"We're off to eat the chicken the wonderful chicken of poulet!! Tae sings as we skip down the sidewalk to the chicken place. It is surprisingly close to my house, right along my bus's route. Tae hooks on to my arm pulling me along as he begins his second verse. "We're off we're off we'r-"

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP?! "Jungkook yells, neck slicing Tae's throat with such force that Tae coughs, choking on his saliva. "How is it possible that you're even more annoying in real life than you are in the chat?"

"YAH!" I swat at Jungkook "Don't abuse my friend! He's sensitive!" Tae fake cries, holding on to my shoulders. I hold back my laughter as I pat his back, glaring at Jungkook.

He just rolls his eyes at us and continues walking, playing on his phone. As soon as he stops looking Tae and I bust up laughing, following after him.

A wild Namjoon appears in the distance ahead of us, running to meet us.

"Hey guys!' Namjoon calls, stopping near us.

"Finally someone smart!" Jungkook mutters under his breath.

"I got a table for us, the place is packed!"He says, out of breath. He notices Tae next to me. "Oh, you must be Vincent right?" He puts out his hand.

Tae laughs "My name is actually Taehyung" He shakes Namjoon's outstretched hand.

I'm Namjoon, how old are you?"

"I'm 20"

"I'm 23, JK is 18, your his hyung " Namjoon's face scrunches a little, chuckling "That means Junkook has to call you Taehyung hyung" He laughs more, lightly hitting Jungkook's shoulder.

Tae lightly giggles at Namjoon and Jungkook just continues to stare at his phone.

"Yeah well good thing I'm not calling him hyung."He says like the edgy teen he is.

I sigh, shaking my head at him

"Of course not, he only calls Joon Hyung. He doesn't even call me noona and I'm older than Namjoon"

Namjoon and Tae make a dramatic gasp, putting a hand over their mouths. Jungkook shrugs

"Give respect, get respect. I've got no respect to give to the likes of you."

"BOI!" I yell, raising my hand, threatening to smack him out of existence.

"Okay, as much as would love to beat this young child into obedience, I'm afraid they'll give away our table if we don't go." He says, pushing my arm down and preventing my violence.

We continue down to the restaurant, Namjoon lagging to walk by Tae.

"I like your outfit by the way, it's nice to see someone else appreciates fashion, unlike these hobos," He says, referencing me and JK.

Tae strikes a pose, showing off his clothes. "Thank you, fellow fashion man" He laughs in amusement.

I send a wink to him, knowing how much time he put into his outfit. Leaving those two to talk about clothes, I walk up beside Jungkook.

"Hey"

He ignores me.

This rat.

I flick his earring.

He jumps to a stop in a warrior stance, smacks my arm then continues walking like nothing happened.

I dramatically hold my arm yelling in pain. "Jungkook! Jungkook I think I'm bruising! I'm gonna die and it's your fault!" I stumble after him.

"Then die!" He yells, leaving me in the dust.

I gasp but run up to him anyways.

He glances at me, pressing his lips together. "Momo?"

"Hmm?" I hum, lightly skipping along.

"I'm sorry about not calling you Noona, ifyouwantmetoIcan, I just thought that it didn't matter that you were older than me.." He looks at me

I smile at him. Sometimes this little rat can be really adorable.

"It's okay Jungkook, I'm used to it now." I smack him on the back.

He jolts forward from the force of my hand, slightly wincing in pain.

"Somehow I get the vibe that it's not okay." He mutters, grimacing.

I furrow my brows, pretending to think as I look around the sky "Realy?Hmm, that's weird.."

We pile in the restaurant, filling up a table in the corner. The waiter quickly hands us menus and get our drink orders. We spend the next 20 minutes arguing over either getting a thing of super mega spicy or regular chicken to share.

"Why would you get regular fried chicken at a place as good as this? You can go anywhere to get that!" Tae says, exasperated.

Jungkook high fives him, somehow suddenly bonding over chicken.

"Because I don't wanna get red poops tomorrow!" Namjoon yells, a bit too loud for comfort.

"Eww" I scrunch up my face. "I don't want to imagine you bleeding from your butthole, thanks." I sigh. "okay listen, why don't we just go half and half? I raise my brows looking around for compliance.

