Early Update!
- Vio
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"How did you meet all your friends? You guys seem really close." Jeon Jungkook asked as he mixed together the cookie batter Jimin and him had thrown together after drying off from their shower. Jimin mentioned he was in the mood for chocolate chip cookies and Jungkook happened to have everything they needed to make them. It'd been fun, throwing all the ingredients together and laughing when it got on their faces on accident. Jimin, currently watching Jungkook stir the batter, sat on Jungkook's kitchen cabinets.

Jungkook grinned whenever he looked at him, Jimin's blond hair was a soft mess and he looked all cozy in the sweatshirt Jungkook loaned him since his clothes were still drying. Jimin had taken one look at the hoodie and couldn't believe his eyes, asking why Jungkook had not one, but two, hoodies with the words smexy written over the chest. Jungkook only shrugged, pointing out that this one, as opposed the the black hoodie he had first given Jimin, was blue.

"Well, Namjoon and Hoseok are the newest additions to the group." Jimin answered, swaying his feet back and forth before jumping off to help Jungkook form the batter into little clumps. "I met Hobi about two years ago and Namjoon started dating Seokjin last year but he'd show up here and there before then. Seokjin helped Tae and I move to Seoul, so he sort of took us under his wing about four years back. Taehyung I've known the longest, we went to high school together back in Busan and decided to start a bakery together in Seoul straight out of high school." Jimin bit his lip, "I thought of the bakery as a way to support ourselves while I tried to be a professional dancer."

"Wait, what? Really?" Jungkook asked, brows shooting up.

"Yeah but it didn't work out. The schooling is really intense and it wasn't healthy for my body. Tae caught me starving myself, I - don't freak out - but I used to go days without food." Jungkook's face softened as he took the tray and put it into the oven, setting a timer for forty-five minutes. "That's actually how I met Hobi, he's a dance instructor at Seoul's academy of performing arts. Tae and him sat me down one day and asked me if my dreams were worth killing myself over." Jungkook walked around to Jimin and wrapped his hands around his waist from the back, resting his head on Jimin's shoulder.

"I hated walking away." Jimin shrugged, turning around in Jungkook's arms to face him. "But I'm healthier now and happier so on the other hand maybe they were right."

Jungkook smiled at that, kissing the top of Jimin's head and telling him how strong he was.

The front door of the apartment opened and a rather gummy smiling Min Yoongi walked inside. Jungkook nodded at him and Jimin gave a small wave. Yoongi, who moved past them to start pouring himself some cereal, coughed at the PDA. Then, Jungkook caught sight of Yoongi looking down at his phone with a grin. It was small, the boy's face usually settled between a neutral or bored expression, and yet here he was, phone in hand and cereal in mouth, smiling like an idiot.

"You look chipper." Jungkook said, and the smile vanished as Yoongi tried to regain a look of I'm older and cooler than you.

Jimin turned around so he could face Yoongi too, Jungkook now back hugging him. Jimin's hands rested on Jungkook's that hung clasped around his waist. He grinned, eyes flashing with an equal amusement to Jungkook's. "Did the date with Taehyung go well?" Jimin asked and Yoongi, Yoongi, blushed.

"He's ... something else." Yoongi muttered, shaking his head as he took another bite of cereal. Jungkook and Jimin looked at each other, both grinning.

"That a good thing?" Jungkook prodded and Yoongi, who was looking back at his phone typing away, shrugged.

"Maybe." He answered with very obvious dismissiveness. Jimin wanted to keep poking around about the date, but he could tell Yoongi had said just about as much as he would on the subject, even if his the slight upward tilt of his lips revealed that contrary to Yoongi's neutral answer, the date had in fact gone well.

"Have you dated anyone before me?" Jimin asked, focusing back on Jungkook. Jungkook lifted him back onto the cabinet by the waist and then leaned against his kitchen island so that the were face to face. He crossed his arms and frowned.

