#once again inspired by taylor's enchanted bc i'm currently obsessed

[rosentinted]

SAMPLE 002. jeon jungkook | childhood friends to lovers au

Jeon Jungkook is a man of paradox. He is simultaneously a hunk who has been working out after high school to gain muscle, and a dork who rants passionately about his games and animes. He is simultaneously hot with his sculpted body and picturesque visage, and adorable with his big doe eyes and pouty lips. He is simultaneously annoying with his constant teasing and playing around, and comforting with his innate ability to know what to do without being told a single word.

He is both your childhood best friend... and your current crush.

How did this happen? You can't be too sure yourself. At first, he really is just your best friend since the start of high school. All the sleepovers and late night gaming sessions had been nothing but platonic, and in your eyes, they still are. But recently, it seems like every time he comes to sleep over at your apartment and every time he hangs out with you all feel like it has a deeper meaning. A romantic connotation that you can't shake off.

And before you delve deeper into those thoughts, his voice brings you back into reality. He calls your name again, and your eyes focus on him.

You are in his apartment for your usual gaming session. The screen of the TV flashes with a victory screen on his end and a defeat on yours.

"You okay?" he asks. His big doe eyes searches your face, and his brows scrunch up in worry. "You were spacing out again."

You can spend the rest of eternity just getting lost in his eyes, but his look of concern grounds you back to reality. You shake your head and give him a smile. "Yeah. No, yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't get enough sleep last night."

He knows all your habits and routines, and if he can tell you're lying, he doesn't say anything about it.

"Are you having nightmares?" he asks instead.

"You could say that."

Because in your dreams, Jungkook is your boyfriend. The sweetest and kindest man you've ever dated, and also the most romantic. The dream is usually set in a romantic date spot like at the beach during sunset or a walk in a rose garden with your hands intertwined. You still get butterflies when you remember them. His soft gaze and sweet smile, the phantom touch of his lips on yours. Then he faces you, calls your name, and gets down on one knee.

Your heart races, soars even.

He beckons a child who looks so much just like him from somewhere out of your peripheral, and says, "I'd like you, my best friend, to meet my son."

Your heart crashes. The floor beneath you disappears, and you wake up with a jolt.

He calls your name again, and you're back at his apartment. The screens still shows the same thing, but his hand is now on your shoulder.

"You know you can tell me anything, right?"

But how can you tell Jungkook that you were in love with him without damaging all your years of friendship?

What if he doesn't like you back and feels awkward around you when you confess? What if he starts to distance himself from you because of it?

Or, worst of all, what if he already loves someone else?

What if he already has someone waiting for him?

As his best friend, you probably would be the first one to know. Jungkook is currently not dating anyone, though he is known to sleep around a bit.

"...meet my son," your mind echoes his dreamself's words.

What if he accidentally got one of his hookups pregnant?

Jeon Jungkook? Careless with his hookups? As if!

Jungkook is close enough that you can count his lashes if you wanted. His eyes looks at you, his mouth hangs open, and his hand squeezes your shoulder.

What if... you just took a chance?

In a beat, you close your eyes, pull him close, and kiss him on the lips with the passion of a thousand burning suns. He stiffens, unsure what to do. His lips are as soft as you imagine, and his scent intoxicates you. This is everything you thought it would be.

But the moment passes.

You pull away and open your eyes to see his confused expression. His hand hovers over your shoulder, his mouth hangs open in surprise, and his big doe eyes looks straight through you.

Oh God... What did you just do?