"JIMIN!!!" 

Jimin looked up to see his two best friends entering the private dining where they had planned to meet. He had missed them immensely and had wanted to meet them on the day he had arrived but the jet lag had drowned him in a fitful sleep which he hadn't denied.

He was very excited to meet them in the flesh instead of video calls and phone calls that weren't very frequent. Now that they were face to face, he couldn't stop himself from engulfing them into a bone crushing hug. The friends all high fived and complimented each other as they sat down.

"You guys...Where is Miss Lee? I have missed her the most.." Jungkook slurred as he dug into his food, his most loved smirk painted across his lips.

"Hmm...well she is outside I guess." Jimin said as he gave him a half hearted smile and turned to his own course.

"Isn't the food great? I had searched up best Italian places and this restaurant came up and to my surprise it's actually pretty new." Taehyung said as he took a bite into his pasta.

Jungkook hummed with his mouth full. The boys kept talking and munching when the door opened as the chef herself entered. And then Aera followed. She walked in quietly and observed as the chef served food to the three gentlemen. Jungkook was stealing glances at Aera while she was too immersed at the way the chef moved around.

"il cibo è fantastico" (The food is really good) Jungkook said as he looked at the chef who grinned at him before bowing in return.

"mi chiedo cos'altro potrebbe essere gustoso..." ( I wonder what else tastes good...) he said while he licked his lower lip, looking at Aera.

Aera raised an eyebrow threateningly at him. She could feel the air in the room heat up as she felt pairs of eyes looking at her. But her eyes were fixed on one guy.

Jeon fucking Jungkook.

A nasty playboy millionaire who was too caught up in scandals but the industry and the media still kissed his feet. Who wouldn't? When most of the material for their stuck up breaking news was supplied by him and —not to mention— in plenty.

"cos'altro ti piacerebbe avere il signor Jeon?" (What else do you want Mr. Jeon?) She asked as she stood straight with her chin up giving him a look of defiance.

The three men were obviously taken aback by this unexpected attack. Especially Jimin. He never knew Aera could speak Italian. The three of them could because of their business and running from one country to another and to make conversing easier with business acquaintances. But to see Aera talk in a foreign language was so unusual and.......sexy.

"cos'altro posso ottenere?" ( What else can I have?) Jungkook back fired almost immediately after recovering from the short term shock that he had received moments ago. He liked the tune of the conversation. And he was definitely getting the hang of it.

Intertwining his fingers infront of him, he rested his elbows on the table as he looked at Aera with hooded eyes. With so many years and frequency of such instances, he was dead sure that Aera would fall for this antic of his. He had received so many compliments where women drooled over his Greek god like chiseled face and his muscular body and not to miss, his heart fluttering smile.

Aera sighed as she grabbed the menu from the table that was lying on the table from the beginning and started skimming through the pages. The three of them watched her with rapped attention. Jimin slowly chewed his food as his eyes lingered on Aera's face.

He was too taken aback that she had reacted to one of Jungkook's many attempts at hitting on her. That fool had no control over himself. Once she got what she was looking for, she smirked.

"che ne dite di prairie oysters?" ( How about prairie oysters?) Aera asked as she kept the menu down on the table with that particular page open.

Jimin gulped in anxiety as he looked at the devilish expression on Aera's face. He had seen that expression once when she was completely fed up with that one employee who kept rubbing herself onto him and that had not gone very well. He mentally shook his head thinking that Aera wouldn't hurt Jungkook no matter how intolerably flirtious he was.

Jungkook laughed at that like Aera had cracked the biggest joke in the century. Aera smirked at him.

"Prendilo." ( Bring it on.) He said as he forked into the remain food in his plate.

"Jungkook...." Taehyung nudged him from beside as his eyes tried to make sense of what he was reading.

"What?" Jungkook hissed at Taehyung while flashing his charming smile at Aera who was still standing at their table.

"You wouldn't want to eat that.." he said as he shoved the menu at his face.

Jungkook just groaned as he swatted away the annoying man while spooning away the remaining food.

"It is something you wouldn't like..." Taehyung tried to say through gritted teeth, trying his best to keep his friend's esteem.

"What is it that you are making such a big deal about it?" He asked irritatedly.

Jimin watched the heat conversation between the two as he fed himself quietly. He peeped back at Aera who was also watching but only at Jungkook. He couldn't deny that he felt weird that Aera was looking at him. Ever since he had started knowing her, he had found her isolated self quite amusing.

He had wanted to befriend her but had realised that she was more of a private person. All these years, she had maintained a very professional relation between them. And he somewhat respected her for that. But. He wanted her to be free with him and close to him. He didn't know why but he just wanted it to happen.

"It's ....bull testicles..." Taehyung said in a hoarse voice trying his best to suppress his temper that was ready to burst out at the stupid stubbornness of Jungkook.

Jungkook furiously coughed and whizzed as he choked on his food. He hurriedly washed down the passage of his throat with the chilling wine that was near his hand. Both Taehyung and Jimin presses their lips tightly as they tried to subdue the laughter that was bubbling at the end of their mouth.

Jungkook wiped his teary eyes as he timidly looked up at Aera who was giving him an innocent stare. She walked to him and leaned down with her hands behind her.

"Se sei pronto, vai avanti..." (If you are up for it, then go ahead...) she said before turning on her heels and marching out of the room.

As soon as the door closed behind her, the two who had become red out of controlling their laughter, burst into peals of it as Jungkook snatched Taehyung's wine and gulped it down, trying to cool down his heated face.

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