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“Jimin, can I borrow your conditioner?”
The younger turns around whilst drying off his wet hair with a towel. He nods his head in the direction of the bathroom. “Sure hyung.”
Jin shoots him his embarrassing finger guns as he moonwalks his way into the bathroom. Jimin snorts at his hyung's behavior and walks himself out of his own room with a silly smile on his face. The delicious smell coming from the kitchen is automatically leading him there, much like a rat following the pied piper.
“Aaah, it smells so good!” He exclaims as he steps over the threshold. Yoongi is standing by the kitchen counter, his back facing him. A sudden urge to wrap his arms around the elder’s waist comes to him, but he holds back. He has been restricting himself for a long time already, so why would today be an exception?
“What are you making, hyung?”
“Doenjang Guk.” Yoongi murmurs as he adds the beef, mushrooms and some sauces Jimin can't really recognize, into the already boiling broth. They had already eaten from Jin’s self made flat fish sushi, which he had caught himself, but that was an hour ago and needless to say, he was hungry again. And apparently, it seemed like he wasn't very good at hiding it;
“Haven’t you eaten properly Jimin-ah? I can hear your stomach growling.”
The red blush of embarrassment spreads across his face and to minimize the damage his own stomach created Jimin tries the re-point the accusing finger; “It’s your fault hyung!” He says as he comes closer and looks over Yoongi’s shoulder into the pan. “Your food always makes me hungry.” He finishes with a pout, making the elder scoff (amusedly).
“Bun when we have dinner you are already full after one bite.” Yoongi retorts back, not looking at the younger, but focused on stirring the contents in the pan. Jimin finds himself taking a step backwards, he watches the elder reaching for the salt, unbothered and oblivious to the turmoil happening inside Jimin's head.
Oh, hyung, Jimin thinks. if you only knew the reason why..
“I will set the table!” He decides to say to break out of the awkward situation he put himself in. Yoongi hums in response, before his attention fully goes back to preparing the dish. ‘’Tell the guys I am done within 10 minutes.’’ He hears the elder shout after him.
When he finally steps outside, Jimin feels that he can breathe a bit normally now. He takes a moment to stand still and inhale all the freshness of the nature surrounding him. Despite the sun having already set, it’s still warm, and in combination with that gentle breeze it’s just the perfect temperature on his skin. Nevertheless, he quickly gets out of his daze and starts to find the rest.
He already knows Jin is showering so he would come outside on his own accord. He looks around him and sees Taehyung and Jungkook playing a silly looking game with Hoseok. Namjoon sits a couple of metres away from them with a book in his hand. They all are near the tent, so there is no need to gather them around the table already. Jimin knows the moment Yoongi steps out of the kitchen, the boys, resembling starved lions, will immediately divert their attention to the food. Luckily, Jimin doesn't need to set the table as everything is already set, from the table to the chairs, even the plates and the chopsticks have already been placed on the table. Jungkook must have done that, he guesses. His gaze proceeds to fall on the ferry lights they had hung up together. It turns out that it was a good choice of theirs to buy the lights, as they are a pretty sight now it is dark. Jimin smiles to himself and decides to join the trio before dinner starts.
Exactly 10 minutes later Yoongi steps outside with the steaming pot in his hands. ‘’Yah, come help me.’’
Jimin jerks his head in the direction of the sound and sees how Yoongi's cheeks are getting red by the rising steam from the pan. He wants to get up from where he is seated to help him, when he sees Jungkook and Hoseok already running towards him, so he decided to remain in his place.
‘’Ah hyung, it smells delicious.’’ Namjoon compliments. He closes his book and takes his seat at the table. Not much later, Jin joins the group too with his hair damp and settles on the chair next to Jimin. Yoongi is the last one to sit. After checking if everything is on the table, he takes his seat opposite of Jimin. Now Jimin already knows he will not get to eat much, but that doesn't have apply for drinking! :D
‘’Oh wait, we forgot the Soju.’’ Jimin points out. He immediately stands up and jogs towards the kitchen. Once inside, he realises he forgot to ask where the boys had put the soju exactly. He wants to go back, when he spots the neatly placed green bottles on the ground beneath the kitchen counter. A couple of minutes later, he shows up with their drinks in a bag.
‘’Hurry up Jimin, Yoongi hyung is waiting for you!’’ Namjoon says with his mouth full. Jimin frowns. ‘’Huh-’’
But when he looks at Yoongi's plate he indeed sees that the elder’s food remains untouched. Matter of factly, he sees how his earlier empty plate was now filled with food.
