5. Hold me tight before I kiss you

          The day before we had to leave was also the one we chose to meet for our date. Not like we had many options to be picky anyway. He came to our rented house in the morning, Wheein happily opening the door to let him in and wait inside when I decided to come out of the bathroom with toothpaste all over my face.

“Taehyung, did you see my… Uh ?”, I mumbled, trying not to drool and blinked repetedly when I noticed a smiling Jungkook standing in the middle of the living room

“Hello to you too...beautiful ?”, he restrained his laugh, “You look like a kid”

“ you”, I pushed him so he would fall on the sofa, “And wait here. Taehyung, where the hell are you ?”, I went back to the bathroom to clean my mouth before going after my friend

“What are you screaming this early in the morning for ?”, Sungjae slammed open the bedroom door

“Jungkook !”, I could hear Taehyung yelling and follow his voice, “Did you miss me that much you couldn’t wait tonight ?”, he sat on his lap and fake flirted

“Tae ! Where’s my shirt ?”, I rolled my eyes at the scene

“Do you need one ?”, he arched an eyebrow before turning his attention to the man below him, “Does he need one ?”, to what Jungkook simply shrugged with a smug smile and I heavily sighed, leaving the duo

          I continuously went back and forth for Taehyung’s advice, having to change clothes after the mystery behind my missing shirt. After some minutes, we decided I was ready and left, Taehyung following us until we reached the street and teasingly threatening to tag along with us. We walked around, comfortably chatting and finally going to a cosy restaurant for lunch.

“It’s my first time witnessing my date getting ready”, he said after the food was placed in front of us

“It’s my first time witnessing someone having a crush on me”, I counter-attacked

“Didn’t we agree on not mentioning this part of our relation anymore ?”, he pouted

          I only laughed at his statement. I didn’t use my phone after Yoongi gave it back that night and only found the messages when I woke up. Even though the blush was evident, I used my screen to make fun of the poor guy instead of playing the ignorant card, simply writing “Jin never had my phone” and anticipating his next message. Funnier was that, after some minutes, he decided to call me panting hard as he was previously practicing with the group, to settle the matter but, truth is, he was only digging deeper with each justification and concluded by self-agreeing that we should forget this conversation.

“I do not remember”, I placed my head on my hand and stared at him, “Neither do I remember we had a special relationship now”, I felt a bit bad seeing his face going redder with time and backed off a little to focus on my food

“Well”, he began, “You do know my intention now”, he mumbled

          Sure I did. After the obvious text, he not so subtly confirmed his feelings when trying to get away with a “It’s not like I like you...No wait, that’s not what I wanted to say, I do like you but… Man , what should I say” which made me fall back on my bed, laughing hard at the weird confession. I touch his shin with my foot to attract his attention but he chocked on his food and looked at me with wavy eyes.

“W--what ?”, he asked, bringing his tissue up to cover his mouth quickly

“Stop rumbling and give me attention”, I pouted which successfully made him flustered again, coughing lightly and breaking the eye contact, “What are we doing after lunch ?”

“Hm…”, he cleared his throat before continuing, “I didn’t plan anything special to be honest”, he straightened up, “We could go to the studio and fool around”, he said more to himself than to me

“Fool around…”, I pointed out

“Uh… I mean, use it ! Dancing, singing, playing, whatever you want ! Your choice !”, he quickly added

“Sure”, I smirked, “Sounds nice to me”

          I knew my effect on people and enjoyed making the best out of it, always had and always will. Honestly, I liked how shy he was, as I first thought he had this superiority aura talented people always seem to have. The man standing in front of me and the one on the MVs were two opposites. Big Kidz’ Jungkook was teasing, y and provocative while my Jungkook was a ball of cuteness.

“Let’s go baby”

          I heard and blinked many times, coming back to Earth. Did he really call me baby ? I stumbled a bit on my own legs to join him out of the restaurant, thanking the employees on my way. A well covered Jungkook acknowledged me before leading the way to our next destination. It then hit me that he was a celebrity and somehow, it saddened me. On the way, I couldn’t help but stare at his broad back, thinking of our situation. Even if I still hadn’t voiced out my thought on the matter, he made clear on many occasions what he wanted. What I couldn’t get was that he seemed to never bring up his idol status, nor what could happen if I decided to reciprocate on the spot. The first problem was that idol could not date and probably would have to forever hide their love life to the world if they wanted peace and protection. Sure, some had publicly confesssed but the responses weren’t always good or supportive and the last thing I wanted was to crush someone’s life and dream, even less if it was someone I loved. Another problem was, said idol would go out with a man and, even if the society’s eye on uality was a tiny bit more open, it was only the beginning of it. For a celebrity to come out of the closet was still a pretty dangerous move. It felt as if I was the only one wondering about a possible future, him being a free soul and pursuing whatever he wanted to.

