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Jungkook's pov

I never knew that love at first sight could ever hit me so hard. It was like a wreck, honestly. It was so hard that at the very moment my eyes had laid itself upon them, I felt an overwhelming emotion, quite foreign to me. One I couldn't comprehend at all. I had heard and read quite a load about love, of course, and the closest idea I had about what it was like, was of the classic “titanic”, just the kind where love is this all-consuming, some higher ideal of allegiance, where you abandon all reason, where you see only them, feel only them, breathe only them. I have no idea if the kind of love that I'm feeling for my person is as high and pure as of that of Jack and Rose. but I know this, I would love that person, as much as is humanly possible from me. I know I won't be able to give them the stars and the moon, nor would I give up my life for them, because I want to live with them, but I would give them all that remind me of them, all that they desire that is within my reach, make them smile, and be there when tears threaten to drop down their cheeks. I want that person to see me too. & I want them to breathe me enough, that we live together, and when and if we find no reason for ourselves, we live for each other. I want that person to love me all the same. tied by the red thread of destiny.

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*prologue 

Just as i was preoccupied by my train of thoughts, a commotion ahead caught my attention.

At the beginning I wasn't able to grasp the situation, like what in hell was going on with the crowd ahead? They are literally acting like a swarm of bees clustering around a honeysuckle.
Mhmmm the perfect imagery. But it's not like I care, we need to get to our class in time.

" Hey, what's going on there? Wanna go have a look? Could be a celebrity or something? ", Hoseok Hyung is curious.

" and what if it is? You wanna get an autograph or something? "

" well I just might. "

I turn to look at him, frustrated. " You're not kidding me, are you Hyung? You want to go in there?? ", I point at the horde, " in this heat?? You want to jump in there? Wow. Well go on then, but don't you dare complain to me about it 'being too hot' ever again. I swear to god, I'll hit you Hyung."

" well, well calm tf down there kiddo. Calm down. I was just- ", I gave him the eyes. " fine, let's go. Okay? Let's go. "

He grabs hold of my arm, and begins to pull on it for us to leave, when -

" uh, excuse me. But can you please let me through? I've got to get to my class or else I'll be late.", requests a sweet, distressed voice among the crowd.

I turned to look where the source of the voice was, eyes desperately searching for the owner, when a lean, pale hand emerges out from in between the horde of people. how perfectly his small hand would fit in mine.

“excuse me-”, the voice struggled.

“ oh god! Let the guy leave. ”, hoseok hyung was staring to tick off, the situation given at hand. “Jungk- ??”

Almost out of instinct I find myself rushing forward towards the person, struggling in that pack and I grab hold of that extended hand. Instantly overwhelmed by the warmth of the person's hold, I tug at the frame with all my strength and a beautiful entity, a guy, emerges out of the flock, his eyes bewildered, when in an instant his tiny frame crashed onto mine, my other hand wrapping around their waist to keep them from falling.

The warmth had now at once started spreading throughout my body, especially concentrated towards the front where the stranger is pressed against.

Moments pass by, but I'm too preoccupied to notice at the moment. All my attention centred towards this one stranger who is still pressed against my chest. I want to take a good look at this person's face, and engrave it in my mind.

My train of thought is interrupted when there is a sudden movement in the body, right against me. And that is when, the person tilts up from my chest to look at me in the eye, and immediately the cheeks turn a hue of red. Cute.

“ are you okay? ”, I ask, my tone soft.

From a light shade of red, he turns into the darkest tone, instanously. And I find my fingers itch to touch.

He really is a beautiful creation, one which is almost a sin to this humanity. A pretty face, with a small frame, jet black hair, perfect pair of eyebrows, a nose just the right size and a jaw-line one would die for. Absolutely marvelous.

“ ah - ”, and with a jolt he jumps off, away from me. My senses missing the warmth instantaneously. “ um I-I'm so sorry. And uh yes I'm f-fine th- um t-thank you.” he says both flustered and nervous.

I chuckled.

“ I'm glad, pleasure. ”

“ ah um. I'm Jimin. I-I just transferred here, nice to meet you. ”, he greets as he tugs a strand of hair behind his ear, a pretty smile playing on his lips.

“ Hey, it's nice to meet you too Jimin. I'm Jun-”

“ Heyyy. So you're the new transfer student from Busan, right? You're really beautiful. ”, interrupts Hoseok hyung before I could even greet myself.

“ uh. T-thanks. ”

“ Well, nice to meet you, Jimin. I'm Hoseok from the senior year, and this is Jungkook, a freshman. ”

“ ahh. Jungkook? ”, I swear to god, I skipped a beat at the way my name rolled down his tongue. I feel my cheeks heating up, and Hoseok hyung fake coughs, sensing the atmosphere.

“ ah ye-yeah that's me. haha.”, I laugh awkwardly while Hoseok hyung is giving me ‘the eye’.

“ um not to interrupt but I think we're gonna be late for our classes if we don't leave. Not like I mind though. ”, Hobi hyung knocks the reality back into my senses. Shit, I'm fucked.

I turn to look at Jimin, and I guess it's the same with him, as his eyes are so wide it seems it might almost pop out at any second.

