The two of you arrived at the bakery and started to get things going for the day. Jimin grabbed two aprons and brought one over to you, reaching to wrap it around you and then tying it for you at your back. He braced his hands on your hips when he was finished he pressed a quick kiss to your shoulder before heading over to grab a bag of flour. You smiled at him over your shoulder and went out to start some coffee.
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The morning passed almost like normal, but with Jimin taking every opportunity to touch you unnecessarily in passing, brushing your hand or bumping your shoulder gently with his. Hoseok came in at his usual time with Taehyung and Jungkook in tow. Jimin took them their breakfast, but only stayed at the table briefly before heading back up to the counter to stand next to you, helping customers with you. The bakery had emptied out when your friends stood to leave and came up to say goodbye. Jimin skirted around the corner to whisper with the boys as Hoseok headed up to pay you. You had given up trying to refuse his money, knowing he wouldn't take no for an answer. He handed you some money and you tried to hand at least half of it back to him but he scowled and pushed it back into your hand.
"Something is going on with you," He said looking at you suspiciously.
"Um, I'm not sure what you're talking about," you said evasively, not quite ready to have this conversation with him.
"You can't fool me, y/n, I know you too well. Now..." he glanced at the boys and then back up at you. "Is it Jimin or Yoongi?" He raised an eyebrow, a slow smile spreading over his face. "You have a thing for cats don't you?"
You blushed, reaching across the counter to smack him, but he dodged it too quickly, laughing. "Shut up Hobi I do not have a thing," you hissed. "And this is coming from the guy dating a dog so I don't even want to hear it!"
"Don't knock it til you've tried it honey, those animal instincts are -" he held his fingers up in an 'ok' sign, flashing you a wide grin.
"Hoseok!" You said, covering your ears in mock horror. He laughed, throwing his arm around his puppy as the boys had disbanded their conversation to join you at the counter.
"Hi noona!" Tae said, wagging his tail excitedly. His eyes darted over to Jimin who was giving him a warning look, so he just closed his mouth and didn't say anything else, his tail wagging even harder anxiously.
"Hi Tae Tae, hi Kookie," You said, smiling at each of the boys.
"Hi y/n noona!" The bunny squeaked, smiling happily at you.
"You are such a little cutie, Jk," you said, reaching out to stroke his ears. His eyes widened slightly in fear though, and he glanced over your shoulder at Jimin before stepping back, slightly out of your reach. You frowned, flicking a look back at Jimin who blinked innocently at you. The boys all headed out and you followed them to the door, locking it and turning off the open sign behind them.
"Kitten," You asked as you headed slowly back toward him.
He swallowed nervously, watching as you approached him. "Yes, y/n?" He asked.
"Did you tell your friends they weren't allowed to touch me?" You asked softly, standing close to him.
He hung his head, looking ashamed. "Maybe," he replied in a quiet voice.
"Kitten," You sighed, "you know that isn't going to work. We see Tae and Kookie a lot, and they are my friends too. You are going to have to work on being less jealous I think," you scolded.
He nodded, "I'll try, I promise."
"Good," You said, sliding your arms around his waist. You leaned in and tenderly kissed his full, soft lips, making him sigh in contentment and hold onto you tightly. You slid your lips across his for a moment, holding him in your arms and trying to use your kiss to make him feel that he had nothing to be jealous of. You pulled away and smiled up at him. "Because I'm all yours. Now let's get this place cleaned up so we can get out of here, I'm starving." You smiled and pulled away, getting to work. He turned and watched you walk to the back, letting the feeling of your lips against his linger for a moment before he blinked and followed after you.
The two of you walked home together hand in hand.
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Jimin smiled down at you, his round cheeks squishing his eyes into crescents as his full lips parted in a big smile. You didn't know why he was smiling but it was contagious and you couldn't help but smile back up at him.
You blinked and when you opened your eyes it wasn't Jimin's squishy smile before you anymore. Instead, silky black hair fell into Yoongi's dark eyes as they crinkled, his pouty pink lips spreading into a wide, gummy smile. It was every bit as contagious as Jimin's and you smiled along with him as well.
Then Yoongi's smile was gone and his lips were nearly touching yours, his breath brushing across your face. He closed his eyes and moved in as though to kiss you when suddenly he was wrenched away. Your eyes flew wide at the sudden movement and you saw Jimin, his face red and angry and his gray ears flat against his head as he drew back and punched Yoongi, knocking him to the ground. He leaned down to hit the dark cat again, but Yoongi retaliated, smashing his own fist into Jimin's cheek.
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Jimin lay in bed with y/n that night, the two of them having collapsed into bed and fallen asleep right away after their tough shift at work that day. He slowly felt himself waking up and blinked into the dark, not immediately sure what had woken him. As he became more aware he realized that y/n was starting to have a nightmare. It was still in the early stages, and he thought maybe her pulse quickening was what had stirred him from sleep. Sweat began to spring up on her forehead as her breathing accelerated and he leaned down dutifully to lick the spot beneath her ear and chase the dream away.
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You screamed, needing to put yourself between the cats and stop the fight, but you couldn't move and you looked down to see that you were sinking into the asphalt, your feet slowly disappearing. You called out to the boys but they ignored you, continuing to beat each other. Blood ran down their faces and hands and you began gasping in panic as your waist was now buried in the ground. Soon you wouldn't be able to breath at all.
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It wasn't working. Jimin pulled back, frowning slightly. Phase two - he began softly humming, brushing his full lips along her jaw line before starting to softly sing a sweet melody to her. A few lines into the song though and he knew something was really wrong as she still wasn't showing any signs of relief. She was breathing heavily and letting out pitiful sounding moans. Her shirt began to stick to her damp chest and her face twisted in pain. Jimin leaned back and looked down at her in worry, beginning to panic. Nothing was working, he would have to wake her up this time.
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Suddenly, everything stopped in the dream, the boys frozen in their positions as if it were a movie and someone had hit the pause button. The air was completely still and all was silent save for the sound of a pair of footsteps clicking on the ground, coming toward you from a distance. A form emerged from the darkness, stepping into the half shadows at the edge of the scene. You couldn't see his face but you had a feeling you knew exactly who it was as a creeping sense of fear washed over you from his direction, despair coiling in the pit of your stomach.
"Well isn't this interesting," a deep, silky voice spoke from the shadows, the rest of the scene still frozen. You shuddered at the familiar voice, but then you felt a sudden pain in your ear and your eyes flew open.
You were awake, but the sense of dread had not stayed in the dream.
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Sorry for the weird ending, just setting some stuff up and this chapter was getting way too long so I had to split it.
On a different note, I'm thinking of writing a separate companion story to this with a love interest for Yoongi's character because I love him and I want him to be happy. Interested?
Thanks for reading! 🖤
- edit - I did that thing, Yoongi's story is out my dudes! Check it out, if you haven't it's called
Colder Kitten
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