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Not "Little Innie" Anymore (A Yang Jeongin Fic)

♡Summary: When it comes to dating, you and your best friend have a regular routine: whenever they have a bad date, you rescue them, and whenever you have a bad date, they rescue you. So, why is it that when you send them a text asking for their help on the night of a particularly bad date, they send their little baby brother, Jeongin, to come to your rescue, instead?

♡Genre: Cute, Fluff, Comedy, Cliché, Your Best Friend's Brother is Hot, Age Difference

☆Reader is 2 yrs older than I.N.

♡Pairing: Yang Jeongin X Older GN! Reader

♡Word Count: 3K

♡A/N: Time for some I.N. appreciation! I wrote this based on Stray Kid's duality on and off stage. Out of all the members, I.N's duality puzzles me the most. 🤔

Sorry Y/N but I can't come pick you up tonight. I ended up catching a really bad cold and can't even get out of bed! 😔 But don't worry. I told my brother about your bad date and he volunteered to come rescue you this time! 😉 He'll be there in twenty minutes, okay?

You sighed as you reread the text message you had received from your best friend about fifteen minutes ago. Currently, you were hiding in the bathroom stall of the restaurant your date had taken you to for the night. It had already been about ten minutes since you had left them at the table on their own, claiming that you desperately needed to use the restroom. Eventually, you knew they were going to get suspicious if you didn’t go back to the table soon.

But you weren’t going back. No way!

Not after the way they had acted that night. In fact, you bet they were still out there yelling about how the waiter had messed up their order, when in reality it was your date’s fault and not the waiter’s. After all, it wasn’t the waiter’s fault that your date forgot to specify that they were allergic to mushrooms and onions, but they had made a big deal out of it, blaming the waiter thus, causing a scene. The manager had to be called and everyone else at the restaurant were staring at you two, and it was all just a big mess.

See, you were currently on a blind date that a coworker of yours had set you up on and to say it was going terribly would be an understatement. Literally, ever since your date picked you up that Friday night, they had gone out of their way to show you just how awful an excuse of a human being they were like it was practically their job to be a jerk.

First, when they had come to pick you up that night, they didn’t even come to the right complex. They had parked down the street, at the next one over, so you had to walk down and look for their car by the license plate number they had texted you. Once you got in the car, they then proceeded to blame you for not being in the right spot. No seriously, there were no greetings, at all, they just went straight to blaming you for making them wait so long.

You should’ve known just by how terribly the beginning of the date had started that the rest of the date would only get worse. After all, if your date was already that bad after only a couple of minutes of knowing them while in that car together, how much worse would they be long term?

At first, your date had taken you to your favorite place to eat, which definitely would’ve cheered you up a bit, but because you both had no reservation, along with the fact that it was a Friday night, the restaurant was jam packed with a two-and-a-half hour wait time. Therefore, you guys had to try to figure out another restaurant to go to.

Or, at least, you tried.

Turns out that your favorite restaurant was also your date's favorite spot to eat as well, but once it turned out you guys couldn't go because of the wait time, this turned their mood even more sour than it already was. As a result, they refused to help find another place to go, so you had to be the one to call around and see which local restaurants had the shortest wait time.

You finally found another place which was a little local eatery that you also enjoyed even though it wasn’t as fancy as the restaurant you and your date originally intended to go to. The eatery still had good food, though, and its vibe was much more laid back so, at least you guys could be comfortable.

It’s just too bad your date didn’t seem to think so…

Instead, they continued to be in a pissy mood for the entire dinner. In fact, you felt bad for the waiter. Your date was in such a bad mood that they took everything out on the waiter including their own food allergies!

Finally, you’d had enough. You had tried to stick it out and give your date a chance to show that maybe they weren’t as bad as they seemed, but you knew there was no way this date was going to get any better.

That’s when you had shot your best friend a text to come and get you.

You and your friend had to look out for each other, so in order to help one another out whenever either of you had a date that was going terribly, you both came up with a plan. All you had to do was send a text and the other would come pick the other up, no questions asked. You'd excuse yourself by telling your date that you had to go to the bathroom and then that's when you would ditch the date. Afterwards, you would ghost the person you had gone out on a date with.

