#JYPE: LEADER IN DISAPPOINTMENT

[skzpixiekaifei]

Scandals/Controversies(because Ms girlie can't catch a break) oldest-recent

CW: pedophilic relationship, rumors, nude photos, pregnancy, school violence, Saesang, death

Taglist: @mynameisnotlaura, @palindrome969

July seventh, 2019 Bang Chan Dating scandal Seriousness: 8.5/10

During their Clé promotions, Pixie is seen being awfully close to her members, specifically Bang Chan. Many Pixie antis start accusing the two of dating, turning into a fandom war. Many go on to say that the reason she is in Stray Kids is the "fact" that she is sleeping with Bang Chan.

While JYPE usually doesn't let their idols respond to the accusations, they had to give Pixie explicit permission, because if she wouldn't have made a statement with permission, she was going to do it anyway. This is her official response.

Stay, To say that I am beyond tired and frustrated is an understatement. The fact that you go as far as to say Chan, a full grown adult, is dating me, a minor, is frankly disgusting. I am disappointed. In the middle of your hate towards me, you bring down the man that is THE glue that holds Stray Kids. The reason I had been so close to the boys is because, believe it or not, we are all like family. Bang Chan is like a brother to me, and I doubt he sees me as anything other than a little sister. And, another thing... I am a MINOR. Why would I be in a relationship with a grown man? I am disgusted by your behavior. If you hurt one of us, you are not a Stay. You don't deserve that title. Pixie

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While many international fans praised the idol, many Knets were appalled by her blunt response. Pixie was already unpopular with Knets, so this just brought her down.

While many were hating on her apparent "rudeness", many praised her for sticking up for her leader. While they see her as "unladylike", they believed her sincerity for the response. It is not a day many recognize, because many people chose to forget the incident. Many Pixie antis still use this as "proof that she is a terrible person".

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August 3rd, 2019 Bullying allegations Seriousness: 7/10

Along with her dating scandal, an American user by the name of Notsokayla had tweeted "proof" of Pixie bullying her severely in middle school. Many Knets were outraged at the allegations, starting the hashtag, #Pixieunemployment.

However, amidst the speculation, many people connected the dots of her trainee time and her alleged bullying and realized it hadn't added up. She had confirmed in a knowing bros episode that she had done most of her learning in South Korea instead of the states.

It was soon revealed that she had lied, and Stay flamed her on the internet. Right now, the tweet has been removed and Notsokayla is not on any platforms, as her name and face are infamous.

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August 9th, 2022 Lesbian scandal Seriousness: 9/10

During her MANIAC promotions, Pixie is a guest MC along with WonYoung. She is seen multiple times flirting with the girl and with the other female idols she interviewed.

Many were angry at her blatant flirtation. Many people saw it as real, and the boycott train was racking up. August 9th, she was officially put on a short hiatus for the next two months, resuming her activities for MAXIDENT performances.

Pixie was allowed to make an official statement, much to JYPE's dismay. And what did she do?

She posted a picture of her on Instagram with a Bisexual flag. She writes in the captions:

Since you guys love to be nosy about what goes on in my personal life, yes I am Bisexual. However, I will not put my life on hold because people can't handle girls flirting with girls. I am NOT in a relationship with WonYoung. I am NOT in a relationship with a female idol. Leave my sexual life private, God damn.

I wish you hadn't found out this way.

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August 18th, 2022 House fire incident Seriousness: 10/10

During her hiatus, she had gone home to stay with family. Her friends had stayed with her as well for a few days, just to stay with her family.

While she was gone to pick up her niece, a childhood friend turned Sasaeng had been so jealous she was spending all of her time with her family, he had lit her house on fire, effectively killing her parents and sister in law. The guys were not in the house at the time, which believed to be a good instinct.

The funeral took place after his immediate incarceration(he gave himself up in the name of "love"), and many reporters swarm the chapel to get a glimpse of the idol group that was invited.

Any sane person boycotted the media outlet after the blatant monetization they were trying to make of the situation. JYPE is currently in the middle of suing the outlet for emotional distress.

Now, Fei Bo and Fei Dio live in Seoul in a strict protection order given by JYPE and local enforcement. Pixie refuses to give out any information about her brother's wearabouts, as that what took her parents last time. At this time, they are not on any platform except as a guest in some Pixie instagram posts.

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May 5th. 2023 Nudes scandal Seriousness: 6/10

A new soloist by the name of GBam had printed and posted pictures around the JYPE building of her nudes she had when she was 15.

He was apprehended soon after and JYPE had to make a statement, knowing that if any one of the members had made one, they would have to be fired.

Dear Stays,

Soloist GBam is now under custody of posting nude photos of our idol, who was underage at the time. Any person that is found to be in possession of these photographs will be banned from future stray kids concerts and fined a hefty sum.

Thank you for your understanding,

JYPE

The man is still a mystery to fans, many speculate it was a jealous ex while the others say it was an anti. Until November of that year, there was no explanation. With her release of her single album, she had confirmed that, yes, it was an ex she had when she was a trainee.

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June 20th, 2023 Changbin dating scandal Seriousness: 5/10

During the 5-star dome tour, paparazzi had snuck into the hotel and took pictures of Pixie and Changbin kissing (albeit, passionately) in the safety of the hotel. Many people, instead of being angry at the idols, we're furious with the paparazzi for taking semi-explicit photos of the couple.

Since their dating ban had been lifted two years prior, they had officially announced their three year relationship by June 22nd, 2023. They had wanted to keep it as private as possible but since they announced their relationship, they became one of the most famous power couples.

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August 3rd, 2023 Pregnancy rumor #1 Seriousness: 7/10

Pixie had been wearing baggier clothing than what she originally had, and when she did a photoshoot for NIKE, many people could see she had gained a bit of weight. Especially where her uterus was.

Many people speculated she had gotten pregnant due to her relationship. She answered this during a instagram live the next day. She had laughed hysterically, before denying the claims.

"I am on my period, that's why i look more bloated recently. Yall are weird for wanting to have me wear more revealing clothing..." She proceeds to side eye them and end the live.

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January 28th, 2024 Pregnancy rumor #2 Seriousness: 4/10

In France, she is photographed with Lisa and a few other female friends, one of which being her backup dancer. In the background, you could see a pregnancy test with a faint 'positive' sign. Because of this, many people were to jump on this.

To respond to this, she took a photo of her doctor's note(only leaving in her name and the results). She had gone to the doctor to get tested for pregnancy. She was not pregnant.

Her comment: yall... it was my backup dancer. She and her husband are expecting a child. That was before we found out she was pregnant, the test shouldn't have been in the frame 😭😭 You guys are so weird😭😭😭

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February 3rd, 2024 Engagement rumors Seriousness: 5/10

Pixie and Changbin posted a photo together, one that looked awfully like an engagement announcement. (She thought it was funny, getting them all riled up)

While her hands are obscured, many people saw the engagement-looking ring on a cord around her neck.

She responded to the comments about the ring: yall, it's a promise ring. Chill.

[dailykoreanpop]

6 times ATINYs called out artists for plagiarizing ATEEZ

Plagiarism remains one of the gravest issues in the K-pop industry, and ATEEZ has had its fair share of disappointments regarding the same. The eight-member boy band has repeatedly pointed out that several artists have allegedly plagiarized their concepts, ideas, choreographies, and costumes, among other things.

ATINYs, the group's fandom, has actively called out any similarities or resemblances with ATEEZ's original works. The most recent VATA controversy after Wooyoung's 'Biting' incident is proof of this tendency.

The Street Man Fighter and We Dem Boyz' leader VATA was accused of imitating ATEEZ's signature step from their 2019 hit Say My Name for his New Thing challenge.

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Despite incessant public callouts by ATINYs and K-pop idols like E'last's Won Hyuk, VATA's official statement addressing the plagiarism controversy was not considered satisfactory. Instead, it went on to discard any claims of plagiarism.

This, however, is not the first time that ATEEZ has taken notice of artists copying their hard work. From (G)-IDLE's Soyeon to JYPE's rookie girl group NMIXX, various artists have been blatantly called out by ATNIYs for allegedly plagiarizing the Deja Vu group.

Soyeon's SUN, E. Skhillz's Odg, and more: Six times artists came under the ATINY radar for plagiarizing ATEEZ

1) Soyeon's SUN controversy

(G)-IDLE's Soyeon was wrapped in plagiarism controversies after her song SUN's composition was dramatically similar to ATEEZ's 2019 release Wave. The K-pop idol performed the song on the finale episode of MBC's girl group audition program My Teen Girl, which aired on February 27.

The track was supposed to be a gift for the contestants from Soyeon (mentor) but instead drew attention for all the wrong reasons. ATINYs quickly pointed out the similarities between SUN and Waveand demanded an explanation. The artist's company, CUBE Entertainment, released a statement acknowledging the resemblance and apologized for not crediting the rightful producers despite the issue being known by both Soyeon and MBC.

2) MONOPOLY's album cover

ATINYs rushed to call out another artist named 'MONOPOLY' after they released the cover for their single album HOLYMOLY, which had a drastic resemblance with ATEEZ's fourth Extended Play Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer's cover. The incident occurred in 2020 but did not gain attraction until the recent plagiarism controversy by VATA.

Unfortunately, little to no information is available about MONOPOLY, but according to some fans, the artist wanted to draw inspiration from the Fireworks crooners and meant no malice. He recognized his fault, apologized, and later changed the cover of his album, a move much appreciated by ATINYs.

3) Ammonit's REVERSE cover

Yet another lesser-known artist Ammonit was called out by ATINYs for copying the K-pop band's traditional design of styling their album covers of the ZERO: FEVER series. The two covers' uncanny similarity was brought to light by fans on social media, leading the artist to change their design. Like MONOPOLY, little to no information is available about Ammonit.

4) TRINITY's music concept dispute

TRINITY is a three-member Thai pop boy band that was formed in 2019. The group came under the ATINY radar for copying ATEEZ's Deja Vu concept pictures. One member was seen donning the same outfit as Wooyoung. Furthermore, fans also accused them of plagiarizing the group's March 2021 release Fireworks.

According to them, TRINITY's Life Ain't Over music video, released in December 2021, offered similar scenes and aesthetics as Fireworks(I'm the One). The fans demanded clarifications from the artists' company, 4nologue, and trended the hashtag #AtinyAskedForClarificationFrom4nologue. They constantly spread awareness of the alleged plagiarism and made relentless efforts to refrain people from insulting the artists.

5) Eltee Skhillz's Odg

Eltee Skhillz is a Nigerian singer who garnered the spotlight after his song Odg (March 2022) was allegedly declared a carbon copy of ATEEZ's The Real and Say My Name. ATINYs were furious over the artist's blatant plagiarism and disregard for the eight-member band's diligent labor. According to the description of Odg's music video on YouTube, Skhillz aimed to draw inspiration from the boy band. It reads,

“Partly inspired by ATEEZ "The Real" and "Say my name" music video”

From wearing similar costumes, including Hongjoong's blue hanbok, to delivering the same aesthetics, the Nigeran singer was accused of doing something unoriginal. ATINYs remain enraged over the artist's obliviousness towards cultural appropriation.

According to them, the mere mention in the description is the height of unprofessionalism and is appalling. They demanded that KQ Entertainment take legal action against Skhillz and give the artists due credit, but the agency continues to maintain silence over the situation to date.

6) NMIXX's chaotic debut

JYPE's rookie girl group NMIXX had a rocky start in the K-pop industry. The band's debut single OO met with extreme criticism after plagiarism allegations surfaced from ATINYs. From a pirate-themed ship, often used in ATEEZ's music videos such as Illusion and Pirate King, to following similar sets, concepts, and themes, JYP Entertainment came under fire for not only copying the Answercrooners but also jeopardizing the rookie girls' career.

Fans pointed out the stark resemblance in some of their lyrics, furthering the massive outrage online. Netizens also noted that DIGIPEDI, the studio that produced OO, has also teamed up with ATEEZ for some projects; hence, the similarities arose. However, according to ATINYs, this does not give them a free pass, and they should have been accountable for their actions. Unfortunately, no official statement was released by JYP Entertainment regarding this incident.

ATEEZ has one of the most dedicated and loyal fandoms of all time. ATINYs perpetually advocate for their favorite artists. They are ever-ready to come to the group's rescue and will call out artists who plagiarize the group's work.

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[norae-oftheweek]

4/23/2023 - 4/29/2023: Cheshire by ITZY

After a year of hate for their releases, ITZY finally found relief from the backlash with "Cheshire". 2022 was a hard year for the girls of ITZY. Thankfully, this comeback gave them the adoration they deserved.

ITZY is a 5-member girl group under JYP Entertainment. They debuted February 11, 2019 with "Dalla Dalla", a song all about breaking the rules and being yourself. This became ITZY's signature: breaking the rules of what society wanted them to be. They immediately became one of the biggest groups of the 4 gen.

Music is subjective. People are always going to have something to say. But, when that number jumps to the vast majority, it is hard not to take it personally. In summer of 2022, ITZY's promotional team dropped hints at their next comeback, calling it "Checkmate". The visuals featured ITZY members dressed as dark royalty, decorated with chess pieces and jewelry. Fans were bursting to find out what was coming next. Then, very suddenly, the posts were flooded with neon colors and spray paint, followed by ITZY in brightly colored layers. The art read "Sneakers", and fans were confused. Teasers of the comeback came out and fans were immediately displeased. When the video for "Sneakers" finally dropped, the reviews were scathing. Some were happy with the brighter sound and fun nature, but many were still disappointed that they didn't get something to match with "Checkmate". The comeback was pronounced a failure, leaving ITZY and JYPE to work on the next comeback.

Not long after, ITZY dropped their English debut "Boys Like You" to a temperamental audience. Fans were extremely confused at this release, claiming it sounded like a song from Disney Channel or "an old Taylor Swift song", nothing like the ITZY they always knew. After all of the hate, several interviews came out with ITZY being noticeably unsure of themselves, scared for what would come next. Multiple members broke down crying in videos when the subject of hate or confidence was brought up. Things were not looking good.

"Cheshire" was released on November 30, 2022. The video features ITZY's iconic sharp vocals, strong dance details, and some of the cleanest transitions and editing in any music video ever made. On top of that, it serves as the pinpoint in which ITZY received mercy from the public bashing of their releases. It was everything the fans knew and loved about the girls! Hopefully, it is also the start of more good things to come from them.

