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“Stop ogling him already!” My best friend and roommate, Taehyung, said in an irritated voice as he tried to take away the phone from me.

“I’m not ”ogling” him, Tae,” I retorted as my hands reached higher to keep them away from Tae’s reach. “I’m just.. getting to know him better.”

“Getting to know him. On Facebook. Riiiiight.” Tae smirked and got back to playing Piano Tiles. He sprawled comfortably on the recently vacuumed rug while I was curled up like a ball on the couch, checking all my accounts in every social media you can imagine.

“Piano tiles? Seriously dude? That was like sooo last year.” I added dramatically, trying to divert Tae’s attention to something else.

“Oh please, Kookie. Don’t even try to change the topic.” He stopped playing by now, got up and walked to the kitchen, rummaging through the fridge in an attempt to get something edible out of it. “Dude- he literally lives next door. Just go talk to him, say hi or something.” He shouted from the kitchen his back on me.

I threw the couch pillow at him and hit his back. “Dude. He literally lives next door and the walls aren’t thick. Shut it.”

As I settled back to the couch making myself comfortable, the doorbell rang. Ugh. Who could it be at this lazy Sunday afternoon. I forced my lazy ass off the couch and walked over to open the door.

“Hey.”

“Hey.”

“Soooo..”

“Soooo..”

“Uhhhm..”

“Uhhhm..”

Holy shit! What do I do?! What do I do?! My brain screamed as I took in the sight of the man in front of me. Puffy blonde hair, doe-like eyes, and full rosy lips that makes you want to kiss and nibble them right on the spot. It was Kim Seokjin - the Kim Seokjin and he’s right in front of me, outside my door, while I stood there looking disheveled, hair out of place, and confused as fuck.

I felt the blood rush to my cheeks as Seokjin cocks his head to the side and looks at me amused. Oh god how cute does look with that expression on his face. For a moment, I just wanted to stand there and get lost staring into his eyes. I snapped back to reality when I heard him clear his throat. I felt my ears redden as I realize I’ve been copying what he’s been saying.

“So uhm, it’s Jungkook, right?” Oh shit he knows my name! How does he know my name??

I nodded eagerly – maybe too eagerly – and just stupidly smiled, flashing my bunny teeth. I see him look away for a second, fiddling with his hands, before looking back at me.

“See, I was kind of in the middle of baking something but I kind of ran out of sugar……”

Jin was cut off in the middle of his sentence when I felt hands on my back and the next thing I knew I was hanging on to Seokjin, arms snaking around his neck, while his hands were supporting my waist. My head was on his soft but hard and toned chest. I hear rapid thumping of the heart – to whom it belonged, I’m not too sure.

“Oooh would you look at that!” Tae called from behind. “And here’s the sugar-“ I see a bag of sugar being slid off the floor. “They’re as sweet as can be but not as sweet as you two.” I practically imagine his smirk behind my back. And with that, I hear the door being slammed shut and the lock click.

I got back to my senses and pulled away from Jin, turned my back on him and pounded on the door. “Hey Taehyung! Open this door right now!” But I knew it was a futile attempt. I debated for a second there but I knew I had no choice left but face him.

As I turned around, Seokjin was already holding the bag of sugar and smiled apologetically at me, his cheeks were flushed too.

“Do you want to check out the cookies I baked in my room?” Seokjin asked rather shyly. I look at him a little surprised as he was usually a confident man. The type that walks in the room and all eyes just settle on him, and he just walks in dignified steps – untouchable and unreachable.

“Y-yeah, sure.” I agreed. Who am I to turn Kim Seokjin down?

I followed him to his dorm room next to mine & Tae’s and sheepishly looked around his room. It was neat with a small kitched decorated with pink utensils. He motioned for me to come over.

“Here – it’s for you.” He handed me a jar full of cookies, and my eyes shifted to two other plates on the counter. “I didn’t really know which type you liked so I made a bunch that’s why I ran out of sugar.” He finally looked up and I see his cute face being flushed again but somewhat expectant.

