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welcome to samdalri ↳ shin dong mi as cho jin dal

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To finish off the year, here's my TOP 23 Ships from dramas I watched in 2023

1. Kim Doo Shik ♥ Lee Mi Hyun

Moving

2. Cha Jin Woo ♥ Jung Mo Eun

Tell Me That You Love Me

3. Seo Do Guk ♥ Han Yi Joo

Perfect Marriage Revenge

4. Xin Qi ♥ Min Hui

The Love You Give Me (C-Drama)

5. Choi Kang Ho ♥ Lee Mi Joo

The Good Bad Mother

6. Dongfang Qincang ♥ Xiao Lanhua

Love Between Fairy and Devil (C-Drama)

7. Jung Ki Ho ♥ Seo Mok Ha

Castaway Diva

8. Moon Jang Yeol ♥ Bong Ye Bun

Behind Your Touch

9. Gu Won ♥ Cheon Sa Rang

King the Land

10. Cho Yong Pil ♥ Cho Sam Dal

Welcome to Samdalri

11. Yoo So Joon ♥ Song Ma Rin

Tomorrow With You

12. Kang Hee Shik ♥ Kang Nam Soon

Strong Girl Namsoon

13. Dong Go Yun ♥ Jung Da Eun

Daily Dose of Sunshine

14. Gong Tae Gyeong ♥ Oh Yeon Doo

The Real Has Come

15. Jang Seon Gyeol ♥ Gil Oh Sol

Clean With Passion for Now

16. Cha Min ♥ Cho Se Yeon

Abyss

17. Heo Joon Jae ♥ Shim Cheong

Legend of the Blue Sea

18. Kim Tae Hee ♥ Baek Dong Joo

May I Help You

19. Jung Gu Won ♥ Do Do Hee

My Demon

20. Nam Si Heon ♥ Han Jun Hee

A Time Called You

21. Jang Tae Sang ♥ Yoon Chae Ok

Gyeongseong Creature

22. Lee Kang ♥ Moon Cha Young

Chocolate

23. Cha Eun Ho ♥ Kang Dan Hee

Romance is a Bonus Book

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Favourite Female Character Game

I was tagged by @lurkingshan here and, as I'm always up for giving great female characters the love they deserve, here is a list of ladies who made my heart flutter every time they showed up on screen.

(A mainly K-Dramas with a sprinkle of old BBC dramas as an acknowledgement of the formative influence they had over me)

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2023 content creator year in review:

tagged by my lovely friends @khaotunqs and @xiaolanhua to list my most popular and most favourite sets for 2023, thank u mona and aurora!!!

January Most Popular: The Glory - I'll be your executioner Fave: same as above

February Most Popular: DFQC as the best thing a man can do Fave: same as above + Zisheng version

March Most Popular: The Glory + HDY red Fave: Moon Dong-eun (The Glory) + Titus Andronicus

April Most Popular: Tantai Jin being a wife guy Fave: same as above + Tantai Jin as fav blorbo

May Most Popular: TTEOTM happy couple Fave: same as above

June Most Popular: See You in My 19th Life Fave: My Country love triangle

July Most Popular: King the Land kiss Fave: same as above

August Most Popular: KinnPorsche + Planet of the Bass Fave: same as above

October Most Popular: Destined With You Kiss Fave: Worst of Evil tragic soulmates

November Most Popular: A Good Day to Be a Dog + kiss Fave: same as above

December Most Popular: Are you okay Cho Sam-dal? Fave: Soundtrack #2 reunited exes

This was fun!! Tagging some people below but no pressure:

@dingyuxi @junghaesin @zhaolusi @baek1nho @cuddlybitch @difanghua @wahgifs @namchyoon @yesdramas @kateknowsdramas @liveasbutterflies

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Welcome to Samdal-ri final thoughts

Photography is a niche creative industry, and like creative industries everywhere, there's going to be abuse of power. And no one does anything about it, because the abuser is good at generating income. In Welcome to Samdal-ri, Cho Sam-dal is hounded by the media based on "false" accusations of workplace bullying by her assistant - a nasty, reactionary premise. And the idea that Sam-dal, a popular, established photographer, wouldn't have the resources or the will to crush that assistant - whether she was lying or not, especially if she was lying - is delusional. But the show wants you to *feel sorry* for Sam-dal, this sweet soul set adrift in the harsh tides of vapid metropolitan Seoul, and it does so in the most tone-deaf, infantilizing way possible. Episode 1 was dumb as shit, but I stuck in until Episode 3 because Shin Hye-sun & Ji Chang-wook have lethal star power. When I picked the show up again, it was because I saw that one clip of Sam-dal and Yong-pil hugging & kissing in bed, and thought, oh! Chemistry! Maybe it gets better!

