#quarterback!jungkook drabbles
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jungkook & y/n are too shy to admit they like each other and it's cute but also infuriatingly frustrating
➺ pairing; jeon jungkook x reader // quarterback!jungkook x librarian!y/n
➺ genre; sfw!! honk honk humour!! soft soft fluff!! indulging in my wattpad-esque clichés!!
➺ wordcount; 7.3k
➺ summary; as much as you hate having to work on campus over the summer because you’d much rather be tanning on the beach inside of getting progressively paler in the library, you really can’t complain about getting to see a bunch of shirtless, sweaty boys running around on the football field whenever you’re on lunch break… and the fact that one of them is jeon jungkook is certainly an added bonus.
➺ what to expect; “you know, the next time you have an idea, i’d really appreciate if you ran it by me first before being a dickhead and launching a football right at someone-“
➺ currently playing on cee.fm; whatta man (feat. en vogue) — salt-n-pepa
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“yo!”
“oh, jesus-“ you spin around and let out a breath of relief to see that it’s just jennie, pressing your palm flat against your chest before frowning, “you have got to stop doing that! you know, one of these days, i’m going to accidentally clobber you with a book and it’s not going to be my fault if i give you a concussion-“
“oh, please, like you have the hand-eye coordination to actually knock someone out-“ jennie snorts, adjusting the strap of her tote bag over her shoulder before wiggling her brows at you, “you wanna grab some lunch? didn’t your break start, like, ten minutes ago?”
“yeah, but then i saw edna putting books away and i love her because she reminds me of my grandma but god, it was making me anxious seeing her using the ladder,” you gesture over to the creaky wooden ladder at the end of the aisle, “so i told her i’d put the books away for her before i took my break.”
“you work too hard at a job that pays you too little,” jennie purses her lips, glancing down at your cart before grabbing the handle and pushing it forward, “you can come back and finish it! it’s not like the school is going to fall apart if you don’t put a few books back in the next hour-“
“well, i just- jennie- you’re not authorised to touch the cart-“ you press your lips together when you realise that you probably aren’t going to change her mind (you know you won’t) and put the book in your hand away in its place on the shelf before nodding contently, “okay, fine. we can go for lunch, but i’m coming back early to finish the job-“
“yes, yes, don’t worry, i won’t keep you for long-“ jennie teases, looping her arm through yours as the two of you head back towards the front desk so you can grab your bag, “my favourite food truck is back this week and i was thinking about those chilli oil dumplings the whole time i was in class- i honest to god couldn’t even tell you what we talked about today-“
“ooh, i want chilli oil dumplings!” you gasp, energy levels shooting up at the mention of food, “i’m gonna ask if they can give me an extra container of their dipping sauce… how was class?”
“eh, it was alright,” jennie shrugs with a shoulder, letting go of you so you can dip behind the desk to grab your phone and your wallet from your bag, “kinda hate the fact that i have to take summer classes to catch up on my credits, but whatever-“
“maybe if you spent less time with your tongue down taehyung’s throat all semester, then you wouldn’t have to take summer courses…” you tease lightly, jennie’s cheeks flushing bright red before she rolls her eyes and scoffs, “oh, don’t look at me like that! you know it’s true-“
“you’re just jealous because you’ve been wanting to stick your tongue down jungkook’s throat all semester but you’re too much of a wuss to do anything about it-“
“jennie!”
“you know it’s true-“ jennie mocks, and you scowl before reaching over to pinch her arm playfully, laughing lightly when she wraps her arms around herself and starts to make out with the air, “oh, jungkook, wrap your big, strong arms around me-“
“okay, point taken, you lunatic-“
taehyung and jennie have been dating for the last eight months — they met because jennie’s on the cheerleading squad and taehyung’s on the football team and jungkook is one of his team members — which means that you’ve known of jungkook for the last eight months but yes, it’s true that you’ve been too much of a wuss to do anything about it
can anyone blame you, though?? jungkook is just so, painfully attractive with his lopsided, boyish grin and pretty eyes and structured jawline and you certainly don’t have any complaints about the sleeve of tattoos he has
to be perfectly honest, you think you can keep it pretty cool even when you’re around people you find attractive, but there’s just something about jungkook that makes you uncharacteristically nervous
like clammy palms and cottonmouth and endless rambling level of nervous
you’d just hate to embarrass yourself in front of him because he seems a little too good to be true and it makes you want to present yourself as someone who is also on that level… which, of course, is a lot of pressure and has resulted in you spending the last eight months either hiding behind jennie’s back or sitting on the bleachers scrolling through your phone or thumbing through a book while waiting for her to finish up with taehyung whenever you’re on the field in order to avoid jungkook
you haven’t spoken to him too often, but he smiles at you every time he sees you and you smile back and give a wave if you’re feeling a little more brave
other than that, you really haven’t had many conversations with him
“i just don’t understand why you won’t let taehyung set you guys up on a date,” jennie frowns, “like- you literally have inside access to the man and you’re still not making a move-“
“because if taehyung sets us up, then jungkook will feel obligated to go out with me because i’m his best friend’s girlfriend’s best friend- wait- best friend’s… girlfriend’s… best… friend…“ you pause for a second to make sure you got that right before nodding to yourself, “yeah! and- i don’t know, if the date doesn’t go well, then it’d just be awkward-“
“your wussy nature is holding you back, y/n-“ jennie tsks, and you’re about to defend yourself but you feel your tummy do a flip when you realise that you guys are approaching the field (you usually cut across because it’s a shortcut to the food truck) and you hear the familiar sound of grunting and whistling, “this feels like a canon event, so i’m just gonna let you figure it out… but i’ll tell you right now that jungkook is a hot, hot target for a lot of people on campus and i can literally get you a date in 0.1 seconds, so… just keep that in mind!”
“what do you want from me??” you puff your cheeks out, “he makes me nervous, i can deal with this crush in whichever way i want-“
“baby!”
both you and jennie look over to see taehyung heading over with a bright grin, the man clearly excited to see his girlfriend
“speaking of a very attractive person-“ jennie giggles, waving at him as she unloops her arm with yours and picks up her pace
you stay at the same pace as you follow her trail, keeping a polite smile on your face as you watch your friend run up to the love of her life
“there you are, i was wondering when you’d come around-“ jennie lets out a squeal when taehyung swoops her up in sweaty, damp-jersey hug before plopping her back down on the ground and giving her a kiss, “hi, y/n-“
“hi, taehyung-“ you laugh lightly, nodding towards him in acknowledgement as you stand at an appropriate distance away from the happy couple, “nice to see you again in all your sweaty glory.”
“nice to see you again in all your-“ taehyung gestures to you with a teasing smile, “librarian glory. how’s the summer job treating you?”
“i’m getting paler by the minute and i’m starting to forget how to talk to people like a normal human being.” you joke, “you never stop by!! i’d be more than happy to give you some books to read if you ever take a break from training-“
“respectfully, those books would collect dust on my shelf-“
“we were talking about jungkook earlier-” jennie interrupts taehyung, reaching up to pat his chest with a giggle, “and how much y/n looooves him-”
“jennie…” you can’t help but roll your eyes playfully — as much as you adore jennie, sometimes you just wished she wasn’t as stubborn because once she has her sights set on something, she’ll do practically anything to reach her goal
and her new goal (the previous one was to cuff taehyung, which was an obvious success) is to set you up with jungkook because it’s painfully obvious how huge of a crush you have on him
“oh shit, you wanna say hi to him?” taehyung grins mischievously, turning back slightly to look over his shoulder, “okay, lemme see if i can get your husband’s attention-“
“woah, wait-“ your eyes widen in panic and you lick over your lips before shaking your head frantically, “i don’t- we were just gonna get lunch, i don’t think-“
“yo, kook!” taehyung hollers, holding a hand up before sticking his fingers into his mouth to whistle loudly, “jeon jungkoooook!“ he waves his arm wildly to get jungkook’s attention before stepping aside so that he’s not blocking the view
you feel your entire mouth go dry as soon as taehyung steps aside, your eyes immediately being graced with the sight of a tanned, shirtless jungkook dunking a bottle of ice cold water over the top of his head before shaking it off, tendrils of hair falling perfectly into place as he tosses his head back
he opens his mouth as he pours the last few drops of water into into it before crushing the plastic bottle against his chest with one hand and tossing the flattened piece of plastic into the recycling bin, the bottle bouncing off the rim of the bin before falling into it
jungkook reaches up to run his fingers through his hair as he spins back around and jogs back to join the others, his chest bouncing with every step and oh my god, you need to close your mouth before a fly buzzes right on in
droplets of water seem to glisten against his sun kissed complexion, and you find yourself letting out a breath you didn’t even realise you’d been holding when he turns around and gives you a very generous view of his toned back tapering down into what you can really only describe as a slutty little waist
good lord
“…is he moving in slow motion?” your voice wavers slightly as the question stumbles out of your mouth, and you wouldn’t be surprised if the lenses of your glasses start to fog up because of the heat radiating from your face right now
“jungkook!”
jungkook looks over his shoulder when taehyung calls for him again and you certainly don’t miss the way his biceps flex when he reaches up to adjust the bandana tied around his left arm
“get over here, bro!” taehyung gestures for him to come over and jungkook shoots him a thumbs up
“one sec, lemme dry off!” jungkook responds, pointing over to the benches where all their duffle bags are, “hi, jennie!”
“hi, jungkook!” jennie waves back before holding a hand over her eyes to shield herself from the sun before turning around to look at you, “oh my god, you are so in love with him-“
“oh, i am not-“ your cheeks flush and you shrink down a little, reaching up to rub the back of your neck, “i just- he’s-“
“we’d be honoured to speak at your guys’ wedding, by the way-“ taehyung smirks, and you hate the way that jennie has one to match with his, the two of them very clearly enjoying how much of an effect jungkook has on you
they certainly are the perfect couple
a match made in hell
“hey, guys!”
you quickly stand up a little straighter when you see jungkook jogging over, and you almost wonder if the universe is just testing you today when he slides a raw-hemmed crop top over his head, the cut-off sleeves making his arms look more biteable than they already do, “it’s a beautiful day out, thanks for coming out to say hi-“
“oh, of course! y/n and i were just gonna grab lunch-“
“hey, specs-“ jungkook flashes you the same crooked grin that makes your heart skip multiple beats in your chest and you know it’s only a nickname but you can’t help but feel a little giddy over the fact that he even gave you one in the first place (he complimented your glasses the first time you met), “those new?”
“these?” you reach up to adjust the wire-rimmed oval shaped frames sitting on the bridge of your nose, “yeah, i just- i accidentally sat on my old pair and i figured i’d just get a new set- thought i’d try a different style, so…“
“i like ‘em! very 90s, really cute-“ jungkook reaches over and flicks your glasses upwards a little, grin widening when he sees the blush spread across your cheeks
“thank you!” you clear your throat when your voice cracks a little and you adjust your glasses slightly before offering him a meek little smile, “i like your crop top. also very 90s of you and really cute-“
“you know what else is cute?” jennie interrupts, and you’re about to stop her from saying anything that’s going to embarrass you further (it’s her favourite thing to do and she claims she does it out of love and also to build character), “food, because i am starving. y/n and i were on our way to grab some food — did you boys want anything from the dumpling truck?”
“ooh, maybe grab one of those scallion pancakes for me for after practice??” taehyung swings an arm around jennie’s shoulder, “if i eat one now i’m definitely going to blow chunks mid-tackle.”
“and i’ll be the one having chunks blown on them because we’re partners for tackle practice…” jungkook shudders, crossing his arms over his chest, “i’m good though, thanks for the offer!”
“alright! well, if no one else has anything else to add to this conversation-“ jennie looks over at you and gives you a little look that you know translates to please, for the love of god, make a move only for you to purse your lips and shake your head no, “…okay! one scallion pancake for tae-“
“kook, you got anything to add?” taehyung looks over at jungkook and jungkook shakes his head no as well, frowning a little when taehyung gives him a look that he’s not sure what message is being expressed with, “…okay. one scallion pancake for me, i guess.”
“we’ll let you two get back to it! i’ll see you in a bit, baby-” jennie pops a quick kiss on taehyung’s cheek before joining your side again and looping her arm through yours, “don’t lose too many brain cells during practice!”
“can’t lose any if you didn’t have any to start with-“ jungkook chimes in, dodging a punch on the arm before letting out a cackle and going into a full sprint when taehyung suddenly lunges at him, “see you later, jennie! bye, specs!”
“‘bye, specs-‘“ jennie quotes, nudging your side as the two of you continue your trek, “you can’t tell me you don’t think he’s not a little into you-“
“my theory is that he knows i’m very into him and it makes his ego feel good so he just acts in ways that’ll make me all flustered so that-“
“okay, i’m gonna stop you right there and i’m going to say this out of love and also because i know you and i know the way you think, but i know for a fact that you think jungkook is out of your league and that’s what’s making you shrivel up into such a wimpy little shrimp whenever he’s in close proximity-“
“wha-“
“at the end of the day, jungkook is literally just a man.” jennie tsks, shrugging with one shoulder, “if he doesn’t like you, it would clearly be his loss because you’re a beautiful, loyal, witty, well-educated baddie-“
“you sound like such a cheerleader right now-“
“-but also he very clearly likes you so obviously he has his priorities right and a solid head on his shoulders-“ she spins over to stand in front of you, grabbing both your shoulders and giving you a shake, “stop getting into your own head. he is just a man. if it’s not him, it’s not the end of the world. if you don’t try, the answer is always gonna be no.”
“…i don’t like how well you know me.”
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you’ve spent so much time in the library this summer that you’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to be in the sun — lucky for you, it was a slow day at the library and one of your co-workers came in a little early before his shift and very generously offered to cover for you, meaning that you could join jennie on the bleachers for lunch and actually sit and bask in the sun inside of buying lunch and hustling back to the library like you usually do
“c’mon, fellas, you can do better than that!”
the sound of the whistle blowing makes you peel an eye open as you look down towards the field, a smile twitching at the corner of your mouth when you hear taehyung letting out a groan before collapsing dramatically on the floor
your eyes wander over to jungkook, watching as he readjusts his bandana around his head to keep the hair out of his eyes
he claps his hands together and crouches down slightly before gesturing for taehyung to come at him, his eyebrows scrunched in concentration and his jaw clenched slightly
“are you listening to me or are you too busy drooling over jungkook?”
“i’m listening, i’m listening…” you let out a sigh of contentment, letting warm rays of sun wash over your skin as you lean back against the bleachers with your elbows on the steps and your head tilted back slightly
you swear you’re a good friend and a great listener, but jennie’s been babbling on and on about something for the last ten minutes and you’re starting to zone out a little bit
“i mean, seriously… how hard is it to slap a couple of sentences onto a slide and make it work? this is why i hate group projects, and i especially hate the summer school students because they’re just so damn lazy and no one ever puts in the work and then there’s always one person who ends up having to do everything and everyone still gets credit for it!” jennie scoffs, chewing on her straw with a scowl, “it’s due tomorrow and half of my group mates haven’t uploaded their slides yet-“
“well, didn’t you say you haven’t uploaded yours yet either?” you frown, raising a hand to block the sun from your eyes before squinting a little
jennie pauses, pursing her lips in thought, “…yes, but i’m just waiting to see what they’re going to do before i upload mine-“
“then maybe they’re doing the same thing and all of you are just wasting each other’s time?” you suggest with a weak shrug, reaching over to pick up your drink and take a sip (it’s a strawberry lemonade slushie and it was the perfect choice for this lovely summer afternoon)
“you know, as my best friend, you’re supposed to have my back and this just feels like a personal attack-“
“jennie, baby!” both you and jennie look out towards the field to see taehyung waving his arms around wildly, “check it out, check out how far i can throw the ball! i’m gonna get it right into the goal, you watch me-” he backs up a few steps before drawing his right arm back and throwing the football in one sharp-
“mine!” jungkook leaps up into the air all of a sudden and catches it swiftly, hugging the football to his chest before dashing off into a sprint towards the goal posts, “lunch is on you if i get this goal-“
“what the-“ taehyung’s eyes widen in surprise, “you little shit, get back here!” he snaps, chasing after him and pouncing on his back before jungkook can get to the goal
the two of them tumble to the ground, jungkook letting out a grunt as he lets go of the football and lets it roll away
“you so did that just to get y/n’s attention.” taehyung huffs, wincing as he stares up at the sky, “jesus, i am not made for tackling, i have no idea how i made it onto the team-“
“because you’re the fastest runner and- also, i did not do that just to get y/n’s attention-“
“okay, mr. quarterback, your job is to throw or hand the ball off and i just find it funny that you stopped practicing that as soon as you realised y/n was in the bleachers- there are other ways to get her attention.”
“i wasn’t doing it for attention!” jungkook props himself up onto his elbows with a frown before pursing his lips and tilting his head a little, “…is she looking at us, though?”
“she’s talking to jennie.” taehyung snorts, getting back up onto his feet and picking the ball up before holding a hand out for jungkook, “you wanna get her attention? because i have a little idea.”
“what’s your- taehyung, wait-“
“did you still wanna watch barbie together this weekend?” you turn to look over at jennie as you bring your cup back up to your mouth for a sip (your drink is starting to turn into a warm, strawberry lemonade syrupy soup and it’s not very pleasant), “or are you seeing that with tae?”
“well, i was thinking we could actually do a little double date situation if you’re up to it…” jennie grins, reaching over to swat your knee, “it’s a movie date! it’s like two hours of being in a dark room with jungkook sitting next to you and you won’t have to make conversation, you’re gonna be fine-“
“well yeah, but then after the movie’s over we’re probably gonna go get food and-“
“incoming!”
“wha- oh!” you yelp in surprise when a football lands on you out of nowhere, the cap on your drink popping open and subsequently making you spill it on yourself as you get up frantically, “oh, god…” you set your cup down on the metal steps as you look down at your soaked tank top and jeans, the sweet-sticky fragrance of strawberry lemonade invading your nostrils
“aw, it’s on my bag!” jennie scowls, looking at the two droplets of pink staining the cream of her tote bag with a frown, “this artificial pink is gonna take forever to wash out-“
“yeah, tell me about it-“ you wince, shaking your hands off as you continue analysing the mess
it’s quite literally all over your tank top and lap and you don’t have a spare top or pants with you, so the only plan you have right now is to book it to the campus bookstore and buy an overpriced t-shirt
you hate to admit it but it looks like you pissed your pants big time, so maybe you’ll have to buy a pair of overpriced basketball shorts too
“are you fucking kidding me??? that was your idea of- oh my god, you dumbass-” jungkook snaps, turning to look at taehyung incredulously before sprinting over to the bleachers
“hey, it got her attention!”
jungkook wipes his clammy hands on his jersey as he dashes up the steps two at a time until he gets to you and jennie, feeling his cheeks burn slightly when he sees you standing there soaked in your drink and obviously not knowing what to do
“shit, y/n, i’m sorry-“ jungkook bends down to pick up the football before it can roll down the steps, “i’m so sorry, i was supposed to catch that but taehyung’s aim seems to be a little off this afternoon-“ he turns his head for a second to shoot a glare at taehyung, who is very leisurely making his way up the stairs as if he didn’t just pelt you with a football and make you waste your drink
“i’m fine! don’t worry about it, i’m fine-“ you laugh lightly, shaking your hands off and peeling your tank top from your stomach slightly, already feeling gross from how sticky everything is against your skin, “good throw, tae-“
“thank you! i have to say it was one of my best throws, if i’m being honest.” taehyung wiggles his brows, plucking the ball from jungkook’s arm before swooping down to give jennie a kiss, “you two enjoying the sun?”
“we were, until that happened-“ jennie reaches up to pinch taehyung’s cheek, “your aim must be horrible if the football landed in the bleachers.” she raises an eyebrow and gives him a look that tells him that she knows he did that on purpose, because of course he would do something like this on purpose
“i have a spare jersey and shorts in my bag, i can go get that for you right now-“
“oh, jungkook, you really don’t have to do-“ you don’t get a chance to finish before jungkook is dashing down the steps and you puff your cheeks out before looking down at yourself again, “i… should probably go rinse this off-“
“rinsing that off in the sink isn’t going to get the pink out.” taehyung snorts, “i’ve had that strawberry lemonade before. the pink food-dye they use is potent. if you took an x-ray right now, all of your organs would be neon pink-”
“great, that’s great to know- lemme head to the washroom now-“
“i’ll come with-“ jennie’s ears prickle slightly when she hears the familiar sound of the sprinklers turning on (they’ve turned on automatically many times whenever the squad is practicing on the field) and a lightbulb appears at the top of her head before her lips turn up in a devious grin, “there is a faster way to clean you off, actually. tae, can you go check on the spare clothes for y/n?”
taehyung narrows his eyes slightly before nodding slowly, turning on his heel and hopping down the steps to go back to jungkook
“you think i should go to the changing rooms instead to take a shower?” you sigh, wincing as you squeeze out excess pink syrup from your shirt and let it drip onto the concrete
and now you got some on your shoes too, so that’s just great
“well, the changing rooms are too far!“ jennie’s tone is suspiciously cheery, and before you know it she has a firm grip on your wrist is yanking you down the steps like her own little ragdoll before she whips around the corner under the archway
“what are you doing?” you frown, watching as she unravels the massive hose and makes sure the nozzle is on securely
“jungkook’s bringing you a change of clothes anyway, so i’m sure you won’t mind if i-“
you barely process what the hell is going on before you’re suddenly being blasted with a hose, another yelp of surprise slipping past your lips before you hold your arms up to dodge the aggressive spray of water directly aimed at you
“jennie!”
“you know, the next time you have an idea, i’d really appreciate if you ran it by me first before being a dickhead and launching a football right at someone-“
“well, it got her attention, didn’t it? and now she’s about to wear your clothes, so like- i don’t really see what the big issue is here.” taehyung sighs, standing with his hands on his hips as jungkook digs through his duffle bag for his spare set of clothes
he only has one set so he’s not sure what he’s going to wear after practice today, but maybe he can get away with spraying himself with a lot of deodorant after he takes a nice hot shower
or he could steal taehyung’s clothes considering the fact he caused the spillage in the first place
“you could’ve hurt them or something! what if that football had landed on her head and given her a concussion?”
“you clearly underestimate my impeccable aim. if i wanted to knock y/n out, i would’ve knocked her ass out in one shot-“ taehyung scoffs, walking alongside jungkook as the two of them start trudging across the field back towards where you and jennie are
“and where am i even supposed to go from here, huh?” jungkook frowns, “ooh, she spilled her drink all over herself and now she has to wear my clothes-“
“clothes that she’ll have to return to you at some point, prompting another sweet but heinously short conversation between the two of you- do you even realise how frustrating it is for me, as your best friend, to watch you clearly be into a girl and not know how to act around her when you could literally cough and make, like, ten people cream their pants-“
“eugh- hate that imagery-“
“well, it’s true!”
“nobody is going to cream their- what the-” jungkook stops in his tracks and holds a hand out to stop taehyung when they get close enough to see jennie literally hosing you down
“there you go, girl!” jennie laughs, raising the hose upwards so that the water is raining down on you, “get into it! get that strawberry lemonade outta your clothes-“
jungkook watches slack-jawed as you run both hands through your hair to slick it back, your tank top glued and scrunched up to the upper half of your abdomen and oh my god, you have a little tattoo on your hip and that is insanely attractive to him
“wait, this was actually such a good idea!” you grin, tilting your head up and clearly enjoying the water raining down on you, “helps with the heat, too-“
“see? all you have to do is listen to me and you’ll be happy!” jennie lowers the pressure of the water so that it turns into a light mist and you let out a laugh, swiping the water off your face before looking down to see if the stains are out of your clothes
“holy shit.” jungkook whispers to himself, his grip squeezing and loosening around the clothes he has fisted in his hand
his entire mouth has gone dry and all of a sudden he also feels the need to be blasted with some cold water to snap out of it
“is my mascara running?”
“yeah, but it’s giving, like, sexy raccoon, you know?”
“you might wanna put that away, bud.” jungkook grunts as taehyung jabs his elbow into his side and he turns his head to frown at him
“ow- what are you talking about?”
the smile grows on taehyung’s face before he presses his lips together to hold it back, “i’m talking about the fact that if you turned to face me right now you would jab me in the thigh.”
“jab you in the-“ jungkook looks down, eyes widening and the blood immediately draining from his face (obviously, because all the blood is heading down south) before he hands the spare clothes over to tae and yanks the towel off his shoulder to cover himself up, “oh my god, fuck-“
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“bye bye, you two!”
“thank you for the clothes, jungkook! i’ll wash them before i give them back to you-“
“no problem! bye… bye…” jungkook waves at you and jennie as the two of you walk off, reaching for his water bottle blindly as a fond smile sits on his face
you look awfully cute in his clothes, that’s all
“you looooooove y/n,” taehyung sings, snatching the water bottle from him with a laugh, “you love her you love her you love her you-“
“oh, cut it out-“ jungkook scowls, reaching for another bottle of water from the pack and twisting the cap off with a crack, “you don’t know what you’re talking about!”
“yeah, alright, specs.” taehyung snorts, rolling his eyes playfully, “remind me again why you haven’t asked her out yet? you know she’s into you. and you’re clearly into her.”
“i just-“ jungkook clears his throat quietly before taking a small sip of water, “i don’t know… flirting is fun and short and easy and i’m just… worried that maybe she won’t like me as much when we’re together and alone for like, three hours on a date.”
“are you nervous to go out with y/n?” taehyung asks incredulously, eyes widening in what seems to be a mixture of shock and joy, “are you shitting me right now? jeon jungkook is scared to ask someone out on a date because he’s worried they won’t like him-“
“it’s a legitimate fear! i’m allowed to be anxious about it-“
“i never said you weren’t allowed to be anxious about it, i’m just saying that you’re jeon jungkook and you have people lining up for you around the block twenty four hours of the day, seven days a week!” taehyung gives him a hearty slap on the back before swooping an arm around his shoulder and forcing him to turn towards the bleachers, “you think those girls over there are here to actually sit and have lunch?”
jungkook looks over at the clusters of girls scattered around the bleachers, each friend group chatting away and picking at their lunches
“well, they’re not just here for me,” jungkook shakes his head, gesturing to the guys all over the field, “it’s a fuckin’ sausage fest out here, they’re here for everyone-“
“but you’re the only one who can fulfil the hot quarterback boyfriend fantasy.” taehyung jabs a finger into his chest with a grin before reaching down to pat his bare abdomen, “and you’re one of the only single guys left. you’re the belle of the ball, baby.”
jungkook looks back over at the people on the bleachers, shooting the girls a friendly smile and a nod of acknowledgement when he notices them staring at them
they burst into fits of giggles, jungkook tilting his head with a cheeky grin and shaking his head again
he doesn’t know if this is going to be douchebaggy of him to think, but he likes making people flustered!! it’s always fun to see their reactions
he likes making you flustered in particular, because there’s just something about your reaction that’s just so damn adorable
sometimes you roll your eyes, sometimes you snort, sometimes you avert your gaze immediately and rub the back of your neck — but he loves the way your eyes widen slightly before your cheeks get rosy
“y/n’s really cool. she’s beautiful, she’s smart, she’s funny, she’s educated, she can hold a conversation-“ taehyung clicks his tongue, “and she has that sexy librarian thing going on if you’re into that- which, by the way, is something that jennie told me to mention to you whenever i try to market y/n off to you-“
“i know she is!” jungkook nods, “and i know she does, and i’m definitely into it, i just- ah, i don’t know. maybe i should ask her out.”
