chapter 17

After a month,

“Jimin ah, I’m not coming to classes today.”

Taehyung said pacing back and forth in the living room.

“why?"

“I changed my night classes to afternoon. So, I’m attending from tomorrow.”

“I already said you can’t attend night classes. You didn’t listen and suddenly changed today.”

Usually, Jimin will drop him in the workplace every day and Taehyung would return home at 6 or 7 am after working part-time. But the night classes are different. Jimin told him but he didn’t listen.

“it’s 6 to 10 and you know, 10 pm is night and the night is dark”Taehyung explained with a serious face.

Jimin sighed,“Woah, I didn’t know that night is dark.”

“it’s not like that, I thought they would start in the evening and ends like 6 or 7. But didn’t know they would take until 10 pm.”He said with a slight pout.

“ok, take a rest then. I’m going. Lock the house if you are going outside.”

“ok”He showed thumbs up and went to his room to sleep.

“I can’t understand him sometimes”Jimin said to himself and went to the University.

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Meanwhile, Hoseok is getting ready to go to that contest.

Then he knocked on Jin’s door.

“hyung, I’m ready”

“yeah”

Then Jin opened the door and saw Hoseok standing with a large grin.

Then they went outside to take a cab.

And they don’t know Taehyung is sleeping in his house peacefully.

They both arrived at the University.

Jin showed the invitation and  went inside.

The Seok duo searched for the block where the acting contest is held.

But Hoseok looked around for Business block to meet Taehyung.

Finally, Jin found it.

“here it is, let’s go inside Hoseok”

“you go hyung”

“why? Don’t you wanna see me acting?”

“I want to but we will have to leave after the contest. So, I’ll go see Taehyung and you participate in this. all the best hyung.”Hoseok showed thumbs up with both hands and waved at his hyung.

“I regret agreeing with you”Jin mumbled and went inside.

Hoseok quickly searched for the block and he stood in front of the Business block.

The thing is he don't know the class.

“How will I find him in this huge monster block?”

He scanned the building.

Then he asked the students who were standing outside the class.

After 30 minutes of repeating the same name to different people, he met Jackson.

“do you know Kim Taehyung? I wanna return something to him.”

Jackson nodded,“yeah Taehyung is my friend but he didn’t come today.”

Hoseok eyes widened and took a deep breath to relax.

Jackson continued,

“I think he is gonna take evening classes. He said he won’t come to classes in the morning.”

Hoseok listened to him, his mouth forming an O shape.

“he lost his wallet, I found it and wanted to give it to him”He said hesitantly.

“then you can give it to Jimin.”Jackson replied.

“who is Jimin?”

“Park Jimin is Taehyung’s close friend and they reside in the same dorm.”

“where is he?”

“he is an arts major. His block is two blocks away from here.”

“oh ok thank you… your name?”

“Jackson”

“oh nice to meet you, Jackson, see you “

“bye”Jackson waved at him.

“now, I want to find Jimin.”Hoseok scoffed and walked to the Arts block.

To his good luck, it’s gonna be lunchtime soon. he stood in front of Jimin’s class.

He fiddled with his fingers and asked about Jimin to students.

“you know Park Jimin?”He asked Jimin.

“yes, he is right here.”

Hoseok sighed in relief.

“haa, finally I found you. hi, I’m Hoseok”

“oh, I’m Jimin. How can I help you?”

“I bumped into Taehyung and he missed this. and I wanted to return it. sorry for returning late, I couldn’t find you guys easily.”He gave the wallet to Jimin and bowed slightly.

Jimin checked it and smiled,“thank you but you shouldn’t have to come all the way here. Sorry for wasting your time”

“it’s ok”

“wait, how do you know Taehyung?”Jimin asked with a confused face.

Hoseok blinked and smiled nervously.

If he says he was Jungkook’s friend, they would probably throw him outside.--- fuck you Jungkook ---He mentally cursed him.

He cleared his throat and spoke,“I saw his name in that wallet bills.”

“oh, you could have spent these coupons. These were expired now.”Jimin replied chuckling.

“it’s not mine anyway”He said laughing a little.

Hoseok thought for a second and looked at Jimin hesitantly,

“Jimin, where can I see Taehyung? Don’t think of me as a creep, I want to apologize to him.  I was just curious to see him.it’s ok if he doesn’t want to. Sorry if I sounded wrong.”He rapped and looked at the ground embarrassed.

“Sorry but I think -“

“only one time”Hoseok said mostly talked to himself.

“uhmm”Jimin thought for a second, he scanned the other from head to toe.

“it’s ok, I’ll just leave”Hoseok turned on his heels unable to handle the other’s gaze.

“wait”Jimin stopped him.

“w-what?”Hoseok turned and saw Jimin with a wide smile.