I stared at him wide-eyed, feeling butterflies in my stomach. There I was a while ago stressing on how I’d cross paths with Seokjin and there he goes initiating the first move. This has got to be the best day of my life.

“I love all of it,” my reply came as a whisper as I my gaze fell on the jar of cookies I was holding. I looked up at him and smiled my sweetest. “I don’t have anything for you but I can be your Kookie.”

I can see myself puking at my cheesiness but Seokjin cutely chuckles at that. I can sense this would be a great start of something new.

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"Alright, let's take your group shot now."

Their manager managed to say as loud as he could despite being tired from running here and there the whole day. Seokjin could hear the strain in his voice. They were in Tokyo for the last leg of their Epilogue concert series and, as a BTS tradition everytime they had a show, they took a group photo to be posted on Twitter.

Seokjin, being the good samaritan that he is, decided to pitch in a little help.

"Hey guys, come on now." He grabbed a running Taehyung by the collar and gave Jimin a warning look. "Let's get this over with so with could go back to the hotel and rest."

It took him two good (and chaotic) minutes to have everyone huddled up and pose for the camera.

"All smiles now--" the manager lazily said, ready to start capturing photos in his phone.

Everyone was naturally posing for the camera, trying out different angles and positions every time.

At the corner of Seokjin's eye, he could see Jungkook and Jimin playfully posing for the camera -- arms locked, arms on each other's shoulder's, back-to-back, and all those other poses seokjin missed as he turned his head away and focused on smiling for the camera instead.

Damn. Seokjin cursed in his mind. He couldn't help it when it happens frequently. He knew they were just innocent touches shared between best friends but it still bothers him. who wouldn't when your boyfriend is being held by another man? Or the other way around.

"Alright, we're done for tonight." It was supposed to be a happy moment, ending their HYYH promotions and all. But he couldn't shake off the feeling that was bothering him.

Seokjin let out a frustrated sigh and left for the van without a word.

-- -- --

"Hyung!" Jungkook called out to him from behind. They were at the hotel's deserted parking lot now and Seokjin went way ahead all of them. "Hyung wait up!"

Seokjin wanted to look back, hug his boyfriend and kiss the life out of him but but he fought the urge to do so.

However, Jungkook, as young as he is, was a ball of energy and caught up with Seokjin easily. Jungkook slowly approached him from the side and touched his crossed arms in an attempt to calm him down, maybe pull him into a hug.

"Hyung what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You're asking me what's wrong?"

Jungkook waited, knowing it was better for Seokjin to let out his feelings than to go ahead and explain himself without knowing the reason why his boyfriend is acting this way.

"Really, Jungkook?" Seokjin gave him "the glare" as Jungkook was staring at him curiously with his doe eyes, hands holding him tighter now. "Don't go all clingy on me when you're holding on to another man every goddamn time!"

Seokjin turned his heel and left, not bothering to see the smirk on his boyfriend's face.

-- -- --

Seokjin smirked while looking at the picture in his phone. It was a good thing the manager had the sense to post a decent photo this time. Minimal touching. Only a hand rested on Jungkook's shoulder.

He placed the phone on the bedside table and threw himself on the bed, finally feeling heavy from a hard day's work. Slowly, he felt himself drifting of to dreamland.

It wasn't until he felt a warm body pressed up against him that brought Seokjin back to consciousness.

"Mmm?" He fluttered his eyes open and saw brown hair as he looked down.

Jungkook nuzzled his nose into Seokjin's neck, letting out breaths of warm air. It made his insides tingle.

"Oh hyung." Seokjin felt Jungkook's strong arms envelope him into a hug, hugging him closer if it's more possible. "My hugs are only reserved for you."

Seokjin felt warm, not only his body but as well as his heart. He couldn't help but smile and give in to the bunny snuggling him. He could cuddle all night long.

"Only for me." Seokjin repeated. "Kisses too?" He playfully asked.

Jungkook let out a soft chuckle. "Kisses too," he asnwered and planted a kiss on Seokjin's Adam's apple.

Seokjin let out a satisfied sigh.

