One rule. He had one rule when it came to going out with his girlfriend, Hanjae, at the local park during a festival. Do not let go of his hand. She readily agreed to it and they held hands as they went through the park admiring the booths. So, how did it get to this?
Eunkwang went down the lit up street of the park to find her. He was panicked. When did she let go of his hand? Why didn’t he feel her hand slip from his? He just wanted a tranquil date night with his girlfriend after he finished promotions for his group’s comeback. But instead he’s running around in a panic trying to find her.
As he ran around, he caught a glimpse of Hanjae’s bright purple winter jacket. He came to a stop and stared at the pathway across from him. Hanjae had pulled her hair down from her original ponytail and threw on her winter hat as it got colder that night. Eunkwang noticed how awkward she looked as a man stood before her with a flirty look on his face. Eunkwang watched in horror as he approached the two.
“—cutie like you? How cruel of him. Why don’t we hang out instead?” The guy reached out to touch her.
“I’m good. I’m just going to look for hi–” She looked to see Eunkwang approaching him. “Oh, there he is” she gave a look of relief as she saw her boyfriend.
Eunkwang straightened up and approached her with more confident. “Thanks for keeping my girlfriend company while I looked for her” he gave him a grin. “Come on, love. We should get going.” He pulled her away from the man and once at a safe distance he turned to her and whined. “Why did you let go of my hand?”
Hanjae puffed out her cheeks, “I told you I was cold and needed to get my hat one. You let go and kept walking?
He gave her an awkward smile, “Oh, is that how that happened. My bad.” He took her hand in his again, “This time we don’t let go.”
“Fine” she rolled her eyes, “But you’re buying me bungeoppang.” She swung their hands harder than necessary as Eunkwang smiled and lead her to a food stand for bungeoppang.
Minhyuk
Minhyuk was helping his girlfriend, Dasomi, sell her merchandise as she was a designer who made little cartoon accessories. Thanks to Minhyuk’s good looks, persuasive attitude, and her cute cartoons, Dasomi was able to sell all the items she brought with her. Minhyuk returned just as she finished putting away the last of her business cards and handed her one of the coffees he bought from the nearby cafe. “Let’s enjoy the festival.”
Dasomi nodded in agreement and they walked side by side sipping their own drinks. They had only recently began dating and as embarrassing as it was to admit, Minhyuk was her first boyfriend, so their relation was very slow compared to most. However, they also grew up together, so the switch to best friends to lovers was still something they both were getting used to.
“Hey ba–Minhyuk oppa, I wanna check out this stall” Dasomi stopped thinking Minhyuk noticed her. She looked at the items with admiration as they were little cartoon zodiacs.
Minhyuk pulled his drink from his lips, “Hey baby.” He stopped realizing what he said. It was the first time he had called her that over her name. “I’m getting hungry, what abo–Dasomi?” He looked over to Dasomi only to see people walk past him and no Dasomi. He turned suddenly as he looked back, “Dasomi?” He called out, but received no answer and he retraced their steps.He noticed Dasomi smiling fakely at the man in front of her. He was about to call out to her, but stopped deciding to tease her as she awkwardly rejected the man who tried to reach for her phone.
Dasomi wanted nothing more than to run off, but she knew Minhyuk would retrace their steps and decided to wait for him. However, as she waited a man approached her. He began to flirt asking if she was alone before he asked for her kakao ID. Dasomi’s eyes sought for Minhyuk and she noticed how a man was still as possible with his jacket pressed in front of his face as if it concealed him. She watched as the man peeked over the jacket and her worried expression shifted to that of annoyance. Her lips pursed as she put one hand on her hip no longer paying attention to the man beside her.
The man looked where she was focused on and his eyes slightly widened, “Isn’t that BtoB’s Minhyuk?”
“Is he?” She tsked. “Not for long will he be once I get a hold of him” she began to walk to him. Minhyuk’s eyes widened as he darted off knowing she was out for blood. “Yah! Come back here!” She chased after him. Minhyuk slowed to a small jog as Dasomi caught up to him and wrapped her arm around his, “Why would you leave me back there alone?”
