“2:45 AM.” J-Hope mumbled as he checked his phone. He wondered why he was suddenly wide awake at times like this when they weren’t even practicing as usual. He got up from his bed and took a quick glance at Jimin, his new partner for the week but in an instance, he frowned. The kid was nowhere to be seen.

“Where did he go at this hour?” J-Hope took a hold of his iPhone in an instance and he immediately sent a text message to V, asking if Jimin was at his room since V is the only one he could think of at that time.

From: V

Wait he wasn’t at his room?

“Wait what? He wasn’t with V... Then where could he possibly be?” J-Hope bites his own lips as he was in thoughts for a while. He went out of the room in a dash as he gets anxious, leaving his phone on the night stand and V’s messages unanswered.

From: V

Hyung whatever you do, just don’t go near the TV room.

From: V

Don’t tell me you left your phone on the bed and went to check on him hyung.

From: V

You should just change your stage name to J-Hopeless.

V messed up his own hair as he stared at his phone, waiting for an answer from J-Hope but really, he figured out his hyung must have left his phone somewhere in his room and rushed to check on Jimin.

“Darn it he woke me up just to make me jealous huh? I warned you hyung you just won’t listen—that’s right, go after that Jiminnie of yours and see if I care pft.”

***

“Jimin ah... where are you?” J-Hope called out as he entered the kitchen, his frown went deeper the moment he realized that the kitchen was pitched black. He pursed his lips in a thin line as he walked out; thinking where would Jimin possibly go.

“I checked the pool, the living room, the kitchen, the toilet; where else to check—wait he didn’t go outside didn’t he? Alone?” J-Hope mumbled as he walked around aimlessly, finally finding himself standing in front of the TV room, the place where they used to watch midnight movies ever since they started the show.

“Right he must been in here—“ J-Hope’s sentence stopped mid air as he went frozen right in front of the door, his jaw dropped slightly as his ears caught the conversation between two people in the room.

“Ah hyuuung that tickles!”

“I thought your neck is your sensitive spot?”

“It is that’s why I say it tickles you’re blowing your breath on it!”

“You mean I’m bruising it?”

“Did you? Oh my—didn’t I say don’t do that? We have a mission tomorrow how would I cover that up?”

“Relax Jiminnie it’s a light purple mark okay I’m being very considerate towards you.”

“Hah Min Yoongi being considerate? Is it the end of the world?”

Jiminnie? Min Yoongi? Purple mark? It’s not what I’m thinking isn’t it—

Just as J-Hope tried to digest what he just listened to, he felt both his ears being covered by someone’s hands from the back. He turned around and blinked a few times, looking at the owner of the warm palms pressed against his ears.

“V ah...”

“Stupid! Clueless! Didn’t I text you not to come here?”

“I left my—“

“You left your phone in the room huh?” V suddenly cut in J-Hope’s line impatiently, leaving the older suddenly speechless.

“Am I being scolded right now?” J-Hope quirked an eyebrow and V’s serious expression suddenly turned into a dumbfounded one.

“Huh? I—I just—I mean uh—it’s late you know and—yeah we had a mission tomorrow—“

Just as V was about to finish his own sentence, the two in the TV room came out. Four pairs of eyes met and Jimin who was being carried bridal style by Suga jumped off in an instance.

“H-Hopie hyung... V... what are you guys doing here?” J-Hope caught Jimin’s shaky voice and his panicked expression in a glimpse but Suga just yawned casually as he pushed Jimin to J-Hope.

“Bring him upstairs Hopie he said he couldn’t sleep and asked me to watch a movie with him. How about you rap him to sleep? Sounds good huh?”

“Rap him to sleep—what?” J-Hope blinked a few times as Suga patted his shoulders before he went past the three of them coolly and went upstairs, mumbling that he was sleepy.

J-Hope, V and Jimin went to silent mode as soon as Suga was gone from their line of view. That was until Jimin suddenly jumped on J-Hope’s back, his hands wrapped around J-Hope’s neck that shocked the other two.

“Hyung let’s sleep eung? I’m already sleepy—“ Jimin faked a yawn before he finished his own sentence and J-Hope chuckled as he hold on to the younger’s thighs.

“Yeah sure let’s sleep. V ah, you should sleep too. Good night.” that’s all he said before he brought Jimin upstairs and V was left alone there, staring with his hawk-like eyes when he saw Jimin ruffling the elder’s hair affectionately and the elder’s smile was just—ugh so frustrating.