“you see, Taehyung is gonna take classes in the afternoon. You can’t see him often.”

Hoseok nodded and looked down.

“and you can see him at his part-time job. It’s at Solar Street.”

Hoseok eyes lit up as that street is nearby his house.

Hoseok spoke,

“But why did you suddenly say these?”

Jimin went near Hoseok and whispered in his ear,“I saw your note in the wallet, good luck Taehyung’s fan.”

He said and chuckled softly.

Meanwhile, Hoseok’s cheek turned red, and had a shy smile. He didn’t expect the other to write his notes for Taehyung. but he kept the note that can be visible to anyone.

“it’s not what you think”He blushed.

“I can see your tomato face, it says otherwise”

“I-I “

“I know everything.”

Then Jimin gave the address of that shop and wished him good luck.

“t-thank you Jimin”

“can I have your Snapchat ID?"

The older one blinked at the sudden question.

Jimin laughed awkwardly,

"You have helped him. We can chat right?"

Hoseok nodded and followed Jimin on Snapchat.

“aah, thank you. now I’m going for lunch. Do you wanna join?”

“it’s fine, I should go. My friend will be waiting for me.”

“ see you later”

“bye”

Then Jimin left to have lunch and Hoseok called Jin.

Then He found Jin sitting on bench eating chips.

“hyung”Jin turned to see the familiar loud noise.

“hobi ah, I thought you left me.”The older exclaimed faking a cry.

“I won’t do that, I returned his wallet hyung”

“Woah, did you see that guy?”

“no, he took a day off, I gave it to his friend”

“but you wanted to see him right”

“Yeah, I asked that and Jimin gave the shop’s address where he is working. You know, it’s near our dorm.”He squealed and that startled Jin.

“ok ok, you go see him. now let’s go home.”

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After Jimin returned home, he sang the other’s name in front of his room.

“Taehyung ahhh… Jiminie here”

“yeah”

Then he saw Jimin showing his old wallet and wiggling his eyebrows.

He snatched it from him and checked that. everything is there except that rock candy.

“Woah, how did you find it?”

“a cute guy gave it to me.”

Taehyung frowned.

“who?”

“the one who bumped on you. he searched for you and finally returned it today during my class. His name is Hoseok."

“oh”Taehyung nodded and saw a note inside it.

" it sounds like a Disney movie though.”

Taehyung just glared and read the note.

~ I like flowers too. Bcoz they remind me of your smile. Smile pls.                           - Your fan (^人^)

(P.S: sorry for eating the rock candy. I couldn’t resist) ~

Taehyung smiled after reading the PS.

“oh I see someone smiling”Jimin said and nudged the other’s arms.

“ How can someone draw emojis in letters? And what does “your fan” mean? I’m not even popular”

“oh so you like this guy”

Taehyung eyes widened and hit Jimin playfully.

“what the hell? I don’t even know him and I’m not ready for anything. ”

But Jimin smirked playfully.

"I'm gonna Kill you Park Jimin"

“ok, but he said he wanted to meet you.”

“hmm… also I want to thank him for returning this.”

“ you’ll meet him soon”Jimin hinted at Taehyung.

Then he saw his phone and cooed at seeing a photo.“What is that?”

“see this cutie, he is the one who gave this.”

He showed the photo to Taehyung.

“How did you get it?”

“I got his Snapchat ID”

Taehyung looked at it and felt that he had seen Hoseok somewhere, maybe with Jungkook.

He thought about it and shrugged it off.

“ok Jimin, I should get ready for work. See ya”

He went to his room.

Then Jimin dropped him at work.

At 9:00 pm,

Hoseok wandered at the street with the address.

“This is harder than finding the owner of the glass shoes”

he mumbled and finally, he found the shop.

It is a 24 hours study café. It doesn’t have many employees. Taehyung and two other workers only work at night. Taehyung would sit at the librarian desk arranging the books, and managing the reception desk.He would read books to keep himself awake and he liked it cause it has a peaceful ambiance.

Hoseok mentally prepared himself and opened the door.

“Hello, what are you looking for?”Taehyung asked and bowed politely.

Then he saw Hoseok who had a nervous smile.

“hi I’m Hoseok”

Then Taehyung's expression changed when he saw Hoseok in person. He knew that guy before.

He looked at Hoseok,

"You are Jung Hoseok, am I right?"

"Yes"

His eyes showed anger. Jungkook said about Hoseok and the fake story that Aecha framed to ruin their friendship. Jungkook showed his photo once and Taehyung forgot it.

-this guy even said he would hurt me. how can he write notes to me after loving Jungkook?  Did he really love him or is he a player? –

These thoughts lingered in his mind and glared at Hoseok.

“w-what happened?”Hoseok asked worriedly after seeing the other’s face.

“you are Jungkook’s friend right?”

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