Kpop demon hunter x Chef! Reader
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Eventually, when (Y/n) calmed down, the girls got dressed in their pajamas and sat huddled together on the large white couch. They sat in silence with (Y/n) rubbing her hand anxiously. The elevator dinged when Rumi finally got home—hours later when the moon was high in the sky.
Mira, Zoey, and (Y/n) said nothing still. They only got up, walked quickly to Rumi, and embraced her gently.
Zoey led Rumi to her room and softly told her to change while (Y/n) cooked and Mira set the table.
By the time Rumi was dressed in a tan hoodie and cute pajama pants there was pork ramen and tea on the table. Vegetables, tofu, rice, and sauce decorated the table as well. A warm and comforting dish that (Y/n) felt like Rumi needed at the moment. All of the girls sat down to join her.
Rumi quietly took a sip of her broth before speaking, “I…I’m sorry about the show.”
“Rumi, it’s okay. I’m sure everything will be fine,” Zoey waved off Rumi’s anxiety, “Bobby can handle it.”
As if on cue, Zoey’s phone rang with Bobby’s ringtone.
“Hi, Bobby!” Zoey shouted cheerfully.
“Girls, I can’t handle this! There’s thousands of disappointed fans and the network is losing their minds! Okay, this is why you pay me 3%. Okay, back off! My girls will sing when they’re ready—“ Zoey quickly ended the call before it could get too crazy.
“It’ll be okay!” (Y/n) said optimistically, “Can’t you guys schedule another concert in a few days?”
Rumi sighed, “I-I don’t know if that’s going to be possible. My voice, it’s in trouble.”
“Wait, in trouble?” Mira guffawed, “Then why did you push up the “Golden” release?”
“Because we’re so close, and it’s so important.” Rumi drifted off.
“Okay,” Zoey started, “how do we handle this? What do we tell the fans? Maybe we should call Celine?”
(Y/n) flinched at the mention of telling her mentor what was happening.
Mira rolled her eyes, “You know what she’d say, Zoey.”
“Oh, right,” Zoey cleared her throat, “We are Hunters.”
Mira began to join in, “Voices strong. Your faults and fears must never be seen.” The two laughed.
“Whoa, you sound exactly like her,” Mira chuckled.
“Yeah,” Zoey nudged Mira, “that’s exactly how she says it.” Suddenly, the girls got serious, “But for sure. We have to hide it. Mm-hm.”
“No, but we gotta hide it and fix it.” Mira added.
“Maybe just fix it?…” (Y/n) added quietly.
“Rumi, why don’t we take a break? We’ll skip the Idol Awards this year and—“ Zoey started.
“No. No way. It’s our most important show. It’s when we strengthen the Honmoon for the entire year. We can’t skip it. We just can’t. Not when I’m so close.” Rumi practically begged.
Zoey put a hand on Rumi’s shoulder, “Hey, we’ll get through this. We can get through anything. Together.”
Mira got back on topic, “Okay. We have two weeks to fix Rumi’s voice. Any ideas?”
Zoey grinned, “I do have one idea…” she began pulling out her phone.
Mira deadpanned at Zoey, “Just one?”
“Actually, 57!” Zoey floundered, “But let’s start with my favorite. Don’t worry. It’s totally legit,” she promised, pointing her phone at Rumi. “His name is Doctor Han, he’s got this special voice tonic.”
“Perfect, we’ll go into town tomorrow to check it out,” Mira nodded.
“Wait, tomorrow?” (Y/n) spoke up, she groaned, “I start my new job tomorrow…”
“But you’ll still be with us, right?” Zoey asked.
“I have to go shopping for their ingredients tomorrow and then meet them after.” (Y/n) said downcast.
“Maybe you can go with us and then go shopping?” Zoey asked hopefully.
“I…” (Y/n) watched as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey used puppy dog eyes on her. She was pretty sure Mira shed a fake tear. “Okay.”
“I’ll walk with you guys to your tonic place then go shopping, deal?” (Y/n) ‘set her foot down.’
The next morning Zoey, Mira, Rumi, and (Y/n) all walked through downtown. The pop-stars wore disguises that hid their typical looks while (Y/n) wore a (f/c) sundress and white flats. While the girls tried to make themselves smaller and unnoticeable, (Y/n) stood out all the more.
