Jimin's POV

After Jungkook left I remembered to quickly apply some concealer to my new bite wound before hurriedly leaving, hoping to not get there too much later than Hoseok.

Taemin's house was only a block away which is good since I don't drive, I didn't want to walk too quickly and look all out of breath and sweaty when I got there, so I just walked at a slightly brisk pace.

I reached Taemin's house 10 minutes after I'd left my own and found Hoseok's car parked out front, he doesn't drive all the time since he prefers to walk but I guess he lives a little further away than me so wanted to drive us there.

I took a moment to compose myself before knocking on the door, I could hear faint music coming from inside which greatly increased in volume the moment the door was opened, "Hi Jimin! Glad you could make it!" Taemin beamed as he pulled me inside.

I smiled back before cautiously looking around to find Hoseok, there were more people here than I first expected.

"Little gathering" my ass...

"Yeah me too, uh where's Hoseok?" I asked hopefully and he nodded toward the living room, I felt his hand on my lower back as he led me toward the even more crowded room.

"Ah Jiminie! That was quick, I thought you were gonna get here way later." Hoseok called as he saw me, "Yeah I felt better pretty quickly, I think I was just nervous." I lied and he smiled, walking me over to the couch he was previously sat on.

"You look great Jimin." Taemin complimented as he sat beside me, "thanks, and thank you for inviting me." I tried to avoid complimenting him back, as thoughts of Jungkook's gorgeous face ran through my mind.

Nobody else deserves to be complimented when I have that to look at...

"It's my pleasure, I'm glad we're finally getting closer." He smiled sweetly and put an arm around me, does he think he has a chance of getting with me?

Don't get me wrong, he's handsome and sweet and I'm sure he'd make a great boyfriend to anyone, but I need to tell him I'm not available before he gets the wrong idea...

Just as I was thinking of a way to tell him Hoseok began talking to me, "this is fun right." He smiled, Taemin having left to talk to some other people now.

"Uh, sure, busier than I expected." I mumbled and he frowned, "Come on Jimin this is just a party, loosen up, get closer to Taemin I can tell he really likes you." He winked and I chewed on my lower lip.

"But Hobi what if I don't want to, you keep saying he likes me but what if I don't like him." I frowned and he sighed, "you gotta give people a chance Jimin that's the whole point of dating, surely you must think he's attractive?" He asked and I shrugged.

"Sure but... he's not uh... I dunno I can't explain, I could just never be with him." I brushed it off but Hoseok wasn't seeming to take that as a good enough answer, "Why not Jimin. I could understand if he genuinely wasn't a nice guy but you seem to get on well so why won't you give him a chance? It's not like you have a boyfriend already..."

He was definitely getting suspicious and I was getting annoyed, "Hoseok just please drop it, I don't like him like that okay." I snapped and he raised an eyebrow, "fine. But please just try to enjoy the party." He finally gave up and I nodded, thanking him for leaving the subject just before Taemin came back.

"Hey do you want a drink? My parents would kill me if I had alcohol at a party even at this age, besides I don't think alcohol is necessary anyway, but we've got coke and other stuff?" Taemin asked me with a grin and I smiled back, "sure I'll come with you to see what you have." I suggested, mainly hoping to just get away from Hobi and his questioning glare.

Taemin led me to the kitchen and I made myself a glass of Sprite [Hobi is of course drinking that too ;)]

"Wow you have a really big garden!" I noticed as I looked out the kitchen window, it was really dark outside but his garden was lit up pretty well by a few lights, "Yeah, there's a pool round the side, it's too cold to go out there now though." He laughed and I was shocked, "I wish I had a pool."

"You should come over one day when it's actually warm and we'll spend the day in the pool." He offered and I gulped, "Uh, I dunno, maybe." I scratched the back of my neck awkwardly before taking a sip of my drink, "I-I should go back to Hoseok."

He nodded before I scurried away from the awkward situation which he seemed to be totally fine with, just stood there smiling like I hadn't just practically rejected him.

"Ughhhh Hoseok I don't get it, why am I such an awkward human being?" I whined to my best friend as I flopped back beside him, he had previously been talking to a girl sat beside him but I abruptly cut their conversation short.

