Author's pov:

The sweet chocolaty aroma of the hot coffee filled Taehyung's room as he bought two cups in a tray, one for him and the other for his friend, Carol. It was the weekend and the two friends had decided to meet up at his place to study for their upcoming exams.

"Thank you." Carol muttered with a smile as she took the cup from him and placed it down on the bedside table. Taehyung reciprocated the smile and sat opposite of her on the bed and kept the tray beside them.

"Mom is making some cookies for us!" He chirped and opened his English book.

A wide smile appeared on Carol's face as she clapped happily, "I love your mom! She makes the best cookies."

Taehyung chuckled, "I know right. Now let's get back to studying." He said, pointing at her book.

She nodded, "William Shakespeare again?" She asked to see him reading one of the poet's works.

"You know how much I adore him. Can't get enough of his works." He pouted not taking his eyes off of his book.

Carol laughed while shaking her head, "Alright, alright. Can you give me your notes? I have to answer some questions."

He nodded and handed her his long note book, as she was about to grab it, a Polaroid fell on the bed from within the book. Carol being the curious cat, took the Polaroid and turned it in her hands only to see Taehyung and Jimin in it. The older one's hand on Taehyung's waist while the other one showing a Shaka sign, Taehyung had a cute shocking expression and frosting on his red hair.

"Aww, so cute." She squealed as she held it close to her eyes as if wanting to imprint it in her mind forever.

Taehyung looked up at her with a frown as he wondered about why the pretty lady in front of him was acting weird, but the moment he saw her holding a Polaroid which had '1/9/21' scribbled on the back side, his eyes dilated and he quickly snatched it away from his best friend.

"Don't look at that!" He half shouted at her making her confused, the picture was embarrassing yet was a lovely moment for him that he didn't want anyone to notice. He wanted that moment for himself.

"Why? You guys look so cute together!" Carol whined, trying to get back the Polaroid so that she can awe at them again.

But Taehyung hid it behind him and shook his head, "Shut up. It's nothing cute." He scowled.

She rolled her eyes, "Okay. But let me see it once." Her plea fell on deaf ears as he stood up from the bed and walked towards his wardrobe, opening it he placed the Polaroid in between his clothes and closed it.

"You are sus, Kim Taehyung. What's going on between you two?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest as she bore holes on his back.

He sighed and turned around to meet her brown eyes, "It's nothing." He continued, "I will get the cookies for us." He tried to divert the topic but it was of no use as Carol ran towards him and blocked his way.

"Am I not your best friend, Taetae?" She questioned in a baby voice, "hmm?" Her puppy doe eyes melted him like butter as he gave in and rolled his eyes.

"Fine. Let's sit." He said and dragged her back to the bed, and got seated opposite each other.

Taehyung sipped his coffee and asked, "What do you want to know?"

"How did you guys get so close?" She asked, curiosity was evident in her excited tone.

Taehyung hummed and thought about him and Jimin, for the past few weeks they had been hanging out so much, be it at the old places which their parents used to take them before or the new ones Jimin took him to, they never failed to enjoy their day to the fullest. Apart from enjoying it, they would often open up to each other about certain topics, sharing their opinions on it.

With Jimin he always felt complete, all his sorrows would vanish away into thin air whenever he was with the older. He smiled absently as a picture of Jimin smiling at him formed in his mind.

Carol snapped her fingers near his face bringing him back into the reality, "Sir, don't get lost and answer me. I can't wait to hear from you." She whined, making him chuckle.

"Alright, Alright. I don't know how we got so close. I mean, maybe it's the time we spent together?" Taehyung trailed off and then continued, “The memories we made, the stories and smiles we shared or maybe it's when we filled each other with so much happiness that we forgot why we were even sad." He smiled looking into a distance, reminiscing about the nights where they both pulled one another out of sorrows.

"Hmm..how do you feel when with him?" She asked him, grabbing her cup of coffee.

