#tae aegyo

[95zintheirownworld]

bickering in aegyo in the softest tones while being increasingly clingy is really so vmin of them

[sickonthedancefloor]

can you please do a Taehyung sicktember fic on-

8. Persistent fever.

Caretaker of your choice.

Thank you <3

Finally! Sorry it took so long, but I finally got something out here~

Sickie: Taehyung Caretaker:  Jimin, Jin Content: fever, sinus issues, nausea, vomiting (mentioned)

‘Home early’, Taehyung types in the chat with Jimin, answering the two billion question marks he had sent while he was on the flight. Taehyung was set to do some photography in Tokyo for the next few days, but his managers and one on-site nurse told him they’d postpone and reschedule in two weeks, when the photographer had another open period. Taehyung didn’t think he was doing that poorly, certain the fever was mostly from the hangover and the stage lights, but his manager didn’t believe him for a second. So they packed up, wished him well, threw him in a mask and took the chartered jet back to Seoul.

Taehyung was under strict orders to ‘rest and recuperate’, and with a scoff he just maneuvers himself and his suitcase into his apartment and wishes his manager-hyung good night.

“I mean it,” his manager said, “I’m only leaving you alone because you said you can take care of yourself. So you better. I’m checking on you daily.”

“Hyung, it’s not that bad,” Taehyung dismissed that day, accepting the small hug and rough back pat before his manager moved back. He didn’t even bother checking his messages, didn’t even worry about his suitcase and let it drop in the living room. Shoes off, door locked, security on, Taehyung just ended up flopped in his bed and conking out for the night. He doesn’t catch his manager laying medication out on his dining room table, or the water bottle set at his bedside table next to his phone, before he let himself out and trusted Taehyung to sleep on his own.

~*~

Something felt… off. When Taehyung awoke again, he felt all sorts of wrong. His sinuses felt heavy and swollen, and he just felt overly warm and sweaty. His limbs felt heavy, but he really needed to be awake for a few minutes. He managed to get up for a little, when an odd emptiness bothered him into finally making his way into the kitchen to get something to eat. He didn’t have many fresh groceries, concerned most of it would spoil while he was out, but he did have juice. He grabbed a bottle of orange juice and then raided the pantry for his dry salvageables.

Ramen, perfect. Low-energy, little effort, still delicious. He heated up a small cup, oddly not wanting more. His stomach didn’t feel very solid… but this exhaustion just clung to him like a second skin. This wasn’t normal jetlag; jetlag didn’t normally come with sore limbs and a growing headache. But no food usually came with a headache, he remembered that much.

As his ramen cooked, he took two paracetamol from a pack laid out and sat at his table, checking his phone to send a thanks to his manager. A wonderful 6%, which had him going to find his charger while he waited for the painkillers to kick in. And he smiled. His darling Jiminie had sent him a message, full of emojis and silly aegyo-inspired phrases to greet him. He wanted to know when he was free, they could hang out or call while they didn’t have an agenda.

‘Anytime you want,’ Taehyung answered. ‘I’m free whenever.’

‘You’ve been back for 12 hours, why are you ignoring meeee?’

‘sleepg :(‘ came Taehyung’s lazy reply.

His ramen was done. Taehyung brought the cup to the table with a pair of chopsticks and began to lazily munch away. Just as he shoved a mouthful in, his phone began to buzz—with Jimin’s name flashing over the screen. Taehyung didn’t think twice before opening it, mumbling a weak “Jyiminie!” over his noodles.

Jimin frowned at his friend’s appearance on the camera. “Tae-yah… you don’t look so hot. Did you get sick?”

Taehyung shook his head, but the feeling had him grimacing a little. “Nah… just a headache,” he grumbled. “I think I’m still sleeping off the plane.”

That had Jimin’s frown growing. “But you were only in Japan… Taehyung, what happened?”

Taehyung shrugged. He knew Jimin was off traveling with his family in Europe, he didn’t want to worry him, especially given he was so far away. “They rescheduled everything for a few weeks, when the photographer’s open again. It’s no biggie.”

“Yes it is… Did they send you home sick?”

Taehyung’s deep sigh answered it all. “I’m fine, Jimin-ah. I have meds, I’ll sleep it off. It’s just a cold.”

That had Jimin sighing. He took a moment to doublecheck, asking what medication Taehyung had in his cabinet, offering to order him something if necessary. Taehyung waved him off, assuring Jimin of the cold medication he still had and a half-empty bottle of cough syrup. He showed Jimin the boxes as they chatted, for his friend’s approval. Jimin didn’t keep him on the phone long, telling him to sit still and eat his noodles. Taehyung put on light jazz and ate quietly, before he just trudged his way back to his room.

He was out by the time his head hit the pillow.

~*~

Taehyung woke to the sounds of something clanking around his kitchen. Worried about an intruder—a sasaeng, maybe?!—he sat up carefully, eyes darting around the room to look for any hidden cameras or ropes or odd people. Intruders to celebrities could be dangerous, and despite his apartment complex having top notch security, there had been a few incidences here and there. He felt wide awake, immediately although a thick feeling creeping up his throat made him want to cough. Taehyung slapped both hands over his mouth to stifle his sounds, then sipped at the water.

Then worriedly stared at the water: what if it’s poisoned?!

But… it tasted like water. It was warm, boring… maybe not poisoned. Taehyung glanced at his phone, to realize it’s been plugged into the bedside charger. Weird… When he tapped the screen, he noticed a few messages, all from Jimin.

Oh gods, Jimin could help.

Taehyung didn’t hesitate to open the contact information, ignoring the texts in favor of dialing him immediately.

There was a ding from the living room, followed by a light ringtone that Taehyung recognized instantly. And Jimin’s soft, light voice asking aloud, “Who could be calling right now?”

Taehyung didn’t move the phone until he heard the ringtone stop. Then Jimin’s voice on the other line, lighthearted but very confused: “Tae-yah? Why are you calling?”

“Jiminie… Are… are you in my house?”

That had the smaller boy huffing out a laugh, followed by footsteps shuffling to his room. When the door opened more than just a crack, he could see his best friend standing inside, his dyed-blonde hair peeking from underneath a beanie. Immediate comfort flooded Taehyung’s senses, and as he dropped his arm with the phone, he just huffed in a mixture of relief and exhaustion.

“You moron, you scared me!”

Well… that was valid. Now that Taehyung mentioned it, Jimin realized he didn’t really leave many clues. Just the message, as he pointed to Taehyung’s hand. “Well, I texted you I was coming over. I’m sorry.”

Groaning, Taehyung laid back on the bed. He felt drained again already, ready to sleep that fear out of his bones. Jimin just walked in, smoothing down his hair. “Sorry, friend. You didn’t seem like you were doing so well, so I came to check on you. I’m making soup.”

Oh.

Well, that was nice.

Taehyung smiled, a wide, dopey look as he leaned back on one arm. “You’re literally the best friend I could ever ask for.”

“Good!” Jimin danced back to the kitchen with a little wiggle, which had Taehyung laughing as he watched him head back. Feeling far more relieved, he flopped back against his pillow and opened his messages, clicking through them lazily. A response to manager-hyung—he’s fine, and a bonus Jimin!—and some emojis to Jimin himself, and one back to the group chat to send kissy faces and tell everyone he’s fine. He was just tired. He lets out a loud, obnoxious sneeze, before he just sniffles and turns onto his side.

He didn’t mean to doze off, but he woke up when Jimin calls his name, sitting on the edge of the bed. Jimin’s tiny hand reached up to smooth back his hair. “Tae-yah?”

“Hmm?” Taehyung’s eyelids felt so heavy. His limbs felt weighed down, but so warm.

“Taetae… your fever feels like it’s gotten worse. Have you taken any medication? Today?”

Taehyung just shrugged. “Dunno… when did you first text me?” Honestly, Taehyung wasn’t even sure when he got back. How many hours had it been since hyung took him home? He figured it’s been more than enough time, and shrugged, sitting up. Jetlag is a bitch. “It’s okay, Jyiminie. You cooked, right?”

