18. A leap of faith

                                    

                                          
"a month?"
"yes. a month. going to work is banned and instead of the next one month you'll be working as an assistant chef at Victory's bakery alongside rose, incase you've forgotten, you have already met her at jimin's disastrous party, you're free to go out anywhere you want, i understand that it would be extremely excruciating to stay home all day but you'll have a curfew so obviously you're expected to be present inside the property border. your working hours will be very flexible and you'll also be paid for your service while you're permitted to take off whenever you prefer. most importantly, i do not allow strangers in my which implies that you cannot bring your friends over to wreck my place, the only people from your friend's list that are certified to set foot in my property are jimin and hobi. as long as you're in my house you have to stay with me like my living in boyfriend only difference is, we'll not have sex"
"what"
"we can... but that'll be only if you insist, I'll never force you or seduce you into indulging in any form of intimate sessions with me and yet again if you're willing to or if you ever change your mind in the future, my bed will forever be gratified to welcome your warm, auspicious presence. that will entirely be your choice, if you wanna do it or not because im never going to ask you for it and for the record i want you to understand that i love you for who you are, i look through you, i love you for the person you are jin. i do not want you to misunderstand me, you might think that your body is the most desirable thing about you but trust me jin, for me that is simply a bonus, i love you jin, not your body which most people desire to claim. i want you to know that i genuinely love you and i would appreciate if you could take a break from everything and everyone else and just look at me, look at what i have to offer please find once look at me the way i see you, i promise i wont make you regret. if possible please love me, tell me if this is too much to ask for"
"seokjin?" jimin swiftly snapped his fingers in front of seokjin's eyes, startling him, bringing him back from pondering on the conversation he had with taehyung this morning before leaving his place 
"y-yeah ?"
"you were telling that taehyung was going to fire you from V Co and recruit you back at V bakery" hobi reminded him about what they were discussing earlier and the real reason why the three of them had gathered here tonight (to discuss and debate if seokjin should accept taehyung's deal)
"how'd he know I've always wanted to work at a bakery?" seokjin asked not knowing if he was asking that to jimin and hobi or questioning himself
"if he says he's deeply in love with you then that's just the basic stuff that he's supposed to know right?" jimin said, while balancing two burning hot bowls of spicy ramen with his bare hands, he's just lazy to pick those mittens and wear them "shit that is hot" he chucked the bowls to the table and rushed back to the kitchen to bring another bowl
"this is the only thing you can cook decently right?" hobi asked, while already digging into the bowl of spicy noodles
"you're free to not eat it because there's plenty of people who wouldn't mind eating an extra serving?" jimin gave a knowing smile to seokjin and quickly tried to take hobi's bowl
"not that im complaining or anything..."
jimin came and sat on the couch next to seokjin who looked totally out of it, blankly staring into space and slowly slurping the noodles, very unlike the seokjin that they've known. no matter how stressed he was, seokjin was never the kind to show it on food, he always eats like a five year old gobbling candies but today he looked down in the dumps and slightly befuddled and through all these days jimin, hobi and seokjin had grown so close to each other that they could literally read what was going through the other's mind