princesslachimolala

[princesslachimolala]

hey, so I just recently stumbled upon your writing and I love it! I binged all that you’ve written so far and I’m looking forward to what you write in the future. I hope that you are doing well and staying safe! it’s exam season too, so if you’re a student best of luck! thanks for being an amazing author!

much love 🫶🏼🩷

thank you so much! I know I haven’t posted in a while but seeing comments like this means a lot! I will be writing again in the new year and hopefully posting again soon if the ideas hit…

stay safe everyone and happy new year 🫶🏻

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan 💜

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Chapter 7 - The Game Night👾🎮📺

Synopsis: you (yn 🦊) are the 8th member of Bangtan and get to enjoy making music, filming fun side projects for army and hanging out with your members

Pairings: platonic! Ot7 x gn! Reader

Warnings: mentions of a horror genre video game (nothing too graphic), yn struggles with nightmares and sleeping

A/n: slightly on the shorter side, pure comfort fluff fic of how I think a video game night with Bangtan would go… reader is gender neutral so read honorific’s as they apply to you

Enjoy!✨

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You put on your fluffiest, most oversized sweatshirt and slid on your fluffy BT21 slippers. You made your way to the dorms living-room but paused at your bedroom door, making the last minute decision to grab 8 face masks for you and the boys to use for some self care.

As promised Jungkook had set up the gaming system, Tae had gathered snacks, Yoongi was pouring (non-alcoholic) drinks and with a mound of pillows and blankets waiting on the couch, you and the boys were all set for game night.

“Time for your skin to glow!” you proclaimed smearing the jelly sheet mask onto Jimin’s face.

“Ah yn-ie it’s so cold” jimin complained with a pout.

“Beauty is pain Jiminie” you tsked him.

“But I’m already beautiful” he rebutted sassily.

“Yes you are oppa/hyung but you need to have a good skincare routine”

“Listen to your dongsaengie, they’re very wise Jimin-ah” Yoongi said, voice muffled through his already applied face mask flapping over his mouth.

Jungkook and Taehyung were playing Fall Guys in a 1v1 game, making all kinds of frustrated noises.

“Ahh noo don’t fall!!!”

“Yah they picked me up I can’t move!!”

“This level is too hard!!”

“What are you talking about hyung this is one of the easy levels”

At the end of their rounds Tae flunked out at the second level while Jungkook had made it to the semi final but missed the qualifier by one player.

“Aishhh” he complained setting the controller down, “so close”

“Who’s next?” Tae said waving his controller.

“Me!” you leaped up from your spot next to jimin to grab the controller.

“Yah” Tae said waving the controller teasingly high about his head, “what’s the magic word?”

“… borahae?” you said cutely, tilting your head.

Tae rolled his eyes, suppressing a smile.

“Yah here you go little one… don’t be so cheesy” he passed you the controller and pulled you back down to the couch snugly between him and Jimin.

“Oppa/hyung, play against me please!” you asked the room.

They all looked confusedly around the room.

“Wanna specify which oppa/hyung, your asking?” Joonie said huffing a laugh out.

“No” you said, shooting him a finger heart.

“Aish, don’t be a menace baby petal,” jin chided, “here Jungkook let me have the controller”

“Here you go hyung”

You and Jin started your game. First with a relatively easy round of making the fall guys slide around and jump over the moving walls, then the next round got more tedious.

You fell off about 20 times and eventually lost the round, huffing with frustration as Jin qualified and you didn’t.

Tae was snickering next to you watching the replay of your fall guy dropping off the edge of the track.

“Yah your were just as bad as I was, Kim Taehyung”

“Aish not the full name” Jimin laughed.

“Dongsaengie’s have no respect these days” Tae said poking your side and shaking his head in faux disappointed, making you squeak.

“Pass the Doritos kookie?” you asked.

“Sure, noona/hyung”

“See, the maknae still knows his honorific’s…”

“Yahhhh….” Jin did his characteristic shout, startling everyone in the room as his character fell and he got disqualified from the round.

“Aish none of you are good at this game, let me have a go” Yoongi said.

While Jimin and Yoongi played the round, you giggled and watched the screen as they were proven just how annoying that game was. You also set about putting the rest of the boys face masks on.

“What’s the scent, yn-ie?” Namjoon asked as you smoothed the corners around his nose, “it’s so nice”

“Mint choco” you smiled, winding him up.

“What??!?”

“Pffft, ahahaha”

“Ah joonie they got you there”

“Aish I didn’t believe there was a mint choco face mask anyway” he said indignantly as the boys wound him up too.

“There’s lots of flavours these days Joonie”

“Flavours, yn-ie? I hope you don’t eat face masks?”

“Aish Hobi” you giggled, “you know what I mean”

“Why is my face mask silver I look like a robot” Hobi complained.

“You’re the Hobitron 3000, oppa/hyung” you giggled.

“Yeah yeah…”

“You’re in quite the joking mood tonight baby petal” Jin said.

“I’m just happy that it’s our night off, oppa/hyung” you sighed.

“Tell me about it, my feet are killing me from all that dance practise” Tae said, “anyone want to rub them for me?”

He stuck his large bare foot out towards you, Jin and Jimins faces and your all grimaced, wriggling away.

“Aish Tae!”

“Put the dogs away Taehyungie”

“They’re only feet guys wow”

“Has anyone noticed that I made it to the final round?” Yoongi asked the room monotonously.

“Ah well done hyung” Jungkook said now having a dig into the bag of popcorn.

“Okay Joonie’s and Hobi’s turn then we can play Mario Kart right?” you directed the question towards Kook and Tae since it was their gaming set.

“Ooh yes we can play teams!” Jungkook said excitedly, “wanna be on my team noona/hyung?”

“Yes Kook, I’ll be on your team”

“What about my team?” Jimin pouted into your face.

“Let’s do maknaes vs hyungs” you suggested.

“Yesss” Tae agreed giving you a thwacking high five.

“Ow Tae now I’m not gonna be able to hold the controller properly… are you trying to sabotage the maknaes?”

“No no!” he looked imploringly at you, “sorry little one”

He pulled you round your middle to sit back against him, inhaling your scent. Everyone looked at the two of you lovingly.

Now the thing about your relationship with the boys and their relationship with each other was that you could be affectionate without it being weird or stepping over a line. The idol world could get lonely and you only really had each other at the end of the day. You could argue one minute (seriously or not) and then be close again the next.

This was especially the case with you and Tae. You were just younger than him and just older than Jungkook although Jungkook was definitely more little brother material, whereas Tae acted like the teasing big brother/best friend type. The rest of your oppas/hyungs treated you and the youngest maknae dotingly, joining in on your jokes and antics now and again.

After several rounds of Mario kart, the maknaes won overall and the hyungs decided to depart to bed. All except Hobi who volunteered to stay up and make sure no one got into too much mischief but he promptly fell asleep on the couch.

He was in such a deep sleep that he didn’t notice you switching games to something a bit more scary.

“Dead by daylight anyone?” Tae suggested scrolling through the game catalogue.

“Oohh yes put it on taehyungie hyung” Jungkook said.

“But what if Hobi hyung wakes up? He’ll give us into trouble for playing it with yn” Jimin said.

“I’m not a child Minie, I can play a silly game”

“Oh really? What about last time?”

“What time?”

“The time you slept on Jin hyungs floor for 3 nights after we played it because you were so freaked out” jimin popped an eyebrow.

“That was a year ago”

“It was this summer yn-ie” Tae reminded you.

“Thanks Tae” you said through gritted teeth.

“You’re welcome” he said throwing you a finger heart.

“I promise Minie, I’ll be fineeee” you smiled trying to look convincing.

“If you get scared I don’t mind you sleeping on my floor noona/hyung” Jungkook said nonchalantly.

“That’s very generous kook” you giggled.

“Okay let’s play”

You had to admit that even though you weren’t TERRIFIED of the game, the background music and character design was especially unsettling. Especially with the tense objective of the game, trying to lurk around the abandoned dark yard evading the creepy looking villain from capturing your character. And the fact the dorm itself was dark from it being nighttime outside and the boys preferential low lighting inside.

You let the boys go first - Jungkook won his game but Minie and Tae failed theirs. Then they gave you the controller. After first putting on the game, that was their second mistake.

The minute your character started to get chased by the villain and the sound of the thumping heart and screaming played loud over the speakers, you gave a loud squeak (well, a noise halfway between a squeak and a shriek).

“Wha- what’s wrong…” a sleepy Hobi rose up to his elbows with eyes half open from being alerted awake.

“Nothing hyung everything’s fine, go back to sleep” Jimin hushed.

But Hobi had already wipes his eyes and sat up, looking around for the danger. His eyes landed on the massive flat screen playing the game which had been put back onto the game menu now that your character got captured. Then he took a look at your guilty faces.

“Alright whose idea was this?” he asked unimpressed but too tired to go full pelt.

Silence. Guilty silence.

“Ah… Hobah… it was my idea” you said eventually and sheepishly.

“You sure it wasn’t one of your brothers here?” he asked with arms crossed and eyebrow arched.

“No, no oppa/hyung… and really it’s fine, I can handle horror games now” you tried to convince him.

“Mhmm” he sounded decidedly unconvinced, “so I suppose you don’t mind me telling your oldest oppa/hyung about this tomorrow?”

The boys paled a bit and so did you. They and you knew how protective Jin could be over his two youngest members.

“Ah well I don’t think Jinnie…” you struggled to find the words, “… he might be annoyed so maybe don’t tell him?”

“Mhmm” Hobi sized you all up again, standing like a bunch of mischievous children even though you were all adults (the hyungs could just get overprotective of you all even now).

“Well I think it’s late enough and we do have work tomorrow, so everyone off to bed” Hobi shut the gaming system off and ushered you all in the direction of the bedrooms.

Usually there would be huffs of complaints at being sent to bed these days but no one protested.

But you wanted to protest. Now lying in the dark of your room you could still see the game monsters face and envisioned it coming into your room, a dark bulging shadow coming to sweep you away. And the screams and the heart thumping sound effects. It was all very unsettling.

You tried to scroll through Instagram and tiktok, play some relaxing music even but nothing worked to settle you. So you resorted to the thing you said you wouldn’t.

BunKook💪🏽:

🦊: you still awake koo?

🐰: yeah noona/hyung, you okay?

🦊: soooo… I might be a bit freaked out again

🐰: aww no noona/hyung! I’m sorry was it the game?!

🦊: yeah😅

🦊: is your floor by any chance still available?

🐰: I won’t make you sleep on the floor… come do top and tail

🦊: are you sure???

🐰: yes!!

🦊: absolutely positive?✋🏼

🐰: yes…✋🏼

🦊: it won’t annoy you?

🐰: noona/hyung…

🦊: yeah?🥹

🐰: get in here

🦊: thanks koooo I’m omw 🧍🏻‍♀️

You shuffled down the hall to kooks room, blanket, phone and water bottle in hand.

He peeled back the bed covers for you to slip in and he switched round to the foot of the bed, giving you the head end, though you protested. But you were both about ready to fall asleep anyway.

“Night yn-ie” he yawned.

“Night koo”

•••

(Next time on The 8th Member of Bangtan)

“I told you not to play that again unless you want to have nightmares baby petal!”

…

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A/n: a chilled out, hopefully enjoyable fic… I added the tiniest teaser known to tumblr for literally no reason but next instalment of this fic series is coming soon soon, it’ll fun a fun one, back to filming for run bts I think? Maybe some drama with the shady staff member? We’ll see💖

[princesslachimolala]

The Bangtan GC 📱

3. Who’s your bias? 🤔

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Synopsis: you (yn 🦊) are in a members-only group chat with BTS 💜

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: slight angst

A/n: reader is gn (gender neutral) so read honorific’s as they apply to you, just my interpretation of who I think would bias who in this 8th member fic world, just meant to be fun not serious at all! Enjoy!

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🦊: I’m bored someone entertain me

🐻: can you not just leave your room and talk to us? we’re literally right next door?

🦊: but what’s the fun in that? then we can have these texts forever till we’re old and grey🥰

🐹: speak for yourself baby petal I may be getting old but I’m aging like fine wine 🍷

🐨: no one says that about themselves Jin hyung…

🐱: Jin hyung does

🐿: want me to spam the gc with old pictures of us yn-ie? we can reminisce the trainee days…😄

🐥: don’t dare Hobi hyung!! I don’t wanna to see my old hair…

🐰: I second that…

🦊: ughhhhhh

🐰: I felt that in my soul

🐥: ooh I have a fun question

🐱: ??

