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Suga:
Suga had always been perceptive when it came to his members. He knew what made them angry or sad or happy, he knew what made them tick or what made them calm down. He knew how they felt most of the time with only a glance at their features. When Jungkook was angry he would clench one hand and set his jaw, acting tougher than he really was. When Jim was angry he was like a bitchy soccer mom, and he was definitely stern. And when Taehyung was angry he would just outright say it, after moping for a bit.
So of course Yoongi knew something was odd with Jimin and Jungkook. He could tell by the exchanging of looks and secret eyebrow raises. But what was odd was hard to say. Jungkook and Jimin had always had a weird relationship. Before debut Jimin had utterly adored Jungkook because of how close in character to his younger brother he was. But as they grew as people and idols, it had simmered down. Ok the other hand, Jungkook had always been shy and reserved towards all the members, but especially Jimin. However, as time had passed, suddenly he was overly affectionate with jimin.
Yoongi had his suspicions, like they were going to cover a song, or they were going to make a dance video, but it went farther than that. They spent time in Jungkook and Namjoon's room with the door locked tight and music blasting through the speakers. They went out to convenience stores by themselves and came back with little smiles on their faces and hands pulling away from each other. They spent their nights together, laughing and eating, never too far from each other.
The tipping point was how openly they had shown affection on camera. One second Jungkook was backhugging Jimin and dancing to a slow song, the next Jimin was resting his head on Jungkook's lap or calling him cute. It seemed as though they didnt care if fans suspected them of anything. So Yoongi was suspecting they were doing more than just covering a song together.
Yoongi had gotten home at 3am, his eyes already almost sealed shut, his head sagging to the side and his feet dragged across the floor. He had spent the past 14 hours in the recording studio trying to perfect the newest album. He was dead on the inside and possibly the outside.
He had unlocked the door to the groups apartment and turned the knob as quietly as possible. He knew if he woke up any of the kids Namjoon and Jin hyung would kill him. He's actually be dead then. He stepped into
the dark entry way, his feet tripping over the stack of shoes by the door. He cursed quietly as he waited for a sign that anyone was awake and sighed in relief when no sign came. Yoongi closed the door and locked it, taking off his shoes and slipping his feet into his slippers.
He walked through the small entry hallway and into the kitchen, tiptoeing towards the cupboard, he picked up a bag of chips. Jin would be proud he was actually eating. He opened the fridge to grab a water bottle and walked towards the living room to catch the last few minutes of his favorite rerun drama (don't judge him, grown men liked dramas too). He opened the chips as he zombie-walked towards the couch. He was about to flop on it when he noticed two bodies already on it.
This wasn't abnormal considering rooms could get hot at night. Sometimes members would sleep in the living room to cool down. Yoongi could make out the small shape of Jimin on top of one of the other members. But what caught his eye was that they weren't sleeping. Oh no, in fact, they were kissing. Jimin was straddling another member on the couch and was making out with him.
Yoongi was going to give up on life. Of course they were making out on his second favorite place in the apartment. No respect towards him or the other members. Yoongi sighed and cleared his throat. The two kissing members ignored him, or he guessed they didn't hear him. Because they were KISSING SO LOUDLY.
Yoongi rolled his eyes and walked in front of the two. He could finally see who was under Jimin. of course it was Jungkook. What else would those suggestive eyebrow raises have meant. Yoongi just wanted to watch his damn drama. he hit the back if Jimin's head and the front of Jungkook's knee, "yah, you fucking idiots."
The two split apart, jumping to opposite sides of the couch and wiping their mouths. They both spoke at the same time, Jimin asking why he was home so early and Jungkook making an excuse of how there was something on his mouth.
Yoongi sat in between the two and turned on the tv, taking a chip out of the bag and munching on it. With his mouth still full, he finally spoke sensing the anxious nature of the two next to him. "I dont care if you two are dating or just fucking, but could you please not do it on the couch, we sit here. Go kick Namjoon out and do it in Jungkook's room dammit. And don't hide this from any other members, you know we'll support you no matter what."
Yoongi heard two small exhales and smirked. They thought he was gonna give them shit about being gay (or whatever they were). He was finally settling into his show when Jimin spoke up, "um, hyung... could you kick him out? He's kinda scary when half asleep."
Yoongi rolled his eyes again and got up. The things he did for his stupid members. But he loved them a fucking lot, so he went to wake the snoring idiot.
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v:
Taehyung was always around Jimin and Jungkook. If you saw one of the two, Taehyung was close by. He was naturally attracted to them, as if they were a magnet. Since he was always around, he usually knew everything that was going on. They vocalized their worries and problems to him. Mainly when they couldn't to each other.
