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I let Taehyung in even though I was really surprised at first. He sat on the couch and I told him to wait there for a while which he agreed with a nod. I placed the basket of strawberries he brought on the counter and washed some to cut them and place in a small plate with a fork to bring it to Jungkook but when I came upstairs Jungkook was already changed in the clothes that I chose for him, his peaceful huffs echoing in the room so I decided to just close the door and not disturb him any further. Maybe he could just eat later.

Taehyung told me to sit on the couch with him. I hesitated at first but when I saw his hopeful eyes, I obliged, not wanting to look rude. In the end, we ended up eating some of the strawberries.

"So Jiminie... are you and Jungkook, you know? In some sort of romantic relationship?" He asked and I choked on the strawberries I was eating. I coughed on my left to avoid spitting on his face if ever, my right fist slightly tapping my chest to relieve my coughs.

"Woah, Jimin are you okay?! I'm sorry did my question startled you?!" He rubbed circles on my back and it wasn't that long when he hurriedly ran towards the kitchen and then later comes back with a glass of water which I gladly took and drank straight up. I heard him chuckling after before he sat in his position on the couch once again.

"So this means that there's still no progress between you two." He stared at me with that smirk on his face and I quirked my eyebrows in confusion. Now that I think about it, how did he even knew my name?

"I'm sorry but... h-how do you know me?" He tilted his head on the side as he looked up.

"Jungkookie talks a lot about you, I mean... not really talk with 'words' but more with his actions." Then he finally stares back at me again, with the same boxy smile that shows all of his teeth. "I saw the both of you in that street that night of my party... you were hugging."

My eyes widened as he only wriggled his eyebrows. His looks were teasing, sending me a weird feeling in my stomach. What if he told what he saw to everyone? What would they think of Jungkook? They would surely think of him as low and uncool for being with me when it was clearly just a misunderstanding! He was just comforting me at that time! He didn't mean to hug me that way! But Taehyung-ssi was thinking about this all wrong, Jungkook's isn't--

"Woah, Woah, Jimin calm down okay? I might not hear anything from you but I could clearly see it in your eyes that you're thinking way too much! I mean no harm, no harm!" He raised both of his palms as he shakes it in front of me, showing his innocent and worried eyes.

When I bit my lower lip and looked down, I heard him sigh and gulp.

"Wanna trade secrets, Jimin?" I shot my head up almost immediately. He was now looking elsewhere, his head now rested back on the couch.

"I was so jealous that time when I saw Jungkook and you hugging that night." I was observing him, trying to find the gist in his tone of voice but I failed to see it. So he was really serious... then does that mean...

He then faced me, his face couldn't be as serious as this. His eyes were telling me something, like he was so determined to say what he was thinking as of the moment.

"I like Jungkook..."

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The next day came abruptly. It was lunch time and everyone was sharing their foods with their friends.

Hoseok, Seokjin, and Namjoon don't mind sharing their lunch boxes with a friend too. They liked it but they can't help but shake as their bodies react to the normal shudders that this place brings to them.

There they were, sitting on the mat that they placed on the floor of Jimin's lair, sharing their lunches together. Seokjin was already cursing Taehyung in his head for this since it was the younger's idea after all. The oldest didn't mind including Jimin but sitting in his lair was just too much!!

Even in the dim lights, they could still see the lab organs that Jimin had displayed on jars. Of course, it wasn't from a human since those are probably just used for Biology class but still! Who keeps things like those! And the fact that they could see skeletons on display, horror movie cd's, scary-looking dolls, and a lot of Halloween stuff were enough to make them almost vomit and scurry away. Namjoon's and Taehyung's hold on Jin and Hoseok were the only ones that are keeping those two from running away for their life.

So Jin and Hoseok had no choice but to stay. Yoongi was brave enough to not care, Jungkook had been here for a number of times and Taehyung looks happy, to be honest. He wanted to be with his 'friend' after all. And he was referring to Jimin since they decided to become best friends just yesterday after trading secrets.

"Aren't you suppose to be resting at home Jungkook? I mean, your fever couldn't be gone within just a few hours." Namjoon asked out of curiosity.

"Don't worry hyung, I'm fine and I can handle myself." Jungkook replied with a curt smile.

"Oh, you think I was worried about you? I am worried about getting infect--Ow!" Seokjin just slapped Namjoon's arm and he also earned a glare from Jin.

Everyone just laughed at the two and since they're at it, they wanted to know more about Jimin. Jimin had suddenly turned cool in their eyes ever since they saw how he fought with those ugly bastards. Jimin made it looked easy peasy.

"So Jimin, what are your interests and hobbies exactly? And are you always this cool? I mean, if I've known from way before I would seriously be friends with you! Not like I don't want to be friends with you from before but just... you seemed more approachable now." Hoseok cheered with his blinding smile, now getting more comfortable in that room.

Jimin looked down blushing from the compliment, the cloak hanging loosely on his body as he fiddles with his fingers. And yes, he was back to wearing that usual cloak of his.

"I'm not cool... but thank you..."

Friends... Jimin wanted to utter, wanted to check if he heard how Hoseok wanted to be friends with him even from before.

"Now what is it? Your hobbies? Or anything that interests you..." Yoongi followed, eating some mini hotdogs in his lunchbox as his eyes focused on Jimin. Jungkook was curious too, he wanted to know what Jimin's likes and dislikes.

Jimin contemplated first before he soon spoke, his head still lowered down but it didn't stop Jungkook from gawking at him even though he can't even have a glance of Jimin's face since it was covered by the fabric.

"I love... murders." By just the mention of that word, everyone almost gulped and froze in their spots including Jungkook. Turns out that they are all scaredy cats after all.

And Jimin was fast to catch up on the situation.

"I mean horror movies! Not the actual... k-killing!" Jimin waved both of his hands since he could somehow sense how everyone interpreted what he just told them. They all sighed in relief, Hoseok and Jin even hold onto their chest to calm themselves.

"I just... prefer horror movies like killings, murders, slashers, gores, and especially those that really show monsters eating the organs of their victims." Jimin's eyes suddenly had this glint of interests whilst he was saying this. Even though they couldn't see it because of his cloak, they know how Jimin was so excited whilst saying those things and it started giving them goosebumps. They can't even last a minute watching suspense so how come they could relate to Jimin at this state!

Yoongi regretted even asking further. He should've stopped when he still can because right now, Jimin was so invested in the topic that he can't help but let his mouth run freely.

"Thrillers are super fun! I especially like Ghost face because he's hard to read. No one even knows when it would attack but I like Michael Myers too! He's a good psycho, Freddy is another kind and Jason too! Leather--" It took Taehyung all the courage he had just to be brave enough and ask a different question just to make Jimin stop because damn! They are all about to pee in their pants and run away!

"J-Jimin... could we go visit your house?" Taehyung questioned in a frantic, not realizing what he just asked.

And maybe it was a way worse question since they couldn't hide their facial expressions. They were thinking about lots of things by the mention of Jimin's 'house'.

Spider webs.

Ripped curtains.

Shadows hiding beneath those ripped curtains.

Old portraits and paintings.

Howlings of owls at nights.

Flickering lights and spooky staircase.

A house with lots of holes on the walls.

Creaky noises.

Everyone was thinking of the same thing...

What if Jimin lives in a haunted house?

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(I will drop the rest all at once but you have to wait for two or three days more and I will clean it for you.)