Silence.

"You're a genius." Tae says.

I flick my hair back. "Tell me something I don't know."

"You smell really bad when you forget to wash your hair." Jungkook immediately replies.

ouch. That hit hard. Now I'm self-conscious that I smell right now.

I glare at him and he pushes his head forward, brows raised.

"What? you asked" he says

I chuck my straw at him just as the waiter comes over.

We each order our own dishes and Namjoon volunteers to take the shared chicken on his own tab since I'm apparently paying for Jungkook.

Namjoon soon leaves to go to the restroom.

As soon as the door closes Tae and Jungkook look up at each other. Tae giggles, wiggling his eyebrows. They instantly take action, grabbing Joon's water and dumping as much salt in as possible.

How are these kid already getting along well enough to gang up on Joon? They must be soulmates.

Tae accidentally pours in too much salt and Jungkook can't dissolve it.

"Oh my gosh Tae! that's like half the freaking glass!!" I exclaim as he just dies of laughter.

Jungkook shushes me as he just stirs faster. Miraculously, the salt is dissolved just in time as Namjoon opens the bathroom door.

"Quick, he's coming!" I whisper.

Jungkook quickly slides the water back in its spot and Tae sits up straight, getting rid of his laughter.

I have to record this.

I pull out my phone and pull up the camera, pretending to just be scrolling through Instagram.

We all silently watch him as he sits down in his chair, unsuspecting.

As if it were fate, he grabs his drink.

We hold our breath.

He takes a drink.

And another one.

What the heck?

Then sets it back down. He looks up at us, noticing our stares. "What?" He asks bewildered.

Jungkook squints at him. "What are you?"

The chicken was HOLY.

As soon as I took the very first bite it was like a glimpse of heaven shone down on us and danced around in my mouth.

I set the meat down and begin a slow clap.

"I think I might cry." I say.

Jungkook wipes his nose, sniffling from the spice. "Me too." His face streams with tears as he blinks.

Ha! That's what you get for getting the spiciest option.

"Idiots, that's why we got the regular one"Namjoon laughs at him, showing no remorse.

"They taste good to me!" Tae says, grabbing another spicy leg. "It's probably the best chicken I've ever had! The chef is a MASTERMIND!" Tae happily smiles at the chicken, holding it close to him without smearing the sauce all over. "Do you think the chef would tell me the recipe if I ask?" he looks to me, knowingly smiling.

I raise an eyebrow confused at his expression.

"Oh God no, please don't. That's so embarrassing." Jungkook whines

Revenge time.

I smile at Tae "I don't know, ask him."

My smile grows hearing Jungkook whine in protest.

"Excuse me waiter!" Tae yells, waving. The waiter comes over. "Can I compliment the chef? The food is amazing, I just have a question."

The waiter thinks a moment before hesitantly answering. "...sure.."

Tae widely smiles "Thank yeww!" He giggles, giddily bouncing in his seat.

Wow, he is very enthusiastic about his chicken.

I watch him, smiling at his happiness.

"Hello Mister Masterchef!"Tae calls to someone behind me, motioning them over.

I turn and find the one, the only, Kim Seokjin. My eyes widen.

"Jin? You work HERE?"

Tae giggles next to me.

Jin's eyes look to the ground, his face flushing. "..yeeaahh." He rubs the back of his neck, embarrassed.

This is a lot different than what I expected when he said he was a chef.

Jungkook snorts

I glare at him and snap my head back to Jin "It's really good Jin, honestly the best chicken I've had."

"I second that!" Namjoon says.

He smiles at me. "Thanks guys. Were you the one who requested me Momo?"

Tae.

He KNEW!

"No," I say slowly turning my head "It was Tae actually." He giggles at me.

I glare at him.

He flinches away from me, still giggling like a little school girl.

Jin laughs, walking over to Tae "Aigoo, my sweet dongsaeng bringing me more customers!" He ruffles His hair. "I'll make you guys some more chicken, on me, Just for all the flattery."

We immediately yell thank yous and endless compliments. Jin smiles, swatting the air, pretending to be bashful as he walks back into the Kitchen. Our compliments don't stop until we see the door swing closed.

