ᴺᵒʷ ᵖˡᵃʸᶦⁿᵍ; [How Deep Is Your Love]
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☆☆'Cause We're Living in A World of Fools, Breaking Us Down☆☆
It was already almost seven in the evening when Jimin arrived at their floor, his uncle Ryu in tow.
Jimin hugged his uncle and bid him goodbye before he pressed the keypad, only now feeling the fatigue from the whole day. But before he could finally go inside their now-shared apartment with Jungkook, his Ryu-hyung suddenly called out to him. He flinched on instinct when his uncle told him to 'catch!' something which he fortunately did.
"Have fun, kiddo," was his uncle's last remark before walking away for good.
Closing the door of their apartment, Jimin looks at the thing in his hand and sees that his uncle just gave him what looks like Jungkook's. . . motorbike keys?
A look of confusion marred his face which turned into surprise when he makes out the familiar-looking penguin keychain attached to it that Jungkook gave him on their ocean adventure date.
He didn't even know Jungkook bought them a pair.
Placing the keys on the fish bowl on the front door while taking his shoes off, he walks off to get himself a glass of water when his eyes landed on a box of his favorite strawberry shortcake in the fridge with a note that says: "Congratulations, love. My other gift to you is on the countertop."
He smiles after reading the note and turns to look at the countertop where he sees a new bottle of makgeolli. He giggles at the memory he told Jungkook about blindly signing their supposed marriage contract. And Jungkook knew well that ever since that day, Jimin refused to drink makgeolli anymore so Jungkook gifting him a new bottle means that the latter was clearly teasing him.
Before he could even reprimand said annoying boyfriend, he noticed another white card that says: "Call me."
So without questioning anything, he literally ran to the living room and didn't hesitate for another second to fish out his phone from his pocket to dial the contact number he knows by heart.
"So? I'm assuming you already got my surprise?"
"Aren't you supposed to be, I don't know, busy?"
"Am I?" Jimin giggled at that.
"So? When are you planning to go home?
You're not going to just pop out of nowhere
right now, right? Because that would
be extremely lame."
"Aww, you got me."
"What? Are you serious?"
Jimin giggled again and he heard Jungkook chuckling from the other line.
"Of course, I'm not. I'm a pro, you know?"
"And what exactly do you mean by that?"
"Well, you're about to figure out, sweetheart."
"How so?"
"Because you're going on a date with me."
"Right now?" Jimin asked confused.
"Yup."
"Are you serious?"
"Dead serious. Now don't make your
daddy wait and go inside your old room."
"Wait, Jungkook, I'm not—"
Before he could even finish his sentence, Jungkook already ended the call.
"Asshole." He sighed but obliged and walked upstairs to get inside his old room in where he saw the familiar set of clothes.
It was the same clothes he wore on their first date. He didn't know how exactly Jungkook managed to find it but he wouldn't put it past him.
"You looked gorgeous in this. Now walk bring your sexy ass in front of the hotel lounge, I'll be waiting."
Jimin instantly beamed after reading the note and wore his clothes as fast as he could before fixing a few strands of his hair that falls out of place. He retouched his makeup and made a good look at himself in the mirror before walking off.
It wouldn't be their first date but he couldn't help but still feel nervous somehow. When he came down the lounge expecting Jungkook to get him, he was instead greeted by a chauffeur who escorted him to a cab outside the hotel. Said cab driver opens the car door for him with a polite smile.
The first thing he noticed was that the cab driver looks utterly familiar. Like he had seen him somewhere before.
"Mr. Jeon asked me to escort you, Mr. Park," And that's when he remembered him.
He was the nice cab driver who drove him to the cliff where he found Jungkook that one rainy tragic night. When he stared at the driver with a look of surprised recognition, it was as if the latter already knows what he figured out.
"Shall we go now, Mr. Park? Mr. Jeon's waiting for you." Jimin stares for a few seconds more before he nods timidly and enters the cab. He seriously has no idea what's going on. But he guesses he just has to go with whatever Jungkook had in store for him.
After a few minutes of comfortable drive and he was finally brought down to their destination. He tried asking Hyunwoo, which he gathered was the name of the 46-year-old driver, but the older just wouldn't tell him. But voila, it was the same place where he met Jeon Jungkook for the first time.
Why does everything feel like Déjà vu?
"Do enjoy yourself, Mr. Park. Have a great night." The driver told him as he got out of the car before he drove off.
When he stepped into the restaurant, he was greeted by the same waiter who welcomed him that night as well, he was pretty sure.
"Welcome, Mr. Park," The waiter greets him with a smile before he handed him a red rose with a note hanging on it that reads: "Meet me inside, love".
Another idiotic but fool-in-love smile creeps out from his lips. In his defense, how could he possibly help it?
Just as he expected, he was being escorted to the exact same table where they sat on their supposed first date. There was already a figure seating in front of his supposed seat whose face was covered with the menu but he's just assuming it was Jungkook. He could only roll his eyes at the scheme.