“Here we are”, he opened the door and gestured me to go in first, making sure to lock the door behind us, “Let me show you around”

          I nodded and followed him with light steps, taking in what was displayed in front of me. The building wasn’t massive but they had everything they needed to be completed artists. I wasn’t familiar with this kind of setting but my eyes were shining, it felt surreal to see the inside of idols’ job.

“Do you do music ?”

“Hm…”, I contemplated, “I used to dance in highschool”, I hummed to myself thinking of the good old times, “And I guess the fact that my cat didn’t flee yet means I’m not completely bad at singing”, I pouted, reminding the ungrateful animal and he laughed

“Show me”, he gave me his hand for me to take and led the way to the practice room, “What type of music do you like ?”, he asked showing his back and plugging the devices

“What about you show me first ?”, I was still unfamiliar with Big Kidz’ style and talent to be honest but was genuinely curious about them after befriended them

“Sure, one of our song ?”, I nodded and stared at him in the mirror

          An upbeat song resonated in the room and the look in his eyes instantenately changed. However, after the chorus part, he looked at me and his bunny smile came back to his face, exagerating the moves from time to time to make me laugh. I asked for another one and he complied right away, completely pushing aside the seriousness of it all. Even making me stood up at the end of the song to make sure I would dance to the next one. It was my turn to show him the remainant of what I learned a few years back and I tried my best to impress him. And I sure did if I hadn’t mistaken him swallowing with difficulty through the glass. We danced for quite a long time and I let myself fall after laughing too much, Jungkook immediately running next to me to make sure I didn’t hurt myself in the process. My next move wasn’t calculated, I held myself on my palms and naturally pecked him. I straightened up to apology but he cut me off by bringing our lips together once again in a longer kiss, even settling on my laps to make it more comfortable. He broke the kiss to stick his forehead to mine, I kept my eyes closed while evening my breath and blindly leaned in again. There was no rush nor teeth clashing, just softness and chastity. I deepened the kiss with ease, putting my hands under his shirt and gently grazzing the skin when his phone loudly buzzed in the room, indicating an incoming call.

“Leave it”, he breathed in between kisses and pushed me a bit on the floor but the device buzzed again after switching off for a few seconds, “Ah, !”, he complained but still got up. I took the chance to completely sat up, “Namjoon…”, he seemed to plan the poor guy’s death while staring at his screen but jumped when the phone rang yet again and I snatched it from his fingers

“Yeah ?”, I lazily said

“Jimin ?’, we could hear Namjoon tried as Jungkook took back the phone to put it on speaker, “Are you still with Jungkook ?”

“I’m here. What do you want ?”, he said, annoyance clear in his voice

“When are you coming, you didn’t forget we are meeting with the guys tonight right ?”

“We’re coming”, I answered when Jungkook only mumbled weird mantras with no intention of answering his leader

“Taehyung said they were on the move already, we’ll be waiting for you guys…Don’t take too much time”, he added

“You cut the mood”, Jungkook finished before hanging up, “Again”, he bored hole in the poor device

“Let’s go”, I cutely said to get rid of his frustration while tugging at the hem of his shirt and he simply nodded with a sigh, gathering our belongings so we could make our way to the others

 ❁ To compensate the slightly shorter previous chapter, this one is a bit longer haha. I didn’t know if I should cut it here or just continue but I don’t have spared chapters anymore, I should get back to work hehe.

 ❁ Did you guys follow Outcast ? Maaaan, it was really good ! I love that writers can have this effect on people... Anyway, as usual I hope you enjoyed the chappy ~ Chu ღ

Edit (March 2018) : I said the next chapter will come within a month or two and...I lied omg. Just for those passing by, this story is not discontinued, there are still two chapters left ! The sixth one is almost done, I have to readproof and re-write the end, it's still a bit sketchy for now. Stay tunned, it's still coming as well as the Jikook week project ~ Lots of love !!