After giving everyone their drinks, he finally takes his seat. Yoongi softly looks at him and beckons him with the chopsticks in his hands to eat. ‘’Eat up, Jimin-ah.’’ ‘’Thank you, hyung.’’ Jimin smiles back at him and swiftly averts his gaze back to his plate. He doesn’t think he can stop himself from blushing if he keeps looking at the elder.
Dinner goes by in a flash. Everyone talks about their day and how they spent their free time. Jimin listens to stories about catching fish, making speed boats that could sail on the water(and how Namjoon almost lost one), about wood carving and yada yada. Jimin loves it. Loves listening to his members telling about their days, that don't include work, schedules and responsibilities and, as he watches them while resting his face on his palm, Jimin thinks like this, with no stress and a kind of tranquillity on their faces, the members look their best.
‘’And you Jimin? What did you do?’’ Taehyung asks, his gaze switching from Jungkook's plate to Jimin and back. Jimin laughs when Taehyung steals some meat from Jungkook. ‘’Me? Uhm, I didn't do anything in particular to be honest.’’ ‘’That’s also fine.’’ Namjoon retorts, smiling in Jimin's direction before he takes a sip from his cup. ‘’Now you make it sound like doing nothing is a bad thing.’’ Jimin poutily argues, downing the whole cup in one go. When he puts the empty cup back on the table he briefly looks up, only to see Yoongi glancing at him- and he could have sworn his eyes were set on his lips for a moment!
Okay Jimin, stop looking into things so much
‘’You still got the whole night to do something.’’ Taehyung suggests as he wiggles his eyebrows and Jimin knows he is hinting at him to play games all night long together, he also sees how Yoongi opens his mouth to say something, but immediately closes them again, quickly averting his gaze on his plate to mindlessly swirl his chopsticks in the food. ‘’Nah, I think I will be going to sleep a little early. I am tired.’’ He says while looking at the elder. Hoseok laughs. ‘’From doing nothing?’’ Jimin hisses in his direction like an annoyed cat. Hoseok sticks his tongue out in response.
It’s a little past midnight when Namjoon and Jin decide to call it a night and walk towards their rooms to get some sleep. Jimin knew he had said that he would also get some sleep, but truth be told, he wasn't tired at all and Yoongi was still sitting here..(yes this is what happens when you have a crush on someone). If there is any chance to be in the same space as Yoongi, Jimin would take it, even if they see each other every day.
“You are not going to sleep hyung?” Jimin asks as he empties his second bottle of soju. He is not a lightweight like Hoseok so it’s okay. Yoongi had switched to a stronger kind of alcohol and Jimin could have told he was not planning on sleeping yet, but he needed something to break the silence anyway. Yoongi snickers and swirls the contents of his glass around. For some reason, Jimin finds it extremely hot.
“You want me gone, Jimin?”
The elder amusedly watches how panic starts to unfold on Jimin’s face. “No! No, of course not hyung!” Jimin feels his cheeks getting red from the way he overreacted, which only dawned on him that it was a little overreacted when it was already out. Yoongi starts to laugh freely, his gums on display. “Yah, Jimin-ah, no need to match the colour of the strawberries.” He teases, his laugh only intensifying when Jimin starts to get angry. “I am not that red!” He argues, but even he can't deny how insanely warm his cheeks feel. “You are.” Yoongi argues back and it's not to embarrass him, on the contrary, Yoongi looks at him with a fondness in his eyes and smiles.
Jimin knows he is just riling him up, but he is so in L-word with him that he willingly gives in.
“Hyungs we are going to bed!” Jungkook announces. Taehyung and he are each holding Hoseok by his arm and Taehyung even has the audacity to wink at Jimin when he sees the two of them still seated at the table before he hurries after Jungkook. Jimin groans inwardly and desperately hopes Yoongi didn’t see that.
After a minute of comfortable silence, Jimin thinks it’s enough of the comfortable silence;
“So, that only leaves the two of us.”
“Hmm, I don’t think I can be any longer here with the intimidating Park Jimin.”
The elder makes a move to stand up and Jimin should have known he was joking, but you know..ehm, it's Jimin, so he hastily grabs Yoongi's wrist. “Stay.” Of course Yoongi would stay, but now that he said it out loud in that tone it changes the whole atmosphere. “I was just joking Jimin-ah.'' Yoongi breathes out.
