#seokmun

[meliakim]

Soobin

Soobin helps Mun get into BigHit after she forgets her ID.

“Hi, good morning… good morning,” Mun said kindly to all the familiar faces she passed as she walked into the BigHit building. This year was the 15th anniversary of BigHit, and it was being celebrated by a photoshoot with BTS, TXT, and soloist Lee Hyun. Mun was called in to be on standby for any wardrobe changes or assistance needed during the photoshoot. As she approached the front desk, she realized a new person was working, meaning she would actually need to get out her BigHit ID.

“Good morning… Identification, please,” the lady behind the entrance desk said. “Hi there,” Mun replied, opening up her purse and shuffling through the stuff inside, looking for her ID. “Oh, crap,” she said, quietly, unable to find it. “It looks like I must’ve left it at the apartment…”  she said, sighing deeply. The photoshoot was going to start in a little over an hour, so there was no way she could make it to her apartment and back in time. “Sorry, I can’t let you in,” the lady replied.

Mun stepped away from the desk and pulled out her phone to call Seokjin so he could come down and help her get in without an ID. “Morning, Mun-noona,” she heard a voice say from the direction of the building entrance. She turned to see Soobin, wearing a hat and mask, passing by her as he walked towards the entrance desk. “Soobin!!” she said, almost startling him. He stopped and looked down at her, as he towered over her. “Do you think you could get me in? I forgot my ID at home,” she said. “Oh, sure… I can try, at least,” he said, shyly, walking up to the desk.

“Good morning,” Soobin said to the lady at the front desk as he handed her his ID. “Good morning,” she replied, scanning him in, then giving Mun a glare. “She’s coming in with me. She works directly with BTS, and we have a joint photoshoot that we need to get to,” he explained. The lady seemed to contemplate it for a bit, but ultimately, she couldn’t say no to him… he was her TXT bias after all. “Ok, fine, I’ll let her in this once, but next time you better bring your ID,” the lady said. Mun smiled widely and bowed. “Thank you so much!!” she said before following Soobin to the elevators.

“I owe you big time for helping me get in. I was getting ready to call Seokjinie, but I know he’s probably busy getting his hair and makeup done, so I really didn’t want to bother him,” Mun said after they were on the elevator together. “It’s no problem, honestly… Anything for Jin-sunbaenim’s girlfriend,” he said, smiling sweetly. Mun always thought Soobin was terribly cute. He looked up to Seokjin as his role model, and was a big fanboy, though he tried to keep it cool when the idol in question was actually around.

“Actually,” Mun said, holding up her left hand so Soobin could see the engagement ring on her finger. “Ahhh forreal?” Soobin gasped excitedly as he took a closer look at the ring. “Congratulations, noona!! I had no idea,” he said, excitedly. She smiled and nodded. “Thank you… it’s still relatively new, but we’ve kept it lowkey because we don’t want the press or anything to get a hold of it,” she explained. “I totally understand,” Soobin said, still smiling at the news of his sunbaenim’s engagement.

As they approached the floor and the elevator doors opened, Seokjin happened to walk by at the same time, seeing them come out of the elevator. “Mun-ah! There you are! Perfect timing,” Seokjin said, as he was on the way to the wardrobe department, since he had his full makeup and hair done. “Hello, Jin-sunbaenim, congratulations on your engagement!” Soobin said, bowing to Seokjin as he got off the elevator. “Ahh, Soobin-ah! For the hundredth time, just call me hyung! You don’t need to call me sunbaenim!” Seokjin said, then looking at Mun.

“A new lady was working at the front desk today and didn’t recognize me, and I was stupid and left my ID at home today… so Soobin helped me get in without it,” Mun explained to Seokjinie. “Yah! You could’ve called me, and I would’ve helped you in!” Seokjinie replied. “I almost did, but since Soobin was there anyway, I just got him to help,” Mun said. Soobin nodded. “The lady didn’t seem too friendly to Mun… but she was kind to me. I have a feeling I must’ve been her bias. I can often tell when that’s the case,” he said.

“Really? At what point did you realize that you’re Mun-ah’s bias?” Seokjinie asked curiously, causing Soobin to look at his noona wide-eyed. “I’m your bias?” he asked. Mun chuckled shyly at being called out and nodded. “Of course!! My bias in TXT anyways,” she said. “You remind me so much of Seokjinie… and I could relate to how much you look up to him, so of course you would be my bias,” she further explained. “Yo!! Soobin-hyung! There you are! You better get over to makeup stat, they’ve been wondering where you were!” Beomgyu interrupted, coming out of nowhere. “Oh, hello,” he then said, politely bowing to Seokjin and Mun upon seeing them.

“I didn’t notice the time… I guess we better get going too,” Seokjin said, looking down at his invisible watch. Mun chuckled and turned back to the younger boys. “We’ll see you in a little bit, then!” she said before following her fiancé down the hall to the wardrobe department. “Were you in trouble or something?” Beomgyu asked his hyung as they walked in the opposite direction of Seokjin and Mun. Soobin chuckled and shook his head. “No, we were just chatting,” he said, playing it cool.

After walking a distance, Soobin looked over his shoulder, making sure the couple was a good distance away. Once it was confirmed, the smile on his face grew huge and he grabbed Beomgyu’s arm excitedly as they continued to walk. “Aishh, I thought I was going to pass out, forrea!!,” Soobin said, causing Beomgyu to worry for a moment, until he saw the smile on his hyung’s face. “What happened??” Beomgyu asked. “Wait until we’re with the other members,” Soobin said, not wanting to tell his story twice.

They arrived at the makeup room where the other members were, and Soobin proceeded to tell the other members the details of his morning, along with the fact that he was Mun’s bias from TXT. “Aish, you’re such a fanboy!!” Yeonjun said with a chuckle after Soobin had finished. “I think it’s sweet!!” Kai chimed in, getting up from his seat. “Literally the girlfriend of your role model called you her bias because you remind her of him… I can’t!!” Beomgyu added, fanboying himself. “Actually, she’s his fiancé now,” Soobin said with a grin, feeling privileged with the information. “Seriously? They’re allowed to get married? That means I could get married someday…” Kai said, thoughtfully. “Yah, but you have to actually talk to girls first,” Taehyun quipped, causing the others to laugh.

Meanwhile, as Seokjin and Mun walked down the hall towards the wardrobe department, Seokjin commented, “I think it’s sweet that you told Soobin that he’s your bias.” “But you’re technically the one that told him, weren’t you?” Mun replied, nudging his arm with her elbow. Seokjin thought for a moment. “Oh… yeah, I guess I was,” Seokjin said with a chuckle. “Am I really the main reason that Soobin is your bias?” he then asked.

