Music was playing. Not very loud, but loud enough to move Jimin's core as he looked at the sunrise. They were halfway back to town and sunrise had started a couple minutes ago. Since they were driving in the opposite direction of where the sun sets, they could see it very clearly.

The beautiful sunrise was blessing Jimin's eyes, the refreshing blue replaced the darkness that was engulfing them. It was getting lighter by the second as a beautiful bright orange color blazed close to the horizon, breaking into the sky when the golden sun started appearing.

Jimin felt the warm sun rays hit his face and closed his eyes, allowing himself to enjoy the moment completely. He tapped with his hand to the beat slightly on his thigh, which slowly became a light banging of his head to the music, then he was full on vibing with the song. Jimin swung his body to the music and made gestures with his hands to match the drums.

You're so golden

Jungkook was tapping with his fingers on the wheel as he had one arm extended and the other on the open window frame. He looked at the younger and chuckled.

Something clicked in Jimin's brain.

Thinking back to what he was feeling when he first met the guys, and even before, he realized he didn't feel this free since his father got diagnosed with the liver disease. He was keeping himself in a tight box, with a couple wholes at the top as to when he made himself some 'friends' at school.

He felt an overwhelming happiness at the moment, a euphoric feeling at the thought of finding himself again. He smiled at the end of the song when the beat stopped and the melody continued on its own. He wasn't like this before, he was a lot brighter, not the wildest but he was true to his own person.

A few minutes later, Jungkook pulled over in front of Jimin's place and the boy looked at the door reluctantly.

"Don't wanna leave me yet?" Jungkook joked, leaning back on his seat and flexing one of his arms behind his head "Shut up..."

"Whenever you're ready, it's not like I have shit to do in my life" Jungkook rolled his eyes.

"My mom's lights just turned off and I don't know if that means she just woke up or she went to bed" he said pensively and the other shrugged.

"Why would they be on, it's daylight now"

"It's not bright enough just yet dumbass... Alright I'm gonna take the chance and say she went to bed" he said to himself, the minute he opened the car door, the front door of his house also opened.

"Park Jimin! What went through your head deciding to come home 12h after leaving?" his mom started scolding, tightening her warm robe against her body and getting closer to the car.

"Go, go" Jimin quickly told the older boy but he wasn't fast enough. His mom bent herself a little to the car window and greeted.

"Good morning young man... Thank you for driving Jimin around I know he can be a little difficult-"

"Mom! I can't let you meet anyone oh my god" he said and pulled her by the arm.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Park, he's not too bad he just need to start respecting his elders sometimes" Jungkook said and Jimin wanted nothing more than to strangle him.

"No way, my Jimin isn't respectful? I don't know what to say- what's your name by the way" she asked.

"I'm Jungkook"

"Oh the uptight smoker, Jimin said a lot about you" she said with a kind smile and Jimin busted out laughing.

"Uptight-" Jungkook mutters and narrowed his eyes and the smaller "I guess that's me... Although I'd love to chat and know more of what he said about me, I'm afraid I have to go Mrs. Park" he excused himself and smiled politely.

"Of course, see you again someday" she replied. Jungkook looked at Jimin "Later." he said before he drove off.

The mother and son went inside the house, and Jimin removed his shoes at the door since they still had some sand on them.

"You're still getting grounded for the entire week, starting today"

"About that mom, it'll have to wait" he announced and she raised an eyebrow.

"Excuse me? I'm the parent, I get to decide this type of stuff" she said with her hands on her hips and he smiled. He walked to her and hugged her side before planting a kiss on her cheek.

"I know mom, but today I have to do something important" he said and she narrowed her eyes.

"What?"

"I'm dying my hair"

"You mean with the temporary sprays like you used to do in middle school for Halloween?"

"No mom... The real thing" he chuckled.

"Can't it wait until you're not grounded?"

"Nope"

"What color?"

Jimin walked over to his room and started removing his pants to change. They were no longer wet of course, but they were still stiff and rough from the salty water.

"Orange"

"Huh?"

"You heard right"

The mom just thought about it for a second and shrugged, she doesn't know where he got that idea from but it would be quite funny if Jimin didn't like it and ended up shaving his head.

"I'll book you an appointment.. 3pm?"

"Perfect"

Jimin slept for a few hours, then woke up to his mom knocking on his door. He groaned and turned a bit in his sheets, tangling them around his legs in the process. With a hand on his face, he grabbed his charging phone and unlocked it, cringing at the brightness.

He unplugged the cable and stretched as he slid down his notifications list. Replying to texts, and adding last night's pictures to his story on instagram.