It was a routine you and your best friend had mastered over the years and it worked. The pact had saved you both from having to sit through countless horrible dates. You had already told them earlier that week of your blind date so they knew to be on alert just in case you needed their help, but you hadn't expected them to get sick and based on what they told you it was pretty bad if they couldn't even get out of bed.

Concerned, you had asked them if they needed you to get them anything for their cold. You may have been upset by the fact that they couldn't get you and was instead sending their little brother to pick you up, but you were still concerned about them as well. If they needed anything, you could get them some supplies once their brother picked you up. But they declined the offer saying that their brother had already gotten them some things they needed and that he would be there to pick you up soon.

And so, it was during all the commotion your date had made with the restaurant staff that you had decided to sneak off to the restroom, claiming it an emergency. That was how you ended up where you are now. That is, hiding in a restroom stall. You just hoped that your best friend’s little brother would show up soon.

You paused for a moment as you mulled over the name that belonged to the little brother of your best friend.

Yang Jeongin, aka “Innie.”

Just the name brought a wave of nostalgia over you.

Although you were relieved that your best friend was still looking out for you by sending someone else in their place to come pick you up, you still couldn't believe they were sending their baby brother of all people. You hadn't seen Innie in about 5 years. The last time you had seen him was when he was 17 and you were 19. Because of this, you still pictured him as the same boy with a mouth full of braces and a dopey smile.

You and your best friend had been close since grade school, so you had literally grown up with both of them. You guys were only two years apart, but that was more than enough years to give you a bit of a seniority complex. Both you and your best friend used to treat Jeongin like he was a little baby which always got on his nerves.

In fact, when you guys were kids he used to cry whenever you and your best friend would leave him behind telling him he wasn't old enough to hang out with you guys. He also used to have the biggest crush on you when you were all teenagers. But you were 17 and he was 15 so you weren't looking his way. Then when you finally turned 18 and started seriously dating, you were definitely not looking his way.

The last time you had physically seen him was just before you and your friend moved out of state together for college. You specifically remembered him trying to act like he wouldn't miss you but it was pretty obvious that he would since you could’ve sworn you had seen his eyes glistening when you guys said goodbye.

Of course, that was a long time ago. Now you were 23 going on 24, so that meant Jeongin had to be 22 now. About a week ago, he had moved in with his older sibling so they could become roommates and therefore, split the rent to save money. You hadn't been over to their place yet though, so you had yet to see him. You had only seen a couple of pictures of Innie over the past couple years from your best friend but nothing as of recent. It made you wonder how he may have changed over the years…

Bzz…Bzz…

That was your phone vibrating indicating you had just received a text. It was from a number you didn't recognize.

Hi, y/n. This is Jeongin. I'm here at the restaurant. I'm out front in a black Jeep.

At that moment you could've jumped for joy. Even if it was your best friend's little bro, at least you were finally being rescued from this horrible date!

You texted Jeongin that you were coming out in a minute. There was a side door to the restaurant so you could sneak out that way instead of risking getting caught by your date by leaving through the front entrance doors.

You quickly left the restroom and made your way out through the side door.

Once outside, you walked around to the front of the restaurant and looked for the black Jeep Jeongin had said he was in. You spotted a black Jeep waiting in the front of the restaurant, and you knew it had to be Jeongin. You began to make your way over to the Jeep, but just before you reached it that's when you heard your name being yelled from behind you.

"Y/N!"

Uh-oh.

Instantly, you spun around and gasped once you saw your date standing outside the main entrance doors. Even in the darkness of the night, they were visibly angry.

They started storming after you in a heated rage. "Where do you think you're going?!"

Inwardly, you panicked not knowing how to explain. This is why you had gone out the side door!

"Uh…" you trailed as you tried to think of any excuse but your date cut you off.

