our break has started so expect updates maybe,, i mean i made like 4 pages of plans for this story haha

DO Y'ALL STAY UP UNTIL 12 TO WAIT FOR DECEMBER 25 AND THEN EAT WITH YOUR FAMILY OR OPEN PRESENTS OR IS THAT JUST ME ??

also, if y'all must know, mrs. park's real name is park ji-yeon and mr. park's is park daewon.

december 24

"okay, okay," yoongi mumbled as he rubbed his eyes, trying to drive his blurry vision away. "i'm up, yejin, i'm up." he opened his eyes, watching as the little girl excitedly jumped up and down on the bed.

jimin, standing by the bathroom, giggled. "hurry up, hyung. mom entrusts yejin with us and we have to buy a tree in time for christmas!"

"yeah!" yejin shouted, "oppa's right! c'mon, yoonki, let's go!" she said enthusiastically, her hands holding onto yoongi's arm as she jumped some more.

yoongi chuckled. "alright, alright." he said, edging towards the end of the bed and getting up.

— — —

"we almost died," jimin complained, stepping into the mall with yejin on his shoulders, jimin holding her hands securely. yoongi's at his side, dragging a cart along as he rolled his eyes at jimin's ridiculous remark.

"shut up, boy," yoongi said, "i'm a great driver."

"you keep telling yourself that."

yoongi rolled his eyes, watching as yejin pointed towards a group of christmas trees on sale. "look, look!" yoongi and jimin followed her gaze. "blue christmas tree!"

they walked towards it, examining its height and designs. it was pretty simple but neat-- like what yejin said, it was a blue christmas tree. every now and then, you'd probably spot a branch with a snow-like material covering it. and for an additional payment, you can get the white christmas lights for a lower price if you'd get it separately. it was pretty good, except there were still no ornaments or tinsel decorated onto it.

but that could be fixed. "this seems perfect," yoongi commented, "but still needs some decorations." he looked up at yejin, who was staring intently at the tree.

"good idea!" jimin grinned, grabbing yejin attention. "hey, yeye, do you wanna go look for some good decorations for the tree while yoongi asks an employee if he could buy this tree?" he asked.

yejin's face lights up in excitement once more. "yes! yes!"

jimin gives yoongi a small smile before grabbing tightly onto yejin's hands and speeding down an aisle, yejin screaming with joy.

— — —

yoongi smiles at the delivery guy after writing down the full address, watching as the delivery guy nods and gets into the truck, driving off to head to the parks' residence. yoongi, feeling accomplished, entered the mall once more and looked around for any sight of jimin.

after a while, he decided to walk over to the christmas tree section, hoping that jimin could or would meet up with him there. surprisingly, he soon heard footsteps approaching the specific area he was in. turning around, he spotted jimin, hands full with winter-ish ornaments and white, sparkly tinsels over his shoulders.

but no yejin was in sight.

as jimin tried to catch his breath in front of yoongi, the latter started to feel nervous. "jimin," he began, getting the orange haired boy's attention, "where's yejin?" he asked with a cautious tone.

"that's," jimin said in between breaths, "that's the thing... she's missing."

yoongi's eyes widened in panic. "what?"

"no, hear me out," jimin cried, "we found this whole section dedicated to ornaments and there was this small part with blue and white ones. there were too many to choose from so i let her down from my shoulders so i could grab the best ones. i got her opinion at some point but then after that, i got distracted because the ones we wanted were at the very back of the shelf, and then when i turned to my side, she was gone."

"jesus christ," yoongi ran his fingers through his hair. "jesus christ, jimin."

"i know," jimin sighed, whimpering. "come on, maybe she's just around here somewhere."'