It doesn't. My opinion has pretty much stayed the same. Welcome to Samdal-ri wants to be funny, charming and heartwarming, but only manages to be embarassingly insincere. The direction can't figure out how to choreograph the big comedic setpieces it wants us to laugh at, and the script is so incoherent that it borders on amateurish. Then Shin Hye-sun and Ji Chang-wook step in, and they're funny and charming and warm. These are two well-matched performers with similar points of appeal. The script writes Yong-pil and Sam-dal less like her love interest and more like her life coach, but SHS and JCW play the pair as 2 halves of the same organism. I rooted for their friendship even before their romance. Shin Hye-sun makes some stunning work of this material, and JCW was born to stare lovingly and tenderly. At some point, the story is simply too lost for them to carry it, but still, the effort was kind of amazing to watch.

I also really loved Shin Dong-mi and Yang Kyung-won as Jin-dal and Dae-yeong. If SHS and JCW are selling mediocre material, the material here is actually good and SDM & YKW play it so well. Like this show is genuinely funny whenever Dae-yeong opens his goofy mouth to opine after his ex-wife - the scene where he hallucinates her scaring off his brothers is a hilarious and perfect summary of his psyche. I expected them to remain on that level, until the story flips very effectively into Jin-dal's perspective and drops an interesting insight into their relationship. Dae-yeong loves his wife very much, but he's still a bumbling, thoughtless man from a wealthy family. A throwaway comment he makes about his in-laws' "disgusting" stew becomes a point of humiliation for Jin-dal, who takes emotional cruelty from his mother for daring to bring something polluting into her son's palette. He might be the black sheep, but he's still a child of this family. This is the bravest and most interesting thing Samdal-ri does, to implicate the lovable Dae-yeong as a very real part of Jin-dal's unhappiness as his wife. Naturally, the show, having walked right up to that point, retreats straight away, back into drunk conversations and increasingly unfunny hijinks. The very obvious conclusion to me was that Dae-yeong would give up his money and learn to live as a full, present adult, for the woman he loves. But instead, he returns back to his wealthy family (though he's lost enough of their money to be legally disowned), becomes the boss of the airline branch (though the entire show has been about how he should NOT be handling business), and his wife works for that airline (owned by the abusive family she hates). And there's a Saudi Prince thrown in there, somehow. Nothing's changed, not for Dae-yeong, not for Jin-dal. It's as if to say, yeah a man like Dae-yeong is only good for his money, and that's the only way he and a woman like Jin-dal can coexist. It's...realistic, I guess, but I don't think Samdal-ri realises how awful that ending is. Prime case of wanting to have your cake and eat it.

But also this: life is either ritzy like Seoul, like being a famous photographer or the wife of an airline CEO; or it's small and pithy like a near-empty village on an island. There's no middle ground, which is why Dae-yeong can't simply quit being a CEO and get a normal job. To depict the fall and rise of its characters, it fixes Samdal-ri and Seoul at ends of a binary, but even to that, it doesn't commit. Seoul is just this shiny place overrun by journalists. Samdal-ri is a town of working-class haenyos, but no one ever brings up money because they're too busy talking about how much Yong-pil likes Sam-dal. Sam-dal realises how much tourism has changed Jeju, but that doesn't complicate how she perceives the island or the home she's been away from for more than a decade. Yong-pil in Jeju, Sam-dal in Seoul, but neither place has any real presence, are little more than vague metaphors of an ill-defined rural/urban divide. How can their love take root without earth? Lol, yeah, maybe I am asking too much of another frothy Netflix crowd-pleaser, but it also want me to take it seriously so 🤷‍♀️ Here we are.

Anyways, to wrap this up, if you want a show about grown people going back to their parents with their tails between their legs, then just watch Once Again. It wears its heart on its sleeve, and manages to be funny and spontaneous without feeling like it's trying to squeeze sentiment out of you. And I started Summer Strike, mostly for comparison, and it's a show that at least knows what it wants to be.

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It’s not ‘again’. It looks like they never stopped liking each other.

