[a/n:  ^how i imagined the end of last chapter: 1. jimin fell asleep on kookie   2. kookie = shook]

[Sunday, October 20th]

Jimin woke in an unfamiliar room on Sunday morning. He was highly confused and his head hurt. He vaguely recalled something about mutilated astronauts, crème brûlée, and the glowing water from a swimming pool.

He sat up and peered around the room as his sleep-addled mind began clearing, remembering how he got into this bed.

- - -

"NO! Kookie, STOP!"

"Jimin--" Jungkook began, trying to ease the older boy onto his feet, gently pulling him by the hand.

"NO! I won't take your bed from you. I'm stealing pajamas and now you want me to steal a bed?! You're leading me into a LIFE OF CRIME!"

"Shhh. You're drunk, Jimin. You'll feel better tomorrow waking up in a bed. I'll sleep out here. C'mon. Get off my couch. UP."

Jungkook had lifted and carried Jimin to his bed last night, feeling guilty about enabling the shorter to drink more alcohol while they watched the show. He didn't want the guest to have to sleep on the couch and have a hangover. And he was only able to change one of those outcomes.

Admittedly, after he laid him down, Jungkook took a few moments to appreciate the sight of this beautiful being in his bed, using his blanket, snuggling his face into his pillow--

Then, he realized how fucking creepy he was being and yeeted himself onto the couch where he tossed and turned for about another hour before falling asleep.

It was morning now, as indicated by the light flooding in through the living room window. Right onto Jungkook's face.

He groaned and sat up reluctantly. They'd gone to bed pretty late so he'd planned to let himself sleep in on the couch. But... he'd forgotten about the alarm set on his phone as a reminder to post his essay to his online project portfolio by 10:00 am for one of his classes.

The alarm jerked him further away from sleep and he read the reminder: POST NOW OR FAIL, DROP OUT, AND DIE.

His laptop was in his bedroom. With Jimin. Well, shit.

He rose from the couch and walked over to the door of his bedroom. He stood there for a moment before deciding he should knock. After three moderately loud wraps with his knuckles, he pushed his ear to the door to hear a response.

There was none.

At that same moment, the door to his roommate's bedroom opened. Yoongi emerged and, seeing Jungkook, he broke into his gummy smile.

Luckily, he was discreet, whispering, "Hobi ran back into my room last night saying he saw you guys cuddling on the couch and - according to him - planning the names of your children. But, as much as I love him, he has a tendency to exaggerate when he's been drinking. So... what's going on?"

"What? No cuddling... He just fell asleep on me," Jungkook replied, "We stayed up kinda late and I think he's still sleeping... I slept out here. Need to get my computer to send my homework." He knocked again and slowly turned the door handle.

The apartment was old and neither Jungkook nor Yoongi knew the first thing about home maintenance, so the door lightly squeaked on its hinges.

- - -

Jimin heard the muffled voices outside the bedroom door before another set of knocks. He dove back into his sleeping position, facing away from the door.

The door squeaked and opened, allowing light to pour into the room.

Jungkook called out in a voice barely above a whisper, "Jimin? I'm just grabbing my computer. You can keep sleeping."

Jimin stayed quiet, waiting for the younger boy to leave again. Once the door was shut, he rolled onto his back.

Why the fuck am I here? Why did I come to Yoongi's apartment??

Jimin couldn't answer those questions.

Or, rather, he could but he didn't like the answers...

He came here to Yoongi's apartment because wanted to be around Yoongi - even if it meant seeing him with Hoseok.

And that also meant being around Jungkook.

He didn't mind the boy with the bunny smile. He seemed nice.

He just... wasn't Yoongi.

- - -

Hoseok knocked on Jungkook's door and heard a soft 'Come in'.

Opening the door, he saw a still sleepy-looking Jimin sitting up in bed. Did he tense up when his eyes fell on Hoseok? Maybe that was just his imagination.

"Jiminie, you need to get up. I know you guys stayed up late, but Kookie needs his room back at some point. He's too polite to come in here for too long while you're sleeping." he laughed at the blond as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. "You guys seem to be getting along."

Jimin paused and seemed to think before he replied, "He's nice. He's been trying to make sure I haven't been sad."

Hoseok sat on the bed and hugged the blond, "Tae said you've been down lately, what's going on?"

Jimin leaned into the hug for a split second before he pulled away, "I don't wanna talk about it with you."

Hoseok tried not to show the hurt in his expression. Jimin always confided in him and Taehyung - they were his best friends.

But he talked about it with Jungkook, Hoseok thought with a soft smile. Maybe Taehyung was good at playing cupid because his two friends were already becoming close.

"Okay, but if you change your mind let me know. Now, you need to get up. Yoongi's making coffee for us and then we were thinking of taking everyone out to eat."

[a/n]

sorry i've been AWOL.

i've been sick and some things are happening 

(really stressed and rather not talk about it)

i started this week in such a good mood and now...

i hope that you've all been well

let me know about your week 😊

💜