"okay," yoongi took a deep breath, "okay. i'll look at the snack section and you look at the toy section."

after a few minutes of searching, definitely no luck.

yoongi had ran through several aisles-- but there was still no sight of the little girl. out of stress, he'd accidentally spun another little girl around, thinking it was yejin and apologized afterwards as he earned a glare from the little girl's mother.

jimin, on the other hand, was on the urge of crying. his mom was going to kill him for sure. if only he could knock a shelf onto himself and just die a more painless death than getting stabbed by his mother. still no luck on his side.

the two soon met up near the cashiers, worried gazes on their faces as they quietly thought of what to do in an uncomfortable and frustrating silence.

"what do we do."

"i don't know!" jimin said, exasperated. "my mom's gonna kill me."

"oh no."

"fucking tinsel." jimin groaned, knocking the tinsel of off his shoulders and stomping his feet against the ground like a child. "goddamn!"

"no swearing, jimin."

"i'm sorry," jimin muttered, "it's just..." he groaned, "...what are we gonna do, yoongi? i'm so worried..." he bit his lip, staring at the ground, eyes glistening with tears threatening to stream down his cheeks.

yoongi sighed, stepping closer and placing his hands on jimin's shoulders, gripping them with reassurance. "she's okay. i'm sure of it." he placed a light kiss on jimin's forehead, slightly relieving the latter. "we still have one option. customer service."

"oh, right," jimin ran his fingers through his hair, "how are we gonna get her attention, though?"

"don't worry. i have a small plan."

— — —

"hello, um, yeah. we're missing a little girl and, can we, uh, announce her name into the mic or something?" yoongi asked the woman behind the customer service desk, watching and listening as she typed onto her laptop.

the woman looked up, then between yoongi and jimin, an eyebrow raised. "your child, i assume?"

"no!" jimin exclaimed immediately, both heads turning to him. he coughed, "i mean, um, no. my sister. she's my sister."

"i see," the woman said, still focusing on her laptop. "well, mic's over there. knock yourselves out. hope you find the little girl."

jimin and yoongi thanked her, rushing over to the mic. yoongi, tapping it experimentally, pressed the broadcast button as he spoke softly into the mic, "ah, yes, hello. yejin? yejin, if you're hearing this, it's your boyfriend." jimin cringed. "and i really miss you! if you see a huge sign that says 'customer service' go there, right away! jimin oppa and i are there, okay? we'll be waiting for you!" he spoke, before releasing the button and letting out a small sigh.

"hope that works." jimin said, still chewing on his bottom lip nervously.

"it will," yoongi told him, putting an arm around jimin's shoulder. "'i'm sure it will."

jimin only smiled.

and after only a small amount of minutes, they both started to hear crying nearby.

"yejin?!" jimin shouted, ignoring the questioning looks of the other customers nearby. "yejin, where are you?"

and out of one of the nearby aisles, came out the little girl, a stick of ice cream at one hand, tears coming out of her eyes, as well as snot out of her nose. she shrieks, seeing yoongi and jimin, before sprinting towards them. upon reaching them, she hugs yoongi's leg tightly, surprising yoongi a bit.

"yejin, baby," yoongi cooed, picking her up. she immediately hugged his neck, burying her face onto his shoulder, causing yoongi's shirt to get wet a bit-- but that didn't matter right now. "we're here. i'm here. don't cry."

jimin carefully took the ice cream out of yejin's hand, disposing the stick into a nearby trash can but keeping the wrapper in order to pay for it later. he gently combed yejin's hair with his fingers, earning her attention. she looked at him over yoongi's shoulder, tears still escaping her puffy eyes.

"yejin," jimin whispered, planting a small kiss onto yejin's forehead. "oppa's here. everything's okay. we'll go home, alright? but please, never get lost again."

yejin sniffed. "i'm sorry," she mumbled through her rough voice, probably due to crying. "i wanted ice cream..."

yoongi patted her back, still swinging side to side to comfort her. "we'll get you all the darn ice cream you want, baby."

"really?" yejin muttered.

"really." jimin grinned. "now, let's go. i'll pay for this so we can go home."

and just like that, everything was okay again.

