LOVE LIKE A FAIRY TALE || JIKOOK ✅

12

JIMIN POV

Jimin fell asleep that night, content that he'd made Jungkook happy with the food he'd made.

If he could twist the alpha's arm and convince him to buy some more ingredients, he could make him something even better.

Jungkook had insisted on leaving the dishes, but jimin woke early the next morning and finished them.

Then he decided the kitchen as a whole could do with a good clean.

He was on his hands and knees, scrubbing the floor, when foot steps padded across the tiles and the alpha's legs came into view.

"Huh?" Jungkook asked tiredly, scrubbing a hand across his eyes.

He looked more asleep than awake.

"Would you like some coffee?"

The alpha groaned and leaned heavily against the kitchen counter.

"Jimin, I thought we talked about this."

He sat back on his heels. "Talked about what?"

"About you resting and healing. Not kneeling on the ground and scrubbing floors with broken ribs."

The alpha didn't seem angry, more confused.

"My ribs don't hurt much any more and it's not fair for me and Jungmin to live here without giving something back."

Jungkook's tone turned to frustration.

"I don't need you to pay me back, not by cooking, not by cleaning. I don't need a personal maid. And you do need to mind those ribs, doctor's orders."

"But you have no one to look after you. I can do that."

The alpha came right up to him, lifting him off the floor.

"I don't need someone to look after me. I can do for myself."

"So just stop this, okay? Stop."

At the alpha's angry tone, Jimin let go of the cloth he'd been scrubbing the floor with, nodding rapidly.

"Yes. Yes, sir. I won't, I'm sorry... I was only... only..."

His breaths were coming in pants his heart thudding in his chest.

He knew the alpha would just get angrier if he saw him getting upset.

So he pushed past Jungkook and ran for the door. Jungmin was safely asleep in the den, so Jimin didn't go far, just into the barn and up onto the rafters.

It would be hard for Jungkook to follow him up there.

Besides, Jiwoo never went after him when he was upset.

Not unless the alpha was angry with him or wanted the last word.

When the door to the barn creaked open a few minutes later, Jimin froze.

"Just me," Jungkook called.

"Do you want to come down so we can talk about this?"

Jimin didn't, feeling an ache in his ribs at the thought.

"I'm not angry, if that's what you're worried about."

He peeked down at the alpha, spotting Jungkook's troubled doe eyes staring up at him.

"I didn't mean to upset you," He said softly.

"But I would like to talk about it. You can stay up there, if you feel more comfortable." He settled down against a bale of hay.