Cho Jin-dal, Welcome To Samdal-ri

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Welcome to Samdal-ri

Welcome to Samdal-ri (Serie 2023) #JiChangwook #ShinHyesun #KangMina #KimMikyung #ShinDongmi #KangYoungSeok Mehr auf:

Serie / 웰컴투 삼달리 Jahr: 2023- (Dezember) Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romantik Hauptrollen: Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hye-sun, Kang Mi-na, Kim Mi-kyung, Shin Dong-mi, Kang Young-Seok, Bae Myung-Jin, Choi Seung-hoon, Yoon-Seo, Jeong Ye-Jin, Song Min-Jae, Kim Min-joon … Serienbeschreibung: Jo Sam-Dal (Yu Oh-Seong) ist unter dem Künstlernamen Cho Eun-Hye eine angesagte Fotografin in Seoul. Als ein plötzliches…

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Parasite & Globalization

Cassandra Villela

English 495

Professor Wexler

12 December 2022

Globalization: Korean Films in Westernized Society 

Korean cinema has experienced growth in Hollywood’s growing global control. Hollywood films have influenced Korean films. Movies such as Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” can be seen as hybridized movies with Korean and Westernized aesthetics and issues. Mass media and modern technology play a crucial role in enhancing Globalization as it helps increase foreign films. Globalization is the term used to describe the relationship between the world’s economies, cultures, and populations; It is the process of change and interdependence between countries brought on by trade and communication. In the film Parasite, by Bong Joon-Ho, the Kim family uses the ideologies of Western Education and modern technology to scheme their way into employment by the wealthy Park family. 

Parasite shows the contrasts in the social gap: being underprivileged or exceedingly rich. Although the film takes place in Korea, poverty is understood globally. The film emphasizes the lives and struggles of people in the nation but incorporates elements of horror and drama, which might be why America has opened its arms to the film. According to Jin Dal Yong, Hollywood makes films for entertainment, including action, horror, and comedy themes (81). Korean movies have also incorporated Hollywood’s film formulas. The divide between classes and dreams of climbing a social and financial ladder is prevalent in American culture. Parasite presents these identical issues but also adds elements of shock value. The Kim family first gains an opportunity to work for the Park family through their son Kevin because of his best friend Min’s advocacy in becoming an English tutor for the family’s teenage daughter. Ki-Jung, also known as Jessica, also becomes employed by the family because she pretends to have studied art in Chicago, Illinois. Cultural Globalization is showcased when Cho Yeo-Jeong buys headdresses and a tipi tent from America because of her son’s current obsession with Native Americans.

Another way the film introduces Globalization is through technology. Within the first few minutes of the film, we are placed into the semi-basement of the Kim clan while they are scavenging for a WIFI signal. The mother deems it necessary to have a working connection to communicate with a pizza place through WhatsApp for their job. Modern technology has created quick movements for money, materials, and other economic assets. Jessica tells her family she got the Park mother to believe her credentials because she Googled art, and the term “art therapy” came up, so she used that. Kevin and Jessica also used Photoshop to create fake documentation of collegiate studies. The internet has increased the sharing and flow of information and allows people to exchange culture and knowledge.

The movie satirically exemplifies how in Korean society, it is idealistic to study or purchase outside goods in the US to obtain a better societal position and reputation in Korea. English is seen as a powerful tool and good credentials for aspirational status. I enjoyed the film because I connected the Kim’s financial position to those who live on Downtown Los Angeles—Skid Row streets. Parasite displays the constant hunt for a job, or money, to stay afloat; its insightful division of class shows how Capitalism works on a global spectrum— the work of the lower class feeds profit to the upper class, and their earnings feed the low-class consumers. 

WORKS CITED

JIN, DAL YONG. “Cultural Globalization in Korean Cinema.” New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media, University of Illinois Press, 2016, pp. 68–90. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt18j8wkv.7. Accessed 11 Dec. 2022.

Wexler, Steven. Multigenre Literacy in a Global Context: World Text. 2022, 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P3xQD3Kadr0tC6Qqya9d2UkOJVtzdWWoTwKqXXAl2xw/edit#slide=id.g1996be9706_0_124, PowerPoint Presentation.

Worthy, Blythe, et al. “The Appeal of Korea: Transnational Korean Screen Culture.” Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2020, pp. 149–90. JSTOR, https:// www.jstor.org/stable/26973006. Accessed 13 Dec. 2022.