"Promise you'll only love me?"

"Promise."

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"Aish!" Frustrated, Jungkook kicked the air as he was walking home. He was definitely having a bad day.

It all started when he hadn't set his alarm the night before and woke up five minutes before his first class. In such a haste, he only washed his face and put on freshly cleaned clothes as he hurried over to the University grounds.

Jungkook was determined to make the usually fifteen-minute walk from his dorm to the Arts Department building into a five-minute run. But running didn't help either. Little did he know that a stray cat was following him from behind and, much to his demise, caught up with him. The cat's tiny front legs hugged his left foot and he could feel one of its paws trying to scratch his Timberlands up to where it can reach his legs.

"Ugghhh! Go away!" He shook his leg in an attempt to get the cat off. For a moment, it seemed to hold on tighter. It's eyes met Jungkook's furious look and to his relief, it let go and he continued to run.

Jungkook arrived halfway through the class and tried to his slip in at the back, unnoticed. Unfortunately, Mr. Min's hawk-like eyes didn't miss him tiptoeing his way to his seat.

"Mr. Jeon, how would you like to assist me in bringing all these papers back to my office after class?" Mr. Min callenged. Just by looking at the stack of papers, it already feels heavy. It's a month worth of essays from the whole class and he knew he's going to carry them all by himself. "And if you don't hand in yours in five seconds, your getting an F and that's final."

Jungkook's eyes grew wide and scrambled from his seat to the professor's table upfront. He mumbled a couple of "sorry"s to Mr. Min and quietly went back to his said.

The rest of the day, to Jungkook's relief, was uneventful. It went by the usual - classes, library for research, and just hanging out with his bestfriends Taehyung and Jimin on breaks.

Jungkook's phone beeped as he received a new text message from Jimin.

Min: Meet you at the cafe in 10?

Kkuk: Yep. Be there soon!

He shoved his phone in his pocket and walked to the cafe where he was meeting Jimin and Tae. The three always hung out there for after their classes ended for the day. They usually stay there for an hour until they leave for dance pratices.

The trio, as they have discovered when they met each other in their first year, loved to dance and decided to join the University's official hiphop club. They had practices every three weeknights and usually lasts for two to three hours, sometimes more when they decide to hang out a little bit more after their exhausting dance routines.

However, tonight seemed like his bad luck from the morning continued. Jungkook couldn't get a few moves right. It caused the entire team to repeat the routine a few more times than they normally would. Hoseok, their leader, kept on pushing Jungkook hard.

"Come on, Jungkook-ah. Get your hed straight." Hoseok's voice was still calm but Jungkook knew he was frustrated already. "You're not going to leave this dance floor until you get the last part right. The rest of you," Hoseok glanced around to the everyone else. "You can call it a night."

Tae patted his back as him and Jimin turned to leave. "See you, bud."

"Be careful going back to the dorms!" Jimin called out by the door, flashing his eye smile at him.

Jungkook couldn't help but feel wary. He was damn tired and all his muscles ached but he just couldn't get the step right. He stared at his worn out self in the mirror and started to move under Hoseok's countings.

When he was finally allowed to go home, Jungkook was ecstatic. He had never wanted to see his room and sleep on his bed so bad until now.

As Jungkook checked the clock, it was already half past 10 and was waaaaay beyond the dorm's curfew. Luckily, Jungkook knew how to climb the fire exit stairs and get into his room from his window. He wasted no time and dragged his heavy feet to start his walk.

He was halfway to the dorm when he heard weird noises around him. He looked from left to right to the back but found no one. He dfinitely heard footsteps and some weird cooing noises.

Jungkook almost screamed and jumped as a person cme out of nowhere from behind the tree.

"Oh hey- I hope I didn't scare you," the man said, arms outstrectched to steady Jungkook's shoulders.

As Jungkook's heartbeat began to calm down, his lifted his face up to see the man's face only to find his heartbeat beating like crazy again. He felt his cheeks go warm and was probably tinted red now. "N-no, it's o-okay. I'm- I'm f-fine."

