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Jimin is a man of many talents, he likes to think and everyone agrees. He can sing, dance, can do martial arts and can take selcas very well. But one of the top three talents he prides himself the most is being able to do his and everyone who asks, makeup. And makeup he does very well.
The majority people (Karens and Chads) might have this ugly view with men doing makeup, may it be their own or someone else's but he doesn't. Now he might have learned to do makeup to spite those people but over time, he actually enjoys it now and eventually, it became his hobby.
For a wedding perhaps, or a job interview or even just a simple friends' get together, he'll happily put on makeup and the reaction and awe he gets in return tells him that as long as people like it, as long as he likes it, he'll keeps doing it.
And that is why, he's here, bickering with his friend, Yoongi, when the older told him he's going on a date.
Jimin is laying on his couch, munching on some Pringles when his phone on the coffee table vibrates. He reluctantly gets up from the comfortable couch and reaches over with so much effort. But his laziness vanishes and a feeling of giddiness takes over when he sees the he received a text message from dear sweet, Yoongi.
tangerine lover
jim
jams
did you just call me a 48 year old man's name, yoonbi hyung?
tangerine lover
did you just call me yoonbi?
jams
YOU JUST CALLED ME JIM
tangerine lover
okay, im sorry :)
jams
i forgive you yoobles hyung<3
tangerine lover
???
anyway, i actually messaged you to ask a favor
jams
oh? what is it?
tangerine lover
can you do my make up?
just a simple, light makeup thing tho
nothing too grand
but only if u want to
Yoongi rambling and in a nervous wreck makes Jimin think that maybe Yoongi has been contemplating to ask this or not. And it's so cute, Jimin squeals a little bit in a nearby pillow. The Pringles can shake and threaten to spill and Jimin calms down.
tangerine lover
jimin?
jams
yeah of course ill do your makeup !!
you never let me do it >:(
tangerine lover
haha yeah.
jams
when do you want me to do it?
tangerine lover
now
i'll be there in 20
And with that, Yoongi is offline before Jimin can even ask why Yoongi needs to look good, apparently, today. Jimin shrugs it off as he prepares to clean his mess up a little bit.
~
When a knock comes at around 7:16 PM in Jimin's apartment door, he almost chokes on his ramen. He composes himself and wipes the little dribble of soup on his chin.
He quickly gets to the door after that and opens it to Yoongi in a yellow plaid polo, printed black t-shirt underneath and fit black jeans and, albeit looking nervous, the sight makes Jimin lets out a breath of amazement. In all three years that he's been around (and had a crush on) the older, he can still never get over how good Yoongi looks. He masks it quickly with a tease.
"Hyung! Look at you all dressed up."
Yoongi only responds with the reddening of his ears and the slight upturn of the corner of his lips. He's encountered this look of Yoongi before but the desire to see it only grows more and more each day.
"Can I come in?"
"Of course hyung!" Jimin lets Yoongi in and he's already jumpy and vibrating with excitement. "Can I get you anything before we start? Or should we start it now? I've never done your makeup this is so cool."
And Yoongi laughs at Jimin's excitement, but it's quickly replaced with seriousness.
"I," Yoongi stammers, "I have to get somewhere though, so if we could start the makeup now.. Is that okay?"
"Absolutely." He then pulls Yoongi towards the living room where he already set up his cosmetics.
The older awkwardly fidgets with his fingers as he sat on the couch. "You said something about your makeup being simple but do you have any specifications?"
"Jimin, I don't know jack shit about makeup, that's literally why I'm here." He nervously chuckles. The younger smiles and from where he's sitting on the coffee table, he leans closer to Yoongi,
"You already look good, hyung, you don't need makeup."
"But I wanna impress.. someone." Yoongi looks down on his hands but Jimin doesn't notice, busying himself with his variety of brushes. "Are you going on an interview?" Jimin asks dismissively, not realizing company business hours already ended 2 hours ago.
"Jimin-ah, it's night what are you talking about?" Yoongi bickers with him. Jimin can only flash him a wide grin.
"I'm going on a date." And Jimin's face falls.