🐥: it has all the ingredients to properly entertain yn-ie… suspense, intrigue, drama…

🦊: oohh what’s the question minnie??

🐥: oh wouldn’t you like to know

🐰: they just said they did hyung?!

🐻: I want to know Minnie!!!! Ask me!!!!

🐥: if we each were part of army… who would be our bias?

🐨: oh here we go…

🐹: I’d bias myself

🐰: you can’t bias yourself hyung

🐹: that wasn’t a rule kookie

🦊: cmon oppa/hyung we know you’d be a joonie bias

🐥: hmm I think Jin hyung would be a yn bias

🐱: of course he would be

🐰: Yoongi hyung would also be a yn bias… maybe I am too

🦊: don’t be so dramatic guys, we all know Yoongi is a jimin bias

🦊: and kookie you’re 100% a namjoon bias, be so for real…

🐰: why you gotta out me like that

🐿: you don’t keep it quiet koo hahahaha

🐰: Hobi hyung is such a jimin bias too

🐥: he gives Jungkook bias vibes too though

🐻: who’s biasing me?😅

🐥: who do you think Tae? Me and yn obvs…

🐨: did you just admit Tae is your favourite Jimin?

🐻: wow thanks minnie🥹

🐻: feeling the love just waiting for my little one to admit it now

🦊: hope your not talking about me

🐻: who else is my little one? Jk is literally taller than me…

🦊: I would be an ot8 guys sorry, couldn’t pick

🐿: aw yn-ie that’s such a boring answer ✋🏻

🦊: Hobi!!!😭

🐿: I mean it’s sweet but… where’s the drama??

🐰: noona/hyung, you are kinda screaming Tae bias but also Jin bias??

🦊: but I love you all😭

🐱: wow a confession

🐨: we love you too baby petal🫶🏻

🐹: yah just accept your Jin bias status baby petal

🦊: but you don’t even bias me back oppa/hyung…

🐹: I did neither confirm nor deny little one

🦊: so that’s a yes?

🐹: …

🐹: it’s not a no…

🐿: AH-HA JIN HYUNG IS AN YN BIAS

🐱: okay so yn is a Jin bias, Jin is a yn bias, Tae and Minnie are obvs each other’s bias, Kook is a Joon bias… does that mean Joon is a kook bias?

🐨: I would bias the golden maknae for sure

🐰: sobbing

🐨: can you sob over my plants they need more watering?

🦊: Yoongi oppa/hyung you kinda give Hobi bias vibes

🐱: I’ll take that

🐿: thank you hyunggggg

🐿: I’ll bias you back hyung!!!

🐥: wow we’re all being so wholesome, this is not the drama I expected?

🦊: now let’s decide bias wreckers 😈

🐱: 🤦🏻

🐻: I’m a yn bias wrecker… there I said it

🦊: omg I was gonna say the same thing Tae 🥹

🐻: that you bias wreck yourself?

🦊: no- you, silly 🙄

🐻: ah- well thank you 🙄

🦊: you’re welcome 🙄

🐻: you’re stinky 🙄

🦊: back at your bro 🙄

🐻: double back at you, second brightest light in my life 🙄

🦊: wow- heartfelt or what 🙄

🐻: what?

🦊: what?

🐻: I asked you what

🦊: but I’m confused

🐻: it couldn’t be a simpler question

🐨: are yous gonna be a while or?

🐥: I love watching my babies argue 🥹

🐰: I hate watching my noona and hyung/hyungs argue 😔

🐱: we’ve reached chaos again

🐿: I’m gonna admit I’m a jimin bias wrecker hahahah

🐥: awww hyung!!! I’m a Hobi bias wrecker fr!!!

🐰: but I want Hobi as my bias wrecker 😔

🐥: you can still have him koo, there’s plenty of sunshine to go around…

🐱: I might be a Jin bias wrecker if we had to pick…

🐹: I’m a jk bias wrecker and proud

🦊: joonie?

🐨: uh- Suga hyung I guess

🦊: you okay joonie?

🐨: all fine, yn-ie

🐻: no bc no one picked Joon bias wrecker!!

🐻: sorry hyung!! I’ll bias wreck you!!

🐰: that means yn noona/hyung isn’t bias wrecked🥹

🦊: aw it’s just a game guys

🐰: but it’s not fair 😪

🐨: hyung’s okay koo, I just got in my head

🦊: aw joonie 🥺

🐱: we’re all undercover rap monster stans anyways

🐥: BIAS THE LEADER

🐰: NAMJOON IS MY PRESIDENT

🐻: NAMJOON IS MY KING

🦊: NAMJOONING IS MY LIFESTYLE

🐿: awwww look at all your dongsaengie’s joonie 🫶🏻

🐨: thanks guys

🐥: that conversation got more sentimental that I thought wow

🐹: ig we’re all ot8 army’s anyway right

🐿: yes yes 🫶🏻🫶🏻

🐰: I bias you all fr

🐱: this is so cheesy

🐱: but fr I love you all we’re tied by the red string of fate anyway

🐨: hyung- your obsessed with this red string of fate

🐱: because it’s true

🦊: thanks for entertaining me guys I’m sleepy now, goodnight!

🐰: noona/hyung! You can’t just dip like that it’s too early! Come play games with us in the game room🥺

🐥: we’re playing Fall Guys yn-ie 😏✋🏻

🐻: and I have snacks…

🐿: I’m coming to supervise

🐹: me too

🐨: coming too!

🐱: fine I’m omw…

🦊: say no more… it’s game night!! hehehe

🐰: hurry noona/hyung, Tae just stole player one from me🥺

🦊: Tae…

🐻: kookie always gets player one but✋🏻

🦊: I’m coming to sort this out…

🐥: yay ot8 game night!!!

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A/n: I have no idea if this made sense or how to end this text thread but it preludes the next proper 8th member fic… it’s game night with Bangtan🫶🏻 hope you thought it was fun!

[princesslachimolala]

Masterlist ✨

Updated: 16/11/23 (reader is gender neutral in all fics and all fics are sfw)

8th Member of Bangtan fics:

Chapter 7 - The Game Night 👾🎮📺 (fluff, slight angst)

Chapter 6 - Happy Halloween!🎃👻🔮 (lots of fluff)

Chapter 5 - The Argument 📱👀🗣 (angsty then fluffy)

Chapter 4 - The Dance Practice 💥✨🪩 (some fluff, major angst)

Chapter 3 - The Cook Off 🍗🍲🍳 (fluff only)

Chapter 2 - The Swimming Pool 🏊🏼💧 (fluff, angst)

Chapter 1 - The Theme Park 🎢🎡🎠🎟 (fluff only)

Bangtan GC fics:

3. Who’s your bias? 🤔 (fluff, slight angst)

2. Matching tattoos ✒️ (fluff)

1. Jimin’s birthday 🥳 (fluff)

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan 💜

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Chapter 6 - Happy Halloween!🎃👻🔮

Synopsis: you (yn 🦊) are the 8th member of Bangtan and get to enjoy making music and filming fun side projects for army with your members

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: brief mildly suggestive humour, brief dark(ish) humour, mention of knives (used in the kitchen), mention of horror movies

A/n: basically an imagine of how I think spending a Halloween as a member of Bangtan would go (even though I know Halloween is not traditionally celebrated in Korea), very dialogue heavy but it’s fun, reader is gender neutral so I apologise if the honorific’s are confusing

Enjoy!✨

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“Okay this is ridiculous… it’s Halloween today and we have no plans” you said.

You and the boys were sitting at the dorm dining table having a late breakfast and since it was a day off for you all, you were deliberating your plans for the day.

“I might be busy…” jimin said stuffing his face with food.

“With what?” Tae asked confused.

“I might be meeting Taemin hyung” Jimin answered with a shrug as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.

“And I might just spend the day at the gym. Namjoon hyung said we would go together on our next day off…” Jungkook added.

“Well, that’s a bummer” you pouted, “what about you, oppas/hyungs?”

You turned to Jin, Yoongi, Hobi and Tae with expectant eyes.

“I’m going into the studio today” Yoongi answered.

“Me too” Hobi said.

“On our day off??” you implored, “what about having fun??”

“Making music is fun dongsaengie” Yoongi countered, earning a huff of acceptance.

“I’ll hang out with you baby petal” Jin said, bowing towards you in exaggeration, like a knight serving a member of royalty.

“Count me in” Tae said copying his actions.

“Yay! Thank you guys” you kicked your feet under the table in happiness.

“So what did you have planned?”

“I bought fresh pumpkins to carve and lots of snacks for a movie night!”

“That sounds fun” Tae said with the Tata mic smile on his face.

“We could do a live for army!” you suggested excitedly, “oh! And we could put our old Halloween costumes on! They would love that!”

You were now vibrating in your seat from excitement. And if you had bothered to look up from your breakfast and around the table, you’d notice the boys faces looking a little more forlorn with frowns that they were previously.

“Well, I guess I could reschedule with Taemin hyung…” Jimin said.

“It’s okay Jiminie I know he must be looking forward to seeing you” you said with an understanding smile.

“But- but I want to carve pumpkins too” Jimin said with a slight pout.

“Well I did buy 8 pumpkins…”

“We’ll stay and join in too dongsaengie…” namjoon offered, “right kook?”

“What?” Jungkook looked up at the table with a mouthful of rice and meat, looking confused clearly having been more focused on his breakfast than the conversation.

Everyone chuckled at him and how fast his expression changed from angry eating to wide boba eyes.

“We can workout another time so we can stay and carve pumpkins with everyone?” Namjoon asked again.

“Oh… yeah that’s fine I can just do weightlifting with that big pumpkin and do some lunges in between”

“I guess you want Hobah and I to join too yn-ie?”

“It’s okay oppa/hyung you should work on your music I know you’re stressed about it”

Yoongi looked torn while Hobi shook his head.

“We’d rather spend a Halloween together, right hyung?” he said to which Yoongi agreed.

“Then it’s settled!” Namjoon said standing, “let’s clear the table and get started on the day!”

“What leader says goes!!” Jimin said enthusiastically following his instructions.

“Calm down minie this is a democracy” Jin said laughing.

“Yes but joonie is the president” you said to your oppa/hyung.

“That’s right baby petal” namjoon said sending you a wink.

“Gross…” Jin chided.

“Seokjin-ah!!” you feigned shock.

“Yes sweet pea?” he looked at you innocently, masking a smirk.

“Did you just scoff at the nickname you made up and then change it…”

“Well it is spooky season pretty pumpkin, anything can happen” he shrugged.

“That’s enough nicknames I feel sick…” Yoongi got up to clear the plates away.

•••

“Now we can finally use those kitchen knives I bought and never got around to using” Jin said proudly.

“Ah no Jinnie they’re too dangerous… I bought pumpkin carving sets that are safer” you said rummaging in your cupboards to find them.

You then presented the carving sets to them, but you were missing 4 having originally bought 8.

“These are for kids noona/hyung” Jungkook picked up a pack to inspect, dubious expression on his face at the blunt, rounded tools and childlike design.

“Safety comes first kook” you said, “but I can only find half of what I bought”

Then the conversation descended into its usual chaos, delaying starting your activity.

“We’re all gonna have to share and it’ll take ages then”

“Fine, maknaes take the carvers and hyungs take the knives…”

“There’s no way Joon hyung can safely handle a kitchen knife”

“Joon gets a safety carver then…”

“That means we’re gonna have to sacrifice a maknae”

“Could that have sounded any darker kook?”

“Baby petal and Jiminie get dibs on the safety carvers, their hands are too cute and delicate” Hobi giggled.

“I thought it was changed to pretty pumpkin?”

“I like sweet pea better”

“Kookie has to get the safety carver too he’s the youngest”

“But that means Tae Tae has to use a knife! And he can’t use one to cook either, nevermind carve something”

“Seeing Hobi and Yoongi handle knives makes me nervous oppa/hyung”

“My god…” Jin exhaled in exasperation, pinching the bridge of his nose, “… baby petal are you sure there aren’t more carving sets in a bag somewhere?”

You thought for a moment.

“Oh actually…” you toddled over to a discarded cardboard box and low and behold “ah yay tada! Here they are!”

“Okay now time to decide who gets which pumpkin”

That statement once again made Jin and Namjoon physically and mentally facepalm, ready for more antics.