"Happy, loved and cared." He instantly replied, he didn't even have to think about it. As if it was the answer to a question he had been learning.

Carol smiled at him, "Aww."

"Any more questions, your honor?" Taehyung asked, with a glint of mischievousness in his tone.

She laughed and said, "No, but I would like to hear some of your best memories with him."

Taehyung raised his eyebrows at her, "Like?"

"Like, this Polaroid? What's the story behind this?" She inquired, giggling.

Taehyung rolled his eyes, he didn't want to tell her the story at all. But he knew the girl very well, she wasn't the type to sit quiet. She would bother you until you tell her everything, it doesn't matter even if she is tired.

He sighed, "It was on Jungkook's birthday, me and Jimin hyung were in charge of making cupcakes and macaroons. Hyung accidentally squeezed out the icing on my hair." His face grew red as he recalled that embarrassing yet disgusting memory. His beautiful smooth hair was ruined all thanks to Park Jimin, he felt so irked that he ended up washing his hair thrice before the birthday celebration.

Carol laughed covering her mouth which reminded him of his Jimin hyung, the older would do the same thing. She asked, "But how did it end up on your hair? I'm confused."

Taahyung gave her a tight smile as he answered, "I knelt down to pick up a piping nozzle.."

She bursted out laughing more, this time holding her stomach as she imagined Taehyung's reaction during that time and the outcome of Jimin's action. Taehyung just stared at her nonchalantly, it wasn't funny at all for him but he let her laugh at him.

"You done?" He asked blankly, she looked at him and started laughing again, getting on his nerves. But Taehyung controlled himself as he grabbed his cup and took a sip of his now cold coffee.

Carol eventually calmed down and wiped away her tears, "Wow, I just imagined everything and it was hilarious. What happened to Jimin then?"

"Nothing." He shrugged, "He just apologized to me and I couldn't do anything as he just..nothing, nevermind." He looked so beautiful when he laughed his heart out, he wanted to say.

"Anything else you wanna know?" Taehyung questioned and earned a quick nod from her, "Okay, but before that let me grab some cookies for us." He said climbing off of the bed and leaving the room.

Just a minute later, he came back with a plate full of hot fresh cookies. The delicious smell brought a huge smile on Carol's lips as she excitedly clasped her hands together ready to eat them. Taehyung placed the plate in front of them, after he kept the cups aside. Carol quickly grabbed a cookie and took a big bite making him laugh at her cuteness.

"Gosh, I wanna pinch your cheeks." He said and received a glare, "yeah yeah, but I'm controlling myself. I remember that you hate it." He waved his hands at her chuckling.

She hummed, "Now tell me some other stories na, please." She requested, chewing her cookies.

Taehyung nodded and went towards his wardrobe and opened it, he pulled out an album that had so many of his Polaroids. He came back to his bed and put it down infront of his best friend, "I will show you some of the best memories I made with him."

He opened the album and flipped through the pages, finding his favorite memories that he wanted to share with her. His fingers halted on a page which had a polaroid stuck on each page, a smile made its way to his pink lips as he caressed them.

A smile decorated her lips as she saw his soft expression as he got lost in his memories, she didn't want to interrupt him but she didn't even want to sit there being restless. Carol shook his arms pulling him out of his sweet times.

"I'm sorry." He giggled seeing her pout, he pointed at the first Polaroid that was on the right page.

Carol followed his finger and saw both of them, in the first one Taehyung was tangled up in sheets, his mouth half open and his head resting on Jimin's chest while the latter clicks a picture with his face only half visible as if wanting to only focus on Taehyung sleeping cutely. The background was dark, she couldn't make out where it was.

The other one had just Jimin sleeping on his folded arms on the table, and Taehyung's fingers threaded in the older's soft black hair. She could see the bookshelves behind him and guessed that it must have been in the library.

Carol chuckled, "You both look cute sleeping." He smiled and nodded at her.