“maybe, maybe not…” taehyung raises an eyebrow, “no pressure! it’s whatever if you decide not to, because i can hook y/n up with namjoon or something-“
“hey, hey, no need for such drastic measures,” jungkook frowns, reaching over to give taehyung a punch on the arm, “…alright, fine. i’ll ask her out.”
»»————- 🏈 ————-««
“so, you’re going to find that in the historical fiction aisle-“ you lean over the counter a little and point to the back, “it’s all the way in the back right to your left. you can’t miss it, the label’s going to be right on the front of the bookshelf.”
“alright, thank you so much.”
“no problem, let me know if you need any help finding anything else.” you smile politely, reaching up to adjust your frames before turning back to look at- “jungkook!”
your eyes widen in surprise and you’re suddenly happy that edna asked you to stay at the front desk to help people when she already knows you always prefer the lowkey jobs
you haven’t seen jungkook in about a week and a bit (you’ve been pretty busy at the library and there’s just not enough time in your lunch breaks to make the long journey across the football field) but you’re pleasantly surprised to see him here
though… it is just the two of you now, without taehyung and jennie as buffers, so… good luck?
“hey, specs,” jungkook flashes you a lopsided grin before looking around, shoving both his hands into the pockets of his varsity jacket, “god, it’s cold in here, no wonder you’re always wearing jeans in the dead of summer.”
“oh, yeah-“ you snort, looking down at your jeans, “i- well, we have to keep the library at a certain temperature because it’s good for the books but- i’m sure you’re not here to listen to me talking about how to keep books in pristine condition- did taehyung give you your clothes back? thank you so much for lending them to me, by the way. you’re a lifesaver.”
“yeah, yeah! no worries, hah- sorry i, uh- disappeared for a bit, i just… had to help coach with something, so i gave the clothes to tae and… yeah.” jungkook clears his throat and averts his gaze when you offer him a smile
“so… can i help you find anything?”
“well, i actually-“ jungkook chokes a little when he looks back up to see you looking right at him, your pretty eyes sparkling behind your glasses as your lashes bat ever so slightly, “first i just wanted to say sorry again for the slushie incident, i guess i just underestimated how far taehyung could throw a ball-“
“oh, god, really, don’t worry about it-“
“okay! in that case, i- uh… i just wanted to…” jungkook doesn’t know why his brain always seems to blank out at the most inconvenient of times but he supposes it’s a character development thing, “book!”
…
book.
he feels himself deflate slightly at how much of a himbo he’s probably making himself seem and he puffs his cheeks out as he thinks about how the hell he can recover from whatever that was
for the record, he’s usually very good at asking people out
like, very good
he’s just a little out of his element!!! the library is your territory and he doesn’t know if he’s being too loud or if he should speak louder and also there’s a queue forming behind him so now he’s just anxious and he feels like he’s wasting everyone’s time and also if you say no that’s just going to be flat out embarrassing and the people behind him are probably going to tell their friends that there was a guy at the library who asked the front desk girl out and she said no and i felt kinda bad for him and-
“you wanted to… book?” you repeat, the corners of your mouth turning up in a slight smile, “well, you’re certainly in the right place for that.”
“actually, i didn’t want to book- i mean, i didn’t want a book, i wanted to ask you something-“
“oh, sure! you’re also in the right place for that-“ you gesture to where you’re standing behind the desk with a light laugh, “what can i help you with?”
“do you wanna watch the barbie movie with me this weekend?” jungkook forces the question out before he chickens out, and he stands up a little straighter to feign confidence, “with me… and tae and jennie, because they wanted to watch it too. but we don’t have to share our popcorn and nachos with them, they can get their own snacks.”
jungkook counts one, two, three seconds before he decides that you are definitely about to turn him down, and he automatically starts sorting through the many lines of dialogue in his brain in response to your inevitable rejection
no worries, have a good one!
okay, goodbye!
anyways, book time for me!
“yes!” you respond almost as soon as he’s about to open his mouth and take his offer back (thank god), and jungkook tries to hide his excitement but it’s hard when he sees that you’re also trying your best to hide the megawatt smile creeping its way onto your face, “i- no, yeah, that would be great! i was gonna go regardless but being the third wheel is never fun, so it’d be fun to go with… you. and jennie and taehyung.”
jungkook gives himself a mental pat on the back, feeling himself revert back into his normal, confident ways all of a sudden
aha
you said yes
you like him (and he likes u)
nice
“oh, sick! alright, cool-“ jungkook clears his throat, nodding to himself, “yeah, cool, cool. okay, then i guess i will see you… this weekend. or whatever.”
“or whatever.” you tease, shrugging with one shoulder, “sounds good, jungkook.”
“okay, well- practice starts in a bit so- see ya, specs-“ jungkook raises his arm to wave only to realise his hand is still in his pocket, and he quickly yanks it out to give you a proper wave as he heads towards the doors
he lets out a breath of relief, his shoulders loosening up a little and he nods to himself with a proud smile
“that wasn’t as bad as i thought it’d be.” taehyung chirps right as jungkook walks out the doors, bending down to swoop his bag up off the ground and hand it back to him, “that was worse than i thought it was going to be. jesus christ, man. what the hell was that??”
“hey, she still said yes!” jungkook frowns, feeling his face turning red from humiliation because he doesn’t even know what the hell that was
if the roles were reversed he would fully be laughing his ass off at taehyung too
“she must really be into you if she said yes to watching the barbie movie with me and tae and jennie and they can get their own snacks and-“ taehyung laughs, “my god, it’s like you left all your rizz at the front door-“
“she said yes and that’s all that matters!”
🎙️ tease jungkook and y/n for both being little wussies (talk to my characters!)
📚 why not explore the rest of the library while you're here? (full fics!)
💫 or perhaps you want something shorter to read? (drabbles and mini series!)
🌟 or something even shorter? (teeny tidbits!)
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✮BunBun's WIPs✮
✮Welcome to my garden of wips. Here you can see all the stories I'm working on and sometimes even their release date. This list can include timeline updates for both series and one-shot posts.
✮This list will not include drabbles since those quick works are usually written in a very short period of time.
✮Enjoy :)
-BunBun
Daddy Daycare 3
Technician! Jungkook x Teacher Assistant! Reader: Uh oh! Looks like Jungkook's ex-wife is back in town and more than ready to stir up the pot, but it seems she is not the only obstacle the two must face. Release Date: April, 2024
Cosmos
Quarterback! Jungkook x Class President! Reader: You've got one chance to save the diner before it shuts down for good. Being class president and a good best friend, you were going to make sure it stays open. If only that handsome hunk of a quarterback would get out of your way.
Obsidian 13
Police Officer! Reader x Jungkook: You take your job very seriously, and that doesn't change when you're tasked with the dangerous mission to go undercover with the most dangerous gang of the century. You have to watch your back and guard your heart, but with Jungkook, that's easier said than done.
Love's Swing and a Miss (Title subject to change)
Head of Operations! Jungkook x Rich Girl! Reader: He fell first then he fell even harder. This is not your average country club romance. Jungkook was doing just fine until you came back from boarding school with a trail of mixed signals and a stolen kisses behind you.
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"I just think they're neat" fic rec list (p.1)
Breaching the quiet and reaching out to the authors of some of my favourite stories. The talent you all have? Insane. This community? Elite. If you ever feel like the silence is too loud in here, know that I'm screaming louder. You're doing awesome job, writers, I applaud your work :)
An abbreviated moodboard of the emotions I felt while reading through these
Namjoon
Namjoon x Tell Mama by @pinkcherrybombs
No summary but this is the best smut by far. Am I biased? yes. Still I have enough logic left in my skull to realize a masterclass sensuality when I see one
The Passport by @alpacaparkaseok
You embark on a memorable journey in an attempt to return Kim Namjoon’s passport. What lengths will you go to in order to return his passport on time?
Butter by @alpacaparkaseok
They made ARMY sit through an hour of melting butter. Now we return the favor.
Out of the Woods by @angelicyoongie
Yoongi
Golden Hour by @alpacaparkaseok
In which Yoongi is the boy you’ve friend-zoned for years and you finally realize that he’s all you want.
Memoir of a Fake Girlfriend by @alpacaparkaseok
“I need to ask a favor…” “Nope. No way. I am not pretending to be your girlfriend again.” “Oh, c’mon!”
Desolate by @angelicyoongie
Beloved by @bang-tan-bitches
Court was just a game of politics after all. And you intended to win.
Purgatory by @deepdarkdelights
The Good Part by @introlxv
Min Yoongi knew you liked him just as much as he liked you. so why not skip all the chit-chat and get straight to the good part?
A Heart Loved by @btsrunmylife
I've linked only Yoongi one, but please read the rest of the Comfort Drabble series, it's a *chef's kiss*
Call me Naive by @btsrunmylife
Yoongi’s intentions really weren’t to drive you away. His curiosity merely got the best of him. But now…he’s woven an intricate mess he can’t get out of. And he can’t help but wonder, will this be the thing that finally pushes you over the edge?
Guardian by @letspurpletogether
You have never meddled with hybrid affairs, not until the night you find a stray panther hybrid hiding behind some trash containers.
Jin
The Other Side by @alpacaparkaseok
How to survive a soulmate encounter: first, get into separate rooms. Second, call 911 if there are no soulmate assistant present. Should be fairly easy, right?
Hoseok
Wake Me Up by @introlxv
Hoseok decides to treat himself after a long day of work.
Jimin
Esse Tuus by @lavienjin
You’ve been plagued by dreams of your boss ever since you started working for him to the point where you’re unable to “play” with anybody else. Frustration and possible lack of sleep has you feeling lethargic, to a point where you find yourself falling asleep at work, but little do you know that someone is behind it all.
Scream for Me by @lunaandhertrashheap
It’s your last Halloween Carnival as a senior in college and as is tradition, you and your friends get drunk and dressed up just to go to the Fun-House Maze. But all week you’ve been receiving unsettling phone calls from an unknown number, commenting on your outfit, your bitchy friends, and your cliche quarterback boyfriend. Determined not to be scared into another night in, you go out with your friends anyway. But when you somehow get separated from the group, that feeling of unease morphs into fear; especially when you discover you’ve walked right into his trap.
Jungkook
If I could lie by @alpacaparkaseok
“I’ll feel much better if you let me walk you home.”
I'll Love You Until You Love Yourself by @jiminiesfavouritecolourisblue
OT7 x reader (poly + not poly)
Oh My Lucifer by @pinkcherrybombs
In hopes of achieving a high mark in your final exam you’re willing to give up anything, including your soul. However when your drunken joke of a ritual suddenly comes true, how do you even begin to explain your logic to the seven demon lords seated in front of you
The Spooked + The Pact by @alpacaparkaseok
You + all 7 members of BTS visiting a haunted house. What could go wrong? So, so much.
How to Sell Sunshine by @alpacaparkaseok
“I’ve always wanted to be the villain.”
Restitution by @cloudteawrites
When an estranged uncle leaves you his massive fortune you wonder if the universe is playing a joke on you. when that fortune comes with seven hybrids, you know for sure that it is.
Abundance by @angelicyoongie
Lovesick by @angelicyoongie
Office CEO's (drabbles) by @jiminiesfavouritecolourisblue
Return of the Empress by @you-are-my-joy
After one fateful night, you find yourself transmigrated into your favorite novel as the Empress that shares the same name as you. As a bookworm, most would think you’d be happy, but how could you be happy when the Empress you’ve become is expected to be killed in three months. The only thing on your mind now is to learn how to survive.
Enchanted to Meet You by @ditttiii
No one ever told you that you had a soulmate or—soulmates for that matter. humans don’t have soulmates but shapeshifters do. what are you supposed to do when the seven members of the worlds biggest boy band turn out to be your soulmates—only for you to realise that they aren’t even human.
Home Calls the Heart by @anonnie-in-wonderland
Twenty-year old L/N Y/N realizes she might be, okay, is a little bit of a social pariah. But there’s not much she can really do about it. Until a dreary winter day, when a determined, persistent dog hybrid named Taehyung shows up and declares that he’s interested in adopting her for himself and the rest of his lonely pack.
#bts fic rec#bts x reader#yoongi x reader#namjoon x reader#ot7 x reader#jin x reader#hoseok x reader#jimin x reader#taehyung x reader#jungkook x reader
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hi! can you recommend some
nerd tae/jk x reader
nerd tae/jk x nerd reader
academic rivals with tae/jk?
Hi. I've answered similar asks for a nerd and academic rivals recs already but I'll provide the same list below just with a few additions.
* s - contains smut sm - social media format
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Jungkook:
[drabble] by candlewaxandp0lar0ids - drabble / fratboy!Jungkook, nerd!reader, friends to lovers, college au
Chasing Butterflies by ddaenggtan - one shot (s) / wc~12.8k / otaku!Jungkook, jock!reader
Summary: You never meant to be a jock in school. The volleyball team had just needed people and you were there and then you had a knack for it. You just happened to be good at it and went with it. Similar to how you saw Jeon Jungkook in your friend’s orientation group and thought he was absolutely radiant and just went with it. For two years. You’ve spent the entire time pining from afar, mostly because you always seem to make a fool of yourself when he’s around, but also because Jungkook is part of that exclusive crowd, the ones that you never can seem to penetrate: the weebs. That is, until your friends get sick of your hopeless pining and decide to do something about it.
Close the Distance by hearts4joon - one shot (s) / wc~13.5k / nerd!Jungkook, neighbors au
Summary: Two different adults, living two completely separate lives — in the same neighborhood. A guy who’s overbearing mother makes him carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. A girl who’s parents are all too drawn to her younger siblings to even give her the time of day. While the two fall in an unlikely relationship (very unlikely), they still ravish each and every part of one another in every way — the best of attention, the one they both craved all their lives.
Cold Nights & Blurred Lines by awrkive - one hot (s) / wc~26.5k / basket player!Jungkook, nerd!reader, FWB, college au
Summary: Jungkook and you have been keeping a sexual relationship with each other for four months now, and it’s casual for the most part. But as time passes, you can’t help but feel that some of the lines suddenly got blurred in the process. Is it a cliché to blur the lines with your fuck buddy? It definitely is. Will you do something about it? Both of your emotional constipation have a hard time saying yes.
Like I Want You by divinelyparkjimin - one shot (s) / wc~5.4k / nerd!Jungkook, friends to lovers, college au
Summary: Setting your nerdy best friend up with a girl from your class was the biggest mistake you ever made.
Little Library Girl by kooksgalaxy - one shot / wc~5k / college au
Summary: Jungkook is the star quarterback of his college, but he has to keep his grades up in order to continue to play. With calculus being his hardest subject, he is tutored by Y/n, someone who is the complete opposite of him. With stress rising with the upcoming championship, his feelings for Y/n are making things much more complicated. Take the glory of football, a little library girls, and throw in a malicious opponent… you’ve got a whole lot of trouble.
For Science by boymeetsweevil - series (s) / nerd!Jungkook, friends to lovers, FWB, college au
Summary: Jungkook asks you to let him watch you get off. For science.
Lunchbox Lovers by jiminrings - series / stem major!Jungkook, cold senior!reader
Summary: Cold senior!Y/N having a crush on shy stem major!Koo.
Only Fools by yonkimint - series (sm) / nerd!reader, college au
Summary: Y/N has been in love with Jungkook since their Chemistry class freshman year but he’s got so many girls after him, he’d never give her the time of day. Besides, she’s his best friend’s nerdy cousin so she’s off limits anyway. Right? Throw in a costume party, a catfish, and a whole lot of crackhead and see if these fools ever find their way to each other.
Taehyung:
Of Cliches and Romcom Tropes by vanaera - one shot / wc~10.1k / nerd!reader, college au
Summary: You find yourself literally living a classic Romcom trope by being the nerdy introvert in love with her unexpected friend, Kim Taehyung, your university’s golden theater boy and campus heartthrob. It only turns more disgustingly cliché when you learn he part-times as a prince actor in the same carnival where you work as a ticket booth attendant. Trusting on the clichés you’ve watched in numerous Romcom films, you embark on a plan to get your crush to like you back this Halloween.
Insomnia | Delirious | Just Relax, Dummy | Surprise by hobiwonder - series (s) / fuckboy!Taehyung, nerd!reader, college au
Summary: You can’t sleep.
A C A D E M I C R I V A L S
Jungkook:
21st Century Love by gukyi - drabble / enemies to lovers, college au
Summary: You and fellow film student Jeon Jungkook have been clashing heads all semester in your realistic fiction and 21st century film class, because Jungkook thinks that rom-coms are meant to express the beauty of love, and you think that they’re ploys by hollywood to tell people that they can achieve love by engaging in consumerism. But when you’re assigned to create your own stereotypical romantic comedy short film, Jungkook takes it upon himself to show you just how attainable love can really be.
10 Things I Hate About You by leviackermanscleaningbuddy - one shot / wc~4.9k / enemies to lovers, college au
Summary: Enemies to Lovers. It's cliche right? You'd think so, until it happens to you. Then, suddenly, it doesn't seem quite so black and white anymore.
I Will Not Lose! by jimlingss - one shot / wc~6.2k / rivals to lovers, magic au
Summary: A single bet - use every means to make Jeon Jungkook fall in love with you.
The Art of the Rom-Com by gukyi - one shot / wc~33k / enemies to lovers, college au
Summary: FILM395, the art of the rom-com, was supposed to be an easy a with one of your favorite professors, but it’s not. it’s actually a sisyphean torture that comes in the form of fellow film student Jeon Jungkook, who has no problem responding to every one of your discussion posts about the consumerist ideals underlying every romance movie with his own paragraphs on the beauty of love like the hopeless romantic he is. and when the two of you find yourselves partnered up for your final project, which is to create a short film on rom-coms, jungkook decides to take it upon himself to show you what love is really like.
Sugar and Coffee by jimlingss - series / rivals to lovers, pâtisserie school au
Summary: It isn’t hard to be a pâtisserie chef, but it’s not a piece of cake either. It seems like for you in particular, life keeps throwing in one wrench after another. It always finds ways to make your sweets bitter. The cherry on top is Jeon Jungkook — a rival with a sensitive sweet tooth who always finds ways to complain about you.
Taehyung:
Bibliothèque by joonbird - one shot (s) / wc~15k / rivals to lovers, college au
Summary: “You are at the very top of your college cohort, an A grade student on the fast track to a life of success. You know the answers to everything, or at least you think you do. That is until you meet quirky genius Kim Taehyung.”
Kismesis by jjkthclub - one shot / wc~7.1k / rivals to lovers, fake dating
Summary: After learning that your arch nemesis is staying at the same ski resort as you, you were determined to stick by your rule – avoid him at all costs. Or, does somebody wanna be fake engaged to me for like two hours to try free wedding cake samples! au.
Love Isn’t a Science by baepsaesbae - one shot (s) / wc~8k / enemies to lovers, college au
Summary: Working in a lab was going smoothly until a cocky upperclassman decided to show up.
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Latest : Champagne Confetti. JJK (Drabble) Read here
Boss Me Around (One-Shot)
You have been Namjoon's assistant for four years but something changes when he announces he is getting married.
Genre: smut, office romance, boss!Namjoon x assistant!Reader
Pretty Baby (Short Story) Complete
01 ♥ 02 ♥ 03 (Bonus : Memories ♥ Doubts and Possibilities)
Being Namjoon's sugar baby is the only way to be with him someway. The only question is: is it enough for you?
Genre : smut; sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship; established relationship (non-idol Namjoon)
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Crashing on Crush (On going)
Ch. 1 ♥ Ch. 2 ♥ Ch. 3 ♥ Ch. 4 ♥ Ch. 5 ♥ Ch. 6 ♥ Ch. 7 ♥ Ch. 8 ♥ Ch. 9 ♥
What happens when you first encounter with your crush is Jungkook seeing your ass?
Genre: smut, angst, crush!Jungkook (non-idol Jungkook)
Blank Pages (One-Shot)
You have a secret: you're a popular writer on Wattpad. The worst thing that could happen would be your best friend Jungkook discovering that the erotic novels are about him...
Genre: smut, romance, bestfriend!Jungkook (non-idol Jungkook)
Friendly Marriage (One-Shot)
No one can really understand your relationship with your best friend. You are not in love but you did get married and you did have a son. It was just a friendly marriage, wasn't it?
Genre: smut, romance (kind of domestic), bestfriend!Jungkook, babydaddy/exhusband!Jungkook (non-idol Jungkook)
Champagne Confetti (Drabble)
Your boyfriend loves watching you on live but his whole mood changes when he reads one specific comment from one of your fans
Genre : smut (basically a porn with a plot), drabble, boyfriend!JK x camgirl!reader
Popular Low-Key (not sure title) (Coming soon)
After three years of marriage, you find a secret phone in Jungkook's office. Your worst nightmare comes true: your husband is cheating on you. But maybe the phone leads to darker secrets...
Genre: smut, romance, secret relationship, quarterback!Jungkook (non-idol Jungkook)
Dangerous Lies (Coming soon)
After three years of marriage, you find a secret phone in Jungkook's office. Your worst nightmare comes true: your husband is cheating on you. But maybe the phone leads to darker secrets...
Genre: angst, action (I tried), smut, husband!Jungkook (obviously non-idol Jungkook 🤫)
Nevermind (Coming soon)
Your friend brings you to a concert of a beginning grunge group and you wouldn't be less in your element -- you, the smart and quiet girl. The only thing you wish is to never see again the handsome yet unruly singer full of tattoos and piercings.
Genre: one-shot; s2l/e2l; 1990s (1994/1995); romance; college; (not sure about smut yet)
Many stories are in the writing process... 🤫💜
#bts#bts fanfic#masterlist#mlist#bts masterlist#bts mlist#bts jeongguk#jeon jungkook#jeon jungguk#jungkook#bts jhope#suga bts#bts jimin#bts suga#namjoon#bangtan#taehyung#hoseok#jimin#bts namjoon#bts v#bts taehyung#v#kim namjoon#kim seokjin#kim taehyung#bts jungkook#jung hoseok#min yoongi#yoongi
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hi! can you list your recommendations for enemies to lovers with jungkook? thankieeee 💜💜💜💜
🌷 Hello! This has actually been requested but for all members (see pinned note 📌). Since I have read/reblogged a lot of Jungkook E2L fics throughout the years, I’ll create a separate list (this has around 70 fics at least 😨)
Credits go to all the writers 🥰. I love this trope, something I easily and happily consume so thank you for sharing these stories.
If you’re a 💜reader💜 who found this list helpful, you can show appreciation by reblogging the fics or commenting/letting authors know how much you like their stories 😊.