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Top 15 tallest Female Kpop Idols

15. After School Nana

Birth name: Im Jin Ah

Birthday: September 14, 1991

Height: 5 feet and 7.32 inches (171 cm)

14. Gugudan Soyee

Birth name: Jang So-jin

Birthday: November 21, 1996

Height: 5 feet and 7.71 inches (172 cm)

13. PRISTIN V Roa

Birth name: Kim Min Kyung

Birthday: July 29, 1997

Height: 5 feet and 7.71 inches (172 cm)

12. 9MUSES Sungah

Birth name: Son Sung-ah

Birthday: July 8, 1989

Height: 5 feet and 7.71 inches (172 cm)

11. TWICE Tzuyu

Birth name: Chou Tzuyu

Birthday: June 14, 1999

Height: 5 feet and 7.71 inches (172 cm)

10. Dal Shabet Kaeun

Birth name: Cho Ka-eun

Birthday: July 28, 1992

Height: 5 feet and 7.71 inches (172 cm)

9. 9MUSES Hyuna

Birth name: Moon Hyun-a

Birthday: January 19, 1987

Height: 5 feet and 7.71 inches (172 cm)

8. After School Uee

Birth name: Kim Yoo Jin

Birthday: April 9, 1988

Height: 5 feet and 8.11 inches (173 cm)

7. GFRIEND Sowon

Birth name: Kim So Jung

Birthday: December 7, 1995

Height: 5 feet and 8.11 inches (173 cm)

6. Weki Meki Doyeon

Birth name: Kim Do-yeon

Birthday: December 4, 1999

Height: 5 feet and 8.11 inches (173 cm)

5. Nature Uchae

Birth name: Woo Hye Jun

Birthday: May 7, 2002

Height: 5 feet and 8.50 inches (174 cm)

4. 9MUSES Euaerin

Birth name: Lee Hye-min

Birthday: May 3, 1988

Height: 5 feet and 8.50 inches (174 cm)

3. Sonamoo Newsun

Birth name: Choi Yoon Sun

Birthday: June 19, 1997

Height: 5 feet and 8.50 inches (174 cm)

2. Dal Shabet Subin

Birth name: Park Su-bin

Birthday: February 12, 1994

Height: 5 feet and 9 inches (175 cm)

1. 9MUSES Lee Sem

Birth name: Lee Hyun-joo

Birthday: May 5, 1987

Height: 5 feet and 9.29 inches (176 cm)

Who is your most favorite tallest female Kpop idol?

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Okay, but I need a fic where Cha Young is sick and Vincenzo is taking care of her à la The Hating Game.

Give me a Vincenzo who is fretting as every minute passes because Cha Young hasn’t come in for work nor is she answering her phone, and Mr. Nam who is also low-key anxious, because even though Cha Young is not always the most punctual person, the only time the two lawyers come in late is if they’ve stopped by a cafe to get coffees for the three of them, and Cassano Byeonhosanim is already here in the Jipuragi office so where is Hong Byeonhosanim?

Give me a Cha Young who was so sick the night before, she forgot to charge her phone at night, and her now dead phone has some 20 missed calls from Vincenzo and Mr. Nam each.

Give me a worried Vincenzo who drives as fast as he can to Cha Young’s house; who walks in (of course he knows the code and has his own set of spare keys to her house) and is surprised to see the kitchen a mess (because Cha Young isn’t fastidious, but she does hate a messy kitchen); and who heaves a huge sigh of relief to see her bundled under her blankets when he walks into her room. 

Although that relief doesn’t last long when he realises just how sick she is. Give me Vincenzo placing a cool, damp washcloth on her forehead, forcing her to take meds and holding her hair when she throws up. Give me Vincenzo gently stroking her hair, and a very feverish Cha Young softly calling out “Eomma.. Abeoji.. Cenzo..” in her sleep. 

Give me Mr. Nam dropping by with an overnight bag for Vincenzo (because there’s no way he’s going to leave Cha Young’s when she’s so sick). 

Give me Ms. Kwak preparing and bringing over some juk and other comfort food, because Cha Young needs to eat home cooked food, and her juk always does the trick when Yeong Ho is sick. Also, she’s not sure if Mr. Cassano can cook. And she’s pretty sure he hasn’t given a thought to his meals either. 