— — —

"we're back!" jimin shouted from the front door, carrying yejin, who clung onto his back tightly and was now fast asleep, ever since the ride back home. yoongi followed behind him, carrying two bags filled with all kinds of ice cream.

footsteps were heard descending the stairs, bounding down hurriedly. there came down taehyung and jinyoung.

"hey, the tree arrived earlier, it looks great, we already placed the gifts under the tree, all that's left are the decorations and-- wait, what's all that?" jinyoung said, staring at the bags yoongi was holding.

taehyung skipped over to yoongi, looking inside the bags before letting out a small gasp, covering his mouth dramatically and looking at jinyoung. "ice cream! tons of them!" he then turned to yoongi, "but why?"

yoongi shrugged, glancing at jimin with a knowing smile.

"it's a long ass story."

— — —

[yoongs 🔥] lol maybe
he's just a friend

[yoongs 🔥] and ure just
overreacting, joon

[joons 🔞] no but like he
called him 'babe' twice

[yoongs 🔥] i call u babe

[joons 🔞] ya but you're
diffrent

[yoongs 🔥] ...

[joons 🔞] i'm gonna follow
them

[yoongs 🔥] joonie, don't...

[joons 🔞] i'm not gonna let
anyone steal my man
from me, you hear?

[yoongs 🔥] just dance
away ur problems pls

[joons 🔞] hoeseok aint here,
i'm staying in the dorms
w/ jin for christmas
@ our room, remember?

[joons 🔞] having jin as my
roommate isn't exactly
the best thing rn...

[joon 🔞] since he goin out w this
ken guy, i'm left alone
in our room all day 😑

[yoongs 🔥] so u decide to
tag along as the invisible
third wheel

[yoongs 🔥] u huge idiot u

[joon 🔞] ya but i'm
*your* huge idiot 😉

[joon 🔞] i'll go prepare
my disguist

[joon 🔞] disguise*

[joon 🔞] bye hyung, gl
with jiminie. love you.

[yoongs 🔥] ugh

[yoongs 🔥] love u too 😞

yoongi sighed as he watched jimin plop down next to him on the couch.

"something wrong?" jimin hummed, resting the side of his head on yoongi's shoulder and looking at the text messages displayed on yoongi's phone. after a few seconds of his eyes reading one text message after another, he sighed. "oh. well, i can't say i'm not jealous."

yoongi laughed. "don't be," he said, turning his head to kiss jimin on the temple. "you know i love you the most."

"yuck," a voice spoke, making yoongi and jimin look up, only to see taehyung with a dramatic gagging expression on his face. "y'all make me wanna puke."

"i know, right?" jinyoung remarked, flipping a page on his book. "i can practically feel the love over here."

yejin whined, piping in on the conversation, "jimin oppa, that's my boyfriend!"

jimin, as he laughed, placed an arm around yoongi's waist and stuck his tongue out at her, "get your own, yeye."

yejin just crossed her arms.

mr. park came out of the kitchen, yawning as he eyed the five. "aren't you guys going to sleep?"

"no way!" taehyung screamed, "it's christmas, in, like, three hours!"

"yeah, three hours," mr. park rolled his eyes, "you could just wake up later. you know, set an alarm. you kids are too enthusiastic about this." he laughed.

"i'm not sleeping!" yejin exclaimed, making it a clear point which mr. park sighed at.

jinyoung shrugged. "sleeping is quite boring..."

yoongi looked at him, a clearly offended (but jokingly) expression plastered on his face. "i am offfended!" he stood up, dragging jimin with him. "therefore, i will sleep. taehyung, wake me up in two hours." he said, starting to walk towards the stairs, with a protesting jimin still being dragged by the arm.

taehyung gave him a salute gesture, "yes can do!" he said and watched as yoongi successfully dragged jimin upstairs.

