Chapter 33: Are you Curious?
Hoseok didn't know if he could answer that question without fearing the consequences. The older man knew it was possible that Taehyung would catch onto how anxious he became and constantly ask until his question was answered. There was no way around it unless Hoseok would find it in him to lie to the creation. But on the other hand, he almost wanted Kim Taehyung to know just so he could be protected in case one day, Jungkook would just snap.
It was no secret that Jungkook was different compared to other creations. Of course, Hoseok was well aware of the creation's past and knew him like the back of his hand. Yet, he felt safer with another creation that didn't possess the flaws Jungkook had. The fear Hoseok always had towards Jeon Jungkook was so true, he never felt safe around the one he grew fond of. On the other hand, he pitied Jungkook because at the end of the day, he was the reason why Jungkook behaved and reacted to many things this way.
"Hoseok," Taehyung called out to him again, bringing the human back from his deep thoughts. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing..." Hoseok mentioned and pulled his hand away from the door knob. "I'm just... overreacting..."
"You can't get anxious about nothing. Talk to me, Hoseok. I need to know," Taehyung insisted and finally sat up from the couch as he looked over at Hoseok, finally breaking away from the door and approaching the living room. "What's in that room? It can't be anything life threatening."
"That's the thing, I don't know what lies beyond that door. I don't know if it's life threatening to me or to someone else," the human mentioned and let out a sigh right after. "Maybe I can check... but that scares me too much..."
Again, Taehyung didn't know how to understand the situation. All he knew was that his sensors picked up how nervous Hoseok became when all thoughts led to the door and when he began to speak to the human, he paced away from the fears that kept his heart racing. So, Taehyung believed that steering Hoseok's attention away from the room in general was helpful enough. Yet, it wasn't beneficial to the human's issues.
"Maybe you should leave it alone, if it scares you too much, maybe you shouldn't check."
"But if I don't, I wouldn't know if he's using my micro cameras to do bad things!" Hoseok suddenly confessed and instantly silenced himself and looked away.
"He... do you mean, Jungkook? What bad could he be doing?" Taehyung curiously asked and stepped up to where Hoseok stood. "He's another android, he can't have malicious intentions... if he does, I'll have no other choice but to report him as a defect in order to protect Park Jimin."
"Yeah... of... of course..." Hoseok agreed. Again, the side of him that always served as a parental figure towards Jungkook, wanted to change the conversation in order to keep the creation safe and unknown by any other android made by the same hands. Hoseok just knew he couldn't trust Taehyung enough to give him everything he longed to know.
"I wish I could understand more of how you feel... but I don't. I feel like that's my flaw along with other creations, I will hear you but never listen to your problems because I can't understand it at all. I don't understand what makes you nervous about this android, is he a threat? Are you afraid of him?"
Hoseok didn't know how to answer that question. He knew if he was to tell the truth and agree, he would have to tell Taehyung why Jungkook was something that always tended to strike fear into the human's heart and why he longed to find the micro cameras in order to make sure Jungkook had no way of hurting Park Jimin. He was at crossroads with himself and could only stand there and wonder what to say next to the innocent android by his side.
"I don't understand..." Taehyung concluded and let out an exaggerated sigh right after. "I want to help, but you won't let me help you-"
"That's enough, Taehyung, let's move on from that... please, I don't want you to receive too much information," Hoseok insisted and watched as Taehyung only looked away before coming up with something else to talk about in order to distract the human from the situation.
"Do you spend most of your time alone? You're just like Jimin, although he now spends all of his alone time with that android of yours," Taehyung claimed as Hoseok only kept his eyes latched onto the door, longing to go in, but feared what he would find concerning the micro cameras and Jungkook's fascination for Park Jimin. Was the fear he had built within, enough to make him stray away from finding what relied beyond that door? Hoseok wanted to know, he was curious even, but his curiosity was no match for the fear he had of Jeon Jungkook.
"You're built to protect humans..." Hoseok spoke out and looked at Taehyung. "Against other androids, right?"
"Correct, I am. But, from another android? We androids in general never have any bad intentions towards human beings. If anything, we are designed to protect them from other humans... defects are never allowed within a creation. So, if there ever is a defect within another android -in which, I highly doubt- I was built to protect you and prevent another from harming you. I don't even need to hold a bond with you or know who you are in order to protect you. My protection is not limited."
"I see," Hoseok replied and finally took his eyes off of the door for now. "Taehyung... if you have nowhere else to be, would you like to stay here with me?" Hoseok asked, he knew having Taehyung here would run the risk of him discovering Jungkook, but also, protect Hoseok from any harm Jungkook intended to cause towards the human. At the end of the day, Hoseok was relieved to remember that he removed Taehyung's ability to scan.
"Of course! For how long?"
Hoseok took another glance at the door far ahead and looked over at Taehyung once more. Finally deciding if he should break into the room by tonight while Jungkook was gone.
"Maybe until tonight," Hoseok answered. Confirming the time he would try to see what Jungkook hid within his locked room. Setting himself a deadline so he could just get this over with.