Give me Cheol Wook, Yeon Jin and Dal Rae dropping by with some fruits. The fruits are just an excuse -- Yeon Jin looks after Cha Young while Cheol Wook and Dal Rae make sure Vincenzo finally takes a few minutes to eat something. Also, little Dal Rae is the only one who succeeds in making her godfather smile (albeit a small one) that day.

Give me Han Seo, Mr. Cho, Mr. Tak, Director Ahn and Seok Do, all calling up Vincenzo in turns and offering to drive them both to the E.R. should the need arise. Han Seo offers to get his noona the best doctors from the best hospital in Seoul and even pay for the entire VIP floor of the hospital if needed.

Give me Mi Ri and Monk Chae Shin dropping by with tea and vitamins for Cha Young and offering to do small chores around the house like tidying up the kitchen. Give me Cha Young finally feeling a little better and telling Vincenzo he doesn’t need to stay, he can go home and rest now, she’ll be alright and him looking at her with the most intense look in his eyes and the softest, most resolute No, and that’s the end of that.  Give me Cha Young hobbling to the bathroom to freshen up, and stopping in her tracks when she sees the now tidied up kitchen and living room, and all the food on her dining table, courtesy the Geumga family. Give me Cha Young leaning into Vincenzo for support, who is half hugging her and reassuringly rubbing her shoulder, and her tearing up slightly, because after her Abeoji’s death she thought she would never have a family again, but times like these make her so thankful for their crazy family. Give me Vincenzo changing the sheets on her bed and opening the windows in her room to let some fresh air in, while she’s in the bathroom freshening up.

Give me Yeong Ho dropping by in the evening because of an errand Mr. Cassano asked of him as a special favour: he’s brought them bungeoppang! Give me Cha Young and Vincenzo relaxing in the living room, because Cha Young is feeling much better now and she needs a change from her bedroom. They’re both on the couch watching the latest melo drama, with Cha Young’s feet in Vincenzo’s lap, and him cutting an apple into slices for her. 

And imagine the amused expressions on both their faces when their Geumga Cassano family group chat blows up because everyone is texting to check in and see how the two of them are doing. And then Vincenzo does something very unlike him: he sends them a selfie of the two of them. And then the group chat really blows up, and Cha Young can’t stop laughing. But also, aish, did you have to take a pic when I’m looking like that, huh? And imagine Soo Nam texting “just get married already, why don’t you” and immediately deleting his text. But of course everyone’s seen it. Vincenzo and Cha Young don’t mention it to each other though. Although Vincenzo is already cursing Soo Nam in his head, because he already has a plan.

Give me Cha Young falling asleep as she lays huddled to Vincenzo’s side, and him arranging a throw around her, stroking her hair and kissing the top of her head softly, and then leaning back and closing his eyes and settling for a nap himself. Give me Cha Young waking up a few mins later, and seeing this sweet, tired man finally resting, and she smiles to herself and kisses his cheek and then snuggles again into him and closes her eyes. She’s finally feeling better.

Give me Cha Young and Vincenzo having dinner a couple hours later, with him low-key fussing over her because she needs to eat more to keep her strengths up. Give me Vincenzo handing Cha Young her meds, tucking her into bed once she’s taken them while she reiterates yet again that she’s fine, and him kissing her forehead and telling her to sleep well and then settling into the bedding that he’s laid on the floor by her bedside. Give me both of them having a staring match from their respective beds, until Vincenzo dozes off first, and Cha Young reaches out and touches his hair, now down and curling across his forehead, and mutters a soft gomawoyo, before giving in to sleep herself.

[beautiful-songbird]

Sunday Swimmers

Pairing: Dad!Jungkook x Mom!OC

Genre: fluff

Word Count: 1.2k

Warnings: Jungkook with little kiddos so your heart might melt

Summary: Sunday is relaxation day for the Jeons, but Jiwoo would rather go swimming than watch a game of soccer with his dad and sisters.

“Is’ ball!” Bora exclaimed as she watched the ball on the TV as it flew across the field.

“That’s right,” Jungkook praised.

When the ball hit the net, little Bada shot up from her seat on the floor and starting running in circles. “Goooaaaaallll!” Then she plopped back down and stuck her pacifier back in her mouth.

“Appa! Can we go to the pool?” Jiwoo asked as he ran into the living room.

“Hmm, how about when the game is over?”

Jiwoo seemed to accept this answer, because he pumped his fist and ran down the hall.