Jimin nodded. “Food, then medicine, then you can rest some more.” But his words had an edge of finality to it. Taehyung knew this voice well: it meant Jimin was going to get his way because he said so. But the idea of food is enough to get Taehyung out of bed. He flopped himself over Jimin’s shoulder, laughing when Jimin complained about him stepping on his heels, and the two trekked into the dining area. Honestly, Taehyung just had a dining table because he had drinking guests; usually, they ended up in front of the television to eat and chat, but the table was a good place for shots and bigger course meals. All two times a year he hosted anything.

The soup Jimin made was absolutely delicious. There was minimal kick in the spice, gentle for Taehyung’s sensitivity to spicy foods, but flavorful enough it makes him smile. He drinks more broth than noodle, picks around a few of the vegetables, and nearly yawns into his spoon. He’s just… drained.

“I hope this helps bring down your fever,” Jimin says softly, reaching over to stroke his curly hair. It’s a mess, hardened with old hairspray and oils he hasn’t washed yet. “Have you had any other symptoms? Are you coughing?”

Taehyung just shakes his head. “Not really… most of it’s just drainage. I had to blow my nose a lot yesterday.”

Or, what he thought was yesterday. This fever just makes him feel foggy, warm and heavy-limbed and exhausted. A tickle in his throat has him leaning his head into his hands, letting out a few wet-sounding coughs. He wipes leftover spittle onto his napkin.

“Okay. Medication then sleep.” That sounded great. Jimin gets some nyquil into him, and some tea, makes him wash his face, and tucks him into bed with the promise that he’ll be there when he wakes up.

~*~

When Taehyung wakes up, his body is sore and he feels rotten. His limbs ache and he feels overheated, enough that he roughly kicks his blanket before he kicks too hard and finds a leg.

Jimin looks over. He’s typing away at his phone, playing some sort of game, but pauses when he catches Taehyung trying to free himself from his blanket. To help, he reaches a hand over and tugs the blanket down to his legs.

“Taetae-yah, what’s wrong?” he asks softly.

“I’m… hot.”

Jimin tries not to snicker. “Well. Yeah, you’re sick. Feeling overheated?”

Taehyung groans, turning onto his stomach. Jimin sets a hand on his back and begins to rub his spine, but the sensation makes him feel itchy and uncomfortable, and he wiggles. “N-no…”

“No?” Jimin’s hand stops. “Taehyung, talk to me. What are you feeling?”

Taehyung groans. Laying this way doesn’t help either. Just laying here feels uncomfortable, and he turns on his side, freeing his legs completely. His pajamas feel too rough, but the idea of standing to move, change, or remove anything seems to be the worst thing. When Jimin moves his hand to touch Taehyung’s neck, the younger one squirms a little.

“No, Jyimine, it hurts,” he whimpers into the blanket.

“What hurts? Did you injure yourself?” Jimin asks, but he’s kind enough to move his hand back, shifting closer to Taehyung’s face. “Are you hurt anywhere?”

Taehyung barely shakes his head into the pillow, groaning as he does so. Why did every terrible symptom have to hit him then? His headache is back, with a slow, steady throbbing. He feels nauseous from it. “No just… anything touching me… it hurts.”

“Oh…” Jimin knows this too well. When he feels too sick, his old injuries flare up and he feels nothing but pain in the worst areas for hours. But it’s been a while since Taehyung’s last dose, and he’s slept long enough that he could take some more. “Can you sit up? Let me get you some painkillers, we can see if that helps.” Not the strongest, not while he’s like this, but… Tylenol should help. Jimin slides from the bed to get the pills and water ready, leaving Taehyung to work the strength to sit up. When he finally manages to, he takes the pills from Jimin and lets his friend help him with the water. With the pills flushed down his system, Taehyung drops heavily back onto the bed, groaning when Jimin places a cold compress on the back of his neck.

But it… feels good.

“Thanks, Jyiminie.”

“Anytime, Taetae. Get some more sleep.”

~*~

By day three, Jimin had called in reinforcements. Reinforcements come in the form of Jin making a good soup, bringing in good OTC medication, and an extra person to cuddle on the couch. Taehyung felt absolutely rotten by this point, taking to dragging around his comforter around his shoulders any time he left his room. He ends up tucked into Jin’s side, letting Jin feed him whenever he got hungry for some snack or another.

Taehyung doesn’t remember much about day three.

~*~

On the fourth day, more so later that evening, Jimin tugs the thermometer from Taehyung’s mouth and frowns. Taehyung takes the chilsung cider offered and sips at it slowly, enjoying the cold feeling. The carbonation isn’t comfortable for his throat, but it settles his stomach. The nausea had worsened overnight, to the point where Taehyung was struggling to keep food down. Besides a bit of broth from that afternoon, he hasn’t had much luck.

The chills are worse, and he’s buried deep in his comforter and still asking for another blanket. His legs have been aching, on top of all of that.

“Your fever’s up, jagiya,” Jimin says softly.

“What’s new?” Taehyung responds, pouting around his straw.

Jimin strokes his hair gently, what little he can reach from Taehyung’s comforter, and the younger one leans into the touch. While the rest of him is sore, Jimin’s touch is light and familiar, and comforting. He’s worried, Taehyung can tell, but he’s too drained to do anything about it. He trusts his hyung and his soulmate, he’ll be okay.

If he listens vaguely, he can hear Jin on the phone. The eldest had stepped away to make a phone call, but Taehyung can tell it’s either to their team doctor or to the staff’s nurse team. “—up to 38.9 now,” Jin murmurs. Or rather, Jin could be speaking normally, but things sound muffled. Taehyung just leans into Jimin’s touch and closes his eyes. “It’s not spiking, just… steadily climbing. He said he’s achy, he had a headache earlier, and right now he’s been nauseous. Ne, ne. He vomited earlier, but I think he’s trying not to again. Mm.” Jin trudges back into the room. “Tae-yah?”

Taehyung groans. “Hyung?”

“Do you think we can get you to the car? The nurse says we should get you—”

That has the sick boy groaning, shaking his head. “I ‘on’t wanna,” he groaned. “I can just sleep it off. It’s only been a day.”

“Tae-yah, you’ve been home for four days. Your fever is persisting for too long, and you’re literally not getting better…”

Taehyung groans, shaking his head. He tugs the blanket over his face, pulling away from the solace of his friend’s gentle touch. When he feels a hand press on his shoulder, he flinches and tucks himself in further.

“Jin-hyung, don’t—” Jimin protests. His voice is muffled, but the hand goes away, and Taehyung’s shoulders droop, but he’s trembling. Taehyung whines into the blanket.

Gentle fingers reach for the blanket, easing it away from his face. “Tae-yah, you’ll overheat. Jin won’t touch your shoulder, okay?”

“Do I have to get up?” Taehyung asks softly. “Jiminie, I don’t want to leave…”

Jimin hesitates, looking up at Jin. Jin, frowning at them, turns into the phone. “Can the doctor come to us? Taehyungie’s not sure he can get up right now. He can? Oh that’s perfect. We’ll be here. I’ll give him some more ibuprofen while we wait.”

Perfect. Jimin releases the breath he didn’t realize he was holding, but he grabs the water bottle while Jin opens the ibuprofen and knocks four pills into his hand.

“Okay, Tae-yah. The doctor’s coming to you, but you have to take some medicine first.”

Awful. But a deal is a deal. Taehyung grumbles, propping himself up on one arm, his opposite hand reaching out for the tablets. He lets Jimin help him with the water and washes down the medication quickly. It’ll be irritating, on an empty stomach, but the doctor knows best. If the nausea settles, if his fever goes down, he’ll get to eat again. As Jin looks at him with worry and gently scratches his hair, Jimin glances up and hopes to see his friend’s health make a turnaround soon. Both help him lay back on the couch before Jin joins Jimin to sit on the floor. As Taehyung begins to doze again, the two older ones take a breath and let it out slowly. Their doctor is coming. Taehyung will be okay.