"I thought you were taking too long in the bathroom…” your date spat out at, accusingly, as they marched up to you. “...so that's when I got up to go find you only to see you sneaking out that side door. What the hell? Were you seriously going to ditch me in the middle of our date and leave me hanging?"

You stood there struggling to come up with a believable excuse for leaving but you were so stunned by your date’s behavior your mind went blank, that is, until you heard another voice suddenly chime in on the conversation.

"Is there a problem, here?"

Instantly, your head shot in the direction from which you heard the voice but you had to do a double take once you saw the man that had climbed out of the black Jeep.

What the…

You knew it'd been a long time since you had last seen Jeongin, but if the man that had just climbed out of that Jeep was supposed to be the little brother of your best friend, then they had to be an imposter because he was definitely not the cute little “Innie” you had grown up with!

Whoever this man was now, was a completely different person altogether. Someone you weren’t even sure you knew.

The man was dressed head-to-toe in an all black get-up. Because of this, he practically blended in with the darkness of the night, making him seem rather ominous from where you were standing. Only his pale white skin is what made him visible through the darkness.

The young man that had stolen the attention of both you and your date, now slammed the door closed to his Jeep with such intensity it caused you to shiver in your skin.

He began walking up to both you and your date, slowly, and as he did the familiar features of his face became more visible to you. Like his sharp, fox-like eyes which you remembered always being one of Jeongin's trademark features.

Just from his eyes, alone, you knew this was, indeed, the boy you had grown up with.

However, you could tell he was pissed off. His sharp jawline was clenched tight, like he had to keep it clenched in order to keep from hurling out insults and his already sharp black eyes appeared even sharper, like slits, as he glared at your date beside you.

Jeongin stopped a few steps away from both you and your date. His eyes landed on you and you swallowed, nervously, at finally seeing him for the first time since he was just a teen.

"Y/N," he addressed you, first, rather tersely. His voice was a far cry from the high-pitched tone he used to have as a kid.

"Hi, Jeongin," you tried to reply coolly, even despite the feeling of your heart racing as if you had just run a mile.

He looked back and forth between you and your date like he was trying to gauge the situation in order to know which step to take next.

"Everything alright?" He asked you, his brows raising at you, questioningly.

You had opened your mouth to respond, but because you didn't know how to answer his query since technically your date hadn't done anything to you besides get mad for you ditching them, which was understandable, you ended up just staring at him without saying anything; however, this didn't matter because your date ended up beating you to the punch, anyways.

"Who the hell are you?" They spat at Jeongin and you had to gasp at how rude they were. This was why you just had to get away from this person.

But if Jeongin was offended by your date's rudeness, he gave no physical indication of being such. Instead, he had kept his focus on you, probably just as surprised to be seeing you after such a long time. Eventually, he turned his eyes on your date, them narrowing as he sized up your date beside you.

He then took one last glance at you before answering.

"I'm Y/N's boyfriend," he said bluntly before throwing your date's insulting inquiry right back at him. "Now who the hell are you?"

You stared at him shocked and you felt your cheeks burn in embarrassment as you bit back a sheepish smile.

Why did he say that? you wondered.

"Boyfriend?!" your date repeated, in disbelief, and you felt them turn accusatory eyes on you. "You didn't tell me you have a boyfriend."

That's because up until a minute ago you weren't aware you had one either.

You stared at Jeongin, unmoving, from shock but as he looked back at you, expectantly, like he was urging you to agree, it was then that you understood that this was him giving you a way out. You immediately took the bait.

"Uh, yes, I do," you agreed, even though it was a deadass lie, but your date didn't have to know that. "You see, my coworker actually set me up for this date but I didn't know it until she told me at the last minute, so I decided to go out with you at least once but it's true. I have a boyfriend already."

You then turned to Jeongin. "And when you found out you came to get me, right honey?"

At this, Jeongin's lips spread into an amused smirk and you knew he was inwardly laughing at you at having called him "honey."

"Yes, honey," he replied, slightly sarcastic and you were hoping your date wouldn't catch on to that.

You turned back to your date.