“It’s down this alleyway!” Zoey pointed to an alley and pushed the group forward.
“I still have to go to the store,” (Y/n) whined.
“There’s one right here…” Mira pointed next door where there was a secondary entrance to a grocery store.
“Then I guess I’ll see you guys tonight?” (Y/n) offered.
The three singers sniffled and then cried loudly and dramatically. Then they all hugged (Y/n) tightly.
“You’ll call us if anything happens, right?”
“Don’t let those boys sweep you off your feet, okay? You come back to us.”
With tearful goodbyes, the group departed.
(Y/n) enjoyed shopping. Not clothing or makeup shopping, she enjoyed grocery shopping. She came up with more ideas the more she scanned the aisles. (Y/n) bought meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, spices, dairy, eggs, and snacks. As she was passing by the last aisle she saw a case of assorted fruit sodas and couldn’t resist. (Y/n) checked out, grinning at the thought of Jinu’s face when he saw his dinner. She was unaware of the events outside, of course.
Outside Rumi, Mira, and Zoey had walked out of the doctor’s office with a box of tonics they became startled by four shadows that were about to walk into the same alley.
Mira and Zoey pulled up Rumi’s hood and hid behind her as she shuffled forward in an awkward penguin walk.
The four figures—Abby, Mystery, Baby, and Romance—walked into the alley, an air of confidence surrounding them. Time seemed to slow as Mira and Zoey gawked at them all. With excellent timing, the boys all flipped their hair at the same time, adding to their attractiveness. Abby subtly stretched his arms behind his head causing his top shirt button to pop open. While Zoey drooled, Abby popped another button open and his shirt flew open, exposing his chiseled chest.
“You guys are so gro…” Before Rumi could finish her degradation, another figure—Jinu—turned the corner. Rumi was so enchanted by him that she hadn’t notice him getting closer and closer until his shoulder met hers. Rumi, feeling weak on her knees, fell easily, the tonics slipping out of her grip and spilling onto the ground.
Jinu looked at Rumi curiously as she fell. He stretched out his hand….Rumi, still encapsulated, reached out to grab it….
Jinu retracted his hand to brush his shoulder free of any dust or debris Rumi might have passed to him. He scoffed and looked down at Rumi with a hum, “Watch yourself.”
Rumi gaped at the retreating boy.
The rest of the boys had turned around to wait for Jinu, not noticing (Y/n) leaving the building in front of them. When Jinu caught up, the boys parted to make a path for him, and he bumped straight into (Y/n)
Zoey, Mira, and Rumi watched as bags of groceries flew into the air in slow motion. Soft music seemingly came out of nowhere. They saw Jinu’s chest push (Y/n) harshly towards the ground and they stepped forward—only to gasp when they saw Abby coming up from behind the girl to steady her. Mira’s eyes narrowed on Abby’s hands when they tightened around (Y/n)’s hips.
Time was still moving slowly as the bags of groceries finally hit the ground, produce (luckily still in their containers or skin) bounced onto the pavement, spices clacked on the ground, canned drinks rolled around in all directions, and (Y/n)—she was not happy.
“Ah!” (Y/n) immediately shot to the ground to pick up her fallen goods.
Both of the groups blinked owlishly at (Y/n). It seems that everyone was moving in slow motion, except for her…
Romance smirked when he glanced back at Huntr/x, getting a devilish idea. He quickly bent down and began helping the (Y/n), secretly telling the others to follow. Soon each boy stood up holding a bag of groceries except for Jinu.
“Look at our little chef, hard at work,” Romance used his free hand to frame his face attractively, “were you planning on carrying all of these this whole time? You’re so adorable…”
Out of nowhere Mystery held out a large black tote bag with a hot pink lion symbol decorating the front. Baby pulled out a separate bag in the reverse colors. Abby and Mystery put the two paper bags they were carrying in the first tote bag while Baby and Romance did the same to theirs. Jinu took both of these large tote bags and gently put them on (Y/n)’s shoulders, adjusting the straps to make sure they were comfortable.