Minhyuk laughed as he looked at her annoyed expression, “You seemed to handle it just fine without me.” He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. She pouted, her cheeks puffed in annoyance as she walked beside him. Minhyuk chuckled as he moved his arm from her shoulder and took her hand in his. “Better? Now you can’t leave my side.”
Dasomi blushed as she forced their fingers to intertwine, “This.” She whispered, “Makes sure I can’t leave your side.”
Minhyuk stared at their intertwined hands and his heart skipped a beat. This was their first time to hold hands so intimately and he was so happy he could die. He leaned over and kissed the top of her head, “This is definitely better” he whispered as he pulled away from her head. The rest of the day, their hands never parted.
Changsub
“Babe, I’ll be able to find you wherever you go” Changsub bragged as he walked with his girlfriend, Sunhee. “I know you like the back of my hand.”
She chuckled as she looked around, “Wanna bet?”
Changsub knew that smirk on her face was dangerous. He knew he shouldn’t have accepted the challenge, but the feeling of her proving him wrong just irked him. “Yea. Loser does whatever the winner wants for a week and a half.”
“Deal. You have 30 minutes. Go to the metro for a few minutes while I go somewhere.” She began to walk off.
“You have to stay in Haeundae!” She held up an okay sign as she continued to blend with the crowd.
Changsub was only ten minutes in and as the sunset, he began to panic. He wanted to text Sunhee and ask for her location, but he also wanted to win. “Why do you have to do this to me?” He groaned as he searched through a crowd that watched a fire dancing street performer. Not seeing Sunhee he went to the next performer as they were something she always loved to watch when she was out.
By the twenty minute mark, Changsub gave up and sent her a text. However, when she didn’t reply or read his message on kakao, Changsub’s blood rushed. He crossed the street to Haeundae Beach, but all the visitors were basked in the shadows and could only really get a good look at them when he got close to them.
“Seriously! Go away!”
His head turned to the voice. Changsub knew that was Sunhee’s voice. He took off towards her voice where he saw a girl’s silhouette and she yanked her arm from the guy in front of her. As Changsub got closer, he realized it was his girlfriend and there was a pained expression as she looked at the man before her. She held her wrist as if in pain and Changsub ran up to them. “Hey, jagiya. I was looking all over for you.” The man glared at Changsub and he noticed. Changsub’s smile fell as he gave the guy an unemotional look. “What do you want?”
The man tsked as he waved his hand as he hurried away. Sunhee let out a shaky breath as she grabbed onto Changsub. “You sure took your time looking for me…”
“I’m sorry, but I found you under 30 minutes.” He grinned as he tried to brush off the interaction with the man before.
Sunhee shook her head as she held up her phone, “You’re actually five minutes late, so the victory is mine.”
His jaw dropped as he looked at the time knowing she was right. “Dang, well then winner, what do you want?”
She lead him to the sandy hill on the beach and sat down. She patted the ground and he took a seat next to her. Sunhee leaned on him and his arm wrapped around her waist. “For now, just stay like this for a bit.” She whispered as she looked off to the waves.
Daredevil Girlfriend [Eunkwang, Minhyuk, and Changsub]
Eunkwang
Harper was in the dressing room with Eunkwang, her boyfriend, and the other BtoB members who were preparing for their performance. Her attention was not on her boyfriend as she sat beside him on the couch, but on the conversation with her big sister and brother. They were planning out a trip for their summer vacation since BtoB would be touring and Harper wanted to be anywhere but home alone.
“Harp! Dyl! I thought of something! Why not cage diving?” Her sister prompted.
Harper made a face of disbelief but was replaced with a smile. “I like it. Where at? South Africa?”
Eunkwang’s ears perked at the name. Though his English wasn’t the best, he could understand most of the time what his girlfriend said.
Harper cuffed her hand over the speaker of her phone, “Can you grab my backpack, babe?” Eunkwang smiled as he got up and pulled her bag to her. She whispered a thanks. “Uh huh…. yea… Hold on! You’re throwing out too many things. Let me get my laptop and look at reservations…. Okay…. Oh my gosh, shut up! Bye!” She hung up the phone and let out a groan. She fished out her laptop and waited for it to turn on before she began her search.