Enemies to Lovers | Jungkook
S - smut | F - fluff | A - angst | mostly Mature, minors DNI
fics are listed per category (college, slice of life, fantasy, etc)
there are other fics I haven’t included/reblogged yet plus there are new fics I‘ve yet to read 🥺 (I will just update this or I might add it to the all-member’s version)
if link’s not working, click on author’s name and check their masterlist 👍
College AUs
Block Party @minlucent - two-shot | 9.5k | fuckboy au, neighbor au, college au, e2l, pwp | s, a
I Hate You @kookingtae - one shot | 2.7k | rivals au, some hate sex but fluffy confessions after uwu | s, f
My Babysitter’s a Quarterback @ohpretty-baby - one shot | 30k | jock!jk, cheerleader!reader, Jungkook is literally the babysitter (OC has younger sister) | A, F
The Art of War More @kpopfanfictrash - one shot + drabbles | 42k | college au, hockey team captain!jungkook x dance captain!reader | s, f, a
Drabbles (established relationship): L is for Lunacy + The Party + S if for Sexy
You’ve Got Mail @minyoongijjangjjangmanboongboong - one shot | 12.9k | Barista!Reader, Graphic Design Student!Jungkook, Exes AU turned enemies | A, F
Color Me Red @vantaenims - drabble | 1.5k | enemies to lovers, college au, creative use of colors for fluffy effect | f 🌷
The Habits of a Broken Heart @softykooky - one shot | 26.3k | soulmate au, unrequited love (Jungkook doesn’t want her T_T), Art student!jungkook, English major!reader, subtle e2l | A, F
Aphrodite in War @jungblue - [2/?] | Exes AU, Fake Dating, Fratboy/Greek Life, Roommate AU, Enemies to Lovers | F, S, A
All Over You @zibermuda - series [4/4] | 25k | Nerd!Jungkook, Fuckgirl!Reader, E2L
Not a Date @bubmyg - one shot + drabbles | 3.1k + 4k+ | college au, enemies to lovers, eventual established relationship | F
Flick or Treat @junqkook - one shot | 3.3k | enemies to lovers, fuckboy AU, Fratboy AU | S
Get Even @egoist-joon - one shot | 6k | college au, sports au (track), enemies to lovers | S, slightly F
I Love You, Don’t You Mind @btsxstories - one shot | 3.7k | virgin!jungkook x virgin!reader, Friends to Enemies to Lovers | A, F, S
Love to Hate You @latetaektalk - series [5/?] | 55k+ | fake dating au, college au, fratboy au, rich kid au, based on a bet (but JK contracted her to fake date to win the bet) | F, A
Hate Me @themfchase - one shot | 7k | college au, fuckboy!jungkook, pwp | S
Ego Killer @zibermuda - series [3/3] | 32k | Fuckboy AU, Enemies to Lovers, FWB AU, College AU | S, A, F
Bad Influence Collection @noteguk - series [5/?] + drabbles [14/?] | 74.6k+., 20-30k+ for the drabbles | Enemies with Benefits, Tutor AU, College AU, Bad Boy AU | S, A, F
Microwave Misadventures @bymoonchild - one shot | 20k | E2L, Roommate AU, College AU | S, F, slight A
Bitchin @kinktae - series [10/10] + 10 Years After | 49.5k | College AU, Fake Dating AU, E2L, 80s, Fratboy AU, Smart!Reader | S, A, F
Vaunt + Part 2 @yminie - two shot | 18.5k | College AU, Fratboy!jungkook, Frat Party, eventual Established Relationship, Jungkook has a big D | S, F
The Art of The Rom-Com @gukyi - one shot | 33k | film major!jungkook (and reader), college au, film project | F, A
Fall For You @kimvtae - series [3/3] + drabbles | 34.5k | Fuckboy AU, FWB AU, College AU, Enemies to Lovers AU | S, A, F
Band Slam @ironicarmy - series [3/3] + Bonus | 68.6k | College AU, Rock Band, Music AU, Drummer!Jungkook, Guitarist!Reader, E2L, band contest | A, S, F
Sweet Milk Tea @a-detraque-barista - drabble | 1.8k | College AU, Enemies to Lovers, spilled milk tea on OC that turned smutty 🔥 | S, slight F
Two Rotten Apples @chickenkooks - series [4/?] + drabbles | 89.4k | Neighbor AU, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies with Benefits AU, FWB AU, College AU, Fratboy AU | S, A, F (I don’t think this will be updated anymore, but this a classic, something I’d see in fic recs through the years and I re-read this and still love it. the preview can be conclusive of what’s supposed to happen, I think)
01 02 03 04 + drabble 1 drabble 2
05 [preview]
Color Me Red @vantaenims - drabble | 1.2k | College AU, E2L, OC hates Jungkook 👀, use of colors in the dialogue (cute) | F
Hate at First Weeb @jooneos - series [11/?] | 49k+ | College AU, Neighbor AU, Enemies to Lovers, Artist!Jungkook, Weeb!Jungkook | F (they are reposting some chapters)
Serendipity @goldenscript - one shot | 27k | enemies to lovers, college au, drama, JK is the Coffee Shop Jerk, slow burn, journalism major!oc to interview hot-headed film major!jk | F
Waste It On Me @sunshinejunghoseokie - series [5/?] | wc: around 2-3k per chapter? | Punk!Jungkook, Enemies to Lovers, Rock Band AU, Music AU | Fluff, Crack, Angst
**Pen Pals with Benefits @bangtanhome - series [3/?] + drabbles | 31k+ | College AU, Psych project partners, fwb au, enemies to lovers | s, f, slight a
Fuckboy Jungkook Who Quotes Gatsby Part 5 Part 6 @btsinspirationtakesme - drabble series [6/6] | Fuckboy AU, Nerd!Reader, Enemies to Lovers, using literary quotes to win OC (Shakespeare, FS Fitzgerald, Neruda, etc) | F, S, A
The Likelihood Of Being On Your Mind by @jjiimin - one shot | 18.2k | Childhood Friends AU, Neighbors AU, slight Enemies to Lovers, College AU | F, A
You Are Mine @deathbyyoongi - one shot | 8.2k | College AU, sort of Enemies to Lovers, popular!JK, jealous Koo | S, A
It’s a Heartbeat @inkofyoongi - series [3/3] [ 45kk+ | Enemies to Lovers, College AU, their parents are dating, Jungkook is the South Korean Patrick Swayze and this will turn into a Dirty Dancing!AU nobody asked for 🤭 | A, F, S
The Perfect Match @meiadore - SMAU with written chapters | modern dating app, college au, neighbors au, crack | F, implied S
Pen Pals (with benefits) @bangtanhome - series [2//?] | 18k+ | College AU, FWB AU, E2L, never got along ever since The Incident™, paired up for a project | S, F [discontinued but you can read til the latest chapter]
Stranded @gguksgalaxy - one shot | 13k | bad boy, fuckboy, e2l, help with studying, stranded due to 🌧 (smut ensues 😉) | S, F, A
Not His Type @writerforkpop - SMAU | College AU, enemies to lovers, kind of bet au (jungkook is a player and OC/friends made a bet they can make him notice her) | a, eventual f
One Beep @peachiekoo - series [1/?] | 2k+ | enemies to lovers, love alarm au, their parents’ divorce is related (so JK hates her/her family) | a, eventual f
Irrevocably Yours, Part 2 @eureka-its-zico - series [2/3] | 29.2k+ | Enemies to Lovers, slow burn, Rich!Jungkook but now adjusting to his situation, disability themes (jk had an accident which now affected his leg), hurt/comfort,, First Love type of fic, really cute | f, a 🌷
Post-College (Professionals | Office | CEO | etc)
The Proposal @hansolmates - one shot | 20k | editor!jungkook x assistant!reader, inspired by the film The Proposal, fake dating/marriage au, friends to lovers | f, s
The Dating Plan @/jjkthclub - one shot | 15.8k | fake dating/trial dating | a, s, f
Owned @7deadlysinsfics - drabble | 2.2k | idol au, enemies to lovers, secret relationship | S, A
Lonely Hearts Club @dovechim - one shot | 11k | Wedding AU, Singles table | S, F, A
River Over Stones @masterninjacow - one shot | 37.6k | godparents au, parenting au | A, F
Sorry + I’m Not Sorry @bxebee - drabbles | 4k | ex-classmates, ex-bully!JK, prosecutor!reader, Reunion AU | S, A
Frost Impressions @fortunexkookie - one shot | 41.3k | Teachers AU, Enemies to Lovers, Pining, Bestfriend AU, Gamer AU, Idiots to Lovers | F, S, slight A
Christmas is Waiting For You @lamourche - one shot | 10k | Christmas AU, Childhood Acquaintance, Phone Sex Worker, Secret Identity (or they don’t know they’re engaged in phone sex) | S, F
Midas @gukyi - one shot | 32k | Magical Realism (invisibility and healing for OC, JK can turn things to gold), a short Fake Dating stint, CEO AU | F, A
We Are All Dreamers + A Touch of Fate @yoonia - two shot | 24.5k | Soulmate AU, Lucid Dreams (they dream of their soulmates), E2L, kind of Neighbor AU | A, S, F
Tinder @tayegi - one shot | 10k | Co-worker AU, E2L-ish, Mobile App that matches you with potential “partners”, pining from Koo, Humor! | S, F
Cream & Sugar @gukslut - series [6/6] + drabble | 36k | Coffee Shop AU, Barista AU, Escort AU, Enemies to Lovers, Jerk!Jungkook in the beginning | S, F, A
Falling For You (Falling From Grace) @sunshyngal - series [8/8] |15k | FWB AU, Enemies with Benefits, Coworker AU, Boxer AU | S, A, F
Aim for the Heart @writemywaytoyourheart - series [9/?] | 43.5k+ | Hitman AU, sort of E2L, Mystery | A, no F yet
Roses, Poetry, and Jeon @seraphimguks - one shot | 12k | Bookstore AU, Childhood Acquaintance, Love Letters/Poetry | F, A
Baby I’m a Fool @suhdays - one shot | enemies to lovers, coworker, fake dating | F, A
Rousing Rendezvous @hueseok - drabble | 1.5k | frenemies with benefits, modern royalty au | S
I’m Yours @hueseok - drabble | 1k | Royalty AU, Enemies to Lovers, Arranged Marriage | s
Not My Fault by @writerforkpop - SMAU | gamer au, youtuber au | F
Brat Taming @sugasbabiie - one shot | 8.2k | Fuckboy AU, Roommates AU, Enemies to Lovers, Tattoo Artist!JK, Noona AU | S, A, F
Youngblood @jinned - one shot | 14.6k | Enemies to Lovers, Journalist!OC, Rockstar AU | S 🌷
Normal Kind of Love @yoontaethings - series [1/?] | 2.5k+ | Actor AU, Exes AU, Enemies to Lovers | A (so far)
Nuisance @seokahwrites - series [00/?] | 1.3k+ | lawyer!jungkook x lawyer!reader, enemies to lovers, vacation au (stuck together thanks to the brilliant assistants *coughs* Seokjin), there’s only one bed trope? | f, slight a
Challenge Accepted @jjkthclub - drabble series [4/?] | 5.4k+ | CEO AU, Office AU, FWB AU, E2L | S, A, eventual F
Ghosted @fortunexkookie - series [3/3] | 31k | Bartender!Jungkook, Patron!Reader, idiots to lovers, E2L, Arcade Bar AU, Humor | F, S, A
Falling Skies @fortunekookie - series [7/7] | 50k | Hurt/Comfort, Friend to Enemies, E2L, Pining | A, S, F
When the Sun Goes Down @baepsaesbae - one shot | 2.4k | Enemies to lovers, Gang Leaders (OC and JK), some badass fight scenes (then 😉🥵💦 | S, F
Live Through This @starshapedkookie - series [1/?] | 22.5k+ | Exes AU, Enemies to Lovers, Punk AU | A, S
Bella Sposa @makeawish2020 - drabble series [6/?] | 6-8k? | secret agent au, assassin au, enemies to lovers, secret identity, mystery | a
Love Ain’t a Business @bangtanhome - series [1/?] | 9.2k+ | best friend’s brother au, enemies to lovers, ex-fwb au, fake dating (with the best friend) | s, f, a
Combative @smasmashin - one shot (with ongoing drabbles) | 6.2k | Fuck or Die AU, Assassin AU, kinda alien too? (feat Alien!Seokjin), Enemies to Lovers, Crack/Humor | S (pwp) 🌷
Glitter and Disquiet @joheunsaram - two shot | 36k | heir au, ceo au, youtuber!oc, virgin!jungkook, gaming company, post grad au, enemies to lovers | a, f, s
Slice of Life-ish
Addicted to U @ughcore - one shot + ongoing series [5/?] | 27k+ | Enemies to Lovers, eventually Established Relationship (a bit of secret relationship at first) | s, f, a
Year 22 @guklvr - one shot | 11.5k | friends to lovers, e2l-ish, slow burn, childhood friends, neighbor au | A, S, lil F
After I Left You @/latetaektalk - one shot | 38.9k | Exes AU, Unrequited-ish, E2L-ish | A, F
Paddle With Me @yoongsgguktae - two shot(?) [1/?] | 16.3k | Camp Counselor AU | A, S
Lost @armxytrash - one shot | 2.3k | Camping AU, E2L pair who got lost and had to camp overnight | S, F
Of Honey and Cinnamon @rubycoast - one shot | 14k | Musician!Jungkook, Slice of Life, Strangers to Lovers, met on a train, it has Before Sunrise feels to it | A, F
Show Me Something @yoonia - one shot | a whopping 51.7k (but it’s worth reading!) | Road Trip AU, Ex-Friends AU, Friends to Enemies, Enemies to Lovers, First Love AU, Slow Burn | A, S
Bread Pudding @myfeelsinink - one shot | 12.3k | neighbor, one-sided enemies to lovers (OC is mad Jungkook ate her bread pudding), | F
Busted in Busan @hansolmates - 10k | fluff, angst | slice of life, strangers to lovers, enemies to lovers, christmas detour!au
Strangers Again @minniefilms - series [4/4] | 11.4k | frenemies, best friend’s boyfriend | A, F
Safety Net @pradaksj - two shot | 40k | Boxer AU, Enemies to Friends, Friends to Lovers, Roommates AU | A, F, S
Rattled @gukslut - series [9/9] | 69k | Single Dad AU, Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Neighbors AU | A, S, F
If I Can Never Give You Peace @candlewaxandp0lar0ids - series [3/?] | 17.6k+ | Mafia AU, Enemies to Lovers, Underground Fighter!Jungkook, Hybrid AU | A (so far)
Sway Me More @hoseokmylovesworld - series [2/3] | 22k+ | enemies to lovers, mafia au, continuation of their story | s, f
Knight in Distress @jimilter (blog got term, back up at @bangtae-sohotddaeng) - drabble | 2.5k | chaebol!jungkook, heir au, enemies to lovers, co-workers, CEO!Jungkook, OC high position too, shirtless jungkook in water | f, a
Jeon Husband @breakiebunny - one shot | 8.7k | Arranged Marriage or Contract Marriage, CEO AU, OC wants out and Jungkook is suddenly threatened, jealous!jungkook, feat Yoongi | s, f
Not Like You @oureuphoria - one shot | 28k | single dad au, boxer!jungkook, enemies to lovers, childhood acquaintance, childhood enemy, slow burn | f, a
Fantasy/Supernatural
⚡ Hogwarts
New Romantics @cupofteaguk - one shot | 24k | hogwarts au, quidditch player!jungkook, enemies to lovers au | f, a
Amortentia @jungkxook - one shot | 5.4k | Hogwarts AU, Enemies to Lovers | F
💜 Symmetry @adriftmoonchild - one shot | 10k | Hogwarts AU, Enemies to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Arranged Marriage (for the reader), Rich AU (OC) | S, A, F
🦹♂️ Superhero/Villains
Banter & Bicker @littlemisskookie - two shot | 21k | Superhero AU, Roommate AU, Friends to Lovers, kind of Enemies to Lovers (Villain!Reader so there’s rivalry, Crack 😂, Established Relationship in sequel | F, A, S
✨ Other Supernatural/Fantasy Fics
Blight @kpopisthereasonihavenolife - series [12/12] | 87k | Dragon/Shapeshifter AU, Magic AU, Enemies to Lovers, Fantasy, Witch!Reader | F
The Alchemy of Amor @army-author - one shot | 15.5k | Fantasy AU, Royalty AU, Alchemist!Reader, potions | F
Fire and Ice @army-author - one shot | 6.6k | opposing talents (he creates fire 🔥 x OC’s ice ❄) and opposing personalities, enemies stuck in a room (stuck AU? lol) | F (aww blast from the past, one of first fics I’ve read 🥺. so fluffy 🥰)
Scattered Stars + Collision @taegularities - one shot + drabble | 22.9k | Fantasy AU, Soulmate AU, Rival families, Enemies (Fire & Ice) | A, F, S
Among the Evergreen @rosaetae - one shot | 12.6k | modern fantasy au, enemies to lovers , Christmas AU | F
Ember Burning @kpopfanfictrash - one shot | 36k | fantasy AU, dragon AU, dragon riders, enemies to lovers, royalty | A, F, S
Frozen Hearts Flame @yoongi-sugaglider - one shot | 10k | fantasy au, soulmate au, slight enemies, fairy au | F
New Beginnings @gukeobi - one shot + follow up drabble | 18.8k | Werewolf AU, Supernatural AU, Enemies to Lovers, A/B/O dynamics | A, F, S 🌷
Moonstruck @jeonsweetpea - series [9/?] | 96.3k+ | supernatural au, werewolf hybrid!jungkook, vampire/werewolf hybrid!reader, slow burn, feat werewolf!taehyung, other members in supernatural form (witches, vampires, werewolf) | A, S, F
Thirst @avveh - series [1/?] | 10.9k | Vampire Hunter AU, Supernatural, Coworker AU, rivals at work, enemies to lovers, thriller | S (so far) - newly added because I just read it and I drooled over the concept and their dynamics!)
Yo-ho-hoe And A Bottle Of Rum @yoonjinkooked - series [1/?] | 2.8k+ | enemies to lovers, pirate au, fantasy, crack/humor | a, f, s
Somewhere Only We Know (Final) @qersona - series [4/4] | 21k | Hybrid AU, FWB AU, childhood friends au, enemies to lovers, college AU, unrequited (for OC), sports (JK) | s, a, f (this was part of my Aug 2020 reading list so we’ve come a full circle here 🥰) 🌷
The Big Cats @breakiebunny - one shot | 10.5k | Mafia AU, Hybrid AU, Amur Leopard!Jungkook, enemies to lovers, last amur leopard hybrids alive (they need to mate) | a, s
The Lines Between Us @chateautae - one shot | 10k | detective!jungkook, enemies to lovers, slight fantasy, FWB AU, coworker au, | s, a 🌷
📌 BTS Fic Reads - 2021 May Special Edition
from my main: (Ongoing Jungkook Fics I Love)
Chain Reaction - e2l, lab partners, college au | f,a | ch.2
Night Changes - fuckboy!jungkook, matchmaking au, e2l, college au | f, a, s
Lost Stars - bassist!jungkook, roommate au, e2l, college au | a, f
To Find Us Again - ex-friends, single dad!jk, frenemies, e2l | a
Falcon - free runner!jungkook x detective!reader, e2l, rebels, dystopia | a, f, s
This Cruel and Beautiful World - werewolf!jungkook, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, e2l, assassin au, soulmate au, forbidden love | a, s, f
Ghost in My Bed - exes, e2l, rockstar au | a, f
Foolish Love, Fake Love - e2l, bodyguard!reader, idol au | a, f
Yours, Truly - arranged marriage, e2l, scorned lovers, ceo!jungkook x music producer!reader
Subliminal in Scrubs - s2l, e2l, drabble series, medical au | f, eventual s?
Demolition Lovers - neighbor au, fake dating(?), e2l | a, f
Swipe Right - personal trainer!jungkook, fuckboy!jk, nerd/IT!reader, e2l | a, s, f
Asterismos - e2l, soul-binding, fantasy | ch.2
Concentric - e2l, fantasy, warriors | a, f, s
Cursed - e2l, medieval, prince, mage!reader | a, f | ch.5
Eclipsed - inuyasha au, f2l, e2l | a, f, s? | ch.2
The Garden Thief - e2l, drama, comedy, shifter AU
Red Dawn - werewolf au, medieval, ancient e2l | a, f, eventual s | ch.4
Riddikulus - hogwarts au, e2l | a, f | ch.15
The Ebb and the Flow - percy jackson au, mythology, demigod, e2l | f, a | ch.8
Just Facts - rich idol!jk x dancer!reader, e2l, SMAU
Tell Me How - arranged marriage, e2l, modern royalty, SMAU with written
The Bully’s Tutor - modern hogwarts au, e2l, SMAU
You Broke Me First - feat Jimin, smau, fake dating au, love triangle | a, f
Fic Recs Lists you can check:
I am encouraging you to explore and maximize the lists in the NAVI. You can explore each list and I usually put the detail “enemies to lovers” per fic
The list above are what I have reblogged so far at ggukkiereads (or my main), but if you look at the individual lists there are so much more:
Under Jock/Sports AU - Jungkook (9 fics not included in this list)
BTS Racer AUs (2 JK Fics not listed)
Mafia AUs - Jungkook (10 Fics not listed here)
The Professor Jungkook list has one fic or two (please check the navi)
The monthly reading lists (might have fics I haven’t rb yet; it’s all in the navi too!)
Feel free to check the other lists for E2L fics I might have missed!
🌷 posted: 2021 June 10 | updated: 2022 Oct 02 (marked with 💜)
🌷 other fic rec lists
🌷 other Enemies to Lovers List: Namjoon | Seokjin | Yoongi | Hoseok | Jimin | Taehyung | Jungkook
🌷 I love to read so feel free to recommend a fic =)
#Also - please Before sending an ask please see pinned post first so it won’t be a redundant or a repeat request.#ggukkiereadingcollection#jungkook#jungkook fanfic#jungkook x reader#jungkook enemies to lovers#🌷 chats#anon#jungkook fic recs#jungkook fluff#jungkook angst#jungkook smut#bts fic recs#bts enemies to lovers#bts x reader
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A collection of BTS fanfics that I liked (u know the ❤ button), possibly some are re-read, since 2017. I hope you don’t mind that I like hurting my feelings most of the time with angst stories lol. my back hurts so much after compiling these fics ugh
Warnings: some fics listed below contains smut (+18), better read the description of the story before proceeding.
Will only update this masterpost every now and then. I will also set up a post with the stories I read in ao3 soon.
Feel free to suggest me stories that are not in this list <3
Personal favorites (✬)
Kim Namjoon (k.nj)
➞ Letting Go (ft. p.jm) @bangtan-babe | angst, fluff
Min Yoongi (m.yg)
➞ Carousel ✬ @yoonia | angst, smut, suspense, arranged marriage!au
➞ Wildest Moments @joonbird | angst, smut
➞ The Tenth Floor (ft. k.th) @notsoguiltykpop | fluff, humor, some angst
➞ Slytherin to my Heart @bangtan-insfired | angst, fluff, hogwarts!au
➞ Lesson Learned @chyubs | fluff
➞ La Douleur Exquise @cinnaminsvga | fluff, angst, smut, incubus!yoongi
➞ The Wicked Witch @jimlingss | angst, fluff, drama, soap opera!au
➞ 2 am @sunshinejoon | angst
➞ Pipe dreams @chinesesuga | angst, fluff, smut (eventually)
➞ The Crown (ft. j.jk) @sopewriters | angst
➞ Garden in my heart @army-author | fluff, bad boy!yoongi
➞ I want to be the one you write your love songs about @jiminandlemonade | angst, fluff
➞ Blackthorne Manor ✬ @kpopfanfictrash | gothic romance!au, mystery
➞ Signed in Black @yoon-kooks | soulmate!au, bad boy!au, fluff, eventually smut
➞ Cool cats (and dogs, too) @gukyi | dad!au
➞ Inheritance @jincherie | hybrid!au
➞ Somebody Else ✬ @jjkthclub | angst, infidelity
➞ Internet Friends ✬ @etherealino | social media!au, fluff
➞ The Devil Herself @jiminiethot | demon!oc, explicit smut
➞ Sugar pie, honey bunch! @bangtaninink | sugar daddy!au
➞ Cut me open part 1, part 2 @hayjeon | smut, married, surgeon!au
➞ Camouflage @fairyscribbles | zombie!au
➞ interlude; dream, reality @dat-town | fluff, slice of life
➞ Lethal @analovegirl | explicit smut, fluff
➞ Piano notes @exi-dentally | school!au
➞ Late Bloomer @tayegi | werewolf!au, smut
➞ 72 miles ✬ @namjoonchronicles | heavy angst, slight fluff
➞ Black & White @akinnie75 | romance, fluff, slight angst, slow burn
➞ All I want for Christmas @hayjeon | single dad and ceo!yoongi
➞ Bunny Blues (ft. j.jk, k.nj) @httpjeon | hybrid!reader, angst, fluff, future smut
➞ Leave me @itsamejin | cheating, toxic relationship!au, angst
➞ Away from Me ✬ @personasintro | fluff, angst, smut, divorce!au
➞ Droplets @bts-timestories | historical, arranged marriage!au, yandere themes
➞ Goodbye @itsamejin | angst
➞ Heartstring Melodies (ft.j.jk) ✬ @whitesparrows97 | soulmates!au, angst
➞ I feel you in my heart (ft. j.jk) ✬ @purpletaecup | drama, angst, romance, second chance
➞ Divorce @xjamlessparkx | angst
Park Jimin (p.jm)
➞ Blazing Arrows (ft. j.jk) @kingminie | fluff, angst, future smut, supernatural!au
➞ You are Really Perfect (pt 1), I was afraid to lose you (pt 2) @justtextmeoppa | slight angst, fluff in the end
➞ Neighbour @moonlitjiminn | fluff, romance
➞ The Arrangement @kpoptart216 | angst, arranged marriage!au
➞ I’ll never be her ✬ @anon-luv | angst, romance
➞ Chained to you @addicktjimin | tiny angst, fuck boi!jimin
➞ Taste the party (ft. j.jk) @winetae | smut, idol!au
➞ Temporary Bliss @jjkthclub | angst
➞ Park Jimin @chulobangtan | angst
➞ Over Again @yoonia | pianist!au, artist reader!au, angst, slight smut
➞ A Serpent’s Flower, Sowing a Sapling (sequel) ✬ | hogwarts professors !au, smut, married
➞ Better @jeonggukookies | bestfriend!jimin, fluff/slow burn angst
➞ Come Home to me, Darling ✬ @roses-ruby | cheating!au, angst, smut , fluff
➞ Opposites Attract @kpopfanfictrash | hogwarts!au, smut
➞ Bloom ✬ @jamaisjoons | hanahaki!au, angst, smut
➞ Charity @inkjam-moon | royalty!au, fluff, light angst, smut
➞ A Sensitivity to Ephemera @akinnie75 | fluff, tragic, slow burn, romance
Kim Taehyung (k.th)
➞ Rent-a-Boyfriend™ @jimlingss | fluff
➞ Strawberry Shortcake (ft. j.jk) @btsinned | smut, angst, fluff, strawberry farmer!taehyung
➞ Pulse @rohobi | angst, smut, medical!au
➞ Begin Again (ft. m.yg) @writtenyoongi | single parent!au, fluff, angst, sprinkle of smut
➞ Sweetpea (ft. j.jk) @nitaescence | explicit smut, ddlg!au
➞ Silver and blue series @untaemedqueen | werewolf!au
➞ Remember This ✬ @yoohtae | weddingplanners!au, angst
Jeon Jungkook (j.jk)
➞ Baby, My Baby @pjimims | angst, fluff, parents!au
➞ Flirt (ft. k.th) @slyscenarios | angst, smut, fuckboy!jk
➞ The Lost Memories @gujoonim | angst, romance
➞ Daddy Issues @euphorianyx | smut, fluff, angst
➞ A Story that we paint @thedefinitionofbts | college!au, future, scifi, slight fluff and angst
➞ The Truth about Forever @thedefinitionofbts | romance, implied smut, angst, slice of life
➞ Surrender @infiresjimin | angst, smut
➞ You’ll be okay @bangtan-babe | angst, fluff
➞ It ain’t me @inferno-loop | social media!au
➞ Cherry (ft. k.th) @esqeon | angst, friends to lovers!au
➞ Attention @btees | fluff, angst, some smut, college!au
➞ Kalopsia @erosjeon | fluff, smut, hybrid!jungkook
➞ Hurricane @planetjeon | angst
➞ Ice Queen ✬ @kookmejeon | social media!au
➞ DNA @btssavedmylifeblr | dystopian smut, future, angst
➞ Lust and Limerence @btsfanficss | angst, fluff, harry potter!au
➞ New Rules ✬ @tayegi | angst, smut, fratboy!jungkook
➞ The Boy Who Left @gujoonim | angst, ceo!au
➞ 3:00 AM @oceanjoon | angst, cheating
➞ Image, Bad Boy @kittentaegu | bad boy!au, angst, fluff, smut
➞ About Time (ft. p.jm) ✬ @yoonia | time leap!au, soulmate!au
➞ Dear Jungkook @fatrainbowmermaidunicorn | angst
➞ Comfort Inn Ending @joonbird | angst, smut
➞ Ego @suga-kookiemonster | smut
➞ Witch Hazel @yoon-kooks | fanfic writer!jungkook, idol!reader, college!au, angst, fluff
➞ All in my head @fatrainbowmermaidunicorn | angst w/ happy ending
➞ Mistake (pt 1), Obsessed (pt 2) @whipped-for-kpop-fics | smut, noona kink
➞ Time to let go @mywrittings | angst, bestfriend!au
➞ Piano Tiles @bobagukk | angst, fluff, smut; chaebol!jungkook, pianist!y/n
➞ Four Letters (ft. m.yg) ✬ @littlemisskookie | angst, smut, fwb!jungkook, icequeen!reader
➞ Winter Court series (ft. k.th) ✬ @koyamuses | angst, slowburn, fantasy, romance
➞ Park’s Paradise of Muggle Merchandise @kittae | hogwarts!AU, drabble, ravenclaw!jungkook
➞ Holy hell @arcadeguk | greek mythology!au
➞ For Science ✬ @boymeetsweevil | nerd!jungkook, smut, angst
➞ Hidden under the covers @yoon-ing | college!au
➞ Puzzle @kimvvantae | smut, angst, comedy, fwb!jungkook
➞ Strike Three ✬ @avveh | explicit smut
➞ Different Paths @taehyungiejiminie95 | angst, ex-bf!jungkook
➞ Fierce and Delicate (pt 1), Felicity (pt 2) ✬ @mintseesaw | smut, angst, fluff, husband!jungkook
➞ The Morning After ✬ @jungkookiebus | smut, fluff
➞ Secret Slut @jeonsweetpea | smut, ceo!reader, personal assistant!jungkook
➞ Long lost ✬ @gukyi | childhood friends!au, celebrity!au
➞ Moving On @taeguboi | angst
➞ Low Expectations @vin-taege | angst, eventual smut, l2e2l
➞ Netflix and Chill @badbhye | smut
➞ Rigor Mortis ✬ @readyplayerhobi | smut, angst, horror, fluff, police officer!jungkook
➞ The Lionheart’s Oath ✬ @sugaxjpg | angst, fluff, smut, fantasy, knight!jungkook
➞ Freesia @eleventoes | childhood friends to lovers!au, semi-bad boy!jk, fluff
➞ The Turing Test @fortunexkookie | android!au, fluff, explicit smut, angst
➞ Mr and Miss Perfect @kookscript | hogwarts!au, fluff, angst-ish
➞ Lonely Heart , part 2 @scenarioslovers | married!au, infidelity, angst
➞ (y)our name @jjkpls | fluff, angst, smut
➞ Speak Now @bbangtan-ddaeng | angst, cheating
➞ Navy @jjkfire | childhoodfriend!AU, idol!AU
➞ Vaunt @yminie | explicit smut, frat boy!jungkook
➞ Take a Chance @crystaljins | hanahaki!au
➞ Moirai @taeken-my-heart | soulmates!au, angst, e2l
➞ Blindfold @themfchase | explicit smut, college!au
➞ Bam! you got scammed! @dovechim | explicit smut
➞ Tooth and Claw @johobi | explicit smut, werewolf!au
➞ Full Stop @1oserjk | divorce!au, angst
➞ Blizzard, part 2 ✬ @curly-bangtan | romance, smut, dosmetic!au
➞ Growing Pains @rkiverse | fluff, angst, quarterback!jungkook
➞ Monster @btssmutgalore | frat boy!jungkook, explicit smut
➞ Bandslam @ironicarmy | band!au, smut, e2l
➞ Young God @njssi | smut, nonidol!au, brother’s best friend!au
➞ Falling into you @kookingtae | college!au, slow burn, mutual pining, shy/nerd!jk
➞ Rough Edges @kjhmyg | badboy!jungkook, explicit smut
➞ On my mind @angelguk | fluff, smut, domestic!au
➞ Worst of You @oureuphoria | fluff, angst, comedy, police officer!jungkook
➞ Bunny Troubles @appreciatethefoolishness | fluff, future smut, hybrid!jungkook
➞ Rattled series ✬ @gukslut | singledad!jungkook, angst, smut, romance
➞ He won’t know @jgukmilk | cheating!au, smut, slight, angst
➞ Number Neighbor @sevenforeverbulletproof | social media!au
➞ One year, my love ✬ @hayjeon | historical!au, fluff, angst, smut
➞ You belong with me @joonscroll | angst, fluff
➞ Chasing pavements ✬ @guklvr | dad!jungkook, f2l, angst, unrequited feelings au, sad stuff, future smut
➞ To tame a god ✬ @jeonstudios | fantasy, werewolf!au
➞ Broken Dreams @ddaenysus | soulmate!au, angst, unrequited love
➞ Through the night @nightbts | fluff, angst, idol! au, friends to lovers!au
➞ Effortlessly @gyukult | fluff, smut, romance
➞ Crybaby @lavishedinjimin | explicit smut, somewhat a ddlg!au
➞ Still with you @ddaengqyu | angst, fluff, idol!au
➞ Rebound (ft. k.th) @btssaysstudy | angst
➞ I want a baby @codenameskye | angst
➞ Somewhere only we know ✬ @userseok | hybrid!au, angst
➞ Aphrodite in war @jungblue | comedy, angst, eventual smut
➞ Easy @itsamejin | angst, fluff, fuck boi!jungkook
➞ Tell me no lies @jeongi | ceo!jungkook, angst, smut, minimal fluff
➞ After I left you @latetaektalk | exes! AU, fake dating! AU, enemies to lovers-ish! AU, unrequited feelings-ish! AU, angst, fluff
➞ Fine Line @voidswan-main | fuck boi!jungkook
➞ Heart of the Storm @ladyartemesia | fluff, smut, hint of angst
➞ Come back to me ✬ @bonnyskies | angst, sexual themes, idol!au, marriage!au, parents!au
➞ Good Girl @bonny-kookoo | mild ddlg!au, smut, fluff, little angst
➞ Love to hate you @latetaektalk | angst, fluff, sexual themes, fake dating!au
➞ Lonely hearts club @dovechim | e2l, smut
➞ Tiger lily @v-hope | fluff, slight angst, smut, college!au
➞ Alpha Jeon @pbandjk | werewolf!au
➞ Claws of carnality @jjungkooksthighs | smut, werewolf!au
➞ Your eyes tell ✬ @njkbangtan | soulmates!au, angst
➞ All over you @zibermuda | smut, e2l, nerd!jk
➞ I hate you, I love you @jungblue | angst, smut
➞ Hand in the Kookie jar @mama-m0chi | bbf / baby daddy!jungkook, smut
➞ Zoom Call @1kook | fluff, slice of life, smut
➞ The dark prince @jkeuphoriadreamland | yandere, royalty!au, smut, angst
➞ Stolen dances ✬ @taeyohonic | bestfriend!jungkook, my bestfriend’s wedding
➞ Ego killer @zibermuda | smut, e2l, fuck boi!jk
➞ From home @gyukult | fakedating!au, fluff, angst, e2l, smut
➞ Confident @h0neypjm | smut, fluff, angst, college au, fuck boi!jungkook
➞ Dire @whatifyoulivelikethat | smut, werewolf!au
➞ Please love me ✬ @ahundredtimesover | angst, arranged marriage!au, smut
➞ Evolution of a lover’s heart @jeonstudios | fluff, angst, fuck boi!jungkook
➞ Decalcomania ✬ @koyalov | angst, fluff, idol!au
➞ Almost home ✬ @angelguk | dad!jungkook, angst
➞ Delivery boy @pbandjk | angst, fluff, smut, becoming parents!au
➞ Magic Shop @njkbangtan | childhood best friends to lovers, drama, angst, fluff, slow burn
➞ [Your] love’s the only hoax I believe in @sparklingchim | angst, smut, fuck boi!jungkook
➞ Stem major!koo x cold senior!y/n ✬ @jiminrings | bullet fic, fluff, angst
➞ Spellbound to be @rosaetae | vampire!jungkook, fantasy!au, soulmate!au, angst
➞ Lost Stars @rookiegukie | fluff, angst, roommates!au, e2l
➞ Lovefool @citrustan | angst, smut, fluff
➞ An ode to a broken heart @smoochkooks | unrequited love, heavy angst, eventually smut
➞ Anemoia @vantaenims | futuristic!au, fluff, mystery
➞ Once upon a bracelet @ladyartemesia | fantasy, soulmates!au, e2l
➞ The fact is @bangtanreadingcorner | romance
➞ Deus ex machina ✬ @readyplayerhobi | angst, android!jungkook
➞ Aquarium @whatifyoulivelikethat | heavy angst, cheating, non-idol!au
➞ The alchemy of amor @army-author | fluff, fantasy!au, e2l
➞ Drown for you ✬ @jeonstudios | merman/siren!jungkook, angst, fluff, smut
➞ Granite glow ✬ @namjoonchronicles | slice of life, videographer jungkook au, marriage au, angst, fluff
➞ Orange Tulips @kainks | soulmate!au, reincarnation!au, fluff, angst, light smut
➞ Cotton Candy @velocitae | fluff, slight angst, slight smut, werewolf!jungkook
➞ Strings @minsuxga | soulmates!au, angst
➞ Hotbot @httpjeon | angst, fluff, smut
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bad boy good thing xvii.