Taehyung had always been in between the two, keeping them at a distance so they weren't as into each other as they wanted to be. It wasn't for any selfish reason, Taehyung didn't think of either of them in a romantic way. He just didn't want their bromance to be broken up if they started to feel... in love. He always knew that they would eventually break that barrier and end up together, but he wanted to keep it at bay.
Taehyung wouldn't care as much if they weren't idols. Being idols made it hard to make and keep friends and be close to them. So if the maknae line were always together, then they would be good to go. Of course, as they were more exposed to the idol world after debuting, it got harder and harder to keep the two from each other.
As they grew up, they grew closer together too. Jimin was always painted as the Jungkook-obsessed member, but in reality, he was the calmer and less affectionate of the two. Whenever Taehyung would look over at the two, Jungkook would be cuddling up to his hyung, his head resting on his chest and hands gripping his waist. Jimin would pat jungkook twice and go back to whatever he was doing.
But on camera, it was the opposite. And the few instances where Jungkook did initiate the skinship, the fans were curious as to why. And that was one reason taehyung wished he'd kept the barrier up. Because once fans looked at it, then media did. And Taehyung didn't want his best friends to be hurt. Because if they were hurt, the whole group would be. And Taehyung knew it could cause them to flood with worries and drift away from each other.
So Taehyung had always known. He'd always known that Jungkook and Jimin would end up together and in love. From the moment he saw them first meet, with starstruck eyes and sweaty palms. He saw the way Jungkook's eyes widened and Jimin smiled further. He saw the small blushes and tugs at hair. And he knew. And to be honest, he shipped it.
So Taehyung wasn't surprised when he walked into Jungkook and Namjoon's room and saw the two asleep, cuddling on Namjoon's bed. This was normal, sometimes a memeber just wanted to have someone near them when they started to miss home and family. But there was a strange intimacy surrounding the two young members.
Taehyung sighed fondly and cooed at the two in his head. He wasn't sure if they were officially together yet. But he hoped they were happy with whatever they were doing.
Then he noticed something underneath the sheets. Taehyung hesitantly snuck towards them, his hand outstretched and he carefully plucked the sheet off of the sleeping boys.
They were shirtless. Actually, they were completely naked. Was that a condom on the floor? Fuck what the fuck. They had fucked.
Hopefully they were official now.
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j-hope:
Hoseok wasn't as preceptive as Yoongi and Taehyung, but he sure did notice some weird things about Jungkook and Jimin. He just thought they were weird straight things, not weird gay things. Whenever Hobi was alone with the two there seemed to be a weird tension and a strange feeling of being the third wheel. But considering how close Kookie and Jimin were, Hoseok thought it was just their friendship.
Then he had accidentally discovered shipping videos on youtube. He hadn't meant to of course, but it was in his recommended and he was curious as to what "Jikook in love part 13" could mean, because? Two members? In love? 13 parts? And the video was 15 minutes long which baffled him even further.
He knew fans, mainly the international ones, really shipped them, but he never thought they went as far as to make videos of them together. And even though he did think it was slightly weird to watch videos of his own members having "moments" he clicked on it anyways because fuck it, he was bored.
So the video started and Hoseok saw it as a joke the first few minutes, sure Jimin and Jungkook had moments on stage, but they all did, it was part of being an idol, you play up the skinship for fanservice. Hoseok rolled his eyes as he saw a comment saying 'the tension at 4:06 is unbelievable'. But he was curious because the comment had over 100 fucking likes. So he waited for 4:06. And what showed up surprised him.
Now, don't get bts wrong, they did watch the videos they were featured in from broadcasts or interviews, but they briefly watched them, and they couldn't watch every. single. one. So the video was one Hoseok had never seen, and what he saw was amazing.
The clip was short, maybe 10 seconds at most. But Hobi replayed it at least 15 times because he was so perplexed by it. How had this aired on NATIONAL television and no one had caught it except these obsessed international fans?
On his phone, Jungkook and Jimin were shown surrounded by other idols, it was obviously a stage. But it wasn't focusing on bts winning the award, oh no. It was focused on the two members. Jungkook and Jimin stood close together, pressed side by side. And Jungkook was looking directly at Jimin. His eyes drifted up and down Jimin's body before his hand that had been previously in front of him, reached around to behind him. In turn, Jimin's eyes widened and he glared at Jungkook before they both licked their lips and looked away.
Jungkook had just squeezed Jimin's ass on national television.
