Twenty one
Jimin practiced like crazy after lectures. He was hoping Taehyung would call him but there was no call from him nor even a text message which was odd because they always notified each other about their day. He even called and texted him but there was no reply. They where cool now right? then why was he avoiding him? Jimin shook the troubling thoughts aside thinking Taehyung was busy with the fundraiser. When he was done, he took a shower and headed to the fundraiser at the orphanage. When he approached the building, he could see how busy everywhere was. The others where there already busy setting up the event. Jungkook was even cleaning up much to Jimin's surprise. Taemin was helping occasionally so was Min ho but Jimin noticed something really weird. Jungkook's eyes was fixed somewhere. Somewhere really interesting. He was looking at something or was it someone and that person wasn't him. It was....
His attention got caught off by Hoseok suddenly jumping in front of his face.
"What are you doing?" Hoseok said dragging his hand and pulling him.
"You have to help out. The fundraiser will soon start and we need as many hands as possible"
Jimin nodded. "Where's Taehyung?"
"He's fixing the musical instruments with Nayeon"
Hoseok paused when he noticed how Jimin's expression suddenly changed. He smirked.
"Yah Jimin you've been acting strange lately. Are you jealous right now?"
Jimin recomposed himself and started to fake laughter. "Me? Jealous?"
Hoseok didn't buy his fake laughter "It may just be in my head but I think you're falling for him"
Hoseok went straight to the point and Jimin was silent unable to say a word because it might be true. He might be falling for Taehyung. There was no other explanation as to why he was feeling this way or why he was so insecure upon the mention of Nayeon's name. She was pretty and it's not like Taehyung was totally gay. He could fall for her too. Hoseok placed a hand on Jimin's shoulder.
"It's obvious that you are but i will be truly honest with you. You have to act fast. Taehyung is a good catch. You might not know but several college students both male and female signed up because of him including Nayeon"
"And you!" Jimin added and Hoseok couldn't deny it as his blush gave him away but he continued.
"I think it's because you always hang out all the time. That's the reason why you don't even know that your best friend is one of the hottest guys in school. People are after him not only Nayeon"
Jimin gulped. He didn't want to take what Hoseok said seriously but now that he thought about it, he had definitely overlooked a lot of things. Taehyung used to be chased by half the girls when they where in high school. Sometimes when they passed the school grounds in college with their hands interlocked, he would noticed how girls frowned at him. They had deadly looks in their eyes but he had overlooked it all because it was just Taehyung and now he was coming to a startling realization.
"Taehyung is a human being and he will turn to the very person who is willing to give him the love and attention he wants which means he can replace you with someone else"
"No, he can't do that" Jimin blurted out squeezing his fists tightly.
Hoseok grinned. "So are you just going to let Nayeon win because she's definitely ahead of you right now"
Jimin didn't stay. He walked away from Hoseok, his eyes frantically searching for Taehyung till he finally found him with Nayeon of course. He was sitting on a stool behind a set of drums while Nayeon was handing something to him. They seemed to be immersed in whatever they where saying and Jimin particularly looked at Taehyung's blooming smile. It had been a long time since he had seen him smile like that. He was literally shining and Nayeon was gazing at his face seemingly lost.
Jimin wanted to move but he couldn't. It was like he was frozen on the spot.
Taehyung is a human being and he will turn to the very person who is willing to give him the love and attention he wants which means he can replace you with someone else
He didn't know what to do or say. He was jealous. Seeing them together cut like a knife. Maybe what pained him was the fact that Taehyung didn't even bother to call him the entire day and he was here having an obviously good time with Nayeon. It was like they where moving further and further away from each other. He was horrified when he felt tears roll down his eyes.
Wait! What the fuck! Tears? Because of Taehyung? Has it gotten to the extent that he would cry because of his friend?
No, Taehyung couldn't see him like this so he turned around when he felt a tiny tug on his pants. He looked down and saw Jung min looking at him with worried eyes. Jimin sniffed as he knelt down to the boy and ruffled his hair.
"Hey you!" he whispered sadly and the boy made grabby hands at him. Jimin understood and carried him in his arms as the boy played with his hair. Jimin balanced him on his hips because he was heavy. Jung min made a hand sign which Jimin didn't understand.