pairing: jeon jungkook x oc
genre: angst, smut, fluff, miscommunication (we hate her lol), pining
warnings: oc's thoughts run wild, some much needed return from a character ;), tattoos & needles, some character development!
words: 4, 351
summary: a series of drabbles where you’re confused and jungkook’s confusing
a/n:
hi babes!!!! we're coming so close to the end of bbgt 🥺🥺🥺 I've decided that I'll be ending it in the next chap, so pls anticipate it!!! thank you so much for accompanying me on this journey, and I've never thought I would get this far w writing a series!!!!
enjoy this chapter ❤️
You’ve been running on autopilot.
Things have gotten repetitive and mundane, mostly because you were caught in a loop of doing coursework, attending lectures and completing delegated tasks for any unions you were a part of. It’s been going even if it doesn’t feel like it—but your mind is more distracted than ever. You know it’s because Jungkook’s been avoiding you, and it sucks to be on the receiving end of it all.
You think it’s karma, or some sick joke the universe is playing on you to feel the exact same pain and hurt that Jungkook likely felt when you were actively ignoring him. He wasn’t doing it maliciously, though. He still responded to any text messages you sent him, even the ones that were a little more desperate than you would’ve liked. He was kind about it, only ever telling you that you still needed to make up your mind.
And that he’d always wait for you if you wanted him to.
God, you did. But you didn’t want to be that selfish. Jungkook was … Jungkook. The golden boy, the star quarterback of the football team, the boy that everyone wants to be or be with. He deserved happiness in any way he could get it, and if you were actively getting in the way because of your own greed and desire—then you were no better than him when he first hurt you impulsively. If not, you’d argue it was worst because you were aware—you were conscious.
You rub your hands across your face as you slump back into your seat in the library. At this point, being here only felt like a chore; especially now that the seat across you usually remains empty when there was a time where a doe-eyed boy with a cheeky grin used to occupy it. You never realised how large Jungkook’s presence in your life was, not until recently at least. It started when you started distancing yourself from him and you found yourself unconsciously doing things that you’d normally do if he was around.
You’d switch out your fragrances because you knew Jungkook was sensitive to smell. You’d even bring random knick-knacks that he could occupy himself with whenever he’d tag along to your study sessions at the library, and when you found a random bit and bob in your bag—you could only be reminded of the way his face lights up when you’d hand it over to him.
It’s conflicting—an uncomfortable position between a push and a pull because you wanted to be with him, you were sure that you loved him, but you were afraid. Mostly afraid to be in an uncomfortable position where people would gossip or talk—looking down on your relationship because of how it ‘should’ve’ been.
You and Namjoon. Or him and … someone like Jennie.
It was unhealthy and borderline obsessive—and you were concerned for your own well-being with the way these thoughts were the only things that ever plague your mind recently. Even your lecturers have picked up on your particularly distracted mood recently, and that’s what you know that it’s slowly taking over your life.
It shouldn’t. Because a partner should not be someone you need in your life, but someone who’s there to accompany you. And you didn’t want to be dependent on Jungkook, and you don’t think you are. But you’re terrified, still, because there are people who think that way—the fact that you were his childhood friend growing up, and the apparent ‘sister’ figure in his life.
It wasn’t that deep, you knew that, but your mind draws its own conclusions, decides for you that somehow what people say matters more than what you feel. And for the longest time, you think that’s how you’ve lived your life. Always thinking about what you could do to make people recognise you or like you a little more. For someone who hates attention, you surely crave validation from your peers; you think bitterly.
You sigh, shaking your head to get back to finish typing up an essay that’s left pretty much untouched ever since you arrived at the library an hour ago. You frown because you weren’t usually this unproductive, not even when you were sick. You didn’t feel like yourself and you hated it. Yet, you knew that you had no one else to blame for your misgivings but yourself. It seems like you were only good at causing collateral and jeopardising your own happiness.
Your thoughts get cruelly more depressing the more you sit in your own silence. You’re tired and you know that you aren’t going to be completing any essays today—so you begrudgingly shove your laptop into your bag and pack up the rest of your things. It’s uncomfortable, admitting defeat, but you were tired and your mind did enough damage for you already.
You’re only halfway out the door when you spot a familiar face, and you can’t even find it in yourself to say hi.
“Wow, so you’re really going to pretend like I don’t exist?”
You stop in your tracks, hand clutching the strap of your bag as you sigh, knowing that you had to respond. You weren’t that socially inept.
“I was just …” you mumble, “Okay, yeah. I was.”
You decide against lying, purely because you did enough of suppressing your true feelings despite whatever circumstance.
“Still honest as ever,” Jennie smirks.
You scoff, “Right. Honest.”
You’re about to bid farewell when her gaze lingers on you a beat too long, your feet already turned towards the exist—but as always, she’s catching you before you make any progress.
“You free for a drink?”
“So,” she drawls, “How are things?”
You blink.
“Did you really ask me out just to ask me how I was doing?” You say dryly.
She smiles at you, twirling her straw around her drink with her pretty fingers. And even during the late of the night, she looks impeccable as ever, oozes confidence and probably feels as beautiful as she is. You envied her, you really did.
“Say it like that and it sounds like we’re on a date,” she teases.
You flush with a huff, sipping on your iced tea. The twenty-four-hour cafe is bustling despite it nearing midnight and you know it’s probably because the occupants were mainly students, and they all were likely working towards tight deadlines that they pushed till the end.
“Well, if you must know,” you murmur. You almost let a lie slip out. Again. But this is Jennie. The same person who somehow both comforted you and offered you a whole new perspective on your situation with Jungkook. Your friends respected you enough to allow you some time to think, so you weren’t really left with many options on who to confide. “Thing’s aren’t … great.”
Your vague response has her raising an eyebrow.
“Jungkook trouble?”
Your eyes widen, “How did you know?”
She snorts, shrugging her shoulders as if it was obvious.
“You have the same depressed look on your face from when you cursed me out at the convenience store,” she says pointedly.
You narrow your eyes at her, “I did not curse you out.” She gives you an unimpressed look that you sigh at, fully knowing that you definitely did curse at her. “Fine, I did. But still—is it that bad?” Your face contorts into a wince when you wonder how bad you must look for her to pick up on it.
“I’m perceptive when it comes to things like this,” she tells you before leaning forward, “So? What’s up? Jeon being a meathead again?”
You sigh, playing with your cup as you watch the beads of condensation drip down the sides. You try to formulate the words to tell her, to unravel each insecurity that’s far too embarrassing to ever admit to giving her insight into the complexity that was your mind. But you still hesitate, you always do.
“I,” you breathe, “I don’t think it’ll work out.”
“And why is that?” She immediately retorts, voice sounding far more surprised at your claim than anything else.
You still avoid her eyes.
“We’re so different,” you say softly, “Every second of his life is under constant scrutiny by his peers and—I’m just in the sidelines, you know? I don’t know if I’m ready for that.”
“For what?” She furrows her eyebrows, “People talking?”
You release your breath and nod your head, “Exactly.”
Jennie blinks at you, observing your features for any hint of a lie but doesn’t find any. She’s probably wondering if you were pulling her leg, and you find yourself slightly conscious over your concerns. You knew they were minor in comparison to the bigger picture, but you had the tendency to overthink almost anything.
“You know that people will talk regardless, right?” She says slowly.
“I mean, yeah—” you mumble.
“No, I don’t think you do,” she says firmly as your eyes widen ever so slightly at the shift in her tone. “I think it’s more than that.”
And just like that, Jennie’s hit the spot. She seems to know that she did as well, especially since you flinch at her accusation.
“Does it matter?” You huff, “He’ll move on anyway. He’s … Jungkook. He shines brighter than anyone else and …” your eyes dart to your lap, “I’m just the shadow.”
Jennie shoots you a sad smile before she reaches a hand over the table to grab at your ones. You jump at the sudden gesture but relax when you see her gentle eyes. For a moment, you hate that you misjudged her all those months ago—your irrational and jealous mind doing the thinking for you rather than your actual objective judgement. You were no better than the person you despised.
“Don’t say that,” she says softly, “Why do you always put yourself down like that?”
You nibble on your lip as you glance to the side.
“How can I not?” You mumble, “I’ve always kept to myself and Jungkook’s always got the recognition for what he does. We’re too different. It’ll never work out.”
“Will you be happy?”
Her question catches you off guard, especially when she squeezes your hand a little tighter for emphasis.
You ponder over her words, the chatter of the cafe serving as your background music while your mind chases for an answer. Would you be happy? You were convinced that you would end up being hurt if you never pursued the blooming relationship with Jungkook. You wouldn’t give him a chance to hurt you if you stayed away. But you knew that it was you staying safe, not happy.
Jennie senses this as she echoes her question again, your answer becoming much clearer in return.
“No,” you whisper, “I won’t.”
Jennie smiles softly.
“People will always talk. That’s a given about human nature. We see something, we make judgements, we speak on it. It can be both good and bad, depending on how we utilise our words and where we direct our energy to,” she informs you. “But words don’t mean anything. They don’t decide how you feel. You do.”
“I,” you croak, “But what if—”
“Who cares about what ifs?” Jennie exclaims, and you nearly fall back at the shift in her stance. “If you focus too much on the what-ifs and hypotheticals, you’ll only ever live in a reality that doesn’t exist. Why not be in charge of the present? Why not make yourself happy before you care about making people comfortable?”
Jennie’s words are firm and resolute, so is her eyes when she peers into your own. She doesn’t waver when she continues to look, as if she was hoping that her energy and her mind would eventually translate to yours.
But it wasn’t her words that make you pause. It’s her.
It’s the fact that she’s here, in front of you, holding your hand while she gives you advice that she could’ve given anyone else. But she’s giving it to you. She cared enough about your happiness to sit here in a cafe, as it approaches midnight, talking to you.
And you realise that you have people who care about your happiness and that you care about too.
That’s all that should’ve mattered.
“I …”
“Please,” she begs, eyes desperate, “I can’t bear to see you and Jungkook tiptoe around each other like this anymore. It’s suffocating! The two of you are so in love and so dumb! Do you know how it’s like being the bystander—?”
You blink.
“I was about to say that you’re right,” you say dryly, the mood shattering as she opened her mouth to complain, “But please—go off.”
Jennie doesn’t look sheepish. Instead, she looks smug. Happy. Pleased.
“So,” she grins, suddenly excited, “What are you going to do?”
What you want.
You knew that springing onto Jungkook after a week of radio silence wasn’t the ideal way to go about it, especially since you knew that it would take far more than just your words or a verbal apology to make up for the indecisiveness on your end. There were some things that were better shown than said, and you ought to show him how serious you were about this change—though you definitely still feared the unknown. You needed to do this.
It’s why you’re here, solitary and certainly out of place as you hover by the entrance of a tattoo parlour.
There’s a simmer in your gut that tells you to run away, the fight or flight instinct immediately kicking in when you see a patron leave, arm wrapped with saran wrap and a grin on their face. They shoot you a passing glance, and a small smile out of politeness that you struggle to return. There was a part of you that wanted to decide against it—but you were already here, with a design in mind and a point to prove.
Not to anyone, but to yourself.
So, you take a deep breath and take the first step towards the shop, determination set in your eyes.
The shop is pretty. Despite any reservations you may have had in the first place, or any preconceived notions on what a tattoo parlour should look like—it made you feel safe. The walls are a muted mint colour, along with red accents that remind you very much of a Christmas present. The lady at the desk looks friendly too, though her vivid red hair made her look bold and vibrant.
You must’ve looked really nervous because she’s shooting you a wide grin before you can even get a word out.
“Hi there!” She chirps, “You got an appointment?”
You stutter in your steps as you blink.
You didn’t think that part through.
“I—uh—I didn’t know that I had to—appointment …” you stammer nervously when she continues to smile at you.
In spite of your blunder, she remains as cheery as ever.
“Oh, that’s fine,” she waves you off, “You’re here for a …?”
You realise she’s waiting for an answer the longer you stare at her as you clear your throat and fumble for a response.
“Tattoo,” you croak, much to your mortification. “I would like a tattoo … please.”
You wince at your more than stiff voice, and you think she’s definitely had enough of your blundering or awkward nature, but she doesn’t mention anything at all. Instead, the kind smile remains as she begins typing into the desktop in front of her while you lumberingly linger by the desk.
You take the time to observe your surroundings into more depth and only do you realise the intricate designs plastered on the walls leading towards a hallway you assume where people get inked up. They look painted on, giving it that natural yet appealing charm as it melts into different designs that all look so different from one another, but tied in seamlessly with each stroke.
You envied creatives, purely because you were always more on the pragmatic side. You were good with numbers and figures, and organising documents to perfection so that anyone and everyone would be able to understand the layout. Art? You never found an affinity for it, though you always did wonder what it would feel like to be able to create something so personal and beautiful and immortalise your ideas.
It must feel amazing.
Your mini daydream gets interrupted when the lady calls for you, eyes blinking in an eye smile.
“Fortunately for you, we have an open slot right now,” she exclaims, clasping her hands together, “Catch is, it’s by our apprentice. Would that be okay?”
Your eyebrows furrow in confusion because frankly, you had no idea that tattooist even had apprenticeships, and even if they did; you didn’t see the difference between a seasoned tattooist or an apprentice.
You really should’ve done more research into this—but this was as impulsive as it gets, and definitely the most spontaneous and daring thing you’ve allowed yourself to venture into.
Noticing your confusion, she offers you an apologetic smile.
“Sorry. First time?” She asks.
“Yeah,” you say meekly with a wince, “Is it that obvious?”
She offers you a sincere smile before waving you off.
“That’s fine. You seem nervous, that’s all,” she reassures you, “If you’re still keen on the tattoo we can slot you in! An apprentice is basically an artist under training, but I can vouch for him. J’s great.”
You offer her a thankful smile before nodding your head. Now wasn’t the time for you to hesitate, especially that you’ve gotten this far into the conversation. Somehow, the appeal of your rough design becomes much more real, and you’re both excited and terrified for the change.
“Sure,” you say, “Slot me in.”
You’re going to puke.
It’s not because you ate right before you came here because you didn’t want the humiliation of passing out on the table—but it has more to do with the fact that you were starting to second guess your decision. You’ve yet to see the person who has the fate of your skin quite literally in their hands, but you hear the whirr of the needle and the soft chatter behind the curtains. You hear Ubi, the kind lady by the desk, mumble a few words to your artist.
“Take it easy. She’s new.”
You flush, but you’re thankful for it anyway. You didn’t need your artist going in like you were a veteran receiver of tattoos. You hated needles.
Your knees are shaking while you shudder in your seat. Your eyes are darting everywhere, hoping to ease your nerves but it comes to no avail when your mind enlarges the visual of the needle in your mind. The size of your tattoo—the potential of it ending up butchered. What if it ended up off-centre? What if you ended up hating it and getting it removed with a laser? You heard that it hurt like a bitch. You really didn’t want to burn twice.
You’re about to bounce and never returning to show your face back at this parlour—but the curtain swings open, and somehow—you’re expecting the same kind smile as Ubi to greet you. But you weren’t. In fact, you feel the bile rise up from your throat when you see—
“J-Jeonghan?”
He stares at you, open-mouthed and wide-eyed as he grips the needle in his gloved palm. Your eyes dart between the device and his face, and you feel all the more light-headed, especially given your last interaction with him and how it boiled down. The literal reason why you were sitting in this chair in the first place.
Things really do come full circle, huh, you think dryly.
“You’re getting a tattoo?” His judgemental tone doesn’t get dismissed by you, in fact, it irks you. It irks you because you know he holds some discernment towards you based on his ideology that you were a two-timer and were sleeping with his captain.
“I am,” you say slowly, eyes rolling to his face, “You’re the apprentice?”
He blinks but walks towards you anyway, prepping the ink by the table next to you as you ogle the equipment in case he decided to poison you. That was illegal—right? You could file a lawsuit if he did.
“Six months in,” he tells you, “Did some of Jungkook’s pieces too.”
Your eyes widen. You knew that Jungkook frequented at different parlours because apparently different artists offered different styles, and mastered their own individual techniques. You aren’t, however, aware that Jeonghan had etched some of the beautiful masterpieces that trails up Jungkook’s arms.
It’s almost comical how you find yourself here despite it all. The casual mention of Jungkook doesn’t fly over your head either, and it makes you squirm in your seat when he looks over his shoulder, expectant of a response.
“Cool,” you concede, “Now you’re doing mine.”
Jeonghan pauses for a split second but composes himself. You don’t think your response is noteworthy, but he definitely did perceive things much differently from you so you couldn’t put it past him.
“What sparked this?” He asks.
You roll your eyes, though he doesn’t catch it.
“I needed some change,” you mutter, “And, maybe do something for myself for once.”
Jeonghan snorts, walking towards you as he gestures for you to lift your sleeve up to expose your upper arm. You follow his request and flinch ever so slightly when he cleans the area—nodding in approval when he noticed that you already shaved the spot.
“Hm,” he hums noncommittally, “Nothing to do with Jungkook?”
Your jaw ticks in annoyance.
It rubbed you the wrong way that he pointed that out. Sure, Jungkook was a huge reason as to why you found the confidence to finally get the tattoo you always fantasised about. But it wasn’t because of Jungkook that you were getting it. It was your skin, after all. Whether things worked out or not—you were living with this tattoo and not him.
It irks you even more because Jeonghan didn’t know you. He didn’t know you enough to comment on what you did, to make a hypothesis on what you did in your free time—or who you were doing in your free time. He knew nothing about you and Jungkook, and you knew that the way he said the words he did shows that he knew nothing about Jungkook at all too.
“Listen,” you snap. Jeonghan’s eyes widen at the change of your tone and especially at the way that you’re narrowing your eyes into thin slits when you glare at him. “Whatever I do with my life is because I want to do it. Not because of someone else.”
“I was just—”
“I’m not done talking,” you say blankly.
Jeonghan is stunned to silence, especially when you don’t break eye contact. He’s probably surprised, more so to do with the fact that he’s never spoken to you at all but likely only had an idea of the type of person you were. Even if your ears start turning hot, less to do with your embarrassment but more to do with frustration—you continue.
“I didn’t sleep with Namjoon,” you tell him, and he at least has the decency to look sheepish. “Even if I did, that’s my business. You don’t have the right to shame women for what we choose to do or not. So as long as it remains consensual and the involved parties are happy—that’s all that matters. Not what you think of me.”
Jeonghan looks away, cheeks flushed. But you weren’t done, not yet. This was more than what he said—but an ode to your quiet self, a self that would never have done this before but you needed to. Now.
“I don’t need to justify myself to you,” you seethe, “I don’t need your approval on what you think is the best for Jungkook.” Your fists are clenched when you spit out your words. “So, I’d greatly appreciate it if you’d keep your damn opinions to yourself. Or, at least cite a source that isn’t your left testicle.”
Jeonghan gawks at your tirade, though your words remain relatively light compared to the average person. But your points were made, especially when you make a point to raise a brow, waiting for his response while he stammers for one.
“I”—he chokes, clearing his throat as his eyes dart to his feet—“Got it.”
You scoff.
“Do you really?” You ask dryly, “Or as you just placating me because you’re about to piss your pants?”
