Jimin was having a drinking contest with Hoseok.

Quite frequently – usually once a month – they would go together and go to the bar. The reason behind it all was because Jimin wanted to win Hoseok. He wanted to stay sober way past Hoseok ever could, yet every time he would feel more angry and determined than ever when he lost every single time.

Unfortunately, tonight was no different.

"Aghhhhhhhhh yo' fuck'n asshole!" Jimin growled at Hoseok. The older boy had to drag him home before he'd start a brawl at the bar. Tonight he seemed to be extremely wasted, even more so than usual, and he waggled his lazy arms around angrily while Hoseok had him in a head lock.

He sighed and opened the door to Jimin's house, shoving the drunken boy to the ground as he sighed dramatically. "This kid..."

"Agh, Hoe-cock!" Jimin hissed through his fall. He clumsily got back up on his knees, balance entirely tipsy as he pointed to the older vampire accusingly, "Diminnie will win! One day, Diminnie will be the fuckin'..." He stopped, as if he had forgotten the word he wanted to use. "Y'know, the fuckin'... guy!"

Hoseok laughed and grabbed his hand, effortlessly starting to drag him to the living room. "Ah, Jiminnie. You're too upset to give comebacks right now."

"Fuck off am not! Stop dragging me like I'm some kind of luggage...!" His bottom lip quivered, though he stopped showing his frustration when Hoseok put him on the couch. After this, he had felt Hoseok lean in and wrap his arms around him. "Don't touch me, mortal!"

"We both know that is not true."

"Oh, whatever." He grunted and looked down. For a minute, they were both silent. Hoseok's caress was really helping him calm down; Jimin really enjoyed Hoseok's company. "Diminnie'll win one day... Diminnie'll win, Hoseok."

"I know, I know." Hoseok patted his back and rubbed circles. "You will one day." Somehow the air got thicker than intended. The sadness of the fact they were both vampires – the fact that one day something will go wrong, especially at Hoseok – made them both rather depressed. The day that Hoseok will be gone...

Only then would he win.

With a clear of a throat being heard in the room, both the boys turned their heads to look behind them. Jungkook looked sort of tired and disappointed; he had every right to be... Both the boys gave a guilty, puppy-like smile and said in sync, "Hi, Jungkook."

"More like good morning, guys." He said sternly. "Do you know how late it is?" When neither of them answered, the look of guilt still plastured on their faces, Jungkook answered himself. "It's two in the God damn morning and you've been out since five in the afternoon."

They lowered their eyes in shame, once again talking at once. "Sorry, Kookie..."

The younger boy went around the couch and stood in front of them with his arms crossing over his chest. "Again, Jimin?" He started. "You went out with Hoseok so you can do that stupid game of yours?" He looked at Hoseok, who scratched his head nervously, "No offense."

"None taken..." He smiled.

Jungkook looked back down at Jimin, who had his head hung down so low it almost looked pitiful. "Jimin, you're so lucky Hoseok was there to drag your sorry ass back home." Seconds later, he had found himself sitting on the couch thanks to Jimin pulling him down. "Jimin, what the hell are you doing?"

The vampire had his head leaning directly in Jungkook's gut, face down as he wrapped his arms around his waist. "I-I'm sorry..."

Jungkook pursed his lips together and sighed. His hand made way to the older's hair, brushing it slightly. "Jimin, I forgive you." Jungkook opened his mouth to continue, but Jimin squeezed him tighter and mumbled more.

"I'm so sorry..."

Jungkook looked up at Hoseok silently. Jimin wasn't saying sorry just for keeping him up late, was he? He continued brushing his hair, unsure why he was acting so sad at the moment. Though... He knew that the boy usually opened up when Jungkook called him something very... baby-like. "What is Jiminnie sorry for?"

"D-Diminnie is so sorry..." He said once more, "Jungkook deserves to be happy."

Jungkook gulped. Wh-where did this come from...?

"Jungkook deserves to be with someone who can keep him happy...." Jimin softly whispered. Jungkook's heart swelled, hearing the very sorrowful tone in his voice.

"Jimin..." Though, before he could say anything more, Jimin had seemed to drift off in his lap. Jungkook bit his lip; Jimin never really voiced his worries, so hearing something like this now was very troublesome to him. "Hoseok, what does he mean?" Knowing that the older vampire was his closest friend, Jungkook was sure that there were things he had told him instead of Jungkook for his troubles.

"Mmm... Uh..." Hoseok looked sideways, as if trying to figure out how to word it. "He, well..." Hoseok leaned against the couch and impulsively placed his hand on Jimin's back, stroking it slightly with his thumb. "You know how Jimin tells you so many things you love to be heard?"

"Yeah... Jimin's always showered me with compliments, like you two."

"But, you know..."

There was a little bit of a long pause for Hoseok. Jungkook furrowed his brows, wondering why he was taking so long to answer. "W-what? What do I know?"

"Jungkook," He finally inhaled, "You know that Jimin doesn't think he's good enough for you, right?" Hoseok bit his lip and looked at Jungkook. "You know he... He doesn't think he's beautiful enough for you."

He what?

"The day he got you back – he felt like you still deserved someone more than him." Hoseok frowned slightly, and so did Jungkook. "He shouldn't feel so heavily burdened... But Jimin really blames himself for everything wrong that has happened to you. Every single mistake he'd made with you – he feels like... You deserve someone who isn't so full of faults."

Jungkook was absolutely speechless...

Jimin felt so lowly of himself?

That wasn't how Jungkook wanted to think of himself at all. "Hoseok... This is awful." The older boy grimly nodded, looking down at Jimin.

"I've looked over him for over fifty years. It's no surprise he keeps all of this in because of me." Jungkook wondered what he meant for a minute, though he quickly figured it out. He hadn't heard any sort of worry from Hoseok since the day he'd met him. Now that he thought about it, there were sure to be some worries in Hoseok's life...

"You... You have me and Yoongi to talk to." Jungkook spoke up. "So don't keep hiding things from now on. Okay?"

Hoseok blinked a few times, as if what Jungkook had said was something completely foreign to him. However, Jungkook kept a mature expression so the boy would know exactly how serious he was about it. Suddenly, Hoseok looked down and then brought a finger under his eye as to stop something from coming out.

"I really needed that, thank you." Jungkook smiled reassuringly to the boy.

"You can sleep with us tonight. Yoongi came over earlier, actually. He's sleeping in the bed, too."

"Yeah, thank you. Really, thank you." Hoseok inhaled and stood up, walking in front of the limp vampire in Jungkook's lap. "God damn I'm so drunk... He actually nearly beat me."

"What?! Really??"

"Oh yeah, I think I'm getting rusty. Still, Jimin won't be able to completely surpass me in a few more decades." He grabbed his shoulder and moved it lightly with a smile. "Anyway, I'll carry him to bed."

"We can all spoon together if you want." Jungkook smirked.

"Naked?"

"Why not. It's comfier that way."

"Sounds like a plan." Hoseok winked as he picked the unconscious boy up. Just before he and Jungkook left the room, the older vampire looked back at him with a little worry on his face. "Please, though... Jimin needs to know he doesn't deserve to think how he does. He's already proved enough he's a good boy."

Jungkook knew how serious Hoseok was right now. He also entirely agreed; Jimin had done everything in his power to keep Jungkook happy – and he succeeded. It was time for Jungkook to do the same... "I will."

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is it true

has an update been made?

it sure has

and now we are going deeper into the doubts of jimin, as he seems to be really bothered