"What?" He said raising his eye brow in confusion.
"He asked why you where crying" A voice said behind him. He turned and saw Taehyung smiling at him. He was so close that Jimin had to hold his breath.
"I wasn't crying" Jimin managed to whisper. He paused as Taehyung lifted his hands and wiped a tear away from his cheek.
"What does this look like?" He said showing the tear on his finger.
Jimin hid a blush and looked behind him to see if Nayeon was at his heels again but thankfully she wasn't.
"So tell me, why where you crying?"
Jimin shook his head. "It's nothing. Something just went into my eyes and it hurt"
Taehyung peered closer to his face. "Are you okay now?"
Jimin nodded. He was trying to hold himself back but he couldn't. He just had to ask him.
"Didn't you see any of my calls?"
Taehyung's eyes widened. He looked totally clueless.
"You called?" he said and brought out his phone. He looked into the screen and gasped.
"I'm so sorry Jimin. I was busy"
Jimin rolled his eyes.
Yeah right. Busy with Nayeon
He just bit his lips as Taehyung looked at him curiously noticing he was still frowning.
"I said I'm sorry" he added.
"You didn't even call once. You used to always call me all the time. Is it that hard to pick up the phone?" He yelled so loud that half of the students turned to their direction but Jimin didn't care. Taehyung did because he was looking down right embarassed.
"calm down Jimin. It's not a big deal. There are several times you haven't picked up the phone when i called you"
Jimin heaved heavily. "So what you are saying is you're taking it out on me. Is this your way of having revenge?"
"What?" Taehyung seemed angry now as he placed both hands on his waist staring deeply at Jimin.
Jimin knew he was being ridiculous but he couldn't get the image of Nayeon and Taehyung smiling and laughing together out of his mind.
"I have been helping out here. Multi tasking and doing the best that i can. I didn't get your calls because i was busy"
Jimin scoffed. "Yeah, busy with Nayeon!"
Taehyung stared at him as he went on
"I saw you two. You where laughing and smiling at each other. What was so funny? What was making you two laugh like that? You ignored my calls because you were enjoying your time with her"
Taehyung scoffed running his hands over his hair.
"Seriously? You're angry because I'm spending more time with Nayeon than with you?"
He heaved. "She's been a good friend. She's been there for me lately helping out with the kids and the fundraiser. When you kept asking about our relationship yesterday i knew it was going to cause some kind of problem later. Are you that jealous?"
"Why would i be jealous? You two can hang out as much as you like. I don't care!" Jimin yelled.
It was a lie. He did care but he didn't know how to say it. He was just so jealous right now, he wasn't thinking straight.
"Really? You don't care?" Taehyung whispered under his breath. They where staring eye ball to eye ball breathing heavily. It was the cry of Jung min that brought them back to reality. They tore their eyes away from each other only to see that everyone was staring at them weirdly
"I'm sorry. I have to be alone" Jimin muttered handing the crying Jung min over to Taehyung who kept staring at him.
He was over reacting. He knew that but he couldn't help himself. From the corner of his eyes, he watched Nayeon walk over to Taehyung and stroke his shoulder. Seeing that pissed him off to no end. He wanted to talk things out with Taehyung but he felt like he was only making things worse. He was creating a rift in their friendship simply because he had discovered he was falling in love with Taehyung.
"I see you and your boyfriend are not on good terms" He heard Jungkook's voice. He stood beside him wearing that smirk on his lips.
"You seem to be in a bad mood. I could make you feel better you know"
He started caressing his hand softly while leaning closer but Jimin withdrew his hand and cocked his head to Taemin's side.
"Instead of trying to flirt with me, shouldn't you be bothered by your boyfriend and that boy?"
Jungkook looked to the side and Jimin saw him squeeze his hand tightly. Jimin scoffed.
"So you haven't noticed that Taemin and Minho have been flirting since today?"
He laughed as Jungkook stormed towards the two who were sitting having a conversation. He grabbed Taemin's arm pulling him away from Min ho. They where both shouting at the top of their lungs before Taemin walked off in a foul mood and Jungkook went after him. Minho looked upset.