(Y/n) was unaware of the glares coming from the girls behind her, but the boys were. While Jinu was distracting (Y/n), the other four boys had glanced at Mira, Rumi, and Zoey with golden glares and sharp smirks.
“There,” Jinu looked deep into (Y/n)’s eyes, “better?”
(Y/n) smiled at Jinu, “Maybe you should watch where you’re going.” She chuckled at Jinu’s surprised face.
Jinu quickly fixed his face, “If I did, I wouldn’t have run into you…” he used his index finger and thumb to tilt (Y/n)’s chin up and look her straight in the eyes. This further accentuated how much taller he was than her. He chuckled seductively, “Until we meet again, gorgeous.”
The group slowly began to walk out of the alley, Abby, Baby, Romance, and Mystery winking, smirking, blowing a kiss, and nodding (respectively) at her as they passed.
(Y/n) shook her head, “Weirdos,” she said, amused at the boys’ antics.
Mira and Rumi looked at Zoey curiously.
“I meant, blehh…” Zoey chuckled nervously.
While the three gathered Rumi’s tonics, (Y/n) tilted her head at them in question, “What happened?”
“It’s nothing, (N/n).” Mira forced a grin at (Y/n), Rumi and Zoey following.
(Y/n) blinked, “Okayyy…I’ll see you guys tonight?”
“Bye, (N/n)!” The three waved as (Y/n) walked out of the alley. When she was gone the girls took a breath of relief.
“So we hate them, right?” Mira asked.
“Did you see the way they touched her? Ughh…” Rumi gagged.
“And the whispering? Blehh…” Zoey fake threw up.
“No, it was more like, ughhhhh…” Mira added.
All three of the girls gagged in unison, utterly disgusted by even the thought of the attractive men. It was then that they heard music from behind them.
“What’s that?” Rumi asked, standing up with the box of tonics safely returned to her hands.
The three girls walked into the square a crowd building around a large cloud of pink smoke. Pop music began to play from speakers hidden around the area. The five boys from earlier began to dance to the beat, perfectly in sync.
Yeah, I need you to fill me up
“It’s those stupid jerks again!” Rumi growled. A woman hurriedly pushed past only to be blown back by Jinu’s dance moves. He was untouchable. “These guys are a boy band?”
Got a feeling that, oh, yeah (Yeah)
You could be everything that
That I need (Need), taste so sweet (Sweet)
Every sip makes me want more, yeah
Lookin' like snacks 'cause you got it like that (Woo)
Take a big bite, want another bite, yeah
Jinu cracked open a can of soda and began drinking it, causing Rumi to gasp. “That jerk stole one of (Y/n)’s drinks!”
When you're in my arms, I hold you so tight (So tight)
Can't let go, no, no, not tonight
'Cause I need you to need me
I'm empty, you feed me so refreshing
You're all I can think of
Cool me down, you're so hot
Zoey began bobbing her shoulders, causing the others to notice and glare at her. She quickly stopped…but the beat went too hard and she softly continued. Rumi followed.
“It is annoyingly catchy, though.” Rumi admitted.
Mira started as well, “It’s infectious.” They noticed the boys occasionally glancing at one spot in the crowd. The girls peered around and over heads in the crowd to follow the boys eyes. There they saw (Y/n) grinning and bobbing her shoulders.
Romance and Baby blew hearts to the crowd. Mira caught one and squeezed it, “They can make hearts out of thin air?”
Another heart hit Zoey straight in the face.
Just barely, the girls eyes caught something. A stray beam of light through the buildings illuminated a specific feature on the band’s skin; dark purple patterns. They then noticed their eyes briefly flash gold. With a gasp, the girls realized:
“Magicians—Demons. Obviously demons.” Zoey corrected herself.
Uh, make me wanna flip the top
Every little drip and drop, fizz and pop, ah
“Dang, they’re good.” Zoey complimented.
“Incredible. But a demon boy band? Why?” Rumi asked.
“I don’t care. A demon’s a demon. We kill them.” Mira charged forward only to be held back by Rumi.
“No, it’s too public.” Rumi said.
“What if they try to kill all these people?” Mira asked.
“It doesn’t look like they’re gonna hurt anyone.” Zoey pointed out.