Jeonghan flushes even harder but shakes his head.
“I’m not—I just—” he stutters.
“Whatever,” you roll your eyes before laying down on the bed, “Now give me my damn tattoo and don’t you dare butcher it.”
“That is huge!” Yena squeals, peering at your arm as she jumps up and down.
Taehyung is nodding in approval while Jimin gawks at the large piece. You’d have to give it to Jeonghan, he did well. Though, you may attribute it to the fact that you were eyeing him the entire time to ensure that he didn’t screw up the artwork in his spiteful haze. Thankfully, he was silent and obedient, even going as far as to ask you if you liked it every five minutes when it got too silent.
“Why a butterfly?” Jimin asks.
You smile, “A butterfly breaks out of its cocoon to become something beautiful.”
Yena coos at you while Taehyung ponders your words.
“Are you calling caterpillars ugly?”
You roll your eyes, tugging your sleeve down as your food arrives on the table. It hurt, but it healed. Just like most hurdles in your life—you knew that the only way to ever overcome them is to tackle them head-on. You keep the smile to yourself, your heart finding its place though your chest remains thorny. It would take time, but it was time worth taking.
Soon, you think.
You’ll do what makes you happy.
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the promposal // jjk
summary - with senior prom just around the corner, you figured now would be a good time to ask your boyfriend out to it. only you wanted to treat jungkook to something special at his next home game
paring - football player!jungkook x male theater kid!reader
genre - fluff; high school au, established relationship
prompt - sports au
word count - 538
warnings - highschool?? idk is that a warning??
authors note - the last one!!! huzzah!!! i hope everyone has enjoyed all the drabbls i’ve put out for this marathon. i’m so happy i finished it (disclaimer i’ve never been to a high school football game and i’ve never had promposal so suck it if it’s not accurate)
bts ghostie drabble marathon
“You checking your phone every 10 seconds isn’t going to make time go faster, you know that right?” Taehyung asked you, making you alert of your action.
“Sorry,” you chuckled nervously as you shoved your phone back into your pocket. “I’m nervous.”
“I mean, I would be too. This is a pretty big gesture.” He said, pointing to the wrapped up banner at your feet. “You’re asking Jeon Jungkook, your star quarterback boyfriend, to prom in the middle of the game. You certainly got some balls.”
You stuck your tongue out at him. Jungkook always told you that he loved big gestures but no one ever did anything for him, always expecting him to plan the big surprise. So considering this was senior prom and also your 6 month anniversary, you figured you’d go big or go home. After getting together with your friends in the theater department and your friends on the cheer squad, you told them your plan and they managed to pull some strings. If you thought about it, everyone on the field minus Jungkook (and maybe the opposing team) knew about what was going to happen at half time, which was only minutes away.
A blearing voice overhead pulled you from your thoughts, announcing that halftime was starting and if you weren’t nervous before, you certainly felt it now. You, Taehyung, and Hoseok all picked up the banner and made your way down the bleacher steps towards the fence that separated the field from the audience. You could see him, labeled by his 07 jersey, as he and the team made their way to their bench to go over the next play.
You made eye contact with Jimin, giving him a thumbs up as you, Tae, and Hobi began to unfurl the paper. Returning your thumbs up, started to get the rest of the cheer squad to try and get Jungkook’s attention.
“Give me a J!”
“J!”
“Give me a K!”
“K!”
“What’s that?”
“JK!”
Your heart was beating so fast it felt like you were going to throw it up as all the cheerleaders shouted and cheered for his attention. Which definitely worked as his helmeted head spun around to where his name was being called. Big smile on your face, you waved to confirm to signal where you were. You watched as he pulled off his helmet and tossed it to the ground as he practically ran over to you.
“Y/N, what are you-?”
“Shh! You’re gonna ruin the moment, let me ask you first!” You shushed him as he got closer. The other people on the bleachers must’ve caught on as they were cheering and shouting, making it a bit difficult to hear him. “Jungkook, will you go to prom with me?”
Rolling his eyes at you, he shouted back. “Yes! Now can I kiss my boyfriend?”
With a giggy smile, you dropped the banner and jumped down from the small fence to Jungkook. Immediately, his arms wrapped around you, picking you up and pressing his lips to yours. He tasted all sweaty and gross, but you couldn’t help but smile into the kiss.
“You’re so overdramatic,” he muttered as he pulled away.
“But you love it.”
“Yeah, I do.”
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nerd tae/jk /reader fics?
Hi. I already answered a previous ask for a nerd au here. But I'm remaking this to include a couple of other fics.
* s - contains smut sm - social media format
J U N G K O O K
[drabble] by candlewaxandp0lar0ids - drabble / fratboy!Jungkook, nerd!reader, friends to lovers, college au
Chasing Butterflies by ddaenggtan - one shot (s) / wc~12.8k / otaku!Jungkook, jock!reader
Summary: You never meant to be a jock in school. The volleyball team had just needed people and you were there and then you had a knack for it. You just happened to be good at it and went with it. Similar to how you saw Jeon Jungkook in your friend’s orientation group and thought he was absolutely radiant and just went with it. For two years. You’ve spent the entire time pining from afar, mostly because you always seem to make a fool of yourself when he’s around, but also because Jungkook is part of that exclusive crowd, the ones that you never can seem to penetrate: the weebs. That is, until your friends get sick of your hopeless pining and decide to do something about it.
Close the Distance by hearts4joon - one shot (s) / wc~13.5k / nerd!Jungkook, neighbors au
Summary: Two different adults, living two completely separate lives — in the same neighborhood. A guy who’s overbearing mother makes him carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. A girl who’s parents are all too drawn to her younger siblings to even give her the time of day. While the two fall in an unlikely relationship (very unlikely), they still ravish each and every part of one another in every way — the best of attention, the one they both craved all their lives.
Cold Nights & Blurred Lines [AO3] by awrkive - one shot (s) / wc~26.5k / basketball player!Jungkook, nerdy!reader, FWB, college au
Summary: Jungkook and you have been keeping a sexual relationship with each other for four months now, and it’s casual for the most part. But as time passes, you can’t help but feel that some of the lines suddenly got blurred in the process. Is it a cliché to blur the lines with your fuck buddy? It definitely is. Will you do something about it? Both of your emotional constipation have a hard time saying yes.
Like I Want You by divinelyparkjimin - one shot (s) / wc~5.4k / nerd!Jungkook, friends to lovers, college au
Summary: Setting your nerdy best friend up with a girl from your class was the biggest mistake you ever made.
Little Library Girl by kooksgalaxy - one shot / wc~5k / college au
Summary: Jungkook is the star quarterback of his college, but he has to keep his grades up in order to continue to play. With calculus being his hardest subject, he is tutored by Y/n, someone who is the complete opposite of him. With stress rising with the upcoming championship, his feelings for Y/n are making things much more complicated. Take the glory of football, a little library girls, and throw in a malicious opponent… you’ve got a whole lot of trouble.
Tuesdays by axialitae - one shot / wc~12.1k / nerdy!Jungkook, roommates au
Summary: You believe your very reserved, reclusive roommate Jungkook is a peculiar boy who’s far too concerned with how you spend your Tuesdays.
For Science by boymeetsweevil - series (s) / nerd!Jungkook, friends to lovers, FWB, college au
Summary: Jungkook asks you to let him watch you get off. For science.
Lunchbox Lovers by jiminrings - series / stem major!Jungkook, cold senior!reader
Summary: Cold senior!Y/N having a crush on shy stem major!Koo.
Only Fools by yonkimint - series (sm) / nerdy!reader, college au
Summary: Y/N has been in love with Jungkook since their Chemistry class freshman year but he’s got so many girls after him, he’d never give her the time of day. Besides, she’s his best friend’s nerdy cousin so she’s off limits anyway. Right? Throw in a costume party, a catfish, and a whole lot of crackhead and see if these fools ever find their way to each other.
T A E H Y U N G
Of Cliches and Romcom Tropes by vanaera - one shot / wc~10.1k / nerd!reader, college au
Summary: You find yourself literally living a classic Romcom trope by being the nerdy introvert in love with her unexpected friend, Kim Taehyung, your university’s golden theater boy and campus heartthrob. It only turns more disgustingly cliché when you learn he part-times as a prince actor in the same carnival where you work as a ticket booth attendant. Trusting on the clichés you’ve watched in numerous Romcom films, you embark on a plan to get your crush to like you back this Halloween.
Insomnia | Delirious | Just Relax, Dummy | Surprise by hobiwonder - series (s) / fuckboy!Taehyung, nerd!reader, college au
Summary: You can’t sleep.
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Snapdragon
Author D.
Pairing Jungkook / Reader (female)
Genre College AU | Fratboy AU | Romance | Angst | Fluff
Warning Cheating
Word count 18.5k
Summary Jungkook couldn’t stop looking at her. She was sitting on the edge of his bed with her head down and her hands on her knees, her knuckles white. He wished he could avert his gaze but something inside him wanted to masochistically remember this moment. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and his own hands trembling inside the pocket of his jeans. If he didn’t know himself better, he could swear his eyes were also starting to sting. What’s happening to me? Y/N finally took a deep trembling breath, as if she was trying to compose herself and not cry. She looked him in the eyes with all the courage she could gather and finally spoke the words he had been secretly preparing himself to hear. “I never thought I could hate someone as much as I hate you. I hate you, Jungkook. With all my heart.”
A/N Beware of poetic license and heavy citations. To be edited.
Daffodil (sequel) | Freesia (drabble)
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Part 1
Nov. - Dec.
November came with the wind and the colors of autumn. As per usual, the campus’ most loved café, the one near the big fountain, was packed with college students. Y/N was spending her Thursday afternoon doing her favorite hobby: drawing on her black sketchbook with a good cup of hot chocolate - with extra cream and marshmallows - in front of her. Her current subject was a young girl who was napping under a tree, an open book on her legs. She was just highlighting the shadows on her cheeks with her pencil when a sudden boisterous laugh caused her to smudge the paper in surprise. She pouted in annoyance and searched for the source of the noise. Two tables across from hers was a small group of boys, one of them was sitting with his back to her, his head thrown back in laughter. In front of him a boy with plump rosy lips was narrating something with grand gestures. Y/N sighed and smiled lightly. She was well aware of who those boys were - and she was not the only one.
The one nearest to her was known among students as one of the most beautiful man to be walking on campus. Kim Taehyung was majoring in Photography and was vice president of the student newspaper. He always carried with him his expensive camera and was often seen capturing every kind of thing, from random strangers to the colorful sky. His favorite subject were, of course, his friends. At first glance he seemed very intimidating but Y/N knew that he was in fact a very friendly social butterfly and was acquainted with the majority of the student body. On his right, just like always, was Park Jimin, the one who was doing the comedian. He was president of the student newspaper and legend said that he knew everything about everyone. He was just as handsome as his best friend and was famous for organizing great parties in the apartment they shared. Next to him was a cold looking man with pale skin and dark hair. With a major in Genetics, Min Yoongi shared many of Y/N’s classes over the years and participated in a couple of projects together. He was now taking his Master’s and, as rumor has it, was going to work for a major research laboratory at the end of the year. Y/N wouldn’t be surprised if that was true because she remembered him as a very intelligent, practical and straightforward kind of man. Truth be told, she admired him a whole lot. At last, was Jeon Jungkook, the one who was laughing his head off. He was the captain and the quarterback of the varsity team, the star of the campus. He also happened to share the same Major in Biology with Y/N and - despite his undeniable good looks, fame and frat membership -, going against all clichés, he was actually a great student and his GPA was one of the highest amongst his friends.
This small group was, of course, very well known inside the campus.
Y/N looked back outside the window. The girl she was portraying had woken up and was packing her things in a rush. Her subject now gone, she gave her wrist watch a glance and decided it was time for her to go home as well. She finished her hot chocolate in one gulp, put her sketchbook and pencil inside her bag, and gave the waiter, Hoseok, a quick wave as she stood up. Walking by the table of the four boys she saw Yoongi looking her way. She gave him a small smile in acknowledgement which he sincerely returned. This seemed to gain Jungkook’s attention who turned his head in her direction. Recognizing her as Y/N, the Physiology professor’s beloved TA and most likely to be valedictorian of their year, he also gave her a dashing smile and waved energetically. She giggled back, waving as well before heading to the door. On her way out, three other students greeted her politely and before she could reach her apartment she was stopped by two classmates needing some help with the latest assigned paper.
Apparently, she wasn’t invisible herself.
The Monday after, Y/N was working her four-hour shift at the book shop. She had this job since freshman year and had always enjoyed it. It wasn’t only for the employee discount - that she had used abundantly - but also because she found reorganizing books alphabetically quite relaxing. A perk that was essential amidst her busy schedule.
Y/N has always been a devoted student, she liked learning new things and she liked the sensation of setting new goals and reaching them. It wasn’t a surprise when she became high school valedictorian and earned a scholarship from three different colleges. The one she was attending - obviously the first on her list - offered a great Biology program, perfect for her plan to enter Med School. Y/N was one of those girls who knew early on what she wanted to become as an adult: a heart surgeon - and had always worked hardly to reach this dream. Now a senior, Y/N had a GPA of 4.0, was for the second year in a row the TA of the most demanding professor of her faculty, published two research papers in a well known scientific journal, and was on her way to become valedictorian - again.
Needless to say, she had a lot on her plate. Fortunately, she learned to cut out some time for herself to prevent getting too stressed. Monday and Friday afternoons were for the bookstore; on Tuesday and Thursday early mornings she went for a therapeutic run in the park; and on Sundays she had her day off. She usually spent those playing games with her older brother, Seokjin, with whom she shared an apartment, or with her best friend Namjoon.
At the end of the day, Y/N could say that she was quite satisfied with her life.
She was just rearranging the latest edition of the Lord of the Rings, sitting crossed legged on the floor, when someone clearing its throat caught her attention. She looked up to see none other than the football captain, Jungkook, perfectly styled hair and all. She frowned in surprise. Since she started working here, this was the first time seeing him in the bookshop. He was wearing his football varsity jacket and was carrying a small black duffle bag in one hand. From her place on the pavement, he seemed even broader and taller than usual, and if it wasn’t for the friendly smile he was showing, or the most endearing way he kept blowing away a strand of hair covering his right eye, Y/N could imagine he was what someone would call intimidating. It wasn’t only his physical appearance - even Y/N, who tended to overlook such things, could tell that he was a handsome young man - but the whole aura he emanated. She didn’t know him well, but it was common knowledge around campus how very smart, confident, committed and passionate he really was. Which was the reason why he was such a great leader, not only on the football field, but in the everyday life.
“Hi.” she exclaimed standing up.
“Hi, Y/N.” Jungkook smiled his notorious bunny smile. “Didn’t know you worked here.”
“I’ve been since forever, actually.”
“Really?” he replied slightly surprised. “Guess I’m not an avid reader.”
Y/N smiled. “What can I do for you?”
“I’m looking for a book” he stated matter-of-factly.
Y/N looked around in an obvious manner, hundreds of shelves surrounding them. “You have to be more specific than that.”
“Right.” Jungkook rolled his eyes at the ceiling. “This one.” he continued handing her a piece of paper.
Y/N took a quick glance at it and at the girly handwriting. “Didn’t know you were interested in Botanics.” she commented motioning him to follow her.
“I’m not ... um ... it’s for my sister.”
“Didn’t know you had a sister either.” she smiled getting on the tip of her toes, trying to reach a thick white book on the tallest shelf.
“Let me.” he said easily grabbing the volume. “Is it this one?” he asked taking a look at it.
“Yup. Come, I’ll put it in a bag for you.”
They walked together to the counter and Jungkook quickly paid for his purchase. “Well, thanks then. That was easy.” he smiled again at her. “See you tomorrow in class?”
“Yeah.” she smiled back. “How’s your paper going?” she asked on a second thought. “You must be one of the few that didn’t ask for my help.”
Jungkook smirked. “That’s because I don’t need it. You might be the smartest one around, but I’m not so bad myself.”
Y/N arched a brow at him but couldn’t find herself to disagree. “Guess you’re not. Maybe seven or eight places under me on the ranking, but no, you’re not that bad.” she joked.
“Let’s make that three or four.” he quipped back.
“Five or six, and that’s my final offer.”
They stared at each other with feigned challenge before breaking simultaneously in a grin. “It’s always a pleasure, TA.” the boy said heading towards the door greeting her with a wave of his hand. “Thanks again.”
“No problem, Cap. See you tomorrow.” Y/N greeted back.
A few moments later, she was back on the floor organizing books in the fantasy section.
“Going for your run?” Seokjin asked her sister while pouring himself a cup of hot coffee. His eyes were still half closed and his hair was pointing in all directions. He clearly just got up from bed. He looked up at the clock on the wall: 5.25 am. “I can’t understand where you find the energy to get up this early.”
“You’re up too, I believe.” she answered zipping up her wind jacket.
“Because I’m bind by contract to show up at work before 7.”
“That’s the nurse life for you. And if everything goes as planned it will be my life too.” she answered resolutely.
“You’re still in time to change your mind.” he replied letting himself fall on the sofa.
“Never will. See you later, bro.” She was about to close the door behind her when she heard Seokjin call her back. “What?”
“I forgot. You might want to change your usual route, heard they closed the city park for a few days. Tree maintenance, I believe.” he said in a yawn.
“Oh, ok. I’ll just run around campus, then.”
Seokjin gave her a the thumbs up, his eyes once again closed.
Running was another favorite of Y/N’s. It allowed her to clear her mind and start the day with energy. She usually went to the park where the trail was more challenging and the landscape more pleasing, especially during this time of the year when the trees were of bright red, orange and yellow. With her earphones on, music blasting in her ears, she would run for an hour or so before going back home to take a shower and prepare for her morning classes.
Remembering his brother’s advice, she turned left towards her college - only a block away from her apartment -, her new plan now running a couple of times around the inner perimeter of the campus. Being this her first - or maybe second - time taking this trail, she was surprised to not see anybody else jogging with her. She guessed that most of the college students weren’t kin on waking up this early to sweat, unlike her. This was a bit outputting at first and, she had to admit, a bit scary. She was used to encounter other joggers in the park and always felt safe somehow. So she decided to lower the volume of her earphones, ready to spring in case of emergency.
The worst case scenario presented itself half an hour later, when lost in her thoughts Y/N didn’t hear the fast and heavy steps approaching her. When she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder, she let out a scream and hastily turned around, her heart beating like a piston inside her chest. In doing so, she lost her balance and fell backwards on the concrete, hitting her bottom hard.
“Oh my god! Y/N! Are you all right?!” a male voice boomed above her.
Y/N looked up, somewhat breathless, a hand on her lower back. Now crouching next to her was a very worried Jungkook, dressed in sport shorts and a white T-shirt, sweaty strands of hair glued to his forehead. “Y/N.” he called her again. “Are you okay?”
“Jungkook?” she stared at him dumbfounded. “You scared the hell out of me!”
The boy grimaced. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to!” he exclaimed taking her hand in his, helping her up.
“What the hell are you doing here at this hour?” Y/N asked accepting his help and wiping the dust away from her leggings. “I thought you were some serial killer. You really gave me a heart attack.”
“I really - really - didn’t mean to.” he repeated. “I was taking my habitual morning jog around campus when I saw you. I’m usually the only insane one running this early, so I was quite surprised.”
“Yeah, well. I usually run at the park but it’s closed for maintenance or something.” she answered massaging her back.
Jungkook looked worriedly at her. “Are you okay?” he asked for the third time.
Y/N sighed and smiled at him patting his shoulder. “I’m fine. Really.”
“I’m so sorry I scared you.”
“All in the past.” she shook her head and started walking again. “So you run here every morning?”
“Not really, just everytime I can. When I’m not too tired from practice, you know?” he answered following her. “How about you?”
“I’ve been doing it every Tuesday and Thursday since last year. But never inside campus.”
“Yeah, we would have met sooner otherwise. Didn’t take you for a runner.”
Y/N rolled her eyes to the sky: this wasn’t her first time hearing this comment. “What do you mean?”
Jungkook run a hand through his hair, now slightly embarrassed. “You know ... First of class, TA, working at the bookshop ... Classic nerdy girl.” he finished feeling uneasy.
“That’s s bit dull on your part, Jungkook.” she teased him feigning offense.
He sighed. “Yeah. You’re right. I’m sorry.”
Y/N grinned. “Don’t worry about it. You don’t know me well, but I’m full of surprises.” she winked at him.
“That you are.” he smiled back. “Hey, wanna run to the café in front of the fountain? I usually have breakfast there once I’m done. They’re the only ones who open this early.”
“Sure. I love that place.” Y/N suddenly smirked. “Race you there?”
Jungkook stopped on his tracks and arched a brow teasingly eyeing her petite figure. “The café is nearly ten minutes jog away from here, Miss TA. I’m the captain of the football team, how about you? Sure you can make it?”
Y/N narrowed his eyes and crossed her arms on her chest, straightening her back. “Do you want to do it or not, captain my captain?”
The boy giggled. “You’re so on.” he got into position, the tips of his fingers on the ground, ready to sprint. Y/N quickly copied him. “Ready, set ... go!”
Jungkook kept a fast pace since the very begin, planning to leave Y/N behind early on and prove his point. However, the girl pleasantly surprised him by keeping his rhythm with a concentrated face. Everytime he tried to speed up she was quick to accelerate. She ended up running alongside him most of the time. They chased each other like this all the way to the café, Jungkook arriving first just by a few seconds.
“Is there something you didn’t tell me?” Jungkook asked out of his breath, hands on his knees.
Y/N laughed, out of breath herself. “I was in the track team back in high school, used to run the hundreds.”
“You really are full of surprises. Well, since you lost and cheated. I say you pay for coffee.” he said entering the empty shop.
“That’s fine with me. The shocked expression you had everytime I overtook you was enough to please me.” she teased him walking towards the counter. “What are you getting?”
“An ice americano, grande with two extra shots, and four chocolate muffins.” he answered glancing down at her, waiting for her to comment on his order. She didn’t.
“Make it two please, but just three muffins for me.” she placed her order surprising Jungkook. “How much is it?”
“Here you go.” the dark haired boy quickly handed 20 bucks to the young cashier.
“Hey.” Y/N turned back at him, her wallet open in her hands. “I thought I was the one supposed to pay.”
Jungkook shook his head putting an arm around her shoulders and pushing her towards the nearest table. “I was just kidding, I’ve been raised a gentleman. I would never make a woman pay for my breakfast, especially not Professor Lee’s TA. I need to be on your good side.” he winked at her and walked back to the counter to get their order.
“What happened to being third or fourth in the rankings and not needing my help?” Y/N asked once he was seated in front of her.
“You never now what might happen. It’s better to be safe than sorry since it’s senior year.” Jungkook answered peeling away the paper from one of his muffins and giving it a big bite. “So, I get that you’re a professional runner, but where does a small looking girl like you hide three enormous chocolate muffins?”
“Inside my brain, obviously. I thought we agreed I’m the smartest one around.” she joked making him laugh the same boisterous laugh that distracted her the other day.
“Yeah, you definitely must burn a lot of calories to be this smart.” he clipped back.
Y/N nodded confidently. “Exactly.”
They spent the next hour chatting like this, joking around and learning a few more things about each other, beyond discovering they enjoyed the same morning routine. Although they’ve been attending almost every single class together over the years, went to the same parties and frequented the same places, they barely knew each other - just two friendly acquaintances walking past each other on campus. On their way back to their own home to get ready for their Organic Chemistry class, they both wondered what was the reason behind it, especially since they had highly enjoyed each other’s company during breakfast.
Surprising Y/N by sitting front row next to her almost an hour later, Jungkook found himself unable to find a satisfying answer.
The following Thursday evening Y/N was once again having her alone-time at the coffee shop, pencil in one hand and a cup of hot chocolate in another. Today’s subject was an old professor grading papers in the booth in front of hers. He had become increasingly more annoyed by the hour that Y/N couldn’t help herself and started sketching his wrinkly face. She was so immersed in her drawing that she didn’t notice a tall and broad figure approaching her.
Jungkook had just left the football field and had decided to stop by his favorite coffee shop for a quick americano. He usually didn’t drink coffee at this hour but the coach kept postponing the end of practice and Jungkook needed to write at least another page of his paper due the next week if he didn’t want to submit it last minute. He was just about to leave the shop when he caught Y/N’s profile. She was so into whatever she was doing that she didn’t even heard him calling her name. Stopping beside her, Jungkook looked down at her table and felt his jaw dropping. On the paper was the most perfect portrait of Professor Han, one of the oldest teachers in their college. It was so realistic, from his furrowed brows to the shadows on his disappointed face, that Jungkook almost taught it was a black and white picture.
“That is so beautiful, Y/N.” he murmured in amazement.
The girl suddenly jumped on her seat, surprised, and instinctively lifted her pencil to avoid leaving an unwanted mark on the face of her subject.
“You really need to stop doing that.” she exclaimed in one breath looking up.
Jungkook smiled sheepishly at her, running a hand through his freshly showered hair. “Sorry. Do you mind?” he asked gesturing the free seat in front of her.
“Suit yourself.” Y/N shrugged analyzing attentively her drawing.
“I didn’t know you could draw like this.” the boy said putting his practice bag next to him. “You really are so talented.”
Y/N smiled looking up at him, satisfied that the portrait was still pristine. “Thanks. It’s a hobby of mine.”
“Miss TA, you once again surprise me.” Jungkook commented whilst putting a hand under his chin. “Have you ever thought of making a job out of it? I mean, this is really good enough to be displayed in a museum.”
“Don’t be silly.” Y/N rolled her eyes at the ceiling, trying to be as humble as she could. “I told you, it’s just a hobby.”
“That’s bullshit. I’m telling you, I could spend money on this.”
“Do you admire Professor Han that much? How much would you pay me?” she challenge him with an arched brow.
It was Jungkook’s turn to roll his eyes. “Ok. Maybe not on this particular portrait. Do you have others? That aren’t about old grumpy men, I mean.”
Y/N nodded and pushed her black sketchbook towards him. She watched as Jungkook opened the first page, mouth agape and eyes big as saucers. She watched him turn every page with care, taking his time in admiring every single detail of every drawing. As the minutes passed, Y/N started to feel shy, which was unusual. Her passion wasn’t a secret, and she did knew how talented she was, but somehow Jungkook’s enamoured expression was making her feel uneasy. It was as if she really wanted to impress him.
On the other hand, Jungkook was so caught in her talent, and so impressed by it, that he felt his fingers tingle. It wasn’t only the details but the emotions captured in every picture. He could feel them, the people she portrayed, as if they where in front of him and he was watching them with his own eyes.
“Please tell me that your major in Biology is just plan B and you are actually preparing to become the next Monet.” he told once he reached the last drawing.
“Monet was an Impressionist. I’m more of a Courbet.” she responded taking the last sip of her hot chocolate, hiding her pleased smile.
“I have no idea of who you are talking about, but you know what I mean.”
