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Few days later...

Jimin's POV 

It's rehearsal day!! All of us got up early in the morning, getting ourselves pumped up for our HYYH concert tomorrow. 

"AH CHOO!!" I sneezed, once, "AH CHOOOO!" twice, followed by an irritating inch in my nose. Feeling uncomfortable, I rubbed my nose with much force to ease the inch, you need to have a real nose to do it by the way. This is weird...dressing rooms are usually not that cold...

"AH CHOO!!" I sneezed for the third time and it was a pretty loud one. Everybody in the waiting room instantly turned to look at me, with Namjoon hyung shifting to a seat further from me.

From the other end of the room, I could see Suga hyung walking frantically towards me. Taking a seat beside me, he shoved his jacket in front of me. "Wear it," he said coldly.

Such a typical Suga hyung trying to act cool while showing his care and concern for me. Awww...he looks so adorable when he does that...

"Aniyo, I'm fine hyung."

"You had been sneezing for fifteen minutes straight and you rubbing and blowing your nose at this rate, your nose is gonna drop even before you step on stage."

"Arraso hyung...but I'll wear my jacket, you should wear yours too!"

I opened my bag and stretched my hand to the bottom of it but somehow, there isn't anything else except for my headphones and sunglasses. "No oh, did I left it in the car?" I uttered.

I guess Suga hyung heard it as he immediately asked, "You didn't bring yours?"

"Erm...ne."

"Just wear mine then, I'm not feeling cold anyway."

"Jinja?"

"Ne. I'm even sweating..."

"Okay then," I took the jacket and hugged it tightly, "hmmm it smells like hyung, I love it!"

Suga hyung is obviously enjoying that comment of mine but trying to maintain his swag image, he simply snicker and walked away.

Stepping on the stage for another rehearsal session, everyone wore their earpieces and waited for instruction. Upon the cue, DOPE began to play and all of us got into our positions.

Getting so comfortable in hyung's jacket, I performed the dance flawlessly. However, someone beside me caught my attention. With the corner of my eyes, I spotted Yoongi hyung, who was rubbing his nose every few seconds.

As we continued the dance, I took a quick look at all the other members. All of them were wearing either hoodies or thick coats, of course, it's winter for goodness sake. Except for Yoongi hyung who only had a thin long-sleeves shirt on.

I looked at the jacket I was wearing and uttered, "Hyung must be so cold without his jacket."

Throughout the dance, I tried to steal glances at him to ensure that he's alright. But, the answer is no. This hyung of mine doesn't go to the gym and so, he obviously doesn't have muscles; neither do he eat much to have fats. Without either of those, he is obviously suffering in such a weather.

Although we're inside the stadium, and we're dancing one of our hardest choreography, none of us seemed to be sweating thanks to this chilly weather.

Finally, the song ended, and it was followed by the concert coordinator asking us for the audio feedback. As usual, Namjoon hyung would have tons of things to say, and the rest of us would quietly take this time to rest and drink some water.

Worried, I stood beside Suga hyung and leaned closer to him. "Hyung, are you alright?" I whispered.

"Huh? Ne, I'm perfectly fine."

"Aniyo hyung, you were rubbing your arms and hands during the dance just now. Are you feeling cold?"

"A-aniyo! I'm just...the air conditioning is just a little too cold. Just a little," he stressed.

"Then do you want your jacket back?"

"Aniyo, you can wear it, I'm not that cold anyway," his voice trailed off as he scratched his neck.

Not trusting his words, I grabbed his hands and indeed, they were icy cold! I quickly them underneath my hands and I exclaimed, "You're turning into ice hyung!"

"Ani," he denied as he tried to pull back his hands.

And obviously, I did not allow. I squeezed his hands tightly with mine as we began some heat transfer process. I brought his hands closer to my face before blowing some hot air on it, "You will catch a flu like that hyung..."

"I won't...I'm not that weak!"

I pouted and immediately took of the jacket on me and wrapped it around him, "Here, this will keep you warm!"

"But how about you chim chim?"