"Oh. Oh? Wow!" The sadness, the curiosity, the jealousy and his rationality collides with one another and his brain malfunctions for a second. "Hyung! Wow, wow!" Is all Jimin can say, lost for proper words and reactions.
"Yeah.." Yoongi doesn't sound too enthusiastic and maybe it's his fault. Misreading the slightly gloomy expression on his face, Jimin reassures the older that he's happy for him.
"I can't believe after 3 years of being single, you've finally got a date! I'm so proud of you!" They tease and exchange fun insults one another to keep the mood light but inside, Jimin feels crestfallen that Yoongi's on a date with someone who isn't him.
~
It's 7:20 something when Jimin and Yoongi are halfway done through Yoongi's light makeup.
Jimin said that he'll be only putting on light foundation on Yoongi, eyeshadow and lip tint because "why are your lips so pale?" and Jimin is debating whether or not to put on blush because Yoongi's cheeks are already stained pink.
"Is it cold?" Jimin asks Yoongi all of a sudden. "No, not really."
"Did you try putting on makeup before you came?" He continues and Yoongi denies again.
"You already have blush on so I don't think we need to do that too."
And a look of alarm flashes in Yoongi's eyes. His hands come up to touch his cheeks and he places them back down again. He clears his throat and stands up. "Can I use your bathroom?"
Jimin eyes him suspiciously but agrees anyway. Why is he flustered for?
~
When Yoongi comes back, Jimin states that he only has to do some finishing touches and Yoongi's lips before they're done. The younger ruffles and fluffs and sprays hair products on Yoongi's hair and they're done. But Jimin doesn't take his hands away from where he curled some strands of hair of Yoongi. Instead, he lets it stay there for a while and lets it fall down to Yoongi's cheek, patting it before smiling,
"Don't be nervous, hyung, I'm sure they won't shut the door on you when you pick your date up."
Yoongi chuckles, hand going up to curl against Jimin's, "I'm meeting my date in a restaurant though but thank you for the added pressure."
"You're welcome. I am your best friend after all." Jimin grins at him before slipping his hand away from Yoongi's warm ones.
Yoongi stands up and gets ready to leave before he stops and shares his gratitude to Jimin.
"Thank you for your help. Seriously, I think I asked too much from you. I'll repay you, later..?" The last sentence comes out like a question and Jimin just giggles.
"Tell me all about you're date after?" Or don't because I don't want to cry. "And if it doesn't go well," I hope it does but at the same time I hope it sucks, "I'll be here." Always, waiting for you.
"Thank you again, Jimin-ah" Yoongi shows him his gummy smile and he heads for the door.
When Jimin hears the door click, Jimin whole body slumps, he falls from the coffee table and is face first, butt in the air on the floor. He sighs with exhaustion and misery for still liking Yoongi for a long time even when the guy just sees him as a friend.
~
Jimin is now back again on his couch, although now he's eating pizza and drinking beer instead of Pringles and now sprawled across the whole of the couch rather than just laying. The T.V is on but it's just background noise for him as he stares blankly at his ceiling.
It has been more or less two hours since Yoongi left the apartment and Jimin has done nothing but munch and breathe. How bad of a friend is he, to be so depressed just because Yoongi didn't ask him to a date, to not be proud of him, to wish for the older to like him back just because he does.
He's the worst.
A lone tear slides down his cheek but no more because he is a strong man and he doesn't deserve to be in sorrow.
He comes back to reality when he's startled from a knock from the door. Must be Taehyung. Damn the boy, he's been calling the younger earlier but never replied. Must've been busy with hanging out with Seokjin.
"Taehyung, you could've just replied, there's no need to leave Seokjin blue b- !"
When he's met with Yoongi instead of Taehyung, he has to stand back and close his door again for a few moments. "What?" he says loudly to no one in particular but he assumes Yoongi thought he was talking to him because he replies,
"I upped and left the date. There's no reason for you to close the door on me, though." The older jokes, referencing their conversation earlier.
Jimin opens the door again and Yoongi is standing awkwardly.