In Kpop, it is very dangerous when a group is met by hate and a loss of sales. Depending on the artist, it can mean an instant disbandment or drop from the label, or it can mean harsher treatment behind the scenes. ITZY has not had a comeback since "Cheshire" and fans are anxious about when, or if, something is coming.

ITZY is also full of powerhouse members. Ryujin competed on MIXNINE, a competition show featuring trainees from various agencies, each competing to see who could make the strongest team. The show was also a battle of the sexes. Ryujin landed in 1st place for the girls and was offered a place at YG Entertainment. She stayed at JYP and was a very highly anticipated trainee. Chaeryoung competed on SIXTEEN, the show that formed iconic girl group TWICE, alongside her sister, Chaeyeon (IZ*ONE and soloist). Yeji was called JYP's "secret weapon" on the show that formed Stray Kids.

Nowadays, ITZY is known best for their strong dance skills, group unity, stage presence, and endurance. I hope to see more from them soon!

MEMBERS / Positions (oldest to youngest)

Yeji (Hwang Ye Ji) - Leader, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Rapper

Lia (Julia Choi / Choi Ji Su) - Main Vocalist, Rapper

Ryujin (Shin Ryu Jin) - Main Rapper, Dancer, Center, Vocalist

Chaeryoung (Lee Chae Ryoung) - Main Dancer, Vocalist, Rapper

Yuna (Shin Yu Na) - Rapper, Dancer, Vocalist, Visual, Maknae

[makeuhwa]

[pja2jae]

JYPE : Leader in Disappointment 🥲

[mercury-retrograde-concept]

2014 contract crew tarot readings: GOT7

So, I’ve decided to shift from January readings for a bit. January is a quarter over, after all! Instead, I will be start a series that I will post throughout the year. It will take a look at the energies surrounding some of the groups that debuted in 2014 because they will be up for contract negotiations this year. 2014 is the year I got into kpop, so I’ve seen many of these groups go from total rookies to industry veterans. I also find the business side of kpop very interesting, so that was another incentive to do this.

GOT7 is up first because obviously something is going on there and I want to see if my cards can lend any insights. 

Disclaimer: This tarot reading is for entertainment purposes only. All speculation comes from my interpretation only. 

Before I jump into the individual members, I think it’s worth noting I pulled many cards from the Cups deck, as well as the Wands deck. This indicates to me that most of them are in the midst of a situation where emotions are running extremely high. There were fewer pentacles than I expected to see, indicating to me that - for all that contracts are a business decision - there are actually a lot of things involved that don’t involve tangible things like money. Instead, many of them are dealing with self-esteem, how they would like to define success, and being respected.

JB:

Current energy: Two of Swords (Reversed)

Currently focusing on: Seven of Wands

Subconscious influences: King of Cups

Jaebeom is definitely struggling. He wants to make a decision about his future career, but right now he’s being held at an impasse. Given the presence of the Seven of Wands, it appears as though JYPE is the source of this impasse. Whatever negotiations are going on are tense and unpleasant and he may even need a lawyer in the future. Right now he’s trying to control his emotions in this tense atmosphere, while also being someone his members can rely on. However, he’s rattled, let down and frustrated. 

Mark:

Current energy: Two of Cups (Reversed)

Currently focusing on: Three of Cups (Reversed)

Subconscious influences: Three of Wands

Mark is also unhappy. Things are so intense and acrimonious that he’d rather avoid his coworkers and supervisors altogether. Interactions all feel negatively charged to him. Things being this way is also having a negative impact on his self-esteem. He does have concrete goals for the future, though. He’d like to seek out work abroad where he’s less likely to be rebuffed by supervisors when it comes to opportunities in the entertainment industry. 

Jackson:

Current energy: King of Wands (Reversed)

Currently focusing on: Nine of Wands

Subconscious influences: Seven of Pentacles (Reversed)

Jackson is frustrated with sunk costs, though mostly the loss of time rather than money. He put a lot of time and effort into his activities with and for JYPE but isn’t sure he reaped the rewards he wanted. Sometimes he’s tempted to tough it out, but there are other times he’s tempted to pack it in. He definitely wants to step into more leadership roles, but all the different conflicting demands on his time makes it difficult for him to communicate as well as he would like. There’s also a lot of conflict in his life right now. He’s navigating a situation with someone who’s being petty and jealous, but he’s doing his best to stand strong. 

Jinyoung:

Current energy: Page of Cups

Currently focusing on: The Hermit (Reversed)

Subconscious influences: Five of Pentacles (Reversed)

There’s something Jinyoung is excited about, and it’s likely a creative endeavor. He’s been growing through a difficult time period, but he can glimpse hope and opportunity on the horizon. He’s also more likely to be financially secure. However, he’s also keeping this opportunity secret for the most part. He might have confided in a few people, but he’s being cagey otherwise. People may be feeling shut out by him. 

Youngjae:

Current energy: Five of Cups

Currently focusing on: Ace of Pentacles

Subconscious influences: Four of Cups 

Ahhh there’s a very leaden, listless feeling to this reading. Youngjae is resentful and disappointed right now. There’s a strong sense that things did not turn out the way he wished they would have, and he’s fixating on how he could have prevented this all. There are new opportunities on the horizon and he knows he should be pursuing them, but he’s struggling with the apathy and disconnect that can come with repeated disappointments. 

Bambam:

Current energy: Nine of Cups (Reversed)

Currently focusing on: Eight of Swords (Reversed)

Subconscious influences: The Empress

Meanwhile Bambam has a lot of energy here. Almost too much. Bambam is actually pretty content in some ways. He has a lot of the material things he wants, and he’s enjoying getting to be generous with others. Something feels like it’s missing, though, and he’s deeply frustrated by it all. Contract negotiations naturally make someone reflect on the passage of time, and he’s probably thinking something along the lines of “I’m getting close to my mid-twenties! I’m getting ancient! It’s all going downhill from here.” In some ways, it’s reasonable to worry about one’s youth in the entertainment industry, but he might be overthinking it at the same time and underestimating his ability to tap into new opportunities. 

Yugyeom:

Current energy: Strength

Currently focusing on:  Four of Pentacles

Subconscious influences: King of Pentacles

So, Yugyeom obviously declined the contract re-signing. I still want to do a reading on him because I’m interested in the dynamics here (individually and as a group.) 

Right now he’s feeling very determined and strong. He definitely had to plan very persistently in order to take control of his life. He’s driven by a strong desire to be succesful and a leader. However, some of this ambition comes from fear. He currently has a strong scarcity mindset. He’s very focused on accumulating money and budgeting it. This is a good thing, but it’s also possible to do this to the exclusion of other things that make life meaningful.

[violethyeseon]

first appearance

synopsis ∣ The word ‘nervous’ doesn’t exist when Got7 is always there with Hyeseon but everything came crashing down when someone decided to being her down.

timeline ∣ November 2020

characters ∣ Kim Hyeseon (Violet), Got7, Lim Hyejung, Gwan Aelia (Ace of Devils), Ahn Eunhee (The Bloody Roses)

a/n ∣ nervous, fidgety Hyeseon. This is her first public appearance. Mention of The Bloody Roses. Italics means they are speaking English, while bold+italic means they are speaking in Thai, someone bringing Hyeseon down with mean words.

“Hurry! Hurry!” The bodyguard pushed Hyeseon in as she was busy answering text messages from her own friends and family - earning an irritated frown from the girl, looking up from her phone to the bodyguard.

“Yo, chill! Calm down! We have time!” Hyeseon whines slightly towards the older woman, earning a slight gasp from her.

“Calm down!? Calm down!? We are late for 1 minute! C’mon!”

“It’s just a minute... “ Hyeseon muttered under her breath, following the new bodyguard who was rushing. She then stood in front of the waiting room - looking at Hyeseon with a smile, a fake one.

“She’s all yours!” Hyejung informed - patting the young one on the shoulder as she left Hyeseon all alone.

“Damn, I miss The Bloody Roses.” 

“Me too.”

Hyeseon’s eyes went wide, turning towards the room to see half of the members sitting down on the sofas while the other half were getting their make-up done.

She sighed while going towards the one who replied to her with a hug, the one and only Bambam. 

“We miss them too, especially my girlfriend.” Bambam voiced out as soon as Hyeseon pulled back as she began hugging the other members.

“Aww, that’s cute! I just met up with Nara for a catch-up session, she looks cheerful as always,”

Hyeseon smiled cheekily while looking towards Bambam who was getting his make-up done next. She could see Bambam’s ears getting red, causing Hyeseon to laugh.

“Hey! Don’t forget we are here, you know.” Jinyoung pointed out while looking offended that they were speaking in another language where they couldn’t understand fully. 

Hyeseon shrugged while looking towards Jinyoung, making him playfully tell her off to Jaebeom who was just cooing at the whiny Jinyoung.

“I was talking about a specific group of girls that I missed,” Hyeseon voiced out and that’s when all of the members of Got7’s head turned towards her - even Mark and Jackson who were on the phone.

There was a visible pout from Jackson, making Hyeseon run towards him - hugging his side. 

“I think we all missed them too,” Youngjae commented while feeling the grip on Hyeseon’s waist tighten, knowing Jackson’s hands are on her waist.

“Let’s not be sad and sentimental! It’s Hyeseon’s first public appearance! We should be happy for her!” Yugyeom, who had been quiet, jumped up from his seat as he was grinning towards Hyeseon’s way.

That’s when Hyeseon started to feel nervous - it was gone previously since they were talking about a different topic.

Hyeseon was really nervous the moment she stepped into the car where one of the Ace of Devil’s members took her to the location where the online fan-sign meeting was located.

The bodyguard was no help at all since she didn’t speak a word to Hyesoen in the car, it was as if she was a wall so she decided to contact the girls that she has been close to.

They had a group chat together - specifically for only Hyeseon and The Bloody Roses. The moment she sent out a ‘I’m nervous!’, and in just less than a minute she received numerous replies from different girls.

“I’m actually nervous,” Hyeseon let out her true feelings, earning fatherly smiles from the other members. They know how it feels like, it somehow brings them back to their first appearance.

“You’re gonna do great, Hyeseon! Don’t worry and follow Jaebeom hyung’s lead!” Jackson smiled softly towards Hyeseon while gesturing towards Jaebeom - who was already calling her to sit next to the leader.

Of course Hyeseon went towards him, sitting in the middle of Mark and Jaebeom.

“Any worries lately?” Jaebeom questioned and Hyeseon tilted her head slightly - thinking what she had felt. Well, other than being happy and tired from dance practices and keeping her body in a good shape, she’s fine.

“I think I’m good. I’m just nervous, because this is my first appearance. I’m scared if I had said anything unintentionally or words that could hurt the fans. You know me,” Hyeseon ranted out and throughout, Jaebeom was putting her words on his brain - finding words to calm the girl down.

“Hyeseon-ah. Listen to me, okay? You are going to be fine. You have been attending practices, acting classes, and professionalism classes and they said you are progressing rather well. Don’t worry much and try not to overthink because I personally think you are going to do fine,” Jaebeom advised calmly yet he was firm. 

Hyeseon sighed - a sigh to let out that heavy feeling from her chest while nodding. She then let out a smile towards Jaebeom, a smile that Jaebeom knows where she is going to make it through this.

“That’s our girl,” Jaebeom ruffled her hair.

A few minutes later, Jaeebeom was next to do his make-up so Youngjae took a seat next to her.

“Jaebeom hyung is right you know. You’re gonna do great! Fighting!” Youngjae cheered while letting out his iconic laugh, causing Hyeseon to chuckle too hearing how awkward his laugh is.

“Hey, Hyeseon! Play among us with me! I’m short of one person!” Mark suddenly nudged onto her hand - he who has been quiet since the start knowing he was playing a game or texting his girlfriend.

Hyeseon of course joins in and in just 10 minutes, the game is about to end. 

“Jaebeom’s right you know, you’re gonna do fine. Trust him, us. I know it is nerve-wracking when you step in but once you stepped out, trust me you’re gonna be wanting to go back,” Mark voiced out while finishing the game and that’s when Hyeseon looked up towards Mark with a smile.

Mark is a man of few words. He only spoke only in relevant times so this is something that Hyeseon has to keep in her mind - his words.

“Noona! It’s your turn!” Yugyeom called Hyeseon and that’s when she decided to put her nervous feeling aside with a smile.

The Got7 members were laughing and giggling towards Hyeseon as she was basically ranting towards the younger ones.

“I was so confused! I can’t believe I lost when I am able to understand and speak Thai!” Hyeseon whines towards Bambam who was laughing his heart out - even the fans were laughing towards Hyeseon, she was basically a crackhead like Bambam.

“So now we know you are a replica of Bambam… that means I have to watch out for you too,” Jinyoung folded his arms while shaking his head - jokingly kind of disappointed that Hyeseon is as loud as Bambam.

“Yay! That makes it even for the maknae line!” Yugyeom had his arms on Hyeseon’s shoulder on her other side while Bambam’s arms were on Hyeseon’s opposite side.

The older members could only shake their head with a sigh - knowing they are gonna be a trio soon.

“But, you got to admit that you had fun right?”Jaebeom questioned as he turned towards her and that's when the maknaes let go of Hyeseon - knowing that it was a conversation between the leader and the only girl member, they always knew those 2 would end up with a serious conversation.

“You were right, Mark was right too - everyone is right. It was fun, Ahgases are fun to be with.” Hyeseon confessed with a shy smile, earning a chuckle from Jaebeom as they were walking side-by-side.

But their foot-steps instantly stopped when they heard voices, kind of angry and pissed voices in their waiting room.

“What the heck was that!? Are you making a fool out of yourself?!”

Hyeseon gulped while turning towards Jaebeom who was an expressionless face - he definitely knew who it was since he decided to show himself in front of the door.

“We were being our own selves. We didn’t do no harm and the fans enjoyed it.” Jaebeom voiced out. Being the curious Hyeseon, she peeked slightly from Jaebeom broad back to see the leader of Ace of Devils basically looking mad.

“Being your own selves?! You’re joking aren’t you?”

“I’m not laughing though,” Jaebeom answered firmly. Hyeseon didn’t even dare to look at the woman since she was basically looking straight towards Hyeseon.

Hyeseon frowns slightly, her eyes went downcast - she has to speak to the management about this, her group is being mistreated by these new bodyguards and she could tell her own members were unhappy about it.

“Hyeseon-ah,” The leader of A.O.D, Aelia called - making Hyeseon to look up towards her.

“Do you think you are fit to be an idol? Because personally, I don’t think you fit to be one,” Her words were like venom to Hyeseon’s ears and somehow her heart somehow beats as twice as normal.