[thoughts-on-bangtan]

A Little Farewell

With about a week left to go we had our final OT4 weverse live today and it's safe to say, we were not prepared. But I'm very grateful that they did a live all together giving us a last dose of chaos, cuteness and giggles before we'll be left to fend for ourselves for 6 months before Jin returns to us in June 2024.

The live truly was a beautiful gift that kept on giving starting with Tae's new short haircut and JK hiding his now shaved head from us, Namjoon even claiming that JKs hair is shorter than his own (JK supposedly felt inspired to shave his head a little early after he met Usher, who has pretty short hair himself, and went for it), and Jimin practically getting offended by a comment saying they wanted to see him with a buzzcut. To be honest Tae's cute little haircut looks a little like he did it himself in the dead of the night but it also makes him look like we traveled back in time to 2013 or earlier. Adorable. After so long it was really nice to see them together again, and to generally have more than one Tannie in a live together.

Since the first leaks about their military service appeared a few days ago we've seen vminies talk among themselves, and not to mention the near constant fighting that's been going on between the two xkook camps, but seeing vmin being so cute together in this live, it felt reassuring. Whatever questions or worries we might've had, they were washed away. In a way it makes sense that Tae and Jimin didn't go together, even if we all would've loved to see them go together and make use of the buddy system, but that isn't the choice they made for themselves and that's okay. It's easy to see what vmin are doing more than just fine and that's all that matters. Admin 2 really hoped we'd get a vmin handshake or hand holding, and we got two! I mean, look at all this cuteness:

And then also Tae going home in five minutes flat and doing a small solo live which was basically just him being adorable and talking to Jimin, who was immediately in the comments, before leaving again. Love when we get to third wheel them, wow, I truly will miss that a lot.

At one point in the live JK mentioned that he'd wanted to go to the special forces as well, implying that for some reason he couldn't, which makes me wonder why. Was it because of his tattoos? Either way, it's nice that he'll instead get to go with Jimin and supposedly they'll be in the training camp where Seokjin is one of the trainers so that's cute.

Speaking of Seokjin, after so long it was adorable how often Namjoon brought up Seokjin in this live. Just Jin hyung this and Jin hyung that, very cute. And they also mentioned Hobi a bunch, how he's gotten cooler and more manly, which comes as a great reminder to basically all of us that the cute boys we've known until now, well, they'll probably fade away and get replaced by more mature versions of our beloved members in the next months and they'll return to us as a different set of Tannies. And that's okay. They're grown up men so it makes sense that eventually some of that aegyo cuteness will fade away and personally I'm very curious to see how things will turn out and what they'll be like in 2025.

And I'm very curious to see if idiots will respect Namjoon's and Tae's pleas for people not to show up for their entrance ceremonies. Especially since Namjoon asked for it in three languages to make sure everyone understood it. Unfortunately I have my doubts, since we know the maknae line have some of the most unhinged solos but here's hoping.

Now, what does this mean for us now? Well, it'll be quite a while until we'll see the members slowly returning one after the other so we'd like to take this time for a 'official' hiatus as well. Admin 2 is considering a temporary "rebrand" into a BL blog since they've gotten into Thai BLs in the last year, so that's something that might happen. Would any of you be interested in something like that?

But we'll still be ARMY, still love vmin and namjin, and once the guys will return, so will we, so don't worry, we're not leaving BTS any time soon.

Lastly, here's a blurry screenshot of a coconut headed JK running across the screen screaming THIS WAS BTS. A beautifully chaotic ending to this solo era. Let's see what the next months will bring us and what 2025 will be like when chapter 2 will come to a close and a new chapter of BTS and ARMY will open, eventually.

Thank you so much for reading!

[taekooktimeline]

September 3, 2023 (filmed); November 4, 2023 (released): Suchwita part 3 of 3

Yoongi asks Jk how he feels about releasing his first album, sharing he heard Jk felt pressure. Tae and Yoongi wait quietly and supportively for Jk to consider his answer and respond. Jk admits he felt he could’ve done better, to which Tae softly asks, “In the recording?” Jk answers it’s more overall, wishing he had done his best sooner. As he responds, Tae murmurs quietly in understanding, “Ahh” and hums to his response, giving him reassurance. Yoongi also reassures Jk with his experiences.

Timestamp 27:50

Tae continues to give silent reassurance, listening attentively as Jk gives his final words to ARMY for 2025, starting it off by saying he’s mad at himself for taking it easy when group promos ended. I hope Jk knows he’s worked so hard for years and deserved that time off, as much as he wanted, and we’ll always be here to support him.

Timestamp 29:14

As Jk repeats the album is about love, Tae silently puckers his lips, listening to Jk carefully and fully -

Timestamp 29:32

Another domestic and playful moment between Taekook! Yoongi asks Tae to say a word to ARMY waiting for 2025. He gives a thumbs up and doesn’t speak. Jk looks at Tae with a small smile -

before teasingly scolding him, in subtle aegyo tone, that he didn’t say anything.

Tae says “Jungkookie” said the cool stuff. He then continues elaborating further, expresses his hope to make more fond memories with ARMY in 2025, briefly glancing at Jk as he gives his speech.

timestamp 29:56 or - https://x.com/kookvtwins/status/1720890567515677027?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

Tae leaves, letting Jk finish his interview with Yoongi. Tae thanks them for the meal, saying it was good protein as he fist bumps Jk then Yoongi, to which Jk teases, “You just came to eat protein?”

Jk’s nose scrunch is so precious as Tae says his goodbyes.

Timestamp 31:00 or https://x.com/_k91230v_/status/1720853434826690953?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

However, he comes back with a birthday cake for Jk. As Tae hands the cake to Jk, he sings, “Happy birthday.” Jk thanks him in the same singing tone. Tae and Yoongi then sing a belated happy birthday to him.

Timestamp 32:28 or  https://x.com/kookvtwins/status/1720828525802844500?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

https://x.com/winterkoobear/status/1720843900414562583?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg (:09)

Staff then hand Yoongi three boxes of Le Mouton sneakers, gifts for Jungkook’s birthday. A box is handed to Jk and one is handed to Tae. Taekook are given the same shoes, black with the same design, while Yoongi takes the green pair. Yoongi shares because Tae dropped by, they ordered them express delivery.

Timestamp 32:48 or https://x.com/_k91230v_/status/1720797497239732600?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

In the closing scene, Tae promises he’ll be back on Suchwita. He’s teased that his first interview hasn’t aired yet, and Tae asks if there has to be something new to come on. Jk jokes there has to be. Tae asks, “Really?” Jk teases, “Yes.” Again, I found this to be really cute banter, especially at the very end, when Yoongi jokes along and they all laugh, with Tae’s arm back around Jk as he massages his nape.

Timestamp 36:36 or https://x.com/taegukkielover/status/1720800727076122801?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

An interesting, domestic side note:Taekook shared one pair of chopsticks. Before Tae sits, Jk is eating with chopsticks.

When Jk shifts over for Tae to sit, his bowl and his chopsticks remain between them.

We then see Tae eating with these chopsticks -

While Jk either eats with a spoon -

Or a tong -

https://x.com/kv_bank9795/status/1720817199051599930?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg Raw - https://youtu.be/0RKnjVL2kWA?si=9VD6dX6UgxZHU81p

Part 1 link - https://www.tumblr.com/taekooktimeline/733647292019687424/september-3-2023-filmed-november-4-2023?source=share

Part 2 link - https://www.tumblr.com/taekooktimeline/733647362661203968/as-yoongi-talks-about-the-main-title-track?source=share

[divinefireangel]

Hi dear¡! ♡

Can I ask SF9 how they showed their love to their partner? (Hugs, kisses, physical touches, loving words, etc)

Sorry for my english 🥺

Your English is fine hun! Plus the language is kinda stupid hehe

SF9's Love Languages 🩷

Warnings: These are what I think are SF9's top love language. Of course it is impossible for such lovely people to have just one 😔. Mention of food/cooking in Tae's. Tea is Chani's.

Youngbin

WORDS 👏 OF 👏 AFFIRMATION 👏

I will literally physically fight if anyone disagrees with me lol. Our man is so wise and sweet and his voice is just is soothing so I just think that his ultimate way to show you appreciation will be through words. Plus man's a great and creative lyricist.

