Soulmate Bonded: Jungkook xReader (feat. Namjoon)

(Chapter 52) It hurts me more than my own pain

And he really does rise so easily to bait.

"He's just teasing," you murmur,

patting Jungkook's cheek as he stares darkly after Jimin.

"I know, but-" Jungkook frowns, his jaw squared.

You take a moment to look at Jungkook's face.

He did look rightfully defensive, and his serious attitude made your smile fade away.

Thinking back, you do shiver slightly at the way Jimin seemed so comfortable insinuating whatever he was insinuating.

Even as a joke.

He was so casual, so slick about it.

It was a side of Jimin you'd never seen before.

He had always been so thoughtful, sweet and gentle...

That this surprises you, a lot, actually.

But everyone has multiple sides, you suppose.

And suddenly you remember one time you were all eating together...

When Jimin leaned over and said something to Namjoon, while giggling about it himself.

Taehyung, who also leaned in to catch the joke,

shook his head, rolling his eyes, and said "pervert."

So maybe it wasn't so strange that Jungkook got so riled up around Jimin.

Maybe he knew what Jimin was like.

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   Jungkook

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No.

He didn't want Jimin and Jimin's jokes around Soulmate.

The fact that Jimin had even joked at a 3-way made Jungkook bristle.

It wasn't funny.

Not to Jungkook.

Jimin's soft voice drawls out the most shocking things sometimes, and while Jungkook usually laughs with his hyungs...

Soulmate isn't a joking matter.

Jimin's jokes better stay away from her.

She giggles.

"Because you make it so easy to tease you! Look at you, all worked up!"