Since the party wasn’t until eight, Jimin and Jungkook went into the city, going here and there sightseeing. It wasn’t the first time Jimin has been in Malibu but its been a while, he remembers the last night he was in Malibu was for a family vacation when he was a freshman in high school. He was aware it was not Jungkook’s first time in Malibu, his family owns a villa near the Lechuza Beach, Jungkook’s mom used to bring them here every summer break when they were kids. Some of the things were blurry but Jimin remembers how much fun they had, they would go swimming in the morning, play with the other kids on the beach and eat many kinds of seafood.

“Hyung,” calls Jungkook, handing him a chocolate ice cream cone, 

“Thanks,” says Jimin, “Oh.” He pulls out his phone, “Let’s take a picture.”

“Oh yeah,” says Jungkook, smiling, “We haven’t taken a picture together yet.” He gets closer to Jimin, Jimin clicks multiple pictures, they look at them and laugh. These are so gonna be my new Facebook wallpaper.

After a day out, they arrive back at the house, there was music going on, they exchange looks and walk inside. Laughter’s and cheers came from the other side of the living room,

“I’ll take our bags in our room,” says Jungkook. Taehyung comes rushing towards them,

“Um…” he says, out of breath, “They are playing games, I need to talk to you.” Jungkook walks upstairs and Taehyung pulls Jimin away from the crowd,

“What’s going on?” asks Jimin, wondering why his friend looked so shocked,

Taehyung looks behind him, and back at Jimin, “You won’t believe who just arrived?”

“Who?” 

“Hoseok,” says Taehyung, 

“No way,” says Jimin, “Your ex is here, what a small world.”

Hoseok was Taehyung’s first and only long-term boyfriend in high school, he was a year older than them and a senior in High School when they started dating. They were together for two years but due to their differences and Taehyung’s constant jealousy, the fact that Hoseok was living in the dorms for college, things got too much and Taehyung broke up with him. At least that was what Taehyung told him, Jimin never knew the real reason behind their break up because Taehyung would never tell him, no matter how many times he asked.

“Yeah, he came with his new boyfriend,” says Taehyung, “I’ve been trying to avoid him so far, he hasn’t spoken to me.”

“Well, why are you avoiding him, you guys have been broken up for years now,” says Jimin.

“I just don’t want to deal with him,” says Taehyung.

“Well, the fact that he didn’t talk to you, means he doesn’t want to either, besides you dumped him.”

Taehyung sighs, Jimin shakes his head, I’m gonna see what Jungkook is doing, Taehyung grabs his hand,

“Did you guys confess to each other yet,” whispers Taehyung with a smirk.

Jimin glares at him, “Deal with your own problem first.” He walks away leaving Taehyung by himself. Wow, things are bound to be interesting these three days, Hoseok is here, I got to say hi to him later. Jimin laughs, astonished, he opens the door,

“Hyung!” shouts Jungkook, Jimin was frozen, eyes glued on Jungkook’s body with a towel wrapped around his waist, water dripping from his hair down his chest to his perfect toned six pack abs, Jimin quickly closes the door, cheeks as red as a cherry, heart racing, he covers his face, screaming from the inside, Damn.” He has seen Jungkook shirtless when they were kids, but this time was different, many dirty thoughts crept up in his mind, making him warm and fuzzy, he shakes his head, No! No! No!, wow, he is grown.  The door suddenly opens, making him lose his balance, Jungkook catching him before falling to the ground, he can feel Jungkook’s hand press against his shoulder, the smell of his shampoo made Jimin dizzy but not in a bad way. Jimin quickly regains his balance and walks past Jungkook, he grabs his bag pretending to look for something,

“Um, sorry I didn’t mean to barge in without knocking,” says Jimin, evading eye contact while he digs in his bag.

“It’s fine, I didn’t mean to shout,” says Jungkook, “You scared me, I thought it was someone else, are you looking for something?”

“What?” says Jimin, Jungkook raises his eyebrow, confused as he stares at Jimin, ruffling through his bag,

“Um, no,” says Jimin, chuckling nervously, “Let’s join the others downstairs.” He quickly walks pass Jungkook and out of the room.

Jimin glances at Jungkook who was sitting on the bed, in his white t-shirt and black Jeans and Nikes, with a black jacket. They were told to wear jackets because it would a bit breezy and cold because the party is on a party boat, they rented, everyone was surprised, they just thought the party was going to be on the beach, not a fancy boat. They were also told to bring their invitation, so there was a reason for them not what Mina said when they arrived, the invitations were for the boat, not to keep party crushers away.

“She really went out for this party,” says Jungkook,

“I know right, a freaking boat,” says Jimin, shaking his head, “No matter, how much my parents love me, they would never let me spend money on a party boat.”