"Me? I'm not cold anymore! See, I'm sweating. And I have a layer of fats to protect me!" I grinned as I pat my tummy lightly.

Suga hyung giggled, and reluctantly put on his jacket. "Can you let me go now?" he stated while looking at our intertwined hands.

"Aniyo, you're still cold."

"But the staffs down there are looking at us..."

"So what?" I pouted, "I don't care, they're just jealous of us!"

Soon, it was the rapper line to perform their top song - Cypher Part 3. The vocal line, on the other hand, were asked to get off the stage quietly. It was a special segment where the rapper line would perform first, while the vocal line will split into two and appear among the audience to perform our outro song 'Propose'.

Jin hyung and V went to the left side of the stadium, leaving me and Kookie going to the right side. While enjoying the rap, especially during Yoongi hyung's part, I suddenly realised it was only me and Kookie behind the right side door, waiting for our surprise appearance.

He was enjoying the song too, probably haven't notice me too. Kookie began to rap along, as he turned to my direction. We made eye contact, and I could clearly see how his wide grin turns into an inverted U shape.

He quickly turn his head away and began to scratch his head - he only does that when he's nervous.

"Hoseok hyung's condition is great today," I commented.

My heart began to beat twice as fast when silence took over. Anxiously, I waited for his reply, as if it will determine if my attempt to talk to him will succeed or not. Luckily, he replied a short "ne".

"Yoongi hyung too," he continued.

"Huh? Ne...I bet Taehyung knows every lyric of the song."

"Remember how hyung said that he's gonna be featured in Cypher Part 4?"

"Hahahaha, ne!!"

The atmosphere began lightened all of a sudden, with the both of us giggling as we recalled our Taehyung literally said that in front of Bang PD nim.

Oh yay, Park Jimin, Kookie is finally talking to you again for so many weeks of cold shoulder!! I gave myself an imaginary pat on the shoulders. 

"AH CHOO!" I sneezed once again. I looked down to see how without Yoongi hyung's jacket, I only covered in my tank top. Rubbing my arms to find it freezing cold, I began to pace forth and back to gain some heat.

"AH CHOO!" I rubbed my nose. 'Haiz seems like it isn't Yoongi hyung's fault for feeling cold, it is indeed freezing here."

"Hyung," Kookie stared at me with his puppy eyes and asked, "Are you cold?"

"Huh? A-aniy- ne, a little."

"But weren't you wearing a jacket just now?"

"Oh, that was Yoongi hyung's jacket."

Jungkook's expression instantly became dark. And yea, damn, that was when I realised I have just said the wrong thing!!

"Mianhe," I quickly explained myself, "I'm not trying to say that we're sharing clothes or anything. I just-"

"Aniyo hyung, I understand..."

With that, he stood few steps away from me. Despite him looking down, I could see the frown on his face. Urghh why do I choose to say that!!

Finally, it was our time to enter. As we appear among the audience, we slowly make our way to the centre stage. I tried to make eye contact with the other members once we line up in a straight line on stage.

However, Jungkook, was obviously avoiding me. He stood on the opposite end, facing the imaginary audience as he ended the song. His attitude towards became cold all of a sudden, walking away whenever I tried to stand beside him. Rolling his eyes instead of returning me the smile...

I knew he was affected by my words just now. See, so much for starting a conversation with Kookie and ending it almost immediately, Park Jimin.

Back in the waiting room, I took out my phone and began scroll through our SNS. The first picture was typical Namjoon hyung's OOTD, followed by Taehyung's random video, and lastly Yoongi hyung's selfie with caption on how he wished to meet uri ARMYs asap.

"AH CHOO!" I sneezed for the nth time. But, I quickly cover my face before Yoongi hyung hears it. I can imagine him running towards me, throwing me back his jacket and grumble on how he wasn't cold at all and I should be the one wearing it.

Immediately scanning the room, I heaved a sigh of relief after knowing that Yoongi hyung is actually asleep at a corner. As I resumed to using my phone, someone walked passed me and threw something over me.

