JUNGKOOK'S POV:

As soon as my lips grazed against Mia's... nothing happened.

No heart racing, no mind-blowing haziness and absolutely no feeling like of Jimin's lips. Kissing him made my heart beat as if it would jump out of my chest and take a pacing break. But, nothing even slightly closer to that happened when I kissed Mia. Maybe that was because I had over-hyped myself with the excitement and expectations of kissing her.

Our lips moved in perfect synchronization, and small sounds left her throat which made my skin tingle and my palm to hold the side of her face gently. Her small fingers crawled their way up in my hair, tangling in them and pulling me closer. Due to some reason, even her face didn't feel as nice under my fingertips as Jimin's.

God, I needed to stop thinking of my best friend while I'm literally kissing my crush.

After what seemed to be a few minutes, we finally broke off, both of our breaths heaving and wide grins on our faces. I was surely feeling giddy; after all, I had kissed my crush of the past one year now, and the soft blush along with the shy smile on Mia's face surely let me know of whatever I needed.

Scooting back into our places, Taehyung nudged Hoseok to spin the bottle again as he was done with almost punching himself in the face cause of the whole kissing his elbow thing. My head was spinning just like the glass bottle before me, and I couldn't stop comparing my kiss with Jimin and Mia. This was so wrong to so many levels, but I couldn't stop.

Kissing Jimin shouldn't have felt this good in the first place, but it definitely should have not felt even better than kissing Mia.

I was screwed, and not by Mia.

Hoseok seemed to have noticed my zoned out state, so he shifted closer to me and whispered, "You okay, Kook?"

I forced out a smile and nodded my head. "Of course. Yeah." I looked down at my lap, and I could practically feel Hoseok's eyes boring into the side of my head. Fine, I knew my smile wasn't convincing, and Hoseok wasn't gonna let it go until I told him the truth.

"I'm just... I'm somewhat confused, that's all."

"Dude, you just kissed your crush for the very first time, shouldn't you be jumping around here like the bunny you are?" Hoseok chuckled softly before turning serious again.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm happy," I fidgeted with my fingers as I mumbled, "It's... it's..."

"You don't have to talk about it, if you don't wanna, Kook. I'm just worried if you're okay, but there's never any pressure to talk, okay?" Hoseok raised his eyebrows as his hand clasped over my shoulder and I nodded.

"I'm here for you, Kook. We're all here for you. You know that you can talk to me about anything, right?"

A genuine smile spread over my lips as I nodded and finally made eye contact with his honey eyes. "I know, Hyung, I know."

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"Did a zoo break out in your stomach when you went all lippy-lippy with Mia?!"

Jimin asked in an overly excited voice as we stepped out of Taehyung's house and decided to walk home together. Well, I was technically walking him home, since his apartment was on my way.

Nervousness coursed through me as I played with the end of my black t-shirt while looking down and bit my lip. Seeing my hesitation, Jimin stopped walking and turned to face me.

"What's wrong, Kook?" His gentle voice blessed my ears, as his concern-filled eyes looked into mine.

I shook my head and averted my eyes again. Not because I was afraid to answer, but because I knew one look into my eyes would tell him all he needs to know. He's just that magical.

His small palms cupped my cheeks as he pulled my face up to make eye contact with me. "What happened, baby? You know you can tell me anything, right?"

Oh, come on, this was practically cheating. He always calls me 'baby' whenever I'm not at my best and he wants me to know that he's there for me. Using that nickname should be illegal. Well, Park Jimin himself should be branded as illega-

Jungkook, focus.

"I... No. I didn't feel like cats and dogs started raining when I kissed her." I said in a quiet whisper while rolling my eyes.

"And?"

I looked at him confusedly, "I mean, wasn't I supposed to feel all giddy and bubbly when I finally kissed her after dreaming about that since the past whole year?"

"What if I tell you," he stepped closer as he continued in the same low whisper as mine, "that you weren't?"

Seeing my still confused expression, Jimin chuckled, his face inching slightly closer to mine as he did. "You had too many expectations, Kook. Kissing is not as fancy as it's made to sound. It's pretty mediocre, if you ask me. So, no. You weren't supposed to feel that crazily excited over just a kiss with her."

Yeaaah, no.

If kissing is as mediocre as he's saying, why the fuck was I still feeling all tingly from my kiss with him since yesterday? I don't know if its because that was my first kiss, and you know, how first kisses are supposed to be very special and all. That seems the most plausible. Since Mia is technically my second kiss, so maybe because of already experiencing that once with Jimin used up my giddiness.

My thoughts were whirling inside my head as I spoke up, "But, your lips taste sweeter than hers-" I said in a rushed voice, and before I could process my words, they already flew out of my mouth.

Jimin's eyes widened for just a second before he burst into laughter and I had to hold onto his waist to make sure he doesn't bang his head on the wall. When he finally calmed down, he stood up straighter and I realized how close we were actually standing. My heart started to race as his brown orbs met mine and I felt my breath hitching.

All what this man makes me feel just by looking at me, a kiss with Mia couldn't even come close to it.

My head started to hurt from all the overthinking and confusions, and Jimin seemed to have noticed all of this, so he decided to not make any comments over my bold statement and keep walking. He hummed to himself as we skipped through the sidewalk with the night getting deeper. But, I could see the faint smile playing on his plump lips, before his quiet voice made its way to my ears.

"Sweeter, huh?"

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Author's Note: Somewhat shorter chapter to show a little bit of the confusions Jungkook is facing, and how he denies whatever he feels by faking his joy over finally kissing Mia and making up possible causes.

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