You were mentioned in a friend's story
New snap from Jeon009
New snap from TeamSnapchat
New snap from Suga
TaeTae is typing...

He opened snapchat and checked out each notification. All the boys had posted either a picture or video of him to wish him a happy birthday, or all of them together holding the cake and everything. Tagging him and saying some sweet words, making him smile at his screen and shake his head.

TeamSnapchat
Happy birthday! Make sure you snap-

Jimin quickly closed the chat box again, just got rid of it cause no one cared about TeamSnapchat right?

Jeon009
Here
<Insert Jikook selfie>
I know you're ecstatic about it and you're kissing your screen right now

Jimin laughed and cringed, he quickly typed his reply and waited.

Chim
I have to cherish it
It's probably the first and last we'll have together

Jeon009
Just don't be embarrassing with it

Chim
Why are you acting like you didn't just print it and put it under your pillow to sleep better at night

Jeon009
Fuck how did you know
Are you watching me?

Chim
Lmao you have to specify if that's a joke or not, cause I think you're very capable of doing it

Jeon009
Of course it's not a joke
Lisa put one under her pillow as well

Jimin laughed for a few seconds, covering his mouth not to be too loud. He shook his head and replied, before closing the chat and moving on to the others.

Chim
Just don't be embarrassing with it

He opened Tae's chat box and found it empty. Weird. Wasn't he trying to type something? He asked himself.

Suga
Wanna hang today?

Chim
Nah can't, I have a hair appointment
It'll probably take the entire afternoon

Suga
Are you tryna tell me a heartcut is gonna take 4 hours
Cuz just tell me you don't wanna hang it's more believable

Chim
Lmao don't be sensitive
I'm dying my hair that's why

Suga
Ah sick what color

Chim
Orange

Suga
Shut up

Chim
I'm being for real

Suga
So you're gonna show up to class looking like a whole pennywise

Chim
Nah in my head it doesn't look like that

Suga
Dye at your own risk

Chim
Aight bet

He got up from the bed, and took a quick shower to wash out the salt on his skin, then wore some comfortable clothes and stepped out of the room. He found his mom putting her shoes on by the door and did the same.

"Are you sure"

"Yup" he simply replied and walked out the door towards the car on the sidewalk. He thought about it for a couple of seconds, starting to doubt his decision now that an ugly picture of him with bright orange hair appeared in his mind. He just shrugged and decided he'll box-dye it right back to his natural color if it looks bad.

They entered the salon and Jimin explained what he wanted to do. He generally trusted women's salons for this type of stuff because they obviously have more experience dying people's hair orange, it's not everyday that you see men with colorful hair.

The process of bleaching and dying overall took around 3:15 hours. They were now washing his hair and he was really excited to see it by this time. He kept his eyes mostly shut the entire time because he didn't want to be discouraged with a half ready result.

"Done. You look very handsome like this" the lady said and he open his eyes to see what she was talking about.

"I really didn't think you'd pull it off... But I guess those are my genes" his mom said as she touched his hair slightly.

"This turned out better than expected" he pointed out, turning his head to see the full look. He smiled and nodded to himself "I made the right choice"

They went back home and both got ready to chill, it was a Sunday evening what better did they have to do. The night was quiet and they both went to sleep after spending some time talking about Jimin's little surprise birthday party and watching TV.

The next day, Jimin had to go to school, and he's never thought he'd be able to get more stares than he did on his first day, but well, orange hair isn't very common around there either.

"Hey there handsome! I like the new look" Ryujin suddenly came from behind the boy and put her hands on his shoulders as she peaked at him from the side.

"Hi... It was a fast decision" he said and smiled at her. After picking up the books he needed, they walked together to class and went about their day, ignoring the whispers and the flirty looks Jimin received.

"You still don't have an etiquette?"

"Nope"

"Guys come on you're being hella pushy, let a man breathe" Ryujin said when a group of students sat in the table behind them at lunch, just investigating Jimin's everything.

"My favorite senior right here" Tae said as he put his tray next to Ryujin. He whistled and took a bite of his apple "Look at you! The orange doesn't look bad at all" he said and nodded.

Later during that day, Jimin was at work when Yoongi entered the convenience store. "Oh! Hello, feels like I've seen you before" he said and Jimin rolled his eyes.

"I go to Blue, senior"

"Indeed, you're the new kid" Yoongi said, putting some candy on the counter and leaning on the edge. They reenacted the moment they first met and Jimin chuckled.

"Not Pennywise?"

"Not Pennywise." Yoongi admitted.