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Abandoned Buildings, usual Banters. 

"Wait bitch- you're telling me-"

"That i finally did it with an australian girl" Jake stopped her mid-way in the sentence, "it what it? Just say it you australian sex orthodox."

"Yes i risked my entire career, had sex with an australian while i was on tour." Daehye was laying on the floor, her eyes glued to the lights in the studio, at times she would occasionally turn her head to the big ass mirrors, correct her adidas mesh jacket she wore or pull her ripped tank top low against her high waisted joggers "Hey Dae,"

"Hmm?"

"How's Ara doing these days?" The mention of Ara made a slight entrance of what seemed to be a pang, she remembered her late teenage years where Jake would literally give away his everything for a girl named Kim Ara, and she was so thankful, but she couldn't just come to the terms of reciprocating that love shower.

"Kim Taehyung, seems like he finally got her." Daehye's lips roze a little, flashes of how he treated her. "I'm just- very honest, i'm happy like I'm blissed out but I somewhere wanted to be the reason for that happiness."

"My bestie Jake, we're friends for a reason- we both share common things and interests, like being interested in tales of unreciprocated love-" a sudden opening of the door made her flinch, she was in enhypen's studio and the possibility of her ex entering was sky high.

Anxiety level- infinity.

Cure to it- a truckload of chocolates.

Please don't be him.

"Dae noona?" The deep husky voice made her smile, rather than previously pulling her bucket hat she now decided to get up and make a run to hug the man. "Oh Niki- I missed you so much." she circled her arms around his neck and had to tip toe a little to put her head on his shoulder.

"I missed you too." he shared the same excitement as hers, the smile never leaving his face. "The rest of the members are coming too."

That statement again messed up with her, her stomach in tight knots and her entire existence engulfed in anxiety. "Gotta go then, and you guys- keep it to yourself that i was here, bye you too." She plainly gave a flying kiss while smashing through the door and made a run for the reception but found the two Parks of the enhypen clan approaching her way.

There he was, sweat drenched walking while flipping his hair. No Dae now's not the time, she said to herself and changed her direction. Her menacing steps and lack of time to think made her run towards the closest door she found. She twisted the knob and dragged herself in. her chest heaving and she could feel the sweat forming on her nape.

She calmed herself a little before looking around and finding a baby at her steps, she wore a pink dress and was crawling before her eyes roze- Daehye immediately melting at her sight.

"Awwww fuck you're so cute honey bae- you're so beau, so pyara fuck aahhh." she physically felt hurt due to the cuteness overloading, she bent on her knees and the baby smiled. Her dragon-like eyes seemed so irresistibly beautiful.

"Daehye you can't just curse around a child- btw what's pyara?" Jungkook came outta nowhere and looked at the two girls. "How the hell are you here?"

"This is our studio, you didn't expect me to be at JYPs studio did ya?" she didn't yes, but the slight falling of purple neon lights in the studio made her a little hazy when she looked over to the other corner of the room, there stood Jimin- his gaze melting right through hers, her heart skipped a beat so flawlessly.

Nervous, that was the word for her. She forgot what happened earlier, just at his gaze. His white t-shirt drenched in sweat, his sweatpants had a little color of red on his left leg. She redirected her stare to the baby, finding her hands occupied with red crayons drenched with saliva.

"You have the audacity to tell me not to swear at how fucking cute she is but you don't have the audacity to take the crayons she's been sucking on for i don't how long. phenomenal i must say- you're the world's best uncles." her sarcasm overflowing her tone.

"I asked what pyara means, not a full fledged appreciation which felt more like an insult."

"Lovely lovely lovely it means lovely." She tried to take the crayon from the baby's finger, the tight grasp not letting her so she took off her bracelet and gave it to her and wiped off the red smudge on her lips from the sleeve of her jacket.

"Good with kids?" Jimin sat beside her and she refused to look at him as she engaged in a light conversation with Jungkook. "Not until they pee or shit or cry like the whole world's on fire."

"Wait, I'll just get her clothes changed." Jungkook picked up the girl and left for hell knows where but she kinda wanted him to take her to cause the universe knows what the hell was up from the tension which surrounded Jimin and Daehye. Due to their busy schedule they didn't really catch up to each other's lives, for a whole week.

"No greetings? Gonna straight up ignore me babe?" from what Daehye knew, she wasn't really called babe by anybody, so when Jimin practically said that word it made her a mess.

"Hi." she said in a low voice. "I'm glad you're here." he dragged himself closer to her. "How are you?"

"Kinda occupied as you can see." he flipped his raven hair over as she could've swore that she gulped, god that damn sweat, damn everything, damn Park Jimin.

"I'm gonna go and get a shower so that i can hug you." he said as he kissed her cheek in an adorable way, Taehyung from far watching the two- a smile spreading on his lips at Jimin's action. He got up and sprinted down to the door to make it back as fast as possible.

"Tae oppa." she waved from afar and he got himself up as he walked towards Daehye. "Get your lazy ass up." he kicked her very lightly with the tip of his shoe but when a pout which formed on her plump lips indicated that she wouldn't then he had no choice but to pick her up in bridal style.

"You put me down." She glared at the older man as he stuck his tongue out. "Okay but I want you in front of that basketball stand." Taehyung and Daehye's relationship got better with time, he would always be there to guide her and she would always be there to beat the shit outta him if he did a slightest of screwing up with Ara.

After much gaming of Taehyung and Jungkook forming a team and Daehye beating them to a tie, a sudden question was provoked. "Did you play basketball?"

"I did a lil bit of ice skating too." she answered back to Jungkook who was cradling his older brother's daughter and from the looks of her- she looked so pure and so cute that Daehye asked the universe if she could be a baby again and just stay that way cause god this adulthood's synonym is fuckery.