“Hey, that’s not nice.” Jackson voiced out with a frown.

“Jackson hyung is right. You are no one to speak towards her that way. I demand an apology from you,” Jinyoung added and he was about to take a step forward when Mark got a hold of him.

“He’s right you know. You’re no one. So apologize to her,” 

A voice made Hyeseon startled since it came just directly beside her - seeing someone who she is familiar with. It was Eunhee from The Bloody Roses who looked as professional as ever - causing Hyeseon to jump towards her.

That was the moment when Jaebeom felt relief, someone who had the same rank as the one who was looking down at her own member.

“I’ll talk to you personally later, Hyeseon. You too Jaebeom.” Eunhee stated while ruffling Hyeseon’s hair then patting Jaebeom’s back as she walked passed them.

“You’re not supposed to be here, Eunhee. Do you need me—

“I’m here to have a word with you, then I’ll have a private meeting with Got7.” Eunhee folded her arms as she stood in front of Aelia. 

“And I got official instructions from JYPE that I will be taking them to their next location so, after we’re done talking, you are good to go.” Eunhee added and Aelia was about to cut her off but Eunhee had already turned her back towards the stunned girl.

“Oh! And you might want to apologize to Violet before I would personally break your neck.” Eunhee snapped towards Aelia, seeing her eyes went wide - also earning reactions from Got7, a funny one.

“That’s what bullies get from bullying an innocent human being.”

masterlist : Violet, Got7′s 8th member

[tbr-agency]

uninformed thanksgiving.

“What do you mean? We invited you! Didn’t Jihyun or Hyejung tell you guys?”

synopsis ∣ The Bloody Roses had invited Got7 for a thanksgiving supper but it seems that their invitation were uninformed intentionally.

timeline ∣ November 2020

characters ∣ Jung Ahrin, Ahn Eunhee, Kim Yeonji, Bang Nara (The Bloody Roses), Jackson Wang, Park Jinyoung (Got7)

a/n ∣ slight angst. poor the girls :( they just wanna spent time with Got7 and to think their new management is somehow like poop, mention of Ace of Devils members

“Hyunji should have just pulled her nasty hair,” Yeonji commented as she was smashing the potato in the bowl. 

Ahrin gave a look towards Yeonji and the younger one knew the leader was somehow glaring at her.

“Although I don’t advise violence when necessary…… I agree with Yeonji,” Eunhee commented as she was putting turkey into the oven - causing Ahrin to snap towards the girl.

Eunhee looked towards Ahrin with widened eyes. “What?”

Ahrin shakes her head a little, earning a shrug from Eunhee as she leaves the kitchen.

“Well, they kind of deserve it.. I mean, they are rude to JYPE staff… I mean I know Division 2 deserves it but… c’mon? Even the staff from other Divisions? That’s too much...” Nara added as she was leaning against the wall - seeing some of the members in the kitchen preparing Thanksgiving late supper

The girls - mainly Ahrin and Haejin - wanted to spend time together. The 7 of them didn’t get to spend time all together ever since they were promoted to NIS.

So here they are, preparing Thanksgiving food with some of the members helping out. Haejin, Chaeun and Hyunji had to extend hours but they promised and booked the earliest for them to end work.

This was also a good opportunity for all of them to gather together and just spend time, enjoying each other's company - but at the same time, Eunhee had brought the idea of inviting Got7 too and all the girls immediately agreed.

The Bloody Roses considered Got7 as family too. They are open to each other so the girls didn’t mind.

“They haven’t got back to me though,” voiced Ahrin as she was looking through her phone after taking pictures of the table settings and the on-the-way prepared food to the 3 girls who were in the office.

“Got7?” Eunhee questioned as she turned towards Ahrin who was nodding while typing on her phone.

“They will probably get back to us later. They might have ended AAA awards,” answered Nara who was on Instagram - posting pictures of their mini-celebration on her story.

“Hey! I need help here! Stop looking at your phone and give me a hand!” 

A whine came from the kitchen as the 3 girls looked up from their phones as they were in the dining area. 

“Aww! My baby! We’re coming!” With Ahrin answering Yeonji’s call of help in a teasing tone, a chuckle and a giggle came from Eunhee and Nara as they too ran towards the kitchen - knowing Yeonji might be sulky if they didn’t come.

“Bye hyung!” 

“Text us if you have reached home!”

Bambam and Yugyeom waved towards Jinyoung and Jackson since the 2 older members were the ones waiting for their ride. The other Got7 members already parted ways since their ride had come first.

All of them ended their night with excitement and happiness with Jinyoung receiving an actor award and Got7 winning an award as a whole group.

As Jackson was checking on his phone, seeing fans tweets and instagram stories of them congratulating Got7, a story caught his attention - as he nudged onto Jinyoung’s arm who was also checking on his own phone.

“Look at the girls,” Jackson showed Jinyoung on his phone, as the Hong Kong man gazed towards Jinyoung’s reaction, seeing him pouting.

“They didn’t invite us. How mean,” Jinyoung sulked as he began to text a certain someone regarding what he had just seen. Jackson chuckled at his reaction.

It was a video of Nara zooming onto Ahrin, Eunhee and Yeonji basically running back and forth from the kitchen with trays of food on their hands.

“Don’t be like that, Jinyoung-ah… Maybe they are having their girls time - you get what I mean,” Jackson cooed towards Jinyoung, seeing his friend still pouting.

But what Jackson said isn’t a lie though - it looks like they are having a girls time. 

“But—

Jinyoung’s words were cut off by his phone ringing, a name popping out on his screen. Jackson’s eyes immediately went towards Jinyoung’s phone, to see EUnhee face-calling him.

Jackson snatched Jinyoung’s phone as he answered the face-time call - putting the phone slightly away so that his and Jinyoung’s face can be seen.

“Eunhee-ah!” Jackson waved towards the phone, to see Eunhee somehow showing the camera towards the other girls. Jinyoung silently pouts while waving towards the girls.

“Oppa! What’s with the pout?!” Nara yelled at the back and Jackson can’t help but turn towards Jinyoung who was glaring towards the camera.

“He is sulky because he isn’t invited to your thanksgiving dinner!” Jackson teased and there were some taken aback reactions from the girls as now Eunhee’s face was seen while looking towards a certain direction.

It seems Eunhee was passing her phone to Ahrin, as Ahrin was looking towards a certain direction - looking confused and hearing Eunhee stating what Jackson had said.

“What do you mean? We invited you! Didn’t Jihyun or Hyejung tell you guys?”

Jackson had that iconic frown where he literally looked super confused, turning towards Jinyoung as the Hong Kong man scans Jinyoung’s eyes. Jinyoung too was analyzing the words Ahrin had said.

It seems they were uninformed regarding their invitation.

“But.. no one told us anything..” Jackson answered in a sad tone, seeing Ahrin smiling slightly while tilting her head. 

The atmosphere completely turned the opposite as the air felt with sad and disappointed vibes - mainly Jinyoung who felt it. 

He was disappointed with Division 2, again. 

At the same time, there were loud voices coming from Ahrin’s side - causing the leader to look towards an area with widened eyes. It caught Jackson’s and Jinyoung’s attention because the loud yelling was coming from Eunhee.

“Save it! I’m personally going to fight Aelia and those bitches!”

“Yah! I’m trying to talk to Jackson and Jinyoung! Why are the 2—

“Yah! Eunhee-ah! Language!” Jinyoung commented, causing the girls to look towards him through the phone. 

He was taken aback, to see his bodyguard-girlfriend looking furious. 

By this time, Jackson on the other hand was really confused.

“Jinyoung-ah, I don’t understand…” Jackson muttered towards Jinyoung with the puppy-eye. Jinyoung could only mutter to him with ‘I’ll explain later,’.

There were more unclear conversations of Eunhee and some of the girls were heard, and that’s when Ahrin had to step in as she pulled Nara out since she looked unbothered - the leader passing the phone towards the young one.

“Hello oppas! Well, now you are watching the eonnie line of The Bloody Roses having a slight argument. Don’t worry, it’s not really that serious because it’s just Ahrin trying to calm the mad Eunhee down! Mad Eunhee isn’t—

“YAH! I can hear you clearly, you punk!”

Eunhee shouted at the back, making Nara to show a panic expression towards Jackson and Jinyoung - causing them to chuckle.

“What’s going on, Nara-ah? What did Eunhee mean?” Jackson questioned and Nara looked towards a certain direction while walking to a more quieter area which was the kitchen.

“Well, Eunhee directly called Aelia about it - asking if they had told Division 2 management about Ahrin’s invitation for Got7. Jihyun and Hyejung told Aelia about it because you know, everything has to get through to Aelia and… she purposely didn’t tell Division 2 about Ahrin’s request, because it’s not necessary, a waste of time and meaningless.” 

“Bwo!?” Jackson repeated with a loud scoff. 

Jinyoung had to pat him on the back multiple times to calm the pissed Jackson down - Jinyoung wasn’t surprised at all actually. 

“I’m going to tell Jaebeom hyung about this. The new bodyguards are too much, really— I don’t get it! They aren’t our manager!” Jackson muttered with a loud sigh, and Nara could only look at the 2 Got7 members with a sad smile.

Jinyoung on the other hand now understood why Eunhee was furious. 

If it was him, when someone said those words to him regarding a group of people he cherished the most with ‘not necessary, a waste of time and meaningless’, Jinyoung thinks he wouldn’t get a hold onto himself.

“It’s okay, oppa. Hyunji and I will personally leave some for the 7 of you. I don’t think we can finish all of this!” Nara tried to sound cheerful while showing the different types of dishes.

Nara somehow revealed that Eunhee has cooked different types of Korean dishes, Ahrin has cooked Mark’s favorite Thanksgiving food, Chaeun has made pre-made Thai-food just for Bambam and some Chinese cuisine just for Jackson.

The maknaes of The Bloody Roses have made chocolate milkshakes and brownies just for them.

With the sight of different types of cuisine on the table, Jackson and Jinyoung can’t help but feel touched as the girls were thinking of them.

“It’s okay, Nara-ah.. You don’t have to—

“No, oppa. We did this just for the 7 of you. So whether you like it or not, we will be your delivery girls.“ Nara said firmly yet in a soft tone, earning automatic smiles from the 2 grown men. 

“Thanks Nara-ah, we really appreciate it,” thanked Jinyoung as he couldn’t stop himself from eye-smiling while Jackson made a finger-heart. 

From that incident, Jackson and Jinyoung knew the girls really had genuine and caring hearts - even though they had different personalities yet they are all precious in each of their own ways to Got7.

“Nara-ah! Stay with us for a while! I mean we wanna join your mukbang!” Jackson asked for a favor and Nara immediately asked the other girls who somehow calmed down.

“Ahrin and Eunhee said ‘sure’!”

And from that night onwards, The Bloody Roses were considered family to Got7 - especially to Jackson and Jinyoung.

A few hours later, let’s just say Nara really meant what she said as there were spam messages from the Got7 members, thanking the girls for the random delivery but only Jackson and Jinyoung knew the full-story which they would one-day would tell the rest of the members.

masterlist : Got7 Bodyguard Au

[twiceinadream]

Twice React- Sadistic Fem! S/O Marks Them Up

Requested: Yup

Request: Could you do a Twice's reaction where there fem! s/o is a sadist (or dominant person in general) who likes to mark them up?

a/u: Hey, everyone! Long time, no see. I want to start of by saying; thank you so much 800+ followers, it really means the world to me. But I hate to say that this may be the only thing I post this weekend since I’ll be on an impromptu road trip, so the reactions are pretty long. So thank you all so much, and stream, “Feel Special”!

Category: NSFW

Nayeon

“Do your worst.”

It wasn’t a secret, Nayeon could take a lot. But just how much, was she really willing to take? Well, you were about to find out. You smiled down at Nayeon, as tears brimmed her eyes. The ball gag you had placed in her mouth, was coated in saliva as she whined against her binds; eyeing the feather duster you held in your hand. You ran the device around her breast, moving down to her stomach; avoiding the place you knew she wanted you most, “Not so high and mighty, are we now, Nayeonie?” Your girlfriend’s eyes closed in shame as she attempted to close her legs, the want and embarrassment was starting to get to her, and she didn’t know how much more she could take. You tutted as you tapped her thigh with the feather duster, “Ah, ah, ah. I’m not done with you just yet.” You smirked as you set down the object in your hand, beginning to nip at Nayeon’s thighs; making her squirm, “You’ve been so good for me, baby. Let me give you your reward.” Your mouth closed around her clit, instantly making her go ridgid.

Jeongyeon

“Ropes, huh.”

For you, Jeongyeon was willing to try anything. She just wasn’t expecting this. Jeongyeon smirked as you tied the last knot, securing her leg to the bed, “When I said you could try something new. I really wasn’t expecting all this.” You gave her a shy smile, “Is it too much? Like we can stop, it’s totally your call and…” Jeongyeon shook her head, “You’re so cute when your flustered, Y/N. But like I said; I’m all yours.” You flashed her a devilish smirk as you began your work on her body, the ropes growing tighter as she moved in your grasp, “W...wait, Y/N.” You look up from her breast as you release her nipple, “Is something wrong, Jeong?” Jeong bit her lip slightly, “It’s just... the ropes are gonna leave marks; and I don’t know how I’m gonna explain that to our stylist.” You smiled moving to suck her neck, leaving a dark mark in plain view, “Guess you’ll have some explaining for your makeup artist, too.”

Momo (Ahh! Momo with no bangs sends me!)

“Y/N, be careful!”

All Momo wanted, was to please you. But you could dish out, a lot more than she thought she could handle. The eldest Japanese girl was always up for a challenge, but letting you have your way with her; has proven to be more of a challenge than she had originally expected. You kissed your way down her body, making your way to her thighs as you peppered kisses along them. The pressure grew in fervor as you started to suck along her inner thigh, making her squirm as she resisted the urge to close her legs around your head, “Y...Y/N, we wear shorts, for the comeback.” You shrugged, moving up to her heat, “So?”

Sana

“Is that all you got?”

Sana was a tease, and she loved getting under you skin. Which made it a lot more fun, when you were angry. Your we’re out with the infamous J-Line of Twice and as rare as these moments were the four of you enjoyed a relatively quiet afternoon; before Sana decided to make things more interesting. Using the opportunity to hang off of both Momo and Mina as you gripped the fabric of your jeans, waiting to get home. You threw open the door as you dragged Sana into the bedroom, shoving her onto the bed as you quickly strapped on the strap on, “This is for being such a bad girl today.” You growled as you pulled down her skirt, thrusting into her roughly; your fingers holding a bruising grip on her hips, “Seriously, Y/N? I thought you were jealous?” You snarled as you repositioned your hands, to grip harder, “Oh, you haven’t even seen the half of it, Satang.”

