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“Jungkook, I thought we were supposed to spend Valentine’s Day together. Singles solidarity, remember? We had plans,” Jimin whines. He’s sitting in his pajamas on his bed, trying not to resent the fact that his roommate managed to land a last minute date. It’s not even a pity date. No, it’s a date-date with an attractive junior who drives a semi-nice car and can afford to take Jungkook out to a restaurant ten times nicer than the bags of instant ramen Jimin had lined up for the evening.
“Sorry,” Jungkook says absentmindedly as he surveys his closet for something to wear. He grabs a few of his nicer shirts and lays them out carefully on his bed. “But singles solidarity doesn’t quite work if you’re not quite single. And did you actually have plans for us, or were we just gonna watch videos of guys yelling at video games like we do every Saturday night?”
“Are you telling me you don’t enjoy watching those videos with me?” Jimin rolls off the bed dramatically. “You’d rather have dinner with fancy hyung than hang out with me? I’m so hurt, Jeon Jungkook.”
“Oh please, like you wouldn’t have ditched me if you scored a date yourself,” Jungkook laughs and Jimin grins, guilty.
“That’s what I thought,” Jungkook sniffs and holds up a light blue dress shirt. “What do you think of this?”
“It says ‘I haven’t been on a date in 3 months’.”
“Wow,” Jungkook rolls his eyes and starts putting the offending article of clothing on. “You hate it. That means I should wear it.”
Jimin sticks his tongue out at Jungkook. “I don’t even know why you asked me, you never listen to my opinions.”
“Poor baby,” Jungkook clutches his chest dramatically before turning back to his closet to look for a tie. Jimin pouts at his back.
“Hey Jimin, if you’re actually upset about this, I can cancel,” Jungkook says hesitantly.
“No, you should go,” Jimin shakes his head vigorously. Sure he’s annoyed and feeling just a bit betrayed, but there’s no way he’s going to ruin Jungkook’s evening. “He’s probably going to pay for you, so buy the most expensive thing on the menu. And get dessert.”
“You’re terrible,” Jungkook laughs. “But thanks. Now come here and help me pick out a pair of pants.”
*
It’s been an hour since Jungkook left for his date with fancy hyung (Was it Seok-something? Something-seok? Jimin can’t remember) and Jimin’s officially bored out of his mind. Since Jungkook left, he has been glued to his laptop with a bottle of cheap wine, getting tipsy (successful) and trying to enjoy the rage quit videos he’s queued up (not so successful). It’s just not fun when there’s no Jungkook to laugh with him. He even kind of misses the way Jungkook laughs at how jumpy he gets when watching horror game playthroughs.
He considers calling Yoongi, but his hyung’s interest in Valentine’s Day doesn’t reach further than taking advantage of February 15th candy sales and his idea of a good Saturday night in is studying, so Jimin is on his own.
Last Valentine’s Day was a lot more eventful. He had a boyfriend last year, so there was that. Jimin frowns as his addled brain reminds him of the asshole who broke his heart two months ago. The break-up wasn’t even in person; Jimin received a text riddled with spelling errors that pretty much told Jimin that he wasn’t his type and there was no future for them.
“What do you mean not your type? I’m hot,” Jimin says aloud to no one in particular and takes another sip of wine straight from the bottle. “Fuck you. I’m so hot.”
No one agrees with him on this one, but some of Jimin thinks his best ideas come when he’s drunk. “I’ll show you,” Jimin strips off his shirt and situates himself suggestively on his bed. “I’ll show you what you’ve been missing out on.” He snaps a few shameless pictures of his abs and some equally lewd ones of his face tilted at the ideal selfie angle with his mouth hanging open slightly.
He grabs his phone after he’s done to send the hate sexts and realizes this might be difficult because all his contacts have been renamed into Tolkien characters. Right. Sometimes when Jungkook is mad at him, he renames his contacts and refuses to change them back without considerable groveling. He must have changed the contacts this morning after their fight over cereal. Alright then.
Jimin frowns as as he scrolls through the names of Thorin and company, completely lost. He thinks maybe his ex could be ‘Legolas’, but then he notices an unsaved number. “Must be this one,” he mutters. He knew saving his ex’s number would be a good idea. Yes.
He sends the pictures with a “bet ur missing all of this” text to the unsaved number and throws his phone across his bed so he isn’t tempted to respond right away when his ex texts back because he’s not desperate or anything. However, his phone is silent for a good 10 minutes and Jimin’s forced to admit that he’s probably being ignored. Typical.