***

Thanks to Jin we ate until our stomachs felt they were going to explode. He personally went to ring up each of our bills, everyone saying thank you as they paid. Since I was paying for Jungkook,we come up last.

I try not to get to close, Jungkook's words about me smelling still ringing in my head.

He smiles at me."Hey Momo." He greets me "Fancy seeing you here." he winks.

I chuckle and Jungkook rolls his eyes.

"it's 23,000 won for the two of you." He says, smiling shyly.

A wave of nervousness washes over me and I bite the inside of my mouth.

I don't know if I have enough, I shouldn't have bought that coffee.

I hand him my card anyway and pray that it's accepted.

He takes the card and swipes it.

BEEP BEEP

My heart sinks.

Crap.

It seems that fate is playing a series of elaborate and unamusing jokes on me.

"Umm,.." I say, reaching back to take the card.

Jungkook takes a step forward.

"It's okay, it's on me." Jin smiles. "I'll be your knight in green armor" he lamely jokes.

"No Jin, you're already paying for dinner." I protest against it.

He's always paying for me! I mean, my bank account appreciates it but I don't want him to think I'm just using him.

"You guys are going for dinner? "Jungkook asks but goes unacknowledged

"It's okay Momo. Honestly, I want to."Jin reassures me.

"At least just let me pay for what I can."

He nods and hands me back my card, then pulling out his own to pay for the rest.

"Thank you Jin, really. " He brushes it off, saying it's nothing.

"I'll see you tonight okay? I'll be there at 7, don't forget!"

How could I?

I nod and wave goodbye to him, walking out.

My heart finally calms down a bit as she leaves.

This was so embarrassing. I should have known Tae would do something like this.

Now I'm just that chicken guy. I don't wanna be the chicken guy!! Aish!

I scratch my head.

I hope she still likes me..Well she wouldn't go to dinner with me if she didn't right? Ah, I don't know! I'm not a girl! How am I to know what goes on in her head!

I sigh and look forward again.

Her friend, the one she works with, still stands here, staring me down.

Did he have a stroke or something?

"Jungkook, did you still need to pay?" I ask him kindly.

He suddenly snaps out of it, taking a breath in "No no, Momo paid, or I guess, you paid for me."

I nod.

"You call her by name, are you guys the same age?"I ask, curious

He looks a lot younger but why else wouldn't he call her Noona?

He smirks at me and I furrow my brows, suddenly growing a bit weirded out.

What the? Lucifer is that you? Or just a creepy twelve-year-old?

"No, that's not why I don't call her Noona." his smile grows and then he walks away like he's the most B.A. person in the room.

I tilt my head at the odd encounter.

Was that little muscle fetus thing trying to scare me away from Momo or challenge me for her?

The camera runs through poulet chicken, just missing the arms of a waiter trying to stop them. They burst through the doors of the kitchen.

Jin yelps in terror, flying three feet back, flailing his arms like a decapitated seal.

"What the? Why are you here?" He asks

"We're here to film how you make such good chicken."

Jin grabs a towel, rolling it up. He laughs, staring down the cameraman "Ahhh! so you just ran in here, unwelcomed and uninvited to see what my recipe is?"

The camera nods.

Jin flicks the towel at him "GET THE FRICK OUT! I'M NOT SHOWING YOU PEASANTS ANYTHING!"

The cameraman wails and limps out the door to escape the wrath of the angry alpaca.

-20 minutes later-

The camera zooms in through the window of the kitchen door.

Jin sprinkles a few sesame seeds in the chicken then lovingly blows a kiss to it.

"Finally." the cameraman says "The secret ingredient."

Wow, that was the longest, worst chapter yet and it wasn't even supposed to be its own chapter!! I think I was trying to cover up the bad quality with quantity

Cuz that makes sense.

It's like "hey this pie is flipping disgusting! Let's eat the whole thing!"

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!IT's JUST SELF INFLICTED MISERY!

I'm posting this anyway because I've given up on myself. Hopefully, their actual date will be better than this crap.

As you can tell, I'm okay at the humor part but I'm so bad at writing romance!

*cries*

*drowns sorrows in a tub of ice cream*