Mun’s brow furrowed for a second. “What do you mean? Of course! Why did you think he was my bias?” she asked him. “Because he’s tall and handsome,” Seokjin replied. “I mean, sure… but you’re… not as tall… but definitely more handsome,” she said, looking over at him and seeing him chuckling. Mun rolled her eyes, as she knew what he was up to. “C’mon!! You already knew!!” Mun said, laughing as she playfully slapped his arm. “It doesn’t hurt to be reminded that I’m your number one every once in a while,” he retorted.

Mun stepped directly in front of him, stopping him in his tracks, and held up the back of her left hand towards her fiancé’s face. “Is this not a good enough reminder that you’re my number one?” she asked. He smiled affectionately down at her. “I don’t have an engagement ring to stare at all the time like you do,” he said, kissing the back of her hand quickly, then taking it in his as they walked into the wardrobe room together. “Well, that’s too bad… I hope you don’t forget about me then,” Mun replied. “I couldn’t even if I tried,” Seokjin said sweetly with a smile at her as she began to get his outfit together.

[meliakim]

Jjamppong

Seokjin hopes to impress Mun with his seafood soup.

*Seokjin’s POV*

I could feel Jimin peer over my shoulder slightly as I prepped the bowls of noodles, ready to pour the jjamppong broth over each bowl. “Prepping the bowls already, hyung? Min and Mun haven’t arrived yet,” he said. “They haven’t, but I know they’ll be here within the next 4 minutes,” I replied, looking at my invisible watch. Mun had been over enough times for me to know that it takes exactly 17 minutes to get to our dorm by bus. She texted me 13 minutes ago that they were leaving, and the fact that it was raining outside confirmed my feeling that they would be taking the bus this cold fall evening.

“Soup’s on!” I called out to the other members, figuring they could start eating. Our dorm kitchen was pretty snug for 7 members, but when two other guests were added, it was on the verge of cramped. “Yahhh, this smells so good, Jin-hyung,” Hobi said, coming in and putting his hands on my shoulders, squeezing them as I poured the seafood broth into a bowl of noodles and handed it to him. “I thought jjamppong would be a good meal for a rainy day,” I said, continuing to prepare the other bowls as the other members filed into the kitchen.

“Aish, Jin-hyung,” Namjoon said in a slightly disappointed tone. “You know I don’t like seafood,” he added as I handed him a bowl of the seafood soup. “Yes, I know… and it’s ridiculous! You’ll change your mind after you eat this!” I said. He shook his head as he took the bowl, probably not even going to eat it. “Hyung! Are you really going to make Namjoon-hyung eat something he doesn’t like?” Jungkook asked as he sat down at the table next to him. “He’ll like it after he tries my jjamppong,” I said with a laugh, though I honestly wasn’t expecting him to. “Why can’t he just not like seafood?” Hobi asked with a laugh. “I just love seafood a lot, and think everyone I’m close to should too,” I replied.

“Would loving seafood be one of your non-negotiables, then?” Jungkook asked. Lately among the members, we have been talking about what we want in a future spouse and what the non-negotiables would be for someone to be datable in our opinions. “I’ll just say, if she doesn’t love seafood and I’m still in love with her, then you’ll know it’s true love,” I answered, suddenly hearing the doorbell ring. Jimin answered the door and I heard him greeting Min and Mun. “Oooo something smells good!! Another one of Chef Jin’s specials?” Min asked as the three of them walked into the kitchen.

Min and Mun were over quite frequently, as they had become good friends with us in the past couple of months. Sometimes we went out or ordered food when we’re busy, but whenever I got the chance, I preferred to cook, as it was an enjoyable hobby for me. I knew soup in general was one of Mun’s favorite foods, so I hoped she would like the jjamppong that I made for her… well, made for everyone. “Since it’s so rainy and cold outside, I decided to make soup! I don’t make this often, so I hope it’s special,” I said as I poured soup into the final four bowls, setting one in front of Mun as she sat down, one each for Min and Jimin, and one for me as I sat down next to Mun.

“Ooo is this seafood soup?” Min asked gingerly as she looked at the bowl in front of her. I nodded. “Yes, in Korean it’s called jjamppong,” I explained as I began to eat mine. “Honestly, I feel like you could open your own restaurant! This looks like a master chef made it,” Mun said with a smile as she began to pick through the soup with her chopsticks. “Who says I’m not a master chef?” I teased after swallowing a big bite. We continued to eat in mostly silence as many of the other members made small talk. As I listened to Jimin talking about the events of this week’s dance practices to Min, I couldn’t help but notice Mun trying to pick out only the noodles from the soup.

I felt my heart sink a little, but I didn’t let it show. I leaned over to Mun and whispered, “is my soup not good?” I could see her face grow a bit red as she shook her head. “No, it is good! It has a nice flavor and everything! Honestly, I’m just not a big fan of seafood… the noodles and the broth are good, though!” she explained. “You… don’t like seafood?” I asked, wondering how I didn’t know that before. “I like fish and sometimes crab and lobster… but as a general rule, I don’t really like seafood,” she replied. I thought back to all the times we had eaten together… I remembered that even when we got sushi, she usually got either veggie sushi, or something with cooked salmon.

“I can’t believe I didn’t notice before!! I should’ve made you a different kind of soup then!” I said, feeling bad that I made her something she didn’t care for. “No, it’s alright, Seokjinie! I loved the soup and noodles… and here,” she said, passing me her bowl, which had just the seafood left. “I know how much you love seafood, so you can have my part! More for you!” she continued, smiling at me. I couldn’t help but smile back at her. “I didn’t think about it that way,” I said, happy to have more seafood. “Oh! But you probably want some kind of meat! I think we have some leftover bulgogi in the fridge!” I said, getting up from the table.

“No, it’s ok! You don’t have to prepare anything special for me!” she said, though I was already set on getting her something else she could eat. As I opened the fridge and looked for the leftover bulgogi, I heard Jungkook approach me silently from behind, carrying his bowl to the sink. “’True love,’ you said?” he said in passing, just loud enough for me to hear. I felt my ears grow red as I turned to him, giving him a quick kick in the butt. “It’s not like that! I just don’t want her to have to go home hungry!” I replied defensively. “But hungry Namjoon-hyung is ok?” he replied, washing his bowl. I rolled my eyes and pulled out the container of leftover bulgogi. I would be sure to heat up enough for both Mun and Namjoon.

[meliakim]

Wardrobe Assistant

Seokjin suggests Mun join the BTS staff.

*Mun’s POV*

“Ahh, Mun-ah! You made it!” I heard Seokjinie say as I entered the familiar filming warehouse. They were currently filming the music video for “IDOL,” and I decided to show up for a little bit. “Hey, Seokjinie!” I said, walking over to where he was standing. “How’s the shoot going?” I asked. “Better, now that you’re here,” he said with a wink. “Your timing is perfect, though. We just finished up the first set and are switching outfits now… I was on my way to wardrobe when I saw you coming in,” he said, now leading the way over to the wardrobe room.