Half an hour later, the game was over, and Bora was bouncing on Jungkook’s lap.

“Go to pool!”

“Yeah! Go to pool!” Bada exclaimed, mimicking her older sister.

“All right, all right. Let’s go get ready.”

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Jiwoo was out the door before Jungkook could say a word, and Bora and Bada were running circles around each other in the living room as Jungkook collected the goggles that Jiwoo had forgotten as well as the sunscreen.

“Oh my!”

Jungkook popped his head out of the bathroom when he heard his wife’s voice.

“Ma!” Bora squeaked before launching herself at Astrid’s leg.

“Goodness, Jungkook, were you going to take them to the pool all by yourself? And where’s Jiwoo?”

Jungkook took a moment to grin at her thick French accent before grabbing the bottle of sunscreen and exiting the bathroom.

“He was out the door as soon as his swim shirt was on. Forgot his goggles and his sunscreen.”

Astrid shook her head. “You go after him. I’ll put the groceries away and change and then bring the girls up.”

“Nah. I can handle the girls. Just meet us up there.” Jungkook reached his hands down to the tiny twins. “Ok, who wants up first?”

“Meeeee!” Bada squealed as she held her arms up to Jungkook.

He smiled and scooped her up. Then he handed the bottle of sunscreen to her. “Can you hold this?”

“Ooo!”

Jungkook bent down to pick Bora up, settling her on his other hip. “There. Now we can get to the pool just fine.”

Astrid laughed. “If you say so.” She leaned up to give him a quick peck on the lips before patting his chest. “Good luck.”

Jungkook grinned. “Can you get the door for me?”

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“Press the button, Bora.”

Bora reached out with her tiny finger and pressed the up arrow for the elevator.

“Good job!” Jungkook praised, to which the tiny girl grinned.

“Where do you think your brother went?”

“Up!” Bada exclaimed.

Jungkook nodded. “That’s sounds plausible,” he responded, a thoughtful look on his face. Both of the girls giggled.

“Pwa-sa-bwle,” Bada copied.

Jungkook laughed as the elevator opened.

“Going to the pool?” Jin asked in greeting.

“Yes, I am.” Jungkook responded as he stepped into the elevator. “You?”

“Jasmine took the kids up there without me,” Jin laughed.

“Unca Jin!” Bada held the bottle of sunscreen out.

“You want me to take this?” Jin asked.

“Yeah!”

Jin chuckled and took the sunscreen from her. “Man, Kook, they’ve gotten so big.”

Jungkook laughed. “You saw them on Thursday.”

Jin scoffed. “Yes, but they were half this size last year!”

Jungkook looked down at his girls. “Were you half this size last year?”

“Yeah,” Bora responded.

“I think that’s the only word they know,” Jin laughed.

“That’s not true! Girls, where are we going?”

“Pool!” They both exclaimed at once.

“Ok, you got me there,” Jin admitted with a chuckle.

When they reached the roof, Jungkook stepped out of the elevator just in time to nearly run into Hobi.

“Sorry!” Hobi exclaimed breathlessly. “Hyemi decided to go downstairs by herself and I couldn’t leave Dal with Cho!”

“Where’s Yuna?” Jungkook asked.

“Lunch,” Jin supplied him with the answer. He turned to Hobi. “I’ll watch Dal if you want.”

Hobi handed the toddler to him. “Thank you! I have no clue where she could’ve gone!” He exclaimed before running towards the stairs.

“Should we call security?” Jungkook asked.

“Yeah. I’ll do it.”

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Thankfully, it took Hobi all of ten minutes to find Hyemi. He returned with the six-year-old looking very upset as he headed over to the shallow end of the pool where Jin and Jungkook were with the toddlers.

“Where was she?” Jungkook asked.

“Food court. Soobin found her and texted me.”

“Thank goodness.”

Hobi nodded and turned to Jin. “I can take Dal now if you’d like.”

“Nah, it’s all right. I’ll watch him. He’s having fun with the girls.”

“Appa! Is a shark!” Dal exclaimed, holding up one of the water torpedoes that Jin and Jungkook had been tossing.

“Yeah! It’s a shark?” Hobi asked.

“Yeah!”

“Ok, well I’ll be just over there at the table,” Hobi informed Jin. “Thanks for watching him.”

As Hobi walked off, Jungkook could hear him lecturing Hyemi.