Inseong

Quality time

Well, it's mostly just him trying to make you laugh by saying and making up the stupidest jokes, if you can call them that, ever. I'm also a strong believer that this man just wants to annoy you enough to start a debate with him cuz he's bored lol

Jaeyoon

Physical Touch

Maybe this is me projecting my needs maybe it is not okay idk. But let's be honest here, this man is the cutest ever and he will want to squish your cheeks, irrespective of squishyness quotient. He also likes to hug you, literally engulf you in his broad af chest and baby you although you want to baby him don't we all

Dawon

Acts of service

I just love him sm 😭. See, he's the kind to leave you sweet sticky notes with reassuring words and a drawing or something stupid on the back lol. But yeah it's all the small things that he'll do like buying you a new chapstick before your old one gets over, bringing your water bottle around even when you tell him you won't carry it, letting you use his arm as a pillow during the long car ride to your destination although it definitely hurts after some time, fixing your hair when you're distracted, etc. Bye I need a Sanghyuk

Zuho

Words of Affirmation

He is so much different that Youngbin tho lemme tell you. So Bin uses maturity and juju uses his baby voice(?) aka he does aegyo and makes you feel all mushy inside. I mean, he is cute.

Rowoon

Gift Giving

It won't necessarily be stupid gift all the time, he does give you good ones occasionally like a sunscreen stick for example. Most of the time it is something useless and weird like a spoon pillow or some shit but it's the thought that counts right?💀

But no on a real note he's super thoughtful when he gives you gifts and he thinks of it as something that'll remind you of his love when you use it.

Yoo Taeyang

Acts of Service

It could be doing your laundry or cooking for you or putting you phone on charge. It's the little things that you need in your daily life that sometimes get so difficult to manage. But don't worry, our teddy Tae is here to be your little lovely helper fairy, even if you don't ask or notice it right away.

Hwiyoung

Physical Touch

Yes he hates skinship from members but you, no. He loves clinging to you and hugging you and kissing you. He's like a mama cat and you his kitten and he wants to kith and protecc and love you so much till you physically have to be away from him lol

Chani

Quality Time

It doesn't even have to be like an eventful couple of hours. It could just be him laying on your lap taking a nap and you reading you book and playing with his hair, giving him a head massage or tracing his cute facial features. It could also be sitting on the rooftop with hot tea cups and talking about life while nuzzling into each other for warmth.

[borathae]

Chapter 6

HOSEOK BITCH STOP GRANDMA???? THATS A STRETCH AND KNOWING U ARE AN ANCIENT BEING, DAMN I-

Hoseok stumbles, colliding with Seokjin’s chest. ofc he laughs with his entire body FUCK I MISS HIM WTF NAH NOPE WE WONT CRY WE MUST STAY FOCUSED BROTHER

JIN U BETRAYED ME??? HOW COULD YOU

Seokjin pleads, giving you the biggest puppy eyes that man hates aegyo on command, but watch his ass do aegyo on command if its on run bts tasks 😭 ik he will be the most supportive one if you told bts you are selling feet pics

who calls their fraternity Alpha? What kind of superiority complex do they have?” 💯fr

What are you? Secret vampires or something?” um

So mysterious”, Hoseok says, ok ig

“that man can be an asshole.” WHAT DO U MEAN MY KITTY IS AN ASSHOLE????

dig his metaphorical fangs into your neck and drain you of your metaphorical blood WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? (ik what it means, but 👀👀)

at least she got her sleep and is stress free now, i guess thats a win

JAMAL CHILL?? OOH JIN TELL EM SIS, WHATS HIS PROBLEM?

they are quaking with the desire to punch each other’s faces in. BE LESBIAN, PROBLEM SOLVED YEEHAW

Without me? homie really said that with his whole chest

It’s one of those activities you like to call terribly boring." ??? sir ??

also u know what, i will make it unboring for you real quick, lets go on a pirate ship, that will make u scream

dont judge my man yall, he was giving birth to lie on the pirate ship

WHAT DID TAE TELL HIM???? JAMAL SMILED AT ME??? his moodswings be like ➡️⬅️⬆️⬇️↗️↘️↙️↖️↕️↔️🔄️↪️↩️⤴️⤵️🔃

joon asks me out to study AAAAAAH 😩

holding his arm before you giggle into it. *twitching eyes WHY SHE GOTTA LIVE MY DREAM AAH BUTTER TAE THOSE ARMSS 🤤😋

“Oh you’re still here?” Taehyung asks STOP HE IS SOO SASSY, GIVE THAT MAN LONG NAILS

making Taehyung chuckle.......... one of his weirdly dishonest ones. tae when jin forces him to laugh at puns (that still makes me cackle)

He is a self-centred peacock PEACOCK DAMN GURL

“Violence is never the answer IT IS THE SOLUTION

ok sorry tae, back to serious mode, IS THAT FORESHADOW TO HIS PAST(mentioned in drabbles)

we are going swing dancing today UWUW

I can’t dance. What if I make a fool of myself?” I CANT DANCE EITHER, LETS GET MARRIED we can swing dance together for shits and giggles and get drunk in each other's laughter and smile, kissing passionately as if we are still in high school.

(omg that was so romantic, lemme just copy that)

did i tell you i still love the way he talks, its so coquette, in a manly way

I am a terrible student. i got exams in a month i have barely studied 😃😭

time does really fly fr it does, you wish it went fast, but when you think back, you wish you could live in that moment one more time

“cake is quite the delicacy oof the fanciness

ah yes old stuff *sighs in delight and coziness

There is fog in the air. It got stuck on the rooftops of the houses. Like a perfect gradient it makes them disappear into a grey nothingness. if this scene was on tv, what color light would it have?? (background lights you know) i was thinking of yellow, since we are talking about antiques

“I guess…” you look out the window for quite some time to think of an answer. You look at the perfectly polished stones of the sidewalk. You watch how the rain builds little rivers in the nooks and crannies. And that is when you get your answer. and the lights slowly becomes cool and blue (blue for calm, unity and stability)

thats a nice perspective of history but for the love of god, i cant stay awake or mentally present during it 😭

With your cheeks burning up like crazy and a big smile on your face you look out of the window again. A swing song comes on the radio, Taehyung turns it louder the tiniest bit. AND THE LIGHTS TURN PINK

“N-no? I-I’m alright”, you stutter. we can see that

Taehyung gets a few (probably painful) steps on his toes, but he doesn’t say anything. MASOCHIST ALERT 😭

stop flattering me im shyyyyy *shakes booty like jimin

this is so cute bye im soo single

“this was like in the movies! Do it again!” SHE IS SOO CUTE UWUW MOVE TAE SHE IS MINE *hits the gym so i can yeet tae out of the way and carry her

HE DID IT AGAIN HEEEHEEEEHEHHE

“Okay but that throwing thing you did? You can’t just do that without training first. Also why are you so strong? It’s inhuman really.” SAY IT SIS

I just think you are beyond precious”BYE IM GONE

Why do an elderly lady and Taehyung know each to such extent that they are hugging as if they were two old friends reuniting? dont overthink, they are just besties, um they met on a idk metro yeah

“it’s been so many years and yet you still look the same. While look at me”, OBVIOUSLY ITS SUS

Perhaps I should have taken the offer back then.” 👀👀

“What offer?” um the plastic surgery offer, anti aging laser. HERBS YEAH IT WAS THE HERBS, SHE MISSED OUT ON AN HERBAL MASSAGE

No way! That’s splendid! Just what you dreamt of!” they are such cute besties pls

It is hard not to choke on your olive, not when your body is burning up like that. i choked on air

How is it?” WHY IS THIS SOO HOT STOP DONT FOLD THAT FAST BITCH NA UH *also folds like a lawn chair in a sec

Taehyung gets off the barstool and closes the distance between you and him. SIR MY MENTAL HEALTH???

you stutter, knees buckling slightly as he helps you stand up. SLIGHTLY???? u mean buckling like a trying on heels

You haven’t told anyone ever but in your dreams you always pictured your prince charming to be good with elderly people and kids. Not that you would tell anyone your stupid fantasies, but you really did picture him like that. we all do, tae is a prince charming *sighs in high standards

“I think you gave that lady proper heart palpitations fr, i got so giddy just reading

And so full of life”, 👀👀👀as opposed to what sir???