“That’s it? ‘You should sleep too, good night’? Did you even understand the situation—gosh am I a sinner in my past life to fall in love with someone as dumb as this?” V grumbled as he head to the kitchen, suddenly feeling his own throat burning for water.

He opened the fridge and then he suddenly froze in front of it. The look in J-Hope’s eyes as he saw Jimin and Suga coming out of the TV room earlier was truthfully untranslatable. He looked hurt but at the same time relieved that he found the younger?

V slammed the fridge’s door close and blew on his bangs in annoyance. Just the thoughts that the two are a partner for this week already made his blood boiled with rage and jealousy. Even earlier J-Hope still looked happy when Jimin jumped on his back, totally ignoring the fact that he just came out of the TV room with Suga carrying him in his arms. What is he, seriously. Isn’t he hurt?

“Why would I care about him getting hurt when he didn’t even care about himself? He can cry alone because of Jimin and I would just laugh at his misery. Heck I’d probably end up saying stuffs like ‘told ya hyung’ pft.”

***

5 minutes ago, right after all three couples were handcuffed and given their mission cards…

“Tell me I didn’t just saw roller coaster in our mission card—“

“It says here ‘your handcuff’s key is at the roller coaster checkpoint’ though. It’s okay Jiminnie we don’t have to take a roller coaster.”

J-Hope and Jimin couple, now on the roller coaster…

“LET ME GET OFF THIS THING I CAN’T—ARGH WE’RE GOING UP WE’RE GOING UP SJGSJHDKAJDAHHDK!”

“Calm down Jiminnie it’ll be okay just close your eyes and hold on to my hands—“

“THE HELL NOW WE’RE GOING DOWN—ASDHSJHFKJLKJL MY SOUL IS LEAVING MY BODY—PUT ME DOWN!!”

After they got down from the roller coaster, J-Hope made a mental note to himself. Don’t ever let Jimin hold onto his hands on the roller coaster. Just don’t.

“What the heck Jimin where did all that strength come from? My hand hurts!” J-Hope grumbled as he kept on walking aimlessly but Jimin by his side was already staring off a distance blankly. He stopped suddenly as he felt a hand pulling on the hem of his shirt, making him look back on the now looking pale Jimin.

“Jiminnie—are you okay?” J-Hope frowned as he rushed to help Jimin to sit on the nearest bench. Jimin didn’t say a word as he sat and covered his face with his free hand. J-Hope quickly sat next to him and patted the younger’s back gently, using his handcuffed hand to hold tight Jimin’s handcuffed one.

“Are you okay? Do you want to go home?”

Jimin shook his head at J-Hope’s question and the older nodded once. He took that as ‘I’m okay’ from the younger and just silently continued patting his back to comfort him, sometimes massaging his nape to ease him slightly and hoping it would help.

However, J-Hope’s hand froze mid-air as soon as he realized the slight purple mark at the side of Jimin’s neck. He gulped visibly and at the same time, his mind started replaying what he heard outside the TV room last night. No doubt, it was Suga’s marks tainting his neck there.

Jimin blinked a few times as he felt slightly ticklish from J-Hope caressing his neck ever so gently, the exact same place where Suga left his marks last night, his sensitive spot. He suddenly sat straight and unconsciously swatted J-Hope’s hand from his neck.

“Ji-Jiminie?” J-Hope’s face looked purely shocked at he stared at the younger. Jimin started stuttering as he tried to give excuses for his hyung not to smudge the thick BB cream he applied there to cover the so-called love bite, not realizing how his own sweat got the BB cream all over his neck already.

“I—uhh hyung can you massage my head I think uhh—I got slight headaches.”

J-Hope noticed immediately how the latter was stuttering. He knew Jimin that well until he knew when he lied or when he talked the truth. Jimin isn’t a professional liar and J-Hope knew perfectly about how he wanted to cover the mark from being discovered by the camera.

“Come closer.” The elder said calmly as he pulled Jimin by the waist. Jimin silently obeyed and when they were stuck really close together, J-Hope guided the younger’s head to rest against his shoulders comfortably.

“If you want to hide it that much, then this hyung will help you hmm. Just relax and calm yourself.”

J-Hope’s light whisper in Jimin’s ears was so electrifying and the younger felt his own eyes tearing slightly, feeling so touched that he got such a good hyung like Jung Hoseok.

“Thank you hyung. Thank you so much.” Jimin whispered back and J-Hope felt the younger’s hold on his handcuffed hand getting tighter. He forced a smile on his face and ruffled the younger’s hair.

“I had always been here for you Jimin. Anytime you need me.”