"anyway, if you kids really are staying up 'til midnight," mr. park sighed, "i guess i can't stop you. if you guys want hot chocolate, mom made some in the kitchen." he told them, sitting down on the couch before turning the tv on.

taehyung and yejin turned towards each other, a glint of excitement in their eyes. "hot chocolate!" they both screamed elatedly, racing each other into the kitchen.

jinyoung just sighed.

thirty minutes until christmas

yoongi rubbed his eyes sleepily, looking up at the figure hovering over him. orange hair. eyes shining with emotion. he took a wild guess,

"jimin?"

the figure giggled. yoongi's vision was no longer blurry at this point, as he blinked at the sight of... taehyung. "nope! jimin's downstairs! now, wake up, hyung." he said, shaking yoongi on the side.

"goddamn," yoongi mumbled, "i'm too sleepy for this. c'mon, carry me. piggyback ride, hoe."

taehyung just groaned.

— — —

after a few painful minutes of carrying yoongi down the stairs, taehyung released yoongi onto the couch, the latter's head ending up on jimin's lap. jimin blushed, looking at taehyung questioningly.

taehyung shrugged. "he wanted to be carried down." he explained briefly, sitting next to jinyoung, who was reading a book and yejin, who was using jinyoung's phone.

yoongi flinched at the light, wrapping his arms around jimin's waist and groaning.

jimin blushed. "y-yoongi--"

"oh," jinyoung piped in, "the lovesick couple is here." he said, still focusing on his book.

"o-oh, shut up," jimin frowned.

at that moment, mrs. park walked out of the kitchen, carrying a tray of warm and freshly baked cookies. behind her was mr. park who followed, a tray of seven cups of hot chocolate on the surface. yejin's eyes lit up at the sight, taehyung squealed and jimin made yoongi sit up, but let the latter rest his head on his shoulder.

"here are some cookies, guys." mrs. park said with a smile, setting the tray down on the table. taehyung and yejin immediately took some pieces, with jinyoung following them after setting his book down.

yoongi grabbed one, took a bite, before moving it to the front of jimin's lips, waiting for the latter to take a bite as well. blushing, jimin did shyly so, before looking over at the christmas tree in embarrassment. smirking, yoongi ate the rest of the cookie, before turning towards mrs. park.

"now, let's go open presents! there's only a few more minutes until christmas!"

"presents! presents!" yejin jumped excitedly.

"heck yeah!" taehyung said, carrying the little girl and running over to the christmas tree.

taehyung handed gifts to jinyoung, jimin, his parents, and as well as yoongi.

yejin squealed. "pony!" she shouted, hugging the huge pony stuffed toy.

"wow," jinyoung breathed, unwrapping his present and staring at the book-- perks of being a wallflower. he looked towards mr. and mrs. park, "thank you, mom and dad."

mrs. park smiled, unwrapping her present and nearly shrieking as she held up the big bang shirt. she looked at taehyung with a knowing look, "thank you, son."

taehyung gave her a thumbs up, before unwrapping his own gift and screaming, hugging it to his chest. it was another astronomy book for his collection, as well as three packets filled with glow in the dark stars of various sizes, not to mention the planets, too. "thank you!" he screamed towards no one in particular.

mr. park chuckled at the sight, unwrapping his present. it was a small box. upon lifting the lid, he smiled and let out a chuckle, grasping a shiny and expensive looking wristwatch. he averted his gaze towards jinyoung, smile still intact, "thank you."

jinyoung smiled back.

jimin watched as the rest of his family continued to open the rest of the gifts they've each received, before looking down at his first one and unwrapping it carefully. he felt yoongi rest his head on his shoulder, his eyes watching as jimin was met with a box. opening it, he felt his face heat up at the sight.

"what the f-- what the hell?" jimin shrieked, quickly closing it and turning towards yoongi, whose face was now covered with a shade of light pink from embarrassment. "okay," jimin announced, raising the box up, "whose idea was to give me condoms for christmas?"

mr. park burst out laughing, receiving a hint on the shoulder from mrs. park. jinyoung raised his eyebrow.