“ Shit. I've gotta go. ”, says Jimin as he turns to me and Hoseok, “ Hoseok Sunbae, Jungkook, see you later. Thank you once again. ”

“ See you later.” I mumble to myself, as he fades away into the distance. I hope, it's soon.

“ Now, how long are we supposed to stand here and watch him leave until you are satisfied, little Jeon?? ”

“ W-what?! ”

He smirks at me, while he starts to head ahead, “ Come on. We're gonna miss our first class. Hurry. ” while I just stand there flabbergasted.

Wait. “ Hyung! How did you know where he was from??! ”, I run after him, curiosity evident.

“ ahh how, I wonder. ”

I sigh.

I place my phone somewhere on the bed, sprawl across the bed, and stare above at the ceiling, nothing particularly, my mind clouded. I take a deep breathe.

I just somehow feel too much all at the same time, and then at once feel nothing at all.

I close my eyes shut, and try to regulate my breathing, which has been acting up since Jimin was added into the group. actually, since this lunch break.

It's almost like, that small guy is slowly invading every bit of me, sounds weird I know, but it's just somehow he holds this tremendous power to overwhelm me. And I won't lie, it's scary.

I just can't seem to make any sense, of whatever it is that I'm feeling anymore. It's as if, i'm lost in this abyss, and no matter how hard I try to look for an answer, I just can't find any. Everything's just too loud or too quiet all at the same time. I don't even understand why am I even so bothered about that man. A man, I just happened to meet this morning, who coincidentally is a senior and a friend of a friend - hyung to be precise - and is now a part of our circle. And we'll be watching a movie tomorrow, and then visit a café, have something delicious and - and then perhaps a lot more in the future, and everything is just happening so fast, I barely even have time to register any bit of it, and I don't even know why tf am I so bothered over this at all in the first place, it isn't like me. at. all.

I breathe in, and breathe out.

And i'm suddenly glad that we exist in a normal world, where we have limited humane tendencies, and can't trespass into someone's head, and hear their thoughts, because hell, mine is loud af.

I need to sleep. sleep.

I can't sleep.

...

I am snapped out of my stupor, " Y-yeah hyung? You were saying something. Sorry, I was zoning out. ", I apologise, rubbing the back of my head, beaming.

His brows furrow, not a hint of smile anywhere on his face, which is a rare version of the usually sunny hobi hyung " You don't seem okay to me kid. Is there something bothering you? You've been acting strange, all this time. "

" What do you mean 'acting strange', hyung? ", I tried to play it off as if it wasn't that big of an issue, with a forced smile. I wasn't yet ready to let hyung know, I needed time.

Hoseok hyung, didn't say a word, nor did he smile back, he only kept staring at me, intimidating. He knows.

" Hyu- "

" Oi. Did you guys wait for long? ", pierced a deep, heavy voice from a distance. We already know who it is without looking, Taehyung hyung. And I know better than anyone, what that signifies, he is here. I turn to where they were, heading towards us, as I finally soaked in the view that is him. In all honesty, what a beauty that is, Park Jimin. And that is coming from an individual who has been surrounded by people with exceptional looks.

" Not much. Just 5 mins or so. ", Hobi hyung replied, as they approached near.

" Sorry. I was held back by the homeroom teacher, and so taetae waited for me. ", Jimin apologized, eyes closed shut, with his little, pretty hands slapped against their palms, just a little above his forehead, his tone apologetic. Adorable.

" You don't have to be so sinfully endearing, Park Jimin. It's okay, don't stress it and besides you aren't the ones last, there is yet two more to join us. ", Hobi hyung peeked at his watch to look at the time, and sighed. " We have a movie to catch in forty minutes, I wonder what are these love-birds upto? "

" Did you give them a call? ", Tae inquired.

" We did a couple of times. We even left them a message. "

" What? Did they bolt out? ", Taehyung seemingly getting frustrated at the probability. We could only gape at each other in answer, no words spoken.

" I'm never forgiving them if they do. ", Taehyung's eyes squinting.

" Oi. Oi. Calm down boy. It's okay, isn't it? Maybe they got wound up with something important, we never know. Let's give em the benefit of the doubt kay? "

" They could've let us know then, we made this plan altogether after all, and besides Jin hyung promised last night- ", hyung was cut off by a voice, whose owner was presently in question.

" I promised that I would drag Namjoon with me, and here I am dragging Namjoon along. ", Jin hyung walking towards us, Namjoon hyung following closely.

" W-what took you guys so long?! ", Taehyung charged.

" Well it wouldn't have, if this taller man beside me wouldn't have been so difficult. "

And with that, all eyes turned to look at the taller man, Namjoon Hyung now the center of everyone's attention.

