𝓦𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓭 || 𝓨𝓸𝓸𝓷𝓶𝓲𝓷

15.

Astoundingly, when Jimin walks into the living room, he sees his father sitting on one of the couches, reading a book with a steaming mug of coffee in his hand. 

Jimin frowns, that's weird. His father isn't home until night and if, on any odd day he is, he's usually in his workroom. So this is definitely a surprise. 

Regardless, Jimin walks up to him and takes a seat next to him. "Hi, dad," he greets with a smile, taking his schoolbag off his shoulder. "Nice to see you home early," he adds. 

His dad takes his eyes off his book for a second to regard him with a barely there smile. He hums, "Good to see you too, Jimin. How was your day?," he asks, taking a sip of his coffee. 

Jimin sighs, thinking about the events of his day at school. It wasn't the best, but he chooses not to vocalize that fact. "It was good. How was yours?"

"It was alright. I had a press conference to attend earlier today, I just got back an hour ago. Oh and tonight my friend Daehyun's daughter is getting married, so be ready to go by 7," his dad tells him, looking at him pointedly. 

Jimin resists the urge to groan. He really doesn't wanna go. But when it comes to accompanying his parents to events such as this one, he doesn't really have much of a choice.

His father is a very notable and well-known politician. Being his only son, Jimin has a lot of responsibilities and expectations tied to his name. He's not opposed to all the attention and eyes on him at all times, he just wishes he could catch a little break once in a while. 

Jimin nods. "Right," he replies. He fidgets with his fingers for a moment before he reminds himself about what he actually came to his dad for. "Actually, I wanted your um- advice about something."

"Go ahead," his dad says, turning over a page. 

"Say, there's this person I really, really, really like. And I'm not completely sure if they fully like me back the way I like them. But I've already invested way to much time, effort and money into them. Then, it turns out that they actually like someone else, m-more than me maybe. But this person they like is someone I've known for almost all my life. And they now seem like they might actually have a thing going on. So now what do I do?," Jimin asks, all in one breath and looks at his dad expectantly. 

His dad sighs and puts down his book. He pinches the bridge of his nose for a moment before looking at Jimin. "You know I don't like talking in hypotheticals, Jimin," he says.    

Jimin rolls his eyes and huffs out a sigh. "I know, I know. There's this boy from school, his name is Yoongi. I-"

"A boy?," his dad inquires with a raised eyebrow, his eyes sharp as they look at Jimin. 

Slowly, Jimin nods.

His dad looks at him for a moment, Jimin holds his breath. He nods. "Okay."

Jimin heaves out a relieved sigh. "I really like him. But he just told me today that he likes Taehyung. And I'm pretty sure Taehyung is interested in him too. But I'm not ready to let Yoongi go," he explains. 

Not yet, not this easily. 

His dad makes a pensive sound. "Kim Taehyung? Kim Jinwoo's son, huh?"

Jimin nods. "Yeah."

"So this boy you like likes him instead of you?"

Jimin nods again. 

His dad shrugs, picking up his book again. "Then make him not like him," he says simply. 

Jimin tilts his head in thought. "How do I do that?," he asks. 

"You might not know this boy well. But you know Taehyung. Right?," his dad says, patting Jimin's shoulder before he gets up to leave.