"Hello, again."
They are enveloped by silence again before Jimin lets out a breath. "You're here early. Hi."
"Hm, yeah." Yoongi scratches the back of his neck and asks Jimin if he could come in.
It's like their conversation earlier that night but there's a shift in the atmosphere that neither of them can address and explain.
Yoongi goes ahead to sit in the living room and Jimin goes straight to the kitchen to give Yoongi some tea. He makes a beeline to the coffee table, sitting there instead of on the couch. This is definitely a remake of earlier's conversation.
"How did it go? Why- why are you here? Did you really leave your date just like that?" Jimin breathes out and even while wearing a reassuring grin, Yoongi's eyes tell him otherwise, that something's on his mind.
"Well, I didn't really do that, that would be very rude but, um, I didn't want the date to go further. I called a taxi for Sowon after our dinner and apologized. She was funny and charming but, I don't know, I just didn't like her that way or see myself going on a few more dates with her." Yoongi says.
"Why?" Jimin whispers, as if immersed in the story.
Yoongi waits a few more seconds before answering. "I really can't say, Jimin-ah, I'm sorry." Jimin deflates a little bit at the lack of information but he doesn't push further. "I did say I'll be here if you need me so, you can stay as long as you like and can talk to me whenever you feel the need to."
Yoongi's eyes shows sparkles when he looks at Jimin and they stay holding each other's gazes. "Thank you for everything Jimin." He says lowly.
Jimin goes over to the couch and fragilely hugs Yoongi as if he's the most precious thing on the earth (he is) and whispers that it's nothing.
They stay in their embrace for a few minutes, or maybe even hours, before the clock struck 9pm. It's still early but Jimin is prompted to go ahead while Yoongi tell a persisting Jimin that he's fine on the couch.
Jimin closes his bedroom door with a resounding click on Yoongi's end before he jumps on the bed and quickly calls Taehyung (who's at first angry for interrupting him and Seokjin but quickly softens up upon knowing what had happened.)
~
During midnight, it's quiet in Jimin's apartment but Jimin is still awake, heart aware that the man he likes is just beyond his bedroom door. He sits up before his heart begs him to go over to Yoongi.
When he does, Yoongi's breathing is even and the younger concludes that he's asleep.
"Hyung," he whispers to him and it carries into the night, "Even though you're older than me, I swear to keep you safe and stay by your side. I don't have the courage to tell you this when you're awake because I'm such a coward but someday I will, I guess." then he gently cuddles with Yoongi in the already small couch and just hopes that Yoongi is really sleeping.
Jimin feels like he's been laying there, basking in Yoongi's warmth, going in and out of sleep for hours when he hears it.
"I've been in love with you, Jimin, since you came into my life nearly 3 years ago." Maybe he dreamt it or he did really say it, but even so, Jimin buries his head in Yoongi's chest, tucked in under the older's chin. He sleepily sighs in content and goes back to sleep.
~
Jimin wakes up to the feeling of being hot and something moving up and down his back. He dazedly opens his eyes and the first thing he sees is the sun. Or Yoongi, smiling that beautiful smile at him. He supposes the sun and Yoongi are the same in his heart.
"Good morning."
"Good morning." Jimin would like to yawn but he stifles it, afraid that his morning breath will hit Yoongi. He tries to get up but Yoongi's grip on him, albeit gentle, is firm. "Yoongs, I need to brush my tee-."
"Stay," Yoongi cuts off, "Didn't you say last night you'll stay? By my side?" Yoongi smirks at him. Jimin goes over his head, trying to recall that moment he said those words and his eyes widen.
"You heard?!"
"Yeah, and I'm glad I did." Yoongi winks at him then at this he realizes that what he heard last night wasn't a dream.
"Are you really in love with me?" He whispers, like it's a secret. Yoongi says nothing instead, letting his kiss answer the question for him.
It was slow and sweet and what Jimin ever wanted.
~
Jimin is a man of many talents, he likes to think, and loving Yoongi, today, tomorrow and for the rest of his life, is one of them. And loving Yoongi he does well.