Jimin tries to laugh it off, clearing his throat in embarrassment. “Yeah, yeah. I know.” uhuh, sureeee
They quickly fall back into a comfortable silence, where Jimin is, on the one hand, happy Yoongi doesn't make him feel uncomfortable for what he just did, but on the other hand sad, because he really wants to hear him talk more, so he can silently float away whilst hearing his hyung's soothing voice.
“It’s beautiful here isn’t it.” He tries, hoping to stir up a conversation again. He had spaced out a little, the alcohol finally hitting him. Yoongi doesn’t answer immediately, so he turns his gaze towards him. It’s not the first time he finds Yoongi like this, but most of the time, when they are about to look into each others eyes, his hyung manages to look away right on time. But right now, for some reason, (might be the alcohol), the elder doesn’t look away. “It really is.” Yoongi finally answers, but his gaze is still on him and the butterflies in Jmin's stomach are going batshit.
Jimin tries to push his luck. “What is?” (As if he didn’t mention their surroundings a minute ago). Yoongi begint to grin and takes a sip from his glass again. “Yah, Park Jimin, are you fishing for compliments now?”
It’s not good that his mind begins to feel a little hazy. Every time alcohol gets to him, he isn't able to control his mouth. But he frankly doesn’t know if he finds it that inconvenient right now.
“You know I like being praised.”
“Yeah? How?”
wait
Jimin is taken aback by the question, because he knows Yoongi knows how, so why is he saying— why— is he?— no that can’t be— but maybe?
Jimin tries to push his luck one more time.
He leans a little forward on the table, his bottom lip slightly jutting out as he speaks and he hopes his droopy eyes are doing their magic. “You know, like being told I have done a great job or that I look pretty, cute or sexy.” Jimin laughs before he continues, “ and uhm especially when I am told I am doing good.” Jimin deliberately whispers the last part, but Yoongi hears it just right. He notices how Yoongi shifts a little on his seat. He takes the bottle (his 3rd one) in his hand and starts drinking, so he can stop himself from talking more (but drinking will not particularly make that any better, he supposes).
When Yoongi doesn’t say anything in response, Jimin starts to feel sick of the thought that he just ruined all his chances by saying that. He almost wants to open his mouth and apologize when he feels Yoongi's feet touching his feet. He stills in his movements.
“Hmm, maybe I should praise you more then.”
Jimin really tries to focus on what Yoongi is saying, but how can he when Yoongi is touching him like that. It shouldn't arouse him as much as it is doing, but it is. When Yoongi playfully, (deliberately) touches his feet against him again, Jimin knows he is doing this on purpose and he can’t hold back the whine that spills from his lips. “H-yung.”
“Hmm?”
Jimin looks up and watches how Yoongi's previous sleepy round eyes are now hooded and watching him intensely. He hastily shakes his head. “No-nothing!” He retracts his feet and wants to take another sip from his soju when to his horror the bottle is empty. He tries to laugh it off (again); “Oh, uhm wow, how have I already drank three bottles already.” He laughs in disbelief. “I will check if there are any more bottles left inside.” He excuses himself, almost jumping out of his seat and hurries towards the door.
When he is finally inside he lets out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. He quickly looks outside and sees Yoongi unbothered sipping from his glass. He sighs and walks further into the room. He really has to keep it together. He is tipsy and his crush is there. Plus he is acting so recklessly. Ugh He feels a headache coming up from his own thoughts. Why for God’s sake can’t he just act normal for once. He paces around the room when he suddenly stops in his tracks.
wait a damn minute
He replays the whole conversation they just had in his head and gasps. ‘’I was not the only one flirting, was I?’’
‘’Jimin-ah..’’
Upon hearing his name being called, Jimin jerks his head to the side where he, to his surprise, sees Yoongi standing in the doorway. His hands begin to sweat and he prays earnestly that the elder didn't hear anything. With a sheepish smile on his face, he completely turns around and walks towards him like he didn't just have a semi meltdown. ‘’I was just on my way, hyung. Do you miss me already?’’ (For fucks sake Jimin, stop the flirting
If you could see what happens inside his mind right now you would straight up call the ambulance, the police and the fire department. He just gave himself a pep talk about how he should behave and not a minute later he is flirting again. Eh, he decides to blame it on being a libra.
Yoongi smiles and Jimin raises an eyebrow at that. That is not usually Yoongi's reaction to his flirting and teasing. Most of the times or like always, they end up bickering or Yoongi just ignores the whole flirting part, but right now it seems like the elder is not even denying it. this is weird..