Jihyo

“Make me.”

The fact that Jihyo wasn’t a top surprised you, since she was the renowned leader of Twice. But the thing that surprised her more, was actually how much of a top you were. Jihyo squirmed as you placed the vibrator on her clit, her thighs began quaking, “Are you really that sensitive? We just started, Jihyo-ah.” Your girlfriend turned red as she stammered out a response, “I...It just feels so...ah!” You increased the intensity of the vibrations as she attempted to close her legs; you quickly bit her thigh, stopping her completely, “I never said you could close your legs, Princess.” Jihyo’s eyes widened a little at the pet name as you continued to leave small nips along her thighs, her breathing growing in intensity just like the vibrator, “Oh, and one more thing,” Jihyo looked at you immediately, her eyes struggling to stay focused on you, “You’re not allowed to cum, until I say you are.”

Mina (Our penguin has returned!)

“Y/N, please!”

To your surprise, Myoui Mina could actually be a brat if she really wanted to. She just wasn’t prepared for how you would react. You had always expected the best from Mina. Why wouldn’t you? She was your perfect little kitten, until she wasn’t. Your girlfriend had been acting out all day, and you really couldn’t figure out why until you had her pinned against a wall, in a deserted hallway of the JYPE Building, “What is going on?” Mina just rolled her eyes, “None of your business, Y/N.” You scoffed, as you bit into her neck; marring her porcelain skin making her arch her back into your touch, “Oh you slut. Acting out just for my attention.” You shoved a thigh between her legs as you sucked a dark mark into her neck, “Well, you certainly have my attention now, kitten.”

Dahyun

“I didn’t mean to!”

To be honest, you really weren’t that mad at Dahyun. You just really loved making your girlfriend squirm. Dahyun was your perfect little angel, so when you walked in on her pleasuring herself, you honestly had no idea what to do; well maybe except to join her. You carefully opened the door your guy’s bedroom, as to not scare her as you crawled between her legs; your girlfriend’s eyes shooting open, “Y/N, I can exp…” You shook your head in faux disappointment, “Save it, Dahyunnie. I really expected more from you.” You clicked your tongue, as you began to trail your fingers up her thighs; your fingernails leaving thin red lines on her pale flesh, “I really never expected you to disobey me, Dahyun-ah. But I guess, that just leaves a very fun night for us.”

Chaeyoung

“Eight! Nine…”

Chaeyoung never learned how to not be a brat. But you were always happy to help remind her of her place. Chae couldn’t help but be a brat by nature, rolling her eyes when she was told to do something she hated or talking back when you gave her an order. You finally had enough as you pulled down Chae’s shorts and threw her over your lap, your hand connecting with her bare ass, as you spanked her, “And this is for deliberately disobeying me.” Chaeyoung sniffled, “I’m sorry, Mommy. I’m trying to be good.” You let out a little huff as you ran your fingers through the core, pulling apart your fingers to show her the amount of arousal that clung to them, “Sure you are, Chaengie. My little pain slut.”

Tzuyu (Princess Tzuyu!)

“Ahh, Y/N! Not so hard.”

You always hated how everyone eyed Tzuyu, no matter where she went. So you made sure to show the world she was yours. You growled under your breath as you watched yet another male idol check your girlfriend out, as they walked by. You held her closer to you, whispering into her ear, “Bathroom. Now.” The Taiwanese girl had no time to respond as you dragged her into a stall, pushing her against the wall, “How many news articles do there have to be for people to grasp the fact that you’re taken.” Tzuyu gave you a small smirk as she lifted her chin higher, to expose her neck, “Why don’t you show them then?” With that your eyes darkened, as you placed your hands at her hips; placing hot kisses along her neck as you nipped at the sensitive flesh, “Wait, Y/N. We still have promotions!” You shrugged your shoulders, sucking harder, “Even better.”

[nipnapples]

A Very BTS Christmas (pt 2/7)

Featuring a guest appearance from the boys of ~ GOT7 ~ 

Pairing: Namjoon + Reader (Slight Fuckboi!RM #sorrynotsorry)

Genre: Light Smut, Angst, and Fluff 

Rating: 18+ please and thank you!

Confession Song...

“You should text him back,” Stella, my roommate of three years, said as she wedged another sugar cookie into her mouth.  

I shrugged.  “Eh, the date wasn’t that good and he kissed me with too much tongue.” I rolled out more cookie dough, knowing I’d have to replace every cookie Stella ate.  These cookies were going to work with me the next day, over at the JYP Entertainment building.  Jackson hadn’t been feeling well lately, and JB and Mark had agreed that a surprise of cookies might boost his mood.  We were standing in our kitchen, discussing a date I’d had the night before with a boy from her gym. 

Stella rolled her eyes at me.  “Why’d you let him kiss you if you didn’t like him?”

“I don’t know,”

“Yes, you do.”  I refused to look up at her, rather concentrating on cutting out tree shapes from the dough.  “You wanted to see if he’d make you feel the same way ‘Joon did when he kissed you.  All sparkly and fuzzy.”  

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Your words, not mine.  Anyways, you’re going to compare every boy to Namjoon for the rest of your life.”

“‘Joon and I kissed once at Mark’s holiday party, and we both were crazy drunk, I barely remember it, and he certainly doesn’t.”  Stella was fully aware of how Namjoon hadn’t mentioned it since, much to my disappointment.  

Namjoon and I had been friends since junior year of college, when we were paired together for a philosophy project.  I had a huge crush on him right away, but after watching him hook up with nearly the entirety of the theater department I knew that it was pointless to even try.  So we remained friends, he helped me with my math homework and I helped him dye his hair various shades of the rainbow.  Now, four years later, we worked at the same company and had many of the same friends, including the member’s of GOT7, JYPE’s golden brain child.  

“I still think you should talk to him about that...” Stella mumbled around another cookie.

“Could you please stop eating those, I need them for tomorrow.”

“I will if you promise to talk to Namjoon about the kiss next time you see him.”  She picked up another cookie shaped like Santa and popped his head into her mouth.  

I rolled my eyes.  “Fine, the next time that I see him, I’ll talk to him.  Now stop eating those, they’re for Jackson.  He’ll be pissed if he finds out you ate his depression cookies.”  

She was brushing her hands off when my cell phone rang.  Namjoon’s caller photo popped up and Stella wiggled her eyebrows at me. “No, you said saw him not spoke.  I win.”  I picked up the phone, accepting the call and holding it between my ear and shoulder.  “Hey, ‘Joon, what’s up?”

“Hi! Look, JB and Mark and I are out at the bar, Jackson is crying over some girl, and you know Stella is the only one who can pick him up...”  

“Then why didn’t you call her?”  I looked at Stella who smiled back, snatching another cookie from the plate before dashing to her room to hide.  

“I tried, went straight to voicemail.  Can you guys come out, please?”  

I couldn’t help thinking that she’d rejected his call on purpose.  “Ugh, I don’t know...We’ve got that meeting in the morning.”  

“Don’t worry about the meeting, JB says he’ll get it pushed.”

“Perks of being a leader...”  I huffed, thinking about how all JB really had to do was text his assistant and then boom it was a done deal. 

“Yeah, so please, come out.  Jackson needs it,”  Namjoon begged.  I could practically see him on his knees before me, his hands clutched to his chest. 

“Ugh, okay, where?”  I ignored the fact that he hadn’t really once mentioned wanting to see me or the fact that we hadn’t really spoken lately.  I didn’t have time and nor did I want to think of those feelings now.  

“Yes! We’re at the Lamp Shop, in the usual booth!”  

“Fine, we’ll be there in twenty, I’m sure Stella’s already choosing an outfit.”  

“Sweet! See ya soon, Y/N!”  I heard him turn to the boys to confirm that we were coming before he ended the call first.  

Half an hour later, Stella and I were walking into the Lamp Shop, a small bar downtown that played live music on Thursday nights along with four dollar long islands.  We spotted the boys right away in our regular corner booth.  Jackson’s head was in his hands, and Mark was rubbing his back sympathetically.  Namjoon was watching his friend bemoan about his romantic life, or lack thereof, occasionally looking up to see if we were there yet.  He looked drop dead as usual, with his hair mussed up from the snow.  He wore a leather jacket and several large silver rings on his long fingers, and I recognized one that I’d given him years ago.  It made me smile to think he still wore things I gave him, and it made my heart shutter when I thought about him wearing jewelry I’d given him.  

I shook the snow from my hair and waived at Namjoon and the guys, leading Stella to the bar and then to the booth with our drinks.  I dropped down next to Namjoon and Stella slid in beside Jackson, touching him to let him know she was there.  

As they got comfortable, Namjoon pushed his shoulder against mine.  “Hey, you.”  He said, smiling.  I could tell from the way his cheeks were blushed that he was already fairly buzzed.  Stella glanced at me but I shook my head, I wasn’t going to bring up the kiss right away.  

“Hey, ‘Joonie, how goes it?”  I smiled back, forgetting momentarily that I had been trying to avoid him.  I busied my hands by playing with the cold moisture that was building on my glass, anything to distract me from the way Namjoon smelled like soap and pine needles. 

He glanced sideways at his poor drunken friend.  “Sunmi dumped his ass.  Again.”

“She was a witch anyways,” I shrugged.  

“Do you think I haven’t told him that?  He still thinks she was perfection.”

“Because she waaaaaaaas,” Jackson whined over the lip of his beer glass.  

“No, she wasn’t, Jackson baby,”  Stella sighed, brushing his bangs from his forehead.  “You can do so much better,”  

Namjoon rolled his eyes at Jackson. “You wanna go get another drink?”  He nodded at his own empty glass.  I began to shake my head no, motioning at my still full long island, but he scooped it up and downed it quickly.  The image made me want to gag.    

“Well, now I have to.”  I said, looking at Stella to make sure she had a handle on Jackson, and JB shooed us away.  

“That was the point,” Namjoon winked, as we slipped up to the bar and ordered a couple of more Long Islands.  “So, you’ve been avoiding me,” he said as the bartender took our orders and began mixing.  

I didn’t look at him, keeping my eyes trained on the chalkboard of specials.  I could feel his eyes boring into my profile.  “I’m not avoiding you, I’m just busy.”  

“Yeah okay, except Stella has noticed too.”

“Oh, so you guys are talking about me behind my back?” I snapped, irritation flaring up in my chest.  

“Easy, Killer.  I’m not attacking you.”

“Sounds like it,”  I smiled at the bartender flirtatiously as he handed me my glass, his fingers brushing mine.  He dropped Namjoon’s unceremoniously on the bartop.  Namjoon narrowed his eyes at the bearded man, and then turned back to me.  

“Jesus, Y/N, look at me then.”  I turned at looked him straight in the eyes.

“Is this good?” I asked, my heart hurting at how is eyes seemed sad yet his jaw was tight with frustration.  I hated fighting with him.  He was too hard-headed to admit he was wrong and I was too passive aggressive to actually tell him what he’d done wrong.  It was always a constant back and fourth until one of us ended up snapping and blowing up in the other’s face.   

“No, but I’ll take it.  Listen, what’s wrong?  You’ve been weird since Mark’s party.  I miss you...”  

I stared at him.  “You miss me?”  I hated the way my heart lifted at the words, giving me false hope in him.  I struggled to keep the scowl on my face.

He blinked, confused.  “What?  Yes, of course I do!  You’re my best friend and you’ve been ignoring me for like a week.  You used to talk to me, tell me what’s going on, okay?  Tell me so I can fix it, please.”  His eyes were wide, and it was rare of me to say no to them.  He knew exactly which of my buttons to press.  I hated and loved him for it.

I took a deep breath, and glanced at Stella over his shoulder.  She was smiling at me, still talking to Jackson.  I knew she would pick at me if I didn’t talk to him.  “Fine.  Do you remember Mark’s party?  Like at all?”  

“I remember getting pretty trashed with you on spiked hot chocolate...”

“Yeah, okay, but after that?”

Namjoon blushed.  “We danced.”  I could see the memory in his eyes, but his expression made me want to stop talking immediately.  This was a mistake, but unfortunately with Namjoon you can’t just drop the subject.  

I closed my eyes, remembering every second after we started dancing.  I was moving my hips in time to the music, holding Stella’s hand in the crowd so as not to lose her.  She had shouted something about getting something else to drink and then handed me off  to Namjoon, telling him to keep an eye on me.  I remember the warmth of his palm in mine, and how my cheeks had blushed.  The heat of what felt like one thousand other bodies pressing against us, but not really noticing them.   I remember only watching Namjoon and Namjoon watching me.    Then, we were slowly moving closer to each other, until his hands were on my hips, his chest pressed against mine.  Whatever was in the hot chocolate was making my head spin to begin with, but the way Namjoon was looking at me underneath his hooded eyes and how he ran his tongue along his bottom lip made it twirl in time with my stomach.  His hips were moving in time with mine, one leg positioned between my own, his hands grinding me down on his thigh.  My hands wandered up the collar of his flannel, until the tips of his hair were twisted around my fingers.  The pulsing music changed to something slower, a soft Holiday ballad about white Christmases and the people you loved.  As the dance floor thinned and couples gathered around us, we stopped moving, and I swore that the room had darkened around us.  His eyes fell to my lips, and my lids dropped closed.  The next thing I’d known was the feeling of his lips brushing softly against mine, plush velvet against my own.  The kiss deepened slowly, and he had clutched me closely to him, kissing me hard and desperate.  Suddenly his lips were gone, and my eyes popped open in surprise.  He was staring down in me at with horror leaking around the edges of his eyes, as though he had just realized it was me he was kissing.  My heart dropped into my stomach at his expression, and I was horrified that I had let myself get so caught up in the moment, get so caught up in him.  I remember telling him I had to go find Stella, that she had been gone too long, and disappearing into the crowd.  The next morning Namjoon had acted like absolutely nothing had happened, and I wasn’t sure which would have been worse: if he had acknowledged the kiss and explained that it couldn’t happen again or the fact that he didn’t seem to remember it.  

But looking at him now at the bar, as the snow fell outside and our friends sat our regular booth, with him suddenly avoiding my eyes, I wasn’t so sure that he didn’t remember.  

