ME WITHOUT YOU (Kookjin)

Part 20

A FEW WEEKS LATER

"Hey handsome" Jungkook greeted, with a beaming smile on his face as soon as he climbed into Jin's bedroom, before pulling him into a hug. "I missed you"

Jin couldn't help but return an equally beaming smile as he nodded into Jungkook's neck, whiffing him like a puppy. "Stop being overly dramatic, we hung out at school just few hours ago" he claimed.

"I know, but it's never enough, I miss you whenever you're not around me" Jungkook argued, pulling back to stare Jin in the eyes.

Instantly puckering his lips into a pout, Jin stood on his tippy toes and bestowed a loving kiss on Jungkook's lips, in hope of pacifying the sulking boy. For the record, it always worked, like black magic.

"How's that? Are you all better now?" He asks, pulling away from the kiss.

Jungkook's face instantly turned a blotchy shade of pink as he nodded without words. Jin was the only one capable of reeling such flustered emotions out from him.

With a grin on his face, Jin says "thought so"

Ditching his backpack on the floor, Jungkook plops down on the bed, gently pulling Jin along with himself.

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask you, what are you constantly working on whenever you're alone? You never show it to me, why?" Jungkook asks, after glancing towards Jin's opened laptop on his reading table and the scattered sheets of paper all around it.

Jin shrugged, huddling into a more comfortable position by laying his head on Jungkook's clothed chest, "You've never asked, so why would I tell you?"

"I didn't want to come through as being nosy" Jungkook grumbled like a kid.

"Then what are you being right now?"

"Uhh__" Jungkook trailed off, absentmindedly scratching the back of his head, "inquisitive maybe?"

"Yea right" Jin giggled, while playfully hitting him across the arm.

As soon as both their laughters died down, Jungkook abruptly sits up, with Jin now laying on the bed starring up at him. "So will you tell me now? I'm very curious" he voices out rather impatiently.

"Fine, you're so freaking nosy!" Jin murmurs and climbs down the bed.

Returning seconds later, he sits with his leg crossed in front of Jungkook and placed his laptop in the small space between them. "Jimin and Hoseokie wants me to help organize the final year activities, as well as come up with a suitable theme"

"Ohh, really? But you aren't a senior, how are you meant to organize the activities? It's against the schools administration, you know that right?" Jungkook asks with concern.

"Of course I do, I'm not really organizing the activities in literal sense, I'm only helping to compile each of them into a to do list, so it's easier to work with, that's all"

Jungkook thought for a short while, before nodding his head in understanding. "That's nice I guess. So what about the theme? What have you come up with so far?"

Shutting his laptop and putting it aside, Jin scoots closer until he was able to wrap his arms around Jungkook's neck, their face merely inches apart. "It's kinda lame, so it's better to keep it to myself"

"Uh uh, no way" Jungkook refused, steadying Jin's glasses properly over his nose, "you're the coolest guy I know, nothing you say or do is lame. If anything, I have a strong hunch it's going to be iconic really, so please tell me hmm?"

Moments like these,

It was the littlest things like these, that eventually made Jin open up his entire heart to Jungkook. Yes, at first he admits he was inevitably scared and unprepared for whatever was to come, he was afraid to have his heart messed and toiled with all over again, he didn't trust nur believed Jungkook would appreciate him for who he really was. But, after a few weeks of constantly being with him, Jin found himself drawn even closer to Jungkook, the man was unlike anything he'd been in the past and that only made his feelings towards him stronger by each day. Sometimes he often had to pinch himself to remind himself that it was all real and happening to him.

Jin exhaled while peering into Jungkook's brown eyes, he deserves this much, he deserved to be happy irregardless of anything going on with him. So, that was exactly what he was going to allow himself do, be absolutely happy.

"You only live once" he blurted out absentmindedly.

"Hmm?"

"You asked me about the theme and now I'm giving you the answer, better don't go spilling"

"Wait" Jungkook says, wriggling his brows in confusion, "The theme is called, you only live once?"

Jin nodded with a frown, "Why? You don't like it?"

"What? Of course I do, it's just that it sounds so deep and quite personal for a theme. It actually almost sounds like you have a meaningful reason behind it, do you perhaps?"

Jin shook his head a with strained laughter, "No I don't, c'mon it's just a theme and moreover you only get to experience your college phase only once in your life, so that's why I came up with it, figured it blends in" he trivially explained.

Knowing the amount of hard work Jin had put into the work, Jungkook decided not to argue any further. Instead his hands moved from Jin's thighs to cup his face, where he then squashes both of his cheeks together with a smile, "I think it's good, great infact, you did an amazing job and I'm certain Jimin and Hoseok will love it" he says, before serenading Jin with butterfly kisses all over his face.

Jin couldn't help but giggle with his mouth wide open, insistently trying to squirm away from Jungkook.
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"Mr Min" Jimin calls out, walking towards Yoongi who was waiting in line to get his daily cup of morning coffee, right after his morning run.

Whipping his head in the direction of the voice, Yoongi is surprised to see the same boy who had ruined his shirt some weeks ago waving desperately at him.

"Oh, it's you"

Jimin nodded as he came to a halt in front of him, bowing a few times, "Yes it's me, the boy who ruined your shirt" he joked, instantly feeling grateful Yoongi was on the same page as him, considering he let out a deep chuckle.

"What are you doing here? Jimin asked, trying to strike off a conversation.

Yoongi exhales, combing his fingers through his dampened hair, "there's a park nearby and I often go running there every morning, before retiring here to grab a much needed cup of caffeine for the day. So yea, that's just about it, what about you?"

Jimin's face instantly lit up, feeling more than glad to reel Yoongi in on all of his weekend activities as well.

This chapter was so short and I'm terribly sorry about it, today was such a busy day for me and this was all I could come up with after hours of trying to think. I will try updating more often before the week runs out, please bear with me.

And also, I really want to apologize for boring you all with the slow progress of this book, it's really not any intention of mine. I often do not fancy skipping basic informations in order to head toward the climax, it always makes the book appear bland to me, so I avoid doing it at all cost, although to my very detriment.

For example, Yoonmin play a very important role in this book, so it's only natural for me to give them a grand backstory rather than shove their already established relationship in your faces. So, please bear with me, I will shed more light on all of your pressing questions very very soon. Thank you all so much for understanding💜