Chapter 20: Wishes

        Jungkook stared deep into Jimin's eyes and smiled, he almost wanted to take off his glasses along with the older's so he could kiss Jimin's soft and gentle lips. Jungkook wanted to give Jimin his love, his undying love he held for the older yet he held it and kept it in his arms and awaited for Jimin to return the feeling to him. No matter how long it'll take.

            Jungkook smiled again at the older and let out an exhale. "Your birthday is coming up soon. What would you like?" Jungkook asked as Jimin slowly moved his head up while Jungkook still kept his hands on Jimin's cheeks. Cupping his soft face with a smile.

            "You don't have to get me a thing, Jungkook." Jimin giggled as Jungkook shook his head.

             "At least ask for something, Jimin. I want to get you something and make your birthday worthwhile." The boy continued. "What should we do together on your birthday?"

              "Jungkook, I think I'll already do something with my wife after work. So I guess we'll just work together quickly and that'll be all." Jimin mentioned as Jungkook looked a Jimin in silence.

               "Of course... Mr. Park has his wife. Why don't we do something at work then?" Jungkook kept asking with worry. "We have to at least do something."

               "Maybe at work we can come up with something." Jimin answered. He knew the younger was excited about this and Jimin just couldn't even help but to pinpoint Jungkook's upset reaction when Jimin mentioned his own wife. "But I think it'll be fun either way, right? Just a normal day with you is always entertaining." Jimin finished, pushing up his glasses and letting out a cute giggle.

            "You know, Jimin.... I want you to have the best birthday ever.. Because I want to make up for the lost time I caused you before. On your birthday, you came to school and everyone wasn't giving you any birthday wishes because of me... I made them see you as a weird and lonely boy and they stayed away from you. I'm sorry..."  Jungkook apologized as Jimin smiled after.

            "Doesn't matter. After it all, I recieved a birthday card... I thought it was from a teacher or Yun-se. But..." Jimin added as he looked at Jungkook for a moment. "It was from you.. An apology." Jimin stated and sighed afterwards. "But I ripped it into pieces and I was angry and depressed the whole day." Jimin claimed as Jungkook tilted his head while he still caressed Jimin's face softly.

             "I'm sorry. Let me try to make it up to you! Is there anything you want? Anything?" Jungkook asked as Jimin started to giggle and shake his head. Just being asked what he want made him feel like Jungkook was spoiling him.

              "Stop spoiling me! Do you really have to treat me like that?" Jimin asked with a grin that formed on his face.

               "Think of it as a friendly gesture!" Jungkook laughed as he patted Jimin's soft, red silk hair gently.

                Just as they gazed into each other's eyes, Yoongi suddenly emerged from down the book aisle, slurping out of a plastic straw from his cup of iced coffee. "Which one of you love birds stole all of the lamb skewers?" Yoongi questioned, followed by a slurp as Jimin's eyes widened and he flinched after to look back at the older man, slowly stepping up to the two. "I'll kill you both. Only then it'll be the real story of Romeo and Juliet." Yoongi added so blankly. Walking up and dropping his cup of iced coffee onto the table. "Where is it?"

             "There's no lamb skewers in the vending machine!" Jimin panicked, only then Yoongi gave a smile and chuckled after.

              "I know, I just wanted to get your attention. Listen here, My Father is about to hold an announcement down in the Nerd cave. Just decided to tell you all since the resource center doesn't have cameras or systems to carry out messages." Yoongi added as he picked up a bag of the sweet honey, white, court cake and honey butter chips. "For Seokjin." Yoongi lied, taking the two snacks and his iced coffee to head off and meet up with Seokjin.

           Jimin looked at Jungkook for a moment and held his hand out to Jungkook and signalled him to wait there as Jimin caught up with Yoongi who didn't really walk that fast. Jungkook sat there and looked up to see Jimin slow the older down to talk to him. "Y-Yoongi wait!" Jimin uttered as Jungkook pushed up his glasses and watched the two in concern.

            "What do you want?" Yoongi asked and looked back at Jimin while at the  corner of his eye, he could see that Jungkook was watching them closely. "These snacks are mine now."

              "Keep the snacks.. I.. Just don't want you telling Seokjin about me and Jungkook in here together! He might think wrong and say I'm not being loyal to Yun-se. I was just here because Jungkook brought me here.. Okay?" Jimin asked as Yoongi smiled and nodded his head.