“I want the biggest one!”

“I want one with the least imperfections on it”

“I want the one with the most character”

“Let yn hand the pumpkins out since they bought them” Jin suggested, knowing that you’d make the process go more fairly and quickly than a squabble between the group.

In the end you gave Jungkook the big one as he asked (little did he know it would be much harder to carve), Hobi the one with the least scuffs and Tae the one with the most knobbly bits and lumps as they had requested.

Jimin got the smallest one and pouted but was happy once you reasoned that the smallest and cutest member of Bangtan had to get the smallest and cutest pumpkin.

The rest of the boys and yourself settled for nice plump, orange pumpkins and with 8 safety carvers in hand, set out to work.

“What are you doing Tae put the pumpkin guts into the bowl!”

“I am, hyung!”

“Then why is half your pumpkin seeds on the floor”

“Oh can we keep the seeds and grow pumpkin trees?!”

“Pumpkins don’t grow on trees Kook…”

“Oh… I knew that…”

“These carvers are rubbish! Mine won’t even go though the pumpkin!”

“Yah! I bought those to keep your fingers safe!”

“I know noona/hyung but how can I carve properly?!”

“It’s not the carvers fault, it’s your thick pumpkin!”

“Yah! My pumpkin might be thick but she’s pretty!”

“Your pumpkin is a she?”

“Of course she is, look at her”

“Mines a he, look at him he’s so handsome…”

“You’ve given him a curly moustache Tae?”

“Handsome gentleman can have facial hair…”

“I don’t know what design to do”

“I’m putting bats on mine”

“The best one should get a prize”

“I didn’t know this was a competition?!”

“Well it is now…”

“What’s the prize then?”

“Winner gets a whole serving of fried chicken to themselves!”

“Well I guess it’s decided what we’re ordering for dinner then”

“You’re on!”

“That chicken is mine losers”

“If I win I’ll share with you oppa/hyung”

“That’s so sweet baby petal but don’t butter your opponent up mid competition it’s distracting” Jin chided making you frown.

•••

After lots of chatter, elbow grease and a whole lot of mess, your pumpkin carving session was complete.

You ended up with a pretty design of bats flying against a starry moon-filled sky.

Most of the boys went with traditional Jack-o-lantern faces (some more haphazardly cut than others) while Jungkook went with an intricate Iron Man design (he looked up TikToks on how to carve fancy art designs into a pumpkin in a good effort to win the competition).

“Wow kook that’s amazing!”

“The golden maknae wins again…”

“But I like yn-ie’s too, it’s got more of a halloween flare” Hobi commented.

“Hmm it’s tricky to decide the best one”

“I think we both win noona/hyung” Jungkook said wrapping his arm round your shoulder admiring your pumpkins like a proud dad.

“We share the prize then?”

“Yeah let’s share” he agreed.

“Awwww look at our maknaes getting along… so sweet” everyone began cooing at the two of you.

“Yah! It’s not that sweet!” Jungkook complained lurching away from you suddenly, making you topple over.

“Yah! Jeon Jungkook! For that I’m getting the last piece of chicken…” you chided him.

“Should we go live for army now?” Jimin suggested.

“We need costumes first!” you sprung up recovered from your fall.

“Couldn’t have been that bad of a fall…” Jungkook mumbled under his breath, huffing.

“And once we have costumes… we do what exactly?”

“Chat to army? Say happy Halloween?”

“We haven’t done a full member live in so long…”

“Do we have any costumes in the dorm?”

“Tae can be Snow White again!”

“I will not be Snow White again!”

“Aw but you were so pretty Tae…”

“I found devil horns, cat ears and angel wings” Yoongi announced walking back into the room.

“Why do you have all that in your room… in fact… don’t answer that…” Jin concluded.

“I have a Spider-Man costume!” Jungkook yelled and sped away to his room to retrieve it.

“Yah okay, Jiminie’s an angel, I’m a devil, kook is Spider-Man and Yoongi is a cat” Jin counted.

“Joonie?”

“I’ll be Harry Potter I have a cloak and some glasses and I’ll draw on the head scar”

“Tae?”

“Tae look I’ve found dog ears too have these…” Yoongi handed them over.

“Let me draw your on noses and whiskers please” you pleaded to the two men.

“Just you then baby petal…”

You hesitated because everyone looked so put together in their spur of the moment costumes. You wracked your brain for any idea whatsoever.

“I know!” you proclaimed and rushed away to your room leaving the boys confused.

You didn’t have to do much for your outfit… you shoved on a permission to dance merchandise sweatshirt, a chimmy plushie headband and an army bomb light stick.

“Tada!” you said for the second time tonight reappearing back out into the livingroom.

“What are you meant to be?” Jimin asked chuckling.

“I’m an army!”

That sent them into a fit of laughter making you pout, though they reassured you they weren’t laughing at your idea or attempt at a costume just that it was “cute”.

You started the live as a group of an angel, a devil, a cat, a dog, a Spider-Man, a Harry Potter and a bts army fan and watched the chat overrun with comments as you greeted army.

“Is yn a Jimin bias?” Jungkook read aloud one army’s question.

“Of course they are” Jimin said smiling proudly and laughing.

“They’re sitting on an RJ pillow too so they must be a Jin bias wrecker” Hobi giggled.

“Ah no I’m ot8 obviously guys!” you joked.

“Can jungkook swing from buildings now?” Tae read out another army comment, in reference to his Spider-Man costume.

“Of course I can” Jungkook said flexing his muscles and making the web shooting gesture.

“But that’s very dangerous if you’re not Spider-Man, don’t do that at home army’s we don’t want you to get hurt, none of you are actually Spider-Man” Jin went on his protective rant.

“Army’s aren’t that silly hyung…” Yoongi laughed.

“I just feel very protective of them” he huffed in reply.

“What did you do for Halloween army? Did you all have a good time?” Namjoon asked the live.

“We’ve been carving pumpkins and we’re going to watch a scary movie later”

“But not too scary! Don’t get scared army’s!” Hobi added.

“Army’s are brave and tough” Tae said, “right everyone!”

“No army’s are babies that have to be protected” Jungkook said with a faux serious expression.

The chat went on for another half an hour of banter with army and then you all waved your goodbyes.

“Okay we’re gonna go now!”

“Stay safe and have a happy Halloween everyone!”

“Bye army’s!”

“Bye bye!”

After the live was officially ended, you all got de-costumed and changed into comfier clothes as the day had turned into evening and it was time to eat dinner and settle down for the night.

•••

“Okay what movie?”

“Really I meant it, nothing too scary please” Hobi requested.

“What about scream?“ you suggested.

“Are you kidding, yn-ie? That’s way too scary! It’s a slasher horror!” Hobi protested.

“Yah okay what about Hocus Pocus”

“I like that one” Tae said biting into his chicken.

“That’s too boring” Jungkook rolled his eyes.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show?” Jimin suggested.

“Someone just pick something or the food will be all finished” Yoongi chided.

“I literally just made a suggestion and no one said anything…”

“What about All of Us Are Dead? That’s pretty halloween-y”

“Ew no I don’t want to watch zombies while I’m eating!”

“But you can watch a slasher movie?”

“Ugh fine… what about Coraline?”

“Isn’t that for kids?”

“Yes but it’s not that scary and it’s me and my childhood friends favourite Halloween movie… it brings back memories”

“Okay dongsaengie we’ll watch that” namjoon affirmed searching for the chosen movie selection.

“Thank you for today yn-ie, it was nice to spend a holiday together for once…” Hobi said leaning into your side for a hug.

“I never used to like Halloween but I like the way you do it, yn-ie” Tae added.

“Thanks guys, thank you for all spending it with me”

“Same thing next year?” Yoongi asked the room.

You all hummed in agreement, happily eating your fried chicken and assortment of side dishes. The movie was put on and once dinner was finished you switched over to the variety of Halloween themed snacks you bought from the convenience store.

You concluded that is was the best Halloween you had spent as an adult and you were grateful to spend it with your members who were also your best friends.

•••

A/n: Happy Halloween!🎃 I hope you had a fun and safe time whatever you got up to and if you had no plans (bc same) I hope this fic was nice to read! Until the next one✨

[princesslachimolala]

Hi ! I was the one mad about the cliffhanger hahaha. Thanks for the part 2, it’s was nice to have even more angst before the happy ending. I can’t wait for more 8th member adventures, they’re really nice to read

Thank you for reading and wanting more! The whole reason I started writing them was to give a little bit of comfort to myself and other people so I’m glad you’re enjoying them 💜

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan💜

•••

Chapter 5 - The Argument 📱👀🗣

Synopsis: you (yn 🦊) are the 8th member of bangtan and get to work on your music and side projects for army with the boys with some bumps along the way

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader, brief! TWICE members x reader

Warnings: angst, arguments, conversations about self doubt and anxiety

A/n: continuation from chapter 4 (I recommend to read that first so it makes more sense) there’s more angst here I’m sorry! but bangtan is a family and families fight sometimes🫣 also reader is gender neutral so read the honorific’s as they apply to you

•••

When the boys got in the night after their post-dance practice dinner they made quite the rabble.

It was 11pm so you knew they must’ve gone somewhere afterwards… maybe they treated the staff to a drink.

Your suspicions were confirmed when there was slow knock at your door and a man entering it before you could say anything.

“Yn-ie!” Yoongi proclaimed.

The closer he came the better you could smell the alcohol off of him.

“Have a nice time?” you asked with a small voice.

“Ah it was amazing, the food was delicious, the drinks were… well…” he laughed off his sentence.

“That’s good Yoongi” was all you said, not looking up from playing your Nintendo switch.

“We missed you, you should’ve came” you looked up at him to find the sincerity behind is eyes and found some.

“Ah maybe next time” you gave a small smile.

“Just because today didn’t go that well sweetheart, doesn’t mean we can’t work at it more as a team okay?” he patted you on the knee in an attempt to be reassuring.

“Thanks oppa/hyung”

With your short replies, even his alcohol clouded brain took the cue to leave.

Then, as you were just resuming rearranging your animal crossing island, in came Hoseok.

“Yn-ie, we should chat before we call it a night” he stated, not really meeting your eyes.

“Yes Hobah?”

“I’m sorry for being so intense today, it’s just that-“ he paused thinking.

“Just that?” you pressed him.

“Hobi hyung! Did you tell yn noona/hyung what Hwa-young noona got us?” Jungkook popped his head into the room, startling the quiet.

“Hwa-young noona? Since when did you get so close in one night?” you couldn’t help but question.

“Hobi hyung knows her from Gwangju. Plus she’s nice, she bought us dinner and we drank with her and the other assistants”

So that’s why her and Hobi looked so comfortable together at dance practice, you thought.

Jungkook looked buzzed from the alcohol but didn’t seem to look guilty at all. How could he be comforting you earlier today and now be so close with a woman they, besides Hobi, all just met?

“And… she gave each of us one of these” he said presenting his wrist, now adorned with a skinny silver bracelet.

You looked down at Jungkook’s wrist then over to Hobi’s, adorned with a matching bracelet. You could feel the tears prick at your eyes, and the boys clearly noticed.

“Don’t worry, noona/hyung, she got you one as well… she just never got the chance to give you it because-“

“Because she told me not to come out with you all” you quietly seethed but loud enough that they both heard you.

“You said you weren’t feeling well yn” Hobi stated, confused.

“Yeah well, I lied” your voice was gradually raising.

Jungkook looked taken aback, a mix of guilt and annoyance.

“Why?”

“Because-“ you choked, it was the last thing you wanted to do - come off as dramatic, cause rifts between the members and the staff, be rude to an elder.

“Noona/hyung?” Jungkook questioned meekly.

“I just overheard her saying some stuff about me to the other staff. They were laughing about me and my dancing. They said I was stressing you out and slowing the team down and then I realised they were right” you gave a sob.

“I don’t think Hwa-young noona would laugh at you yn-ie” Hobi crossed his arms.

“So you don’t believe me?”

“I know noona and she wouldn’t do that. She was my old dance teachers assistant and she’s very well respected and trusted. Otherwise BangPD-nim wouldn’t have hired her” he was defensive now.

“But you know me too, oppa/hyung… I wouldn’t lie or make a big deal out of nothing”

Now your stern, raised voices had attracted the ears of the others. You looked and saw them all gathered at your door, Jungkook now looking spooked standing behind Namjoon.