Astrid showed up ten minutes later. She was chatting with Zelda, who had both of her younger kids with her.

“Appa! Come play with us!” Jiwoo yelled from the other side of the pool.

“I have to watch the girls, Ji!”

Jiwoo groaned. “Mamma is here! Leave the girls with her!”

Bada chose that exact moment to get out of the water and go running towards Astrid. Jungkook sighed and picked Bora up before following Bada.

“Hi, baby! Are you having fun with Appa and Bora?” Astrid asked her youngest after picking her up.

“Yeah! Mamma come play with us!”

“We should go over to the water?”

“Yeah!!” She turned to Zelda, pointing at Jinsu, who was in her arms. “Jinsu come play too!”

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It seemed that all seven of the boys had decided it was a pool day, because they were all hanging out on the roof deck. When Jungkook found his way over to the volleyball net, he found Jimin and Tae there with their boys. Jin’s boys were trying to drag him away from babysitting Dal and get him to come play with them.

“Here, Kook!” Tae smacked the plastic beach ball towards him.

Jungkook hit the ball towards Donam, Jimin’s son, who sent it flying to Zoro, Tae’s oldest.

Eventually, Namu and Jiyu managed to drag Jin into the water. Hobi had offered to take Dal back so Jin could join them.

They played a few rounds of pool volleyball, all the boys got out of the water, exhausted.

“I think maybe we shouldn’t do this every week,” Jungkook panted as he drank the water bottle Jiwoo had gotten for him.

“You’re just out of shape,” Jiwoo laughed.

Jungkook gasped dramatically. “I am not!”

“Well, you don’t hit the gym nearly as much as you used to,” Tae commented as he sat next to Jungkook.

Jungkook rolled his eyes. “You can’t say anything. You gained ten pounds in the first two months after you married Zelda.”

“Really?” Jiwoo asked, shocked.

“Don’t look so shocked. You’ve had your aunt’s cooking.” Jungkook poked Jiwoo’s side.

“This conversation is over.” Tae stood up with a look of mock disgust on his face before marching off dramatically.

“Hey, Appa, do you think we can make meatballs and mashed potatoes tonight?”

Jungkook considered how long it took to make those dishes. “How about you ask your mother?”

This is part of the Dad!BTS series that can be found here

A/N: I didn’t realize how many countries there were where the kids called their mom “Mama” or some form of it 😭

It would be greatly appreciated if you reblogged the story if you liked it!

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Love & Loss

Chapter 5

Warnings ⚠️⚠️: angst

Words: 1396

After that Sang-woo and I would hook up whenever we needed stress relief or to take our minds off something. This went on for a good few months. But over time he became more and more distant. He seemed off. I don't know what was wrong with him.

We were laying next to each other in his bed catching our breath. Both of us glistening with sweat. After a minute he gets up and gets dressed without taking a second look at me. I turn my attention to him. He looks at his phone.

"I need to get going. Once you are up and dressed to leave don't forget to lock the door." He says before exiting the apartment. Not even a second look at me. He used to admire me everytime we finished. Would stare at the mess he created of me. I sit up from my laying position.

Maybe it was just work. I'm sure he just had a lot going on. I get up and pull on my panties and one of his button up shirts. I think I'll stay. I want to be with him when he gets back.

It was four in the damn morning. And yet he wasn't back yet. What could have been keeping him? I was cooking something to eat because I was feeling hungry. The doorknob starts to jiggle signalling he was home. He walks into the door, looking at his phone and a smile spreads across my face. His eyes lift up enough to see me standing there. He lets out a long sigh which causes my smile to drop.

"Why are you still here?" He shuts the door and walks over to his table.

"I didn't want to go home. I wanted to be here with you once you were back." I answer.

"Well I would like you to leave." He sets his keys and phone down.

"Why?"

"Rae-Jin..." He pinches the bridge of his nose.

"What's been up with you lately? You've been distant lately." I cross my arms.

"Nothing. I just want you to leave." He looks at me. I notice bruises on his cheeks. I rush to him and take his face in my hands.

"Oh my god. What happened?" I ask worriedly. He grabs my wrist and pushes me off.

"Nothing just get out." He huff.

"No. Sang-woo please talk to me." I beg.

"There's nothing to talk about! Okay!?" He shouts in my face causing me to flinch back. He walks around me and turns off the stove.

"What is wrong with you...?" I mutter as I turn to him.