Defeated, Jimin starts loading a game up on his computer when his phone buzzes twice.
[Unknown] ??
[Unknown] hey sorry but i think u got the wrong number
What. WHAT.
[Jimin] oh my GOD i’m sorry???
[Unknown] lol don’t sweat it. happens all the time.
[Jimin] ...does it really?
[Unknown] well it’s the first time for me, but i’m sure it happens!!!
Now Jimin’s panicking a little (a lot) because someone somewhere has compromising pictures of him. What if it’s one of his study buddies. They’re never going to want to study with him again. He’s going to kill Jungkook.
[Jimin] hey could you do me a solid and delete those pics??
[Unknown] yeah
[Jimin] thanks
[Jimin] ...
[Jimin] did you delete them?
[Unknown] uh
[Jimin] DELETE THEM
[Unknown] WELL STOP TEXTING ME FOR A SECOND AND I’LL DELETE THEM DAMN
[Jimin] did you delete??
[Unknown] YES I DID. CHILL.
[Jimin] thanks. and sorry again those were supposed to be for my ex
[Unknown] u got nothing better to do than booty call your exes
[Jimin] well you’ve been replying to me this whole time so you can’t be doing anything more interesting
[Unknown] ….. ok fine i’m just watching anime tbh
“Oh my god,” Jimin laughs. Maybe this guy is from the anime club Jungkook pretends to not be a part of.
[Unknown] your untimely response must mean you’re laughing at me >:O
[Jimin] i am
[Unknown] :((((((((((((
[Unknown] for real though; do you usually booty call your exes because that’s not healthy
[Jimin] n O OO i don’t i was trying to prove a POINT
[Unknown] wut
[Jimin] the point is i’m hot and totally E VERYONE’S type.
The mystery person doesn’t text back for a while. Jimin bites his lip, confidence deflating rapidly. Another agonizing minute passes before he finally receives another message.
[Unknown] point taken
Huh.
[Jimin] ooh are you saying i’m your type
[Unknown] oh my god
[Jimin] answer the question!!
[Unknown] all i know about you is that you’re hot and make poor life choices
[Jimin] good enough for me
The other person stops texting back, but Jimin doesn't really mind. Honestly, Jimin hasn’t had this much fun in a while. He’s in the process of deciphering the names in his contacts when his phone buzzes.
[Unknown] hey if you ever figure out your ex’s number you can tell him you’ve got a new (pretend) squeeze
The message is followed by four attached pictures. Jimin opens them all and nearly drops his phone in shock. His eyes bug out as he looks at the attractive boy he’s apparently been talking to for the past half hour. Two of the pictures are imitations of Jimin’s original poses. The boy isn’t as ripped as Jimin, but his slender, tan body suits him well. The other pictures are cute, all V-signs and pouting, and he looks attractive even though his hair is fucking purple.
[Jimin] dude. DUDE!!!! DUDE YOU’RE ATTRACTIVE HOW DARE YOU WITHHOLD THIS INFORMATION FROM ME UNTIL NOW.
[Unknown] HAHAHAHA
[Jimin] BRUH
[Unknown] didn’t know if your ex would get more upset over a cute or a hot new boyfriend so i covered both bases.
[Jimin] COVERING BOTH BASES? YOU CAN COVER ME. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
[Unknown] LMAO WELL SINCE YOU ASKED NICELY
[Jimin] ohhh my god
[Unknown] !!
[Jimin] btw i have your number saved on my phone, but i have no idea who you are?
[Unknown] i think jeon jungkook’s called me from your phone before. i recognize your number. u know jungkook?
[Jimin] JUNGKOOK
[Unknown] I’LL TAKE THAT AS A YES. hello i’m taehyung, jungkook’s orgo lab partner :DD
[Jimin] yes hi i’m jimin. jungkook’s former roommate and when i say former i mean he’s sO DECEASED after i get my hands on him
[Taehyung] lmao jungkook’s told me a lot about you. he didn’t say you were hot though.
[Jimin] pls
[Taehyung] <33
[Jimin] so taehyung, u got plans for the evening besides anime or
[Jimin] ??
[Taehyung] ??
[Taehyung] !!
[Taehyung] ;)
[Taehyung] can i call you?
[Jimin] yes you can
Jimin’s phone rings and he waits two whole seconds before picking up.
“Hello?”
“Jimin?” the voice on the other end is a lot deeper than what Jimin expected. Hot damn.
“Oh this could work,” Jimin purrs and Taehyung laughs, deep and warm.