Eunkwang looked at her screen, “What are you looking up?”
“Maise wants to go cage diving this summer, so I’m pulling up some reservation dates.”
Eunkwang’s eyes lit up, “That sounds fun. Can I come?”
Harper’s eyebrow raised. “You? You want to go cage diving in Gansbaai, the place known for their great white sharks? I mean, you can if you want.”
Eunkwang laughed hard and began to clap getting the attention of the other members who questioned what was going on, “Well, when you put it like that… I’ll have to retract my question.” He knew his girlfriend was the adventurous type, but he didn’t think of just how far of an adventurer she really was.
She shook her head and smiled, “Yea, I thought so.”
He kissed her temple, “When you go be safe, okay?”
“When aren’t I?” Harper flashed him a smiled. The backstage crew called for BtoB and Harper rushed them out, “Knock them dead out there.”
“When don’t I?” He winked before he headed to the stage with the others.
Minhyuk
Lyla met Minhyuk on an episode of Running Man during the time of BtoB’s debut. At the time, she was an inspiring actress who did her own stunts for action movies she starred in. It wasn’t until 2014, when they began to date and only 4 years after Minhyuk proposed to her.
Lyla continued down her acting path with a chance of a lifetime to work in Hollywood and make her debut in America as an actress. She wasn’t the lead female role, but after she made such an impression on the directors, they casted her as the second leading lady.
Minhyuk wouldn’t admit it, but he chose to propose before she headed off to America, so the American actors knew she was off limits. He hated to admit he was jealous.
While Lyla was in California, Minhyuk was on a talk show with his members to discuss their new comeback. As most interviews, the interviewers veered off the comeback and threaded the waters to BtoB’s personal lives. In particular, Minhyuk’s and his recent engagement to Lyla.
The hostess cleared her throat as she changed gears and eyes Minhyuk, “Minhyuk, have you heard from your fiancée? Is she still in Hollywood?”
He laughed as he prepared himself for the questionnaire, “Ah yes, she’s a stunt double on an upcoming movie. Today she’s supposed to have a car chasing scene.”
“Oh my! Those are dangerous, right? What if the car flips!” She gasped.
Minhyuk nodded feeling his stomach turn at the thought, “I know my fiancée, I trust her. She knows what she’s doing. She’s really fearless. I couldn’t do it.” Minhyuk knew his fiancée’s thrill of adventure. It was something he loved about her, but something he couldn’t help but worry about.
“Aren’t you worried?”
“I think it’s only natural as a fiancé to be worried for my fiancée, but she always comes back to me safe, so I trust her.”
The hostess cooed, “That’s so cute! Do you want to send her a message of encouragement?”
He nodded before he looked directly at the camera. “Jagi, I hope you’re watching this! Eat well and be careful! I love you!” He said into the mic as he waved at the camera.
Changsub
Teagan, Changsub’s girlfriend, was in the kitchen preparing supper for her family and boyfriend. It was the Christmas holidays and her family went down to Korea to spend it with Teagan and Changsub. It was Changsub’s first time meeting her family and he was nervous at first, but Teagan’s mother made the encounter easier on him. Her mom was Korean, so if Teagan wasn’t near them, she’d translate between Teagan’s father and Changsub.
Teagan put the last of the food in the oven and headed into the living room just as her mom pulled out a photo album. She took a seat by Changsub, “What’s that?”
“I compiled all your adventures” Teagan took the album and flipped through it. “You definitely chose a woman who lives a full life, let me tell you” her mom laughed.
Changsub looked at your mom, “What do you mean?”
“You haven’t told him?”
Teagan looked up from the album and shrugged, “It really never came up.”
Teagan handed the album to Changsub and her mother flipped the albums. “I don’t know where she gets it from. Her father and I are terrified of heights.” She flipped to a skydiving photo, “This was her trip to Mount Everest. She skydived that.
Changsub was completely shocked. He stared at Teagan in disbelief, “Jagiya, you’re wild” he teased. He nuzzled his head in her neck, “If only you were this wild in bed.” Teagan laughed as she playfully shoved him from her. Changsub continued to look through the album to see his girlfriend in a new and interesting light.