"What's wrong with me? You can't even understand what leave means." He scoffs.

"I just care about you." I try my hardest to fight off my tears.

"Why? We've had sex. So what!?"

"I love you Sang-woo." I step towards him.

"Well I don't love you!" He shouts looking me dead in the eye.

"Fine! I hope you rot in hell!" I scream as I rip off his shirt and throw it into his face. I walk to go get my clothes. I pull them on and grab my phone. I walk out and slam the door behind me. I get in the elevator and press the button. I lean against the wall and as soon as those doors are closed I break down crying. I place my face in my hands as I sob. I thought he loved me. How stupid is that?

Five weeks later and I was staring at a positive pregnancy test. Shit. Why wasn't I smarter about this. I was definitely Sang-woo's. I haven't had sex with Gi-hun in like five months. I run my fingers through my hair. What was I going to do?

Ten years later and now I'm a mom. To my son, Jae-Dal. He was my savior. The reason I'm still here. The only hard part was the debt I ended up in. It isn't easy supporting a child. Even working with Ms. Cho it wasn't always enough.

Speaking of Ms. Cho she was so supportive during everything. My pregnancy, postpartum, all of it. She loves Jae-Dal but has no clue he's her grandson. It kills me to not tell her. I never told Sang-woo. I couldn't bring myself to after that day.

I was out with a group of friends I met a few years back. We were at a karaoke bar. They thought it would be fun. I on the other hand thought it was stupid. But they offered to buy my drinks so why would I turn it down? They all had been dancing and some even went up to sing.

I needed to step out before one of them pulled me into it. I go outside after downing my drink with a slight groan from the strength. I pull out my cigarettes and light one. As I'm standing there I hear the sounds of struggles. I look around the corner and see a few guys hassling another.

"One month. Better have our money." One was pointing a knife at the one on the ground.

"Okay okay. Please don't hurt me." He begs. That voice. So familiar. The three guys surrounding him get up and walk off. The middle one looks at me and winks. I give him a look of disgust and he walks by. I look back at the other man. He was up on his feet straighting out his suit. Sang-woo. My heart shattered for sure.

"Is this what was making you act the way you did before?" I speak up. He jumps and looks at me. I notice him gulp down a lump in his throat. He looks away from me.

"You are in debt." I conclude. I knew this type of being beat way too well.

"Listen I don't want whatever sympathy you have." He grumbles. I walk to him.

"I just want to be by your side. To help you." I say.

"You can't help me." He turns his back to me. I wrap my arms under his and grab his shoulders. I kiss his shoulder blades tenderly through his suit jacket.

"I can if you let me." I whisper. His whole body relaxes. Should I tell him about our son? Probably not. It'll ruin the moment. But he hasn't known for 10 years. Our son was 9. He deserved a chance that I never gave him. But he needs to relax right now. I swear I'll tell him later. "Is this why you pushed me away? To keep this from me?"

"I didn't want to drag you down. I couldn't watch it happen to you. So I thought it would be easier to just become cold toward you. But it killed me. It hurt so bad seeing you hurt." He mumbles, keeping his voice low. I walk around so I'm face to face with him. Maybe I should tell him now. Give him some hope. Something to look forward to to fix what he can. Before I could say anything though my friends come out. They notice us and walk over. One of them looks Sang-woo up and down.

"Is this that fucker?" She growls. Jae-Dal looks so much like him it's hard to miss.

"Hey let's go back inside." I try to calm the situation so it doesn't go anywhere.

"No. No this is the dead beat dad. How does it feel to never be there for your kid huh?" She gets in his face.

"Oh my god you are drunk. Get her inside." I look at the other girls. They pull her in.

"Asshole!" She shouts. Sang-woo looked more confused than ever.

"Dead beat dad?" He asks. I sigh and fiddle with my fingers.

"We have a kid." I explain.

"Wh... What?" He stutters in shock.

"We have a son. He's nine. His name is Jae-Dal." I don't make eye contact with him. I couldn't.

"And you are sure it's mine?"

"Are you saying I sleep around?" I ask offended.

"No no I'm just making sure. You never told me." He seemed disappointed.

"You yelled at me and kicked me out of your house. What did you expect?" I mutter as I stare at my shoes.

"Wow um... Okay. Do I get to meet him?" He genuinely seemed like he wanted to try.

"Maybe soon." I nod and smile.