“She knows all about dance yn, I’m sure if she said anything it would be to help you out. Besides… once I found out it was her joining the team as an assistant, I was going to get her transferred to our choreo team”

“Gossiping to staff members about how I shouldn’t even be part of danceline isn’t helpful Hoseok! And if you do that she’ll never stop berating and belittling me!”

His jaw tightened at your shout and formal use of his name.

No one had a comforting word to say to try and diffuse the argument. Even Jin who usually always jumped to your rescue was standing with his mouth popped open, like he was trying to find a word but couldn’t.

“She made me question myself, should I even be an idol at all if I can’t do what I’m supposed to do without being laughed at….” you tried keeping your voice even and tears held in your eyes.

“Yn-ie…” Jimin came forward and reached for your arm but you pulled back, needing space.

“I can’t sleep here tonight. I’m going to see my friends”

•••

“And your members just let you walk out the dorm like that?” Dahyun asked with wide eyes.

You were sat in your friends dorm, piled with blankets on the sofa and surrounded by comfort snacks and drinks. The TWICE girls were always hospitable no matter when you arrived, expected or not.

You nodded in response to Dahyun’s question.

“You don’t think I’m overreacting?” you asked.

“I think I’d cry too if a staff laughed at my dancing” Tzuyu said, knees pulled to her chest.

Everyone else hummed in agreement.

“Reminds me of that time we had that rude staff member the company hired for the Cheer Up comeback” Nayeon shivered, prompting a collective shiver from the members.

“She was fired after the comeback was over but my god she made that time hellish” Jihyo commented popping pieces of popcorn into her mouth.

“Hobi said he was thinking about making her part of the choreo team, probably even to keep her on after the Dynamite comeback is over” you said with a pout.

“But then she’d be permanent!” Dahyun said with another shock.

“I know” your pout deepened.

“Ah yn-ie, don’t worry too much okay? Besides why not you just become a member of TWICE, I’m sure ONCE’s would love you” Sana suggested with a smile.

You laughed at that, as if you could just transfer from one hit kpop group to the other with no problem.

“Okay let’s settle down and watch the rest of this kdrama before bed and help yn take their mind of things”

So that’s what you did for the rest of night. Except that half of the girls didn’t last long before falling asleep, and the other half got so frustrated that when the protagonists of the kdrama refused their feelings for each other for the 7th time, they had to call it a night.

Dahyun and Sana gathered all the pillows and blankets on their dorms L-shaped sofa for you to sleep over in a make shift bed.

They said goodnight and you proceeded with your nightly scroll. But what you had forgot during your chat with the girls was that you’d turned your notifications off for the night. It was now 3am. Your stomach did a guilty flip once you saw your Home Screen:

2:46am: 50 unread messages

2:14am: Missed call from Minie moo💛

1:58am: 2 missed calls from SunshineHope☀️

1:32am: Missed call from Joonie🪴

1:11am: Missed call from TaeTae🎷

12:47am: Missed call from Yoongles🎶

12:28am: Missed call from Jinnie🎣

12:12am: Missed call from BunKook💪🏽

Bangtan💜:

🐥: let us know when you get there safe please🙏🏻

🐨: cmon dongsaengie don’t make us worry

🐰: what if they’re not okay hyungs?😪

🐱: don’t worry guys they’re probably just busy with their friends

Yoongles🎶:

🐱: okay so I’m going insane with you not replying…

🐱: cmon yn-ie just say the car didn’t upturn on your way over

🐱: what’s the address???

🐱: ugh fine I know you want to be left alone right now…

BunKook💪🏽:

🐰: NOONA/HYUNG!!!!!

🐰: please tell us you got there okay!!!!

🐰: I’m going to stay awake till you do!!!!

Minie Moo💛:

🐥: don’t hate us dongsaengie, we’re sorry you’ve been hurting all day and we didn’t notice

🐥: come home to the dorm🥺

🐥: kook fell asleep on the couch with his phone in his hand, we’re waiting for you🫶🏻

TaeTae🎷:

🐻: 😵‍💫

🐻: ^^ me because your not replying

🐻: 🥴< that’s Jimin’s face right now

🐻: 🤒< literally Jin hyung

🐻: 🙃< Joon hyung

🐻: 😪< Yoongi hyung

🐻: 😴< that’s Jungkook but only because he’s exhausted from being sad

🐻: Hobi hyung went into his room

Joonie🪴:

🐨: I know your mad at us dongsaengie, we just want to know you’re safe

🐨: I’m cycling to the dorm

🐨: okay so Jin hyungs banned me from cycling in the dark and also because I’ve drank alcohol but just know I would have

Jinnie🎣:

🐹: reply to your oppa/hyung, this is a command

🐹: okay fine that was harsh but your not replying to anyone baby petal I’m freaking out

🐹: Yoongi and Joon are pacing and it’s driving me nuts so if you could reply that would be super

🐹: if you reply now I’ll let you be the first member to hear my solo debut song

🐹: and I’ll buy all your meals for a month

🐹: these offers expire in 10 mins so reply to us baby petal

SunshineHope☀️:

🐿: yn-ie I don’t know what to say

🐿: I didn’t mean to get so annoyed

🐿: I can’t do this over text I have to phone you

🐿: okay… I’m leaving a voicemail please listen petal

2:01am: 1 new voicemail from SunshineHope☀️

Before replying to the other guys and putting them out of their misery, you decided to listen to Hobi’s voicemail:

“Yn-ie, I’m sorry for how I acted… for not believing you… members have to stick together, I know that. I don’t know what came over me? Seeing Hwa-young just made me nostalgic for being a dance student. I never believed she would act so unprofessionally towards one of my members like that. If anyone knows what it’s like to be criticised it should be me… remember when Jungkookie cried because i wanted to leave bangtan? I was so sure they would be fine without me, that my skills weren’t anything special… but I was wrong and I know how your feel about your abilities right now is wrong too. Bangtan needs our little baby petal. Please come home tomorrow, we have dance practise at 12pm but I’ll make sure it’s a closed session. Just the members dongsaengie, okay? And we can all talk and work it out then… goodnight yn-ie… I’m sorry”

You could feel your eyes welling up. With him being cold towards you all day, your really had missed your sunshine.

Bangtan💜:

🦊: I’m sorry guys! I turned my phone notifications off, I’m okay, I’m just going to sleep now, I got all of your messages and I’ll be at practise tomorrow at 12. Goodnight

🐹: ah baby petal!! Now we can sleep soundly

🐿: see you tomorrow yn-ie🙏🏻

•••

As promised, you arrived at hybe headquarters. Jungkook had posted in the group chat what dance studio it was they were in, and just as Hobi had said, it was devoid of any staff members. Just the 7 of them were waiting around - stretching, talking, drinking their coffee and scrolling on their phones.

There was a bit of awkward silence as you entered the door and placed you bag on the floor with a thud, grabbing their attention.

Then they all rushed to you at once.

“I’m sorry noona/hyung!”

“Please don’t leave us again dongsaengie!”

“We’re so glad you came!”

You had some tears in your eyes but couldn’t help but giggle at their confessions and crowding. Even some of the boys had wet eyes.

“It’s not funny noona/hyung” Jungkook sniffled, “I thought you weren’t gonna come back”

“Of course I was coming back kook, I just needed some space” you explained, trying to reassure your dongsaeng.

“But we don’t want space!” he replied, looking like an frustrated rabbit.

“We’re glad you came back, yn-ie, we’ll never let anyone come between the members again okay?”

“I’ll try to be polite to Hwa-young-ssi but if she starts laughing at me again…”

“Don’t worry yn-ie, your oppas/hyungs will handle it” Jin said assuredly.

“And me!” Jungkook said puffing his chest out, causing giggles in you and the other members.

“I’m being serious! No one hurts my noona/hyungs and gets away with it!”

“You’ll be polite to her too kook-ah… we all will… but we’re onto her, so if she starts anything again…” namjoon instructed.

“I’ll be the first one to call her out” Hobi said firmly pulling you into his embrace.

Rehearsals went smoother with Hobi taking it easy on the critiques and you all going in hard with the effort. You knew then it would be all just fine… it was nice to have your sunshine back and a privilege to have such protective members. You really were bangtan for life, you thought.

•••

A/n: I hope that was a satisfying resolution to yn and Hobi’s argument… we are Hobi lovers in this house after all☀️ however I feel like Hwa-young may pop up in future fics? so watch out for her again! Thank you for reading and liking!

[princesslachimolala]

as soon as i noticed that hobi was being rude to them i was like “wowww nahh” i feel bad for y/n i know things will be better for them name but i forgot her name but she needs to back off of y/n 😂

posting the next chapter tonight! we’ll see how Hobi and yn resolve this… spoiler the chapter may be very cute if I don’t say so myself 👀💖

[princesslachimolala]

That cliffhanger on the dance fic is really mean. I’m so mad for our 8th member 😤

Sorry bout it🫣😂 writing for the next one is in motion… our 8th member deserves better but be prepared for some more angst…

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan💜

•••

Chapter 4 - The Dance Practice 💥✨🪩

Synopsis: you (y/n 🦊) are the 8th member of bts and are involved in all the fun and banter with the boys as you work on your music and side projects for army

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: angst, gossip, slight arguments, discussions of self worth and self doubt

A/n: yn faces off with dance instructor Jung Hoseok and some gossipy staff members in this one… as usual yn is gender neutral so read the honorific’s as they apply to you, also ‘Cha Hwa-young’ is just a random name I plucked off the internet and is in reference to no one with the same name

•••

6am.

Your alarm was blaring and the echo of Hobi’s words were in your brain.

“Dance practise at 7am”

You rolled out of bed and slipped on the workout outfit you’d planned the night before (something simple yet stylish so on the off chance the staff would film some of the practice for army, you’d look presentable).

Preparing for a comeback was no joke… constant lyric writing, recording and choreography sessions. Anything to make the perfect songs and performance for army.

Today you are all working on the choreo for ‘Dynamite’ which meant excessive sweating and the scrutiny of dance teacher Jung Hoseok.

“I’m gonna miss Hobi today” you said to Jungkook and Jimin, the others having left earlier, leaving the 3 of you to catch up to the studio.

“How? Is he not gonna be there, noona/hyung?” Jungkook asked still sleepy and rubbing his eyes.

“He’ll be there kookie, I just mean he’s gonna be in his serious dance instructor mode today” you explained, expression glum.

“Ah come on dongsaengie, cheer up” Jimin said squishing your mouth into the shape of a smile, “it’s gonna be a fun practice… besides that’s how we get our dances perfect right?”

His arching eyebrows and imploring expression made you nod in agreement… one cup of coffee and you’d be fine.

Or so you thought.

•••

Pulling up to the HYBE building, your phone buzzed.

🐨: heads up guys… there’s a new assistant staff member in today

🐻: she’s pretty

🐱: Tae be professional, she’s only just across the room

All of a sudden, Jungkook and Jimin came to life at the mention of a new, pretty staff member. You were also intrigued but now you were even more nervous.

These days the staff (especially the core staff) didn’t change and rotate that much. Most of the staff that worked closely with you and boys had been working for years, allowing you to become trusted confidants and somewhat friends.

Jungkook could sense your unease as he wrapped his muscly arm around your shoulder and pulled you in for a reassuring hug.

“It’ll be alright noona/hyung”

And boy was he wrong.

The minute you stepped into the rehearsal room the vibe was different.

The boys were huddled in one corner of room rather than spread out, their collective bodies hiding the fact they were talking and giggling with to a new member of staff. The three of you approached the throng and Jungkook cleared his throat to alert his hyungs to your presence.

“Ah, here they all are!” Namjoon greeted you all, parting the group, revealing the dark-haired woman still dressed in her long parka coat.

“Jimin-ssi, Jungkook-ssi, yn-ssi” she said with a low bow.

“This is Cha Hwa-young” Hobi did the introducing with a big smile on his face - he always loved meeting new staff.

The three of you returned the greeting with a short bow.

“Where’s the coffee, Hobah?” you tapped Hobi on the shoulder.

He rolled his shoulder to get your finger off him and turned from his apparently hilarious conversation with Hwa-young to answer you, slightly annoyed expression on his face.

“I don’t know yn, go ask the staff members, I’m sure they’ve did the run already”

It seemed like your prediction was right, Hobi was already annoyed and you hadn’t even begun to dance yet.