“Yeah, but its bound to be fun, I’m looking forward it.”

“Me, too,” says Jimin.

After getting dressed and fixed for the party, they join their friends’ downstairs, everyone was starting to head outside. Jimin’s eyes land on a familiar face, he slightly elbows Taehyung on the stomach,

“Hoseok,” he whispers, Taehyung turns to where he was looking, and sighs, he ignores his friend and goes back ton conversating with Mina. They walk outside towards the pier, Jimin eyes widen and mouth open staring at the colorful light up boat, Jungkook and he exchange looks, excited, they get near the front and Jimin hands the security the invitation, they scan it and let them on the boat,

“The Party boat has 3 floors and a dance floor like any nightclub in town with DJ’s and MC’s, a personalized bar and food,” says Mina from behind them. As soon as they got on the boat, everyone went their own way, Taehyung and Mina went straight to the dance floor with two other people they met. Jungkook, Jimin, and Dahyun were standing there, their eyes admiring everything,

“You guys want something to drink?” asks Jimin

“Um, I’m not old enough to drink,” says Dahyun,

“No one is going to check your ID,” says Jimin, “Just a little drink is not going to harm you, and I’m sure all the drinks here including that punch has alcohol in it maybe even something worse, it’s better if we drink something bottled.”

Dahyun and Jungkook exchange looks, they follow Jimin to the bar,

“I’ll have three bottles of session beers,” says Jimin. The bartender opens the beers and hands them to him, he gives one to Jungkook and another to Dahyun,

“Don’t worry, they’re low alcohol beers, we won’t be plastered,” he assures them, “cheers!” They clink bottles and take a sip, Jimin’s eyes turn to the dance floor, he steals a glance at Jungkook who was bobbing his head to the music,

“Let’s dance,” says Jimin, looking at Jungkook,

“Ahh…I’m not much of a dancer, hyung,” he replies, smiling shyly. Mina walks towards them and leans on Dahyun,

“Come on guys,” she says, “Let’s go dance.” She pulls Dahyun’s hand who pulled Jimin and Jungkook joins them, as Mina drags them to the dance floor. After dancing together as a group for a few minutes, Mina and Dahyun started dancing together, leaving Jimin and Jungkook together, they smile at each other, feeling shy, Jimin’s eyes look around the room, everyone was having fun, drinking, dancing, eating and making out. He runs his hand through his hair, recomposing himself, as they slowly move to the music,

“You love dancing,” says Jungkook but due to the music blaring Jimin couldn’t make out what he said,

“What!” he shouts, Jungkook moves closer to him, Jimin can smell his cologne, sending him off balance, 

“I bet you can out dance everyone on this dance floor!” Jungkook shouts. They both laugh, getting comfortable after a few minutes, they start to move to the music. After being on the dance floor for a while, Jungkook grabs Jimin’s hand, startling him,

“Hyung,” he says, “Let’s step outside for a minute.” He pulls Jimin by the hand as they walk towards the deck, where there are not many people. They stand there looking out at the ocean, Jimin closes his eyes, listening to the waves, deep into the ocean, it was peaceful and pitch dark with the moon and boat lights, a breeze caresses his cheeks, making him shiver a little, Jimin opens his eyes and looks over at Jungkook who was also staring out at the ocean.

“I have been trying to get some time alone with you, these past few days,” says Jungkook, Jimin turns to look at him, puzzled, they have been alone in many occasions if he remembers correctly. Jungkook clears his throat,

 “Hyung, can I ask you a question?” his tone changing and looking directly at Jimin,

“All these years, why do you still wear that necklace,” he asks, pointing at Jimin’s chest, where the infinity necklace, he gave him when he was leaving lies. Jimin looks down at his necklace, wow, is he going to confess? Ahh! This is so sudden, I mean this is what I wanted. I’m wearing the necklace because I love you duh. Silent for a second, Jimin grips the necklace,

“Because you told me to wait for you,” he answers quickly, realizing what he just said, “Same reason, you still wear yours.” He points at Jungkook’s necklace, their eyes meet, gazing at each other, after a few seconds, Jungkook takes a step closer to Jimin, standing inches away from him, so close Jimin can hear and feel him breathing, never noticing his height before until now, looking up at him.  Wow, he is a lot taller than I remember. Jungkook slowly bends down, leaning forward, causing Jimin to close his eyes, he leans in, his lips against Jimin’s cheek, brushing it lightly, sending shivers through his nerves, making him tremble at the unexpected action. Jimin’s eyes remained closed, as Jungkook lips moved from his cheek to lips, Jimin frozen, didn’t move but found himself leaning in until their chest was against each other. As they kiss, everything went silent and in slow motioning, feelings that they have been concealing, exposed the minute their lips touched each other, breathing in each other’s breath and taking in every scent.