I followed him through the busy set, saying hello to the other members and staff as we passed them. We passed by the makeup room, right next to wardrobe, and I stuck my head in to say hello to Min before entering the wardrobe room with Seokjinie. Yoongi was there, along with all the wardrobe staff as his wardrobe assistant buttoned up his shirt. “Ah, hello, Mun, I didn’t know you were coming today,” he commented as the staff moved to make sure his shirt sleeves looked right. “Yeah, I thought I would come for just a little bit!” I replied, taking a seat in the corner of the room where Seokjinie’s outfits were hanging up.

His wardrobe assistant helped pull off Seokjinie’s multi-colored jacket and reached for the sweatshirt he wore underneath to pull it up over his head. “Aish, I can take it off,” he said, stopping her. He took the sweatshirt off himself, revealing his tank top undershirt. The assistant pulled the hanger off the rack with Jin’s nametag and took each of the articles of clothing off to put on him. She pulled the blue pinstriped button-up off the hanger and gave it to him to put on, buttoning up the buttons once it was on him. “I can button it up, thank you,” Seokjinie said politely as he took over buttoning up the shirt.

The wardrobe assistant continued to try and do her job of helping Seokjinie get dressed, only to have him tell her he could do it himself. I could sense a bit of awkwardness between them. Once his next outfit was completely on, she looked him over and fluffed out any wrinkles she could see on his clothes before leaving the room. “Aishhh, Mun-ah!!” Seokjinie said with a laugh, ears a bright shade of red, as if he had been holding all his embarrassment in. “What’s that all about? She’s the one that always dresses you, right? Did something happen with her?” I asked, not sure why he was acting all embarrassed.

“No, nothing has happened… there has always been someone on staff to help dress and undress us, to make sure our outfits look right and make sure we don’t mess up our hair and stuff in the process… but for some reason I felt weird having her all over me in front of my girlfriend,” he said shyly with a laugh. I chuckled. “The girl is just doing her job! She’s literally hired to dress and undress you!” I replied. “I mean… I can’t say I’m not a bit jealous of her, it seems like it’d be an ideal job to have,” I said, feeling my face grow hot at my bold comment.

“Would you really want to be my wardrobe assistant?” Seokjinie asked me with a small smirk on his face. “What? Are you serious?” I asked, not sure if he was teasing me or not. “Why not? It would give you an excuse to come to all our shoots and concerts and stuff. You seem to want to come out to them anyways,” he replied. “Seokjinie, I don’t know anything about fashion and what an idol should wear!” I said, thinking of reasons why I wouldn’t be qualified for the job. “The outfits are up to our stylist. The wardrobe assistant just helps us into the outfits and makes sure they look good on us… I’d trust you with that,” he said.

I chuckled and shook my head. “There’s no way BigHit would actually hire me and let me work with you!! It doesn’t exactly sound appropriate that Kim Seokjin’s girlfriend is the one responsible for undressing him in between sets!” I said with an embarrassed laugh. “Mun-ah!! You make it sound more risqué than it is!!” he said, ears still bright red. “I’m being serious, though… you could even come with us on our world tour if you are an official staff member,” he added. I smiled at the thought of getting to travel with them on their world tour. We had talked about it before, but never thought it would be practical for me to join their tour.

“Do you seriously think they would hire me?” I asked him, still thinking that the thought of working with him part-time was too good to be true. “With me as your primary reference? Of course, they would!” Seokjinie said. “I can’t bear to go through another long world tour without you there with me… it was too painful last time. If I bring that to the company’s attention, they’ll hire you, no doubt,” he added. “Jin-hyung, they’re ready to start shooting the next set… oh, hey Mun!” Hobi said, sticking his head into the wardrobe room in passing.

I stood up from my seat and looked up at Seokjinie. I straightened his tie and then looked him over. “You look nice,” I said with a nod of approval. He smiled down at me and gave me a quick peck on the forehead. “See? You’d do great,” he said reassuringly as he led the way out of the room out to the set where the other members and staff were. “There you are, I should’ve known!” Min said to Seokjinie as we approached, pulling out her makeup palette and touching up his makeup as he bent down for her to do so.

“Alright, let’s get all of the members on set!” the director said, hopping onto the set himself to direct them where to stand and sit. I stood next to Min as we watched the members organize themselves on set. As we watched, I noticed in my peripheral vision Seokjinie’s wardrobe assistant approached me. “Hello, Mun… My name is Jisung,” she said, bowing politely. “I wanted to talk to you about Jin-oppa. I noticed today that he was uncomfortable with me handling his outfits like I normally do. I wanted to assure you there is nothing going on between us,” she said nervously.

I smiled kindly at her and nodded. “Oh, don’t worry! I never thought there was… and it’s nothing you did, it’s just Seokjinie and his personality. He’s always so mannered, I think he was just nervous about having another girl standing that close to him while I was right there,” I explained. “Yes, I know that’s how he is, which is why I wanted to ask if you could take over the position as his wardrobe assistant? One of the most important things in this company is the comfort of the members, and I think Jin-oppa would be much more comfortable if you were the one adjusting his wardrobe,” she said.

I nodded. “I agree, but what will you do? I don’t want to take your job!” I said. “To be honest, I’ve been wanting to move to the hair department full time, so this could be my way out,” she said with a laugh. “I studied hair in cosmetology school, but when I joined BigHit, the only job opening was for a wardrobe assistant, so I kind of got stuck there,” she explained. I smiled at her. “I know of a good reference that could get you into the hair department,” I said, looking over at Seokjinie on the set. He had apparently been looking at me, and winked as soon as we made eye contact.

[meliakim]

B1A4 Lightstick

Sandeul visits Mun and Seokjinie on the Love Yourself World Tour.

*Sandeul's POV*

“Ahh, Mun-ah! There you are! I thought I was going to get lost in this stadium, it’s so huge!!” I said, seeing my friend Mun approach me as I wandered around the stadium. “Samdol! Why do I feel like you were trying to play hide and seek? As soon as I heard you were here, I called you, but you never answered your phone!” she said as we got closer. I pulled her into a hug as we greeted each other. “I thought it would be more fun this way,” I said with a laugh.

“Sounds like they finished their soundcheck?” I asked, hearing the generic background music playing from the main part of the stadium. “Yeah, they just finished like 15 minutes ago… the doors are opening soon, so this place will be swarming with ARMYs any minute,” she replied, beginning to lead the way backstage. “There are already a ton of fans lined up outside! I wasn’t sure if I would ever make it in!” I said with a laugh as I followed her.