“Yeah, we danced.”  I blinked up at him before turning away.  “But we also-”

“Kissed.”  He finished.  “I know.” I cringed at his tone, at the way he still avoided my eyes.  “Is that why you’re avoiding me?” He placed his hand over mine on the bar when I didn’t answer.  “Dude, I am so sorry, that was my fault, I was so drunk,”

I nodded, praying I wouldn’t cry out of embarrassment and frustration.  “Yup,” was all I could trust myself to say.  I decided that I needed to go outside right then, prying my hand out from under his, and I heard Namjoon call after me.  On the sidewalk, I tilted my face up to the snow tumbling from the sky.  The night air slipped beneath the collar of my coat, cooling my flushed skin.  I took several shuddering breaths, trying to get a hold of myself.  I had promised myself years ago that I would stop crying over Namjoon.  I couldn’t believe he was sucking me in all over again.

 Namjoon was suddenly beside me grabbing my arms and forcing me to face him.   

“Y/N, don’t run like that, Jesus you scared me.”  He took in my flushed face and watery eyes, chewing his lip, searching for what to say next, what would make this better.  He pulled me into a tight hug, before holding me out at arm's length again.  “I swear, it won’t happen again,”  I looked up at him.  “It was my fault, you weren’t cool with it, I get it, I’m so so sorry.  I shouldn’t have-”

“Wait, what?” I furrowed my brow at him.

“I’m sorry?  I feel awful, I shouldn’t have assumed that you wanted-”

“No, no.  Who said I wasn’t comfortable with it?”

“You...you took off afterwards looking like you were going to vomit and never came back and then acted all weird at work when I tried to talk to you about it...” His face crumpled at the memory, his cheeks flushing from the cold.  He once again avoided eye contact with me.

“You looked like you’d made a mistake, you looked at me if you were suddenly realizing it was me you were kissing and you didn’t mean to.  How was I supposed to react!?”  I felt like I was in a dream, that the world was suddenly twisted and upside down.  I had no control.

He groaned in frustration.  “Because I did just realize it! Because with you that close, that warm, that willing to be near me, I couldn’t help myself. And then you kissed me back, no hesitation, I had to look at you, to make sure it was real.  And then you took off and all I could think was how badly I fucked up, especially when you avoided me at the office, talked to Jin and Mark and BamBam but not me.  You wouldn’t even look at me for Christ’s sake!”  

My mouth was hanging open slightly at his confession. “You...You wanted to kiss me?”

Namjoon shook his head.  “I don’t do things I don’t want to do, you know me.”  

I blinked a few times, highly aware of how close he suddenly seemed to be.  “Oh,” I whispered, looking up at him.  He was dipping his head slowly towards me, and I couldn’t move.

“I’m sorry, I am so sorry for messing this up.” he murmured, his eyes taking in each part of my face.  “Can we get a redo?  If you want?”  I felt the brick wall of the bar press against my spine. Every fiber in my body was screaming at me to say no, that if we kissed here, in the snow against the bar with twinkle lights all around us I would never be able to get out again.  He was drinking again, how would I know he wouldn’t regret again?     

“Oh?” was all I was able to say before Namjoon was fiercely kissing me, caging me against the wall between his arms, his bare palms pressed against the brick.   All of the thoughts that ran through my head, telling me to stop, telling me to think about what we were doing, were silenced. With Namjoon pressed against me like this, heat shot through my body, pooling within my core.   I parted my lips beneath his, and his tongue darted in, swirling about mine tasting and exploring for a what felt like a blissful eternity.  There was no hesitancy in his movements, as though he had been thinking of this, of touching me since Mark’s party.  His lips trailed down my jaw, pressing gentle nips against the flesh.  My hands were pressed against his chest, feeling his heartbeat that kept in time with my own fast paced one.  My cheeks were burning with desire and my limbs had turned to jelly; the only thing holding me up was Namjoon’s grip on my waist.  

“Damn, you taste so good.”  He said against my skin.  “Like snow and peppermint.”

“Mmm,” was all I was able to say as I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer.  I could feel his erection through my coat against my thigh, and my core ached in anticipation. I arched against him, and he groaned with need.

“Do you want to go home?”  

“Mmm,” I sighed again, thinking of him in my bed, undressed and warm.  “I want you.”

He pulled back.  “Are you sure?”  His eyes sparked with anticipation and he didn’t move until I nodded, a smiled cracking my face in half.  “Let’s go,” He said, pulling me down the street towards my building.      

We crashed banged into the apartment, shedding outerwear and shoes the further we moved inside.  Namjoon pressed his fingertips into the soft flesh of my round hips with a grip that could bruise.  I sucked small purple bruises into his skin, desperate to taste him and feel him around me.  He was flooding my senses, everything I could hear, smell, and see was Namjoon.  My world was collapsing around me, but all I could experience was Kim Namjoon.  

Suddenly, Namjoon slowed his pace.  “Jump,” he told me, his hands under my ass and he lifted me onto the counter where I trapped him about the waist with my legs.  He hummed happily as I kissed him, my fingers tangling in his silver hair.  He ground against me, his teeth latching onto the exposed skin of my shoulder, biting and then kissing til the pain melted into pleasure.  His hands slipped beneath the red woolen sweater I’d chosen to wear, his fingers warm against the skin of my stomach and my lower back.  Soon he rolled the fabric over my head, exposing the soft purple lace of my bra.  He nipped his way over my breast, before tugging the cup down to latch onto my nipple with his supple lips.  My eyes rolled into the back of my head, and I braced myself against the counter with the palms of my hands.  I rolled my hips against him, looking for friction, anything that could relieve the growing ache within my center.  

“Bedroom,” I hissed between my teeth as he pressed a palm between my legs, feeling the heat radiating out.  I slipped off of the counter, dragging him through the living room and into my bed.  I shoved him down, and he stared in awe as I undid the buttons to my high waisted jeans.  I rolled these off my hips, exposing my soft flesh to the dazed boy in front of me.  I was standing only in my unmatching panties and bra, and Namjoon’s fingers twitched in anticipation.  

I slowly undressed him, brushing kisses gently against his caramel skin as I exposed it to the cold air of my bedroom.  He sucked air through his teeth with a sharp hiss as my teeth gently grazed his nipple, and he moaned when I tweaked it lightly with my tongue with a smile.  His fingers clutched at the sheets, searching for purchase as I undid his jeans, releasing his member.  His hips bucked up into my hand as I grasped his length, working him for a moment before taking him in my mouth.  His hand tangled in my hair as I bobbed up and down taking him as deep as I could.  After several moments, he tugged my head up and off of him with a soft pop.  Namjoon sat up, and looked at me for a moment, brushing my hair off of my face, his large hands brushing over my shoulders and neck, goosebumps sprouting all over my skin.  

“Are you sure?” he murmured, his eyes searching mine for anything that would tell him to stop.  My body ached with anticipation, I had wanted him for so long.  There was a voice screaming in the back of my head to stop, to stop all of this. But I chose to ignore the voice for once, and nodded my head before taking his hand and placing it against my crotch.  He took a shuddering breath, his fingers working at me for a moment before tugging my panties of and pulling me on top of him.    

The next morning, Namjoon was gone.  My room was bright and cold, a snow storm having ripped through the neighborhood during the night with no warning.  I felt his side of the bed, remembering how after we came undone into each other I’d asked him to stay.  He had agreed, winding his arms around me, kissing the top of my head.  We’d fallen asleep like that, molded against each other like puzzle pieces.

But now, my fingers touched nothing but cold sheets, and my heart sank to my stomach.  I opened my eyes fully, seeing where he had fallen asleep empty and cold, indicating that he’d been gone for a while.  I looked around the room, my clothes were still scattered, but his own were gone as well.  

I dropped my head into my hands, wanting to scream.  Of-fucking-course this would happen.  It was Namjoon, why would I think he’d stay?  It was Namjoon who had fucked his way through half of Seoul and showed no sign of stopping; why would I be any different?  Because I was his friend?  No, if anything that would make it easier for him, I knew how and who he was, I couldn’t hold him at fault for it.  I groaned in frustration, but decided that as soon as I left my bedroom, I’d let it go.  I wasn’t going to mope over Namjoon, it would be a waste of time.  It would be pointless.  

Still, I checked my phone, hopeful for a message, an apology that I knew wouldn’t be there.  As expected, my phone was quiet and empty, except for a message from Stella, saying that she was going to stay at Jackson’s place because of the storm.  She would go to work with him and the boys and see me later tonight.  I shook my head, scrubbing my eyes and walking to the bathroom for a shower.  Thoughts of the night before plagued me throughout, making my stomach quiver and my legs go weak, but I needed to shake the thoughts from my head.  We had a meeting this morning, and it was required of all of us to be there.  

I waved and smiled at Stella as I walked into the building, a bagel between my teeth and a massive cup of coffee clutched in my hand.  She ran over and looped her arm through mine.  “Hiiiiii,” she cooed, smiling slyly.  She looked at me from the corner of her eye.  “You’ve gotta tell me everything.”  

“Everything about what?”  I asked, playing dumb.  I didn’t feel like talking about it, and still had to steel myself for facing Namjoon.  

“Nope, I saw you leave with Namjoon and never come back, and then you didn’t answer my text this morning.  Were you having morning sex?  Was it great?  Did he eat you for breakfast?”  She wiggled her eyebrows.

“You’re gross, you know that?”  I said, setting my things down at my desk, glancing at Namjoon’s across the room.  His coat was hung over his chair but he was nowhere to be seen.  

“Yes, I do, and I will keep going and assume things if you don’t tell me.  Was it good?”

I nodded, blushing and avoiding eye contact.  “Really good.  Like so  good, Stella.”  

Stella squealed and clapped her hands.  “Yes!  Finally!  I knew it!  Are you in love?  Are you guys together now?”  

“But he left before I woke up...” I tacked onto the end.  

She stopped her excited bouncing, her face folding in confusion.  “What?”

“He left, he didn’t even say ‘bye or anything.  I just woke up and he was gone.  Not even a text.”  I shrugged, taking my things out of my bag and checking my lipstick in the reflection of my phone.  It was easier to pretend that I didn’t care.

“But, like...he left the bar with you?  His best friend?”

I shrugged again, gathering my notebook and phone and breakfast before moving towards the conference room..  “It’s Namjoon, we’re talking about, Stells.  He doesn’t stay.”  

“What are we talking about?”  Namjoon was suddenly behind us.  Stella jumped. Her eyes flicking between the two of us, uncomfortable.  He had a cocky smile on his face, and his eyes trailed over my face slowly before turning to Stella.  “Why so jumpy?”

“No reason,” she terribly lied.  “We were just talking about...” She hesitated a moment, looking for an excuse.  “...the guy that flirted with Y/N at the coffee stand this morning.”  Namjoon looked at me and Stella mouthed “sorry” over his shoulder before ducking away to her seat.  I cursed her out in my head, before turning back to my desk to make sure all of my paperwork was in order.  Namjoon stepped closer to me and I shuffled carefully away.  I looked up at him, idly wondering why he was still here.

“Oh?”  Namjoon asked me, cocking an eyebrow.  

I shook my head.  “I don’t know what she’s talking about.”  I avoided his prising eyes, feeling my cheeks flush under his stare.  “Excuse me, ‘Joon, I’ve got to go talk to BamBam about his lyrics.”  I tried to step around him, making sure not to touch him.

“Listen,” he said, touching my elbow softly, as though he actually cared.  “About what happened...”  

I pulled away gently, face flushing even more.  “No, it’s fine.  I totally get it.  We don’t have to talk about it.  It was fun, and a one time thing.  No worries!”  I was praying that he would believe my lie about not caring.  Truthfully, if I were to admit it to myself, my heart was falling apart beneath me.  But if I expressed this he would say I was oversensitive or overreacting to something that was normal for him.

I heard my voice jump a few octaves but looked him in the eye, praying that he wouldn't call my bluff.  Something flashed across Namjoon’s face, but it was gone before I could figure out what it was.  I just needed him to drop the subject, so that my embarrassment could begin to heal.

“Oh,”  He chewed his lip, thinking.  “A one time thing, okay.  Yeah,”

“See?  No hurt feelings, nothing!  Everything is good!” I took my normal seat, with Namjoon beside me.  

“Yeah,” He said, tapping his pen on the table.  He stared narrowly into space, obviously irritated. The back of his neck and the tips of his ears were flushed.  “No hurt feelings, everything’s good.”

Anger flared in my chest.  How could he get annoyed with me?  How could he feel uncomfortable? Namjoon was the one who started it, the one who left without saying goodbye.  I was doing what he wanted, brushing it aside like it was nothing.  When, if I really thought about it, it was everything to me.  I had slept with my best friend, and he was treating it like I was nothing, like I didn’t matter, like I was some chick he picked up at the bar to fuck and leave.

 I turned to him, plastering a fake smile on my face.  “‘Joon, you’re the one who left without telling me.  You could have left a post-it at the least,”  I shrugged, pleased with the venom that had leaked into my voice.  “So it’s nothing, clearly.”  Namjoon’s mouth popped open in surprise, his eyes sparking with irritation, clearly ready to defend himself, but the members of GOT7 walked in, signalling that the meeting had begun.  I scooted my chair over, and avoided any eye contact or physical contact with Namjoon for the rest of the meeting.

By the end of the meeting I had fantasized about punching Namjoon in his stupidly pretty face 50 Times, in various situations.  I had to ball my fists beneath the table to stop from shaking in anger.  When we stood up, he reached for me, opening his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but I flashed a dead-eyes smile at him and ducked out of the room without saying a single word.

A week later, Stella and I were once again making cookies in our kitchen.  It was snowing, and we had decorated our Christmas tree the night before.  It was warm and cozy, with Christmas music filtering out of our speakers in the living room.  

“So you’ve not spoken to him since Monday?”  Stella asked me, pressing tree shaped sprinkles into soft cookie dough.  

“I mean, we’ve spoken at work, but we’ve not gone out of our way to talk.  He hasn’t texted me all week.”  Not that I’d texted him either.  I was being childish but so was he.  

“But you guys are best friends!  Like...not to sound like a high-schooler or anything, but you guys were literally bffs.”  

“Too late, you sound like a high-schooler Stell-Bell.”  I slid another pan of cookies into the oven, the heat blasting in my face.  Namjoon and I had only spoken at work, occasionally holding conversations but for no longer than five more minutes before we fell into awkward silence.  We both danced delicately around the subject, and when he tried to bring it up, I would suddenly have an emergency.  Soon, it got to a point where I just chose to avoid him entirely.  It felt like the office temperature dropped several degrees every time we were in a room together.