“I’m sorry to disappoint you but I’m planning to be the next big surgeon, not painter.” she winked at him.
Jungkook felt his brows going up again. “Are you really?” he smirked resting his back on the sofa. “We’re gonna be rivals then, because I also want to become the next big surgeon.”
“Really?” Y/N asked in surprise. She never gave it more than a second thought and she always assumed he wanted to play football even after college. Now, she realized he wasn’t the only one who had been narrow-minded. “Do you already know which speciality?” she asked curiously.
“Pediatric surgery.” he answered immediately.
Y/N found herself taken aback once again. “Clearly I’m not the only one full of surprises here.”
Jungkook smiled back at her. “How about you? Wait let me guess.” he narrowed his eyes in feigned concentration. “You want to become a neurosurgeon, just so you could make sure that your brain is the biggest of them all.”
Y/N threw her eraser - which he caught easily - in annoyance. “No, you smartass. I’m all for cardio-thoracics.”
The boy observed her intently for a minute, thinking about how much effort she seemed to put in everything she did. How much heart. “I think it suits you very much.” he finally said in a low voice.
For the first time since she could remember, she felt her cheeks blushing under his intense gaze and she found herself playing with the rim of her now empty cup. “Thanks.” she answered timidly.
Jungkook found himself looking at her under a new light. He already knew how great she was academically speaking, how she always found time to help other students with their assignments and how reliable she was as a TA. But he never looked past this version of her and never thought of what else was there behind the valedictorian facade. This past week revealed a lot of the real Y/N. He learned that she was full of interests and different passions, that she was able to eat three chocolate muffins in one sitting, and that she seemed to have a ready answer for everything. In that moment, he recognized how beautiful she was, in almost an intimidating way.
“Since we’re heading towards a common goal,” she started, awakening him from his thoughts. “How about we start studying together?” she proposed, surprising the both of them.
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, kind of thing?” Y/N shrugged in response to his remark. “Fine by me.” he replied. “But are you sure you want me - the third in ranking - to be your study partner?”
Y/N laughed. “Oh, Jungkook. Don’t think so low of yourself, I’m sure you’ll be able to keep up with my pace.”
“Do you even have a free slot in your time table, Lady Number 1?”
She huffed at the new nickname but answered him anyways, “Actually, I don’t. But I already go to the library every Wednesday afternoon. You could join me if you’re free.”
Jungkook taught about it for a second before realizing that their timetable was almost the same. “That’s actually perfect for me. Wednesdays afternoons are also my designated study hours, I wouldn’t mind some company for a change.”
“It’s a plan, then.” Y/N replied, still surprised of how at ease she felt around him.
“Did you went running today, since it’s Thursday.”
“Yeah, you remembered.” she smiled. “Went back to my beloved park.”
“Hey, mind if I join you next time?” Jungkook asked before he could stop himself. “We could be jogging buddies too.”
“You mean that you are willing to see this ugly face, not only in class but also at 5.30 am?” she joked pointing at herself.
“And Wednesday afternoons.” he nodded showing his bunny smile. “Besides,” he continued, suddenly feeling bold. “Apparently, I find your company quite enjoyable.”
Y/N looked at him with interest letting a few seconds pass in silence. “Ditto, Captain. Ditto.”
It became their new routine. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings they would meet outside the campus gates, briskly walk towards the park saying their good mornings, run through the trees and at the end race each other back to their favorite café. On Wednesday afternoons, after their morning classes, they would eat lunch together at the cafeteria - often joined by either Namjoon or Jungkook’s friends - before heading to the library and study till late.
November went by and came the cold December, and before they knew it Y/N became accustomed to his presence and him to hers. It wasn’t unusual now to see them walking around campus side by side, laughing and teasing each other, and, after the initial curiosity, the other students got used to it too.
Y/N became also quick friends with Jungkook’s inner circle. She was pleased to see that Yoongi was still the same silent but observant guy she remembered. He often sat quietly beside his friends, an affectionate smile on his face, watching them bicker and throwing in some random knowledge every now and then just to annoy or impress them. This had earned him the nickname “Yoongipedia”, which he pretended to dislike - Y/N had caught him a lot of times smirking in satisfaction after proving his friends wrong during some kind of discussion.
To Y/N’s delight, Yoongi immediately clicked with her best friend Namjoon, a nerdy one himself. Majoring in Philosophy, the boy was all about long debates and was more than happy to find a new opponent other than Y/N who had lost her patience over the years and now tended to ignore him. Namjoon was quite surprised the first time he saw Y/N surrounded by the four boys at lunch. Even if quite friendly and always eager to be helpful, she was in fact a very solitary, reserved and somehow introverted person. She was a quality over quantity kind of girl, making Namjoon very proud of being her best friend. They met each other first year of high school, they were the first ones to arrive at their very first lesson and had quickly fallen into a deep conversation about volcanoes, tectonic plates and Darwinism. United by their love for science and their ambition, they easily became inseparable. They grew up together and always encouraged each other to achieve their dreams. Namjoon, in particular, almost felt like Y/N’s guardian angel, working on the sidelines and taking care of her without her noticing. He sometimes worried that she would forget that there was something more than studying and how important it was to enjoy the small things in life. He still remembered clearly those tough weeks during second year when she had taken so many extra courses to increase her credits that she barely left her room. She became so anxious, even more closed in herself and ill tempered, that both him and her brother Seokjin decided she needed a quick intervention before she went spiraling. It wasn’t easy, but they were able to convince her to let go of some of her responsibilities and to resume her old hobbies - like drawing and running - and find new ones. So, once over the initial surprise, Namjoon felt happy that she made new friends.
At the moment, all six of them were seated on the ground around the long coffee table in Beta Tau Sigma’s living room, Jungkook and Yoongi’s fraternity house. It was a slow Sunday morning and they had decided to play a game of Monopoly. Jimin had made one of his famous colorful cocktails - non-alcoholic since the hour - and Taehyung had brought his favorite snacks to share.
The two men were the complete opposite of the calm Yoongi. Y/N soon learned that they were the life of the party, always cheerful and carefree, making it easy to feel at ease around them. Jimin, in particular, was a ball of energy, always jumping around, screaming at the top of his lungs and inventing quirky songs on the spot. Y/N find herself always in a good mood when he was around. Taehyung, on the other hand, was more tranquil but still on the exuberant side - and maybe a bit extravagant too. He was definitely the most charming amongst his friends and he often had different people buzzing around him. Everyone seemed to enjoy his company. There was also a purity in him that Y/N couldn’t quite identify that awakened in her a desire to protect him from any harm.
And then there was Jungkook. He was sitting on her left, an arm thrown absent-mindedly around her shoulders and a hand playing with a strand of her hair. Y/N had became accustomed to this kind of display of affection, he especially seemed to like hugging her, to engulf her small figure in his arms. She liked it too, even if she didn’t want to admit it at first, playing hard to get. The first time he had embraced her it was to stop her from arriving first at their usual morning race. He had caught her a few feet away from the finish line and had thrown her to the grass. Y/N, outraged, had climbed up his back to put his neck into a loose headlock. They entered the café like that, Jungkook carrying her upside down on his shoulder. After that everything else came natural. It was always when they were alone, or with their close friends at most, because none of them liked PDA, but it was pleasurable none the least.
In just over a month, Jungkook became the centre of her thoughts. She often caught herself picturing his cute dimples, the mole under his lower lip or his broad shoulders. She could now recognize his smell - a mix of freshly washed laundry, perfume and pure him - and the warmth of his hands. She liked how he would furrow his brows when he didn’t understand a certain concept during their study hours, how he would read the paragraph over and over again before biting his lip and tapping on her notebook with his pencil in defiance. She liked the way his eyes would grow big listening to her explanation and then shake his head annoyed with himself. She liked how he always listened to her every word and how he seemed to remember the smallest details even after weeks; or the way he would look at her in silence whilst she was drawing - or doing anything, really. He would make her blush with his stare, laugh with his silly jokes and provoke her with his smart remarks.
It was undeniable. Y/N liked Jungkook.
And, if she was as intelligent as she claimed to be, she thought that the feeling was mutual too. Nevertheless, neither of them acted on it. They stood facing each other in front of an invisible line, waiting for the first one to find the courage to cross it.
They weren’t the only ones waiting, either. Yoongi and Jimin had already placed a bet on who would be the first to come forward, Namjoon agreeing with the former that Jungkook would be the one to take control of the situation - just like a true leader -, and Taehyung siding with his best friend to cheer their headstrong new friend. But none of them had luck so far and had to settle with watching the two gravitate towards each other.
“Ok, Miss TA.” Jungkook was saying at the moment. “It’s time to begin the negotiations. How much do you want for that worthless piece of land?” he pointed at the very last property.
Y/N scoffed. “Do you mean Boardwalk, Cap? The most expensive land in the game?”
“Well, it’s worthless to you since I have the other two properties to complete the set.”
“And that’s exactly the reason why I will not sell it to you.” Y/N responded poking his side. “You already have all of the stations. I won’t make winning any easier for you.”
“I could give you half of my winnings if you want.” Jungkook gave her his dashing bunny smile.
“There are no winnings, Jungkook.” she remembered him.
“How about eternal glory and the right to gloat with our friends over here?”
“I’d prefer something more concrete, thanks.” she rolled her eyes at him.
Jungkook pulled her closer to his side. “How about a kiss then?”
Y/N looked at him for a moment, caught off guard. He was looking at her too, still smiling but with a glint of seriousness in his eyes. Y/N almost taught about it, to give him a quick peck on the lips, but she could feel the silence in the room and their friends eyes watching them, and decided against it.
Clearing her throat and looking down on her hands she let out a mocking huff. “Ew. That would put me on the losing end of the negotiation.”
Jungkook laughed quietly, not surprised at all by her denial. “If you want to believe so, my dear TA.”
Nonetheless, he settled on giving her a quick kiss on the top of her head, earning her smile and making their friends roll their eyes simultaneously.
“I’m gonna miss you during winter break.”
Jungkook turned his head towards Y/N in pleasant surprise. They were sitting beside each other on a park bench, watching the sunrise behind the trees. They didn’t feel like running that morning and decided upon walking and simply enjoy each others company.
“Have I heard you right?” the boy teased. “Did you say you were going to miss me?”
“I’m not going to repeat myself, Jungkook.” she threatened with a smile.
He smiled too, turning back to look at the sky. It was a rare cloudless winter morning and the faint pink and yellow were beautiful behind the leafless trees. That afternoon they were both going back home to spend the festivities with their families and wouldn’t see each other for a couple of weeks.
“Who would have thought I’d spend my 5.30 mornings watching the sunrise with the world’s smartest person.” Jungkook murmured quietly taking her hand in his.
Y/N felt her hearth beat a little faster. “Who would have thought I would enjoy holding hands with the world’s greatest quarterback.” she murmured back.
Never letting go of her hand, Jungkook put his arm around her shoulders, letting her snuggle to his side, and laying his head on hers. “Who would have thought.”
“Y/N could you please put your phone down for a minute? Dinner is ready!”
“A minute!” she called back from her place on the sofa.
It was the 29th of December and as per usual Y/N was busy texting with Jungkook. After their sweet moment at the park they agreed upon keeping in touch as much as they could. But what neither of them anticipated was how frequently they’d be looking for each other. First it was him sending her stupid memes, and then it was her sending him videos of her uncles embarrassing themselves on Christmas Eve. Sometimes Jungkook would call her late at night, making her worry that his vacation wasn’t going as smoothly as hers. She didn’t want to pry, but from what she gathered during those rare times he would let something slip, he didn’t have the best of relationships with his father. He didn’t seem to approve his dream job, which Y/N found quite strange. Who didn’t want a doctor for a son? That was unheard of. Obviously, Jungkook wasn’t coping with the situation as well as he wanted her to believe. Y/N tried to distract him as best as she could, trying to ignore the desire to steal his brother’s car keys and drive all the way to comfort him.
“Who is she even talking to?” she heard her father saying. “Does she have a new boyfriend that we don’t know of?”
Y/N pretended not to hear and quickly messaged Jungkook that she was going to dinner.
“If she has a boyfriend,” Seokjin responded with his mouth full of mashed potatoes. “I want to believe I’d be the first to know.”
“After Namjoon, of course.” responded their mother bringing a hot pot of green pees.
“Yeah, after Namjoon.” Seokjin confirmed slightly annoyed.
“It’s just a friend from college. I’m still as lonely as ever.” Y/N cut short, but from the look on their faces, she knew that none of her family members believed her.
Later that night Y/N found herself lying under her white duvet, lights off and her phone crushed between her left ear and her soft pillow. On the other side of the call was, of course, Jungkook.
“So, for New Years Eve me and the guys are planning to go to this beach party out of town organized by one of Jimin’s childhood friends. It’s supposed to be fun, not too wild and a little bit romantic. You know, with the moon reflecting on the sea and all that.”
“That’s nice.” Y/N smiled. “Me and Namjoon haven’t decided yet. We’ll probably crash into someone else’s party last minute, like every year.”
“So you are also a party crasher, huh? You never cease to amaze me, Miss TA.” he joked. “How’s the rest of your winter break going?”
“Fairly well, actually. If it wasn’t for my brother and father teasing me about staying up till late talking on the phone.”
She heard Jungkook muffle a giggle which made her smile back. “And who would be the fortunate one on the other side of the line?”
“No one important, I can assure you that.” she responded making him scoff. “How about you? Everything ok?”
“Same as always, I guess.” he answered and Y/N could imagine him shrugging. “I’m going to meet some college friends tomorrow.”
“Really? Someone I know?”
“No, not really. Just some teammates.” he answered dismissively. “I’ll introduce them to you once were back.” he added.
“I’d like that.” she answered with a yawn. She was about to talk again when she heard a female voice calling his name from afar.
“Jungkook! Are you using my phone charger again? I need it!”
“I’m on 5%! Can’t you borrow mom’s?” the boy called back.
“Why don’t you? Give it back, I have to go out with the girls in an hour and I’m out of battery.”
Y/N listened to them bicker for a couple of minutes and waited for the rustling to finish before speaking again. “Was that your sister?”
“Yeah.” Jungkook sighed. “Sorry about that, she can be very annoying when she wants to.”
“I totally understand you.” she responded thinking about Seokjin making funny and childish faces at her during dinner. “So she’s the one into botanics?”
“Huh?”
“I remember you buying a botanics book from the bookshop where I work.”
“Oh. Oh! Yeah! Right! That’s her.” he laughed awkwardly. “Listen. I have to go now. My phone is about to die.”
“Oh, ok.” she responded a little taken a back from the suddenness.
“Goodnight, Y/N. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
Namjoon was pacing back and forth outside her bathroom door. She could hear him huffing and puffing while retouching her make up. “Y/N, please, hurry up! It’s 10 pm already! It’s an hour and a half drive from here, we need to go!”
“I’m ready! I’m ready!”, she answered throwing the door open. “Do we really have to go all the way over there? Where even is there?”
Namjoon sighed pulling her friend by the wrist and hurriedly waving at her parents in the kitchen. “I told you, Ashley’s cousin owns a very big house on the beach and is apparently very good at organizing parties. They bought the big fireworks, Y/N.”
“Wow, big fireworks.” she mockingly repeated opening the car door. “I bet that that’s the real reason behind all your enthusiasm.”
“Oh, shut up.” Namjoon replied starting the engine.
“I really hope Ashley is worth the long drive.” she teased him. “And that the fireworks are as big as you said.”
“Y/N. Really. Shut up.”
Even with Namjoon’s fast driving it took them almost two hours to arrive at the location: a big white wooden house perched upon a small hill that overlooked the sea. Following the music and the loud voices, they ended up going down two flights of stairs that led directly to the beach. There were at least a hundred people dancing and talking around two large bonfires, and none of them seemed to mind the cold wind blowing from the sea.
“I’ll see you later, okay?” Namjoon almost screamed to be heard over the loud noise. Y/N watched her friend with wide eyes take his shoes and socks off as fast as he could before running backward in the sand. “It’s 10 minutes to midnight! I have to find Ashley!”
“Are you kidding me?! Namjoon! Namjoon!” Y/N called for him, but he was already lost in the crowd. “Unbelievable.”
Muttering curses to herself, she went barefoot too and started to wander among the crowd. She didn’t recognize anyone of the people around her and she wasn’t even in the mood to look for someone to talk to. Surrendered to the idea of celebrating New Year’s by herself, she decided to go sit on the shore and enjoy the winter breeze. Stopping before the water, she was pondering if it was worth getting her feet wet in the cold water when a voice she knew really well called her name, making her turn around in surprise.
“Y/N?”
Jungkook was standing a few feet from her, dressed in a heavily padded jacket, a red cup on his hand and a dumbfounded expression on his face.
“Jungkook?” she exlaimed, just as surprised.
They stood there looking at each other with their mouths opened, asking themselves if they were really seeing right. Y/N remembered him talking about Jimin’s friend organizing a beach party on New Year’s, but she didn’t even think about Ashley’s cousin being that same person.
“A minute ‘till midnight!” someone screamed, making both of them jump.
Jungkook blinked a couple of times, getting back to the present, before looking behind to where he’d come from. He paused, seemingly in the middle of deciding something, and when he faced Y/N again he had a resolute expression on his face. Handing his cup to a random guy passing by, he took too large steps toward Y/N, grabbed her wrist and started to run towards the hill.
Surprised at first, Y/N struggled to keep up but soon started running as fast as him, until they were side by side. She found herself smiling up at him and Jungkook soon matched her glee.
He laughed his boisterous laugh and run even faster. “Come on, Y/N! It’s almost midnight, come on!” he screamed with the same enthusiasm of a kid.
It wasn’t easy to get through all the people and to climb the hill barefoot. Once on the top, they stopped to catch their breath, both still smiling. Y/N turned to her left and grinned at the beautiful view. They were in a dark side of the hill and looking down at the beach she was sure that nobody could see them. The moon’s reflection was dancing on the calm surface of the sea and the sky was so clear that she could see hundreds of stars blinking back at her. She felt her whole body tingle with emotion.
Jungkook was watching her intently, quite emotional himself. Her eyes were bright, almost watery because of the cold wind, and her cheeks were red as cherries. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail with a few loose strands dancing away with the breeze. She was beautiful.
“I can’t believe you’re here.” he murmured taking a tentative step in her direction.
Y/N was for the first time at lost of words, her heart beating fast as she watched him step closer and closer. He was looking at her like he never did before, even in the dark she could clearly see how intense his gaze was.
Below them the crowd started the countdown.
“10! 9! 8!”
Another step and he was just a breath away. Y/N felt her lips parting on their own accord.
“6! 5! 4!”
He was now towering over her, a strand of his dark messy hair falling over his eyes. Y/N couldn’t help but reach out a hand and move it aside lovingly.
“3! 2! 1!”
A loud explosion made them both jump. Someone from the house’s rooftop was blowing up fireworks illuminating the sky in a thousand of colors. The people on the beach started to cheer loudly celebrating the New Year.
They really did bought the big fireworks, she thought to herself.
“Happy New Year, Y/N.” Jungkook said in a hush tone, admiring the colorful lights dancing on her skin.
“Happy New Year, Jungkook.” she responded, eyes back at him.
The kiss was timid and sweet at first, both enjoying the soft touch of each others lips and still overwhelmed by their emotions. Jungkook put one hand on her cheek, cupping her face delicately and caressing her skin with his thumb. The other hand went to the back of her neck to pull her up and closer to him. Y/N’s mind went blank. All she could do was feel him - his warmth, the softness of his lips and his sweet scent.
As they became bolder, the kiss intensified. They savored each other’s taste, hugged closer ‘till there was nothing between them. Y/N clung to his padded jacket and Jungkook tightened his embrace in response.
As they parted slightly to catch their breath, nose to nose and eyes still closed, Y/N couldn’t help but think how this moment was everything she had imagined and more. It was perfect. Unforgettable.
Part 2
Jan. - May
After winter break, they all went back to their original routine. Tuesday and Thursday mornings were still for their usual jog, Wednesday afternoons were still spent in the library. They still had lunch together with their friends at the cafeteria and still played board games on Sundays. What changed were the stolen kisses in front of Y/N’s apartment door, or the secret hand holding under the library desk.
They unanimously agreed upon keeping their new relationship for themselves for the time being, both of them cherishing their privacy and neither anxious to get in the center of attention - which was inevitable given Jungkook’s position on the social pyramid.
Their close friends were the only one aware of it all. The boys were still fighting about who won their original bet and Namjoon continuously claimed how important his role had been on New Years’s Eve, annoying the hell out of his best friend. Jimin would jokingly tease the couple about releasing a first page article about them on the student newspaper, convinced that the whole student body wanted and deserved to know about the nerdy girl and the quarterback hiding in the chemistry lab to smooch.
Y/N had never felt better. Her classes were going great, Jungkook being a motivation and not a distraction as she secretly thought he would be. He seemed even more driven than usual, working hard to ace his assignments and raise his GPA. His main focus was, of course, leading his team towards the playoffs. Being this his last year as quarterback and captain of the varsity team, he was very determined to write his name on the page of the history of sports. It didn’t matter how many times Y/N tried to reassure him that he was already the greatest captain the campus could remember, he would always be the first one to arrive at the practice field and the last one to leave.
Sometimes, when he was too tired to go out on their occasional secret dates, he would knock on her apartment door with an adorable pout asking permission to cuddle on her sofa. Y/N was always happy to oblige.
It was a shock at first for Seokjin, catching them kissing passionately in their living room after his double shift at the hospital. They were so into each other that he had to clear his throat loudly three times before he could grab Jungkook’s attention, making him fall on the floor in panic. But Seokjin didn’t give him too much of a hard time after all, besides the initial jealous-brother-scene, they actually got along with each other really well and he soon became accustomed to his company.
January came and went and Y/N was still in a state of bliss. It was like Jungkook was the missing piece she didn’t know she needed to be complete. Everything was as perfect as it could be - her academic life was as perfect as ever, her friendship with Namjoon was still a certainty and the other boys already owned a big piece of her heart. And Jungkook was the glue that bound all of it together. He made her feel happy.
“Hey,” he was saying leaning on the counter of the bookstore where she worked. “Wanna come to the next game?”
“I’m honored.” Y/N replied putting a hand over her heart theatrically. “Are you sure I won’t be of any distraction. Wouldn’t want you to catch a glimpse of my beautiful face in the middle of the crowd and lose your grip on the ball.”
“Oh, my dear TA.” he said in a smirk. “I thought we’d already clear this out. You’re the brains, I’m the beauty. No risk in being distracted.”
“I’m not sure if I should be upset or pleased by what you just said.” she wrinkled her nose adorably.
“Pleased, of course. Because you know that I’m not a shallow person who appreciates you only for your rosy lips and deep, big eyes; but I value your intelligence, your creativity and all of your hardworking self.”
Y/N arched a brow at him, secretly pleased. “Rosy lips and deep, big eyes, huh?”
“Miss TA! Are you getting all superficial on me?” he gasped dramatically. “Jokes aside, would you come? To the game” he added.
“Do you want me to?”
“I wouldn’t have asked otherwise.”
Y/N smiled at him. “I’ll be there, then.”
“Is this your first game, Y/N?” Taehyung was asking the girl while munching noisily on his french fries.
The stands were crowded with students, in spite of the late hour, more than half of them wearing their varsity team’s colors and waving huge banners for encouragement. Y/N and the guys were also wearing matching T-shirts with Jungkook’s name on them, ready to support their captain.
“No, but it’s the first one since forever.” she responded, stealing him a fry. They were sitting front row and Y/N was enjoying the cheerleader’s routine. Their varsity squad was very good too, especially who she assumed was the captain. She was a blonde gorgeous girl with piercing blue eyes who did all the hardest stunts effortlessly, as if she was a feather in the wind.
“I can’t wait to see your jealous side, Y/N.” Jimin said, leaning forward from the seat behind hers.
“What do you mean?” she looked back at him.
“Look around you.” he murmured in a hushed tone. “Half of the girls in the stadium doesn’t even know the shape of the football ball. They’re just here to swoon over 22 men sweating and running across the field in elastic pants.”
“That’s so stupid.” she shook her head in disbelief.
“He’s not entirely lying, you now?” Taehyung intervened. “It can be intense sometimes. And you better prepare yourself since - you know -” he winked at her. “Our lovely Jungkookie is the quarterback and all.”
Jimin nodded energetically. “Always at the center of attention.”
“Stop it, guys.” Yoongi stepped in. “Or she’ll start believing in your crap.”
But as it turned out, the boys weren’t completely bullshitting her. As soon as the game started, most of the girls turned into what Y/N imagined was society’s representation of giggly frivolous teenagers, making her inner feminist shiver. When Jungkook run to the center of the field to begin the match, two girls sitting next to them started hyperventilating and fanning themselves with their hands, and two other started to scream his name from the top of their lungs reaching the highest notes imaginable.
Truth be told, Y/N couldn’t totally blame them. She had never seen this side of him. He was focused, charismatic and commanding. He looked like a predator on the field, dangerous yet beautiful under the artificial lights. He remained concentrated and serious throughout the whole hour and it wasn’t until the referee declared their win that Jungkook broke into a huge smile, the bunny one that Y/N had learned to love. She jumped and sang excitedly with all the stadium just as Jungkook was being thrown in the air by his teammates.
“Are you coming to the party, Y/N?” Jimin screamed over the noise throwing an arm around her.
“What party?”
“We always throw a party at the frat house after a win! Celebration is necessary! Lots of low quality booze and pounding music!”
Y/N laughed but shook her head. “Sorry, Chim. I have to assist Professor Lee with an early lab tomorrow morning and the last thing I need is to show up stoned by low quality booze and pounding music.”
“Oh, come on, Y/N! You have to come!” Taehyung took her hands in his and made the sweetest puppy eyes he could.
It was Yoongi who saved her from temptation, freeing her from the boys hands. “Leave her alone, would you?” he said. “I totally understand, Y/N. I remember how cranky can Professor Lee be on Monday mornings. You are perfectly justified.” he smiled at her sympathetically.
Y/N looked back down on the field. The team was still hugging each other happily, now joined by the cheerleaders. Jungkook had now removed his helmet, exposing his sweaty hair and red cheeks, and was chatting happily with the blonde cheerleader who seemed to be imitating one of his last plays. Y/N watched as he threw his head back in laughter at her antics before giving her a quick hug and then turning around to the sound of the coach calling his name.
“He seems busy. Would you tell him I had to go?” she asked Yoongi while straightening her scarf. The boy simply nodded.
The day after the game Y/N was so busy that she didn’t have the time to call Jungkook and personally congratulate him for the team’s victory. That morning the campus was vibrating with excitement and wherever she turned all she could hear were conversations about how great the team had played and how epic was the after party. She, on the other hand, didn’t even had time to eat lunch before going to work since Professor Lee had asked her to prepare a last minute power point presentation for one of his classes. Her afternoon at the bookstore was unusually challenging too because it was her turn to do the monthly inventory. When she arrived home later that night all she could do was take a quick shower before falling asleep.
