Jimin was already having his breakfast, when Taehyung walked in to the kitchen. The latter wordlessly took a sip from the coffee that Jimin had kept for him, before starting to make breakfast for himself and Jungkook.

"The department is going to have a picnic on coming Saturday. Do you and Jungkook wanna come too?" Jimin asked few minutes later, and Taehyung turned to look at him with a confused eyes.

"Why are you asking us to come for your team outing?"

Jimin shrugged his shoulders. "No reason, I guess."

"Jimin." Taehyung's voice had a tone of concern this time. "Is something wrong?"

Jimin looked contemplating for few seconds, before he sighed in defeat. "Yeah, I guess. I pretty much hate those fuckers. Annoying, pompous asses. The only one I can stand is Soobin and he's on leave till end of the month. I'd rather not go but chief said it's mandatory."

"Oh."

"It's kind of a semi- open event and we are allowed to invite family or friends too. So I thought maybe.."

"Hmm.." Taehyung considered it for few seconds. "Okay, I'll ask from Jungkook."

"Don't force it if you don't want to."

"No no. A picnic sounds like fun."

"We are going on a picnic?"

Both Taehyung and Jimin snapped their heads at that sound to see Jungkook walking in with a slight limp. Jimin looked highly amused at the sight of their youngest while Taehyung's eyes filled with concern.

"Baby, you okay?" Taehyung asked in a worried voice as he kept a glass of juice in front of Jungkook, when the younger sat on the stool next to Jimin while wincing and hissing a little loudly. However, he gave a reassuring smile to Taehyung in the next second.

"I'm fine, hyungie."

Taehyung wanted to sat something more but then he decided to let the younger have breakfast first. Jimin however, did seem to follow the same method.

"Rough night?"

Jungkook chocked on the juice he was having and coughed vigorously.

"Jimin!!" Taehyung yelled in a disapproving tone as he quickly walked to Jungkook and forcefully pat his back. "What the fuck?!"

Jimin shrugged his shoulders. "He was limping, so..."

He let the rest of the sentence just hang there but his implications were very clear. Jungkook's face turned to a shade pinker and Taehyung gave a murderous glare to his friend.

"Although I should have been able to hear it, since the rooms here can't hold any sound in. Omg!" Jimin's eyes widened in shock. "Is that why you guys haven't done it yet? Am I unintentionally cockblocking you two?"

"Shut up!" Taehyung hissed as he felt the heat creeping up on to his face too.

Jungkook of course looked like a riped tomato by now. He tried to focus his attention on his juice and not on the conversation but failed miserably.

"Alright, alright. I'm out of here." Jimin said as he raised his both hands in a surrendering gesture. "Enjoy your breakfast, gentlemen."

He got up from his seat, washed his hands and the plate, before picking up his jacket from the backrest of the chair he was sitting on. He was halfway out of the kitchen, when he suddenly stopped and turned around.

"But seriously, let me know if I'm being in your way, okay? Cause you know, I can totally go and stay with Namjoon hyung for few days."

"For fuck's sake-"

"I'm going, I'm going." Jimin practically ran out the kitchen and both Taehyung and Jungkook could hear him laughing in the living room, before the front door opened and closed.

Rest of the breakfast was very awkward, as both men avoided to meet each other's eyes, and the conversation was literally nil.

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Jungkook tossed and turned in the bed uneasily, as he waited for Taehyung to come out of the bathroom. What Jimin said in the morning has been running through Jungkook's mind for the entire day, even though none of them spoke about it again.

It's wasn't like Jungkook was desperately waiting for it to happen but it'd be a lie if he told that the idea didn't come to his mind either. They decided to take it slow, but how slow should it be exactly? How much would be too fast or how much would be too slow?

They kissed many times, had mini make out sessions every night before sleeping, but that was it. Taehyung kept his touches gentle and innocent, and Jungkook just didn't think to do anything else either. He was comfortable in where they were right now. Until his devil of a new friend planted the seed of something else in his head.

Jungkook's wild thoughts came to a screeching halt at the sound of the bathroom door opening. Taehyung walked out in his night cloths, while drying his hair with a soft towel. Jungkook liked this habit of Taehyung taking a shower before bed, because it makes the elder smell like strawberries. Nuzzling in to Taehyung's soft and slightly damp hair is one of Jungkook's favourite things to do before sleep.

Taehyung quietly walked to the bed and slid under the covers. He opened his arms for Jungkook to come in to them, as that was how they normally sleep. Jungkook did came in to elder's embrace but his movements were rather hesitant. He laid his head on Taehyung's chest, while his hand hugged the elder's waist.

"What's on your mind?" Taehyung soft voice broke the silence after about a minute and Jungkook felt the familiar heat rushing to his face now.

He was indeed thinking about something very indecent at that moment and there is no way he would tell it out to Taehyung.

"N-nothing."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. It's nothing important anyway."

"Well, you seem to be thinking very hard about this not important thing. You know you can talk to me, right baby?"

Jungkook thought for few seconds before deciding to share his thoughts with the elder. They both made a promise that they will never hide things from each other, no matter how small it is. Their lack of communication was one of the main reason for the disaster that happened with their lives earlier and Jungkook will be damned if he let it happen again.

"It's.. uhhh... it's about what Jiminie hyung said in the morning."

"Oh.."

To be honest, Taehyung had been thinking about the same thing all day too. Hell, he had been thinking about it for few days now. It was rather difficult for him to sleep everyday, just hugging Jungkook. V had been very restless too. The primal urge to claim one's mate is not something that easy to ignore.

But both of them didn't want to push Jungkook and Jk in to something they were not ready. So they calmed their raging and needy minds, and waited. However, now that Jungkook himself had started the conversation, both Taehyung and V was very eager to know the younger's opinion.

"And what do you think about it?" Taehyung asked in a soft voice and gave a gentle kiss to the younger's head.

"I-I don't know."

"Koo, it's okay. There's no rush for anything. We can take as much as time we want."

"Take things slow?"

"Yeah. Exactly."

"B-but, how slow is.. too slow?"

Taehyung chuckled a bit at the younger's adorable ways. He could sense the pout on Jungkook's face, even if he couldn't see it due to the low lighting.

"That's for you to decide, baby. We are following your pace in this matter."

There was about a minute of silence, which kind of worried Taehyung. He was just about to say something to reassure Jungkook when the younger spoke up again.

"W-what if I'm ready now?"