Taehyung seems properly flustered for a moment, eyes flitting downwards and blinking rapidly. YES WE GOT THE CUTIE PIE FLUSTERED YEEHAW THIS IS A WIN FOR THE GAYS AND UNGAYS (i love to use this in sentences unrelated to sexuality)

quite sad to think that we are looking at something which has died thousands of years ago ... Well if you say it like that mood sis

it is nice to know that we can look at the past when we look at the stars?” waaaah im in love with her

I always thought of them as a reminder of death”, “or rather hell.” AYO??👀👀

they are still burning bright. Mustn’t it be such a burden to never get to rest?” ooh

*starts playing love maze

“Then you mess up, you mustn’t worry about mistakes you haven’t even made yet” i will try to remember this all the time

because right now I am thinking that this lamp is also alone, surrounded by darkness and thick fog and it should feel so terribly lonely and yet here it is, outshining both of them." 

HOW DO U WRITE THIS WELL?? LEAVE US SOME TALENT CRUMBS

People normally aren’t happy when they are around you and finally experiencing it feels so good.  WHO HURT YOU POOKIE??? IM COMING WITH MY FRYING PAN

this is soo cute i cant, the writing, them, the lamp and the stars gosh, i feel so giddy i wanna spin around the lamppost like a simp does in music videos

Yes darling” Taehyung whispers and there is obvious seduction in his voice. OHO HO HO I SEE U NAUGHTY BOI

this was a cute chapter im gonna sleep soo good with idk grass and unicorns in my dreams

HOSEOK BITCH STOP GRANDMA???? THATS A STRETCH AND KNOWING U ARE AN ANCIENT BEING, DAMN I-

lmoaoao he is so mean for no reason fajsdfja I love him JFAJDFJ

Hoseok stumbles, colliding with Seokjin’s chest. ofc he laughs with his entire body FUCK I MISS HIM WTF NAH NOPE WE WONT CRY WE MUST STAY FOCUSED BROTHER

LISTEN I MISS HIM TOO OMFG I'M IN PAIN

Seokjin pleads, giving you the biggest puppy eyes that man hates aegyo on command, but watch his ass do aegyo on command if its on run bts tasks 😭 ik he will be the most supportive one if you told bts you are selling feet pics

I miss him so much 😭 BUT ALSO LESS THAN A MONTH TILL HE IS BACK OMGMGMG (the most supportive for feet pics would be Tae though change my mind. you can't.)

who calls their fraternity Alpha? What kind of superiority complex do they have?” 💯fr

no but it will ALL MAKE SENSE LIKE LIKE LIEK LIEKEKE LIKEKE

“that man can be an asshole.” WHAT DO U MEAN MY KITTY IS AN ASSHOLE????

the foreshADOWINGNNG (i said too much)

dig his metaphorical fangs into your neck and drain you of your metaphorical blood WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? (ik what it means, but 👀👀)

HELLOOOOOOOOOO

Without me? homie really said that with his whole chest

THE JEALOUSY of this man LIKE

It’s one of those activities you like to call terribly boring." ??? sir ??

i love their sass fr fjadsjf

WHAT DID TAE TELL HIM???? JAMAL SMILED AT ME??? his moodswings be like ➡️⬅️⬆️⬇️↗️↘️↙️↖️↕️↔️🔄️↪️↩️⤴️⤵️🔃

perhaps something with her metaphorical blood HELLOO

joon asks me out to study AAAAAAH 😩

AAAH (scared)

holding his arm before you giggle into it. *twitching eyes WHY SHE GOTTA LIVE MY DREAM AAH BUTTER TAE THOSE ARMSS 🤤😋

when this video dropped I lost IT

ok sorry tae, back to serious mode, IS THAT FORESHADOW TO HIS PAST(mentioned in drabbles)

mhmhmmhmh

time does really fly fr it does, you wish it went fast, but when you think back, you wish you could live in that moment one more time

YES THIS OMFG the most painful thing ever 😭

ALSO I love how you thought of different colours during the scene <3 I love this energy heheh <3

Taehyung gets a few (probably painful) steps on his toes, but he doesn’t say anything. MASOCHIST ALERT 😭

there are no lies to be found here tbfh

“this was like in the movies! Do it again!” SHE IS SOO CUTE UWUW MOVE TAE SHE IS MINE *hits the gym so i can yeet tae out of the way and carry her

NO BUT THANK YOU i LOVE HER SO MUCH she is so cute frrr

“it’s been so many years and yet you still look the same. While look at me”, OBVIOUSLY ITS SUS

it IS

lmaooao you losing it over Tae existing is so me fr

it is nice to know that we can look at the past when we look at the stars?” waaaah im in love with her

me fr

I always thought of them as a reminder of death”, “or rather hell.” AYO??👀👀

THE FORESHADOWING GOES CRAZY FR ps: i forgot the stars and photography part during this chapter and now im <3 holy moly they were so cute together in the beginning im so soft

People normally aren’t happy when they are around you and finally experiencing it feels so good.  WHO HURT YOU POOKIE??? IM COMING WITH MY FRYING PAN

NO BUT FR

this is soo cute i cant, the writing, them, the lamp and the stars gosh, i feel so giddy i wanna spin around the lamppost like a simp does in music videos

I'M HAPPY YOU LOVED IT SO MUCH HEHEHE 💜💜

[mrs-monaghan]

I've always seen Tae as the spoilt child who is used to getting his own way and being pampered by everyone. Not necessarily a bad thing but not a good thing either.

I agree with you, he and RM like to copy other members or include themselves in other members' fun, Tae particularly when it comes to Jungkook and Jimin. I remember in the first season of ITS that Jimin was teasing Jungkook while playing video games and Tae decided to do the same. I think Jimin is more fond/okay of that behaviour than Jungkook.

Yes and yes. JK is not always down for it. But back to V getting pampered he absolutely loves it and u can tell when u watch him with the Wooga Squad. He's the maknae and they baby the shit out of him and he relishes in it. Now I'm not gonna lie and say I watched ITS WS. I tried but man, it was boring. I just couldn't even finish the first episode. But I did see clips floating around and they love V which is awesome and treat him like the maknae he is. So I think it could be why he hangs with them more than the Tannies. Bangtan don't treat him like the maknae coz he's not the maknae. Shit, the maknae himself don't wanna be treated like the maknae 😂😂 Jimin once introduced himself as the BTS maknae because the actual maknae wasn't doing his job. 😂😂

(Anyone else feel like I've said maknae 10 times already?)

Tannies don't dote on V the way the wooga squad does. Instead they treat Jimin like the baby of the group

🤭🤭 u can tell sometimes V isn't impressed when Jimin is doing aegyo or being cute in general. He even called him out on this once upon a time back in the day. Accused Jimin of liking attention which yes its true, but its ironical if u ask me. He hee..

[jjeongukkie]

title:  a path to nowhere pairing:  jeon jungk.ook/kim tae.hyung wordcount: 52,692 tags: alternate universe - bodyguard, bodyguard romance, canon-typical violence, character study, introspection, stalking, violence, attempted murder, blood and injury, death threats, bodyguard jungk.ook, idol tae.hyung, slow burn, psychological thriller, major character injury, top jeon ju.ngkook, bottom k.im t.aehyung, loss of vi.rginity, forbidden love, hurt/comfort, whump summary: Je.on Je.ongguk has spent the last few months of his life running away from heartbreak. His next job is supposed to add onto the distraction. Tasked with protecting Kim Tae/hyung, an idol who grows more and more frustrated with his lack of autonomy and the presence of an obsessive stalker, Je.ongguk descends into a world of manipulation and idealization and struggles with the fine line between reality and fantasy. Together,  they must survive.

excerpt:

'It’s like being a prisoner,’ Taehyung mumbles to him. ‘In and out,’ Jeongguk says. Like that’s his cue to behave, Taehyung transforms into V as soon as he steps out of the car. He walks past Jeongguk and begins his performance. He smiles on command, does silly aegyo just because it’s what his fans want to see, and he waves and smiles like he’s never had any doubt that this is the job he wants to do.

