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jeon jungkook stared back at the music teacher with a blank expression on his face when she had announced that they will be holding a showcase before the end of the first semester.
"since this is an advanced group, i expect a lot from you. and as an incentive for better performances coming from you, the school has decided that the winner will receive the grand price of a two week trip to jeju islands. you may work with one other student within the classroom but be sure your solo part stands out."
oh. so this is no longer a school assignment. it's a competition. and jeon jungkook is going to fight to win. but he can't do this alone. you see, jungkook is the only freshman in a class of sophomores and juniors. he doesn't know how, it was probably just luck or they were really desperate for a fill in, because he got accepted on the same day as his auditions while the others had to wait for a callback. but he wasn't complaining, because his goal when he turned in the college application was to get into the advanced music group of the university.
the students scattered themselves across the classroom, girls running to their best friends and screaming in excitement as they began planning for their performance. but there was one girl that stayed in her seat. she was calm, tucking in a piece of hair as she watched the excited faces in front of her.
park jimin, a junior, who was apparently also a freshman when she got accepted into the group. she's a good singer though, jungkook has heard in the early mornings when he goes to pick up his music.
the thought strikes him at once. what if she were to become his partner? that doesn't sound like a bad idea. but on second thought, she might have wanted to work alone. oh well, better get rejected than regret not asking in the first place, he thinks to himself before getting up from his seat to move across the room.
"jimin noona?" he asks in the smallest voice. the girl turns her head and looks at the boy with the same blank expression he's wearing. "do you know what you're going to do for your performance?"
jimin's face softened slightly. "not really, i haven't really thought about it all that much. these kids are too noisy, it's hard to put my ideas together. what about you?"
he gives her a small smile, hoping she'd return one back, which she didn't. "i don't know yet...i was thinking-"
he was interrupted. "you want to work together, jeon?"
well that was straightforward. and informal. at least she got to the point faster than he did. "if you don't mind!" he mentally slapped himself for sounding way too excited and desperate. "i would love to. you're a really great singer and i really look up to you."
jimin finally gives a smile. "didn't know i had a fan in the class. great, we'll discuss it later."
"noona, you should add me on snapchat!" jungkook blurts out. jimin gives him a weird look, but decides to shrug off the idea, kids these days.
"alright. it's parkjiminniie, don't miss the two n's and i's or you'll end up talking to some stranger," she laughs which made jungkook chuckled as well.
"nope, i've got it. thanks, i'll talk to you tonight!" he waves and hurriedly turned to his seat until the end of class.
it was approximately 7pm when jungkook finally crashed into bed, exhausted from all the running he had to do around school. oh the perks of being an assistant for the school's secretary. pulling out his phone, he remembered that he has to brainstorm with jimin, so he reached over to the yellow icon and opened the app. not bothering to check his friends' stories like he usually would, he switched the camera to the front and posed.
[txt: HELLO JIMIN NOOOONAAA]
and it took one 80 second story (hoseok hyung has a lot to share about his life) for a reply to come.
[txt: uh...who is this?]
oh fuck. what is happening? the last time jeon jungkook thought he fucked up this bad was when he forgot the lyrics during his eight grade choir audition. this can't be the event that tops it off. he's got to swallow his pride now - a real man would not just send an embarrassing snap and leave the other person on opened without answers.
[txt: Oh shit. Is this not Park Jimin?]
now he plays the waiting game. it took 15 seconds this time. and no, he didn't sit on his bed and counted the seconds under his breath, no that was totally not a nervous habit.
[txt: i am park jimin. just not the one you're looking for...]
welcome to the small ass world where there's apparently too many park jimin's. he had one simple job of adding a girl on snapchat and this is where he ended up.
[txt: well this is awkward...so sorry!! ]
if jeon jungkook were to give a life advice to anyone, it would be to use emoticons to hide his real emotions. and in this case, it's embarrassment that makes him when to crawl in a hole and die. and that was it, the stranger has left him on opened and he doesn't mind.
now he's just going to leave his bed, go take a hot shower and rethink his life before closing his eyes to sleep tonight.
and maybe he'll forget this in the morning when he goes to ask the park jimin from his music class for her actual snapchat. and he'll ask her to triple check to make sure he doesn't fuck up the name again.