Jimin ignored everyone else pretending that he wasn't bothered by anything, pretending that he didn't just cause Taemin and Jungkook to fight. He simply focused on putting up the chairs and tables.
People started to arrive filling up the seats. Art pieces where displayed for sale. Beautiful potteries and drawings. Amongst them was Taehyung's. He showcased three beautiful art pieces. Jimin watched secretly as his art works where auctioned off. It reminded him of the future when he had attended his art exhibition. He remembered the picture Taehyung had taken of him in the beach. He had even bought the painting that day. It was odd that none of what was happening ten years ago was happening at that moment. It was like he was living a totally different life.
Taehyung raised $1000 that day for the orphanage and Jimin was proud of him. He wanted to congratulate him but Nayeon was already doing that smiling at him and hugging him so Jimin restricted himself to the background meeting Taehyung's eyes once in a while.
Nayeon herself later went on stage to dance and perform. She was really eccentric. Everyone loved her performance and she generated quite a lot of money. Jimin watched as everyone was hyping her especially Taehyung. He seemed to be in a good mood despite the fact that they just had an argument.
Jungkook and Taemin seemed to have reconciled because they where seen holding hands and swaying to Nayeon's music. Jimin wished there was alcohol at that moment but there was none so he just wanted to have time for himself so he left the event which was still on going with activities and went outside. He stood in front of the building looking up at the moon. It was shining really brightly that day. Normally, watching the moon seemed to help him but not today. It made him sadder because it reminded him of someone.
"Hey!"
Speaking of the devil. He appeared beside him. Jimin looked at him for a while before looking away.
"Hey!" he muttered.
He felt Taehyung's hand on his shoulder turning him around to face him.
"Jimin, we need to talk"
Jimin nodded as Taehyung dropped his hands from his shoulder. He squeezed them tightly together before he started to speak.
"We used to hardly quarrel. We never kept grudges with each other but now we are arguing at every little thing. This isn't us. We need to clear the air right now"
Jimin chewed his lower lip.
"You are important to me Jimin. More important than just a friend. You are my world Jimin. I like you a lot...a real lot
Jimin wasn't prepared to hear this confession from him now but it felt good.
He took a deep breath before continuing "What I said to you when i was drunk. I meant every word but I don't want you to feel guilty because you don't feel the same way. I understand. I can live with that but what i can't live with is when we fight like this"
He took his hand squeezing it softly.
"I can't stand it when we fight much less because of something stupid. Nayeon is a friend. Sure, she might like me but I don't like her and i never will. No one can take your place in my life Jimin. You always will be my best friend"
Jimin's heart was beating faster. Now was the time to tell him that he has feelings for him too. But that wasn't all he had to tell him. He had to also tell him he was from the past.
"Tae, I have to tell you something..."
The moment was cut short by the appearance of a woman. She was short and had a dirty black hoodie over her face. Jimin thought she looked painfully familiar to the woman who gave him the card in the future.
"Sorry to interrupt but can i interest you with a palm reading?" she said.
Taehyung looked fascinated.
"Wanna try?" he urged.
Jimin shrugged.
"That will be one thousand won" the woman said.
Taehyung smiled and offered up his palm. The woman held his hand and began to trace the lines of his palm with her fingers.
"You will be successful. Very successful but...."
"I see a lot of pain and longing. Your love life is unsure because you're waiting....waiting for someone special"
Taehyung withdrew his hand from the woman looking embrassed. The woman just smiled and took Jimin's palm. She stared at it for a while before she completely froze and looked at him.
"This is strange. It's like you have lived more than you have. You look young but i see someone older"
She looked at him wearing a disturbed look on her face.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? This isn't your time. It's not your time!" she almost yelled.
Goose bumps spread all over Jimin's body as he snatched his hands away from the woman and hugged his body tight shivering.
"Are you okay?" Taehyung asked but Jimin shook his head.
"I'm sorry Tae, I have to go!"
He started walking away and Taehyung held his arm stopping him.
"What's going on"
Jimin shoved his hand away from him, shaking his head as he resumed his walk.
"Don't follow me Tae. Please" he whispered and left aware of the woman's eyes lingering on him.
Hope you enjoyed! Jimin is in a total mess right now. Hope he can overcome it. Till next time. Love you all
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