Speaking of, dance practise was now running 15 minutes late because the boys were busy getting to know Hwa-young, though you stayed back from the conversation because every time you tried to interject you’d be brushed off or ignored.

What you didn’t notice was that the one youngest and one oldest member were hanging about closer to you than they usually did during dance practice.

“Here dongsaengie” Jin said passing you your cup of hot coffee.

Jin and Jungkook could definitely read you and the staff members better than the rest - in other words they could see you sulking more than usual and the new staff member turning a bit cold towards you compared to how she was buttering up the boys.

“Should we start the rehearsal now Hobi hyung?” Jungkook suggested, making Hobi check his watch with a surprised face.

“Ah yes right! Let’s just pick up from where we left off the last time”

After some stretching, you and the boys took your starting positions and the beat of ‘Dynamite’ rang across the studio. You tried to ignore the glaring look Hwa-young sent you from across the room.

The first run through went well and Hobi seemed pleased with everyone.

“What did you think Hwa-young-ssi?” he asked.

She looked somewhat taken aback but pleased at the direct question.

“It was wonderful, Jhope-ssi!” she complimented with a bow, gaining agreements from the other staff and preening from the group, “though I think yn-ssi stepped on Jungkooks foot? You better watch Jungkook-ssi, your lace is undone now”

Everyone looked at Jungkooks shoe, and of course, his lace was undone.

“Ah I’m sorry Kook! Did I step on your foot?” you rushed down to your knees to help him tie his lace again.

You swore you could here some snickers over at the far side of the wall where the staff was standing.

“Just a little bit noona/hyung… it’s okay it wasn’t sore!” Jungkook sought to reassure you before you fretted.

“It’s okay yn-ie, I’m clumsy all the time” Joon offered you a hand up from the ground with a reassuring smile.

You got up and dusted yourself off, both physically and mentally.

“I’m gonna watch the next run through” Hobi said standing in front of the group, arms folded and concentration evident on his face.

•••

“It wasn’t that bad baby petal” Jin tried to reassure you.

“He was mad at me too, yn-ie” Jimin tuned in.

“He’s not mad, he’s just stressed and wants to get the choreo right,” Yoongi said, sitting down at the lunch table.

The staff came up to you all with water and bowls of lunch (bibimbap from today’s menu) and sat down away from the group.

“Where is hyung anyway?” Jungkook asked.

“He’s reviewing the dance footage” Tae said with a mouthful of seaweed and rice.

“He should come eat soon… I’ll go and get him” Jin stood up.

Suddenly without his broad shoulders shielding you, you felt the eyes of hybe’s cafeteria goers and most unsettlingly, those of the group of staff you knew had been in dance practise with you all. Hwa-young, though, was missing among them.

Jin returned with Hobi in tow. The expression on his face was indecipherable but he didn’t really look up from his bibimbap bowl while he talked.

“We need to tighten up the choreo guys… I know we’ve only just finalised it but we’ve got less than a month left before the company will want to start recording us practice and start recording the music video”

“We’ll get there Hobi hyung” jimin offered hopefully.

“It’s just frustrating Jiminie, I want it all to look perfect as soon as possible, otherwise it gives me anxiety”

“You’re the best dancer here hyung” namjoon offered to the unusually downtrodden man, “it just takes some of us a bit longer”

“I know Joon, I can’t expect perfect from some of you straight away, but I usually expect my dance line to perform well”

The words hung in the air. Everyone knew by that he meant Jungkook, Jimin, Tae and you. And who had been messing up the most all morning? You had.

Sure the hyungs needed a few minutes more of individual coaching from Hobi than the rest and Namjoon in particular could be prone to tripping, but you knew by the look on his face Hobi expected more from his maknaes.

You sat with your head low, hating to disappoint any of your members. You could feel eyes on you and became overcome with the need to escape.

“Sorry oppa/hyung” you mumbled, before standing from your seat, “excuse me”

You walked to the first place you could find to be alone. The bathroom. But before you could round the corner you heard the voice you’d been hearing all afternoon. Hwa-young.

“Poor jhope-ssi, he’s so stressed about the dance… they’re the one that came in late with Jungkook and Jimin… what was their name again?”

“Yn?” the voice of another staff member offered.

“Ah yes, well they’re apparently part of bts dance line but from this morning you’d find that hard to believe” she snickered, followed by a burst of laughter.

Sometimes you hated the labels associated with being an idol. Sure you were part of rapline… that was a given since you rapped all your verses in bts’s songs. But dancing wasn’t always your strong suit. Jimin and Hobi were trained professionals before they joined the bighit label in their pre-debut days. And Jungkook was just naturally talented at things while Tae had his own flare that army ate up during a performance.

You don’t even know why you were proclaimed as part of dance line when you felt like you couldn’t live up to their expertise or talent. And hearing Hobi and the staffs words all but confirmed your doubts.

Maybe… you thought, you’d have to rethink your position in the team. This afternoon you’d been clunky and causing delays. Maybe bangtan would be better without you, you thought.

You couldn’t be noticed by the staff now so you walked to the further away bathroom to get some quiet and clear your head.

You had only been sitting in the bathroom stall for 10 minutes when a text came through.

🐰: noona/hyung… are you okay?

🦊: fine kookie, just in the bathroom

🐰: hyungs say we’re heading back into practice in 5

You gave the message a thumbs up and put you phone back in your pocket. It wasn’t too late to back out, the promos for the Dynamite comeback hadn’t happened yet. They could easily cut your lines or have someone else in rapline re-record them so they wouldn’t go to waste. For now you swallowed those thoughts down and walked back to the practice room.

Jungkook was looking at you with wide boba eyes and Jin looked concerned.

“Everything okay baby petal?”

“Yes oppa/hyung, just a stomach ache”

“Can you still dance?”

He had no idea how hard that question hit but you just painted on a smile and nodded anyway.

Yet again the rest of the boys were oblivious, gathered around Hwa-young and her quickly acquired friends, talking and giggling.

Once you announced yourself, the members got to practising over and over until early evening until Hobi was completely satisfied with the days work. Everyone left the studio with aching muscles but only one member left with a head full of self doubts.

•••

“Jhope-ssi, would you and the group like to come with us to dinner?”

“Ah that would be nice noona,” Hobi turned to the group, “you want food guys?”

Noona? After only one day of getting familiar, you thought.

Everyone nodded, even Jin and Jungkook who could never deny food, probably even from their worst enemy.

“Yn-ssi” Hwa-young addressed you, “you probably won’t want to come along with that upset stomach you talked about having earlier”

Inside you seethed. But really she was right. You didn’t want to be around anyone for any longer today and certainly not her.

“I’ll turn in for the night, see you guys later” though you had no intention of leaving your bedroom to socialise tonight or even answer the door for that matter.

“Alright, it was very nice to meet you” she gave a bow and headed for the cars.

You returned it, but only because she was your elder.

“Noona/hyung, please come with us, we’ll only worry” Jungkook pleaded.

“Really I’ll be fine Kook, go with your hyungs and have fun, it’s been a long day” you chased him.

He looked somewhat forlorn as he walked away with Jin, who turned at the last second and mouthed “you okay?” to you, to which you replied with a nod.

You certainly weren’t okay but you didn’t intend to ruin dinner after being the reason that a dance practice session had soured.

You got a separate car back to the dorms, had your single bowl of ramen (because you knew you’d face the wrath of Jin if you didn’t eat) and headed to bed.

You had a lot to think about and a lot of time to do it before they got home.

•••

A/n: leaving this one on a cliffhanger sorry! will 8th member of bangtan want to stay or will they take some convincing? 🤔 hope you enjoyed some angst (we still love all the boys in this house) but we’ll see a continuation of this storyline in the next fic… then maybe back to some lighter storylines lol 💖

[princesslachimolala]

The Bangtan GC📱

2. Matching tattoos✒️

•••

Synopsis: you (yn 🦊) are in a members-only group chat with BTS💜

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: mention of a tattoo needle

Authors note: gender neutral (gn) reader so read the honorific’s as they apply to you, short filler of what I imagine the conversation between bangtan was like when they decided to get matching tattoos with yn’s contribution… but I realised it was kinda pointless since they couldn’t get their 7 tattoo since this is part of the 8th member of bangtan series so… yeah. Hope you enjoy regardless 💖

•••

🐰: soooo I did a thing…

🐨: oh no, this’ll be good🙄

🐹: what did you do kook-ah??

🐻: the suspense 🥴

🐥: this better be good I was just peacefully building my Lego and now I’m anxious

🐱: I was sleeping and you all keep buzzing my phone

🐰: I got another tattoo!!

🐿: wow JK!! What did you get??

🐨: that’s hardly a surprise kook but if it makes you happy I’m happy👍🏻

🐥: where’s yn-ie, they’re usually the first to reply…

🦊: I’m with kook minie🫶🏻

🐰: yn noona/hyung came with me! But I have another surprise…

��: omg you got matching tattoos?? Yn-ie you said that we were gonna do that 🥹

🐹: my baby petal is tattooed???

🐻: last to know everything these days😔

🦊: everyone calm down I didn’t get a tattoo today

🦊: oppa/hyung… you know I already have a tattoo you said it was pretty 🥴 and we will one day minie 🫶🏻

🐿: what’s your other surprise jk?!

🐰: my tattoo artist likes to chat and he suggested a cool idea

🐻: which is??

🐰: don’t say no right away please

🐱: no promises kook-ah

🦊: here him out guys it’s a good idea!!

🐥: we’re listening kookie🫶🏻

🐰: so the concept of matching tattoos…

🐹: yes?🤨

🐰: how would you all feel if we got a matching tattoo together?

🐹: like a real tattoo? with a real needle?🤧

🐰: yeah…

🐥: sounds cool Kook! What would we get though?

🐻: I like it too!!

🐨: hmm could be cool i guess…

🐿: I dunno JK😅 I might be with hyung on this one

🐰: majority rules 🧑🏻‍⚖️ matching tattoos it is🙏🏻

🐹: yn agrees with you?!

🦊: I think it would be cute Jinnie oppa/hyung

🦊: what about you Yoongi oppa/hyung?

🐱: what the maknaes want the maknaes get… we all know this by now… there’s no point in arguing with them

🐰: on a real… I know tattoos aren’t for everyone and I don’t wanna force anyone into a tattoo they’ll regret so we don’t have to 😅

🐹: Ah kook-ah… you’re very hard to say no to🙄

🐿: hyung!! Don’t abandon me now!!

🐹: I’m a weak man Hobah

🐥: is that a yes hyung??

🐹: i guess so🤧

🐨: what would this tattoo be anyway??🤔

🐰: I was thinking something small… the number 8? Since there’s 8 of us?

🐱: that’s kinda cool

🐨: nice and simple jk👍🏻

🐱: Hobah?? You in?

🐿: I guess I’ll need to be😅

🦊: it’s okay oppa/hyung… we’ll all be together at the tattoo shop and the needles aren’t even that big or scary🫶🏻

🐻: I guess a small tattoo won’t take too long 🤔

🦊: we can hold hands too🫶🏻

🐻: I don’t need you to hold my hand yn-ie🙄

🦊: I was talking to Hobi oppa/hyung🙄

🐻: so what your saying is you don’t even wanna hold my hand?🙄

🦊: well you don’t wanna hold mine so what’s your point🙄

🐹: yah stop bickering or I’ll make everyone all hold hands🙏🏻

🐿: thanks yn-ie that might actually be helpful😅

🦊: nice to know I’m appreciated 🙏🏻

🐻: you can hold my foot then if it makes you feel better

🦊: why would that make me feel better 🥴

🐰: so will I say to my tattoo artist??

🐱: go ahead JK… we can all look at designs and decide what suits everyone best

🐨: kind of excited now

🦊: then we can get matching sparkle tattoos jiminie✨

🐥: ooh I like that!!

🐰: I want matching sparkle tattoos🥹

🐹: yah I want to match with baby petal too!

🦊: you can join in kookie!!

🦊: Jinnie we can get our own matching tattoo! What about about a flower petal design?

🐹: I love that baby petal, look at our private chat🙏🏻

🐥: keeping secrets in your private chat?

🐹: we’re discussing the design 🙏🏻

🐻: so this sparkle tattoo… can it be for the maknaes to match?