Mun and I met almost a year ago at an awards show. At the time, she and Seokjin were just friends, but thanks to my help, the two finally admitted their obvious feelings for each other. Mun has become a close friend. She’s a genuine and loyal friend and she’s a perfect fit for Seokjin. She’s also a BANA and has supported B1A4 and our music in any way she can. BTS’s world tour perfectly lined up with our concerts in Japan, so I am happy to spend the evening with Mun and Seokjin.

“Seokjinie wanted to make sure he saw you before the concert, so we’ll go see him before finding our seats!” Mun said as we approached the backstage and was allowed in by the bodyguard. “I’m glad it worked out that I could come… The concert was all sold out, so I’m thankful we can attend it. Plus, it will give you a night off,” I said. “They always have a couple tickets reserved for guests of the members!” Mun replied with a smile. “I’m so glad you’re here too!! I don’t see many friends outside of the members and staff often enough,” she said, affectionately grabbing my arm.

“Ahhh, Sandeul-ah!” I heard the voice of Seokjin say as we rounded a corner and ran into him. “You made it! But what is this? Is it a date?” he asked teasingly as he eyed Mun’s arm still attached to mine. “Believe it or not, but I’ve never been on a date to a BTS concert, this is a first for me,” Mun teased back. “Seriously though, thank you for attending it with her! Mun-ah’s been working too hard and deserves to have a night just having fun from the perspective of an ARMY, not a staff,” Seokjin said to me.

"I’m so glad our schedules aligned so that we could! I feel like one date with Mun is sufficient payment for me getting you two together in the first place,” I said to Jin, which he smirked at. “Yahhh, you have a point, Sandeul. I know which section you’ll be in, so I’ll be watching out for you!” he replied. “Good luck, Seokjinie! I’ll see you later!” Mun said, giving him a peck on his cheek. “Good luck! I’m not kissing you,” I said with a laugh before Jin left us to get his hair and makeup done.

“Should we go get our seats?” I asked Mun when it was just the two of us again. “Let’s go to the breakroom first and get my stuff,” she said, heading towards one of the nearby rooms. She walked over to one corner and reached into a backpack, pulling out a small fanny pack and then an ARMY Bomb light stick. “I haven’t used this bad boy out in a while! Probably not since the WINGS World Tour!” she said, looking it over. “Ahh, that reminds me,” I said, slipping my backpack off my back. I reached in and pulled out two B1A4 light sticks. “We should totally use these tonight!” I said. “A B1A4 light stick at a BTS concert??” she asked with a laugh.

“You’re a BANA, aren’t you? And besides, it’ll help us stand out in the crowd,” I said, turning one of them on to reveal B1A4’s official light green color. “Why do I feel like that’s something Seokjinie would say?” Mun asked, taking the lit light stick from my hand. “This is such a cute light stick, though!!” she said, looking it over. “Oh! I have a great idea,” she said, reaching in her backpack and pulling out a journal. She pulled out a sheet of stickers that was shoved between two of the pages and pulled a sticker off the sheet, putting it on the bottom of the light stick.

“There we go,” she said, showing me the Jin sticker that she put on her light stick. “I put one sticker in my DSi but have been waiting for the perfect place to put my second one,” she explained before shoving her journal into her backpack and zipping it shut. “Ok, let’s get to our seats!” she said, excitedly. “Let’s goooo!” I said in a sing-song voice, offering her my arm as we skipped out of the room and through the hall to the main part of the stadium, feeling the adrenaline already.

We followed our tickets to the left of the stage in a smaller section with a good view and took our seats. “So how is your solo album coming along?” Mun asked me while we waited for the concert to start. “It’s finished, actually! My comeback will be in just over two months,” I told her. “Wait, really? I had no idea it was so soon!! How come you haven’t told me?” she asked. “Ahhh, you’re literally traveling the world right now! I didn’t want to bother you with a thing as small as my comeback,” I replied.

“Hey, your comeback is NOT a small thing!! I’m so excited to hear all your new music!” she said. Though I haven’t known her for long, Mun was always a big supporter of me and my music. She has said before that I’m her favorite vocalist… besides her boyfriend of course. Though I haven’t told her, nor do I know if I’ll tell her… she and Jin were a big inspiration to my new album. Seeing how much they love each other fueled my songwriting. It’s kind of embarrassing, so I haven’t mentioned that small detail to them.

“Mun-ah, you’re always so faithful in supporting me and my music,” I said to her, grinning from ear-to-ear. “Uh, yeah!! How many times do I have to tell you you’re my favorite singer?” she asked. “I’m such a big fan of you that I'm literally about to wave around your light stick at a BTS concert,” she added. I laughed and shook my head. “Hey! I gave you that light stick!! And you put a Jin sticker on it!” I whined, making Mun laugh. “I’m serious though! I seriously love your music… I will literally come to your comeback show even if I’m still on tour!” she said, making me smile.

“You’re too good, Mun,” I said simply as the lights dimmed and ARMYs began screaming. “It’s starting!!” Mun said, turning on her light stick. I followed suit, and our bright green lights filled up the dark space in front of us, so we were able to see each other. As the music started playing, the fanchants began, and we were soon fully immersed in the experience and thrill of the concert… a thrill that I rarely got from the perspective of the audience.

The concert went on, and Mun and I danced and sang along with the songs. It was during the performance of Jin’s solo song “Epiphany” that I noticed him looking in our direction. Though it’s a very serious and emotional song, when he spotted us at the end of the song, Mun and I made funny faces at him and shook our bright green light sticks so he would notice us. He didn’t break out in laughter like we were aiming for, but I did notice a small smirk come across his face, then he blew a kiss at our- er- at Mun’s direction.

“He did so good!!” Mun said, fanning herself off as if she had gotten warm from fangirling too hard. “He really did,” I agreed, impressed by how much his vocals have improved since the last time I heard him sing live. The rest of the concert was just as lively and fun, and as it came to a close, Mun and I did our best to navigate through the crowd to get to the backstage entrance we had used before the concert. We made it through the crowds and into the backstage area, where all of the members and staff were recovering from the high-energy concert.

“Seokjinie!” Mun called into the crowd of staff. “Mun-ah!!” he replied, easing his way through the crowd of staff and walking towards where we were. He put a sweaty arm around me and Mun each. “B1A4 light sticks? Really?” he asked me with a laugh. “Hey, you were able to spot us, weren’t you?” I asked defiantly. “The concert was really great!” I added. “Yahhh, thank you! It felt really good,” Seokjin replied as he released us from his sweaty grip.

[meliakim]

Boy In Luv

Seokjin surprises Mun with an old look.

