C H A P T E R

EIGHTEEN:

Jungkook, Jin, Hoseok and Wendy are walking around the site, Jungkook didn't want to be holed up in his room, and his three friends didn't want to stay inside like they always did. They walk over to the small coffee table where the four grab their coffees, and hold the cups tightly to feel some warmth on their fingers. "I don't know why God decided to make the cold but I don't respect him for it," Hoseok shivers, his teeth chattering. Wendy snuggles closer to him as they walk and Jin rolls his eyes.

Jungkook sees this and nudges him slightly, "what's up?" Jungkook asks, walking closer to the blonde boy. Jin just shakes his head, looking down towards his feet. But Jungkook wasn't buying it. Normally, Jin was the liveliest one out of all four of them, but today he was even more silent than a kitten meeting it's new family for the first time. So Jungkook dragged Jin away from Hoseok and Wendy, pulling him as they walked ahead of the couple behind them. Jin rolls his eyes again and says, "okay, but did you need to physically drag me?"

Jungkook sighs and asks, "yes. Now seriously, what's up? You've been rolling your eyes everytime Hoseok and Wendy do some cute couple shit. And don't think I haven't noticed, because it's not only that, your attitude and mood has been so down. So are you going to tell me what's up? Or am I going to have to force it out of you?" Jin's shoulders slump as he sighs, "it's seriously nothing...but if you're so persistent, I'll have you know," Jin begins, leaning closer and whispering to Jungkook as they walked around randomly, "I'm quite sad that Hoseok has someone, and I don't."

Jungkook stares at a blushing Jin. That's the first time in their friendship, that Jungkook has ever seen Jin blush, or even mention anything to do with his romantic love life. When Jungkook doesn't say anything, Jin takes that as his moment to try and explain himself, "it's not like I'm jealous...well maybe it is, it's just that, I've been waiting so long for the right person, and seeing all of my friends find their person, just makes me a little bit sad that I can't find my person...do you understand what I mean Jungkook?"

Jungkook nods quickly, taking in all of Jin's words. So Jin felt...lonely? Jungkook smiles at Jin reassuringly, "hey listen you long legged blonde lollipop, the more you worry about trying to find someone, the more they cast adrift from accidentally stumbling into your life. So don't you worry, and have a little faith in fate. Maybe you will meet someone soon. Maybe they're just right around the corner," Jungkook says, hugging Jin from the side. Jin smiles softly still feeling a bit down, "hey Jin, do me a favour, and don't ever pull a Ted Mosby on yourself."

That gets Jin laughing, and soon the blonde boy is throwing is head back in laughter, "I swear, Lily is one of the best characters. She was like the mom of the group, and it was destiny how her and Marshall met." Jungkook agrees with Jin, "for me, the best character is Marshall. For him, everything was so funny...apart from when his dad passed away. That scene almost killed me on the inside. It was worse than when Lily left Marshall and he was so broken." Jungkook solemnly nods at the memory of an episode from his favorite show.

Jin snickers when he says, "do you think destiny is real?" Jungkook shrugs, "I mean, if destiny is meant to happen, then it should happen. Like for example, that episode where Jeannette met Ted, and kept saying that she couldn't stand the idea of not meeting him. It turned out that it wasn't destiny that brought them together. But if Jeannette meant to start that fire, then wouldn't that be her creating her own destiny? So I'm retrospect, yes, I do believe in destiny. Like any other average Joe out there," Jungkook finishes, Jin looks down at his younger with a smile. He ruffles Jungkook's cherry red hair, "you really are a wise one, aren't you?"

And then right there, in that moment, Jungkook gets the best idea that he's ever had in his whole life. But he didn't want to tell Jin his idea, because he was going to create a destiny for Jin. Instead, Jungkook nods, "of course I am. I'm the wisest one in the group." Jin scoffs, "yeah right, and I'm the ugliest one." Jungkook laughs, "oh now now, would you look at that, for once you're not chatting out of your ass." Jin kisses his teeth and slaps Jungkook, but Jungkook runs away, laughing.

Jungkook runs backwards, staring at Jin mockingly, "you missed me! Ha, I really am the wisest," Jin tries to signal to Jungkook that he should turn around, but Jungkook doesn't get the point, and instead yells over, "yeah that's right! Listen to me, and weep baby! Because who's the best? Who's the best? Yeah that's right, Jeon Jungkook is!"

Hoseok and Wendy reach Jin's side, and their eyes widen, they also try to signal to Jungkook to turn around but once again, he doesn't listen. The smaller boy just flips them all off. He takes one step backwards but stops when he feels something blocking him. Frowning, he turns around to see blue eyes looking down at him, "hello there."

Abruptly, butterflies erupt in Jungkook's body as he realizes the close proximity between him and Taehyung. "T-taehyung!"

Taehyung smiles, patting Jungkook's head, "you look so cute when you blush," Jungkook doesn't even realise he's blushing until Taehyung mentioned it. Which makes Jungkook try to cool down the burn on his cheeks by placing his cold hands on his face.

Taehyung brushes past Jungkook in a quick second, heading over to Hoseok and Jin. Jungkook follows after Taehyung like a lost puppy, "Taehyung, wait!" He mentally face palms at this, heading over to his friends.

Taehyung introduces himself. He nods at Wendy, receiving a hard glare from her. But Taehyung ignores that, and he's staring straight down at Hoseok and Jin. "Taehyung," he says curtly, stretching his hand out for Jin to shake it it. Jin places his own hand in Taehyung's. Taehyung vigorously shakes it.