‘’Uhh-’’
‘’Will you dance with me?’’
Jimin shuts his mouth close, then opens it, then closes it and then opens it again. ‘’Huh?’’
He sees how Yoongi starts to fiddle with the hems of his sleeves. He looks nervous and the tip of his ears are red, or is he just imagining things at the moment. He doesn't know.
Yoongi speaks again. ‘’Oh, uhm you know what, nevermind, it was silly of me to ask.’’
‘’Yes.’’ It comes out before he even thinks about if it makes any sense. The disappointed ‘oh’ Yoongi lets out makes Jimin wants to slam his head against the wall. (please Jimin, rephrase that
Jimin starts to wave his hands before his face, ‘’I mean yes in, I want to dance with you hyung.’’ Now a surprised ‘oh’ leaves Yoongi’s mouth and he smiles shyly. Jimin has no idea where they are about to dance and why and- what does it even matter? If he can be close to Yoongi then why not?!
Yoongi shyly extends his hand and the first think that Jimin does is staring at it (Jimin for fuck's sake take his hand, you are embarrassing yourself) Only, when Yoongi clears his throat awkwardly, does he gets out of his daze and quickly slides his hand in Yoongi’s.
If it was a mess in Jimin's head a couple of minutes ago, his brain is now completely in shambles. Mayday Mayday his head screams at him as Yoongi wraps his hand around his and softly squeezes. He leads them outside again and Jimin feels his heart leaping out of his chest towards the sky. Of course it is not the first time he is holding the elder’s hand, it’s just that right now, with the alcohol in his system, the cool night and the romantic setting, Jimin's heart (and body) are quite literally on fire.
❀ Listen to this song please 🥺 ❀
They walk in the direction of the tent again and Yoongi stops just a couple of metres away from the table where they just sat. Jimin notices that the previous quiet place is now being filled with music coming from the elder's phone. ‘’Did you put on music?’’ He asks as he glances at the table. Yoongi hums, ‘’Do you want to dance without it?’’ Jimin sees how Yoongi's eyebrow raises like every other time he teases him. ‘’Shut up.’’ He decides to say, lightly scoffing to the side, not seeing how the elder watches him fondly. He is still holding Jimin's hand and Jimin is still trying to not let the other see that he is freaking out, but then Yoongi slightly turns around till he is standing face to face with him.
It is so quiet around them except for the soft music playing in the background, that if they listened closely enough they would be able to hear each other’s frantically beating hearts.
With Jimin's hand still in Yoongi's hold, the elder guides his hand till it comfortably rests on his shoulder. Jimin automatically brings his other hand to rest on the other side. He can't help but laugh softly. Yoongi looks up at him in confusion. ‘’Is this funny to you, Jimin-ah?’’ Jimin looks up and meets Yoongi's playful eyes. He giggles softly. ‘’Oh hyung..’’ He sighs as he removes his hands from Yoongi's shoulder and instead grabs both of the elder's hands and places them on his hips. Jimin watches how Yoongi slowly begins to get red by his neck and cheeks. He places his hands back on the elder's shoulder. ‘’Better.’’ He murmurs.
He knows he must be looking as red as a tomato now, because of the combination of the alcohol and his embarrassment, but he couldn't care less anymore. Yoongi is here, in front of him, holding him and looking at him as if he is the most beautiful tomato he has ever seen.
❀ ‘’Every step we take, It’s like a dance we perform together. My, oh my, oh my, oh my love…’’ ❀
Jimin listens to the lyrics of the song and blushes at how fitting the song is to their situation.
They stay like that for a moment, just taking in each other's touches and shy gazes, till one of Yoongi's hands glides away from his hip and instead pulls one of his arms away. It soon becomes clear what Yoongi is trying to do; he clasps their free hands together and holds it around eye level. Jimin is absolutely endeared at his hyung’s efforts so he decides to make it more comfortable and takes a step closer. His hand is now placed around the back of the elder’s neck, while he feels Yoongi's other hand traveling from his hip to his waist.
❀ ‘’Now I believe, La la la la la la la, I sing a song like this with the one I was desperately looking for... ‘’ ❀
The previous butterflies in his stomach who were starting to act up, but had calmed down a little, are now going absolutely wild in his stomach as Yoongi, with his full gums on display, twirls Jimin around to the right. The elder keeps his hand centered above Jimin’s head as the younger does a three-quarter turn to his right. Yoongi moves around him to the left so he faces Jimin at the end of his turn and slowly lowers his right arm to draw him in. ‘’Oh hyung!’’ Jimin yelps as Yoongi pulls him a little too fast too close, causing him to stumble over his feet and bump his face into the elder’s chest. He is definitely having an existential crisis now. He is so close to him, so close that he can clearly smell his rich cologne. He doesn't dare to look up, but when he feels Yoongi's chest a little vibrating he glances upwards and sees how the elder is softly chuckling.