🦊: yes Tae Tae🙏🏻

🐻: thanks baby petal🥺

•••

A/n: I think the dynamics are becoming more obvious between yn and the other members… they have them all wrapped around their finger (especially Jin) and has a bit of a sibling rivalry with Tae lol, it’s all love tho🫶🏻

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan 💜

•••

Chapter 3 - The Cook Off 🍗🍲🍳

Synopsis: you (y/n 🦊) are the 8th member of bts and are involved in all the fun and banter with the boys as you work on your music and side projects for army

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: brief mention of a knife used in the kitchen for cooking

Authors note: inspired by the run BTS episodes, reader is gender neutral (gn) so read the honorific’s as they apply to you

Enjoy!✨

•••

🐰: it’s filming day tomorrow right?

🐹: yes jk! it’s the chefs episode!

🦊: will there be professional chefs or just us?

🐨: we should eat a big breakfast in case we can’t cook good

🐹: speak for yourself joonie and it’ll just be us baby petal

🐨: but we’ll share right Jin hyung?

🦊: I’ll share with you Joonie🫶🏻

🐨: thanks baby petal

🐹: …

🐥: do we all get to call y/n that now or?

🐹: …

🐱: taking Jin hyungs silence as a yes

🐹: my ellipses are saying more than my words can…

🐻: BABY PETAL!!!!!!

🐹: 🤦🏻‍♂️

🦊: hey guys🫶🏻 I thought you were all sleeping, the dorm is so quiet

🐥: we were all gaming with our headphones in

🦊: you all played games without me?? You let me go to bed while you were all having fun??😭

🐰: no noona/hyung!! We were playing the scary game you don’t like…🥹

🦊: ah okay kook

🐿: don’t be annoyed y/n-ie🫶🏻 I’m scared of it too but I’m watching the maknaes while the other hyungs are resting in bed

🦊: can I come play too please, Hobi oppa/hyung?🥹

🐱: you’ll have nightmares y/n-ie

🐹: yah we can’t repeat this every time with this video game

🐰: we can switch to Mario kart noona/hyung🙏🏻

🦊: it’s okay kook🙏🏻 keep playing

🐱: you should all be in bed soon anyway, we have a early call time tomorrow. Hobah- are you not tired?

🐿: kinda hyung😅

🐹: right kids get to bed! sweet dreams, love hyung/oppa

🐻: that message was the most dad thing Jin hyungs ever sent

🦊: it was sweet!

🐻: okay baby petal 🙄

🐹: bed, now

•••

Today the producers announced that bangtan would be cooking for todays episode. You were excited because as it turns out you were a great cook… the boys slobbered over you kimchi fried rice, japchae and bibimbap that you would cook for them whenever they requested or you were cooking for yourself and decided to make enough for them too.

But as soon as the producer announced that the two members that would have to judge the cooking competition were the members who were the best cooks, your hopes of impressing army and winning today were dashed.

Of course Jin was the main cook in the group - he’d been cooking all your meals and even Jungkook’s school lunches before he graduated since your pre-debut days. But you gained skills from him by watching him, helping him out now and again and from your family back home. Just because you were the second youngest member of bangtan doesn’t mean you couldn’t be nifty in the kitchen.

You sort of hoped the boys would forget about this fact though, when they started deciding the judges and the teams.

“Jin is definitely a judge, it would be unfair to have him on a team” Yoongi offered diplomatically.

Jin agreed to judge straight away and sat back to watch the rest of the deliberations happening with a smile. He knew there would be some heated deliberations and it would be funny.

“Hobi is a good cook too but I think Jungkook should be a judge,” Tae said pointing the finger at his maknae.

Hobi was pleased with his compliment but Jungkook looked offended, his widened eyes and mouth ready to set out his argument - the maknae always wanted in on the competition.

“I’m a worse cook than y/n,” he offered, “besides I want to make my glazed sweet potatoes for everyone”

No one could resist the bun’s pleas, so the attention turned to you.

“Yah, their hiding behind Joon hyung as if we’ll forget about them” Jimin laughed.

And it was true, the sight of you shielding yourself behind Namjoons wall of muscle was comical as you peaked out behind him. You agreed to judge after the boys went on and on about your cooking talents and the unfairness of it all. The producers looked just about ready to pull their own hair out but some staff were giggling and smiling knowingly at bangtans antics.

•••

Yoongi’s team was making a seafood stew while Hobi’s team were cooking a chicken dish. Like Namjoon, you weren’t the biggest fan of seafood but you wouldn’t be biased against the team.

At first you and Jin watched on as everyone assumed their roles - Yoongi and Jimin worked like a little duo, having sidelined Tae to eat bread rolls and peel potatoes.

Hobi, Namjoon and Jungkook proved to be a little more chaotic together - who knew two hyungs and a maknae would cause more chaos than the team with just one hyung and two maknaes?

Namjoon was butchering the chicken carcass like he had a personal vendetta against this particular chicken, making everyone laugh at his lack of kitchen skills. Hobi was dancing and scooting around the station like he couldn’t stay still, yet somehow managed to add and stir things into the pot. And Jungkook was already off on his own self-appointed side mission (making the glazed sweet potatoes as he promised).

“Aren’t you going to give armys instructions so they can make it too?” You crept behind Jungkook.

“Yah it’s dangerous to scare someone in the kitchen noona/hyung!”

“And no… the recipe is my secret sorry army” he directed towards the go pro camera you were holding below his face at a presumably unflattering angle, wiggling this eyebrows.

“Literally anyone can look up a glazed sweet potato recipe, JK, you didn’t invent it” Jin popped in.

“But mine has a secret recipe hyung”

“And what is that?”

“Love” he said with a straight face and finger heart shot into the camera, causing giggles to explode around the kitchen.

You scooted around to the other teams table and were immediately offered a bite of jam-spread roll from Tae which you gladly accepted (the smell of food was making you exceedingly hungry).

“Thanks Tae-Tae” you smiled.

“Yah! I see favouritism over there!” Hobi called over with accusing eyes.

“Concentrate on your pot hyung!” Jimin rebuted, “there’s nothing to see here!”

“Yah just because the bread rolls were on that side of the bench” Namjoon added accusingly.

“There’s no favouritism everyone can just calm down or I’m deducting points from both teams!” Jin announced.

“You can’t deduct!” Jungkook was appalled, “we haven’t even finished yet!”

Jin was clearly enjoying his power too much, he thought.

•••

The chaos died down as soon as a time limit was announced and everyone focused on their recipes.

“Baby petal and I are cooking something nice to pass the last 15 minutes” Jin explained into the small go pro camera you held in your hand.

He calmly directed you to add sugar to his frying potato slices.

“It’s simple but delicious, something a chef once taught me” he explained, while flipping the potato with his chopsticks and offering you a mouthful.

You could already begin to imagine the comments of army:

“Jin is so soft with y/n🥹”

“Jin and his baby petal are you kidding me🥲”

“baby petal and jinnie giving us wholesome content once again🌸”

…if the producers decided to include your footage in this episode that is.

“Five minutes left!” the producer called to the room.

The boys hastened, plating their food and doing finishing touches. Jimin and Taehyung were busy praising each other for their work, Hobi and Namjoon were screaming at their chicken pot to boil faster and you and Jin were walking around with the go pros, successfully distracting the chefs. You all doubled over when you realised Jungkooks glazed sweet potatoes were stuck to the plate like cement.

“That’s time!”

Everyone put their dishes on the front bench. You were doubled over again when you realised Tae had presented the dipping sauce he made for the potato pancakes in such an ostentatious way - a ceramic squirrel figurine plate encased in a glass bell jar, ON TOP OF a glass cake stand, that he called “squirrel trapped in a garden”.

You took your spoons and the boys watched you and Jin taste their work with rapt attention. The seafood dish was surprisingly tasty given your disdain for eating anything that once lived in water, and the potato pancakes and sauce were so good you almost shed a tear.

“Yah, y/n-ie is nearly crying, that’s how you know it’s good food” Yoongi cooed, pleased with himself and his team.

The chicken dish was also delicious but getting the sweet potatoes into your mouth proved comical. Jin managed to prise one piece with his chopsticks with some strength but when you tried to, you pulled too hard and the potato went flying across the room, sending the boys into a laughing frenzy.

You just knew the editors were going to edit the scene of Jungkooks creation in all sorts of ways - repeated, zoomed in, slo mo, a sliding whistle sound overlayed and with cartoon wings attached as it glided from the front to the back of the kitchen.

Recomposed, you tried again and found the sweet treat an absolute delight.

“They taste like the Middle Ages,” jin commented much to everyone’s confusion.

“They taste like 2014 to me” you laughed, “when kookie used to cook them for us… did you have a past life oppa/hyung?”

“I like both dishes, the seafood is something I would order but the sweet potatoes are amazing” Jin said distracting from his tangent.

“I think Jiminie should have an extra 5 points for cooking with baby pink hair”

The room was a mixture of laughter and outrage at your statement.

“Why??!”

“It’s not a hair competition!”

“Yah, that’s not fair!”

“Hobi hyung has pink hair too, noona/hyung!”

“And joonie has lilac hair that’s cool too we should get double points”

“Yah fine! No extra points for hair style” you conceded with a pout, staring longingly at jimins baby pink locks that looked just the colour of cotton candy floss.

Jimin giggled and gave your face a squish with his hands mumbling “cute” under his breath.

You told Jin to pick a winner since the boys could no longer trust you with making an impartial decision and with the count of 3, Jin chose the seafood team as the winners. Everyone cheered the winners and commiserated the losers and filming was commenced.

Jimin, Tae and Yoongi toddled off to get driven back to the dorm while you and Jin stayed to help the losing team out with their punishment (cleaning the kitchen).

•••

Back at the dorm, the boys were showered and changed into fresh comfortable clothes. You all gathered in the livingroom as it was time to talk about tomorrow’s schedule.

“How was the punishment?”

“It was fine but y/n-ie ran out of the kitchen as soon as Hobi hyung asked them to take out the rubbish”

“I have a phobia!”

“Oh we know” Tae said rolling his eyes.

“At least I cleaned the pots and kookie’s sweet potato plate, the sauce was all hard and stuck” you grimaced.

“The food was so good, though I’m hungry again” Jimin complained.

“Should we order Chinese food for a change?”

There was various agreements and other suggestions but everyone’s mind was starting to get foggy from tiredness and hours of not eating.

“I’ll order it then!” Jungkook whipped out his phone and sprang up to call the staff.

“So, we have to be up by 6am tomorrow, I’ve booked the dance studio for 7am” Hobi said, serious dance instructor look now on his face.

“We’ll all be there up on time won’t we…” Jin asked around his dongsaengs mostly directed at you because you were always glued to your bed in the early mornings.

“Yes oppas/hyungs” you said with a yawn.

“That’s promising” Hobi laughed.

You were tired from filming and all the boys agreed that filming at the same time as preparing a comeback was exhausting. But at the end of the day it was all they wanted to do and it was all for army to enjoy.

•••

A/n: thanks for reading! I think the next instalment will be a dance practise chapter instead of filming an episode, let me know if you have any fun ideas/dynamics you want to see!💖

[princesslachimolala]

i really like ur 8th member au fics! i can’t wait to read more!

ahh thank you so much! I’m writing a few just now so hopefully there will be some more posted throughout the week☺️ and some group chat for filler!

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan 💜

•••

Chapter 2 - The Swimming Pool 🏊🏼💧

Synopsis: you (y/n 🦊) are the 8th member of bts and are involved in all the fun and banter with the boys as you work on your music and side projects for army

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: kind of angsty, discussions of anxiety and negative self-talk, fear of water (?), Jungkook being protective, y/n is in a bit of a down mood but bangtan manage to cheer them up

Authors note: inspired by the run BTS episode, reader is gender neutral so read the honorifics as they apply to you

Enjoy!✨

•••

“I’m sad” you said aloud in the minibus to no one in particular.

“Ah why are you sad, y/n-ie?” Namjoon was the first to ask in his low, tired voice.

“Because I’m tired and hungry” you replied with a pout.

“You and Jungkook were the last ones to get out of bed and eat the breakfast that I made with my very hands, y/n-ie” Jin looked back towards you with accusing eyes.

“Sorry oppa/hyung” was all you could yawn in reply.

“I love your rice hyung” Jungkook yawned too, also half asleep seated next to you in the van.

“It was just boiled rice JK” Hobi giggled.

“Yeah but when Jin-hyung makes it, it tastes different” Jungkook replied, to which everyone nodded in agreement.

“Do you want to compliment my egg frying abilities too, Kook-ah?” Jin asked.

