"and we're done!" hoseok quickly locked the door so no customers could come in and make them do extra work.

taehyung laid on the floor, arms sore from cleaning up so much in just a few hours.

"how do you do this all the time?" he looked up at jimin whose was stretching his limbs.

"you're just weak."

"weak at the knees whenever i look at you."

he had to quickly roll over to avoid jimin purposely stepping on his stomach.

the black haired boy laughed, putting out his hand so the younger could take it and he could pull him up back to his feet.

"i wanna go home and cuddle." his arms held the older male, not caring about hoseok seeing them.

jimin wiggled out of his arms knowing that yoongi and jungkook wouldn't be distracted with sorting the different alcohols and glasses forever.

"go cuddle a pillow." hoseok suggested.

"but pillows aren't jimin." he huffed out his cheeks childishly.

jimin laughed, hitting his shoulder lightly with flushed cheeks.

once again, the sight of red became beautiful to taehyung whom still held a grudge against his crying face.

he loved the other's blush when it was caused by himself.

he loved seeing him get all embarrassed and shy just because of something he would do or say.

"you're so cute." he pinched his cheeks.

"stop it," jimin laughed, slapping his hand away. "i am not."

"are too"

"am not"

"are too"

"you wanna take this outside? i'll show you how cute i am when you're all bruised."

taehyung licked his lips, biting the bottom one. "is that a threat or a promise?"

the older covered his ever reddening face.

"you're sick."

"then come make me feel better." tae joked.

hoseok got a bit tired of the cringey couple and decided to leave, not wanting to know anything about where this conversation was going.

"jimin?" a voice got his attention.

he moved his hands, the pink on his cheeks already fading for the most part.

yoongi stood in front of the supply room, keys in his hands. "you ready to go?"

jimin nodded, his smile wiped away as if it was never there to begin with.

the older went ahead of him already off to his car.

"i'll text you." he gave a short kiss to the taller and waved him goodbye before running out to join the other waiting for him.

yoongi had insisted on giving him a ride today so that meant he also had to give him a ride home.

"you and tae seem close." he spoke while starting the car.

"he's funny and easy to get along with, it's already more fun working with him." jimin shrugged, not wanting it to seem like they've really talked all that much since before today.

he could feel the older man looking at him from his peripheral vision, but kept silent.

"you looked really happy when he came up to you."

why were they even having this conversation?

taehyung and him kept their chats on the low just speaking quietly to each other and not doing too much skinship, and he was still being accused by his childhood friend.

perhaps it had more to do with yoongi not trusting him with guys in general after what happened then it did about how he was acting with taehyung.

"believe it or not, it's boring working alone. hoseok gets to talk to namjoon and seokjin and you have jungkook while i'm just cleaning up stuff and sitting down alone until theres another mess." he looked out the window, not wanting to even be here.

"taehyung's good at that."

jimin titled his head, turning back to his gray haired friend. "what?"

"taking away people's loneliness, keeping them company. yet, he's usually the person who makes them feel lonely in the first place."

jimin silently fiddled with his hands, eyes staring back out into traffic.

"that's funny," the black haired male muttered so the other wouldn't be able to hear. "considering he's keeping me company from the loneliness you made me feel."