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[ezamevolni]

Traces: Two-faced 👹

This moment deserves a whole mention on its own.

I found it fascinating that it belongs so much to a kdrama yet happened in real life, was captured on camera, and how we were granted a rare glimpse of a pro-idol switching up his persona for someone. And that someone isn't you or me, it's an act solely for his Jin hyung.

The Jeon Kookie has edge.

160513 Sinchon fan sign

The whole fancam is worth a gander. There's quite a few Jinkook crumbs in there.

Zooming in on the moment that blows my mind every time I think about it... the full sequence starts at around 4:45 when the members prompted Jhope to do the ShyShyShy aegyo (dance move from Twice's Cheer Up).

While Hobi was being cute, Tae mischievously nudged him from behind and he fell, caught off guard. Jin instinctively grabbed Hobi trying to keep him upright but gravity was too strong for them both..

About a minute before any of this happened, Jk had just expertly maneuvered himself from Point A (between RM and Jimin) ➡️ next to Jin

His steps may say 'I'm casual' but his hands say 'It's premeditated and I'm restless'.

After 2seok dived off stage, Tae trudged over to take up the spot where Jin had been standing.

When Tae moved up, Jk stared silently at him. In response, Tae glared back at the younger one with a challenging "WHUT?". Then Jk proceeded to 'attack' Tae:

It was playful with a bit of tension that dispersed quickly. (it looked like Jk was ready to wrestle throw Tae over his leg with the final move)

Namgi on the other end cued the whole team to perform ShyShyShy at that moment so Jk dropped the fight and followed suit.

Hobi and Jin had both returned onstage by then and were also doing the aegyo.

Jhope and Jin were standing to the right of Tae now. From the above screenshots, Tae had thought of something related to the aegyo, grabbed Jin's mic to tell the fans about the small correction, and performed aegyo again on his own.

A teeny tiny glimpse of edgy Kookie first showed up here. Just focus on Jk's expression that went from unamused (when Tae took Jin's mic and started talking) to allowing a grin to spread across his face (after Jin turned to face Tae and him)

It might have looked like Jk was laughing at Tae's aegyo because both Jinkook were focused on him right?

Don't be naive 😈

The split second Jin turned his head away, Jk's laughing expression dropped,

Look at Jk's face closely and try to keep an eye on Jin's actions at the same time lol. It's so quick but it's true: Jk's smile dropped after Jin turned away.

Who was the smile for? >>>> 🐹 Duh.

But other shippers might argue, Jk's eyes were on Tae??!!?, he was smiling for Tae's aegyo!!?!

But I say, just keep watching.

BTW the first gif at the top is from the following moment - 2seok were offcam giggling together and Jk was watching them with a series of interesting expressions:

Read it how you will. There's no right answer.

(I'm waiting for Jinkook to one day do a zoom q&a where we send them clips and ask what was happening here and they tell us exactly what they were thinking. [maybe in a parallel universe.])

Then here's Jk breaking back into a smile the second Jin turned to face him and Tae again:

Look at how slick he was, making sure to turn and fix his gaze on Tae (this kiddo was just vibing out) first, then shifting slightly to meet Jin's eyes before smiling.

Pretended like he hadn't been watching Jin hyung.

So if we go by what Jin saw:

And when Jin wasn't looking:

Indeed, beware the double 🐰.

I doubt Jin watches fancams of their fansigns and mayhaps never seen this whole act by Jk before. If someone did force him to watch, he'll probably say something like "nah, he's been smiling, what are you talking about ☺️" like a Kookie solo

It is that serious though. Jungkook's only a cheerful sunny good boy for his Jin. Anybody else, he don't give a damn. Not even the fans. There's a whole bunch looking right at him. (and also us thanks to the fancam owner 🫶🏼)

Assuringly, Jk knows himself well. When concentrating on a certain one in the moment, he knows he can forget about the countless other presences watching him

Spoken with years of experience, Tae.

[aajjks]

Yall will judge me but Tae is the only member of BTS that I don't like that much, I don't hate him I would just leave him for last I don't know how to say I think he's a little annoying…. try to force aegyo….or try to ''the different one'' pick me vibes….

dude that’s so mean in this house we love all of the members x

[solarwynd]

https://www.tumblr.com/solarwynd/736241933038534656/im-just-now-seeing-this-but-this-doesnt-sit?source=share

the three of them were so annoying in that live😭😭 talking like ms is a game about growing their bodies and becoming more masculine but tae was the worst for saying this directly to jimin like implying he's the one who needs to change the most.

armys love to say they matured so much and learned to be more like jimin over the years but all of them especially tkk are the same macho wannabes from a decade ago they just do more aegyo these days☠️

the topic of getting more muscular is a given so even that wouldn’t have been a problem if it would have just stayed on that, but to specifically single out jimin to say what he said at first irritates me.

“showing a different side to army.” Like what does that even mean? We know y’all are gonna be in the military. We won’t see y’all for the duration, and I don’t care about viewing y’all as “strong men.” because why does it matter? okay cool, y’all will be swole when you finally get out, now what and who cares. Like the testosterone levels need to be dialed way back.

[dojae-huh]

I like jaehyun's cute for camera moments too, they're one of the most natural ones in 127 aegyo challenges

I think there is a predebut pic of Johnny caring around Jaehyun, people like to pretend that Jaehyun is his image alot more then they do with other members. I don't know if it is coz of his romantic lead image or their need for the good looking guy to be a certain way

https://twitter.com/lloveUtoday/status/1702312697503928342?t=YeMyEMDM5uapsrMpsMOxog&s=19

This and the way he did the same to Taeyong are the most funnest and realist Jaehyun experience ever... Both the older hyungs don't judge him and also both pamper him so he gets away with a lot. Same with yuta, jaeyu are the closest thing to friends in 127 yuta has. They both support eo for everything, even damn jokes but no one ever talks about jaeyu being close. The same with jaehyuck now, they're both alot closer than jaemark but coz jaemark was talked about near debut so it became a lore in the fandom...

I've realised most new fans don't research their idol but follow the fan lore about them, it's not just 12u but also the other group I follow alot shinee.

I'll also never forget the ice cubes in taeyongs trousers story or Taeyong talking about Jaehyun controlling and having power in 127 {which I think is coz doyoung (and to some extent Taeyong)agrees with him and makes that thing the way Jaehyun wants it to be}

Jaehyunnie isn't just pretty boy, he's a baby girl... A sulky moody teenager but also a very supportive friend and colleague.

Btw other then on camera doyoung is never a baby girl so I don't get the cute protective fans of his...

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Rookies appeared before the fans carrying each other piggy-back style. 151219

The original maknae

Fans underestimate the history of growing up together and first impressions. Jungwoo and Doyoung vs Mark and Doyoung are a good example of meetings during different stages of life. Jungwoo had to persuade Doyoung to treat him more like a child, Mark can't persuade Doyoung to not treat him like a child. After 20 an age gap is not a big deal, but even a year is a lot during school days. Mark wants to be a part of the 95-line, which makes Johnny amuzed. The way Mark tries to achieve same footing with the hyungs, the same way Jaehyun has been doing it. Especially with Taeyong it is evident how hard it is to break from "the original maknae" role for him. Tae wants Do to be his same-age friend (officially, they have half a year difference, and it is possible due to the way Koreans count years, Do just doesn't want to drop "hyung"), and Jae to stay his cute dongsaeng. Jaehyun looks older than Tae, who also is smaller than him and behaves childishly, so it's easy for fans to forget about that.

The ice in the pants story.

Jaehyun didn't live with the older trainees during trainee and rookies days. I think he joined around 20 y.o.? When did he write that letter to his mother about leaving the nest and fending for himself? Which made him a "small child" even more in the hyung line's eyes. He was kept out of "adult conversations". Doyoung's thoughts back then were occupied with how to dress everyone nicely to look as cool adult during Jae's graduation and how to keep him warm during winter with scarves.