*Mun's POV*

I chuckled to myself as I laid on the couch watching random old BTS videos while I was home alone. For the past several days, Seokjinie has been busy with filming for the Dynamite music video that is coming out next month. I clicked on the next suggested video, the “Boy In Luv” music video, which was one of my favorites. Seeing Seokjin acting so intense was always such a sight… he pulled it off well.

The way he slammed the girl against the locker and grabbed her arm is so unlike the sweet man that I married. As I watched the music video, I heard the door to our apartment open, and I peered up to see Seokjinie walk in. “Mun-ah! I’m home!!” he said with a sigh as he came in. We’ve only been married for a month or so, but I feel like we’ve been together like this for ages. “Hey!! How did the shoot go?” I asked as I watched him kick his shoes off and plop down on the end of the couch by my feet.

“It was good! We finally finished all the filming… and good thing too, my legs are so sore from all the dancing,” he said with a laugh, looking over at me. “What have you been doing while I was away?” he asked. I smiled and turned my phone over to him so he could see the reflection of his past self in the music video. “Aishhh, why do you always watch those old music videos??” he whined, reaching over to take my phone while I pushed him away with my foot.

“You literally looked so good during Skool Luv Affair!!” I said. “Well, you’ve looked good during every era, but the way your hair is all out of your face and the eyeliner and the fact you’re not at all as tough as you’re trying to look is just so intriguing to me,” I explained with a laugh. “I sometimes wonder what it would’ve been like if we met during that era… you look too cool for me,” I added.

“Don’t say such stupid things. We both know I have never been too cool for you, even when you think my appearance says otherwise!” he replied, getting up from the couch. “And speaking of appearance, I’m still so sweaty from filming, I need to shower,” he said, walking over to my end of the couch and giving me a quick kiss before disappearing back into our bedroom.

I watched him as he walked away before turning back to my phone and continuing the music video, moving on to the “Just One Day” music video afterwards. My eyes were glued to my phone until my gaze was interrupted by a pair of hands over my eyes. “Are you all clean now?” I asked him with a smile as I took his hands off and looked up at him wide-eyed.

Instead of seeing the smiley face of my husband, I saw the intense glare of the Jin I had just been watching on my phone screen. “Oh my goodness!” I exclaimed, sitting up all the way and looking at him. His brown hair was still wet form the shower, and he had managed to spike it up like the Skool Luv Affair era. His look was complete with a blazer and a button-down shirt, unbuttoned low enough to reveal his dark undershirt. “Are you even wearing eyeliner??” I exclaimed, noticing how much I was fangirling over my husband.

He smiled shyly, breaking his intense gaze and looking down at the ground, trying to get back into character. He looked back up at me with that longing gaze again as he walked around the couch towards me, not breaking eye contact. He got on his knee so that we were eye level, as I was still sitting on the couch. He rested his hand on the side of my face as he began to lean in for a kiss. I felt myself lost in this persona of his, amazed this man was actually my husband.

Just as our lips were about to meet, he stopped and teasingly backed away with a large smile, winking at me as he chuckled. I laughed, seeing the familiar Seokjinie I knew underneath the thick eyeliner. “Why are you so annoying??” I said, playfully slapping him on the chest. “You’re just upset because you didn’t get to kiss me,” he teased, causing me to laugh. “Just call me out, then!!” I retorted, still laughing. He chuckled and leaned in, fully kissing me this time before getting up and sitting next to me on the couch.

He put his arm around me and I leaned into him, fully enjoying his presence. “You were wanting to know what it would’ve been like if you met me when I looked like this,” he began. “Things would’ve been the same as they are now. Underneath the eyeliner I’m still the exact same Seokjinie… Your Seokjinie. If we had met during Skool Luv Affair, I still would’ve fallen in love with you immediately. I would’ve actually been a 'Boy In Luv’,” he said with a wink. “You’re something else, you know that, right?” I said, snuggling deeper into his side. “Of course I know! That’s why you married me,” he said as he kissed the top of my head.

[meliakim]

Strawberries & Sentiments

Seokjin and Mun tie the knot at a familiar place to them.

*Mun’s POV*

“You may now kiss the bride,” the minister said. I looked up at Seokjinie, who was grinning ear-to-ear as he placed both hands on the side of my face and leaned down to kiss me. All our close friends and family in attendance began to cheer and scream, causing me to smile in our kiss and the both of us to chuckle after breaking it. “It’s my pleasure to introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Kim Seokjin,” the minister said, after the small, yet loud, audience calmed down. Of course, they all started cheering even more as they snapped pictures as we walked down the aisle together.

I did my best to smile for the cameras, despite all the attention being on me and my husband. I felt at ease with him by my side, even though I normally felt awkward in front of the camera… the fact that there was no paparazzi to be seen certainly helped though. After my return to Korea from the states, I was required to have a 10-day quarantine period. Seokjinie insisted he join me for that, so we spent the entirety of those 10 days planning a small wedding for us. Though we both initially wanted to have a big, traditional wedding, we didn’t want to wait that long to plan it. It was for the better anyways, as a smaller wedding could be kept from the public eye, which is what we wanted.

The wedding was perfect in every way. Seokjinie’s uncle has a lot of land on his farm, so we were able to use it as our venue. A large tent was set up, big enough for everyone to sit underneath. It was summertime, so the sun was hot, but it felt nice and breezy under the shade. Our closest friends and our family were there, including the members of BTS, Producer Bang, and some of our other idol friends. Samdol oversaw the music and even sang when I came down the aisle. I didn’t know he was going to do that. Seokjinie must’ve asked him privately, knowing how fond I had become of his voice. Now as we walked back down the aisle, the music played, and I could hear Samdol give instructions to all our guests.

“Please bear with us now as we set up the tables for dinner. While the couple is taking pictures and we are setting up, you may follow the line over to the strawberry fields, where you are free to pick some! Enjoy yourselves, and be sure to drink plenty of water,” he said, turning off the mic and beginning to help the other men set up the tables. Our photographers Tae and Hobi joined us behind the tent. “Congratulations, hyung!! So excited you’re finally married!” Hobi said, pulling the both of us into a hug. “Aishh, yeah, yeah… come on, let’s take these photos! All the strawberries are being picked without us!” he teased.

After our photos, we joined our guests at the strawberry fields, greeting everyone, taking photos, and picking strawberries along the way. As the sun was setting, everyone headed back up to the tent for the reception. My dress was already pretty casual and comfy, but I went back into the house to have Ahreum, Seokjung’s fiancé, put my hair up, and Min touch up my makeup. “Thank you both so much for taking care of my hair and makeup today,” I said to them as they worked on me. “Of course, I’m your sister, that ‘s what I’m here for!” Min replied. “And I’m almost your sister, that’s what I’m here for too,” Ahreum added with a smile, as she and Seokjung were getting married in August.