“Maybe next time you make them hyung…”

“If there will be a next time” Jin rolled his eyes chortling.

“Wha?? No more Jinnie breakfasts??” you implored.

“Aish of course I’ll always cook you breakfast dongsaengies… but you have to eat enough to fill you up or it’s very disrespectful”

There was a round of “sorry Jin hyung/oppa” and then the car fell into comfortable silence as you listened to music. And although you had the body heat of Hobi on one side and Jungkook on the other, something was bothering you and making your nerves feel frazzled.

•••

When you arrived at the pool and changed into your swimming attire, you had thought you might feel more recharged. But all you felt was anxiety swirling in your stomach and it didn’t help that all the boys were pumped up for todays variety show activity and didn’t seem to notice.

The producer announced the first game and you all got into position. You plastered a big smile on for army once the cameras began rolling - you didn’t want them to think there was anything wrong.

The first hurdle? Jumping into the water. You could never do it when you were younger - you always had to find the ladders or slip in while you lowered yourself. So when Jimin pushed Namjoon into the water you felt yourself having cold sweats. Of course, Namjoon was fine, just playing along with the bit of being annoyed.

You cheered up a bit when Yoongi was acting cute in the water after his success but soon it was your turn.

“No one push me please,” you half mumbled as you approached the edge of the pool.

That’s when Jungkook noticed you weren’t your usual self.

“Y/n-ie, are you feeling okay?”

All you could do was nod as you stepped up to the edge of the pool and tried to slip in as gracefully as possible, slightly panicking before your toes found the bottom.

The boys were cheering and talking loudly in the background but the ringing in your ears almost drowned them out. Now you were in the water it wasn’t so bad but you were acutely aware of the entire camera crew on your right hand side filming your every move and facial expression.

“Ah this is too hard!” You tried to joke with a smile but the jenga tower fell under your shaky touch.

This pleased the boys very much - now you were getting the garlic juice punishment much to your dismay.

After everyone took their turn there were 4 losers. You could feel a sting in your eyes from the pool water (or you would blame it on the pool water because you knew it was actually your eyes verging on spilling your overwhelmed tears).

Thankfully, and although you felt sorry for him, tae was the only one that drank the garlic juice as the producer announced to skip to the next game.

However you knew you weren’t going to fare much better in the next challenges - your legs and hands were still shaky and the challenge of standing on the floating mat and unfolding the paper required good balance and deft fingers.

You laughed off your nerves but you really didn’t want to let go of Hobi’s hand as you stood on the mat.

“Yah, y/n-ah that’s cheating you can’t have a helper to balance you!”

“That’s disqualification!”

“Get them garlic juice!”

Despite the rabble and the feeling bubbling up in your chest, you let go of Hobi and tried to do the task but of course you ripped the paper.

You felt very useless having not succeeded in a single game. You knew it was supposed to be fun - just look at the boys and copy them, you told yourself. They were smiling, laughing, clapping for each other and celebrating each other’s losses and were taking it all in good fun. Maybe, you thought, I’m too sensitive for all this. Either that or you just hated games and competitions, especially if it had anything to do with sports.

The camera zoomed up into your face and you prepared to take the garlic.

“Do I have to do it?” You appealed to the group to which they all went with an enthusiastic yes.

“What if I’m allergic to garlic?”

“Yah, y/n-ah you ate Jiminie’s appa’s pickled garlic last week and loved it!”

You were caught out, everyone laughed at your misfortune, though kook looked a little more concerned that the rest. You downed the garlic to get it over with, though it burned on the way down.

The last game was made more difficult by the boys splashing water onto your feet as you tried to balance on the floating mat and perform the task at the same time. You were finding the end of the day a bit more fun though, as you watched tae and Namjoon mischievously shake the cola bottles to make them more fizzy and impossible to pour.

To your surprise the producer went back and forth deciding whether the coke bottle was full enough to pass the challenge. Eventually though you still failed.

Jimin was named the episodes MVP and Jin was named the ultimate loser even though you lost just as many games as him. But upon seeing your nervous expression, Jungkook stood in front of you as if physically shielding you from the producers would make them forget you were there. You gave his hand a little squeeze as a thanks and he squeezed yours back. Jin took a final garlic shot and the filming was over.

•••

Back in the dorms, you were now showered and dry, bundled in your cosy pyjamas and ready to lie down and be alone in the quiet of your room.

You just began to scroll through your phone when a knock came to your door.

“It’s open” you called quietly.

It was Jungkook.

“Are you okay now, noona/hyung?”

“Yes kookie thanks” you gave him a small smile.

“Why were you off today? Was it the water? Are you scared of it or something?” he asked, his big boba eyes imploring you to be truthful.

“I don’t know kook, I’m not usually scared of water but that pool just freaked me out. I know we have to be energetic and play games, and I like seeing you guys messing about, it’s funny but I was just anxious around the water and to perform for the camera today, that’s all”

“I get nervous too, noona/hyung, but I just think about army watching and I get the courage to do my best”

“I did think about army kook, I don’t want them to think I can’t do anything or for them to be disappointed in me” you hung your head as you could feel the tears start to slide.

“Dinner is on its way you two…” Jin stuck his head in the crack of your open door but upon seeing both your expressions he walked fully in.

“What’s going on now? tell hyung/oppa” he asked looking at you with a soft voice.

“I just didn’t feel well today, oppa/hyung” you admitted.

“Aish…” he scolded softly sitting down on another edge of your bed, “you should tell us y/n, then we could’ve rescheduled the filming today”

“But I just wanted to get it over with, the whole thing made me nervous”

“Ah you silly goose, you can go on rollercoasters with us and stand on a stage to sing and dance but a swimming pool is your downfall?”

He didn’t mean it to sound demeaning but you realised how silly it was.

“Sometimes anxiety doesn’t have to have a reason, y/n-ie” Yoongi walked in, apparently having been eaves dropping on the exchange.

“Ah baby petal, it’s okay” Jin patted your head as you still had a glum look on your face.

“what’s wrong with y/n-ie?!” Jimin, Hobi and Tae cooed from the door.

Jungkook recounted the tale and soon everyone (including Namjoon who noted the absence of noise from the livingroom and located the rabble in your room) was piled on your bed.

The door went, alerting everyone to the presence of food and Jimin and Tae volunteered to get up and bring it back.

“We can’t eat in bed everyone has to get up, otherwise y/n will have crumbs and stains with the way we eat”

“Let’s just sit on the floor Jinnie” you suggested and you used the long stool at the end of your bed as a makeshift table and the mountains of pillows on your bed to cushion yourselves against the hard floor.

“Can we watch the avengers pleaseee” Jungkook asked flipping the remote in his hand (somehow he always ended up with the remote even though it was your tv in your room).

“Let y/n choose kook, they’ve had a hard day” Tae suggested.

The maknae gave you the remote while staring at you with his big eyes. You took it without a word and thoughtfully selected through the options while everyone watched what you were going to pick. After less than half a minute of scrolling you picked the Avengers anyway, much to Jungkooks delight.

“Thanks, noona/hyung!”

“Yah, y/n-ie, you’re too soft on him when he calls you with the honorific” Hobi said.

“You’re the same with us, Hobi hyung” jimin chided making Hobi laugh and blush.

“Don’t forget Jin hyung and his baby petal” Namjoon rolled his eyes taking a bite out of meal.

“Armies are catching onto that now you know hyung” Yoongi said before putting his spoon to his lips.

“Don’t forget lil meow meow” Tae laughed.

“Yah that’s what army’s decided to call me, it’s not my fault I have cat-like features” Yoongi said with furrowed brows.

You ate the meal till you were full, under Jins insistence, and fell asleep before the Avengers was even finished. You were thankful to have the boys by your side and the life that you did even if you’re schedule made you nervous sometimes. At the end of the day you were all in it together and you knew they would hold you up while you faced any challenges, the same as you would do for them.

•••

A/n: that was a sappier one and kind of short, but I hope you still enjoyed. Future fics will be on a happier note but it’s nice to explore the softer, more caring side of bangtan’s dynamics too once and a while

[princesslachimolala]

The Bangtan GC📱

1. Jimin’s Birthday🥳

•••

Synopsis: you (y/n 🦊) are in a members-only group chat with BTS 💜

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: None

Authors note: this is under the same y/n premise as the other fics, and although the group will be non-specified ages in these fics to allow as much timeline freedom as possible, they’ll all be adults. Also this is not based on reality just what I think a gc with them would be like, just have fun with it don’t take it too seriously 🫶🏻 reader is gender neutral (gn) so read gendered honorific’s as they apply to you

***I also struggled to find a cute platonic nickname that the members might call y/n so I’m sorry if you find that “baby petal” is cringy!!🌸***

•••

🦊: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINIEEEE🥳🥳🎂🎂🎉🎉

🐻: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SOULMATE 🎂🎂🎊🎊🎈🎈

🐻: yah, y/n, delete that text right now I have to be the first one to say happy birthday to jimin that’s the rules

🦊: that’s definitely not the rules Tae, the first one who says happy birthday is the one who wakes up first

🐥: thank you guys🥹 Saranghae 💜💜

🐥: but also please don’t bicker on my birthday, I love you both equally 🫶🏻

🐰: actually guys I think you’ll find I was the first one to wish him a happy birthday… I posted a video message on weverse

🐥: thank you kook-ah it made me laugh!! Also you suit your glasses very much

🐰: thanks hyung🧐

🐻: I still can’t believe y/n-ah bet me to it this year 😔

🐹: happy birthday Jimin-ah!!

🐹: also ami bet both of you to it they’ve been posting non-stop so really this is a pointless argument

🐨: jimin-ah!!! happy birthday bro👍🏻

🐹: you’re getting old just like hyung jimin-ie🫶🏻

🦊: so you admit that you’re old jinnie-oppa/hyung?

🐹: yah respect your elders please dongsaengie

🐥: I am getting old 🥹 thank you hyungggsss hehehe

🐥: and I saw all of army’s posts, they’re so sweet 😪

🐿: jimin!! Happy birthday my bro!! Please have the best day 💜💜

🐱: looks like I’m the last to wish you Jimin-ah, I’m sorry I slept in but I got a package delivered to your door so hopefully that makes up for it

🐥: thank you Hobi-hyung and Yoongi-hyung 🫶🏻

🐰: a package?? I am intrigued 🧐

🦊: ooh we wanna see minie!! Send us a picture!!

🐻: send me a picture of it first jiminie🫶🏻

🦊: tae- be for real

🐥: a breakfast basket!! hyung everything looks so good thank you so much!!🥹

🐱: you’re welcome jimin-ah, please eat well

🐻: while the rest of us are left to fend for ourselves

🐥: come round to share if you want Tae!

🐰: then I’m coming to!! If that’s okay hyung 🥹

🦊: I can’t believe you’re all having a maknae meet up without me… I’m the glue the holds our maknae line together

🐻: …

🐻: y/n- be for real

🦊: damn this hurts

🐹: so the hyungs just… don’t exist then?

🐨: yeah guys feeling kind of left out

🐿: we’re all gonna see jiminie later though right?

🐱: it’s okay if we don’t, we don’t want you to rush your live with army jimin-ah

🐥: I’ll talk to army on live for a while but we can still get k-bbq like we talked about ☺️ I definitely want to see you all on my birthday

🐻: but mostly me right?🥳

🐰: nah it’s mostly me hyung

🐹: yah stop fighting for jimin-ah’s attention, he wants his hyungs attention today

🦊: does that mean the rest of us are getting ignored?🥹

🐹: it is minie’s day after all baby petal🫶🏻

🦊: crying in the corner 😔

🐰: namjoon hyung won’t ignore me

🐰: right hyung?

🐰: hyung are you there??

🐰: wow I really thought-😔

🐨: I’m here kook-ah do you need something?

🐰: just attention ig

🦊: I’m Hobi-oppas/hyungs favourite maknae anyway so…

🐹: we all know that’s not true dongsaengie… it’s literally jimin

🐿: …

🐥: …

🐱: don’t worry baby petal we all know you’re Jin’s favourite

🐨: did Yoongi just call y/n a baby petal…

🐹: yah Yoongi-ah that’s my name for them

🐹: I will make no further comments at this time, I’m against favouritism in this family 😤

🐥: and yet you’re not their favourite oppa/hyung, Jin-hyung…

🐿: ik it’s me guys🧐

🦊: I agree with Jinnie there’s no favourites here

🐻: y/n - “let’s have no favourites”

also y/n - *literally agrees with everything Jin says*

🐨: okay but am I anyones favourite?