The morning after she left her apartment at 5.30 am, ready to meet Jungkook by the campus’ gates for their morning jog. But, strangely, he never showed. She tried sending him a couple of messages and calling him a few times but with no success. Almost an hour later, Y/N surrendered to the fact that she had just been ditched. She went back home and prepared herself for class, hoping that he would show up so she could give him a bit of a hard time.
He arrived a half an hour late, gathering the attention of the entire lecture hall and a snarky comment from the professor. He sat down silently on the seat that she had kept free for him, looking at her sheepishly.
You ok? She wrote on a piece of paper.
Jungkook nodded. Overslept, he wrote back.
Y/N tried to take a better look at him with the corner of her eye, without the professor noticing. His hair was all disheveled, he had dark circles under his eyes, and he seemed to have put on the first clothes he could find. He was doodling short straight rapid lines on his notebook, lost in thought. It was clear that he didn’t just overslept, that there was something more preoccupying him.
Once the lesson was over she watched him pack his things without a word, put his bag over one shoulder and wait for her to exit the hall.
“See you at lunch?” he said running a hand through his hair. “Don’t want to be late to the next class too.”
“Ok.” Y/N replied unsurely. At his tight smile she couldn’t help but brush his fingers with hers discreetly. “Are you sure everything’s fine?”
Jungkook nodded with a sigh. “Sure. Just ... just my sister.”
“Your sister?” Y/N repeated. “Did you guys fight?”
“No ... no. It’s nothing important really.” he shook his head dismissively. “Listen, I have to go. See you later, ok?”
“Oh, ok.” she answered, his back already turned.
Throughout her next class Y/N tried to shake away the uneasy feeling and worry. From what Jungkook had told her, he had a good relationship with his smaller sister, aside from the normal bickering and teasing. But she guessed it was normal to fight from time to time. She too used to fight a lot with Seokjin before learning that it was much easier to indulge him than go against his quirkiness.
Strangely enough, Jungook seemed fine by lunchtime. He laughed and ate his chicken burrito sitting between Yoongi and Taehyung, never mentioning anything about what happened that morning, and seemed as cheerful as ever.
Coming to the conclusion that it was, in fact, "nothing important" as he had said, Y/N felt her worry wash away and enjoyed the rest of lunch just as always.
Distracted by their everyday life, that morning hitch was quickly forgotten and never mentioned again.
Y/N became a steady presence during Jungkook’s games, her cheering becoming more and more aggressive as time went by. Namjoon started joining them too, alongside his new girlfriend Ashley who also happened to be an old acquaintance of Jimin and a hardcore football fan.
By the end of March their group became so inseparable, frequently seen walking the corridors together or lounging in BTS’ living room, that it was a mystery how Y/N and Jungkook were able to maintain their relationship a secret. It wasn’t like they were trying to hide it, it just didn’t come natural to them to hold hands or to kiss in front of anyone who wasn’t part of their inner circle. Unlike Namjoon and Ashley who, two months into dating, were high on PDA.
Between closed doors it was another matter all together. Y/N always felt the need to feel his touch, even in the smallest ways - like playing with his fingers whilst watching a movie or hugging him from behind whenever he poured himself a cup of milk. It was an uncontrollable desire, she would feel some kind of tingling on her fingers and before she knew it she was stretching her hands towards him. Fortunately, Jungkook didn’t seem to mind, always smiling softly at her and giving her a sweet peck on the crown of her head whenever he could. Then again, her absolute favorite thing were his hugs. Doubling her size in every direction, Jungkook was able to engulf her completely in a warm cocoon and Y/N would snuggle her nose on his sweater letting his signature perfume embrace her completely. And then there where the kisses. Y/N was literally craved his taste - it was like drinking her favorite hot chocolate with extra cream and marshmallows in front of a sizzling fireplace or like eating not three but six chocolate chip muffins without ever getting full. Without realizing it, Y/N had earned a new addiction.
In just three months, Jungkook became the sun around which she revolved. She didn’t admitted it out loud yet, but she was quickly and definitely falling in love with him.
“On your left, on your left! Jungkook on your fucking left!”
“Jin, shut the fuck up! I’ve got him!”
This, on the other hand, was a scene Y/N was still trying to get used to. Now completely accustomed to Jungkook’s presence in their apartment, Jin soon found in him a great Playstation buddy. Their favorite was Call of Duty - they would sit for hours on the sofa screaming at each other and kicking the coffee table in frustration. It came to the point that Jungkook would knock on their door with a six-pack, quickly peck Y/N’s lips before getting past her, asking for her brother. They would get so immersed in the game that Y/N was often left alone in her room studying, and would only get up to prepare dinner for the three of them. Not that she minded, actually liking the fact that they had established such a good relationship.
“Get this, you stupid fucking maggot!” her brother was screaming at the moment, supposedly killing one of their enemies.
“Guys, steak or chicken breasts for dinner?”
“Not now Y/N!” Jin dismissed her angrily moving his joystick. “Where the fuck are they shooting from?!”
“Shit! Motherfucking snipers!” Jungkook cursed.
Y/N shook her head in defiance. “Steak it is.”
More than an hour later, snuggled on Y/N’s bed with their stomachs full, Jungkook was having a rare moment of openness and was confiding in the girl about his problems with his father.
“It’s not that I don’t get him , you know?” he was saying while playing with a strand of her hair. “Were not exactly rich, Med School is expensive and my sister still has two years of college ahead of her. I understand why he’s against it.”
“How about these four years? You’re on a football scholarship, right?”
Jungkook nodded. “Fortunately, yes. Guess that’s the reason why he never nudged me about it as much as this past months, he was probably waiting for me to change my mind on my own.”
“But you would never.” Y/N smiled, knowing him well.
“Hell, no.” he huffed. “This is who I want to be. I can’t picture myself doing anything else, you know?”
“Yeah. I totally understand.”
Growing up in a family of health workers, Y/N knew she wanted to become a doctor since her early teenage years, and had always worked towards that goal with all her might.
“Is that the reason why you’re studying so hard this days? To apply for a new scholarship?”
Jungkook hummed in agreement. “Since I can’t count on my football career after graduation, I was hoping to raise my GPA as much as I could.”
“Your grades are already pretty good.”
“Not as good as yours, Miss Number 1.” he jokingly poked her sides, making her jump. “I bet most schools already have your name written on their lists.”
“Yeah, right.” she rolled her eyes at the ceiling. “How about getting a part-time job? You could save some money before Med School.”
Jungkook sighed heavily. “Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it. I just keep on postponing and postponing. I feel like I already have a lot on my hands and if I add something else I think I might lose my mind. This year’s classes are so demanding, the labs too, and let’s not mention how the coach has increased our practices from three to four times a week. He’s been draining us. I think he’s more stressed about winning the season than me, and that is saying something!” he grumbled. “I seriously don’t know how you do it. You have a lot on your hands too, but you don’t seem on the edge of a mental breakdown like me.”
Y/N smiled, snuggling closer to him. “I know, I’m exceptional.”
“And humble too.” he smirked.
“Jokes aside, I really think you should find a job. One that isn’t too demanding and you can easily fit in your schedule. That way you can show your father that you are serious about this and that you can support yourself without weighing down on them.”
“Yeah.” he sighed again. “You’re right.”
The occasion presented itself not longer than a week later, when their favorite cafè announced a job offering and Jungkook didn’t even think twice before applying for it. Predictably, it was all but “not too demanding”, but the boy seemed happy about it nonetheless.
He started training with Hoseok, Y/N’s favorite waiter, every opening hours which meant that he couldn’t join her in their morning jogs anymore. It was strange going back to running by herself, but she found comfort in watching him struggle with the coffee machine while she ate breakfast.
The rest of the boys started coming to the shop more often too, silently showing their support for their friend. Y/N’s Thursday afternoons weren’t spent alone anymore and it soon became customary that the booth nearest to the window corner was reserved for their group.
“Flowers are so beautiful, you know?” Ashley was saying looking at them with wide eyes. “And so underrated too! A flower isn’t just a flower, they have a story! A meaning!”
“Careful, love. The Botanic Major in you is showing.” Namjoon teased her girlfriend.
The girl ignored him. “For example,” she looked around before pointing outside the window. “See those white flowers over there? Near the fountain?”
Y/N nodded curiously, taking a look at the plants in object. They had thick tall stems filled with rich, cheery, climbing blooms. Most of them were white, just as Ashley said, but others were of bright vibrant colors.
“Those are called snapdragons. That’s because the petals resemble a dragon’s open mouth.” Ashley continued her impromptu botanic lesson. “Their ability to grow in difficult places and to stand tall even in the wind earned them the meaning of strength and grace. But during the ancient years they were often sent to mistresses as a way of saying that you were thinking of them even if separated, but also used to beg forgiveness from a lover. Because of this, the snapdragon became also a symbol of deviousness.”
Namjoon rolled his eyes giving her a peck on the cheek. “Thanks for the lesson, babe. I got it, I won’t ever gift you snapdragons.”
“You have to draw my eyes bigger, Y/N. Or draw me with a sexy stare. Either way you can’t draw me smiling because I hate my eyes when I smile.” Jimin suddenly said - clearly not listening to Ashley - pointing at the big paper in front of her.
It was a project she had been working on since two weeks prior, when she finally surrendered to Jimin and Taehyung’s nagging. In their opinion, it was of absolute importance that she drew a portrait of the seven of them before graduation, to commemorate their epic friendship. Y/N had never drew something of this size and, wanting it to be perfect, it was taking a lot of her free time.
“But I like it when you smile, Chim.”
Jimin sneakily put a hand around her shoulders and winked at her. “Oh, Y/N don’t let our coffee friend hear you, or he might get jealous.” he teased in a low voice.
“So, have we decided who’s getting the drawing after it’s completed?” Yoongi interrupted, taking a sip of his dark coffee. “I personally suggest myself, since it would go really well with my new office next year.”
“Your aseptic lab table, you mean.” Taehyung snorted. “It’s obviously going to me. The only one who can appreciate this kind of art.”
“I say who gives the best gift to Y/N keeps the drawing.” Jimin proposed. “She’s the one doing all the work after all, it’s only right she gets something back from it.”
Y/N nodded satisfied, patting his thigh with a hand. “Now we’re talking, Chim. Now we’re talking.”
With April came the busiest period of the year, with their finals fast approaching and the last game of the season around the corner. Between her TA duties, writing her thesis, studying for all of her exams and working for the bookshop, Y/N didn’t even had the energy to swing by the cafe during Jungkook’s morning shifts. So it became more and more difficult for Y/N and Jungkook to go around their schedule and all they could do was settle for short texts and sporadic late night phone calls.
As time went by, Jungkook seemed more and more standoffish and distant. He was often silent over the phone and talked monosyllabically, but whenever Y/N would asked if everything was ok he would brush her off by saying that he was stressed about his last football final. Y/N believed him too, since it seemed that what all campus could talk about was the beloved captain’s last game. She knew how all the expectations were weighing on him, so she just tried to offer her support as best as she could.
The first free afternoon in her schedule came almost three weeks from the last time they were able to see each other and it coincided with the last practice before the big game.
“I could come watch you.” Y/N proposed enthusiastically over the phone, ecstatic at the idea of being able to see him again. “I’ve never seen you practice.”
On the other end of the call, Jungkook seemed a little taken aback. “Oh. Right. Sure. I’d like that.’
Y/N frown at his less eager tone. “Are you sure? I don’t want to be of any distraction.”
Jungkook sighed heavily. “No. I want you to come.” he said. “I’ve missed you so much.”
Y/N smiled at his soft confession, curling up on her bed. “I’ve missed you too.”
The next Friday, Y/N almost run from the bookstore to get to the football practice in time. It was already dark and the field lights were on full power. Predictably, she was the only one on the stands. When Jungkook spotted her sitting front row, he stopped mid run, the ball falling from his hands, earning a few confused looks from his teammates. Y/N giggled giddily at his reaction and waved at him.
After the initial surprise, Jungkook went back to what he was doing almost avoiding looking up at Y/N. She, on the other hand, enjoyed watching him running up and down the field. Seeing him for the first time after weeks made her realize how much she really missed him and watching him own the football ground was making her heart pound like a teenager.
The practice was reaching its end when a voice called her name from behind. Turning around she saw Hoseok, the boy working at the coffee shop, carrying a large thermal bag on his shoulder. He looked just as surprised to see her there as she was to see him.
“Hoseok? What are you doing here?”
“The coach always treats the team before the big game.” he answered sitting next to her and patting his bag. “What about you?”
“I’m here for Jungkook.” she answered automatically before biting her lip.
“Right. I forgot you guys were friends.” he responded pensively looking down at the boys who were now huddled around their coach for the great speech. “Are the others here too?”
Understanding who he meant, she slowly shook her head. “Just me.”
“Just you?” he repeated with an arched brow.
Y/N smiled to herself, this was the closest she ever got to confessing to someone else her relationship with Jungkook. “Just me.”
Hoseok remained silent for a moment, watching her from the corner of his eyes, a deep frown on his face. He looked like he wanted to tell her something but decided otherwise. Y/N, oblivious to his inner battle, waved back at Jungkook who was now looking up at them curiously.
The last game of the season was a total success. Despite the strong opponent, their team owned the better half of the match and Jungkook managed to score an epic touchdown run that had his coach jumping up and down the sidelines with his hands in his grey hair. The stadium was trembling with energy, all the student body seemingly present to celebrate the greatest game of the century. The singing was so loud that Y/N could feel it echoing inside her ribcage and vibrating under her feet. Even Yoongi, ever calm, was screaming unintelligible words from the top of his lungs flailing his arms in the sky like a maniac. Y/N couldn’t stop laughing looking at her friends leading the whole stadium in singing the most particular chant that had as main subject Jungkook, the same boy who was being showered with energy drinks by his teammates.
Their group was the last one to leave the stadium, still singing and dancing as the team walked beneath them to get changed. It was as if they were drunk in euphoria. It took Y/N a whole fifteen minutes to convince them that it was time to leave.
“Come on, boys! Are you or are you not hosting the greatest party of the century this evening?”
Taehyung took her hands in his to start an impromptu dance in the middle of the corridor leading to the exit. “You are absolutely right, Y/N! The greatest party for the greatest quarterback!”
“I’m so proud of our little boy.” Jimin added, drying off a fake tear.
“He really was epic! The whole team was.” Ashley commented under Namjoon’s arm. “Best game ever, I’m telling you.”
Y/N couldn’t help but agree, full of pride for Jungkook’s achievement. “I can’t wait to see him.”
“Jungkook is getting lucky tonight! Jungkook is getting lucky tonight!” Jimin and Taehyung sing-sang jumping around her.
“Oh, shut up!” she laughed.
They were about to reach the parking lot when Y/N heard her name being called. Walking towards them was none other than Hoseok, his hands inside his pocket jeans and a serious expression on his face.
“Can I talk to you for a minute?” he said tentatively once in front of her. “In private?” he added looking at the others who had stopped as well.
“Oh. Ok. Sure.” Y/N replied, taken aback. “You guys can go on, I’ll wait for Jungkook anyway.” she said following Hoseok back towards the stadium entrance.
“Better keep your hands for yourself, Hobi hyung!” Jimin yelled back at them. “Someone might get angry!”
“Jimin, shut up!” Y/N screamed as well. “Sorry about that. Don’t mind him.”
The boy shook his head dismissively before stopping near one of the secondary entrance gates. From here they could see the stairs leading to the locker rooms and on the other end of the corridor a glimpse of the empty field.
“I’m not going to confess my love for you or anything.” he started laughing awkwardly.
“Ok ...”
“I wasn’t actually sure I was supposed to tell you this.” he added frantically. “I mean, I guess it’s none of my business after all.”
Y/N watched as he started to get more and more bouncy on his feet, just as she got even more confused. “What are you talking about?”
“No, it really isn’t any of my business.” he grumbled on. “Really, not at all. But you’re always so nice and you seem like a really good person and I actually look forward to seeing you at the cafe because, you know, you are really nice and a good person and-”
“Hoseok!” Y/N interrupted him, a looming sensation pervading her. “What is it?”
The boy closed his eyes and took a deep breath before speaking again. “You’re with Jungkook, right?”
That somewhat being the last thing she expected to hear, she batted her lashes in confusion. “Um. Yeah. I am.” she answered. “What’s that have to do with-”
“I think he’s seeing someone else.” he cut in in one breath.
Y/N remained frozen for a moment, not sure if her ears had heard him right. A second later her heart started beating faster, and not with the excitement of the varsity team winning but with the fear that she had, in fact, understood him right. “What?” she said, almost unintelligibly.
Hoseok took another deep breath. “I’m sure he’s seeing someone else.” he corrected himself. “You know I’ve been training him back at the cafe, we’ve been spending a lot of time together.”
At every word Y/N could feel her ears ring and a deep pain constricting her chest. Her eyes were unfocused, her mind somewhat empty, and her hands where starting to tremble by her sides.
“I’ve seen him texting her and calling her a lot of times this past month. She even came to see him at work a couple of times. I actually had to cover for him once or twice.” Hoseok continued, his eyes on his feet. “I just assumed she was his girlfriend. I didn’t know you were also ... I thought you were just friends.”
Y/N never felt anything like this before. The ache was indescribable and even breathing was agony. In front of her watery eyes she could see the last few months passing by, every touch, every hug, every conversation. Was any of it real? Did she imagine the love in his actions?
And at that moment, as if it was already written, a sudden movement behind Hoseok caught her attention. At the far end of the corridor a woman dressed in a cheerleading uniform was slowly walking towards a tall man standing in front of the stairs of the locker room. Jungkook.
Y/N couldn’t look away, shallow breaths coming out of her parted lips. Hoseok turned around to look too and recognizing the two figures let out an audible gasp.
They watched as the girl stopped in front of him, as they exchanged a few words they couldn’t hear. Y/N watched her stand on here tiptoes, circle his neck with her arms and kiss him slowly on the lips.
She turned her back at them abruptly, the first tears falling down her cheeks.
In the midst of her shock she was able to recognize another person standing a few feet from her and Hoseok. Yoongi had come looking for her, worried not seeing her coming back. His eyes were fixed on the same scene she wanted to erase from her memory. He slowly looked back at her, his heart constricting at seeing the visible pain on her face. She looked at him with desperation, as if asking him to tell her that she was crazy and that she was imagining things.
“Y/N ...” he murmured, lost of words.
Hoseok was the one to bring them back to reality. “I think ... Maybe you should take her home, Yoongi.”
“Y-yeah ...”
The way back to her apartment was nothing but excruciating. As soon as she sat down on the passenger seat, Y/N curled herself into a ball and started sobbing uncontrollably. Yoongi didn’t know what to do, he had never seen her like this. He never imagined her capable of being anything but her strong and smart self.
And he was angry, beyond himself with rage. He couldn’t understand how what he had seen was real. He couldn’t understand how his friend - his best friend - could do something like that to Y/N. Never in his whole life he doubted him. Jungkook was like a brother to him.
“Hey, I thought you weren’t coming back tonight - What happened?!” Seokjin exclamed upon seeing his sister crying next to Yoongi. He run to hug her protectively, almost pushing the other boy away. “Y/N?”
She was sobbing so much that she couldn’t do anything but hug him back. Seokjin walked her to the sofa and sat down with her before turning his eyes to Yoongi. “Talk.” he ordered.
Yoongi sat down too and run both of his hands through his hair. “Y/N ... I swear I didn’t know.”
“What are you talking about?” Seokjin asked slowly. Y/N tried to take deep breaths to calm herself.
“I know her.” he continued. “She’s the captain of the cheerleading squad.”
Y/N taught about the beautiful blonde girl she had admired just a few weeks ago. The one that Jungkook had hugged after the game. She felt her eyes widening in recognition.
The cheerleading captain and the quarterback.
“I’m going to kill him.” Seokjin promised in sudden understanding, hugging his sister closer.
“They’ve fooled around before. Nothing serious. But I thought they’ve ended things after ...” he sighed. “After you.”
Y/N was slowly coming back to her senses, listening to Yoongi’s words. She straightened her back and freed herself from Seokjin’s arms. A thousand questions were squirming inside her head, overlapping one another before she could even concentrate enough to answer any of them.
But there was one thing that she couldn’t shake away. “Have I imagined all of it?” she asked no one in particular. She wasn’t speaking of today, the boys were aware of that. She was talking about everything, about their whole relationship.
Yoongi looked up at her painfully. “Oh, Y/N ... I ... I don’t know.” he finally sighed.
She didn’t notice it but the tears had stop falling all together. She felt drained of all her energy. “I think I’m going to sleep.” she murmured at last, standing up.
“Y/N.” Seokjin grabbed her hand.
She shook her head with a fake smile. “I’m ok, really.” she attempted to reassure him. “Thank you, Yoongi. For taking me home.”
The boys watched her walk silently to her room and close the door behind her. They sat in silence for a few minutes, both immersed in their own thoughts before Yoongi stood abruptly making Seokjin look up.
“I have to go.” he said resolutely.
“I’m coming with you.” Seokjin stood up too.
“No.” Yoongi shook his head looking him in the eyes. “She might be your sister, but Jungkook is like a brother to me. He has some explaining to do.”
Seokjin stared back at him, thinking. “I’ll be at your door tomorrow morning.”
The other boy simply nodded. “Seems fair. Thanks.”
On the way to the frat house, Yoongi had all the time to think about all that happened and by the time he reached their front door he was nothing but livid.
The party was on full blast, the music on the maximum volume and people coming in and out of the building with cups full of alcohol. It wasn’t difficult to spot Jungkook - ever the star of the party, he was in the center of their living room, standing on the coffee table with Jimin and Taehyung on each side.
Yoongi felt himself running at him before he could control himself. He forcefully grabbed him by the collar of his football jersey making both of them fall on the nearest couch. He felt his blood boiling in his veins at the look of utmost shock on his younger friend’s face.
“Hyung!” Jimin and Taehyung screamed in unison.
The whole living room fell silent, watching the scene in pure shock. No one had ever seen the boys fighting before and, above all, they had never seen the famously collected Yoongi get angry.
“H-hyung?” Jungkook muttered confused. His friend was looking straight into his eyes with a sentiment that resembled disapointment and disgust too closely. And it scared him.
The other boy tried to calm himself down. After releasing a deep breath through his nose he opened his fists, stood back up and towered over his friend in an authoritative way. “Y/N saw you.” he stated simply.
Jungkook felt his blood run cold. The few people around them that heard Yoongi started to whisper to each other.
“Y/N?”
“Did he say Y/N?”
“Professor Lee’s TA?’
Taehyung walked to them with a serious face and pulled Jungkook up on his feet. The boy stumbled, still looking at Yoongi in terror. “Let’s take this somewhere else, guys. We’re causing a scene.”
The three of them walked together towards the stairs, followed by a worried looking Jimin, and the eyes of half the campus.
“What’s going on?” Jimin asked closing Jungkook’s bedroom door behind them. “What did Y/N see?”
Jungkook was sitting on the edge of his bed, looking completely lost and unable to hear them.
“Yoongi?” Jimin called.
The oldest one was leaning on the desk, his arms crossed on his chest and his eyes never leaving his best friend. “Y/N,” he started. “Saw him kissing Sarah.”
Jungkook turned pale and hid his face in his hands with a shaky breath.
“What?” Taehyung gasped in disbelief. “Sarah? The cheerleader?”
When Yoongi didn’t answer the two boys felt their mouth falling open.
“But I thought you’ve ended things with her.” Jimin murmured in disbelief.
Yoongi sniggered half heartedly. “I thought so too.”
“I did.” Jungkook finally spoke, his voice trembling and unable too look at his friends. “I did.”
“Then, for fuck’s sake. What the hell happened?”
The next words the dark haired boy spoke were muffled by a painful sob. “I fucked up.”
The boys spent the rest of the night closed in Jungkook’s room. Listening to his side of the story and watching over him as he cried himself to sleep. The rest of them couldn’t do the same, they sat on the floor in silence listening to the party downstairs going on as if nothing had happened.
“What’s going to happen now?”
“I don’t know.”
It was 9 o’clock in the morning when someone knocked on the door, startling them.
Yoongi rubbed the back of his head on his tired eyes before looking back at his friend’s sleeping form. He sighed. “That’s probably Y/N’s brother. I told him he could punch him in the morning.”
“What?” Jimin exclaimed as quietly as he could, trying not to interrupt Jungkook’s sleep. “We can’t let him do that!”
“I know.” Yoongi sighed, opening the door still.
To their surprise it wasn’t Seokjin, but Y/N herself. She looked tired, her eyes red and puffy. At the same time, she looked as resolute as ever.
“Hey.” she greeted.
“Hey.” Yoongi greeted back.
The girl looked at the other boys behind him, staring back at her with mirroring pained expressions, and then at the bed where Jungkook was laying asleep. “Do you mind if I talk to him?”
Yoongi closed his eyes for a moment, trying to think of a way to delay the inevitable. But he knew that this was something they had to sort out by themselves. “I ... Yeah. Just-” he took a tired deep breath, trying to collect his thoughts. “We’ll be waiting downstairs.” he concluded. “Let’s go guys.”
Y/N watched them get past her without a word before closing the door back and walking slowly towards the bed. She sat on the edge of it and turned her eyes towards Jungkook. He was sleeping soundly, his head turned to one side and his chest rising and falling in a slow rhythm. Even in that moment he looked beautiful to her.
Unlike him, she wasn’t able to close an eye that night, too busy retracing the last few months. She searched for the signs, she asked herself how could she had been so blind, she looked for an explanation. She analyzed her memories with him one by one, searching for nothing and everything at the same time.
When she left her apartment that morning, getting past Seokjin sleeping on the couch, she didn’t felt the same pain as the night before but a mix of anger and confusion. What she wanted now were explanations.
It took Jungkook another thirty minutes to wake up. He opened his eyes slowly and with difficulty as they were seemed to be glued together. The first thing that happened as he came to his senses was the overpowering pain that flood his body. Remembering the events of the night before, he felt the need to curl himself up. It was then that he registered another presence in his room.
He sat up abruptly at the sight of the girl sitting on the end of his bed.
“The boys let me in.”
“Y/N.” he called in a breath.
He felt the panic rising. He wasn’t ready to confront her. From what Yoongi had told him, Y/N wasn’t doing great when he left her apartment the night before. He told him how she had cried her eyes out on their way back home. Jungkook had never seen her cry - apart from that time they watched The Notebook together - she was always so sunny all the time, always in a good mood. In the past months they never had a fight - they bickered continuously, yes, but never fight. They were always in sync, as if they could read each other’s minds. Jungkook never felt such a connection with anybody else.
Y/N was still looking at him. She looked at him and she saw the beautiful man she fell in love with tremble with fear. He was afraid of her. In some way, she was scared of him too. She was scared of who he was, who he really was - because that night she had come to one conclusion: she didn’t know Jungkook. She thought she did, she thought she had learned enough of him in these past months, but she was wrong. He wasn’t the great, responsible and loving person she thought he was - because the man she thought she knew wasn’t capable of breaking her trust.
