Advent calendar | Yoonmin [English]

4. December

At least the path here was paved and a few lanterns sparsely lit the area. Apparently this was actually used as a footpath.

A walker had passed him once or twice with his dog.

Jimin couldn't deny that he was starting to get very nervous. It had started to snow a few minutes ago.

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Jimin:
I am here. Where are you?

seen 5:17PM

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Yoongi hadn't replied to his last message yet again. Jimin straightened his scarf and looked for Yoongi's mobile phone number in his contacts. He was just about to press the call button when a new message appeared.

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Suga:
Sorry. Will be there in a minute.

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The nervous feeling in Jimin's stomach calmed down and he looked around for Yoongi, searching and waiting.

A few minutes later, a figure turned the corner onto the footpath. Jimin shielded his eyes from the snow and tried to get a better look. Was that Yoongi?

The lighting conditions made it difficult to tell, but the person was about to step through the beam of a lantern.

Two more steps...

As soon as the person entered the cone of light, Jimin's breath caught in his throat.

Yoongi was wearing black jeans, boots and a black winter coat with a hood. He had his hood up, but his face was still clearly visible in the light of the street lamp. A few strands of his black hair peeked out from underneath. The now thick snowflakes swirled around him and some of them got caught in the black strands. Others fell onto the light-coloured skin of his cheeks, slightly reddened by the cold, and melted into small drops.

The sight was... beautiful. Jimin followed Yoongi's every step, mesmerised, until he stepped out of the cone of light. Only now did he realise that he had been holding his breath.

Confused by his behaviour, he shook his head and took a few steps towards Yoongi. As he entered the cone of light under the lantern that Jimin was under, he was overcome with an impulse and ran the last few steps towards Yoongi, wrapping him in a tight hug.

"You came."

There was relief in his voice. Beneath him, he felt Yoongi's chest vibrate as he let out a deep, short laugh.

"Of course I came. I chose the place."

He put an arm around Jimin and returned the hug. But when he tried to break away again, Jimin continued to hold him tightly.

"Jimin?"

"You didn't answer me."

Pouting, Jimin buried his face against Yoongi's shoulder. He felt nice and warm. His face was all frozen from waiting.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to make it a bit exciting."

Yoongi stroked Jimin's back reassuringly.

"It's cold."

Jimin snuggled a little further into Yoongi's embrace.

Yoongi's heart skipped a few beats and then suddenly beat a little faster than before. The feeling of Jimin snuggling up to him triggered a cosy warmth in him. He had been looking forward to their meeting all day and now he wondered if he had gone a little too far in not responding to his messages.

"It's just a short thing to do."

He didn't really want to break away from Jimin, but he had spotted a pedestrian with his dog a few lampposts away. It would be unfortunate if they were both discovered here.

"So, why did you call me here?"

Jimin took the hint and let go of Yoongi. He pointed in the direction of the trees.

"I've read that you cut cherry tree branches at dusk on 4 December and put them in a vase of water. At Christmas, the branches are said to bear blossoms and predict good luck for the coming year. The more blossoms, the more luck. I liked the idea, so I thought we could do that."

He pulled a small pair of secateurs out of his pocket.

"Oh! That sounds like a fun idea!"

They both walked towards the group of trees and each picked a branch. The branches were quickly snipped off.

"Will you put mine in the vase with yours? Equal conditions for everyone."

Jimin nodded and took Yoongi's branch.

"Shall we go and eat something?"

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