“I don’t get it.  He was so into you.”  

“Stella,”  I looked at her, putting my hand on my hip.  “The only times we’ve kissed have been when both or one of us is drunk.  Clearly it’s not something he did on purpose.  He was never ‘into me’, we were both just super horny.  That’s it.”  

“No,” Stella said as I turned away.  “That’s not it.”

“It is.”

“No because that’s not what he told me.” I stopped rolling more dough and looked at her.

“Not what he told you?  Since when do you guys talk?”  

“Since Mark’s party.  He was so worried when you took off.”  She shrugged, popping raw dough into her mouth.  “He thought he did something wrong.  He wanted me to talk to you, but I told him he had to do it himself if he actually cared.”  

“Okay, well, see how that worked out?”  I punched the dough downwards into the bowl.  “not great.”  

“He keeps asking if you’re okay,”. She idly licked a spoon.  “Keeps emailing me and texting me.”

“I’m peachy fuckin keen,” I said, fuming at the idea of him asking my roommate rather than me if I was okay.  

“Clearly,” Stella said, eyeing the way I’d re-balled the dough in my hands.  

“Just, just tell him to let it go, okay?  It didn’t mean anything to him, so it means nothing to me.”  

“Did you ask him?”

“Ask him what?”

“Why he left with no warning?” She took the dough from me and wrapped it in Saran Wrap, clearly worried about me abusing it.  

“Stella, he snuck out of the house, I don’t need to ask him anything.”  

“Okay but what if he just got scared?  Scared of losing you, of ruining this?”  She waved her spoon in my general direction.

My mind flickered back to when Namjoon had stopped in the middle of everything, how he had looked at me tenderly and brushed the hair from my face.  He moved like he was afraid he was going to break me, and I shivered at the memory of his fingertips searching my skin.  My heart tightened as I remembered how he asked me if this was what I’d wanted, and the relief in his eyes when I’d nodded.  “But I said yes,” I moaned at Stella, dripping my head into my hands.  “Why wouldn’t I say yes?  Why wouldn’t I mean it? It’s Namjoon, and I’ve always loved him goddamnit.”  

Stella pointed at me.  “You should tell him that,”.

“It’s too late,” I began, when my phone chimed.  It was a text from Namjoon.  

Joonie: Come outside, asap (6:56 pm)

My fingers hesitated over the keys, unsure of how to respond.  I could hear my heartbeat in my ears, my legs going numb from nervousness.

I showed Stella the text and she shrugged.  “You should go outside then.”  

We pulled on our winter things and moved out onto the sidewalk, and we waited.  I stood in the snow, looking around outside on the sidewalk for Namjoon.  It was silent, flakes falling around me, soft and muffled.  I shook my head, after five minutes, turning and motioning to Stella that we should go.  

I scrubbed at my face, turning back up the street towards my building. But Stella grabbed my arm as I took a deep breath to steady myself, and we heard a soft noise coming from far down the street.  I paused, ears perking at the twinkling sounds that were growing closer.  It was bells, sleigh bells, I realized after a moment, and I turned to squint through the snow.  

Eight figures were moving towards us, their voices growing in volume as they approached.  I recognized BamBam’s skinny legs almost immediately, and then was able to slowly pick out the other six boys.  Mark and Jackson had their arms around each other, laughing between each word and note.  The boys had clearly convinced JB into drinking whatever was in Jackson’s flask, for he had transformed into his goofy tipsy self; he was dancing in the snow, hopping and wiggling with each step and bobbing his head to the beat of the bells.  You could hear Yugyeom and Youngjae trailing in the back, their voices bouncing off of the buildings, loud and strong.  Jinyoung was keeping his eye on JB, making sure he didn’t hurt himself, but still smiling at the other boys, clearly enjoying how they wove about the empty street like a particularly concerned mother.  

Each boy was shaking a tambourine or string of bells of some sort, singing clear and strong in the cold night air.  Suddenly, my ears identified the song that they were singing, dredging it up from my memories of christmases through the years.  

I-I-I love you, baby, i-i-i love you.  I do, I do I do.   

All day long, I wait for your reply.  I keep writing and erasing to make sure there are no mistakes in my words.

I accidentally say things that I don’t mean...dramatic lines that I practiced in front of the mirror, are all forgotten when I stand in front of you, flustering me, my hands in front of yours...

They all stopped in front of me, and the eighth figure pushed his way between the clearly drunken carolers.  My heart stopped, and I felt my limbs go cold as Namjoon stood in front of me.  His cheeks were flushed, his stocking cap askew, flakes sticking to his collar, lashes, and melting on his red lips.  

The boys quieted behind him, still shuffling and pushing each other in the manner of brothers.  Stella moved around me to greet and distract them quietly while Namjoon and I talked.

Namjoon didn’t look back at his Santa-hat clad friends, rather training his eyes on me.  He smiled weakly.  “Hi,” he said,  

“You're late,” I snipped.

Namjoon buried his hands deep in his pockets, grinding the toe of his boot into the fresh snow at his feet.  “I know, I know I am.”  

“You’re always late,” I took a step closer, and I wasn’t sure if it was on purpose or if I was naturally drawn to him.  

“I know I am,” he sighed, his wide brown eyes taking in my movements as though he was terrified I would run.  

“He was late for us too!” A drunken Yugyeom piped up from behind him, and Jinyoung hushed him quickly, offering me an apologetic smile.  

Namjoon laughed nervously. “I mean, yeah I was, but do you know how hard it is to get the members of GOT7 into Santa hats when they’re three cups into spiked eggnog?”  

“It’s like wrangling jellyfish,” Jinyoung said quietly, eyeing JB who was twirling around in the middle of the street while BamBam and Youngjae encouraged him.  

I laughed at the sight, surprising myself at the sound that bubbled up in my chest.  Namjoon’s eyes sparked, and he took a step closer.  “Look,” he said.  “I don’t deserve you.  You’ve always been here for me I am so fucking stupid for not realizing what was right in front of me the whole time.”  

“Are you sure?” I asked, never taking my eyes off of Namjoon. “You left me after telling me the exact same thing last time.  After we slept together, ‘Joon.  Jesus Christ I slept with my best friend, and he snuck out like a skeeze I met at a bar.”

“It’s not-“ he began but I cut him off.  

“Then tell me, ‘Joon, explain how I’m supposed to trust that you’re not going to do it again.”  I needed to hear the words from his mouth, I needed to hear them out loud so I could convince myself and my heart.

He grabbed my arm, shaking me slightly.  “I need you.  I was stupid and scared and you scared me and I’m scared of how much I need you.  Please believe me.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m here.  Because I need you.  Because I wake up every day wondering if you’re happy, wondering what you’re doing.  I think of how you smell, and I want to know how you taste.  I want you, all of you.”

“But I’m not tall, pretty, skinny, funny...”

“Okay first of all, you’re the funniest person I know, and I’m friends with Mark and Jackson,” he pointed his thumb at the two boys behind him who were building an anatomically correct snowman on the sidewalk while Stella observed.  “Second, I don’t give two shits about that other stuff.  I love how tiny and round you are, you’re adorable, like I could tuck you in my pocket.  You’re beautiful and I want to do nothing but make you smile and laugh and take care of you.”  

“And what if you change your mind?”  

“I’ve got things to work on, I won’t lie, but damnit Y/N, I want to change for you, I want to be better for you.  I want to be the man you deserve, but only so long as you want me too, I won’t force this if you don’t want it, I will walk away if you want me to.”  He chewed his bottom lip, begging me with his eyes not to turn around.  He had taken my other hand in his, running his thumb across the back of my knuckles.  

Namjoon wasn’t perfect, but neither was I.  And if he was willing to trust me, to want me and love me, then I could bend for him.  I released his hand and saw his eyes sadden at the loss of contact, but I pressed my palm to his cheek.  “I trust you,” I murmured against his lips.  “I trust you and I love you.  It’s probably a huge fucking mistake but it’s Christmas.”  I shrugged and smiled up at him.  Namjoon closed the distance between us, clutching me to his chest and wrapping his coat around me, cocooning me in his warmth.  I faintly heard Jackson shriek in excitement, and the bells began to shake again, the boy’s voices rising in harmony as I melted into Namjoon.  

When we pulled back the boys were circled around us, crude snowmen long forgotten.  I was warm and surrounded by friends and the boy I loved who finally loved me back.  Stella was clapping along, swaying to the music and she winked at me.  

 I looked up and saw the North Star shining in the velvet sky above us.  Namjoon looked up as well, and then cupped my face in his hands and running his thumb over my chapped lips, before pulling me back into his chest, where both he and I knew I belonged.

[xonepeacelovex]

Awh good afternoon^^what's the time in your country as well: morning? Afternoon? Night?🤔

Also also,You can call me starlight!☺️(although I believe that's such big hint to my account and who I am, but who carees)

Yes and I'm proud stay!! Although I had some hard times with being stay lately but yee I'm proud😅 awh we really are!

BRO I work 18hours every day, keeping up is so hard yet so easy😭😂 but you know its not only about keeping up with stuffs. It doesn't matter about how many group you stan. Lot or just a one you're still a kpop fan~

I see, such professional listener of KHipHop.

But honestly, you can literally said any group and I'll be like 'yep I know them'

Hmm..What if it is?👀👀

I'm not surprised anymore..we really are. I bias the leader himself, Channie just decided to still my heart. Who's your bias?🤔👀

Ah writing blocks🥺 I know them very well, I'm sorry you have them. Please no self-doubt, if you do it you can be sure I'll be on my way to love you and cheer you on!^^ I'm so happy I could make you feel like that, after all that was what I wanted from the start. If it just made you smile, everything was worthy for me. Also, there's always no need to thank me for anything~

That's good, I still didn't say anything really sweet😌so I'm glad you're already prepared lmao. Anyway I hope it's okay if I stay on anon little longer, it's always much more comfortable for me👉👈 of course I don't want to spam you with my asks so if you really want me to come off anon I would🥺 -✨

Good afternoon! It’s midnight here already. 🌃

Your emoji makes sense right now. I’ll call you ✨starlight✨ then.

Yeah. Also a proud stay here! Me too because of the recent news about GOT7. 😒 I’m so disappointed with JYPe right now. But hey, Chan is pulling me back again like he knows I’m drifting away. Why are you having a hard time?

Wow! 😳 I’m amazed you can keep up with that amount of working hours. Are you eating well? Where can you get your energy? If you can keep up with a lot of groups while working 18 hours a day, I don’t have excuse not to. Yeah. That’s why fanwars doesn’t even make sense at all.

Do you also listen to them?

That’s great. I’ll listen more to other KPop groups. Maybe there’s a hidden gem. Do you have any suggestions? 🤔

I love you already for referencing 3RACHA's songs. 😘

The leader, Mr. Bang, I see.. Who doesn't love Chan? He’s such a softboi. 🥺 My bias in SKZ changes everytime. But mostly, whoever I’m writing about, he’s my bias for that day. Seungmin, though, have a special place in my heart because I started writing fanfics because of him. And Chan too, as you can see in my masterlist. I wrote a lot of fanfics of him. 😬

Do you also write?

I’ll just insert a meme of Chan here that perfectly expresses my feeling.

I hope I’m also making you smile even in small ways.

I’m an INFJ so don't worry about that. I love receiving messages like this. And its my first time making a mutual (aka you, pretty and savage, ✨starlight) here on Tumblr. 👉👈 I’m so glad I have someone to talk to about SKZ and other stuff. You can stay as an anon as long as you want to. Don't think I'm rushing you. Just do what makes you comfortable.

[tbr-agency]

accusations.

“What happened to you? Why did you have to say those words to her?”

synopsis ∣ The Bloody Roses’ didn’t know that there would be a big argument between Got7 just from saving their bosses’ daughter who was being bullied.

timeline ∣ June 2020

characters ∣ Jung Ahrin, Ahn Eunhee, Ji Chaeun, Kim Yeonji (The Bloody Roses),  Kim Hyeseon (Violet) , Got7

a/n ∣ cursing. angst. Eunhee could have PTSD. mention of bullying. victim and the bully. this chapter would be linked to my other character which is Violet (Got7′s 8th member)!

Eunhee’s wrist was being held tightly by her leader, who was shaking her head - telling her not to interfere between the conversation of their bosses’ daughter and whoever she was talking to.

“That is for being a know-it-all girl and acting like you’re the big person,” 

It pisses Eunhee off - hearing from how the trainee had spoken, it was obvious she despises Hyeseon - who was known as Violet.

The girl was an additional member of Got7 and Eunhee knew that there would be a few percentage of human beings who would hate the innocent girl.

The whole Bloody Roses members were aware of this and it made them to keep an eye on the girl more.

“..... Look, I know you hate me but it’s not my fault that JYPE wanted me to be in Got7,” answered Hyeseon honestly. 

There was a moment of silence and it made Eunhee more nervous. Unexpectedly, there was a loud slapping sound that echoed through the hallway - that is when The Bloody Roses’ made their move.

“HYESEON!” 

The sound of Eunhee’s loud screech made the trainee look at the older girl - along with her friends, running towards the both of them with her clicking heels. 

“What the fuck are you doing!?” Eunhee quickly hid Hyeseon behind her as she stood face to face with the trainee who looked frightened. 

It has been a while that Ahrin sees Eunhee being so protective and possessive. It somehow frightens the other Bloody Roses’ members - seeing the 3rd oldest’s eyes going to pop out as she was looking at the one in front of her.

Anyone who stood face to face with Eunhee should be frightened as she had that deep frown on her face with her popped out eyes. 

It’s more intimidating that she was wearing her business wear with a gun on her right side and her walkie talkie on her left - indicating that she was on her job.

“I-I wasn’t doing anything,” the trainee tried to sound normal but failed as she stuttered in nervousness.

Eunhee can’t help but scoff in sarcasm. Clearly the trainee didn’t know that Eunhee is an officer.

“Oh yeah? We just heard you slapped her,” answered Yeonji as she was folding her arms, one of her brows raised. 

Eunhee gave a look towards Yeonji as the younger one gave her a nod - Yeonji turned towards the trainee with a glare before she exited the scene, heading to the next knowing destination.

At the same time, Ahrin and Chaeun escorted the traumatized Violet out of the scene - guessing that they went to the washroom to clean the drenched Violet.

Now, it was just Eunhee and the trainee alone.