He sighed. " Look, I had wanted to visit an art exhibition after school today, so it w- "

Tae cut him, " so you won't come with us to the movies? "

" Look - "

" So you want to go to an art exhibition alone, ditching your friends who want to go to the movies together?? "

Namjoon sighs, defeated. " I can't help it if you guys decide to look at it that way. I want us to hang out together, yes. But I've been wanting to go to this exhibition for a week now. It's just, I'm torn okay? "

Tae crosses his arms against his chest, and gives Namjoon a are-you-kidding-me-right-now stare. " So why wouldn't you just say so, when we made the plans last night? "

" I wasn't active then, so I didn't know, I only saw the texts this morning, and it was already too late then. "

" Guess it's our fault then. "

" Tae. ", Hobi Hyung interrupts. " Cut him some slack, will you? It wasn't intentional, the timing just didn't work out for him. Look at it this way, how much does photography mean to you? It's the same with Namjoon, you've known him for years, we all have, except Jimin here - which he soon will - you know how much art and exhibitions fascinate him, and besides he had decided on this earlier, so it's okay isn't it? We've got a lot of time, there is no rush. For today let Namjoon visit the exhibition, while the rest of us proceed with our plans. We can all hangout together, some other time. How is it? "

Hobi cocks an eyebrow at Taehyung for answer, while taehyung thinks it through. "Fine. We'll go along with it, this time. But next time, you better treat us hyung. "

" I will. Thank you. ", Namjoon then turns to Jimin, and " sorry Jimin, I know it was supposed to be like a get together for us all to spend some quality time and get to know you better, but for this once forgive me okay? "

" No no, it's completely okay. Besides I understand. Next time, let us join too. ", said the smaller person, smiling like an angel.

" Y-you want to? "

" mhmm, sure why not. Not as much, but I do frequent visits to exhibitions and such, with a friend of mine. I don't really have a deeper understanding of art and such, but I like looking at the works, which people of inbred insight have put out for the world to see and be moved with. I find that quite fascinating. ", Jimin chuckles, soft.

" We can all just go visit the exhibition then. ", I spit without a thought. And everyone of them is looking at me, as if they'd seen a ghost or something. "Huh? What?? "

" You're proposing that we go visit an art exhibition? ", questions a bewildered Jin hyung, as if I've grown a pair of extra limbs.

" Well yes. Is it not a good idea? ", I question, confused.

" You're proposing we do?! Jeon Jungkook? "

I gasp in disbelief, " You're making it seem like I'm dumb or something. "

" Well aren't you? "

" I'm not. "

" You are. "

" Am not. "

" Okay. Okay. Stop. Stop. ", Namjoon comes to the rescue. "  So what we doing exactly? "

I start, " I was wondering, that we could just hangout at the exhibition today. We can go to the movies some other time. Movie is actually not the priority right? It's about getting all of us together and spending quality time? So if Namjoon Hyung has to go the exhibit, we can all just tag along. I mean it'll be fun as long as we're all together right? And later we can find a cafe or a restaurant and have dinner I guess. ", I look at them, for an answer.

" I think we could do that? How about you guys? ", Hoseok hyung approves.

" I'll go, where Jimin does.", states taehyung as a matter of fact.

" Aww tae. Let's go then.", Jimin's always smiling, it makes you smile as well.

" I'll go wherever you take me. So can we like leave already. ", Jin hyung says, hastily.

" So, Namjoon is it okay, if we tag along? "

" Better, and you know it Hoba. ", Namjoon Hyung smiles.

Taehyung grabs everyone in his hold, and starts pushing forward, out of the gate. " Let's start moving then, before I grow some white hairs. "

" You'd still look fabulous, bastard. ", compliments Jin hyung.

" I definitely would, old man. ", retorts Taehyung, and a never ending bickering starts.

The rest of us start walking forward, leaving the two to them to their sweet time, and few steps after I feel a slight bump to my side. I turn to look, only to find Jimin smiling at me, almost blinding me. " Hey.", he whispers, playfully.

and that does it, my heart pounding frantically. Calm down, my heart.

My eyes widen at the nickname, and he seems to realize, as he fumbles with his words, " oh. um. Sorry, um but i-is it okay to- , um.. if I call you that? "

I nod, " Yes, sure."

He gives me a blinding smile, the one in which his eyes turn into tiny little crescents, as he presses, " so? "

Distracted by that pretty face, it takes me some time to register that he was referring to the question from before. " oh well, I get a little quiet around strangers, that's all. But I'm not exactly the quiet type. "

He hums. " I see. Then I guess, I just gotta warm up to you real quick, to finally be able to get to look at the real, authentic jeon jungkook. "

I can't help but chuckle at that. " authentic? wh-what was that?? "

His smile growing bigger, pleased.

The conversation naturally picks up from then on. I slowly start to warm up to his presence, all of it just felt so right. I take down tiny mental notes about him, filling myself up with every bit of him. He keeps talking about himself to my delight and I can't help falling deeper for him.

" Yah, you two? ", we turn to look at an egged taehyung, " are you two having fun, leaving me out? "

Jimin chuckles at that, " we were waiting for you to join us. "

Taehyung squints his eyes playfully, " really?? You're not trying to fool me, are you? "

Jimin hums for a moment as if contemplating,  then quirks his brows as an answer "are we?? " I can almost immediately tell, that they are close, because soon enough Taehyung has Jimin wrapped all over him, and he doesn't mind that proximity, they seem comfortable. As I happen to witness their interaction, I keep wishing someday it could be me too.