Jungkook was a stuttering and blushing mess.

The man, as it turned out, was Kim Seokjin. Kim Freaking-Hot-Cute-DropDeadGorgeous Seokjin. The most beauiful guy in the campus. And also his long-time crush since high school.

Jungkook's Noona always used to take him to a lot of local musicals that were being held in the city. Jin, coincidentally, was a part of the city's little theater group and was cast in various minor and major roles. Watching Jin perform on stage was how Jungkook got to first see Seokjin and immediately fell in love with his voice. He used all means in social media to find out what he can about Seokjin and soon enough, he discovered that Seokjin, who was 3 years older than him, graduated in the same high school. It was then that Jungkook knew which college he would go to.

Jungkook snapped back to reality when he heard Seokjin's soft chuckle.

"Aigoo. You're cute." Soekjin chuckled some more as he let go of Jungkook's shoulders and looked around.

"Listen, uhm?"

"J-jungkook."

"Jungkook. See, I kinda lost my cat and I've been looking for hours. Do you mind? Helping me look for him?"

It was a request out of nowhere from a stranger whom he just bumped into and scared the hell out of him. And Jungkook was dead beat and just tired to even talk.

But this was no stranger. It was Kim Freaking-Hot-Cute-DropDeadGorgeous Seokjin. His long time crush. Who was he to refuse?

"Yeah, s-sure! No problem hyung!" Jungkook covered his mouth. "I- I mean s-sunbaenim."

"It's okay," Seokjin smiled. "You can call me hyung. I'm Seokjin, by the way."

Jungkook nodded. He was feeling all giddy inside. He longed for this moment to happen. For Seokjin to finally know his name. And boy, he felt butterflies in his stomach.

"So uhm, hyung. Do you go here as well? The University, I mean." Of course, Jungkook knew the answer to that. But he wanted to get to know Seokjin beyond the Facebook info he got.

Seokjin hummed in response. "I'm from the Engineering Department. Surprising, I know."

"Oh, wow."

"People who know me get surprised by that fact. They probably know I love singing and acting but yeah, I just love engineering as well." He looked wistful.

"I repeat: wow. I mean your acting is awesome and your voice is the best I've heard but wow, you're a genius too!

Seokjin raised his eyebrow, looking at Jungkook curiously, though his cheeks turned a hint of pink.

"Well," Jungkook cleared his throat and looked away. "I may or may not have seen your play or two."

Soekjin looked confused for a moment but he let out a laugh anyway.

"You're so cute Jungkook-ah." Jungkooked perked up at the nickname. And for being called cute.

"I'd really love to get to know you more but.. my cat.."

"Oh.." he tried to not to sound disappointed. "Of course, hyung. Let's go find it first."

And so they searched through the side walks, behind the bushes, even up the trees' branches. It took them a while, t least, until Jungkook find a box behind the bench. The cover was open and Jungkook looked inside only to fin a cat sleeping.

"Hyung!" Jungkook called out softly. "Hyuuuung! I think it's here." Jungkook pointed at the box.

Seokjin walked towards where Jungkook was and looked inside the box. His sad face was lifted up as he scooped the animal from the box.

"Aigoo~ my baby. Where have you been all this time?"

Jungkook looked at Seokjin as the latter stroked the cat's fur at the back. He looked so loving and Jungkook wondered what would it feel like if those big hands ran up and down his own back.

His thoughts were interarupted when Seokjin looked up to face him and asked, "Would you like to pet him?"

Jungkook took a good look at the cat and he couldn't shake the feeling that it looked familiar. It wasn't until he looked at the eyes that it dawned upon him now.

It was the same cat from the morning who clung to his leg and whose paws tried to scratch his precious shoes. The same cat that caused him to be more late for his class. His eyes narrowed at it.

Jungkook looked up and shrugged. "Maybe," he said, playing it cool.

"Maybe I will if you'd go out with me. I know this cool pets cafe that you'd probably love." He grinned his bunny-like smile.

Seokjin beamed at him. "I'd love to."

Maybe this day wasn't bad after all.