"welcome back!" jimin held a nervous smile as he greeted the two from his and yoongi's apartment door.

"i missed you." the grey haired male pulled him into a hug.

"you too."

jungkook laughed when he saw the horrified look on jimin's face, already been informed by taehyung about the promise he made.

when he pulled away, their hug shorter than usual since he didn't want to make taehyung jealous or angry again, he tried his best to keep mentally convincing himself to tell the truth.

"so what did you do while i was away?" yoongi questioned as he went in to his apartment.

as soon as he did, he saw taehyung sitting down on the couch as if him and jimin were hanging out before they got there.

"i was with taehyung."

yoongi looked back at his childhood friend, giving a small glare to the redhead.

as much as he wanted to object, he knew it was unfair to tell him he couldn't be friends with whoever he wanted to.

"can i go?" jungkook whispered, motioning to yoongi's back which was turned away from him. "or do i need to be here for this?"

"it's okay, you both can go. i'll fill you in later."

taehyung and jungkook stood up, picking up all of his bags so he could go home and unpack them.

"and what exactly did you and taehyung do?"

"we got ice cream and we hung out everyday after work."

"you seem a little close for people that just became friends-"

"i also stayed with him while you were gone."

yoongi froze, looking back over to the younger male who stood nervously, shifting his weight back and forth on his feet.

"why?"

he was so much more calm than jimin expected, making him all the more worried.

because he's my boyfriend and i care about him.

"i was lonely and everyone else was busy."

"if you were lonely you should have called me."

jimin sighed. "you were with jungkook's parents. how awful would it sound if you ditched them for another guy?"

he nodded, understanding that part.

"did you sleep together?"

"i-i don't think that's important-"

yoongi stepped closer, his hand lifting up towards the top of jimin's shirt.

"yoongi, don't."

he pulled it down a little, seeing a few dark marks littering the bottom of his throat.

yoongi clenched his jaw, instantly letting go of the cotton material so it would be out of his sight again.

"so you didn't just sleep in the same bed, huh?"

the fact that he actually was suppressing his anger was a bit surprising.

it was clear that he was mad, but his eyes and voice only showed disappointment.

"jimin, we really need to talk about you giving away your body to anyone willing to take it. it's not healthy and it could get you in serious shit one day."

"i already am in serious shit." the younger frowned looking down at his shoes.

yoongi sighed, leading him over to the couch. "explain."

this side of yoongi rarely ever came out.

the last time jimin had ever seen it was when he broke down junior year about how he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life.

he expected the older to be upset with him that he didn't apply to any colleges yet at that time since he only had a year left to do so, but instead he put his own negative feelings behind him and tried to focus on the way jimin felt, assuring him that if he wanted to, he didn't even need to go in order to have a good and successful life.

"i haven't been sleeping with a bunch of different guys. ever since i got here, it's only been taehyung."

yoongi rubbed his back soothingly. "that's actually a little relieving."

"but now things are changing and i thought it was just a friends with benefits kind of thing but he's making room for me to be apart of his life."

"is that why he quit working as an escort?"

jimin nodded.

yoongi didn't quite know exactly how he was supposed to feel about this.

of course he was friends with taehyung, but he didn't want someone like jimin getting involved with someone that physically couldn't stay faithful because of his job.

now that he quit his job he didn't really have a reason to be so displeased, but because in some aspect of always looking out for jimin while they were growing up, that overprotective attitude was just natural.

"so how exactly are you going to tell him you're not interested the way he is?"

here came the biggest part.

it scared the shit out of jimin, but he knew he had to do it.

"that's why i needed to tell you this. i am interested. i love him, yoongi."

yoongi sighed for what felt like the hundredth time today, moving his arm from jimin in order to rub his temples.

"i told you this would happen. i told you that you get attached too easily, why couldn't you just listen to me?"

jimin felt tears sting at his eyes at the lecture.

"maybe because for once i wanted to listen to what i thought was right, not what you think is."

yoongi stood up and went to his room, lightly shutting the door behind him.

he didn't want to explode on jimin when he knew he didn't even really deserve it.

he just needed some time to think.