessing right.” Taehyung giggled when Jimin playfully pinched him. “I didn’t know who you were crushing on so I didn’t wanna say anything but now...”
“Now?” Jimin stood on his tiptoes to wrap his arms around Taehyung’s neck. “Now you’d like to be upgraded to my boyfriend?”
He smiled brightly, kissing Jimin’s cheek. “If that’s what you want.”
Jimin let out a hum, grimacing as he pretended to think about it. “Well... you can be very clingy... but I like that and I don’t want you to cling to someone else. You’re my tall squish after all.”
"I am," Taehyung whispered happily, before kissing Jimin again. And again and again and again.