sugar ↭ m.yg × p.jm

eleven.

jimin blinked up at him, some kind of glint evident in his eyes, although yoongi didn't know what. an eye smile made its way up to his features.

"thank you, yoongi hyung." he said with a small voice, almost shyly.

yoongi nodded, lowering their hands but not letting go as he gestured towards the cafe with his free hand. "now, are you ready?"

jimin glanced down at their hands, then back at yoongi. he drew a shaky breath and nodded, opening the cafe door. "operation: make im jaebum jealous of my new super great boyfriend." he said under his breath, audible enough for yoongi and him to hear.

as they walked inside the cafe, yoongi laughed at jimin's sort of compliment. he did it on purpose, to get im jaebum's attention (and unfortunately a few other customers) and because he actually found it nice. hand still intertwined with jimin's, they walk over to mr. park, who's talking with somebody who yoongi could only assume was another employee. they definitely weren't there before.

seeing the couple walk towards them over mr. park's shoulder, the employee's eyes light up, "jimin!"

jimin looked up, eyes lighting up as well as he practically ran towards the employee, the latter stepping out of the employee zone, mr. park watching the two with a smile. it was quite awkward for yoongi, as jimin didn't let go of his hand when the orange haired boy was running towards and hugging the unnamed employee. it was also awkward because he was holding his boyfriend's hand whilst his boyfriend hugged some other guy and-- wait, boyfriend?

back, back, back. pretend boyfriend, rather.

either way, it was awkward until jimin pulled away with a grin, as well as the employee. the latter's grin looked quite infectious. subconsciously, yoongi was slightly smiling. because, hey, jimin definitely seemed okay now, now that this employee has come along and that was definitely all that mattered at this moment-- for jimin to be okay.

"yoongi!" jimin exclaimed, the mint haired boy paying attention with a curious hum. jimin looked at the unnamed employee, "this is choi youngjae!" he glanced back at yoongi, "youngjae, this is yoongi!"

youngjae smiled at yoongi, giving him a smile and yoongi nodded back, watching as youngjae's eyes trailed towards his hand that was still holding jimin's. youngjae let out a small, almost inaudible gasp, "you're his new boyfriend?!" he exclaimed, grinning between the two, waiting for an answer.

yoongi spoke as loud as youngjae had said his question, "yep."

youngjae squealed, afterward coughing a bit in an attempt to hold his excitement back. "that's so cute. you guys are so cute." he giggled, looking back at mr. park and giving the couple an apologetic look. "i'd love to catch up, jimin hyung. and i sorta wanna know you better, yoongi hyung. but i have to go back and show mr. park the stockroom! are you guys staying for a while?"

"'till 5." jimin answered. "can we help with serving?"

"sure! we definitely need the help. mark's off to wherever and bambam's seriously missing in action."

the second name sounded unfamiliar, but yoongi smiled slightly, "we'd love to help."

youngjae grinned. "great!" he gestured towards the backroom, "welp, see you guys later!" he turned his heel, entering the employees only zone and into the room, mr. park following shortly after giving the couple a short nod.

jimin sighed contentedly.

yoongi raised a brow at the boy, "hope you're not replacing me, jiminie."

jimin looked up at him with a ridiculous look, "i'd never replace you, babe." he stuck his tongue out, playing along.

yoongi groaned, "don't call me that..."

"what?" jimin laughed, "babe?"

yoongi was about to scold him jokingly until the sound of somebody clearing their throat pierced through their lighthearted atmosphere. turning to the source of the voice, they saw jaebum, standing behind the other end of the counter, more near the couple. he was giving them some kind of look, yoongi couldn't read it, but he felt weird.

"jimin," jaebum addressed him quietly, and jimin nodded slightly, looking at anything but jaebum. jaebum slowly turned his head towards yoongi, who almost flinched at the intimidating eyes staring holes into hus very being. jaebum smiled, more of a smirk, "why, hello, min yoongi."

"jaebum," yoongi addressed in an almost bitter sounding voice, tightening his grip on jimin's hand, but not too tight. the younger looked at his side, casting a worried look towards the sight of yoongi frowning at jaebum. "odd seeing you here."

"ah, well," jaebum shrugged. "didn't your boyfriend tell you that i work here during summers?"

"i thought you didn't anymore," jimin blurted out, piping in on the conversation. jaebum's gaze was on him now, but yoongi kept his glare on jaebum. jimin let out a frustrated sigh, "uh, i just-- how do we help, jaebum?"

jaebum smiled. "just go ahead and serve the things i'll be making over there." he gestured towards the machine. "it's that simple. the trays are by the display case." he gave them one last look before walking over to the cashier.

jimin let out a sigh he didn't know he'd been holding. yoongi looked at him, squeezing his hand, making jimin look at him.

"hey, hey. we can do this." yoongi cooed for a bit, quickly leaning forward to place a quick kiss on jimin's hairline.

jimin smiled.

2 more painful hours to spend with the boy who broke his heart.