“Let me ask you one more time - what the heck have you done to Hyeseon?” repeated Eunhee - she was honest and really furious on what had happened. 

It was weird for Eunhee herself - she never gets worked up in cases like this but this was different, because Eunhee has been in Violet’s position before.

Eunhee was a victim of bullying.

“I-I was jealous of her. S-She was just a trainee—

“A trainee!?!” Eunhee yelled - her eye size turned bigger with a deep frown on her face. She can’t help but scoff at her.

“For an elite trainee, I didn’t know you were this..... uninformative..?” added Eunhee as one of her hands landed on her blazer pocket while tilting her head slightly with a smirk.

“That trainee that you have slapped is known as the one and only Violet. If you aren’t aware, she has won 3 MAMA Awards in 3 consecutive years,” continued Eunhee - her voice was raised and she could feel her anger getting higher and higher.

She can’t believe that JYPE had this kind of trainee - an ignorant, rude, low life one. 

“And what if she is just a trainee? You don’t have the rights to look down at her. Not just her. Who the hell are you to judge someone just because you are an elite? You think being an elite could guarantee your spot to be the next idol out there or an artist?”

With every word Eunhee said, she took a step forward towards the trainee and it made her stumble backwards.

“I can’t believe JYPE made you to be an elite. I didn’t know they were looking for someone who is selfish, ignorant, rude, mannerless—

Eunhee slightly tilted her head as she saw her trying to shield her face away - it was if Eunhee was trying to hit her or something but of course she wasn’t going to.

“Why are you—

“Yah! Ahn Eunhee!”

Eunhee’s head snapped back to see Jinyoung with the rest of Got7 members running towards her. 

She let out a loud scoff as her head turned towards the girl on the floor - to see her slightly smirking towards Eunhee.

“You cheeky little bitch,” muttered Eunhee as her jaw clenched - can’t believe that she was being set up in a ridiculous and childish trap, that somehow could destroy her relationship and image.

Before she could even continue her words, Eunhee was being pulled by the arm by a strong grip and she was face to face with Jinyoung - who doesn’t look too happy.

“Yah, what were you doing to Jinae?” Jinyoung quietly questioned Eunhee - as her eyes went towards the trainee who was somehow shedding ‘tears’ and Eunhee can’t help but scoff, seeing Got7 crowding around her.

Jaebeom and Jackson’s head turned towards Eunhee with a deep frown - and Eunhee caught their gazes. She could see there was fire on their eyes.

That bitch must have said untrue things to them.

“I was just asking her some questions,” shrugged Eunhee coolly - as she looked away from him, avoiding his eye contact. 

Jinyoung was appalled - as soon as he saw Eunhee towering the trainee who was on the floor. 

It was obvious that from his view, Eunhee had pushed the trainee and to see that the trainee was covering herself  - giving a hint that the older one had landed a hand on her.

That’s what he thought.

Eunhee watched the maknae like escorting the trainee back into the dance room. She can’t help but to applaud how great of an actress that trainee is. She could be an actress. 

Her sarcasm thoughts suddenly washed away as soon as she saw Jaebeom, Mark and Jackson walking towards her.

“Eunhee-ah.” Jackson called the girl as she turned towards him.

“What happened to you? Why did you have to say those words to her?” Jackson softly questioned her - though he tried his best to keep his cool. Eunhee slightly frowned, as she was confused.

“What? I just said—

“You said that she didn’t deserve to be a trainee because she is ugly and fat..?” Jaebeom cuts her off and Eunhee’s eyes widen twice.

That fucking bitch.

“I didn’t say that! I said—

“That’s enough. I’m just disappointed in you. She’s just a trainee - you don’t have to go hard on her. I don’t even know what made you so angry,” Jaebeom cuts her off and Eunhee’s eyes instantly went downcast.

She can’t believe that Jaebeom’s words made her obey. 

The man has charisma when he is angry and she could tell that he was pissed. 

Jinyoung couldn’t even be on her side this time - it was so clear that Eunhee was at fault. 

Couldn’t resist it, Mark whispered to Jinyoung and his eyes immediately widened.

“Hee-ah, please answer me honestly. Did you lay a hand on the trainee?” Jinyoung’s voice was filled with disappointment and Eunhee’s head immediately raised up - her eyes were already teary with these false accusations.

She can’t believe that these 4 guys are getting on her feelings.

“No, I didn’t. I swear,” Eunhee’s voice broke as she could feel that there was a lump of throat as she gulped. 

Eunhee could feel herself shaking, and that’s when she noticed that her anxiety was back - an anxiety that she had thrown away way back when she was just in university.

The Gwan’s daughter made Eunhee feel so small and so down that she has anxiety. That trainee was similar to her and Violet was so similar to Eunhee. 

She was into her own thoughts - not realizing there were tears rolling on her cheeks.

This made Jinyoung flustered and it made the other 3 members feel bad too - they didn’t give her a chance to speak.

“E-Eunhee eonnie?” 

There was a small but firm voice coming behind - from where the boys’ were, to see Hyeseon with Ahrin and Chaeun on both of her sides. 

The 4 of them had their eyes naturally fall towards Hyeseon - to see one of her cheeks that had fingernails marked, an obvious evidence that someone had slapped her roughly. 

It was that bad that Hyeseon was holding onto a cloth as she was gently patting her cheek.

The girl was confused about what was going on.

Assuming Eunhee had slapped Got7′s 8th member, Jinyoung’s head snapped towards Eunhee with an obvious glare towards her.

“What… What have you done to Hyeseon?” Now Jinyoung’s voice was like venom and it made Eunhee shed tears more.

It was the first time that someone had the upper hand towards her - worse it was Jinyoung and she knew that things could get ugly when fighting with him. 

She could feel herself shaking - not because she is scared, but she was more disappointed that her anxiety decided to control her.

Couldn’t resist the atmosphere, Eunhee tried to escape but Jaebeom and Jackson blocked her way.

“Jinyoung asked you a question,” Jackson mumbled - his voice turned cold and that’s when she knew Jackson was pissed.

Eunhee looked up towards him and that’s when everything crumbled down. Instead of an answer, she let out a sob as she pushed Jackson away.

She ran past the 3 girls and the 2 older ones have seen Eunhee’s expression clearly. 

Chaeun immediately turned towards the guys.

“What happened? Why did Eunhee look so disappointed and hurt?” questioned Chaeun worryingly.

She was more worried about Eunhee than seeing the angry faces on the older Got7 members.

“Why don’t you ask her yourself? Didn’t she hit both Jinae and Hyeseon?” answered Jinyoung sarcastically and that’s when the faces of the 3 girls immediately fell.

“Oh no,” Ahrin commented loudly as she turned back her feet towards where Eunhee went - knowing why the leader turned back.

She should have guessed that Eunhee was accused, seeing how hurt Eunhee is.

Eunhee was the type to be emotional if someone wrongly accused her - that only happens where there was no evidence to support her, like this exact moment.

Chaeun turned towards Hyeseon as she felt bad. Now, the hyung line was confused after seeing Hyeseon’s expression.

“What? Didn’t Eunhee—

“I can’t believe you accused Eunhee like that.” Chaeun immediately cuts Jackson off - her words come out harsh.

It was Jackson’s turn to get flustered.

“The one who slapped Hyeseon is that trainee, and the one who defended Hyeseon is Eunhee herself. I don’t know where you get the idea of Eunhee randomly slapping someone, but we - mainly, Eunhee, the head of MMG Agency, wouldn’t hit someone - especially young girls. Eunhee is considered a major idiot if she landed a hand on someone - knowing she is a professional since she went to a law school and she is the only one who memorized the rules. Among thousands of them would be ‘no matter what, officers’ aren’t allowed to hit someone if we want to prove ourselves not guilty.”

Chaeun sighed as she shook her head a little. 

“You didn’t accuse her, right?” Chaeun questioned towards the 4 of them and they could only look away. 

Her eyes immediately went towards Jinyoung and it was obvious what the answer was seeing Jinyoung eyes becoming watery.

“Guys! Oh my god! Everything was recorded—

Yeonji’s voice that could be heard as excitement slowly trailed off after seeing the atmosphere. The younger one had returned from JYPE’s executive's office - telling them what had happened.

“What happened..?” Yeonji questioned as her eyes went towards the Got7 hyung line members while passing a thumb drive towards Chaeun.

It was obvious the vibe was a negative one.

“Chaeun, we’re—

“Save it. I really don’t know what to say. Just to let you know, Eunhee was a victim of bullying and she decided to step in and helped Hyeseon - any human being would help someone from getting severely bullied and another reason is, Eunhee sees herself on Hyeseon.” Chaeun cuts of Jackson as she confessed while turning towards Hyeseon with a small smile.

“I guess we can see who you guys trust more. It is understandable that Got7 trust their trainees more than their own bodyguards who have been there for them since day 1.” said Chaeun in sarcasm as she turned towards the trainees who were peeking their heads out - along with the Got7 maknae line.

She knew they were listening to them.

“Having fun while listening to our conversation? Good, because it’s over. Get back to practice. Bunch of busy-bodies.” whispered Chaeun at the end as she threw the thumb-drive towards the trainees, causing them to shriek in fear.

Jackon’s eyes slowly widen in fear - seeing how mad Chaeun is. It was more shocking to see her getting violent.

He, along with the hyung line knew they fucked up. 

Yeonji was even more scared because Chaeun gets mad once in a blue mood. 

The older one turned towards Yeonji - looking at her with a straight face.

“You settle it. I don’t have the energy to do it,” muttered Chaeun as she pats the younger ones’ shoulder before leaving without even giving a single glance towards Got7 nor Hyeseon.

Yeonji glanced toward Hyeseon, whose eyes were getting teary.

“Don’t cry. It’s not your fault.” mumbled Yeonji as she rubbed the younger ones’ back.

She turned towards Got7, seeing some of them trying their best not to look affected.

“They will be fine, mainly Chaeun. You just need to approach her. But as for Eunhee.. I don’t know how affected she is - but if she shed tears, it’s going to be hard to get her back.” explained Yeonji and Jinyoung knew he had really fucked up.

masterlist : Got7 Bodyguard Au

[tbr-agency]

End and Start of Journey

TIMELINE ⋯ February 2021

CHARACTERS ⋯ The Bloody Roses

AUTHOR'S NOTE/WARNINGS ⋯ Heartwarming. The Bloody Roses finally ended their contract with JYPE. Eunhee has news to tell the girls.

SUMMARY ⋯ Part of the journey is the end, for this journey with JYPE - not knowing that Eunhee had an announcement to make to the girls.

“Thank you girls for cooperating with us through the 3 years of being our bodyguard, being a part of the JYP family and management. We appreciate your hard work and we will continue supporting you in your future endeavours.”

The girls somehow had ended their longest meeting with JYPE. The meeting lasted for 4 hours, with them literally finding ways for the girls to extend their contract with them. Even if it’s just for a few months, they would take the girls back.

Eunhee immediately declined the offer after having a few talks with some of the Got7 members and even they said ‘no’ without any explanation.

Listening to the boys who had worked with them for 7 years, the girls eventually decline their offer.

JYPE was being very persistent, but somehow, Eunhee had other plans for the girls which they didn’t even know what the Ahn girl was planning.

Eventually, both sides have agreed not to renew the girls’ contract with Eunhee’s words.

The girls exited JYPE building, they went directly towards their own vehicles - with Ahrin, Eunhee, Haejin, Chaeun and Yeonji sharing a car together while Nara and Hyunji went off with their motorbikes.

“So, what’s your plan after this?”

“...Probably visit my family and stay there for a few weeks then get back to work I guess?”

“How about you, Nara?” The youngest asked her best friend who is tilting her head since she had no idea what to do.

They were finally free with no work to do, they could do anything.

“Probably meet up with Bambam for a while and rest, I guess?” Nara said in a questioning manner, with some of the girls nodding to her idea.

“I’m probably gonna see how my mother and siblings are doing. I still have unfinished business to do.” Yeonji muttered at the end, earning a pat on the back from the leader since she knew what Yeonji meant.

“I’m probably gonna help MMG with those unsettled cases. I have nothing to do anyways.” Chaeun shrugged, at the same time looking at her phone, seeing a picture of Jackson as her lockscreen.

Haejin saw Chaeun’s lockscreen, as it reminded her of Jaebeom. Haejin has her own plans but she was afraid of telling Jaebeom since she wanted to go back to work as a bouncer.

“How about you, Ahrin? What are your plans?” Chaeun questioned the oldest, who was on her phone. She looked up to see the girls basically staring at her with slight cheeky smirks, knowing she was texting Mark who was on the other side of the world.

“..I’m not sure, too. MMG hasn't reached out to me about our future plans, even Eunhee hasn’t told me about anything yet.”

The leader was right. Out of all the members, Eunhee was the busiest. She was the only member who would come home late while the others would reach home around 10 or 11.

What’s strange is that she had been meeting up with the executives of MMG, and all of them were people that the girls hasn’t even seen before - except for Ahrin and all the leader could say is that, they are the important people of the agency and some of them were linked to different type of law enforcement agencies.

“Speaking of Eunhee, where is she?” Yeonji commented, earning a few responses from them saying they do not know where the girl is.

A few minutes after patiently waiting in the meeting room of MMG building, the door opened to reveal the one they had mentioned about minutes ago - with her holding a few brown files.

“Ms Ahn!”

“Oo~ You look sexy~”

“Nara..”

“What? I was just complimenting her..”

Eunhee chuckled to see the girls being their usual selves.

Once she closed the meeting room, Eunhee’s expression grew serious and the other girls noticed her changed expression - making some of them sit up straight.

“What’s with the brown files? New cases?” Chaeun’s eyes turned towards the files that Eunhee quietly placed on the table. There were precisely 8 files on the table.

The atmosphere that was lively slowly turned tense. Without saying a word, Eunhee passed the files individually, from the oldest to the youngest.

She didn’t give any context at all, hence there were confused faces on the girls’ faces.

“..Are they sending us to do individual missions?” Haejin questioned first, eyes turned towards Eunhee who was leaning against the table with a small smile.

“If that’s what you want.” Eunhee muttered softly, and that made some of the girls frown.

To be honest, the girls love to work together rather than individually.

For all these years, they have been together, working on cases and solving them as if they were in a class. Yes, they had done individual undercover but in the end, all of them would gather to settle the task together as a team.

If MMG had plans for them to work individually, they would be sad.