The three of us headed back outside to the tent, where Seokjinie was waiting outside it for me. My two sisters headed inside, leaving the two of us alone. “I can’t believe we’re actually married,” I said, beaming up at him. “Me either… This is the best thing I’ve ever done. The biggest success in my life,” he said before kissing me and taking my hand. “Ah! I heard the happy couple is finally here, so we can eat soon!! May I introduce Kim Seokjin and Kim Mun!” we heard the voice of Samdol say from inside the tent. With his easy-going personality and his experience with his radio show, we both knew he would make the perfect MC.

We walked into the tent hand-in-hand as everyone cheered for us. We smiled and bowed politely as we stood in the front, looking at everyone before looking at each other. Seokjinie’s ears were red as we heard a loud “KISS HER, HYUNG!” come from the BTS table. He obliged and the cheers continued until MC Samdol spoke up. “Dinner will now be served, and as you feel led, please come up to say some words to the new couple. It’s an open mic, so keep us entertained as we eat!” he said with a laugh. I smiled and winked at him as Seokjinie and I sat down at our table and the food was being served.

“I’ll go ahead and go first since I’m up here,” Samdol said, pulling out a notecard from his jacket pocket. “Did I introduce myself earlier? …Ahhh, I’m sorry, I don’t think so! My name is Sandeul… but some people call me Samdol. I answer to either one, hello,” he said, giving a little wave. “I’ve been a good friend of Jin’s for years now and became good friends with Mun when she came along. I knew immediately that Seokjinie was in love from the moment I saw them together. I had the pleasure of getting to go on several dates with them as a third-wheel, even before they officially became boyfriend and girlfriend,” he said, causing the audience to chuckle, as everyone was familiar with us being a couple before we declared it as such.

“For those of you who may not know, I am a member of the group B1A4. Apart from that, I’ve done quite a lot of music on my own. I mention that because I wanted to say that these two here are honestly my biggest inspirations for my solo work,” he said, turning towards us. “As you heard from my song earlier, they tend to be love songs. When writing a happy love song, I think about their relationship together and how well they go with each other… and when writing a sad love song, I think about them being apart, and the deep longing they have for each other when that happens,” Samdol continued.

“Now that you two are married, I hope to find even more inspiration for my music from you. I love you both,” he concluded, giving two finger hearts to us with a big smile as he came over and hugged us before taking his seat next to Ken at their table. As we ate, several other people came up one-by-one to share their well wishes with us, except for Jimin and Min, who came up together. “Min actually asked me to come up because she didn’t want to be alone, but I guess I’ll go ahead and share, too,” Jimin said, leaning into the mic.

“Hyung, I’ve always been jealous of so many things about you… your good looks, your funny personality… and your friendship and relationship with Mun, when she came along. You two had an immediate, deep connection that I wished I could have with someone. As time progressed though, I started to feel more thankful for your relationship, as it gave me a goal to strive for. After I met Min and started pursuing her, I tried to follow your example on how to be a gentleman and how to genuinely be myself. Though we technically became official before the two of you did, I still found myself looking up to you and your example. Thank you for that and thank you for the way you continue to inspire us by loving Mun and being there for her. We will also take care of you, Mun, since you’ve always taken care of us,” Jimin said, with his cute eye-smile as he stepped back from the mic and Min stepped forward.

“I want to share something I’ve never told you before… I actually forgot about it until just recently,” Min began. “Way before I even began to work for BitHit, I was an ARMY, even though my sister wasn’t. She was into her own things, like art, video games, movies, and other nerdy things of the like… and while I always knew she would get married, I didn’t know if there was anyone out there that could match her kindness, goofiness, and her love for food. As I got more into BTS and found out more about the members, I remember thinking at once that Jin reminded me a lot of Mun. If she were ARMY at the time, I felt like Jin would be her bias,” she continued.

“But as I got to know more about BTS, I realized how kind, funny, and unique Jin was. I thought that if there was someone like that in real life, he’d be perfect for my sister. Not only is he a real person, but he happened to meet Mun before I even did. I thought it was too good to be true, but as time went on, it became more and more normal, and I knew Mun had found someone worthy of her. I am so happy that you’re my brother-in-law… you and Mun are going to have the happiest life together. You found a keeper, Seokjin, and I know you are going to take such good care of her. I love you,” she concluded before her and Jimin both came over to us and hugged us.

The meal continued as people talked amongst their tables and mingled with others at nearby tables, when after a few minutes, Seokjung stepped up to the mic to say a few words. “When my little bro first told me he was getting married only a couple months ahead of me, despite being engaged for a shorter time than me, I wanted to be aggravated at him,” he said, dramatically as people chuckled. “But I couldn’t bring myself to being bitter about it, because I just adore Mun so much, and I couldn’t wait for the happiness that she brings in my brother’s life to be made permanent,” he said.

“You see, unlike Min, I was unsure as to whether my sibling would get married… in fact, I would go so far as to say that I was skeptical he would ever get married. Growing up, Seokjinie was terribly dorky. He wore glasses, played video games all day, like watching anime, didn’t care about his appearance… I didn’t know if a girl would ever like him. Fast forward several years, and he became the wealthy, famous Worldwide Handsome that he is today. Now I knew all the girls would like him, but I was afraid they would only like him as Jin of BTS. I knew Mun was meant for Seokjinie as soon as I met her. She still didn’t know Jin of BTS, and… for some reason beyond me… she was absolutely crazy about the dorky Seokjinie I had grown up with,” he said, making the rest of the guests laugh again.

“I could go on and on about my sentiments for the two of you, but I’ll just say… Mun, thank you so much for loving my brother and being there for him like you have. Though he’s a dork, he loves you with his entire being, so I hope you continue to love him with yours as you go through this journey of marriage together,” he said, bowing before us politely and then bowing to the audience. I reached over and took Seokjinie’s hand next to me. He lifted it up and kissed the top of it, winking at me as he swallowed the strawberry he was eating. “I love you, Kim Mun-ah,” he said. “I love you too, my husband,” I said, leaning in for a strawberry-flavored kiss.

[meliakim]

Amortentia

Seokjin accidentally has a swig of a love potion.

*Mun’s POV*

I placed my bookmark in my book and shut it before getting up from my armchair in the Gryffindor common room. I stretched as I walked over towards the window, looking out and seeing the lively Quidditch field, still full of activity despite the cold, rainy February weather. Though our entire house decided to go support Gryffindor in today’s game, Seokjinie and I decided to stay in the warmth of the Gryffindor tower, making us the only two there… apart from the random Gryffindors coming in and out to get something from their dorm rooms.

