"You've been working out?" Jungkook said with a smirk, towering over the younger as he stood there shirtless.

---rewind---

"This party looks lit already" Hoseok said when they first arrived.

"I'm so excited! We haven't partied all together since new year's!" Taehyung said and Jimin joined.

"I know right!" he said, hooking an arm around the youngest's shoulder and running towards the front door.

"Jimin! My guy!" Jackson said, fist bumping with said young man upon seeing him. They were all inside now, already holding a drink each and laughing about whatever was going on with the other people in the house. Jungkook was in a drinking contest against Joon, chugging beer after beer until Namjoon stopped at the fourth one.

"Son of a bitch, I thought you would have lost your game since it's been a while" he said and the other laughed.

"Years of practice won't go away just like that" he replied, shaken from the shoulders by the people who were cheering him on.

"Jeon! Beer pong!" Jimin shouted from the other side of the couch. The boys and girls were setting up the game and he smirked, of course he would participate and get another round with the one he lost against, that being Jungkook makes him even more competitive. They stood facing each other with a daring look on both their eyes.

"Ready to lose again princess?"

"I have a dare" Jimin announced and the people around started whistling.

"Hit me with it, make sure it's not too bad because you'll lose anyway" Jungkook said, resting both hands on the table top and leaning on them. Jimin chuckled and shook his head "Loser takes 5 shots, and you can't choose your alcohol" Jimin said with a devilish smile and he nodded, mirroring it.

"Down" Jungkook replied and they all cheered.

The first few throws were okay, Jimin was a little more lucky than the other which meant Jungkook had a couple more cups to drink by now, and with the first drinking contest, he wasn't exactly sober.

He focused on the cups and made his first shot, then his second, and his third. "Jungkook is on a roll Jimin, buckle up!" Yoongi said from where he stood and Jimin snapped his neck, starting to feel the pressure.

"I don't think so" he replied when Jungkook missed his fourth. He grabbed the ball and finished his cup, thankfully the people who set up the game only filled the cups up to a third, so he wasn't getting hammered at once. He tapped the ball on the table and shot it, right into another one of the cups.

"That's 7 for Jungkook to 8 for Jimin!" somebody said and he got ready for another shot. He only had two cups left, just two and he won't have to drink any shots. He did include the dare himself but it was more to force Jungkook to loosen up. He felt like the other was still not used to drinking and was still wary, but he promised him he'd have a great night at the party and wasn't gonna let him down.

"10! Jungkook wins again!!"

He didn't know what happened. He was supposed to shoot his shots of victory and all of a sudden Jungkook chained up his cups one after the other until Jimin was left with 3 to drink.

"What" he breathed out and Jungkook burst out laughing.

"Maybe next time" Jungkook smugly said and Jimin looked at everyone around him until Taehyung pushed him aside to pull him out of his daze.

"Man you should've expected he'd pull off a streak right before you could win.. He always does that" he laughed and they all joined.

"Time for your shots kid" Hoseok said and Jimin shook his head, barely finishing his last cup.

"I was kidding I was kidding" he tried to get out of the situation and suddenly felt a big hand on top of his head. He turned around and found a very thrilled Jungkook looking at him like he was prey.

"That won't do, Jimin" he said, wiggling his eyebrows and taking it upon himself to fill the five shots with the liquor he knew Jimin hated. Tequila.

"Not the tequila, Jeon!" he was straight up whining at that point. He was quite scared and already felt the disgust just from looking at the bottle, that alcohol was too strong for him.

"Don't be a pussy, come on" Jungkook smirked, pushing the glasses towards him along with the lemon and salt. Jimin grabbed one of them and unluckily caught the smell that made him almost gag.

The boys were having a blast watching Jimin struggle so much. Jungkook laughed at him but the entire scene was sort of endearing, the way the younger was so pressured by everyone and pouted in apprehension. Jimin was staring at him as if looking for help or salvation, it made a sweet smile grow on his lips and he sighed.

"Alright, we'll split them" he said and Jimin's eyes lit up a little.

"I'll still have to drink fuck... But it's okay at least not all of these" he smiled brightly, his eyes thinning into lines and his cheeks bunching up and a very cute manner.

"Cheers" he simply replied and downed the first one following it with a slice of lime. The second went in just like that, and the third. He liked tequila so taking Jimin's shots wasn't bothering him one bit, although he recognizes he should slow down now because he's been at it since the start of the party.