"So, I'm sorry about the misunderstanding," you told them as you started inching towards Jeongin until you were right beside him. "It wasn't cool of my friend to do this to either of us."

You hoped your date would believe you but as they stared back and forth between you and Jeongin, sizing you both up with suspicious eyes, you didn't have much hope that they did. This proved to be true when they finally said what was on their mind.

"Bullshit!" they exploded causing you to flinch. "I don't believe this!"

"What? Why not?" you asked, worriedly. "What's there not to believe? It's true."

You had thought your made up story was pretty believable but your date was having none of it.

"Oh really? Then prove it!" your date demanded, crossing their arms over their chest.

You stared at them in disbelief with your brows raised by their audacity to command you both to prove your relationship to them.

"W-what?" you asked in a panic. "Are you kidding me? We don't have to prove anything to you-"

"I beg to differ," they cut you off, curtly. "I was promised a hot date but so far this entire date has sucked, no thanks to you. Now all of a sudden you're telling me you have a boyfriend and that you're gonna leave so you two can go off together and leave me all alone? No way! I want proof."

You sighed feeling completely exhausted with your date now. You were seriously considering never going out with anyone again. You just wanted this entire night to be over already.

"Look-" you had started, but you were surprised to find yourself cut off by the man beside you.

"Fine," Jeongin snapped at your date causing you to stare at him incredulously but Jeongin kept his sharp eyes focused on your date. Boy, if looks could kill… "We'll prove it to you. But once we do you have to leave. Immediately."

Jeongin's voice was grave as he said his last word but your date just rolled their eyes.

"Yeah, fine. Whatever. Now prove it," they demanded again.

You seriously hoped your date was being paid for being a jerk because it made no sense for someone to be so awful like this.

As you stood there gaping at your date, you felt Jeongin turn to you, and it was then that you realized you two actually had to do something to prove you both were in a relationship.

You slowly turned to him as well, rather shyly. It's been a long time since you've seen Jeongin this closely. As you looked at him now you could clearly see the differences from his teenage self.

For one, he was a little taller. Not by much, but still, he had definitely grown a couple inches since you had seen him last.

His features were also much sharper than before. He now donned thick black brows that expanded over his black fox-like eyes. Just beneath his eyes lied an angular, pointed nose that lead down to a pair of full cherry colored lips. Also his skin was immaculate to a degree that almost made you envious.

Basically, Innie had grown up to be extremely handsome.

You also really liked his hair. It was the same color it has always been, jet black, but when you were kids, Jeongin always wore the typical short haircut all school boys did, however, he had let it grow out now.

It was slightly wavy, with parted bangs, the tips of them gracefully touching his brows. You suddenly felt an itch to brush them away with your fingers.

"Hey, Y/N," he said flashing you a now perfect smile, which you knew he had acquired from years of wearing those old braces from when he was a teen. They had definitely done their job. His smile was beautiful.

"Hi Innie," you said back and if it was possible, his smile got bigger once you said aloud his old nickname. Even though he was grown now, it was through his smile that you got a little glimpse at the boy you had known as a teen.

However, it disappeared once his smile started to fall as he started to become serious again.

"So I guess we have to prove we're in a relationship," he said and you had thought he was upset since he looked so serious, but once he followed his words with a playful nudge to your arm, you knew that was not the case. You smiled back at him.

"I guess we do," you said, nudging him back.

"How are we gonna do that?" he asked, still playful.

Truthfully, you had an idea but didn't want to say it, so you shrugged. "I don't know."

Under the parking lot lights that shined above in the night, you could see a playful light glimmer in Jeongin's dark eyes, which intrigued you. That's when he decided to tell you what was on his mind.

"I have an idea of how, but I need your permission to do it."

You felt your heart quicken in your chest even though you were standing still.

Was he thinking what you were thinking? You wondered.

"Um…o-okay?" You said unsurely, but still willing to trust him with whatever he wanted to do.

Jeongin nodded before momentarily glancing in the direction of your date, still standing on the sidelines, then back at you.