[mysmorgasbordoffantabulosa]

Ok, people may not like this but I don't understand Tae's constant tata mic face. I get it he is different from V's persona but who makes faces like that so much. I have observed him in Run BTS and several interviews, it had been there but now in interviews or any content it's just there.

You think it's his one of his personas or in real life too he makes such kind of faces.

I think Tata Mic Face (TMF) is kinda cute. But I know some might not like it. Though it's not like he rolls it out every 5 mins, the people who make this more annoying is perhaps the fandom bigging it up thus making that aware to Tae who in turn continues to display it.

I don't think TMF is a persona, I think it's his more evolved form of Aegyo.

[yadaisha]

A little something I wrote last weekend. Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

Canon complicit

VMin

Genderqueer Jimin and Tae, Pan Yoongi

Self-discovery

Also posted on Twitter!

I wanted to write a fic about a Jimin who got bullied for his feminine name, for his soft face, for his ‘girly’ hobby. A Jimin who sought acceptance by dancing and dressing as masculine as he could, by hungering until his jaw finally looked sharp and defined.

Who met Yoongi and recoiled. Yoongi should be cold and badass and the epitome of masculinity. But he wasn’t. He was soft-spoken and caring and knew how to sew and cook. He liked doing aegyo and being silly.

He liked kissing boys just as much as kissing girls.

He said there’s no difference, only people.

And this Jimin got confused. Because- there’s only men and women, right? Only being a guy or being a girl, right?

Who better to ask than their leader who hated that he hurt people and went to learn how to never do that again.

So Jimin asked and Namjoon. Namjoon took a long while to answer, well-thought out and trying to explain all those foreign concepts as best he could in Korean. It made Jimin’s head swim, half of it making no sense whatsoever at first.

But then.

Then he had time to digest.

Between fittings and scoldings and heavy makeup.

Where he looked into the mirror and for the first time in years thought he might like what he saw.

When they were doing their own makeup, it was rough and unrefined and very late 2000s. But now that the noonadeul were taking care of it, Jimin saw something… attractive there. The eyeshadow was nothing he’d ever have tried on his own. Neither was the lipstick.

He turned his head this way and that and thought about the definition of masculinity and how it was so, so varied even among the seven of them.

Maybe the yelling in his ears would never die down, maybe those insults would forever cut Jimin when he saw himself like this, but the joy, pure unadulterated joy, would forever be worth it.

It began like this. Seeing the feminine and accepting it. Realising that it didn’t and never could taint his masculinity.

But then.

But then he started to experiment. And realised. That perhaps it wasn’t just a- a feminine side.

Taehyung brought back a pair of heels so high, Jimin was convinced he’d fall over should he try to wear them and yet all he felt was utter envy that Taehyung got to wear them, dance in them. He watched, jaw tight, as Taehyung pranced through the small living room, and left, far too abruptly to escape anyone’s notice.

And sure enough, not a minute later Taehyung came into Jimin’s room without so much as a by your leave. They fought, Jimin throwing around words whose knife-sharp edges he knew all too well, and Taehyung called him a disappointment.

It was never just about a dumpling.

But it was four o’clock when Jimin finally made his way to the playground after a gruelling talk about his feelings with Yoongi of all people. Mostly because Namjoon was busy talking to Taehyung and neither Seokjin nor Hoseok wanted to get involved.

And Jungkook. Jungkook was mostly confused, watching with scared eyes as his hyungdeul fought about something seemingly inconsequential for days.

But it was past four o’clock, almost morning, almost time to start their day, when Jimin stepped onto the playground, sitting down wordlessly next to Taehyung and staring out across the darkened park. It took him a while, the words still lodged in his throat from shame and anger and guilt.

But once he started, he couldn’t stop speaking, only interrupted when Taehyung wordlessly took his hand at some point. He spent a moment staring, their fingers intertwined and comically out of proportion to his tired mind.

And as the sky grew lighter around them, night indeed the darkest just before morning, Taehyung, using words he clearly wasn’t quite familiar with yet, told Jimin just how alike they were, just how deeply Jimin’s words had cut.

Jimin was sobbing by the time Taehyung finished and he was on his knees before Taehyung could stop him, rubbing his hands and begging for forgiveness because how could he ever do what others had done to him? And to Taehyung to boot. To his best friend. His soulmate.

By the end they were both kneeling and crying, their arms wrapped around one another so tightly, Jimin knew he’d feel the embrace for hours to come.

And under the first rays of the sun, Jimin pulled back, just far enough to cup Taehyung’s face, to stroke his cheek and smile, asking for forgiveness one last time before he leaned in and pressed his lips to Taehyung’s cold cheek.

It made Taehyung gasp, but if Jimin expected him to pull away and laugh it off, he’d have been sorely disappointed, because instead Taehyung leaned in, pressing their lips together, something chaste enough to brush it of as friendly. But Jimin felt it down into the tips of his frozen toes, of his fingers clenched in Taehyung’s hoodie.

They parted and Jimin knew they had found stable ground. No more lies, no more masks between them. No more omitted words about shared feelings.

They left the park with held hands and new certainty, but Jimin knew that whatever was between them was a whispered secret in the pre-dawn light. Known to the others by sheer inescapability, but melting as morning mist under the sunlight.

With how many words they had already spoken between the lines, they didn’t mind adding a few more.

And when Jimin managed for the first time to walk on Taehyung’s insane heels without falling, Hoseok was there to cheer him on and Jungkook demanded a turn, completely convinced he’d be able to nail it at once. Thankfully the small bruise on his forehead was easily hidden by makeup though Jimin and Taehyung couldn’t help but tease the maknae for his hubris.

Heels were not the last thing Jimin tried on and out. There were skirts and trousers and tops of all kinds and he became a little daring, tucking away as much as he could and wearing trousers that accented his hips and thighs.

It still got too much some times. Even with Taehyung’s soothing lips and Yoongi’s steady hands. Even with Namjoon’s reassuring words and Hoseok’s warm hugs. With Seokjin’s quiet companionship and Jungkook’s ability to distract him.

There were days where Jimin was infinitely glad about being bone-tired and not awake enough to perceive his body. Where he let the makeup and styling noonadeul do whatever they wanted without checking the result in the mirror before he went on stage.

Days where seeing either side of the coin in the mirror would have been more than he could bear.

And then a time came where he wasn’t being perceived by anyone at all. Not even Taehyung was allowed to visit and Jimin lost all concept of dressing to be seen for a while. He was lost in so many ways, drifting in the darkness he hadn’t felt this keenly in years.

Not dressing in any particular way, not seeing a stylist or makeup artist for weeks for the first time in years, meant a freedom over his looks that Jimin almost forgot.

He didn’t even know what led to him sitting down in front of his bathroom mirror, so late at night it probably was morning again, and styling his hair until it fell the way he’d seen on some of the noonadeul in the company. He pulled out the small makeup kit he’s owned for years now and applied it with a practiced hand, going for a soft look.

When he finally stepped back, Jimin had to squeeze his eyes shut for a long moment before he dared to peek at his full reflection, seeing something he feared for so long which only filled him with quiet contentment now.

With shaking hands he pulled out his phone and found the chat app he and Taehyung used for their top secret discussions of sex and gender. He texted Taehyung, knowing that he wouldn’t be up yet, but not able to stop himself from saying,

I think I’m a woman today, gomdori

A shudder ran through him and Jimin sank down onto the tiles, both hiding from his reflection and hiding his reflection from his own eyes.

He looked down, tracing the tiles with his eyes and fearing, fearing, fearing that today was every day and every day meant- meant pain and lying, even more than he already did.

He gasped when his phone vibrated in his hand and accepted Taehyung’s call with a small smile.