"Jesus, you almost broke my arm," Jin says loudly, rubbing at his arm, which looked floppy. Taehyung stops glaring at Jin when he realizes that Jin is gay. "I'm Jin, a gay individual, and if you've got a gay twin, I'd love it if we could meet, thanks," Jin says bluntly, before walking away. Taehyung then turns to talk to Hoseok, but sees Wendy kissing Hoseok passionately.

Taehyung turns to Jungkook in utter confusion, "..okay then." Jungkook laughs, and walks with Taehyung, following Jin into the food court, "that's Hoseok. Him and Wendy are...how do I put it, infatuated. Newly, so there's a lot of random kissing and shit. But now you've met my friends."

Taehyung laughs, "I can see why they're your friends," he shuffles closer to Jungkook, "I'm heading into the food court to meet with Jimin and the lot. Want to come with?" Jungkook stares up at Taehyung with a sparkle in his eyes, "I'd love to...plus I want Jin to meet someone in particular."

Jungkook looks up at Taehyung, who's staring down at him with confusion, "who do you want Jin to meet? I mean I don't think of anyone particular when you say that..." Jungkook presses his hand against Taehyung's, holding him tightly, while laughing, "I can't tell you my plan. You're just going to have to wait and see," he says, walking into the food court.

When they step into the hall, Jungkook immediately leaves Taehyung's side to quickly follow after Jin, who's moving to stand in line. Taehyung sees this but shrugs and heads over to where his friends were sitting, but before he left he shouts over, "hey kook! Make sure you come over," Jungkook turns around, nodding, flashing Taehyung a toothy grin, before heading into line, behind Jin. Jungkook pants, "jeez Jin, did you have to literally speed into the food line. I'm dying, I had to follow after you. My legs are short and spindly, I shouldn't have to go through this."

Jin turns around, "well drink some milk and grow." Jungkook gasps, "excuse me, I'll have you know that, I drink. I drink loads of milk. But I don't know what type of milk you drink, so hand it over so I can grow." Jin shakes with laughter, "I drink a milk called...genetics. Mixed with some chromosomes and DNA," Jungkook frowns when Jin says this, rolling his eyes. "Thanks for that, now just watch me steal some genes, DNA and chromosomes from someone," Jungkook says sarcastically, rolling his eyes once again.

"Can you just hurry the fuck up!?!?" Jin shouts at the person in front of him. Jungkook tiptoes to look at who it is. From the back they look wildly familiar, but Jungkook shrugs, and just continues to talk to Jin, "anyways, are you really that hungry that you need to shout at someone that's getting their food?" Jin shakes his head, his blonde hair falling out of place, "it's not that, he's just standing there reading," Jungkook chokes on air, sputtering, "what?" Jungkook steps out of the line and taps the boy on the shoulder, "hey excuse me, you-"

Jungkook stops talking when Namjoon turns around, holding a book in his hands tightly, glasses on his face. He takes out his headphones, "oh hey Jungkook! Didn't see you there! How are you?" He asks, moving to the side to talk to Jungkook. Jungkook flashes Namjoon a quick smile, "I'm fine thanks for asking. Listen, I was hoping to talk to you anyways, so it's good that I bumped into you," Jungkook begins, he then turns to Jin, "Jin, meet Namjoon. Namjoon, meet Jin." Namjoon smiles at Jin, who's looking at Namjoon with a glazed look in his eye.

Jungkook smiles to himself, he was so good at creating destiny.

Jin blushes when Namjoon takes his hand, shaking it softly, "hey...it's nice to meet you," he says, his dimples appearing when he smiled at Jin. Jin gasps quietly, his cheeks and ears reddening. Whereas Jungkook just stood near the two, his sly grin reaching his ears. Jin softly says, "...hi, Namjoon. It's a pleasure."

Jungkook scoffs, "guys! Let's skip the formalities. Come, let's go sit down," Jungkook says, quickly walking off, leaving the two to get to know each other.

Namjoon chuckles as he sees Jungkook quickly run off, "Jungkook is a special one eh? I don't really hang out with him but he's such a funny guy," Jin nods, picking up a water bottle, "you want one?" He asks Namjoon. He gladly takes one from the blonde boy, flashing him a quick smile. "Thanks! So, what are you doing here?" Namjoon asks, walking alongside Jin. The taller boy shrugs, "I came here with my friend Hoseok, I don't know if Jungkook has ever mentioned that before, we're homeschooled and we decided to take a break. I guess it was fate that I met Jungkook and Wendy. You?"

Namjoon nods, tilting his head slightly to look at Jin better, he gives Jin a grin, "oh..I'm relatively new at this school, but I was lucky that they even allowed me to come on this trip, it's so fun seeing everything and experiencing new things...you would not believe the little tiny things I found outside...sorry, I'm ranting." Namjoon looks at Jin nervously, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand, sheepishly.

Jin quickly shakes his hand, "no..no, it's okay. Eventhough I came here, I haven't been really going out and seeing the sights, so it's nice to hear things about this place. Tell me more," the blonde boy urges, seeing Hoseok's familiar mop of hair with Jungkook and Wendy. He also saw some unfamiliar faces which he deemed to be Namjoon's friends.

"You haven't been sightseeing? Well I'd love to show you around. I've gotten quite familiar with the way around." Jin looks down at his fingers, a slight blush tinting his pale cheeks, brown eyes glistening, "I'd love that."

Namjoon smiles, sitting down at the table. Jin stands awkwardly for a second before heading over to Jungkook, who was sitting opposite Namjoon and his friends, however Namjoon calls him back, "hey Jin! Come sit next to me!" Jin smiles and quickly heads over to sit beside Namjoon.

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it's Eid tomorrow, so Eid Mubarak to those celebrating!

So Namjoon and Jin?

Taehyung and Kook are more comfortable with each other. That's cute. Anyways, how is everyone? Are you all staying safe? You better be!