“You could’ve gone to the game without me, you know…” I heard the voice of Seokjinie say as he came back down from the boys’ dorm with his glass of leftover butterbeer from the day before. “I didn’t want to go out in the rain… and you know I’m not crazy about Quidditch anyways,” I replied, returning to my armchair which was directly next to his. Though the common room belonged to all Gryffindors, whenever we were in it, these two armchairs in the corner kind of became our spot. There were several other chairs and couches around, where our friends would all sit when joining us. Seokjinie was definitely the most popular guy in Gryffindor at this point, I’m just riding along his coattails.

Seokjinie took his seat in his armchair as well. “Well, I’m glad you decided to stay in with me… It would’ve been lonely otherwise,” he said with a smile before taking a sip of his butterbeer. I smiled at him and then opened my book up and began to read again, until my thoughts were interrupted by Seokjinie again. “Mun-ah… do you know Hwasa?” he asked, suddenly. “I think she’s a third year Gryffindor, but I don’t know her, really… why?” I asked, still looking at my book. “Oh, I was hoping you could help me meet her… I think I’m crazy about her,” he said, causing my eyes to grow wide as I looked at my book, afraid to look up and meet his eyes.

Little did Seokjinie know, but I’ve had the biggest crush on him for a long time now. I still had small hope at times that he might feel the same way, but if he did, he could’ve admitted it. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I kept hoping that maybe this would be the year that he asked me out… but I knew I was just fooling myself. “You’re… in love with Hwasa?” I asked, finally finding the courage to look at him. He furrowed his brows. “I… I don’t think it’s ‘love,’ I’ve only ever felt that way about you… no, with Hwasa I just can’t stop thinking about her. And all I want is to be with her right now,” he said, though he looked a little confused in saying it.

*Wait… so… he loves me, er- loved me? But now he loves Hwasa? Someone he’s never even met? Hold on…* I thought to myself. “Let me see that,” I said to Seokjinie, reaching over and taking his butterbeer from him. Though I could faintly smell the butterbeer, it had an even stronger scent of freshly baked goods, shampoo, and home… It smelled like Seokjinie. “Amortentia… but a poorly brewed one,” I said, looking into the butterbeer. The potion wasn’t giving as much of a mother-of-pearl sheen as it would if brewed correctly. “It’s just a love potion, Seokjinie. You’re actually not in love with Hwasa like you say,” I tried to explain to him, though I could tell he was getting more and more delirious.

“I already told you I’m not in love with her… but I’ve got to be by her side, and I’ve got to know if she feels the same way about me,” he said, suddenly standing up as if he were ready to go after her. I stood up and put my hands on his chest, pushing him back. “I’m sure she feels the same way about you, or she wouldn’t have snuck the potion into your drink in the first place,” I said, trying not to blush at our contact. “Aishh, that makes my heart beat so fast, I need to go see her and tell her how I feel,” he said, pushing forward, though I pushed back.

“Stop, Seokjinie… we need to go to the infirmary,” I said, trying to push him back, though he was stronger than I was. “Why? Is Hwasa there?” he asked, grabbing the sides of my arms and looking me in the eye. I continued to blush as I nodded. “There’s only one way to find out,” I said, taking his arm in one hand, and the butterbeer in the other. I pulled him behind me out of the Gryffindor tower and through the castle, being cautious around corners and anytime I heard footsteps or voices coming our way. We were able to avoid running into anyone, and when I came into the infirmary where Madame Pomfrey was taking care of a Ravenclaw student wearing a Quidditch uniform… must be an intense game today.

“Good afternoon,” I said with a bow after she turned to see us. “Hello, dear… what’s wrong with him?” she asked, seeing the way I was holding his arm and how dazed he looked. “His butterbeer was spiked with amortentia, do you have the antidote?” I asked. “Ahhh… to be expected with Valentine’s around the corner… He’s the first one this season! Of course, I have the antidote, just have him lie on the bed over there,” she instructed. “Hwasa’s not here…” Seokjinie said, looking around. I shook my head and pulled him over to the bed, getting him to lie down after much bickering.

“Here, have him drink this,” Madame Pomfrey instructed, giving me a small shot glass full of liquid. “Here,” I said, giving it to him. He immediately obeyed, and was knocked out, fast asleep. “He’ll be like that for half an hour or so, you don’t have to wait around for him,” she said as we looked at his open, drooling mouth. “I don’t have anything better to do,” I said, pulling up a chair and sitting on it. In about half an hour, I heard a mumble from Seokjinie as he woke up. “Aishhh, Mun-ah??” he said, rubbing his forehead as he sat up. “What am I doing in the infirmary? And why does my head hurt?” he asked.

I quickly fetched him a glass of water and came back to his side. “Here, drink… Someone sneaked a love potion into your butterbeer. You were hysterical,” I said to him as he sipped the water. “Who?” he asked. “She was some third-year Gryffindor. Madame Pomfrey gave you the antidote. “Aish, did I say a ton of embarrassing things?” he asked, ears getting red. *”I don’t think it’s ‘love,’ I’ve only ever felt that way about you…” his words came back to my mind at his question.* “Yeah.. you said a lot of crazy things… but I’m the only one that heard it,” I answered.

“I’m so sorry! I’m sure I didn’t mean any of the things I said! I hope you will just ignore it,” he added, rotating so that his legs were now hanging off the side of the bed. “Right…” I said, with his words still in my mind. He was on a potion, there’s no way he meant what he said, I had to just forget about it. “Thank you for taking care of me,” he said, affectionately patting my shoulder after he stood up. “We’ll have to be more careful about your food and drinks… I’m sure someone else will try to entice you with their love potion at some point,” I said with a chuckle as we walked out of the infirmary together.

A couple of days later, I found myself meeting Samdol in the library like I often did on school days. We have grown quite close over the past few years, and I felt like I could tell him anything. “Hey Mun!” he said, smiling at me as I sat down across from him at an isolated corner of the library. “Hey, Samdol…” I said. “I’ve been wanting to ask you something. Last semester, you did your potions essay on amortentia, right?” I began. He nodded. “Yeah, I’m pretty much an expert on it now… what about it? Is this about Jin’s incident?” he asked. “You heard about that?” I replied. “Of course, I think the whole school has heard about it now!” he said with a laugh.

“Well, I’ll tell you something you haven’t heard… While Seokjinie was under the influence of the potion, he said that what he was feeling wasn’t love… love was something that he only felt towards me,” I said, blushing at the thought of it. “So, after thinking about it a lot, I was wondering if it was possible to make an amortentia for two people? Maybe my DNA accidentally got into the potion along with Hwasa’s,” I continued, as I was still convinced there was no way Seokjinie could actually love me. “Actually, and this will sound cheesy… but according to my research, it’s possible for the effects of the amortentia to be lessened by true love,” he said, looking at me with a smirk.