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Bad Prosecutor Ep. 10 Recap

Jin Jung learns about his father's past from Jae-Kyung. He realizes that Seo Hyun-Kyu had something to do with his father's death. Although Jae-Kyung urges Jin Jung to let go of the case, Jin Jung vows to put Seo Hyun-Kyu away for good. Meanwhile, Jin Jung remembers that the MP3 player belonged to his father and attempts to unlock the files.

If you want to watch the series for yourself, stop reading! This post contains spoilers to the storyline.

Jae-Kyung and Chairman Seo have a history of being on opposing sides of a case. Jae-Kyung was the only one who recognized that Chairman Seo manipulated the case. As a result, a stand-in suspect went to jail while his client went free. Jae-Kyung began investigating Kangsan Law Firm, but Deputy Chief Lee intervened and reassigned him to the Civil Affairs Division. Jae-Kyung received a call from a reporter, Jung's father, who allegedly gathered hard evidence against Chairman Seo and put it on a MP3 player. After the reporter's death, Jae-Kyung thought the evidence was lost, but Deputy Chief Lee gave it to him. Jae-Kyung is unsure how it got there but he thinks that Tae-Ho might know.

During their conversation, Chairman Seo unexpectedly arrives and suggests that something may happen to Jung's mother. Concerned, the prosecutor rushes to check on her. Jung finds his mother just in time to witness a close call with the Truck of Doom, which is eerily similar to his father's "accident". Fortunately, his mother is able to move out of harm's way.

Jung confronts Do-Hwan in anger to obtain the dashcam footage from the night of the murder that captured the real culprit. To Jung's surprise, Do-Hwan hands it over without hesitation.

After reviewing the footage, Jung determines that Ji-Han is the true culprit of the murder. They bein investigating him immediately. To confirm his identity as the man with the fidget spinner in the dashcam footage, Eun-Ji and Joong-Do follow him to a tennis court. At Joong-Do's suggestion to "flirt", Eun-Ji is forced to make somej aegyo faces to distract Ji-Han. In the end she punched the fire alarm to create a distraction.

Jung and his team confirmed Ji-Han's hospital records from the night of the murder, where he received treatment for his injured hand. A-Ra issued a warrant for his arrest reviewing the hospital's CCTV footage.

While waiting for the arrest results, Jung listens to music on the MP3 player at a park. The songs are apparently ones he and his father used to listen to when he was younger. Jae-Kyung arrives and warns him against fighting Chairman Seo, but Jung insists that Jae-Kyung should either let him fight or leave everything to him. Jung is as stubborn as always.

Unfortunately, the arrest was stopped before anything happened because Chairman Seo acted quickly. Jung went to confront the judge, but instead found Chairman Seo there. The chairman was extremely confident in his power and abilities.

Jung and his crew are back to square one. However, they are surprised when A-Ra receives a call confirming the issuance of an arrest warrant. Tae-Ho and Jae-Kyung were able to convince the judge to issue the warrant, possibly through blackmail. Tae-Ho as additional evidence against the chairman. On the day of the arrest, Chairman Seo tells Ji-Han to go to prison, promising that no father will abandon their son. Jung promises Chairman Seo that he will be arrested next as Ji-Han is taken away.

Jung's next step is to determine the password for the file on the MP3 player. He called his mom for advice and attempted their birthdays, but to no avail. The password is related to his father's motorcycle. Jung and Jae-Kyung watch the footage from the locked file.

Chairman Seo is seen in a video attempting to make an underhanded deal with two men. When he fails to convince one of them, he axes the older man to death. Jung's father accidentally made noise while filming, which alerted Chairman Seo and caused him to flee. That is why Jung's father had a collision with a Truck of Doom. After watching the footage, Jae-Kyung is even more determined to remove Jung from the case. Jae-Kyung expresses that he cannot bear to lose anyone else, including Jung. However, the prosecutor shares the same sentiment and suggests that they work together to protect each other.

Jae-Kyung has agreed to work with Jung, allowing him to leave for his mother's birthday. He even serenades her. Unfortunately, upon returning to the office, Jae-Kyung contacted Chairman Seo, claiming to have the MP3 player he desired. In the midst of the mini-celebration, Jung received some devastating news: Jae-Kyung was found dead in their office.

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BTS Content Watchlist: June-September 2013

This list includes official fan content, member logs, and variety show appearances.

Master post: BTS Content Watchlist

June 2013

130612 [EPISODE] 2 COOL 4 SKOOL debut single jacket photo shooting

130612 [EPISODE] 2 COOL 4 SKOOL debut single MV shooting

130616 BTS' Log

130618 Suga's Log

130619 [BANGTAN BOMB] VJ Jungkook

130619 Jimin and V's Log

130620 [BANGTAN BOMB] Syub and Jin and Kook’s Exciting Dance Moves

130620 Jimin and Jungkook's Log

130621 Rap Monster's Log

130623 [BANGTAN BOMB] First time meeting the infrared camera

130624 [EPISODE] BTS Debut Day

130625 [BANGTAN BOMB] What does BTS do when they're sick?

130628 Jin's Log

130630 [BANGTAN BOMB] A game Bangtan plays in the dressing room

July 2013

130701 비눗방울 세계에 온 걸 환영하네

130701 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jimin's Rap

130702[EPISODE] Like Showcase Sketch

130702 Rap Monster's log

130703 Suga's log

130704 [BANGTAN BOMB] Tom and Jerry Suga and Jimin and Jin

130704 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jungkook "It's hot right"

130704 J-Hope's log

130707 [BANGTAN BOMB] VJ Jin Debut

130707 [BANGTAN BOMB] Kind and Big Lion Styling

130708 [BANGTAN BOMB] Cool Spray

130710 V's log

130713 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jungkook wants to eat a donut

130713 Jin's log

130714 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jin's aegyo

130718 [BANGTAN BOMB] V's glasses

130718 Jungkook's Log (ft Jimin and V)

130719 [BANGTAN BOMB] The happening in Changwon 1: Watermelon

130719 [BANGTAN BOMB] The happening in Changwon 2: Ice cream match

130722 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jungkook drawing 'I like it'

130722 V's Log

130723 Jimin's log

130724 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jimin's see-through sleeveless shirt

130724 Rap Monster's log

130725 [BANGTAN BOMB] Tae Magazine News

130726 Jin and Jimin's log

130728 Suga's 2 Cool 4 Skool album review

130728 J-Hope's log

130729 [BANGTAN BOMB] V's hard dance practice

130731 [BANGTAN BOMB] VJ Jin is back

August 2013

130805 [BANGTAN BOMB] Eye contact with Jin

130805 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jimin's tumbling skill

130806 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jungkook's sight

130807 Suga's log

130811 [BANGTAN BOMB] Suga with basketball

130812 [BANGTAN BOMB] Singing Born Singer

130814 [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS with helium-filled balloon

130815 [BANGTAN BOMB] Jimin is really older than Jungkook

130816 Jungkook's log

130817 [BANGTAN BOMB] QA time in yellow Post-It room

130818 BTS like [BANGTAN BOMB] BAAAM of Dynamic Duo

130819 [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS dance time

130821 [BANGTAN BOMB] J-Hope and Jungkook are Rappers

130822 [BANGTAN BOMB] Sleeping beau...ty!

130822 V's log

130823 Jimin's log

130825 Rap Monster's log

130829 J-Hope's log

September 2013

130903 Rookie King 1

130904 Jin's log

130907 Rap Monster and Jungkook's log

130908 J-hope and V's log

130909 Jimin's log

130910 Rookie King 2

130911 [EPISODE] N.O MV Shooting

130911 [EPISODE] O! RUL8,2? Jacket Shooting

130917 Rookie King 3

130917 [EPISODE] Surprise Birthday Party for Jungkook

130920 [BTS Kkul (Honey) FM 06.13] Congratulation of BTS 100 days

130924 Rookie King 4 - lots of translation missing in the 2nd part :\ you can find this whole series subbed in HD on Viki (paid sub service).

130925 After School Club 24

130926 [BANGTAN BOMB] 1st Mini Album Comeback Feeling

130928 [BANGTAN BOMB] Concept trailer practice

Let me know if a link isn’t working, or if you find something I missed! My ask box is always open, anon or not 💜💜💜