🐱: you’ve got to be kidding joon, kook-ah talks about you 10 times a day

🐰: I do not!! Besides… tae and jimin hyung have obvious favourites

🐿: I know it’s me guys it’s okay🙏🏻

🐥: … I’m siding with Jin and y/n now, I can’t pick

🐻: does anyone want to come over and colour in with my new Disney colouring books?

🦊: can I come tae? I have new pastel pens to try out

🐻: pastels?!??

🦊: YES!!

🐱: wow guys this chat- maybe we should broaden our circle of friends

🐻: now why would you need more friends hyung?

🦊: you literally have the most friends out of all of us tae…

🐻: that’s not true… kook-ah has his ‘97 liner group WHICH BY THE WAY YOU ALSO BELONG TO

🐥: I’m starting to agree with Yoongi-hyung… the way you two were just about to colour in together now you’re screaming at each other

🦊: I’m still on my way tae tae-oppa/hyung🫶🏻

🐻: hurry your butt please but don’t hurt yourself on the way🫶🏻

🐰: jimin-hyung we’re sorry don’t leave us for new friends

🐱: no one’s leaving kook-ah, we’re meeting for k-bbq tonight and we’ll have a drink afterwards, its on me

🐹: let hyung get it Yoongi, it’s on me, as birthday gift for Jimin and to treat you all

🐥: oh right it’s my birthday ahah… see you all later!!!🫶🏻

•••

authors note: happy birthday jimin💜 and thank you for reading army! If you enjoyed it, a like is always appreciated and if you want to keep up with updates feel free to follow!🫶🏻

[princesslachimolala]

thank you to the people who read and liked my first piece of writing on here and thank you to everyone who gave me advice!!

there’s way more to come but I also think the text thread concept is really fun… I know there’s some bangtan group chat fic’s out there already but I want to give it a go and put my own spin on it as some filler pieces… so look out for that too if you like💜💜

[princesslachimolala]

The 8th Member of Bangtan 💜

•••

Chapter 1 - The Theme Park🎢🎟🎠🎡

Synopsis: you (y/n 🦊) are the 8th member of bts and are involved in all the fun and banter with the boys as you work on your music and side projects for army

Pairings: platonic! ot7 x gn! reader

Warnings: none? rollercoasters maybe?

Authors note: inspired by the run BTS episode, I’ve tried to keep the reader gender neutral (gn) and have used gendered honorific’s sparingly so when they come up you can read them as they apply to you. Y/n is younger than all of bangtan expect JK (he’s still the golden maknae) so oppa and hyung are the honorific’s used.

Enjoy!✨

•••

When the company first told you that the group was going to have its own variety show, you and the boys were thrilled. Now ARMY would be able to see all of your friendships and funny moments caught on camera and get to know you all even more.

You had no idea what kind of challenges the producer would set but when you were all told on a random Friday morning that you’d be heading to a theme park the group chat started to buzz…

🐰: WE’RE GOING TO A THEME PARK?!?!

🐥: WE’RE RIDING ALL THE RIDES

🐱: it’s too early for caps

🐰: ah cmon hyung it’s gonna be fun

🐹: okay but guys I looked up the size of the rides and they are as big as my shoulders…

🐨: that’s big

🐱: still riding all the rides jiminie?

🐻: I’ll ride next to you jimin 🫶🏻

🦊: whose gonna ride with me???

🐿: I’d ride with you y/n-ie but I’m currently looking for a loophole in the contract that says I don’t have to go 😅👍🏻

🐨: jimins been real quiet…

🐰: awwww Hobi hyung you can’t leave your favourite maknaes to ride without you🥹

🐹: do it for ami Hobah, they will want to laugh

🐿: fine 😔 I’ll do it for our ami and our maknaes

🐹: but not the hyungs??

🐱: we’re all going… let’s be on time for the bus because I’m not waiting for any of you

🐥: will you wait for me hyung?

🐱: yes

🐻: favouritism 😤

🦊: me and Jungkook are already ready, we can’t wait 🫶🏻

🦊: Hobah looks queasy, someone bring snacks for him

🐰: and us too… please

•••

You all piled into the mini bus and the cameras were there ready to film you all. Everyone was excited but you could tell Hobi’s smile was fake. You pressed your hand to his pulse point to feel his heart rapping away instead his chest.

“Don’t worry Hobah, we can hold hands on the ride”

“I’m not worried y/n-ie and we can’t hold hands anyway if we have to hold the handles”

“But your supposed to put your hands in the air, hyung” jungkook said with a small demonstration, hands in the air, making a ‘woo’ sound effect.

“That doesn’t sound safe” Hobi said sinking lower in his seat.

“I think we should all save our voices for tomorrow” Jimin suggested, “try and be quiet on the rides”

“You have to scream on the rollercoaster minie, it’s the only fun way” you said.

“There’s no way you can all be quiet on a 1000 foot drop” namjoon said shaking his head.

•••

Once you arrived you could hear the thundering of the cars against the tracks and theme park goers screaming as they whizzed by.

All the boys had different reactions upon arriving: Jungkook grew shyer now you were all in public, trying to shield himself behind Namjoon; Jimin was puffing his chest out trying to psyche himself up for the adrenaline filled afternoon; Yoongi and Hobi were sulking along at the back, as if an invisible rope was tying them to the minibus and preventing them from walking forward; and Tae looked as nonchalant as ever.

Jin was busy talking to one of the cameras while you had another one following you.

“I think they’re all pretending not to be scared” you said, “Suga was confident earlier but now he looks like he’s going to faint”

“That’s because I don’t think I can ride y/n-ie, you have to have more limits when your older” he commented back to you.

You turned back to the camera.

“I’ve rode a lot of rollercoasters before so I think I’ll be fine but I’m worried about our oldest member…”

“Yah! Who are you calling old?!” Jin appeared from right behind you. “Just because I’m the eldest doesn’t mean my bones are too brittle to ride a rollercoaster”

“But Yoongi-ssi said he’s too old to ride so you must be as well”

“Aish… the disrespect from youngsters these days” Jin said shaking his head and scooping you up by the middle.

“Ahhhh put me down… Hobahhh… Jungkookie… minieee… someone help me” you flopped against him as your pleas went in one ear and out the other.

All the boys were laughing at your predicament while Hobi didn’t even notice being too busy lost in the music of a merry-go-round tune playing in the background, dancing the robot while twerking.

•••

After Jin put you down it was time to ride and you and the golden maknae were first up on a giant swinging ride. Of course, it wouldn’t be as fun without an extra challenge you and Jungkook made up by yourselves, so while jk held the go-pro camera you decided what faces you were gonna pull with each swing of the ride. You could feel the rumble of butterflies in your stomach as the ride picked up to swing forward.

You instinctively clutched onto his arm as you rose higher.

“Don’t be scared y/n-ie I’m right here”

“I’m not scared” you said while you tucked yourself in closer to his side, hiding your face.

“Aish look at the camera silly we have to make our first face so ami can laugh” he said loudly over the whoosh of the wind in both your ears.

You didn’t see until the final cut of the footage was made but you and Jungkooks clips were hilarious and had all of bangtan rolling on the floor. Even you could admit you looked ridiculous. Jungkook was smiling and sticking his tongue out, doing an arched eyebrow and laughing at you for barely looking up at the camera.

The only matching face you and Jungkook managed to do was when he copied the expression you made when you screamed into the camera.

“Not a word about this to the hyungs/oppas, Jungkook” you said huffily, stepping off the ride.

Jungkook was too busy laughing at you to promise anything but he soon quickly switched targets as you spotted Jin and Yoongi walking your way.

“Yahh, hyung what happened to your hair” Jungkook giggled and ruffled Yoongis messed up hair only to be swatted away.

“We need the hair stylist stat,” Jin said walking away dramatically but jokingly.

“I can fix your hair Jinnie!” you volunteered.

“We need to go on more rides, we can fix hair later” Yoongi grumbled while you tried to get one strand on his head to stop sticking out at a weird angle.

•••

The go-pro camera was now in your hands. Jimin, Tae and Jungkook had wandered away and you were now standing with all your hyungs/oppas. The line for the next ride was huge so you decided to pass the time by performing a mock interview.

“Namjoon-ssi, how are you feeling about the rides today”

“Ah, I’m liking them so far but I’m getting hungry” he said coolly.

“And who is paying for your meal after the theme park today?”

“Hmm… I think the dongsaengs should pay for teasing their elders all day”

“Hey!” you said breaking character, pouting while the four boys nodded and snickered.

“I think we’ve heard enough from you Namjoon-ssi” you got back into character, turning to your next interviewee.

“Yoongi-ssi, can you tell us what your feeling as you look at the height of this ride”

“I’m feeling… nothing to be honest”

“Insightful words from the genius of bangtan seonyeondan… though I think your not telling the truth because your palms are sweaty”

“Stop telling ami about my palms” Yoongi said with his pretend indignant look.

“Perhaps the final member of rapline will have more to say” you said turning to Hobi.

“I feel very confident but I wish there was a bathroom closer to here” he giggled nervously, jumping up and down to shake his nerves.

“Don’t tell ami about your toilet habits, Hobah” Yoongi said again.

“What are we allowed to tell ami then hyung?” Namjoon said laughing, making everyone including Yoongi giggle out of their composure.

“Finally, Seokjin-ssi…”

“Yah I told you not to call me Seokjin, y/n-ie, I feel like I’m getting scolded”

“I’m not y/n, I’m an unknown interviewer” you narrowed your eyes towards him, adamant to stay with the bit.

“If you’re a stranger then I should call security”

“There’s no need, your production team know about me Seokjin-ssi”

“Aish… again” he mumbled, with a faux-annoyed expression.

“Jinnie-oppa/hyung” you proclaimed cutely to make him laugh.

“That’s better,” he agreed nodding, returning to the bit now with focused brows “continue with your interview”

“Do you have any advice for ami, what should they prepare to come to a theme park?“

“Hmm… I think ami should bring there own food because everything here is too expensive” he said thoughtfully to the camera.

“Unless you get a senior discount” you said with as straight a face as you could manage.

“Aish… the interview is over”

•••

Your group reunited with the maknaes and as they had gotten enough footage of each member on the rides, production announced filming was over and it time was to eat.

You’ve never seen Hobi looking more relieved in his life. Jungkook was going on and on about how scared all the members were on the ride. You didn’t ride one with Tae but he was adamant he wasn’t scared and Jimin said he could go on them all again with no problem.

Thankfully, Jungkook didn’t squeal about how you were actually cowardly on the big rides but your pretty sure the older members saw you buried into Namjoons side on the final ride. They just decided not to tease you, everyone was too tired to joke now you thought.

The staff had found a good Korean food restaurant not too far from the theme park and that’s where you all sat now. There were no cameras but the staff were nearby in the surrounding tables.

“Did I make too many old jokes today, oppa/hyung?” you asked Jin feeling slightly guilty.

“Of course not y/n-ie, they make ami laugh so they make me laugh too”

“I’m never going to a theme park again” Hobi said in between slurping up a spoonful of soup broth.

“What about Disneyland, hyung? You said we could go…” Jungkook looked on with his wide boba eyes.

“Yes but I can only eat the snacks and go on the small rides, kook-ah. Take jimin on the rollercoasters since he’s so confident now”

“Only if y/n-ie comes too” Jimin said.

“I’ll stay with Hobah” you mumbled into your bowl of soup.

“I’ll come to Disneyland. But right now we need more rice and kimchi and bulgogi” Tae said looking at the table, unsatisfied with the spread.

“There’s plenty to share, taehyung-ah” Yoongi said.

“Yes but I’m sure after experiencing lots of adrenaline you need to bulk up your meals to calm down once again”

“Is that a scientific fact?” Jimin asked laughing.

“I don’t know” said namjoon “but food is always good”

“We should get some naengmyeon to cleanse our stomachs then and we can get some more pork belly… it’ll be my treat”

Everyone cheered for Yoongi, and you ended the day with full stomachs and lots of laughs. You couldn’t wait for ARMY to see the episode and were even more excited to film again.

•••

authors note: that’s my first post complete, I hope it was okay and entertaining💜 there may be other ideas like this out already out there but it has not been my intent to copy… let me know if it’s too similar to yours or anyone else’s work and I can change things up!