KLEPTOMANIA (YOONMIN)

SEVEN

'Crap, crap, crap, crap.' Jimin thought as he stared at the first page of the book he'd stolen. 'I'm a terrible person.'

On his way back from class, Jimin had made a side-stop in an open-doored room. Grabbing a book he saw sitting on the desk, he ran all the way back to his room and was filled with guilt. The guilt when he opened it to find out what he'd taken.

Yoongi's Journal
Stay out, stop reading or I will stab you with my expensive pen.

Not only had Jimin stolen another thing of Yoongi's, but it was his diary no less. This was worse than normal. This could end with him being stabbed... with a pen that he'd tried to steal.

Jimin looked up at his alarm clock, realising he still had time to get it back to Yoongi's room. With any luck, he wouldn't have returned yet. It had only been a couple of minutes.

Hugging the diary to his chest, Jimin hurried back to Yoongi's room. He'd been there enough times to have memorised where it was.

Thankfully, the door was still unlocked and the room seemed empty. Jimin quickly walked over to the desk and placed the diary down where he'd found it. He then rushed back to the door, relief slowly filling him.

But the relief was short lived when he felt a hand grip his wrist. He spun around, coming face to face with Yoongi. Yoongi had apparently hopped out of the shower again, because all he was wearing was a towel around his waist.

"I-I-I--" Jimin started, his eyes growing wide.

"Stop. Don't lie again." Yoongi said and Jimin's cheeks blazed red.

"I don't lie. I never lie." He said quickly and Yoongi frowned slightly at him.

"Park Jimin, you are a kleptomaniac compulsive liar. You didn't have many friends at your old school because they thought you were weird but really they just didn't understand that you couldn't control what you did." Yoongi smiled slightly. "My friend has stalker-like tendencies."

"I'm not a compulsive liar, and I'm not a kleptomaniac. There's nothing wrong with me." Jimin tried to tug his wrist away from Yoongi. "Leave me alone."

"You were the one who walked into my room. If you want me to leave me alone, stop stealing my stuff." Yoongi said and Jimin frowned.

"I'm not--"

"Stop denying it. I understand you might not be able to help it, but at least stop trying to push me away." Yoongi sighed. "I just want to be your friend."

"No you don't." Jimin looked down at his feet. "You'll just leave me once you realise how difficult it is to be friends with me."

"No I won't. I promise." Yoongi slowly let go of Jimin's wrist, hoping he wouldn't run. Thankfully, Jimin didn't move. "At least give me a chance."

Jimin was silent for a few seconds before he slowly raised a hand. Yoongi frowned for a second before Jimin looked up at Yoongi and raised one finger.

"One chance. That's all you have." Yoongi slowly began to smile. "Only because I think you won't leave me alone if I don't."

"Ah, thank you, Jimin!" Yoongi suddenly hugged Jimin, taking the younger boy by surprise. Jimin stood there, frozen, as Yoongi hugged him. "I promise I won't break your trust or wreck my chance."

"I never said I trusted you." Jimin said, his voice slightly muffled by Yoongi's chest. "I only said I'd give you a chance."

"Eventually I'll get you to trust me."

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"He gave me a chance." Yoongi said excitedly as he sat on Hoseok's bed. Hoseok frowned at him, sitting at his desk. "He actually gave me a chance!"

Yoongi chuckled happily as he hugged Hoseok's pillow. Hoseok smiled half-heartedly before looking back down at his homework. A few seconds later, Namjoon walked in and flopped down on his bed. Hoseok looked up at him briefly before returning his attention to the maths that sat in front of him.

"Hey, Namjoon. Guess what!" Yoongi said to Namjoon, who groaned in response. "Jimin gave me a chance!"

"Hey, Yoongi. Guess what." Namjoon said back. "I don't care."

"Yeah, well, I don't care that you don't care." Yoongi retorted, making Namjoon sigh and roll on to his back.

"You know, last night you missed out on a pretty great double date. The girl had these--"

"Shut up! Both of you!" Hoseok suddenly snapped. "I'm trying to do homework!"

Yoongi and Namjoon stared at him silently, watching as he slowly relaxed and returned to his homework.

'What's up with him?' Yoongi mouthed to Namjoon, who shrugged. Namjoon then closed his eyes and fell asleep not long after, while Yoongi just sat there, hugging Hoseok's pillow.

When Hoseok eventually went to sleep, he could faintly smell Yoongi on the pillow.

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