The three watched as the band helped a girl with her street food and gave children gifts.
Yes, I'm sippin' when it's drippin' now
It's done? I need a second round
And pour a lot and don't you stop
'Til my soda pop fizzles out
“In fact, it almost seems like they’re nice demons?” Zoey suggested.
“Demons are never nice!” Rumi and Mira shouted. The three hurriedly threw the street food and presents on the ground, destroying them.
I waited so long for a taste of soda
So, the wait is over, baby
A large stage decorated as a soda can rose up underneath the band. On the next down beat, the boys jumped and when they landed the world seemed to grow more colorful, saturated even.
Rumi quickly walked up to the stage, “They’re coming after the fans. We gotta stop this now.”
You're all I can think of
My little soda pop (Yeah, yeah)
Cool me down, you're so hot
Pour me up, I won't stop (Oh, oh)
Rumi stopped in front of the stage, a wall of people blocking her from going any further.
Jinu looked around the crowd, eyes lingering on one spot for a bit too long before his eyes caught Rumi’s. With a smirk he dusted off his shoulder again, making Rumi growl.
“That’s it for now. See you tonight on everyone’s favorite variety show.” Jinu gestured to the large display behind him where the title of the show, ‘Play Games With Us’, danced. “Saja Boys love you!”
At the last note, the Saja Boys posed and Jinu put on a pair of pink sunglasses. While the fans cheered, the stage lowered, allowing the band to safely get off. Calmly they walked through the crowd, thanking fans for their support while they did so.
Rumi’s eyes followed a smirking Jinu until she saw what their path led too.
“Did you like the show?” Romance asked (Y/n). Placing a hand on the small of her back, he led her through the crowd.
“It was great! You guys are gonna be popular for sure!” (Y/n) grinned.
“The Saja Boys…that’s the band (Y/n) works for now!” Zoey realized.
“Of course it is…” Mira glowered.
“Hey, how did you do that thing with the hearts?” (Y/n) asked as she was led into an alley by the Saja Boys.
“We have to do something.” Mira stepped forward again.
“They won’t do anything to (Y/n). Not yet. They wouldn’t have made a big show of coming off the stage and going straight to her. They were making a point…now we get to make one back.”
When the Saja Boys were hidden from the crowd their demeanor changed just slightly.
Without a word, Baby took both of the tote bags from (Y/n)’s shoulders.
“When we get back to the house we have to be fast. Let’s put away the groceries then get ready to go live.” Jinu decided. He was unaware of (Y/n)’s surprised look.
“What do we wear?” Abby asked.
“Something pink?” Romance suggested.
“Do we have to wear pink all the time?” Baby asked bluntly.
“Do you guys know what time you’ll be back?” (Y/n) asked quietly.
The boys immediately stopped walking and chatting to stare at (Y/n) curiously. She blushed and stuttered at their intense looks, “J-just so I know what time to have dinner ready! I know that the game show host likes to do spicy challenges sometimes so I thought you’d like something to soothing when you got home and—“
“You’re coming with us.” Mystery said, interrupting (Y/n)’s rambling.
“Did you think we were just gonna leave you home alone all day? We’re not monsters.” Jinu smirked and continued walking.
Abby threw an arm over (Y/n)’s shoulder to force her to keep up with the group. “Jinu can’t get enough of your cooking—“
“Shut up.” Jinu muttered.
“So he told the host that he was gonna bring a personal chef—“
“Because he didn’t trust anyone to handle food on account of his ‘allergies’…” Abby used his free hand to make air quotes.
“Chul, if you don’t shut your mouth—“ Jinu growled.
“Hey, just being honest.” Abby shrugged.
(Y/n) smiled, a new wave of emotion, of belonging, flooded into her chest. “So is Bulgogi still on the table for dinner tonight?”
A/N: I hope you guys like this chapter! The next two chapters are going to be longer and lead up to non canonical events.
Once again, a lot of you have clocked that (Y/n) seems to be a side character in this story, that’s because it’s not her story, but it’s about to be.
I really appreciate all of your suggestions! The taglist is reached its first limit so I’ll reblog this post with the second taglist at the bottom! Thank you all for reading! Let me know if I forgot anyone!!
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