           "No worries, little one! I won't ruin your love for the intern. It takes up too much energy to explain anyways. And we all know I need my energy for work!" Said Yoongi as he still held the snacks in his hands. "Anyways... I'm not the one to doubt love and cause drama. You stay with your Jungkook and I'll stay on my lane." Yoongi said as Jimin shook his head.

           "L-Love? M-My Jungkook? No! I'm married." Jimin said as Yoongi looked at Jimin and back at the ring on his finger.

            "Hmph..." Yoongi then glanced at the ring and back at Jimin. "Not a good fit, isn't it?" Yoongi whispered as Jimin tilted his head and looked back to see Jungkook standing from his seat and looking at the two in curiousity. "Your Prince awaits you." Yoongi laughed as he walked off and Jimin just stood there, staring at Jungkook for a moment. As soon as Yoongi left the resource center, Jungkook walked up to Jimin and met eyes with his.

            "What were you both talking about?" Jungkook wondered. Jimin then thought of something else to say quickly.

              "Nothing! We were just talking about the announcement the Chief is about to make. Let's go!" Jimin added as he grabbed Jungkook's arm but Jungkook stayed in place.

              "What about the snacks, your coffee and your briefcase?" Jungkook questioned as Jimin giggled and shook his head.

               "Doesn't matter! We'll be back. No one really comes in here often since we do our research in our labs. I just use this place to give it purpose." Jimin claimed. Starting to walk while tugging on Jungkook's sleeved dress shirt.

          Soon, they reached the laboratory and Jungkook placed on his lab coat along with Jimin as they reached their section where Seokjin finally looked up from the tank of Axolotls to lock his gaze at how the two always followed each other. Seokjin then tugged on Yoongi's sleeved coat and looked at them. "What were they doing at the resource center?"

            "Their job." Yoongi lied so blankly and it was enough for the older to believe in Yoongi's words... Even if he had some doubts. Seokjin was Jimin's friend, the type of friend that would stick up for the younger and set him back on track. If Seokjin would know about what went on between Jimin and Jungkook behind closed doors, he would try to talk to Jimin and try to assure him. Setting him back to his place. Seokjin was only trying to look out for the young man. Just knowing that ring wasn't crafted out of paper. Rather, it was crafted with hard and beautiful gold... That only masked away the silence between the wedded couple.

           Jungkook sat down on the table as Jimin sat on the rolling chair and giggled as he looked up at the younger. "Get down from there and sit on a chair!" Jimin scolded the boy as Jungkook shook his head and kept sitting there. It was enough to make Jimin giggle through it all and Seokjin noticed it.

             Not a moment too soon, the Chief made an appearance and walked to the center as another biologist carried his clipboard and stood by his side to hand it over. "HELLO, GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WELCOME BACK TO HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, Yelling takes up too much of my energy, so I'll stand here and you better hope you all hear me!" Chief Min said. Grabbing the clipboard and clearing his throat. "As you all can see, it's a little tough to get a sponser and many of you all can agree on this! So what I've decided to do was bring in sponsers and invite them over for another gathering. A Gala if you will. But don't think this is a royal ball. This is your opportunity to speak to sponsers, get to know them and introduce them to your upcoming projects. They come in here with the mind to support you all. It's part of their job to sponser if they believe in you and your teams. The Gala will be held in a few weeks. This gives you time to get your work together and those of you who will be ready for the professors, get your presentation and team leaders together. This is something you do not want to miss." The Chief stated and held up a flyer to show everyone. "Keep an eye out for these flyers! They will be hung up around the final week before the Gala. See you all there." The Chief added as he walked off and only then the Biologists started to run around and gather their samples to their station.

             Jimin looked at younger and fixed his glasses. "I guess we are having the gala on my birthday. Why am I so surprised? We have this every year." Jimin giggled as the younger smiled at Jimin.

            "Then I guess it's some what of a good opportunity? You get your work done and we'll end up heading to a vacation house in Cozumel. It seems nice, doesn't it?" Jungkook asked. "We already have most of our project ready for the sponser. Seokjin could talk to one and we could introduce the project and the team." Jungkook mentioned as Jimin turned his body to face Seokjin and Yoongi to smile and still lay back on the chair.

            "That's the plan then. Jungkook and I will run through the experiments, Yoongi will prepare the presentation, Seokjin will negotiate and choose the final sponser. Then we will present to the professor. Is that alright?" Jimin suggested as the rest of the team members nodded in return. Ready to prepare things for the Gala where they would gather sponsers for their project.

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