If there was something Y/N was sure about it was her worth. Her pride and her tenacity were the qualities that allowed her to be where she was today. She was intelligent, independent and determined. Y/N was strong, and she knew it. She knew that she didn’t do anything wrong to deserve his deception. She had cried her tears and felt the pain, but no more.
“I just want to now why.” she said, her voice a little bit too shaky for her liking.
Jungkook closed his eyes hard, his head pounding. “Y/N ...”
“For how long?” she pressed on.
The boy shook his head and took another shaky breath. He stood up and walked to his desk, trying to get some space between the two of them. He couldn’t think clearly.
Y/N’s eyes followed him without wavering. “I’m not going anywhere until you speak.”
Jungkook was biting hard on his lower lip in the hope to cover up the pang in his chest. He didn’t want this. He cared about her. He loved her. But he knew, deep inside, that there was no going back from what he had done. There was no turning back from this terrible mistake.
“I’ve broken up things with her.” was all he could say.
“You clearly haven’t.” Y/N responded in almost a clinical manner. “For how long?” she repeated. “For how long were you seeing her behind my back?”
The boy shook his head again, letting himself fall on the chair. “I wasn’t.”
The girl sighed, slowly getting angrier and impatient. “I saw you kiss each other yesterday. Please, be honest.”
“I-” he mumbled, struggling to find the words. “It was a mistake.”
Y/N couldn’t help but smirk. “Very cliché of you to say.”
“It really was!” Jungkook exclaimed finding the courage to look at her before cowering back seeing the disdain on her face. “It- It was after the first game after winter break.” he finally admitted.
She furrowed her brows, going back with her memories. “The first one I watched?”
He looked up to the ceiling, wishing he could turn back time. “Yes.”
She thought back at that day, the same day she noticed the girl for the first time. They hugged, she remembered that yesterday too. She didn’t think anything out of it when it happened. It didn’t seem important to her.
Was she too naive?
“So you had sex with her? When? At the after party?”
He nodded. “I was drunk.”
“You were drunk.” she repeated. “Does it sound stupid only to me?”
“No.” he gulped. “It was stupid.”
Y/N suddenly came to a realization. “The day after,” she remembered. “You weren’t yourself ...”
“I couldn’t believe ... I couldn’t believe it happened.”
“You told me you fought with your sister.” she murmured in recognition.
“I didn’t.” Jungkook responded, fingers through his hair. He wanted this torture to end.
Y/N was feeling slightly nauseous. She was worried about him that morning, but he was fine only hours later. He had laughed with them at lunch. “And you decided it wasn’t worth ... it wasn’t important enough?” she asked, her anger rising.
“I didn’t want to ruin anything!” the boy exclaimed in fervor, looking back at her again. “We just started-”
“So you went on with it.” she interrupted. “As if nothing had happened.”
“I didn’t want to-”
“To what?” she raised her voice. “To what Jungkook? To lose me?” she laughed a cold laugh that made the boy quiver. “That’s bullshit and you know it. And then what? You continued seeing her? Those few weeks we couldn’t see each other, you were with her, weren’t you?” she accused him in one breath, thinking about how distant he had been.
Jungkook was petrified. He was unable to speak against her claims, he wanted to but his throat was constricted. He could feel her slipping away by the minute and he was unable to stop her. He was losing something important, and it was all his fault.
Y/N’s breath had turned labored with the realization of how fool she had been. Four months of lies. She couldn’t believe she fell for all of it, that she fell for him.
What was it Y/N? Was it his looks? Was it his personality? What about him rendered you so stupid?
Jungkook couldn’t stop looking at her now. She was sitting on the edge of her bed with her head down and her hands on her knees, her knuckles white. He wished he could avert his gaze again but something inside him wanted to masochistically remember this moment. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and his own hands trembling inside the pocket of his jeans, where he had hidden them. If he didn’t know himself better, he could swear his eyes were starting to sting. What happened to me?
Y/N finally took a trembling breath, as if she was trying to compose herself and not cry. She looked him the eyes with all the courage she could gather and finally spoke the words he had been secretly preparing himself to hear. “I never thought I could hate someone as much as I hate you. I hate you, Jungkook. With all my heart.”
That was it. The moment when his heart broke.
He watched as she got on her feet, straightening invisible wrinkles on her pants before looking him directly in the eyes. She stood tall in the middle of his room, resolute and strong. Like always. She looked powerful to his eyes. A goddess he was unworthy of.
“I don’t want to see you again.” she said in a clear voice, without hesitation. “Please, don’t come looking for me. I won’t listen.”
She walked out of the door without looking back and Jungkook was left with nothing but the image of her closing the door decisively behind her back.
Waiting for Y/N in the corridor were Yoongi, Jimin and Taehyung - they didn’t wait for her downstairs as they said they would, but they stayed and listened to their every word.
She looked at them, suddenly sad. They’ve become important too. They were her friends too, now. But she couldn’t even look at them.
“Please, stop him if he ever decides to come after me.” she murmured before heading towards the stairs.
“Y/N, wait!” Jimin called back at her. “He didn’t tell you everything!”
She shook her head without stopping. “I don’t need to hear anything else.”
“Good evening to you all - students, faculty and families. Tonight, the first thing I want to say, is congratulations to my fellow graduating Class of 2020. I am truly honored to be your commencement speaker this year. This is my second time doing a valedictorian speech - and I am not saying this to be arrogant, but to confirm that I am still imagining you without clothes to calm my nerves. The first time I made a speech of such importance, in front of so many people, I was barely 18. I remember standing proud, with my head held high, my graduating dress perfectly ironed and my eyeliner on point. What I can’t remember, is what my disquisition was about. This realization was incredibly helpful upon preparing today’s speech because now i don’t have to worry about inadvertently influencing you in changing the lives you’ve designed till now. Given that I surrendered to the idea that most of you won’t remember me, but being - still - quite proud, I, nevertheless, searched thoroughly my mind and my hearth for the right words to say to you. When I was 18, graduating high school top of my class, accepted to my first choice college, and winner of an incredible scholarship, I thought I had perfect control over what the adults called the real life. I believed that if I had everything planned, if I gave it all I had, if I didn’t let anything stop me - then, I would feel accomplished. Accomplishment is all that I’ve search for in this past four years. I set a goal and I worked hard enough to achieve it. It felt good, I can’t deny it. But today, as I look forward to the future me, I have to admit that I feel quite scared. Everything did went as I planned, but as I step closer to the end of this journey, I can’t help but ask myself: and now what? Is it going to be like this forever? An eternal marathon? Today, I’m here to share with you my conclusion. Yes, it is. It is always going to be a run. As we dream, we will always thrive, we will always feel breathless, we will always stretch our hands towards that metaphorical end. It will always be tiring because that, my friends, is the real life. It’s not getting the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect companion or the perfect 2.5 kids. Real life is about fighting against our bounds every single day. And it’s not easy. The struggle towards freedom is complicated. It takes time, it implicates a lot of bad days, it comes with pain and with loss. And that’s okay. In my opinion, there is one thing that we humans are great at: having courage. And I’m not talking about jumping from an airplane kind of courage. I’m talking about the bravery that it takes to accept failures and weakness. Life is a sculpture that you cast as you make mistakes and learn from them. So, please, if you feel you’re going to crash, step harder on the pedal. Lose your path and find another one. Even if it’s only for a day, do something, put your weakness aside. And if you feel like you don’t have a dream, that’s okay too if you have small moments of happiness. Walk forward, even if you are shaken and afraid. If you want to turn back, go straight through your mistakes and forget them all. Change your mind and change it again. Take all the wrong directions. Breath. Learn. Discover. Love. Because that is the only way you can achieve.”
“Have you packed everything?”
“I think so.” Y/N said looking around her messy bedroom.
“I can’t believe you’re living me to pay the rent alone.” Seokjin said, sitting on her bare bed.
The girl smiled, shaking her head. “I’m going to miss you too.”
A week had already passed since her graduation and her questionably successful valedictorian speech. Y/N was now ready to start a new journey. She had been, of course, accepted to Med School and was moving miles and miles away that same morning. She couldn’t wait. She liked the adrenaline that came with change.
To say that the last few months had been hard was an understatement. After everything that happened with Jungkook it took everything she got to get a grip of her life. Her anger was of great help, the disappointment fueled her.
Jungkook didn’t look for her, just as she had asked him that morning. She thought it was what she wanted but, as it turned out, a part of her kept waiting for him to come.
She changed all of her routine, nonetheless, in the effort to avoid anything that remembered her of him. She stopped going to the park on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, she stopped going to the library on Wednesday afternoons, she stopped going to her favorite café.
All she did was concentrate in finishing the last month of her college life, pretending that everything was fine until it became reality. By June, as the saying went, time had started to heal everything. All that remained was regret.
Once her anger and her pain had subsided, Y/N felt rational enough to think about all the situation again. Truth be told, she wouldn’t have changed anything about this past year, she would have wanted everything to go just as it did. Because even if it turned out to be a lie, Jungkook had gifted her a lot of wonderful memories. What she regretted was the lack of conclusion. She felt that there was something more to say between them, but as time passed her pride and stubbornness grew stronger ‘til it was too late to go back.
Yoongi and the other boys had looked for her the first couple of weeks after the fight. They texted her, called her and came to her apartment a couple times. Y/N knew that they had nothing to do with Jungkook’s mistakes and the right and mature thing to do was to separate her feelings towards him from her affection for them. But Y/N wasn’t able to do it and soon they stopped trying. That was another thing she regretted.
Namjoon and Ashley were the only ones she didn’t kept away. They were just as shocked as her at the news of what had happened. Ashley knew Sarah, the cheerleader, quite well too, since they majored together in Botanics. That was how Y/N learned that the book Jungkook had bought all those months ago wasn’t for his sister but for her. Another little and stupid lie among the rest.
The rest of the student body had a field day the morning after the infamous BTS party. None of them really knew what happened but they knew that it involved the quarterback and Professor Lee’s TA. The rumors went wild, the whispering following the group whenever they went. The campus was so used to seeing the seven of them together that the sudden change gave them a whiplash.
But in the end, even their curiosity ceased to exist.
Life went on. Unstoppable.
What felt like an eternity were in fact only a few months. What seemed like the most tragic moment of her life was nothing more than a distant memory.
“Come on, let’s carry these to the car. The earlier we leave, the earlier we’ll arrive. ” Seokjin said pointing at the last two boxes. “You’re really a grown up now.” he sighed dramatically melanconic.
“Guess I am.” she giggled.
As Seokjin’s car rapidly passed in front of her college gates, Y/N couldn’t help herself but give a final last longing look. She had already said all her goodbyes. There was nothing left for her there.
“Hi, Y/N. This is Sarah, from college. I think you’ll remember me as the captain of the cheerleading squad. I got your number from one of Jungkook’s friends, I really hope you don’t mind. I’m writing you because I’ve met Ashley the other day and she told me about what happened between you and Jungkook two months ago. Please, don’t blame her, she let it slip, I’m the one who insisted. It might be too late now, and you’ve probably moved on, but I thought it was only right I tell you my version of the story. I’ve slept with Jungkook a total of six times, five of which were before the end of the year. New Year’s was supposed to be the last time. He told me that he wanted to end things and I had accepted. It was nothing serious between us, just sex, so we parted our ways easily. I didn’t know you guys had started dating, none of us did. And let me tell you, you had been great at keeping it for yourselves. The last time I slept with Jungkook wasn’t planned at all. We were both drunk, I don’t even remember it. He was out of his mind the next morning. I didn’t investigate, maybe I should have had. I would have told him to man up and tell you everything. All hell went loose a month later, when I discovered I was pregnant. As you can imagine, it was a total nightmare. I was positive it was his, so I told him about it. He didn’t took it well either but he offered to take care of me. To do the right thing, let’s say. He was great, really. Helped me a lot during those weeks. When you saw us that night, after the game, I kissed him because I taught it was the right step to take. It clearly wasn’t, he rejected me and got drunk at the after party. I wouldn’t have done it if I knew you two were together, believe me. I’m sorry that it ended the way it did. For all that matters, it turned out that the baby isn’t his after all. I got the paternity test results the other week. He is a good guy, Y/N. Thinking about it, I’m pretty sure he was in love with you. He just wanted to do the right thing. I hope you can forgive him. And I really am sorry. Hope you have a nice day. Sarah.”
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Established Relationship | Jungkook
@angelguk ’s drabbles + scenarios
Jock!jk drabble series
On My Mind
Breakfast in Bed
In Your Arms Tonight - the one where he has a thing for you in his clothes).
She also has a dad!jk drabbles (just Jungkook with his daughter)
@kpopfanfictrash sequels or drabbles - read the original fic first
The Art of More Sequel + drabbles - L is for Lunacy + The Party + S if for Sexy - ^
Over the Edge - sequel to Ruin the Friendship
The Next - Dad!JK + pregnant reader
Taming of the Flu - sick OC
Click
Together (boyfriend series) @httpjeon - collection of their “firsts”
And a Hard Place drabbles (ongoing) @minloop - angsty, idol!au
Appetence @jiminimoon - idol!au, imagine boyfriend!jungkook dancing for you
Aurora @/mintseesaw - secret love affair, princess!reader, general jungkook, historical au (I really love this)
Bare Necessities @gguksgalaxy - Disneyland date
Bicker @littlemisskookie - sequel to Banter; Superhero AU
Bounce @jeonsweetpea - workout session 😉
A Call + All Mine @follovvthelight - idol!jungkook, secret relationship, OC gets hit on by others because they thought she is single, fluffy smut but real relationship talk
Come & Come Again @/jjungkookislife - drabbles based on real time jungkook (Not Today!JK & Blue-haired Drummer JK)
Doxology @dark-muse-iris - pwp in a church (sorry 🙈)
Dungeons and Dick @jungkookiebus - OC killed his character lol (cute)
Edacity @jjungkooksthighs - college au, jungkook making food 😋 (I actually read this on AO3 and was checking my bookmarks when I remember this)
Empty Stalls @bts-bookstore - boyfriend au, pwp, public place
Everything’s Alright + Sweet Saturdays @guklore - quarterback!jungkook who is so sweet and reassuring. Plus, the use of the sappy Still Into You by Paramore as a ringtone is a big plus 😂 Let’s not mention whipped cream slight smut 🤤
Falling @starshapedkookie - about two soulmate-less people in an established relationship (angst)
First Love, Last Love drabbles @floralseokjin - long-term relationship
Game Over @joonsgalore - tattooed gamer boyfriend kook
GCGUK and IDCILH @bubmyg - youtuber!au
GCGUK - drabble series. a nonchronological series of adventures of the most sickeningly in love vlogger on the platform.
idcilh (these have been done before but I don’t care I love her) - a series on gcguk in which jeongguk tackles old, cheesy YouTube couple challenges [4/?]
Getting Railed @dearlytea - omg this is just pure pwp but boyfriend!jk
Good Day @ilikemesometaetaes - calling in sick just to do smutty stuff 😅
Good Girl series @bonny-kookoo
Good Girl | Sweet Girl | Smart Girl | Brave Girl | Pretty Girl | Charming Girl | Enticing Girl | Bad Girl | Tempting Girl | Strong Girl
Historic Moments @moyochu - drabble. college professors in a secret relationship
Hearts on Fire by @winetae - dragon!jk
Through the Flames (and into the Lava) | Third Degree Burn
Honeycomb @joonbird - one year anniversary (ahhh this is 🔥 and cute)
Hotel Nights @ikonrobert - more of a drabble but this is just sweet and soft 🥰
In Your Heart drabble series @sweetaesuga - fratboy, ex-fuckboy, friends to lovers (this is the couple from In Your Eyes so you have to read the one shot first. I personally like the drabble series more than the one shot; it’s fun to see their relationship in action)
Laundry Fairy @bulletproofbirdy - domestic!koo doing chores and laundry #idealman #perfectman
Lifeline @mygsii - shifter au, witch au, supernatural au, established relationship (I really love this it’s such a comfort fic)
Little Mouse (ongoing) by @jjungkookislife - Fratboy AU
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 | Christmas Special | Valentine’s Day |Spin the Bottle
Little Swan @jimidol - prince!jk
Loved by You drabble series by @underthejoon - on ao3
Mask + Unveil @dulcetvk - I received an ask about this and this is a favorite among readers because I also see others looking for this from time to time. Established Rel that gets threatened by the presence of Jungkook’s evil (joke) bestfriend
Mix-tape @moon-write - ah this is wonderful! It’s a love letter from Jungkook through a mixtape 😭
Moonflower @bangtanpromptsfics - 3am date; adulting. a cute drabble
Nasty @jeonsweetheart - drabbles; actually best to check author’s drabbles based on Ari’s songs. They are really good (and right kind of smutty fluffy)
Netflix & Chill series @1kook - relationship journey of JK and OC who met on a blind date
Nochu Unsolved @minflix (deactivated but linking the AO3) - tattooed, cryptid hunting, comedy
Of Games & Sex @youremypride - gamer au, boyfriend, hilarious comparison to gaming consoles
Open When drabbles (ongoing) @iluv-hobi - Idol!jungkook created letters for OC and she can only open when ____
Possession @bngtanah - angst, jungkook is a bit of a jerk
Press Start @softyoongiionly - they have other boyfriend!jungkook fics like Talk to Me in Korean and Banana Pancake (so please go to their masterlist)
Protection @blkjmn - thunderstorms x bf!koo to distract
Puffs and Touches by @/mintseesaw - a cute and hot drabble
Plot Hole @feliix - it’s 1.6k words so it’s a quick read but so funny that suddenly turns hot?
Quiet, Baby @bratkook - pwp, smutty teasing on the train 🥵
Ripped Jeans @kookiesjoonies - idol!au x seeing him in ripped jeans 🥵
Ruin the Dress...Shirt @fortunexkookie - new relationship
Sex Education 2.0 @extravaguk - sequel; asked best friend’s brother JK to teach her about sex
Stay Quiet @hobidreams - college au, public place -library (I forgot to add this gem!)
Soft Nights @softguks - stressed Jungkook and OC comforting him drabble
Stay With Me @svenotes - I got this ask about fics where “pretty girl” is used as an endearment and coincidentally I was reading this on AO3. This is just sweet =)
Swinging by a Fine Line @mimikookie - spiderman jungkook and girlfriend!reader, action, slice of life (this is great because it’s something different)
Take Your Time @marginalmadness - oh how I love this how it starts out mysterious “what is kook doing?!?!” and OC here is just tired after a stressful day at work and My Time Jungkook (well in my mind) is here to make it all better
Theory of Power by @untaemedqueen - hello, taekwondo kook? Jealous kook?
Twister @lolethlovesbangtan - a game of twister that turned smutty
Ultimatum @wonhopeswitch-blog - this is just funny! bf!jk insisting he’s Spiderman during smut
Wherever You Are @suhdays - ugh vampire ceo Jungkook being all cheesy sweet drabble *swoons*
Wildflowers and Sunlight @promisesox - royalty au, prince!jungkook x enchanted reader, jungkook will eventually leave the enchanted place
Wildflowers @koyamuses - fantasy, romance, faerie au
Husband AU | Jungkook
Bunny Do @/softyoongionly - domestic life in a cottage and some fluffy goodness
Black Card @minsprings - crazy rich asians, ceo
Concealed Weapon @gimmesumguga - this is just the hottest mafia? assassin? Koo
Contentment by @btsqualityy - not really married but they’re mated; talks about being content/secure in a relationship and using the werewolf au as context;
Desperate Housewife @kimnjss - lol jealous husband Koo of hot trainer Taehyung
Fierce and Delicate + Felicity by @/mintseesaw - rich!OC
Granite Glow + Pretty Thoughts @namjoonchronicles - also a comfort fic (they have a masterlist of domestic jungkook aus)
Grain of Sand @jungkookiebus - blind!jungkook, slice of life, this is really great (I added it to the fic recs based on request for members-with-disability and I am grateful for fics that tackle such scenarios)
It’s Enough @/dark-muse-iris - 😥 themes of poverty
Jaded by chasinghorizons (ao3) - a good angst with happy ending
JORTS + Back and Forth + The SPEEDO @gukslut (also read Every Kind of Way)
Mon amour @/angelguk
PITTER-PATTER OF THE HEART drabbles @koorara - just tooth-rotting goodness. Newlywed domestic moments of professor Jungkook and wifey
Put Your Head on my Shoulder @/koorara - brought husband to hometown
Rain by nijoon (ao3) - angst tw: infidelity but it ends well
Stress Relief @/hobidreams - I read this on AO3 but it’s also on tumblr; argument x smutty making up session
Snowy Hills @kooks3uphoria - Surgeon!Jungkook x Surgeon!reader + accident (angst)
Sweet Talk @/bts-bookstore - ceo au (both of them), originally trophy wife and jungkook helped her get out of that situation, just domestic bliss
Too Close by @cutechim - boxer, husband Jungkook and dilf!koo in the drabbles
Dad in Established Relationship | Jungkook
These are all dad!jk in an established relationship; I didn’t include fics with singledad!jk like Rattled by gukslut or accidental pregnancy/expecting parents fics.
Dilf Kook Drabbles @himbojk (author deactivated)
Dilf!Drabbles @taesinferno
Interruption by @/untaemedqueen - haha poor Koo
I Lost our Baby drabble + prequel @lamourche (cute!)
Knockout @gamerguk - boxer au, sub!jk, they have a 3-yr old, pwp
Young One @bts-reveries - photographer dad!jk, social media au
Wishing for You @kookiestarlight - new, not a dad yet but they’re trying (part of my reading list!)
🌷 There was an ask for dilf!jk and Single Dad Jungkook so you may check the links too.
Posted: 2021 Feb 05 | Updated: 2021 Mar 21
Note: if link to fic doesn’t work, click on author and go to their masterlist
Ficswithluv actually had an Established Relationship category few weeks ago! Please check the list too
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oh my gosh. my babysitter's a quarterback was the best thing i've ever read. i need more athlete!jungkook and also maybe the classic nerd!y/n. ty ty
hi darling! i’m sosososo happy that you enjoyed mbaq!! thank you so much for reading it 🥺🥺 athlete!jungkook is quite a beauty.
here’s a little drabble for you as i’m working on a few more fics that aren’t really high school au’s, so i hope you enjoy! <3
it’s nice to write things that are a little more lighthearted shhdhshsh
901 words
a frown is painted on your face as you try to hide yourself under jungkook’s gaze, the embarrassment of it all being too much to handle.
if only you hadn’t dropped your stupid love letter before you left your 7th hour to go to your locker. if only taehyung, jungkook’s best friend and the person sitting next to you in that class, hadn’t seen the big “jungkook” scrawled in black ink on the pink envelope and picked it up with a mischievous grin on his face.
if only he hadn’t given it to jungkook, ruining what little dignity you had in front of your crush.
now jungkook stands before your locker door, forcing you to block out the distracting mess of students trying to pack up their things and leave the school building. you also ignore the strange looks jungkook’s friends are giving you, as it’s certainly weird to see someone like him talking to someone as “insignificant” as you.
he holds up the (now open) pink envelope, his free hand shoved in his pocket, as he stares at you. you can hear the excited, hushed whispers of the people around you as both you and them get ready to hear his rejection of your feelings.
“you, uh,” he starts, “you sure have got a way with words…”
he seems hesitant to speak, eyes not meeting yours. you feel your heart skip a beat, but not in the way you’d like. this wasn’t jungkook’s usual behavior.
instead of jungkook being the confident and direct person, now it’s you.
you had rehearsed this once you noticed the letter was missing from your backpack.
now it was time to bring it to life.
“listen, i really didn’t mean for you to see that,” you close the door in an attempt to seem level headed, but your clammy palms say otherwise, “it was stupid of me to even bring that to school, and you can make fun of me for it. it’s ok.”
you can still feel his friends eyes on you, and you wish they would just piss off and ask about him later. or at least if they could just be a little more subtle about it.
jungkook is still silent, visibly deflated by your words.
“can i have it back now?” you twiddle your thumbs against the straps of your backpack as you speak, “i can throw it away or something, so you can give it back now.”
you reach up to grab it, but a smile quickly spreads on jungkook’s face when he raises his arm up, forcing you to jump so you can reach it. your efforts are futile, however, as jungkook knows a thing or two about reflexes and dodging opponents.
after a few pathetic seconds of you pleading with jungkook to give it back and him being amused by how you just barely reach the envelope everytime you jump, you give up, a soft groan falling from your lips as you hang your head in shame.
this was the last you could handle of jungkook’s neverending teasing.
“jungkook, please,” you stomp your foot on the ground instinctively, “can i just have it back?”
“what if i wanna keep it?”
“w-what.”
“what if i like it?” he asks, tilting his head to the right, “what if i wanna have it?”
“jungkook, what-“
“would you be mad at me? if i kept it?” he continues, his questions getting on your nerves.
“why would you want to keep it?” you roll your eyes, reaching out for it again, “jungkook this is stupid, just give it back-“
“ah, ah, ah,” he wags a finger at you, “you didn’t answer my question.”
“which one?” you deadpan.
“what if i kept it?”
“i’d be embarrassed.”
“why would you be embarrassed?”
“because…?” you say, “that’s my letter?”
“but it’s addressed to me, see? jungkook,” he traces under the name.
“yes, but i wrote that.”
“well it’s for me.”
“i didn’t want you to see it.”
“that’s adorable.”
“no it’s not.”
“yes it is.”
“oh my-“ you almost tear out your hair, “jungkook, please.”
“no.”
“why not?”
“because i like it.”
his words blindsight you, and you feel your breath catch in your throat. your hands become even clammier, and you’re certain that you’d be able to fill a whole glass with just the sweat of your hands alone. the confidence now reappears in jungkook, a bright, goofy grin plastered onto his face.
“what does that mean?”
“you really don’t get out much, do you, sweetheart?”
“i’m not-“
“it means i like you, dummie,” he shakes his head, and despite his words there’s nothing but endearment in his eyes, “i like you a lot, too.”
“huh?”
“you want me to say that again? want me to declare it to the whole world?” he sighs, the smile still present on his face as he raises his hands to his mouth so he can further project his voice, “everyone! i-“
your next words come out like lightning.
“ok, jungkook you can keep the letter, i’m gonna go home now! ok, see you later!” you squeak out, running away from him and briskly pushing past everyone so you can make it to the door.
with that, jungkook is left by himself, laughter bubbling from his lips as he holds the letter close to him, and he makes a mental note to text you right after practice is done.
(sorry lolz this was really cheesy i couldn’t help it!)
#bts drabble#bts fluff#bts jungkook fluff#bts jungkook fanfiction#baby drabbles <3#jungkook fluff#jungkook fanfic#jungkook fanfiction#bts fanfic#bts fanfiction#i miss doing drabbles#asks#anon
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