"So? What's up with these schemes, Mr. Jeon? Can't you just ask me for a date like a normal person would?" He asked the very moment he sat down in his seat facing Jungkook's figure.
"But where's the fun in that, sweetheart?" To his surprise, it was Taehyung's face who greets him when the menu book was put down.
"Tae? What-What are you doing here?" He was so sure the confusion was all over his face right now.
"Oh, Jimin. You just have no idea what's in store for you tonight." His best friend has this sort of grinning face going on right now.
"Uh, is anybody going to tell me what's going on?"
Taehyung snapped his fingers three times and as if on cue, all the lights in the restaurant went off making Jimin gasp in surprise.
"T-Tae?" Okay, Jimin thinks that this is getting quite disturbing now because Jungkook is still nowhere near in sight.
Before he could panic though, a spotlight lights on the center of the restaurant where a platform was placed. And there he sees the person he's been looking for all his life, staring at his soul with a playful grin he knows would mean trouble. A beat of a familiar song started and only then did he notice a mic stand Jungkook was holding onto for dear life.
The worst part was that Taehyung and Hoseok were with him like it was the most natural thing in the world.
🎵She's into superstitions
Black cats and voodoo dolls
I feel a premonition
That girl's gonna make me fall🎵
Jungkook sang as he dances with Hoseok and Taehyung as his back up. They don't really look like they have some choreography going on. They're just basically busting out every dance move they could think of, not syncing together. It was a whole lot of mess, really.
Just when the performance ended, Jimin couldn't stop laughing at the three idiots in his life and it seems that everyone in that restaurant feels the same. Barks of laughter here and there could be heard around the hall.
"You suck at dancing," Jimin said when Jungkook finally walked towards their table, breathing heavily from all the silly dancing. He doesn't care if Jungkook's covered in sweat and just hugs his lover, ignoring the loving stares they're getting from everybody.
"But I'm great at other things, aren't I?" Jungkook replied with a silly wiggle of his eyebrows and Jimin slapped him in the chest at the dirty insinuation.
"I can't believe you got Taehyung and Hoseok to agree to this. No wonder they refused to go on dinner with us." Jimin giggles just thinking about his two best friends going with Jungkook's plan. "And do you really have to be this dramatic over a date?"
"Why not? I want to make you feel nostalgic." Jimin made another roll of his eyes. He placed his arms around Jungkook's neck and Jungkook never removed his arms that were wrapped around his waist. They just stared like that for a few more seconds before Jimin decided to break off their reverie.
"Wanna go home?" Jungkook looks genuinely surprised. He reads Jimin's eyes as if he knew what Jimin was actually telling him and he seems to get it easily so he chuckles with that boyish grin of his before he leans into Jimin's ear and whispers.
"You know what? You're right. I'd rather eat at home." That made Jimin giggle more.
That night, they made love in the bedroom they shared every waking moment and before the moon bids them goodbye. They explore each other's bodies as if it was their first time doing so, kissing every nook and appreciating every line and muscle. It was slow and passionate, their hearts beating in sync as they whispered their I love yous to one another as if it was only made for the both of them to hear.
"Please marry me, Park Jimin. For real this time," Jungkook asked as he towered over Jimin's naked body, breath fanning over Jimin's lips as he stared, so lost in his lover's eyes. "We don't have to marry now. I'll wait for you until you're ready but I just can't wait to promise my whole being for you."
Jimin doesn't even seem surprised. In fact, he's been waiting for Jungkook to ask. As a response, he reached out and traced Jungkook's face with his fingers, engraving every feature in his mind. He gets his stares back at Jungkook's eyes and saw the anxiety growing on Jungkook's orbs the more he prolongs his answer. He could only laugh. How could Jungkook even think that he was going to reject him? That idiot. His idiot.
"Is this really the right time to propose? During sex?" He hears Jungkook groan.
"Oh, come on, Jimin, I'm serious right—" He interrupted Jungkook with a kiss, a slow yet eager one which lasted for a few more seconds until they couldn't breathe anymore so they had to let go.
"You know I'd say I do. Why even bother asking, you silly." Jimin sees Jungkook's smile and grin returning now, all the anxiety gone.
"You'd regret that."
"Sounds like a promise to me."
It started raining that night. But Jungkook wasn't afraid of it anymore. Because this time, he knows he will always have Jimin by his side to get through all the thunders and lightning in his life.
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NEW RULES OF CONTRACT
From here on forward, we promise to cherish and love each other for the rest of our lives.
Signed by:
The Jeons.
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FIN.
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Ngl, I almost gave up on this story because I didn't like where this story was going. I got disappointed in a lot of things so it was natural to lose inspiration and blame it on being busy but yeah, after some thought, I decided to at least give this an Epilogue which isn't the best but I still tried :(
Although it took me a year or two? I honestly can't remember but now I finished it! I hope you'll at least keep this story in your memories. That's enough for me ♥♥♥
This has been your "Crazy Bean" ©️FuyuRain (Jikook'sNeverland)
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♛"THE DENSE AND THE DENSER"♛: "Officially CLOSED"
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