"I've had a couple girls I almost dated, but the longest relationship I've ever had only lasted a couple months. Ever since-" he looked over at Yoongi and then back at Jimin with a careful gaze, "-that happened, I haven't dated anyone. Not until I met you and you were crazy enough to stay."

"Am I your first guy?" Jimin asked and he heard Yoongi choke on his cereal.

"I mean, yeah." Jungkook shrugged. Jimin blinked.

"Did you know - before you asked me to kiss you? That you might be into ... you know...penises."

Yoongi choked again and had to cough, the cereal causing it to sound more like a wheeze. Jungkook only shrugged.

"No, actually. I don't know, I've never really looked at it as am I attracted to a guy or a girl. It's more like I saw you and thought you were cute regardless of gender. I'm sorry, does that make any sense?"

"Yeah, I mean I am irresistibly hot and the most stunning man that God has ever gifted you the permission to gaze upon. It makes sense."

"Yes Jimin, I'm very lucky God awakened the pan-sexuality with in me. Have you dated guys before me?"

"I've known I was into men since I was twelve, so everyone I've dated has been a guy."

"I'm sorry if being my first guy makes you uncomfortable, Jimin. It wasn't like I just suddenly shifted over genders, I just, it's more like I don't see gender, just the person." Jimin shook his head and his dark eyes focused intensely on Jungkook's own.

"Jungkook. Never apologize for who you are. I love who you are." He answered honestly, making sure Jungkook heard and felt the weight of each and every word.

"Really?" Jungkook asked, snorting to hide the fact that he doubted Jimin was being honest.

"Yes, really. Even with your annoying sarcasm, you've never failed to make me feel like I was something special. You have no idea what that means to me, Jungkook. After walking away from dance, something that had defined me at that point, I thought I'd never feel that way again and then suddenly you popped up in my life and turned my world upside down. And you're kind, Jungkook. Annoyingly sarcastic but you have such a good heart. And I love the way little things excite you, it's like no matter how many punches life has thrown your way, and you've been thrown many punches, you still view the world with such light and hope. I've never seen someone so strong as you. I know I wouldn't have the strength to have gone through what you have and still find such raw joy in the smallest things. I admire you for that, Jungkook. It's a strength."

"Can I kiss you?" Jungkook asked, taking a step towards Jimin so that he was inbetween Jimin's parted legs as he sat on the cabinet. His eyes raging - a storm of night and gold and fire so strong Jimin was afraid he'd melt underneath them.

"What? No Jimin I love who you are too speech?" Jimin rolled his eyes playfully, running a hand through Jungkook's hair.

"I love who you are too, Jimin." Jungkook grinned and lightly brushed his lips against Jimin's own, his hands gripping Jimin's waist. "And out of all the little things in life, I think I find the most joy out of being with you."

"For the last time, I'm 5'7!!"

"Nope. You're tiny."

"Fuck off." Jimin snorted, but it only caused Jungkook to grin even wider.

"Tiny Jimin." Jungkook teased, his lips hovering over Jimin's own as he spoke.

"Ahaha keep going with that joke and I'll show you just what the tiny wrath of tiny Jimin can do."

"Oh really?"

"Mhm."

"For the love of God!" Yoongi's exasperated voice boomed as he dropped his phone on the kitchen table. He held the spoon like a knife, "If you too keep flirting while I'm trying to enjoy my God damn cereal, I might puke."

"We can flirt with you too Yoongi, so you don't feel left out." Jimin said causally and Jungkook grinned, trying to hold a laugh at how Yoongi's spoon had frozen mid way up to his mouth.

"Come on Yoongi. We'll make you feel all nice and special - Jimin gives warm hugs." Jungkook added and Jimin nodded.

"I do."

"Unbelievable." Yoongi muttered, throwing out the rest of the contents of his bowl before grabbing his phone and walking out of the room muttering some colorful words underneath his breath which caused both Jungkook and Jimin to burst out in laughter.

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A/N:
Just a lil cute Jikook date.

Also, this chapter wasn't in the OG outline but I love it so shhhhhh

- Violette