Hoseok may or may not have screamed and replayed it for the nth time. Yep, that was an ass grab. Hoseok gave up on life, he was sacrificing himself to the gods. Because after he saw the butt grab for the 30th time, he continued to watch the video... then he watched part 1 through part 16.
And heloved it.
Oh boy did he love it. He had a new view on 'Jikook' after watching those videos. He had never thought of their skinship as being romantic or filled with tension, but now as he looked back on all the moments he realized just how obvious it had been.
If Jungkook and Jimin showed this much on camera, he knew they showed A LOT more off camera. Of course the awkward tension and heated moments made sense now. And Hoseok was all for this. Those lingering touches on the thighs and obvious stares at the butts, the quick glances and excessive cuddling, everything was fitting together.
The few days after his discovery, he took every chance he could to initiate some moment between the two. Because he shipped them and wanted them to date. So he casually shoved them into closets at random times. And made them sit on each other during the movies (because "theres no room on the couch god damn. No thats not an open space! That's where my feet are going what the fuck"). And maybe forced them to hold hands once or twice.
Hoseok later found out there was no need for that, because the two little shits had been dating the whole time.
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jin:
Seokjin wasn't appointed the role of mother just because he could cook, no it was because he acted like an actual mother. Seokjin was caring, and considerate, he was aware of things that went on and tried to help the members out, and he was able to know things others didn't want him to. Like the fact that Jungkook had had a crush on Jimin since their third month of being trainees.
Jungkook hadn't told Seokjin, he definitely had not trusted the hyung enough to come out to him, but Seokjin was able to guess. When Jungkook had gone to him asking for advice, Seokjin thought it was just a small crush on a girl trainee. But as Seokjin delved deeper into it, he realized the similarities between this crush and Jimin, and he witnessed the stares Jungkook directed towards Jimin. So it wasn't hard to find out.
Jungkook used to go a deep red whenever he was near Jimin, always asking his opinion on things and asking if he had a good day or if he thought the dance was hard. He would stutter over his words and wring his hands together, absently cracking his knuckles and twitching his fingers. when Jimin would smile back and answer, Jungkook's heart would stop and he would smile stupidly, a giggle bubbling out of him, wanting to burst out.
That was how Seokjin knew. because Jungkook was so damn smitten. He was so fond of the older boy and while he tried his best to hide it, he couldn't at all. So Seokjin had found out, but he never thought it would go anywhere. After all, they were idols, and while Seokjin strongly believed love had no boundaries and everyone should love whoever they wanted, he knew being an idol restricted this.
So Seokjin figured Jungkook would never act on his feelings, and he would keep it hidden until they grew out of the idol scene. And who knew when that would be. So of course Seokjin was surprised when Jungkook came up to him, asking about how to tell the company he had a boyf-girlfriend (Jin totally caught the cover up). Seokjin had even asked if it was the same trained from those years ago, and when Jungkook said yes with this stupidly happy smile on his face, Seokjin had screamed.
He then explained how he should first tell the group, and then him and Ji-the trainee should both go up together and ask to be together. He explained they may be met with hate because of the idol-trainee thing (Jin hoped Jungkook understand the underlying meaning). Jungkook had thanked him profusely before stalking off to join Jimin who had been sitting in the corner watching their whole exchange like he wasn't being obvious. Jin had sighed and shook his head as he looked at the two, they were so adorable it was unfair.
A few days later, Jin had gone up to Jungkook asking if he'd told the company yet, when Jungkook said he had, Jin was amazed. He had stopped what he had been doing and only concentrated on Kookie, "what'd they say?"
"They said it was okay, but it'd most likely have to stay secret until it was more accepted. including from you guys... and I mean they yelled for a bit..." Jungkook trailed off. Jin rolled his eyes.
"I know it's you and Jimin dating." Jin said as Jungkook spluttered out, trying to form a coherent response. Jin patted the younger boy on the back and led them to his room. Yoongi was in his studio, so Jungkook and Jin were alone. "Jungkook, I knew from a few days after you told me three years ago."
Jungkook collapsed onto Jin's bed, "so... you knew I liked Jimin... and you didn't tell me? Hyung! I was worrying my ass off thinking you were homophobic. I was a small hormonal boy going through a sexual realization!"
"Sorry, Kookie, I figured you'd rather not admit it to me right away, and then i decided to let it all just play out because I could tell Jimin liked you too." Jin laughed as Jungkook continued to glare at him.
"Well, thanks hyung, Jimin and I are happily dating." Jungkook smiled, his whole face brightening up with joy.
"So, how did you two end up dating?" Jin looked at Jungkook, who was still smiling giddily. Jin couldn't help but feel proud of Jungkook, the boy had been crushing for so long, and now they were together.