"Why did you leave it then?" Taehyung asked while taking a lap, she left it because she was forced to leave it and for now old wounds should've been left sealed. "It's just-" she couldn't find words to exactly say what she wanted to say.

"It's fine Dae bae. No need to share. I understand." was all Taehyung said as he smiled at her. "Thanks oppa.'' The room gate opened as soon as finished her sentence. Jimin was wiping his wet hair with a hand towel and jogged towards her but she turned her back at him because of apparent reasons. New found anxiousness.

But just like he said, he did hug her. His strong arms around her waist, the cool touch of his which made her feel calm but messed her up at the same time. She took a deep breath to calm herself but ended up inhaling his scent of musk and spice. Still having his arms around her chest he lightly kissed her nape before taking a breath in, at that time Daehye could've sworn that her heart was beating so miraculously fast but the surprise was that Jimin's palpitations weren't any lesser.

With his chin resting on her shoulder he whispered barely audible enough for someone else to hear, "why do you look so cute today? Damn Daehye, I'm gonna lose my goddamn mind anytime now."

"And you're so cringe today." Daehye glared at Jimin whose puppy eyes were fixed at her, she was sick of his duality. His whisper was so rasped but now he had his eyes looking so innocently serene that it seemed all make believe for a moment.

"Yall I'm gonna steal this woman for some hours, bye you lovelies." Were Jimin's words as he intertwined his fingers in Daehye's and dragged her all the way to her car. "Keys" he showed his hand as she dug in her pocket to get a grab the keys and shove it on his palm.

"Where to?" He asked her as she sat down on the passenger seat. "You know where" she smiled at him and that's how in the progress they were in front of their favourite bakery. Daehye bought a few macarons and a macchiato as for Jimin he stocked up on sugar free black coffee. But as usual a banter was thrown on who was going to pay.

"I'll do it, you're not my sugar daddy." Daehye had a straight fake smile plastered on her face. "I just want to pay, there's no linking to sugar daddy." He tapped his fingers lightly on the counter as the cashier enjoyed the show.

"Okay well, you know miss," she redirects her gaze to the cashier as she straightens her back. "I'll also get all sorts of donuts placed on the counter, they look fantastically immaculate."

"And yes this gentleman here is gonna pay." She glared at him yet again, if it wasn't for the mask covering his face then she might've even caught him smirking at her.

"You gonna share them?"

"No. You have your comeback in a few days."

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The dusk had melted into a jet black sky with stars spread across it's surface. "Mmh. god this is the most amazing donut i've ever had in my life." Daehye moaned out instinctively, partly because she wanted to make Jimin jealous of what he was missing and partly because yes- the donut was great, As the two continued to say practically nothing at her car's back seat.

Jimin looked at her chocolate smudged lips before she swallowed and he leaned in to kiss her out of nowhere. "It's delicious indeed." was his words as he leaned back leaving her dumbstruck.

"I read Pablo Neruda's love sonnets." he licked the chocolate off his fingers. "The way he has delivered every word in the name of love seems to make believe at times." she passed a low chuckle to him while staring out from the car window.

A slight worry came when she realized that they weren't in his car, the black film which would prevent the outside world from sneaking in was absent in her car but relief washed when she realized that the car was parked in front of an abandoned building. Moreover there wasn't enough light to sneak a few shots of him.

"Why?" he asked, suddenly curious. She inhaled deeply, thinking if it would be right to share a flawed piece of her. But Jimin did too- without any second doubts because they did trust each other.

"Uhm let's start with the fact that the closest people to me had love marriages and all the relationships blew like hiroshima- nagasaki. My mom- dad, my grandparents, my aunt and uncle- all their relationships were fucked up badly. I was like merely 10 when their fights started and it went all the way till I turned 14, they had to work it out by hook or by crook.

"Here's the thing you know- my parents are way different from each other, one is Indian, one is korean- the upbringing was different, all these lines blurred for a moment but then they came back like vivid bold red lines. And you know my mother just couldn't leave my father, because she wasn't financially stable on her own to handle the expenses of two kids who had private schooling in the US all together. This is one of the main reasons why she manipulated me to have the best studies, to leave my passion for basketball, ice skating or be it anything really. Aish and who can forget that bullying- the nerd calling, the useless race comparison."

Daehye took a pause, Jimin stared at her blinking his eyes not to increase the rhodopsin levels but because he was baffled. Jimin's background was very healthy to say the least. Till this day if his parents fought he and Jihyun would have a sulky mood for days to come.

"You know, they say experiences make you stronger. But I somewhat disagree, experience makes you a survivor- and Min Daehye you're a survivor. You're strong, you're beautiful and you're a badass." he placed his hand on her nape and gave it a little squeeze.

"Oh Park you don't know- i was sick of that bullying which started in high school and you know it wasn't until my sophomore year till a girl with her plastic bust came and called me names for no apparent reasons. I hate taking women down, but on that day I couldn't help but to slap her right in the corridor. I was suspended but that inner satisfaction was so good."

"Exactly, inner satisfaction. And nerd calling? Race? God US is fucking racist at times. Don't worry you're a lovely person- cold at times though but still don't i like you with my whole heart? Guess I do." Jimin took no time in changing her mood, she was not in the mood a second ago but now she was blushing.

"Come give me a hug." Jimin pulled her in his embrace as she took in his scent, it had a calming effect on her, as if everything was forgotten and only he was there. Jimin made her life kinda unstable. Before he came, it was as if she repeated the same day. Over and over again- that wasn't life. Jimin, filled her life with uncertain feelings. That's how she knew that she was maybe now living a life, just not passing it.

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Okay yea, the shit is on it's way now- enough with the fluff.