"Oh my god I'm gonna throw up" Jimin said, still not drinking those shots and Jungkook sighed.

"I'm so disappointed, I really thought you weren't such a coward" Jungkook said, he grabbed Jimin from the back of the neck and took the glass from his hand.

"No Jeon!-" Jimin was still fighting when the older brought the cup to his lips , he had no choice but to drink it and right away, Jungkook had prepared a lime slice and made him bite on it too.

"Fuck you, tall ass bitch" Jimin said right after removing the sour fruit form his mouth.

"One more to go, I've helped you with three already" Jungkook ignored his complaints and held the second shot towards him. He rolled his eyes and was about to grab his neck again when the younger scurried away.

"Okay okay I'll do it myself" he said and bottomed-up like a man this time.

"Let's go!" Jimin cheered once the glass was out of his hands. He looked around and saw Taehyung dancing with Yoongi to whatever music that was, a trap track with some lyrics he couldn't hear or understand. They were just jumping around and moving to the beat, and Jimin wished to join but with the amount of alcohol he consumed, he was afraid he'd make a mess.

A few minutes later everything started kicking in, the beer, the shots, the music, the fun. He was having the time of his life. Granted, he couldn't see clearly, or walk very straight, but he could manage himself enough to make decent sentences.

"Jimin! Come sit with us!" Hoseok said and he was very glad to do so. He was with Namjoon, Jin, Jackson, and a couple girls he couldn't recognize. Not that he knew so many to start with.

"We're playing cards against humanity" he said and Jimin let out a long 'Oh' of excitement.

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"Namjoon had the darkest humor amongst you hands down" Hoseok said after a while of playing.

"Go on, puff-puff-pass" Jackson said, relaying the blunt to the guy next to him. Jimin was all the way on the other side of the turn so he won't have to decline it for a while still. He looked at the boys taking in the intoxicating smoke and zoned out.

"Do you wanna try" a deep voice said right by his ear. Jimin jumped slightly, but the sudden thrill he felt was different. It woke him up from his daydream and made hair stand on his neck.

"Can I?" he said with a smaller voice, asking for permission since the elder made his point clear the other time. Jimin also believes Jungkook was the type to carry out with his threats, so he would really not want the other to start ignoring his existence.

"I'm here, aren't I. Have a blast" Jungkook spoke, still just as close. Jimin knew it was because of the noise around them, but he couldn't help but think about it another way. His mind was hazy and all the revelations he was avoiding for so long were clashing in his brain.

"Will you smoke with me" Jimin asked and the other raised an eyebrow.

"You don't remember how?" he asked.

'I do'

"I don't"

"You're pretty drunk, please don't act like a baby while I explain to you" Jungkook chuckled. The younger stared at him, all his thoughts mixing into a mess.

The blunt found its way to Jimin and and he held it in his fingers. He knows that if he smoked now he would be gone for the rest of the night, he won't be able to control a single thing he says or does, he just hopes he doesn't pass out.

"...Okay?" Jungkook finished explaining and he just smiled. It's safe to say he wasn't focused on a single word he spoke and was actually distracted by one of the curls in Jungkook's hair.

"I like your hair" he said and the taller was just returning his gaze at that point.

"Thank you" he said.

"I really like your hair" Jimin said and ran his fingers through it.

'Jimin, let his hair go' he told himself but his body had a mind of its own it appeared.

"Well, thanks again"

Jimin didn't budge, he instead took it upon himself to make sure his hair was all brushed and neat. He took his second puff at the same time, giving himself a good amount before passing it to the older.

Jungkook was looking at the younger boy who seemed to have found a new hobby. Jimin used some kind of makeup that night, he could see a bit of dark shadow on the corner of his eyes and wondered if he did that a lot or if it was something new. The pink in Jimin's hair looked purple with the LED lighting and he thought he should recommend that as a next color if Jimin ever asked.

"Why are you looking at me like that" Jungkook said then turned his head slightly to breathe out the smoke. He was a little nervous with the way Jimin was staring, so he didn't lock eyes with the younger afterwards.

"Im just drunk"

"Same" Jungkook laughed, putting the rolled stick to his lips, a sly smirk appearing as he sat facing him.

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The party is not over! Look forward to the next chapter... 

You know what? I will double update because it's an exciting part!

-Aida-