"It's actually kind of lame how we got together." Jungkook's face flushed a deep red and Jin laughed, begging Jungkook to tell him.
Jin had always known Jungkook would get everything he wanted, Jimin included.
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Rap Mon:
Namjoon was an intellectual human being who looked at the deeper meaning of everything. Not only was he book smart, but he was also philosophically smart, he knew how to turn everything into a deeper meaning. But Namjoon was also clumsy and oblivious.
Even though Namjoon was the leader and all thd other members confined in him, he never really got what was going on around him. Okay, he knew Jungkook and Jimin had a bit of tension. But he also knew that Jungkook and Jimin were best friends, and all friends had a little tension, maybe not sexual tension, but tension itself.
Namjoon was swamped with work, he was the leader of Bangtan after all. So he never really paid attention to the relationships that were spreading through the group. In fact, he didn't know relationships were spreading in the first place. He just knew that the members were extremely close these days. But he didn't understand the relationship aspect.
Namjoon believed Jimin and Jungkook had somehow wronged the other members. All he ever saw Jin, Hoseok, Tae, and Yoongi doing when they all hung out was plotting. Jungkook and Jimin would sweetly sit on the couch, Jungkook's head on Jimin's chest. And suddenly, the four nuisances would be staring at them, whispering.
When Namjoon confronted Jungkook about it, he just sighed and muttered how the "hyung's were always weird". Namjoon had frowned, asking if Jungkook thought he was weird. Jungkook had put a hand on his shoulder, sighed, nodded his head yes and walked away. Namjoon was not only offended, but he was confused. When had Namjoon ever been anything other than his smart and kind self? Since when was he weird?
It was a few days later when Namjoon was cornered by the four nuisances. He had been sitting on his bed, putting a sock on his foot when his door had slammed open and Hoseok, Seokjin, Yoongi, and Taehyung all piled into his room. They closed the door behind them and even locked it. Namjoon didn't know what was going on but he really hoped it wasn't an attempt at a gang bang. Because Namjoon wasn't one to kinkshame or judge others, but he'd rather not.
He had finished putting his sock on his foot and looked up, his voice trailed off as he asked, "What's up, guys...?" The others had their arms crossed across their chests, their faces serious
"We are here for an intervention." Seokjin said as he sat down on Jungkook's bed, the other's following suit.
"I swear, if this is about me not drying my back you can all fuck off becau-" Namjoon was cut off.
Yoongi rolled his eyes and spoke up, "this is about Jungkook and Jimin. Not your hygiene issues."
"Jungkook and Jimin?" Namjoon raised an eyebrow. What was so important about those two? Had they gotten into a fight again? Namjoon knew some weird tension was between them, they had been fighting. Of course that was it. Namjoon sure was a genius. He smiled to himself.
Hoseok opened his mouth and closed it again, he put a hand up to his chin and rubbed it. "How do I explain this?" He asked and awkwardly waved his hand through the air. It settled on Taehyung's chest, and he spoke up again, "Tae here will explain it."
"Me?" Taehyung asked with a raised eyebrow. Rolling his eyes as Jin whispered 'they're your best friends', bc they were all best friends. "Okay, fine. Me it is. Assholes. Anyway, Joonie hyung, Jimin and Jungkook are having a kind of complicated relationship right now."
"They're fighting again, aren't they?" Namjoon inquired, he didn't wait for an answer as he continued, "I knew there was a weird tension there. They are in the middle of an argument. Of course. Namjoon, you sure are incredible, deducing this all by yourself. No wonder your IQ is so high. They don't call me Brain Monster for nothing. Fuck yeah." Namjoon had gotten up mid-speech doing an awkward dance of celebration.
"If you're done with the self-praise and talking about yourself in 3rd person, yeah that's not what's going on." Yoongi stated, his eyes heavy as he looked at Namjoon dead on. Namjoon stopped at his gaze, and sat back down.
"Well then what's going on?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
Taehyung opened his mouth again, a sigh leaving before his deep voice echoed in the room, "They're fucking. No, it's more than that. They're dating. We're thinking for a few months now. It's kind of funny they haven't told us, especially since we kept trying to hook Jungkook up with that cute trainee. You'd think Jimin would've snapped. Yeah, anyways, they're a couple, and we have a bet on who's the top and who's the bottom, so wanna place $50?" Taehyung rambled as Namjoon stared blankly at the four in front of him.
He couldn't believe it, they were dating? That was not what Namjoon was expecting at all when the boys first came in. How could he mot have known? He was the leader, he had the highest IQ. He was Brain Monster for fuck's sake. And yet he couldn't tell his precious dongsaengs were dating. And these four had? What was Namjoon's life coming to?