"Uh, I don't know Jimin." He put simply before turning back to the girl, "Hyung I don't wanna stay here, I think I'm gonna go." I started anxiously chewing my lip again and Hoseok sighed, apologising to the girl before turning to face me.

"Jimin why do you want to go already?" He frowned and I pouted, "I really do think Taemin likes me, and I don't want him to get the wrong idea..." Hoseok rolled his eyes before grabbing my hand, "don't leave then, tell him."

"But what if he doesn't like me and then gets weirded out by me assuming he did?" I whined more and he rubbed his eyes, "well I don't know Jimin do whatever you want, I wanna stay though okay? Are you okay walking home by yourself?" He asked with a pleading expression and I nodded.

"Sorry Hobi, talk to you later, bye." I stood up and began to make my way to the front door when a hand on my shoulder stopped me, "you're leaving?" Taemin asked and I froze.

My lips parted and my eyes blinking, before I gulped thickly, "I-I Uh... I'm not feeling very well again, I'm sorry Taemin, I... I gotta go." I stumbled and turned away from him to open the front door and make my escape.

I began gulping in the air the second the door was closed behind me as I tried to calm my anxiety before I had a panic attack in the middle of the street.

I put my hands on my knees as I breathed heavily, suddenly there was a hand on my back and I squealed in fear, "woah woah hey, hey baby shhh, what's wrong why did you leave so soon? Did that guy do something to you?" Jungkook's soothing voice filled my ears and I immediately wrapped my arms around him, burying my face in his chest.

"No Jungkookie, I just, I think he likes me and nobody knows I'm with anyone because I can't tell anyone about you so I just get so scared talking to him, I don't wanna say the wrong thing and mess everything up." I felt my breathing slow and my body relax as he rubbed my back slowly.

"I'm sorry Jiminie, I wish we could tell the world that we're together but you know what would happen if we did." He apologised and I nodded before pulling apart from the hug, "lets go home, it's cold." I mumbled and he took my hand and we started the walk back to my house.

"I'm so lucky to have you Jimin, I know you might say otherwise, but it's true, you make me feel more human." He spoke softly to me as we neared home, "well I'm lucky to have you too. I don't have a lot of people, a few friends yeah but I was adopted as a child so I don't have any real family, I love my family so much but it's always in the back of my mind that whoever my real parents were, they threw me away."

Jungkook looked over to me with sadness in his eyes, "well, whoever they are, it's their loss, they missed out on having someone amazing in their lives. But yeah, I'm here now, I'm not much but I hope I'm a good addition." He smiled softly and I blushed.

"You're an amazing addition Jungkook. Oh! Do you think I'll be able to see Taehyung again?" I asked suddenly and he frowned, "Why?" Was his rather bitter response.

"Well because I saw him as a good friend, he's so funny and sweet and we actually have so much in common... I miss him." I shrugged while opening my front door, "well-" Jungkook started to respond but was cut off suddenly.

"Jimin-Ah! Is that you?" My Eomma called from up the stairs and both Jungkook and I froze, "Uh... Yeah Eomma! I was out with Hoseok!" I called back and I heard footsteps coming our way, "GO!" I whisper shouted to Jungkook and in record time he was out the door and out of sight.

"Did you have a good evening?" My Eomma asked as she made her way down the stairs, I bit my lip anxiously and nodded, "mhm. I'm tired though, so I'm gonna go to bed." I squeezed past her and started making my way up the stairs, "hm, okay honey... sleep well." She frowned and I just smiled sheepishly.

The second I was shut in my bedroom I let out a sigh of relief, "that was close." Jungkook's voice startled me and I jumped up from leaning against the door, "what are you doing in here!?" I continued to whisper shout at him and he just grinned.

"They won't know, they do knock before they come into your room right?" He asked and I shrugged, "well my parents do, Jin-Hyung doesn't but he's not here right now anyway since his Uni is so far away." I mumbled and he smiled.

