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jimin opened up the door to his house, feeling shameful. he felt disappointed in himself and embarrassed that he had freaked out about the texts. even if he was drunk, he should have known it was just one of hye-jin's schemes. he couldn't figure out why he had gotten so upset- it wasn't like him to freak out like that. 
as soon as he walked in, he saw joon sitting on the couch, watching tv. joon looked over and saw him, quickly powering the tv off. 
joon ran up to jimin and wrapped his arms around him tightly, with a sigh. 
"don't do that to me. don't freak me out like that," joon said, calmly, but sternly. 
"i-i know, i'm sorry. i-i was being stupid."
joon broke away from him and motioned for jimin to follow him to the couch. 
they sat down next to each other and joon began talking.
"why'd you freak out and get all upset like that? you know i'd never do that to you." 
"i know, it's just-"
"do you not trust me?"
"no, no, it's not tha-"
"really? are you sure? cause you know you can tell me, right? maybe yesterday when you were asking me if i really love you... maybe it should have been the other way around. maybe you aren't sure how you feel about m-"
"no! stop. of course not."
"then what is it? if you love me then how could you think i would cheat on you?"
"i-i didn't really think you would cheat."
"then what happened?"
jimin thought about it for a moment, finally realizing why he got so upset.
"i-i think i just got scared."
"scared? of what?"
"i-i just- i saw the texts from hye-jin and it sent me into a panic. i just- it was like i flashed back to old times and it freaked me out. i guess in my head it was like... she was able to keep you away from me before... why couldn't she do it again? now that i've had time to think about it and process... i know you would never do that to me. ever."
"jimin, i would choose you over her in a heartbeat. then or now. the only thing that was keeping me away from you was my own issues- not hye-jin. she wasn't and isn't competition for you. you don't have any. you never will. and if you and me are gonna last then we need to be honest and trust each other, okay? i love you and only you."
jimin leaned in and rested his head on namjoon's shoulder, his eyes getting teary for some reason and trying to hide it.
"s-so you forgive me?" jimin asked, voice cracking again.
namjoon could hear in jimin's voice that he was gonna cry. 
"yes," he said scooping jimin up and placing him on his lap, "as long as you promise to trust me and stop doubting yourself all the time."
"i promise," jimin said, some tears falling.
joon grabbed the side of jimin's cute, chubby face, and leaned in, kissing his plump lips softly. 
as they broke away, jimin wrapped his arms around him and dug his face into his shoulder, closing his eyes. 
they stayed like that in silence for a few minutes, just enjoying each other's company, until joon started hearing some soft and light snores come from jimin.
"time for bed," joon said, picking him up and carrying him to their room. 
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sorry for the short chapter!!!
guys next chapter is the final one😔 sad hours
i'm pretty happy with how everything wrapped up tho. i just wish jinnie had a man but oh well. 
taekook never got featured in the story IM SORRY TO ALL MY TAE AND KOOKIE STANS 😪 THEY'LL BE IN MY NEXT BOOK.