Jimin’s world briefly comes to a halt.
❀ ‘’My only one, when I see you, I want to lean on you, I want to have you... ‘’ ❀
‘’What is so funny?’’ Jimin retorts. It comes a little more breathier out than he wanted to, but who cares when Yoongi looks down at him like that; with his lips quirked into a smile and his eyes holding the whole starry night. ‘’You.’’ Yoongi answers earnestly. Jimin doesn't know how to respond to that and maybe he doesn't even have to. Maybe his eyes could convey the love he holds for this man for all these years. Maybe, just maybe, Yoongi can see what he actually means to him.
❀ ‘’Be my only love.’’ ❀
Jimin slowly backs off a little, so that he is not completely pressed against Yoongi’s body anymore, but when he also wants to take a step back to create more space for them to dance, the elder’s arms come to strongly wrap around his middle and he gets pulled closer again. Their faces are so close right now, only a centimetre more and their noses would brush and another centimetre closer and they would kiss, but Jimin doesn't dare to think about that. He is already happy to be this close to Yoongi. Wishing he would get to kiss the elder, to get to feel his lips on his own, would be too much.
‘’Jimin-ah.’’ Yoongi whispers. Jimin catches it but he is so elsewhere with his mind or just too focused on their proximity that he can't form a coherent response.
‘’Jimin-ah.’’ Yoongi tries again and this time his hands find their way to Jimin's face to cup his cheeks. Yoongi’s hands feel extremely soft and warm.
When Jimin doesn't respond for the second time, Yoongi breathes out a soft chuckle. ‘’Yah, Jimin-ah, where are you lost?’’
Jimin blinks a few times. A lot of times actually. Is this reality? Is Min Yoongi actually cupping his cheeks? Is Min Yoongi actually dancing with him under the stars? Is Min Yoongi actually right here with him?
‘’This is not a dream, right?’’ The question slips out of his mouth before he can even think about it and Jimin curses his loose tongue for embarrassing him a second time this evening. But it doesn't seem that Yoongi minds the question, instead his face comes even closer, so close Jimin can tell every single eyelash apart.
‘’Hyung..’’ Jimin whispers, but Yoongi doesn't catch it. Jimin isn't even sure the word came out of his mouth completely, when Yoongi presses his lips oh so softly against his. It’s over too quickly for him and he even lets out a whine when their lips detach.
‘’Do you still think this is a dream?’’ Yoongi asks and he is so beautiful right now. The yellowish glow of the ferry lights reflect on his pale but rosy cheeks and his eyes are glistening as he looks at him. Jimin honestly didn't know eyes could do that.
‘’I still think I am dreaming hyung.’’He has to restrain himself from smiling, but it's difficult when Yoongi is giving him the brightest smile he has ever seen on the man.
‘’Oh, then let me just-’’ And they are on his lips again. Soft and perfect, just like the man whose lips it belongs to.
This time he kisses him more deeply, longer even, and Jimin thinks he has ascended to heaven. There is no tongue involved, yet, but right now it isn't even necessary, because right now this kiss isn't just a kiss. It's Jimin's love being reciprocated. It’s a message that says ‘’Hey, I like you too.’’
Or wait, that is what he thinks..
Jimin abruptly breaks the kiss and stares into Yoongi's somewhat confused eyes. ‘’You like me hyung?’’ He asks and there is so much disbelief dripping from the question, Jimin hopes he doesn't hurt Yoongi by asking that. Lucky for him, he doesn't have to stress about that when Yoongi's hands eagerly cup the younger's cheeks again. He leans forwards till their noses touch and he smiles dumbly. ‘’Of course I like you, pabo, why would I kiss you if that wasn't the case?’’ Jimin doesn't know, but what he does know is that he wanted to be certain. ‘’I just wanted to be sure.’’ Yoongi laughs, ‘’And did you got your answer?’’ Jimin smiles dumbly too and now he is the one cupping Yoongi’s cheeks.
‘’Hmm, I think I just have to do one more thing just to be sure.’’
‘’My only one.’’ He hears the woman in the song sing and Jimin feels a little too warm when they both smile into their kiss.