I quickly grab that off my head before finding out who was it. My head darted out and the first guy I saw was...Kookie.

He had already walked past me but I'm pretty sure he was the one. He had his headphones on as he turned around for a split second, we made eye contact. His eyes repelled immediately, scratching his head as he walked away in a hurry.

I tried to call him but he had already went out of the room. Bending down to look at the stuff in my hands, it was a blue jacket.

"Did...did Kookie just pass this to me?" I uttered under my breath, "What is this for? He must be afraid that I'll catch a cold.

Smiling dumbly at myself, I took a sniff of the jacket before wearing it on, "Hmmm the Kookie smell," I grinned.

At this moment, Taehyung strolled over and took a seat beside me. He touched the jacket gently for which I swiftly shoo his hands away.

"Yah what was that?" he asked.

"Don't touch this jacket, Kookie gave it to me specially."

"Yea right, this is my jacket for your information."

"Your jacket?!?"

"Ne, I lent it to him few minutes ago."

"F-for what?"

"He told me you were freezing cold and you're gonna catch a flu soon. He, and uri ARMYs will be very sad if you are sick, so...he asked me to lend him my jacket."

Flashback

"Hyung..." Jungkook mumbled softly as he poked hyung's arm.

Taehyung, who was in the midst of watching his drama, paused the screen and looked up, "Wae yo?"

"Err..." the maknae stuttered, "I was wondering if...you're using the jacket?"

"This one?" Taehyung asked as he grabbed the blue jacket from behind his chair.

"Ne."

"Aniyo, you need it?"

"Hmm...kind of."

"Kind of?"

"I'm not the one who needs it. It's....Jimin hyung."

"Jiminie? What happened to him?"

"Jimin hyung has been sneezing for quite some time already. And during the rehearsal just now, his limbs were kind of shivering..."

"Ahhhh I see...so you plan to lend it to him?"

"Ne."

"O...kay," the older boy hesitated for a while as he uttered under his breath, "Why are you still concern about him?" Reluctantly, Taehyung passed the maknae his jacket. 

However, instead of grabbing it, Jungkook pushed back to his hyung, before saying, "Can you help to pass it to Jimin hyung instead?"

"Wae? You're the one who wants to lend it to him isn't it?"

"But...given our relationship now...I don't think it's alright for me to stay too close to him. I even assured Yoongi hyung this morning that I don't have feelings for him anymore."

"So...is it true?"

"Hyung~ don't change the topic. Just pass the jacket to him, jebal (please)..."

"Andwae! I'm too lazy to move now, I think I just caught the Yoongi hyung virus."

"Urgh hyung~~!!"

"Just pass it to him and walk away, it'll be fine. Or if not, just don't give it to him and let him freeze there, he doesn't deserve your attention anyway."

End of flashback

"So...he was worried about me?" Jimin mumbled in disbelief.

"Duh! He has been pestering me for five minutes and even promised to treat me dinner if I lend it to him."

"Jinja? He did it all because of-"

"You! Right, you, Park Jimin. Till now, he is still so concerned about you despite being dumped by you."

"But he- he was treating me so coldly just now on stage. I thought...I thought he was annoyed at me or something."

"Yah, this isn't your first day knowing Kookie, Jimin. Kookie doesn't show his affection that readily, especially since you guys have a past relationship. Do you think it's easy for him to ignore you?"

"Aniyo..."

"Ne! I saw how worried he was when you were sneezing, even before Yoongi hyung lend you his jacket. To be more specific, he had been wanting to give you a jacket BEFORE Yoongi hyung. But he was one second too late, I guess. He's always one step too late..."

"What do you mean?"

"He's one step too late in confessing to you. Or else, he might still be with you..."

"Taehyung, didn't we promise not to mention this ever again?"

"Fine. Anyway, I'm just trying to tell you - Kookie still cares about you even though you two had 'officially' broke up. If you're not gonna cherish him, I will."

With that, Taehyung pat my back and walked away.

"Yah Kim Taehyung, what do you mean by your last sentence?" I shouted but he simply shrugged his shoulders and leave. 

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