Your breath hitched once you saw him lift his hand towards you, only to feel him place it on the back of your neck. You felt your heart beat even faster when he followed that gesture by leaning closer to your ear.

"Follow my lead," he lowly whispered in your ear, and you gulped when he leaned back just before glancing down at your lips.

It was then that you knew he was definitely thinking what you were thinking.

You didn't have to wait long for him to pull you in for one searing, mind-blowing kiss.

Jeongin's plump lips meshed with yours, and at first it was slow and cautious like he was gauging how you would respond but in all your excitement, you eagerly lapped back at his lips which seemed to allow him to grow more confident.

In response, his lips gilded against yours, and his hand still cradling the back of your neck, rubbed it in a soothing manner. His other hand came to land on your hip, and you felt him pull you in close to him until there was barely enough space to slip even a piece of paper between you both.

You couldn’t help but smile into the kiss at the gesture.

Honestly, this was the best kiss of your life!

Head swirling, you were so caught up in the kiss you probably would've fallen and passed out had he not been holding you in place.

Funnily enough, you never got to see the look on your date's face, but you knew, without a doubt, that they were extremely upset because you suddenly heard them stomp off rather noisily, throwing a temper tantrum in all their rage.

In fact, until they had made a big fuss, you had honestly forgotten they were still there or that the reason why you were even kissing Jeongin in the first place was only for show.

That's when you and Jeongin abruptly broke away from each other as you watched your date storm off, yelling into their phone at who you assumed was your coworker that had set up your blind date.

You knew you were definitely going to get an earful from your coworker later on, but you weren't too concerned about that right now. Instead, both you and Jeongin looked at one another. One moment, you both were civil, and the next, you were both hunched over in fits of giggles at the hilarity of the entire situation.

Needless to say, you were definitely glad you were saved from that one. You didn't want to have to deal with anyone who had a temper like that. You both laughed it out until you both finally started to calm down. Thats when Jeongin turned back to you.

"So what were you doing going on a date with a loser like that anyway?"

Smiling, you looked away, embarrassed. "Oh, I met them through a coworker. It was a blind date they set up for me."

Jeongin shook his head. "I think your coworker hates you then."

You gave him a look, but now that you thought about it, maybe he was on to something.

"Shut up, Innie!" you teased as you followed him to the Jeep which he was now walking towards.

You laughed, and so did he. You two were already falling into your old patterns like old times. It's funny how no matter how much time goes by, with good old friends, it always feels like you only saw them yesterday.

"No, seriously, you need to slap that coworker for setting you up with a person that throws tantrums like a two year old kid," Jeongin said.

"Please, you're still a kid, Innie," you teased him back but stopped once Jeongin suddenly halted beside you.

When you turned to face him, he was staring at you, his face completely void of any emotion and for a second you thought you must have offended him, but then he took a step closer to you and stared you straight in the eye, challenging you.

"Oh really, Y/N? So, then you're saying you made out with a kid then?" He then placed his hands over his heart and pretended to gasp, feigning disgust. "How dirty, Y/N!"

You realized he was playing with you, and that's when you slapped him in the arm. "Shut up! I did not."

He laughed as he said, "Then admit that I'm a man now, Y/N."

"What?" You asked, a little embarrassed, even though you heard him clearly.

"You always teased me when we were kids and told me I was too young," Jeongin explained, and you smiled down at your feet, knowing what he was saying was true. "Now admit you see me as a man."

Your mind thought back to just a mere few minutes before when you and Jeongin were locked at the lips.

After that kiss? You thought to yourself. Hell yeah, he's definitely a man now!

You then looked up at him.

"Tell you what?" You said to him, "Since my other date left me, I'm actually in need of another one. If you continue this date with me, you can show me just how much of a man you've become."

Jeongin's eyebrows raised, and he smirked as he thought about it. He then held out his arm to you for you to link your own with his and said, "It's a date."

Smiling, you linked yours with his as you guys headed for the car.

You really did have the greatest friend in the world because even while sick, they still managed to save you from a disaster date. Turns out it wasn't so bad sending their little brother to pick you up after all.

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