"They're DATING?" Namjoon exclaimed, his voice rising significantly in pitch. Everyone else winced at the falsetto that left his mouth and nodded their heads. "Well fuck me. I never would've expected that."
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All:
The couple broke the news to all the members during their weekly group sessions the following Friday night. They were sat around Yoongi and Jin's room, spread out as much as they could in the small space. They had been talking about the new choreo, and Namjoon and Jin were being praised because they were catching on fast, while Yoongi was getting the roasting because he was slowly learning it.
Hoseok had been mid sentence, commenting how Yoongi looked like the SpongeGar meme while dancing, when Jungkook had slammed his hands on the floor and blurted the words.
"Jiminie hyung and I are dating!" Everyone had paused, including Jimin who looked wide eyed at Jungkook like he had no idea they were in fact dating.
"We all know. Thanks for telling us months later by the way." Jin inputed as he went back to comparing Yoongi's current blue hair to sonic, and saying he should put his speed to the test and learn the dance faster.
"What do you mean, you already know? Yoongi hyung knows because he walked in on us kissing. But how do the rest of you know?" Jimin gasped as he turned his wide eyed stare towards the others. Jungkook sat back on his knees and pulled Jimin closer to him.
"Well I found out because you guys don't how to properly dispose of condoms after sex, or lock doors in that case. And I can't believe you slept on Rap Mon Hyung's bed. Shame on you two." Taehyung tutted as he patted Yoongi's head, whispering a small, 'it's okay sonic, no need to go fast' in his ear.
"You fucked on my bed?!" Namjoon shouted, confusion and rage evident in his booming voice.
"Well we couldn't have sex on my bed, there were clothes on it. We washed your sheets afterwards." Jungkook muttered as Namjoon just about died.
"Um, I thought you were dating because I saw compilation videos of you two on youtube made by International fans. You should watch them, they're pretty thrilling. I personally like part 15 the best, but most fans seem to like part 13." Hoseok rambled as everyone stared at him.
Taehyung spoke up next, "I personally prefer the Seokjin hyung and Namjoon hyung ones. Though Hoseok hyung and Yoongi hyung are cute too, I think Yoongi hyung and I have more of an aesthetically pleasing relationship."
"What relationship you fucking over grown gremlin." Yoongi grumbled as he discretely made sure the 'Taegi moments part 5' was not visible on his laptop screen a few feet away.
"Okay, what about you Jin hyung? You were convinced that Jungkook was in love with a Trainee." Jimin said and Jin laughed.
"Oh, I knew about Kookie's crush on you before he even asked you out." Jin smirked, "it was pretty obvious in my eyes how much you liked each other. But I guess that's just because I'm a love expert. I'm surprised Jungkook didn't tell you I knew... we had very interesting conversations about you two.
"Love expert my ass" Namjoon grumbled.
"Wait he knew?" Jimin looked at Jungkook, who quickly excused that and moved on.
"Okay, Namjoon hyung?" Jungkook questioned.
"You see, as the smartest, most intellectual member. I could tell you had a certain tension. And after several scientific deductions, I came to the conclusion that you must be dating." Namjoon said as he clasped his hands together.
"Bullshit. You thought they were fighting, and we had to have an intervention and break it down piece by piece for over an hour for you to understand that they are dating." Jin scoffed as Yoongi thumped Namjoon on the head.
"So this wasn't a surprise at all?" Jungkook asked. The others shook their heads no. "See, hyung, I told you it'd be fine."
"Oh shut up, baby." Jimin grinned as he kissed Jungkook lightly on the lips. "Wanna go to my room?" He asked, one eyebrow raised, a sultry look in his eyes.
Jungkook whispered a hell yeah before he lifted Jimin up and carried him out the room. Hoseok and Taehyung both sighed as they thought about where they would sleep. "I call Jungkook's bed." Hoseok exclaimed.
"Aw, looks like I'll have to sleep with you Yoongi hyung." Taehyung fake sighed as he draped himself on the bed, hitting Yoongi in the face.
Yoongi pushed Taehyung to the floor, muttering out, "you can sleep down there, you muskrat." before swiftly closing his laptop screen.
"I know you watch Taegi videos too, Yoongi Bear. Now let me sleep on your bed." Taehyung commanded. Yoongi grumbled but didn't object as Taehyung crawled back up and cuddled with him.
They were all objecting a few minutes later as they heard the moans and gasps one room over. After a whimper and something that sounded suspiciously like "daddy", the three boys were ready to hold an intervention to kinkshame.