Concurrently, Jimin laid on Jungkook's chest over the couch after eating lunch. He remained lying on the android as they watched a random soap opera on the television. Yet, Jimin just couldn't pay attention. He was too far into the thoughts of Jungkook almost every day, he never had a clear mind at all. As for Jungkook, the android had his hands against his own sides, not holding Jimin in return as he tried to understand why a character cried within the show over losing a loved one. The sight of this only left Jungkook to tilt his head to observe hile Jimin's hands were still hooked over the nape of his neck.
They laid there together; their bodies touched and their heartbeats matched in sync. The only thing that stuck out from such a beautiful moment was that Jungkook didn't hold Jimin back in return and he was rather distracted by the television, trying to understand what he just couldn't feel. While Jungkook was distracted, Jimin looked up to fix his eyes onto the android, longing for many things as his heart raced at the sight of him.
After their very first kiss at the beach, nothing else came after that. They haven't kissed nor talked about that day, and Jimin just kept it playing on his head ever since. It didn't bother him that he didn't know what his relationship with Jungkook was, all that mattered was their trust and bond that made Jimin know that he was very special to the android. As Jimin looked into Jungkook's eyes, he smiled and finally caught the Android's attention.
"Jungkook, please hold me..." Jimin whispered as Jungkook made a smile and his hands found their way to set over Jimin's small waist.
"Sorry, I was distracted... humans have an odd taste in entertainment," Jungkook mentioned as Jimin looked over at the television and back at the android who began to hold him closely. "You weren't watching at all... was I watching it all by myself?"
"Yes," Jimin replied with a smile and watched as Jungkook raised his hand to caress the side of his face carefully. "I was thinking..."
"About?"
"Well...I was thinking," Jimin took a second to sort his thoughts out and look away but the second Jungkook's gentle thumb caressed the soft cheek of the human's face, it caused the crimson hue to surface on the apples of his cheeks. "I was thinking about that day on the beach..." Jimin claimed and watched as Jungkook ran his hand up from his face, to the top of his head where he gently brushed his hair back. "When we kissed... and when I felt myself become closer to moving on..."
"I remember like it was yesterday," Jungkook said with a soft whisper. "What about it?"
"We... we haven't kissed...after that and we haven't talked about it... about what we are," whispered the human in return as he embraced the seconds of Jungkook running his hands through his hair carefully. "After that kiss, I haven't thought of anything else, I can't focus... all I can think about is you, yet, I dwell on the idea that we haven't talked about that since it happened... it doesn't bother me, but I can't help but to grow curious about what we are towards each other..."
"Jimin..." Jungkook spoke softly once again while the uneasy chill of his gaze never seemed to make Jimin feel a little off. "I'm sorry I haven't looked back and brought it up... I thought I was making it clear on what I was to you, I hold you every night, I spend everyday with you and I kissed you that night, I just didn't do it again because I didn't want to confuse you when it came to moving on," the android replied and watched Jimin let out a laugh. "I've been holding out on so much because I wanted to know if you were ready for something new... I can't tell because I don't know much about that. It's my only flaw when it comes to being so different from any other android."
"You... you don't need to hold out on me, Jungkook... I've been able to accept moving on with your help. You've been the only one on my mind... there is no Yoongi in my thoughts... when he does come to mind, it's only briefly before the idea of you dwells on my mind further, and when it comes to you, I think of that night when we kissed underneath the stars," Jimin replied into the innocent whisper of his gentle voice. "Now, I know you can think too... So tell me, what's been on your mind recently? Wa-"
In that very second, Jungkook made a smirk, slowly bringing his hands up to the sides of Jimin's face as he carefully brought him close enough to where his lips pressed against the young man. He kissed Jimin over his sweet and delicate plump lips, causing every curve to the corner of his smile to deepen while they shared their second kiss. Jungkook continued to latch his lips against Jimin's, making every red blush over his face deepen like the color of a ripe cherry.
Just then, Jungkook pulled his lips away softly and counted the seconds before he could look Jimin in his eyes and long to go for another. The feeling of his lips passionately meeting with Jimin's sweet and warm lips left him hungry to experience something more into the category he became curious about. Their bodies remained pressed against each other's while their hands never seemed to release from each other's frame. At that moment, Jimin longed to go further. It was a sudden urge he received; a sudden burst of curiosity shooting through his veins until he could only manage to press his hips against Jungkook's so subtly.
"Jungkook..." Jimin whispered in between the breathless kisses they shared passionately. "I want something more than this..." Jimin found himself whispering without a second thought until Jungkook came to a stop with the pink hue overcoming the blue tint over his irises.
With the way Jimin kept his hips pressed against the android, his face burning red and his heart racing after their innocent kiss turned into a more passionate one, the android was quick to catch onto the topic the second Jimin's breathing began to deepen at the sight of the one he longed for. Jeon Jungkook was no stranger to this subject because at the end of the day, all androids knew enough about the subject.
"Oh, Park Jimin, are you curious too?"
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