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Jungkook groans as he wakes up, the pounding headache reminding him of last night’s shenanigans. He opens his eyes and looks around the room. The duvet is half over him and half over the floor with clothes and his grooming kit spread all over the room. He can hear the light chirping of birds outside and faint sunlight coming in from the translucent windows of his hotel room. He glances at the clock on the nightstand which reads 9:00 AM. He sits up in panic remembering he has to be down in 30 minutes sending waves of pain to his already pounding head. Jungkook quickly gets up and goes to the washroom. As he brushes his teeth, he realizes he’s still in the blue faded jeans and white tee he wore last night with the leather jacket lying unattended on the bathroom floor.
Last night was Yoongi’s last night as a single man before getting married to Taehyung. They had each gone out with their friends as a last-minute bachelor party. Jungkook wasn’t usually the one to get sloshed but Yoongi didn’t want to drink the night before his wedding, but that didn’t stop their friends from pouring Yoongi drinks and Jungkook was stuck drinking both his and Yoongi’s shots. It was his job as the best man as Yoongi claimed, “You have to make sure I reach the aisle tomorrow Guk-ah, so come on stop whining and drink up!”. What followed after the 3rd shot was just a series of blurs to Jungkook.
Shaking his head, Jungkook quickly took a hot shower, got dressed, collected his tux and headed down to Yoongi’s suite. He knocked on the door which was opened by Yoongi who looked like he was about to pass out any moment. Jungkook furrowed his brows in concern, went inside the room and shut the door. “Yoongs what’s wrong”, he said.
“I don’t think I can do this I can do this Jungkook”, Yoongi said.
“What do you mean you can’t do this?”
“What if it’s a mistake? What if it’s too early? What if Taehyung decides to run away?”. Yoongi was looking rather pale now so Jungkook walked further into the room and sat besides Yoongi taking his cold hand in his.
“Hyung, how long have you dated Tae hyung”
“5 years..”, said Yoongi meekly.
“Do you think it was a mistake to propose to him”
“No, of course not. I love him, I can’t even imagine doing all those cheesy things for someone else. “
“And do you really think Taehyung will run away?”
Yoongi smiles his signature gummy smile on hearing his fiancée’s name and breaths a sigh of relief, “No, he would never do that to me.”
“There you go!, Now get up old man, we have to be ready by 12 and down to meet your parents downstairs.
“Aish, the disrespect”, Yoongi shook his head in resignation.
The next few hours fly away as they got ready alongside Yoongi’s other groomsmen Namjoon and Seokjin and head downstairs. Yoongi stays back with his parents and Jungkook takes his place at the altar with Joon and Jin. He looks around at the guests sitting on the chairs with white and pink lilies tied at the back. It was truly a beautiful day to get married in an open garden. As he’s surveying the crowds, his gaze falls on the other side of the altar and his breath gets caught. Jimin is standing there looking like a blond-haired angel wearing an all-black tux, white shirt and small black loops with a face straight out of a fashion magazine.
Park Jimin was Taehyung’s childhood friend, soulmate and the other best man for the wedding. Taehyung had introduced them and Jungkook would meet him whenever he visited Busan. But Jimin went to US 3 years ago to study dance and Jungkook hadn’t seen or talked him since. Taehyung often talked about how Jimin was doing. He knew he’d be here but he didn’t expect his heart to flutter at the sight of Jimin reigniting the puppy crush Jungkook had on him years ago.
Noticing a pair of eyes on him, Jimin turned his head and looked straight into Jungkook’s eyes. He raised an amused eyebrow clearly noticing the shameless way Jungkook had been staring at him. Flustered, Jungkook quickly averted his eyes and bent his head with red dusting his cheeks. He heard Jimin giggle and looked up to see Jimin giving him a small wave. He returned the wave and then focused his attention on the aisle as music started playing and the grooms walked down the aisle.
The ceremony was nothing short of beautiful. There were tears, laughter and an emotional exchange of I do’s. They are now seated in the reception hall, mindless chatter and murmurs can be heard all over the room. They had just finished their best man speeches and dinner was getting served. Jungkook still couldn’t believe he had made Yoongi cry with his speech, it was the second time he had seen him cry in the last 6 years he’s known Yoongi, the first being when Taehyung gifted a brown poodle named Holly to Yoongi for their first anniversary.
The MC announces that it’s time for the first dance. Jungkook looks at the married couple with adoration in his eyes as they start dancing to the first tunes of “Can’t help falling in love’ by Elvis Presley.
As more people join the dance floor, Jungkook finally decides to approach Jimin. He finds Jimin leaning against the bar, sipping what looks like whiskey as he adoringly looks at his best friend on the dance floor. Jungkook approaches him and calls him , “Jimin-sii?”
“Jungkook-ah, Hi! Just call me hyung, no need for the formalities”
“Hyung, would you be up for a best man dance?”, Jungkook says extending his hand for Jimin to take.
Jimin gulps down the remaining drink in his glass coating his cheeks with red and takes Jungkook’s hand. “Sure, let’s go”
Jungkook takes Jimin in his arms as a new song starts and they start swaying on the dance floor.
“How have you been hyung?” says Jungkook.
“I’ve been good Jungkookie. NY was great and so welcoming, I got to learn so much but it’s so great to finally be back”
“That’s great, hyung. I’m sure Tae hyung is over the moon to have you back”
“He’s already planned all our weekends till the end of this year. He wants me to fall in love with Seoul”
“But you’ve been to Seoul before.”
“Yes, but only for a weekend or two when I was visiting Tae, haven’t had a chance to explore the city and find cozy little corners.”
“I can show you around Seoul if you want, that’s what my last project was capturing the unseen Seoul”, Jungkook says excitedly, blushing when he realizes how eager he sounded.
“Oh yes, Tae mentioned you have our own photography studio now. That’s great Jungkook. And yes, I would love for you to show me around. Do you still have the same number?“
“Umm…yeah”, Jungkook says as the song comes to an end and he reluctantly lets go of Jimin.
“Well then, I’ll text you and you can show me around next weekend.” Jungkook is a bit surprised Jimin kept his number after all this time.
“Sure hyung, sounds like a plan.” Jimin gives him a smile and turns to leave. As Jungkook is about to follow in the opposite direction, Jimin calls out, “Hey Jungkook..”. “Yes?”, Jungkook replies a bit startled.
“It’s a date.”, Jimin winks at him leaving him standing alone on the dance floor with his mouth wide open and stomach full of butterflies.