"The second Polaroid you see was taken by me, we were in the library that night.." He saw her humming as she took another cookie, "It was during our first exams, I went there to study after my dinner. Jimin looked very exhausted, but he insisted that he will give me company while I study.

“And a few minutes later, I saw him sleeping beside me. I still wonder how one can look so beautiful when they are tired as fuck and are sleeping soundly. Like damn! I look ugly." He grimaced, making her burst out laughing. He joined her and grabbed his cookie.

"Oh come on! I look uglier than you." She laughed, and he agreed with her as he pointed at her face.

"What?" She asked, bewildered.

He laughed, "Of course you would look uglier without your makeup on." He joked, making her glare at him and punch his arm. He pretended to be hurt as he winced but winked at her.

"Continue, dickhead." She said, rolling her eyes, "what happened next? You left him there?"

Taehyung shook his head chuckling, "Of course not. I let him sleep while I studied for a while and once I was done, I woke him up and we went back home." He half lied, as soon as he was done, he crossed his arms on the table and placed his head on it as he stared at Jimin, taking in all his features as if he was going to paint him tomorrow.

Carol rolled her eyes again, "You are so boring. You woke him up and then you guys went home? You guys didn't even talk for a while?" She questioned to which she received a No from him.

But they talked, when Jimin woke up he apologized for not sticking to his words and then they went to the rooftop of the library which looked as dry as Thar desert. Taehyung immediately imagined some pillows, blankets, foods and drinks, and some decorations on the place to make it beautiful.

They spent some time there, with Jimin laying his head on the younger's lap and letting him play with his hair as they talked about each other's day and much more.

"Fine, what about the other Polaroid?" She asked him.

Taehyung sighed, his cheeks burned red as he said, "What about it? I'm just sleeping in that."

Carol looked so done with his answer, "Dumbass, whose bed were you on?" She asked, her tone wasn't serious but was rather teasing.

He gulped as he looked everywhere but her, "M-My bed. We were having a sleepover and I fell asleep while playing games. That's it." He cleared his throat and took the last cookie and munched on it in a hurry.

"Oh really?" She made a Lenny face while raising her brows twice, he blinked profusely and nodded at her.

"Yeah, I'm not lying. Huh." He tried his best to not blush as he looked down at the empty plate, Carol didn't buy it she knew he was hiding something from her. And she chose not to bug him about it now, oh she will get her answers soon.

Jimin actually didn't let him play games, because he was bored. On the other hand, Taehyung wanted to keep playing so that he wouldn't fall asleep very soon. But when the older implored on talking, he gave in.

In the middle of their conversation, Taehyung couldn't control himself. His eyes were begging him to let itself close, but he was rather concerned about Jimin. What will the older think if he falls asleep? He would definitely think that he was being boring. And Taehyung didn't want that.

But Jimin noticed it, he smiled as he pushed the red strands of hair behind his ears making Taehyung feel hot and get red.

"Are you sleepy, Tae?" Jimin had asked, with his soft gentle tone. Taehyung shook his head as no but his eyes didn't support his answer.

Jimin chuckled and pulled the younger one closer towards him, placing Taehyung's head on his chest, he hugged him carefully.

"Now sleep." He said, and Taehyung didn't even hesitate to close his eyes and go into a deep slumber.

Taehyung shut the book close, if he blushed more Carol will doubt him he thought. Carol wanted to laugh at his cuteness but she kept quiet, as she saw him moving off of the bed and to the wardrobe to put the album back on its respective place.

He turned around and said, "Let's get back to studying." With the most straight face he has ever had. Carol giggled and nodded at him.

Taehyung and Jimin called themselves friends, but somewhere they were much more than that. The album showed just the beginning, there were more to come to their life which would turn their whole world upside down.

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Been two months since I last updated?
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I just want anyone of you to remind that I have this baby book, which I must raise. 😭

Any one of you.

Thank you in advance. ❤️

And sorry too.