While I Sleep? ? ?

2: Friends

He shuts his eyes and throws his head backwards as he tries to ease his mind and not think about the past again.

He opens his eyes and only thing he sees is his reflection on the mirror.

"Hyung." He mutters softly as his eyes start to get teary.

The boy is standing behind him, leaning on the door of the bathroom with his arms crossed over his chest and a tiny smile on his face.

The boy is giving him a look of reassurance, telling Jungkook that things will be back to normal soon. But Jungkook's instincts aren't much pleased by what is happening in front of his eyes.

"Just calm down, Kook."  The hoarse voice says as the figure vanishes into the atmosphere.

Jungkook knows he is hallucinating, he knows that his imagination is playing with him and taking tosses. He is vulnerable and this fact makes him hate himself, but he can't afford to stay that way, he needs to be resilient, he has to be resilient.

He has to be vigilant and has to avoid making even the slightest mistake for if that happens, he will end up risking two more lives as well.

Even though he is a total stranger to his new roommates, he does not want to make their lives a mess. He gets a different vibe when he is around them. It's been only a week he has been staying with them, he feels homely and nice nonetheless.

He comes out of the bathroom after doing his morning routine and heads to the kitchen because he can hear his stomach yell curses at him.

He reaches the said place and finds the pink-haired boy standing in front of the the kitchen counter with an off-white apron around his body.

The blonde is sitting on the kitchen island stuffing food into his mouth like an animal. Little marks of the given food mark their presence encircling the blonde's mouth and he—said man— is heedless about it.

A small chuckles escapes Jungkook's mouth as he sit across the hungry blonde.

"Good morning." The blonde wishes with a mouthful of food. His eyes form upside down crescents and his smile is wide with food dropping from the corners of his mouth.

"Taehyung, you do realise that you look ludicrous this way, right?" The pink-head says tossing Jungkook a smile.

Taehyung gives Jimin an angry face which just makes him look more hilarious.

Jungkook smiles again looking at the two boys bicker with each other.

Jimin keeps the plate in front of Jungkook as he sits next to him and they start having there breakfast.

Wait. Jungkook looks at Jimin and hesitantly says, "Uh, how much do I have to pay as rent?"

Jimin looks at him with a small frown while Taehyung looks up with blank face.

"Which rent?" Jimin asks.

"Rent for this apartment." Jungkook answers.

Jimin smiles a little and Taehyung chuckles amidst the the heavy amount of food he has in his mouth.

Jungkook frowns, baffled of the situation.

They are giggling, why?

Jungkook feels lame and embarrassed all of a sudden. He looks down at his food as he quietly chews it, trying to gobble it down as soon as he can so that he can go back to his room.

He just made a fool of himself.

Taehyung happens to have noticed Jungkook's expression and slightly nudges Jimin's arm as he indicates him of Jungkook's state.

"Hey, we didn't mean to hurt you. We're sorry. It's just–" Jimin pauses as he gently holds Jungkook's arm. Jungkook's eyes rise up to meet Jimin's angelic ones.

"It's just that, we don't pay any rent." Jimin says.

"No rent?" Jungkook asks.

"Yes. I own this apartment. So we don't pay for it." Jimin answers.

"And even you don't have to. I don't accept money from my friends." Jimin finishes as he smiles widely.

Jungkook looks at Taehyung— who is giving him a big smile with a mouthful of food.

Friends. He is now their friend.

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A/n:
Unedited.
Well, I have completed FHTL, and now I am going to start writing this! Yay!
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