Vietnamese Translation: https://my.w.tt/XO9l8fPej7 by _shhmileymian_

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"Wow, you're beautiful," the man before him said seemingly in a daze. Jimin's eyes widened as he stared up at the black-haired male who was on top of him. At his widening eyes, the man quickly pulled himself off Jimin and offered a helping hand to pull Jimin off the floor, all the while smiling apologetically.

"Ah, sorry about running into you, that was an accident. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," the taller male said with a sheepish grin.

"Um... it's ok, I wasn't paying attention either," Jimin responded as he offered a small smile of his own.

The other laughed softly and rubbed the back of his head while staring at Jimin. Jimin looked away feeling a little uncomfortable, and then noticed his book on the ground. He bent down to pick it up, recalling that he was reading the book while walking and as such hadn't noticed anyone about to run into him until it was too late.

"Again I'm sorry, you're not hurt anywhere are you?" the other male asked a little concerned.

Jimin shook his head as he clutched his book to his chest, "no, I'm fine. You?"

"I think I scraped my hand just a little bit but otherwise I'm fine!" The black-haired male responded with a light chuckle before continuing, "So... um, I haven't seen you around campus before, what's your name? I'm Jungkook by the way!"

Jungkook extended his arm out to shake Jimin's hand. Jimin reached out and shook the taller's hand while replying, "I'm Jimin. Nice to meet you."

"Jimin... the name suits you," Jungkook said while nodding in response to Jimin's introduction.

"Thanks," Jimin replied. There was a moment of awkward silence between the two before Jimin finally broke it by saying, "Well I better get going, I've got a class to get to in ten minutes."

"Ah, yea... me too. Um... I'll see you around?" Jungkook asked hopefully.

"Hmm, I kinda doubt it. You're an engineering major and I'm a literature major. We probably won't have classes together, and our two circles don't interact so it's not likely we'll see each other again unless it's on purpose," Jimin responded spotting the logo on Jungkook's jacket.

"How did you know I was an engineering major?" Jungkook asked surprised.

"The logo on your jacket. That's the engineering club's logo, it's a huge giveaway seeing as those jackets are kinda exclusive for you guys," Jimin replied.

"Oh... that is quite the giveaway I suppose," Jungkook said laughing. Jimin smiled at that, Jungkook's laugh was quite nice.

"Yeah, it is," Jimin said.

"But... I'd like to see you again, so maybe we could meet on purpose?" Jungkook asked shyly.

Jimin raised an eyebrow at that, "why do you want to see me again?"

"Well... you're really, really pretty and I... I kind of want to get to know you," Jungkook responded, his cheeks taking on a red hue. Jimin frowned at that response and glanced up towards Jungkook's head. The number there surprised him. 0%. That's not a number he saw often. Jungkook was telling him the complete truth at the moment.

At Jimin's lack of response and frown, Jungkook quickly spoke up again, "I-I know I sound weird saying that but I don't have any bad intentions! I just want to be friends!"

The number changed. 10%. Less of the truth now. But still, a rather low number compared to the high numbers he was used to seeing on a daily basis. No one ever told the truth these days.

"Friends?" Jimin questioned, his mouth in a thin line.

"Well... not really. I'd rather ask you out but we've only just met and I don't think that's appropriate..." Jungkook replied the red hue to his cheeks expanding. The number was back to 0%. Jimin couldn't help but let his lips twitch upwards at that. He couldn't believe the honesty he was getting from this total stranger. This wasn't usually how someone would express interest in him. It was usually never this honest or pure. The number was always in the upper 40s or higher when someone asked him out or said he was pretty.

"...and so I wanted to get to know you first is all." Jungkook continued when Jimin didn't reply, his voice trailing off near the end seemingly losing confidence in himself.

Jimin stared at Jungkook for a moment before he began laughing softly, "you're cute Jungkook."

* * * *

It was around middle school when Jimin developed the ability to see the numbers and tell when people were lying to him. That was also the time he lost all his friends because of it.

"Jimin's so weird these days. He always knows when I'm not telling the truth... it's almost scary how he knows," Sohyun said to Yongjae. Jimin was browsing through the books in the library and stumbled upon the two talking in the row in front of him. He kept his head low hoping they wouldn't notice him through the shelves.

"Yea... it creeps me out. Even when I'm only partially lying he knows!" Yongjae said.

"I don't like it... it's not like I want to lie all the time. It's just easier than telling the truth. And white lies exist so feelings can be spared. But I can't even tell white lies around him," Sohyun complained.

"I get it. I've been hanging out with him less for that reason. So have the others. It's just too hard. No one wants to upset him, but it's hard to not tell white lies sometimes," Yongjae replied.

Jimin didn't want to hear anymore. He quickly put down the book he'd been holding and headed for the library exit. He was sure his former friends knew he'd heard them, but they made no effort to apologize when they later saw him. Rather, they ignored him.

And since then, Jimin avoided making friends, it's not a hard thing to do with his nose in a book all the time.

* * * *

"This is Taehyung, and over there is Hoseok hyung, his boyfriend," Jungkook said introducing Jimin to a couple of his friends. The two had been hanging out for a couple of weeks now, and Jungkook had thought it was time Jimin become acquainted with his friends, seeing as Jimin didn't have any of his own.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Jimin," Jimin said and bowed a little in greeting.

"Oh, you're so cute! The cutest thing I've ever seen!" Taehyung said immediately pinching Jimin's cheeks. Jimin noted the 10% glowing above Taehyung's head.

"Really Tae? This is why I have trust issue with you! You said I was the cutest thing you'd ever seen!" Hoseok fake pouted at his boyfriend.

"You are! Jimin is second cute," Taehyung replied glancing back at Hoseok with a dazzling smile as he let go of Jimin's cheeks. The number on his head dropped to 0%. Wow, Taehyung must love his boyfriend, Jimin thought in awe as he rubbed his sore cheeks.

"Hyung... you shouldn't pinch Jimin's cheeks, he's older than you. It's disrespectful," Jungkook said scolding Taehyung as he looked worriedly at Jimin, being all too aware of how hard Taehyung's pinches could be.

"He's older then Tae? No way, you look 16, no offense!" Hoseok said to Jimin.

"None taken, but I'm 21," Jimin replied.

"That's the same age as me! You lied Kookie!" Taehyung exclaimed indignantly.

"No Jimin hyung was born in October. He's older," Jungkook defended.

"That's not much of a difference! It's only 2 months!" Taehyung argued.

"Let's ignore these two and go grab lunch," Hoseok said grabbing a hold of Jimin's hand and walking towards the counter to order their food.

* * * *

"They'll make it in time," Jimin's teacher reassured him as he went to make sure the stage was set up. 80%. Of course, the teacher didn't know if Jimin's parents would make it in time. But the fact that Jimin was still waiting for his parents to arrive, with only five minutes