"weird," jinyoung remarked, "that usually only happens in the books."

jimin frowned at his dad. "dad! did you give me these?!" he said, setting the box of condoms on the table, slightly cringing.

"me?" mr. park laughed once more, "no way."

"i did!" taehyung exclaimed, focused on wrapping another one of his gifts. jimin scowled at him and yoongi frowned. "what? i mean, hey, you'll need protection at some point."

"protection?" yejin stared at the eldest, looking for answers. "why would jiminie need protection?"

"protection from the monsters, yejin." jinyoung told her, before grabbing the gift that taehyung handed him earlier, holding it out towards yoongi. "merry christmas, yoongi."

yoongi stared, but nonetheless, took the gift, examining it with his curious and questioning eyes. "that's hyung to you," he glanced at jinyoung. "you guys didn't have to get me anything, really..."

jimin nudged him on the shoulder. "you're family," he told yoongi, before turning to his mom, "right, mom?"

mrs. park clapped her hands together. "of course. yoongi, you're family. plus, it wasn't much of a problem, so don't worry, dear. jimin told us you very much love music." she grinned.

yoongi's eyes lit up, looking down at his gift and quickly unwrapping it. his breath hitched at the sight of new headphones. they looked expensive but simple, and it even made his heart beat faster at the thought of someone actually buying him a gift. well, yeah, they were just headphones and it was just a gift. but whenever his parents came to visit, they'd often not bring him a gift. whenever they did, it'd be the same thing each year-- a shirt from their recent business trips, things like that. so to say he was thankful was an understatement. although he didn't forget how jimin and he were only pretending to be in a relationship, he still felt fully apart of this family.

he felt the tears well up in his eyes, but quickly blinked them away.

"i... thank you." yoongi said, lowly.

everyone just smiled.

jimin coughed, grabbing yoongi by the arm and turning towards mrs. park, "we'll just be going upstairs for a moment, mom."

"oh?" mrs. park looked at her son, eyebrow raised. "how about the presents--"

"i'll open mine later!" jimin exclaimed, starting to drag yoongi. the latter carefully left his new headphones on the couch, before letting jimin drag him upstairs.

"you forgot the condoms!" jinyoung shouted jokingly.

"make good choices!" mr. park yelled, making everyone laugh besides mrs. park and yejin, the latter staring towards taehyung.

"what're condoms?" yejin asked, head tilted to the side in curiosity.

taehyung's eyes widened. "uh."

mrs. park groaned.

— — —

"jimin, seriously, what are you--"

"relax."

yoongi groaned.

"oh my god, sorry, are you--"

"i'm fine," yoongi grumbled, balancing himself on the roof, holding on tight to the small ladder to prevent himself from inevitably falling over. "was this always here?"

"yeah," jimin answered, climbing over the window and crouching next to yoongi. "it's so i can get to the highest point. trust me, it's worth it. the stars are still out, right?"

yoongi looked towards the dark sky, and indeed, there were still some stars shining brightly across the atmosphere. "yeah." he mumbled, climbing up the small ladder and sitting comfortably on the roof's highest point, eyes never leaving the sight of the night sky.

(this is so weird to describe but like yeah you guys get it right lol)

jimin followed, sitting next to yoongi and sighing contentedly, eyes glued to the twinkling beauties as well. "i go here whenever i just need to... think."

"is that why you were missing the other day when i woke up?" yoongi asked curiously.

jimin laughed sheepishly. "yeah."

in a comfortable silence, they sat, jimin resting his head on yoongi's shoulder, the latter securely wrapping his arm around jimin's waist to keep him safe.

and for a moment, just for a moment, it felt like everything was real.

LMAO DID Y'ALL FEEL AS IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY DATING

i won't say anything about the unplanned kisses between these two bECAUSE Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS STORY IS GETTING MORE CLICHE AS TIME GOES BY