“So you’re telling me there’s a chance that Seokjinie actually likes me back?” I asked. Samdol already knew about my crush on Seokjinie, so I could be open with him all the time. He shrugged. “I think you should keep an open mind about it,” he said, simply, with a small wink before looking down at his book and continuing to study. I smiled smally and followed suit. If I knew anything about Lee Sandeul, it was that he was incredibly loyal. Even if Seokjinie said anything about me to him, I knew he would’ve been sworn to secrecy and he would never break that. I just decided to study, while keeping my mind open if Seokjinie decided to show up in my daydreams.

[meliakim]

Schoolwide Handsome

Seokjin returns in his third year with a few changes.

*Seokjin's POV*

I walked down the cobbled street of Diagon Alley, looking around at all the people around me. I saw many familiar faces of fellow students I have met in the past three years at Hogwarts and saw several smaller first year students shopping for school supplies. It was crazy to think how I was that small when I first started attending Hogwarts. My eyes continued to scan the crowds until I finally laid eyes on the person I was looking for, standing by the entrance of Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes talking to her Hufflepuff friend Min. “Mun-ah!!” I called to her, jogging over towards her

“Seokjinie!” she said with a big smile on her face as I approached and hugged her. “I was starting to think you didn’t get my letter… or that you just forgot about me!” I said to her. She laughed and rolled her eyes. “Don’t be so dramatic! It’s not like we didn’t see each other at all during the summer!” she said, looking up at me, as I had grown taller than her in the past year. “That reminds me that it’s almost time for me to meet Yoongi… I will see you two at school!” Min said, waving at me and winking at Mun as she turned to leave. “Ahhh, Min and her Slytherin friends,” Mun said with a laugh as she watched Min leave.

“I could say the same about you and your Hufflepuff friends!” I retorted. “Hey, they’re your friends, too!” she commented, looking back up at me. She put her hand to her chin as if thinking and then a lightbulb turned on in her head. “That’s what’s so different about you! I mean, besides the fact that you’re taller… your glasses are gone!” she said. I nodded. “I wanted to try something new, so I got contacts… what do you think? You can see my full handsome face now,” I said, striking a pose, making her laugh. “I think it looks good! Though I will say, your glasses suited you just fine, too,” she said, causing me to smile down at her. “Come on, these pranks won’t buy themselves,” she added, grabbing my arm, and pulling me behind her into the joke shop.

Truth be told, the reason I decided to try out contacts was because of Mun… A lot of things in my life are because of her. She’s the reason I’ve become more confident in myself and a better Gryffindor, the reason I want to become a great wizard, and the reason I have been slowly putting more and more effort into my appearance… I think it’s been there since the beginning, but I’ve more recently realized that what I feel towards Mun is love… at least, I’m pretty sure that’s what it is. Since she’s been with me since the very beginning, I’m afraid she only views me as a friend, so I’m hoping to change that by becoming more and more charming. I don’t want to ruin what we have now, though.

“Ooooo, we should get a couple of these trick wands! It’s a joke subtle enough that Filch won’t find them and confiscate them!” she said with a laugh as we walked around the shop and looked around. “I like that idea,” I said, taking a few off the shelf to buy for us. After leaving the joke shop, we made our other usual stops as we had through the years, with our final stop being Platform 9 ¾ to catch the train. We sat in our usual compartment and were joined by Ken and Sandeul. It was our tradition for the four of us to sit together every year, even though we now had many other friends besides each other.

We had a great time as always, catching up, laughing, and talking about how our appearances have changed just in the last year. “Yahhh, it’s not fair that Jinie’s grown so tall now!” Sandeul said, playfully jealous. “Not to mention how handsome he is without his glasses now! I bet all the ladies will be on you this year,” Ken commented. I just smiled and bowed playfully, though I felt my ears grow hot. “Please, it’s already so obvious that I will be the winner of the ‘Schoolwide Handsome’ contest,” I said jokingly, causing the others to laugh. “You joke about it now, but just wait until we all start calling you that and the name grows on you!” Mun commented, still laughing.

As we finally approached the steps of the Hogwarts castle, we met up with many of our other friends as we walked in. We quickly went up to Gryffindor tower to unload our stuff before heading to the Great Hall for the sorting ceremony of the new students. “Forreal though, I agree with Ken… all the girls are going to be all over you this semester,” a fellow Gryffindor, Jackson, said to me as we all walked together as a house. “Yeah, you need to give us tips on how you became so handsome over the summer… did you use some kind of charm on your face?” Namjoon chimed in, causing Mun to giggle beside them.

“The secret to how I became ‘Schoolwide Handsome’ will never be revealed,” I said, acting confident even though I was so embarrassed everyone was showing me so much attention. I didn’t intend for everyone to find me so attractive… My goal was just to win over Mun. It shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Really, the “secret” to my success was simply me combing my hair, washing my face, and taking care of myself. As we approached the Great Hall, we walked down the aisle between the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables finding seats at our table. As we did so, a Slytherin girl I didn’t recognize said hi to me in passing.

“Hey Jin!!” she said, with a smug look on her face as she eyed me. “Hello,” I said politely with a bow before taking my seat next to Mun. “Was I supposed to know who that was?” I asked Mun, looking back at the girl who was walking towards her seat at the Slytherin table. Mun shrugged. “How am I supposed to know?” she asked. “Because we have all the same friends,” I replied, which was true. She turned in her seat and looked over to where the girl was sitting, looking over at us. “I have no idea who she is,” Mun said after making awkward eye contact with her. “See? It’s already starting! The ladies are taking notice!” Ken said from the other side of Mun. “And she’s really pretty, too!!” Namjoon added from across the table.

“If you say so,” I replied with a shrug before shifting in my seat to face the front, as the ceremony was starting. We ate and laughed together, so happy to be back at school with all my friends. As the ceremony ended, we got up from our seats and Mun rushed to catch up with all our Hufflepuff friends that she had met through Sandeul. I was going to run up ahead with her until I heard the boys approach me. “Seriously though, Kim… You could ask literally any girl out in Hogwarts and I’m confident they would say yes!” Jackson said, putting an arm around my neck as we walked.

I looked over at Mun longingly, who was currently giving hugs to Taehyung and Hobi. Though everyone considered me to be very popular, it’s all because of Mun. I wouldn’t have any friends without her… she’s the popular one, not me. “I don’t want to just ask any girl out though… and I don’t even know if the one I’d want to ask out would say yes,” I answered him. “So that means you have someone in mind?” Ken asked with raised eyebrows. “C’mon guys, just leave him be! He’ll tell us who it is when the time comes,” Namjoon intervened, giving me a knowing look.