"Well then, it's fine, I can just jump out the window if someone knocks, I just wanna stay with you a little longer, I can't go home already." He pouted and I smiled, "okay, we gotta be quiet though, can't have my parents think I've gone crazy and started talking to myself."

We both sat back and cuddled on my bed, "I'm so happy right now Jungkook... this is the happiest I've felt since I had to leave you... eventually I stopped crying sure but I never got over it, it had only been a month and people just expected me to pretend it never happened. I couldn't do that, I missed you too much." I mumbled as he played with my hair.

"Hm, the same goes for me Jimin, although I suppose it was harder for you, I still got to see you, you must have thought I was really gone... I'm sorry." He apologised again and I shook my head, "it's fine, let's not talk about it, we're together now... but wait, what actually happened that day after I left?" I had to ask, my curiosity was too much.

I saw the way he avoided my eyes and pressed his lips into a thin line, "well, I cried, a lot... Yoongi woke up and finally realised how much damage had been caused by sending you away... he actually cares, he was the one who told me to come and see you, saying that he hated seeing me that broken and knew the only way I could feel better is if I could see you again. He's really sorry about everything Jimin, obviously he doesn't know I've actually started talking to you again so he'll probably get mad about that but it's okay..."

"I feel really bad, like sure Yoongi scared me, but I feel as if in some weird way I cheated on him, even though we were never in a proper consensual relationship... but I'm also just sorry I was the reason you two fought in he first place." I frowned and avoided his eyes as guilt filled my system.

"It's okay, I don't think he sees it that way, he did like you, but he knows how I feel about you and knows that it's stronger than he ever felt so he's okay with that. Besides, Yoongi-Hyung and I are okay now so you don't have to apologise about that, if anything we're actually closer because he's seen me in my most vulnerable state..." he shrugged with a sigh as he laid back on my bed.

"I'm glad everything is okay. I know that this is going to be hard because we will have to keep us a secret... but I'm willing to try my hardest to make this work with you, I..." I trailed off, biting my lip and frowning at what my brain had made me want to say on impulse.

Do I Love him already? I was devastated when I thought he was gone, so I suppose maybe I do love him... I've never been in love before, I'm not sure if this is it, or if he'll even love me back...

"You what Jimin?" He pushed, sitting up slightly by leaning on his elbows, "I'm not sure, I think I love you." I mumbled and could feel the heat in my cheeks as I thought the worst, "well, I think I love you too... I know it's kind of soon and we didn't have the best introduction to start with, but I don't think it's ever too soon to say you love someone. The heart works in mysterious ways." He shrugged with a small grin.

I could feel my embarrassed blush fading as he looked at me with that gorgeous smile, I couldn't help but smile bashfully back at him.

"It's getting late, I don't want to leave but... Yoongi will be mad at me anyway, so if I leave it any later it'll just get worse. I should just get back and get it over with." He sighed and I nodded, "I hope he's not too angry, just explain that we're going to keep it secret. You trust me right? You know I'd never tell my dad about you guys. He knows I was taken by vampires but that's only from the bite marks I never told him anything else." I explained and he nodded.

"I understand that, it's just if some of the others will, Yoongi will be the least of my worries once Namjoon finds out. But yeah, of course I trust you, but accidents happen you know, there's always a chance we could get caught... I'm willing to take that chance." He smiled and pulled me forward to hug him.

"I'm so glad you're back..." I whispered for the hundredth time since I saw him again, he laughed and ruffled my hair, "me too, I'll see you every night okay?" He promised as he stood from the bed and made his way toward the window.

I quickly hopped up and ran over, I pulled him down to kiss me quickly and he savoured it, placing his hands on my waist and nibbling on my lip slightly. Once we pulled apart he stared into my eyes for a while, "I love you. Sleep well Jiminie." Were his last words before he hopped out the window and disappeared into the trees at the end of my garden.

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Ahhhh sorry it took so long to update, I'm not even sure this chapter is even important, I feel like it's such a complete and utter filler that it's not even worth a read... so I'm sorry.

I've said before that I do have the entire story planned and it does get more exciting I just need to get there first 😩😅

Thank you for all your patience and I hope you're still like the story, love you allll 💜💜