The first one to open the file was Ahrin, eyes scanning what was inside the file like an eagle which her expression quickly shows mixed feelings. Without saying anything, the leader stood up as she went towards Eunhee.

Everyone’s attention somehow turned towards the leader.

Unexpectedly, Ahrin engulfed Eunhee into a big tight hug - earning a slight chuckle from Eunhee.

This made the other girls to quickly look at what was inside the file.

“This is a contract..” Chaeun muttered under her breath, looking at the end paragraph.

‘...Ms Eunhee would want you…’, ‘...join her own agency’ ‘….insurance provided….’ ‘..both MMG and Eunhee compromised…’ ‘...work together…’ That was what Yeonji sees in her eyes, and she can’t help but visibly had her mouth widened.

“Oh my god. Wait.. Does this mean you want us to join your agency?” Haejin questioned, with an amused smile as she looked up toward Eunhee who had Ahrin on her arms.

Eunhee nodded with a wide smile. “..If you signed the contract..”

“TBR Agency?! Hell yeah I’m signing the contract!” Nara commented, signing the paper enthusiastically then passing the pen towards Hyunji, the youngest too signed without any questions being asked.

Everything had been stated on the paper and they knew Eunhee wasn’t the type to sugar-coat stuff.

Eunhee’s eyes turned towards Chaeun, Haejin and Yeonji who were staring at the paper. They looked like they had second thoughts - which made Eunhee nervous.

“Why aren’t you signing?.. Don’t tell me you want to work solo..” Nara muttered, looking a little disappointed seeing the 3 girls’ changed expression.

“What? Solo? Are you crazy!? I was imagining how I am going to decorate my own table in Eunhee’s new agency building.. Geez..” Chaeun frowns while showing a pout, causing all the girls to look surprised.

Chaeun never pouts to them.

“Chaeun’s right. I was wondering if I can bring Vanilla to work with me!”

“And me probably bringing a glass of soju—

“Haejin!”

All the girls started to giggle after yelling out Haejin’s name in unison. All of them ended up signing the contract, even Ahrin at the end as she gets Eunhee to explain what she had spoken to MMG executives.

“To sum it up, MMG executives and I compromised after long discussions. I had this planned when we were back in Virginia. I didn’t tell anyone because I thought all of this would just be a dream, but I knew I wanted it to become reality. So I started slowly.” Eunhee let out her honest feelings. The girls listened to her with a small smile on their faces.

They knew this was her dream, somehow starting an agency in either a law firm or other enforcements.

The girls thought this is the right timing for her to start her own agency.

“We will probably move out of the main building in 3 months to our new building since it’s still under construction. I’ll show all of you the layout of the building.” Eunhee explained and the girls clapped their hands in happiness.

They were proud of Eunhee, to see where she had stood now.

“...So did you tell Jinyoung about this..?” Haejin wiggles her eyebrows, earning a slight chuckle from Chaeun seeing the older one looking cheeky.

“Nope. I planned it to be a surprise, and will probably tell him when I am satisfied with our progress. I still have so much to do.” Eunhee shakes her head, eyes looking elsewhere while letting out a sigh.

The girls knew she was struggling all alone.

“Look, I don’t know much about business and cooperation all that, but I am happy to help you as long as you tell us the steps.” Yeonji raised her hand, nodding slightly towards the others who too agreed with Yeonji’s words.

“..Yeonji’s right, Eunhee. You can’t handle it all alone. You need us to help you too.” Hyunji turned towards Eunhee with a slight pout, earning enthusiastic nods from Nara and Chaeun.

Eunhee’s expression slowly turned into a wide smile and without a word, she let out her arms. That’s when all the girls ran to her for a group hug.

“Group hug!” Nara shouted, and the 7 girls did a group hug together, it’s been awhile they did this - maybe because all of them were busy with their personal lives.

Once they let go of each other, each one of the girls personally congratulated Eunhee with individual hugs.

Chaeun’s eyes turned towards the brown file that was on Eunhee’s side. She was smart enough to know that the file didn't belong to Eunhee. She is the founder after all.

“.,..Whose file does that belong to?..” Chaeun gestured towards the file left on the table.

Everyone turned towards Eunhee who had a slight smirk on her face, knowing the girl had something up her sleeves, seeing the obvious widened smirk.

“..I was wondering if we should have made that ace member join our group.”

News of their departure is here!

The new member of The Bloody Roses!

masterlist : Got7 Bodyguard Au

[tbr-agency]

buddies

“I’m feeling guilty so when we go out again, I will treat you!”

synopsis ∣ Yeonji decided to have a catch-up session with NCT’s leader - not knowing they would end up in an accidental situation.

timeline ∣ December 2020

characters ∣ Lee Taeyong (NCT), Kim Yeonji (The Bloody Roses)

a/n ∣ caring!Yeonji, mention of Youngjae, basically Yeonji being a bodyguard and a friend

“Nice car!”

“Thank you! Hop in!” Yeonji gestured to NCT's leader, Taeyong to enter the car - as he opened the car door with a slight giggle before closing the door.

“Let’s go to the cafe that you wanted to go to!” Yeonji suggested and Taeyong turned towards her with a confused expression. With a raised eyebrow, Yeonji looked towards him.

“You don’t remember? You mentioned to me when you bumped onto me - the MAMA awards location!” Yeonji added, analyzing Taeyong’s expression as he tried to remember, as he finally remembered.

“Ah… Right! You were in a rush that day!”

“Yeah, I visited the Got7 members that day,” Yeonji answered as she began to start driving since Taeyong had finally remembered the conversation - since he had a smirk on his face.

“To see Youngjae sunbaenim?” Taeyong teased and Yeonji rolled her eyes. 

Both of them are considered close friends, their friendship started when The Bloody Roses were guarding Red Velvet in January 2018, thanks to Red Velvet since they introduced the bodyguards to NCT, all units.

And it was a coincidence, the day where the bodyguards met with NCT - and the following day was when The Bloody Roses had to guard NCT too, and that’s how The Bloody Roses are somehow friends with NCT.

But Yeonji was the closest to Taeyong among all of the other members - maybe because Yeonji was always partnered with Taeyong, and it was impossible not to become friends with Taeyong.

He was the sweetest and friendliest, to the older members and to the maknaes.

Till now, Taeyong is still in contact with Yeonji as best friends.

“I wanted to see the other members too, not just Youngjae,”

“Ayy, you can just admit that you missed your boyfriend. It isn’t wrong to admit you know,” Taeyong slightly lectured, earning a small groan and a sigh from Yeonji. 

“Okay, leader-nim… Now you start to sound like Ahrin,” Yeonji complained, earning a chuckle from Taeyong as the two continued to have small talks on the way to the cafe.

“That is ridiculous. Got7 sunbaenim has to speak with their executives.” Taeyong answered with a slight whine after hearing Yeonji’s explanation on what her group is doing now, as a result of Yeonji mentioning her situation with JYPE.

Yeonji wasn’t the type to rant to other people - other than Youngjae, The Bloody Roses and Got7. But hearing Taeyong’s calm voice makes her want to let out the things that she has been keeping to herself all this while.

“The problem is, JYPE isn’t as caring as they are. I hate to compare but they aren’t as responsive as SME.” Yeonji shrugged as she drank her coffee while leaning against the chair.

There was a loud sigh from Taeyong.

Yeonji proceeded to tell the new bodyguards - making Taeyong to widen his eyes in appalled frustration.

“I would already have a talk with JYPE if I were in Got7’s shoes. It’s too… suffocating don’t you think? I mean, they are just bodyguards - unless they are like Eunhee noona who is working both in the security team and the executives..” Taeyong gave his opinion as he earned a nod from Yeonji - who kind of got what he meant.

“Well, Ahrin and Eunhee are trying their best to do something… My life is pretty boring! I wanna hear what NCT's plan is! Before that, let’s head out!” Yeonji stood up, trying to brush off the topic about what is going on with her life - instead she wanted to know more about Taeyong’s plan along with NCT’s.

Both of them exited the cafe then to be met by Taeyong’s fans who would snap pictures of him - Taeyong immediately apologized to Yeonji since their private moment had to be cut off with her having to stand at least a few steps away from Taeyong. 

Yeonji was professional enough to turn into a ‘bodyguard’ mode without being too close to him but Taeyong being an angel as he is, he would still ask Yeonji questions - continuing their conversation even if there were fans recording them.

Both of them weren’t bothered at all until things started to get physical and more fans started to crowd around. Yeonji immediately let Taeyong know that they had to leave - and when Taeyong was about to reply to her, he was somehow being shoved roughly and having a fast reflex, Yeonji grabbed his arm tightly as she pushed him towards her.

Yeonji’s hand wrapped around Taeyong’s waist as they quickly made their way towards their car - with Taeyong immediately rushing in towards the passenger seat and Yeonji towards the driver seat.

There were fans who would still take pictures of them and Yeonji knew she was going to be in trouble, but she knew she would be backed up by SME since she told them that she will be out with Taeyong for a friendly catch up.

“Yeonji-ah, I’m sorry for—

“It’s okay, Tae. It wasn’t your fault and I knew this would happen since we are out in a broad daylight,” Yeonji cuts him off while steering the wheel, somehow sending signals to the fans who were blocking her way.

Taeyong watches Yeonji’s expression, seeing her slightly disappointed face but she immediately covers it with a smirk.

“It’s been a while that I was bombarded by fans, so.. Fun and kind of dangerous,” Yeonji shrugged and Taeyong let out a chuckle, knowing how rebellious his friend is.

“I’m feeling guilty so when we go out again, I will treat you!” Taeyong offered and Yeonji immediately smiled.

“I didn’t ask you to but if you say so, I’ll gladly accept it!” 

“You should bring Youngjae sunbaenim with you! Or Jackson hyung!” Taeyong exclaimed and Yeonji enthusiastically nodded - somehow excited to think that her boyfriend will be meeting her best friend.

“Thank you so much for today, Yeonji-ah. Although I had fun, I’m sorry—

“Stop apologizing! It isn’t your fault at all, Tae. Don’t be sorry. Well, that actually boosts up the adrenaline for the end of the day isn’t it?” Yeonji smirked slightly as she looked up towards Taeyong who was standing right outside while shyly chuckling.

He knew her best friend was somehow a rebellious type.

“You never change, don’t you?” Taeyong shakes his head, earning a shrug from Yeonji. 

“I never change,” Yeonji muttered with a smile - to coincidentally feeling vibrations on her back pocket, knowing it was her own phone.

She checked her phone to see multiple messages from Ahrin and Eunhee, knowing that the photos of her and Taeyong might have been going around the internet since she saw a picture that Eunhee sent to her.

There was a visibly annoyed expression on Yeonji’s face, causing Taeyong to be concerned.

“What’s wrong?” Taeyong questioned and Yeonji quickly typed a reply before throwing her phone on the passenger seat.

“Just usual, I’ll deal with everything if SME punishes you,” stated Yeonji in a joking way, earning a whine from Taeyong.

“Yah! Don’t say it like that! SME never punishes me! I’ll deal with whatever I am dealing with later too!” Taeyong whines, causing Yeonji to chuckle - knowing this is how they joke around to ease the situation.

“But seriously, SM is understanding so you don’t have to worry, Yeonji-ah. Trust me,” Taeyong reassured, seeing Yeonji scoffing as she was starting her car engine.

“I know, thank you for today too, Taeyong. If you are in need of help or I don’t know if there’s anything, I’m one call away - not just me, the other Bloody Roses girls too. I mean, we have worked together before so don’t be a stranger or awkward okay? You’re my closest friend out of the entertainment industry,” Yeonji confessed, her voice sounded serious and that’s when Taeyong felt a strange feeling on his stomach and his heart.

He knew Yeonji was the type to joke around, a girl that isn’t afraid to go to the extreme but she knows her limits. 

This was the first time to hear genuine words coming from her.

“Thank you, Yeonji-ah. Take care of yourself in this pandemic. Send my regards to the other noonas too.” Taeyong said with a small smile which he earned a nod and a smirk from Yeonji.

With that, Yeonji waved towards him as he quietly watched Yeonji’s car window roll up. She gave one last look towards Taeyong before driving off, watching the car drift off from his sight.

Till now, Taeyong’s heart was beating slightly fast and he was still nervous which was weird.

I can’t possibly like her. She has someone.

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problem.

“Well, whatever it is, I hope it isn't related to Got7,”

synopsis ∣ The Bloody Roses were being called by the head executives of both companies, informing them that they will not be working with JYP Entertainment for the meantime.

timeline ∣ October 2020

characters ∣ The Bloody Roses

a/n ∣ mention of serial killer. basically a group meeting. mention of the Got7 members.

Hyunji sighed in slight annoyance as she was reading an article that is regarding the press conference that they attended for JYP Entertainment - regarding their hiatus.

The way they described them made Hyunji slightly annoyed because some of their words were quite untrue.

“Have you guys seen the article?! We should have worn masks!” That was the first thing Haejin asked as soon as she barged into the meeting room of JYPE - with Eunhee and Chaeun.

“Well.. it looked like we cried but we didn’t,” Nara was looking at the pictures, zooming in and out of pictures and somehow Ahrin and Eunhee looked the worst.

“No offence but our leader and Eunhee looks—

“—the worst,” Yeonji cuts off the younger one as Nara tilted her head towards her.

“You could have said it nicely, Ji.” Nara shakes her head slightly, seeing Yeonji shrugging slightly - earning a chuckle from Ahrin and Eunhee. 

“She’s right. I mean, we stayed up all night just to do reports.” Ahrin commented, turning towards Eunhee who was just leaning against the chair with an amused smile.

The leader was right - both she and Eunhee had stayed 3 days in their own office to discuss the reason why they were going to be on hiatus, the real reason.

Telling the girls won’t be an issue but telling Got7 about the real reason why they were going on a hiatus were the real problem - knowing how possessive some of them are.

“It’s been a while that we are having a meeting with JYPE executives and our own executives in JYPE. Don’t you girls think so?” Chaeun questioned while looking towards the other girls who were having their own conversation within each other.

“Now that I think about it… yeah! It’s been a while! I’m nervous and excited about what they are going to inform us!” Nara exclaimed, eyeing towards Ahrin and Eunhee who didn't like being too excited as she was.

“Seeing Ahrin and Eunhee’s expression doesn’t seem too positive to me,” Yeonji commented and this caused Hyunji to turn towards the leader and Eunhee, seeing that they obviously looked troubled.

“Well, whatever it is, I hope it isn't related to Got7,” Chaeun added, making the other girls agree with her words - except for Ahrin and Eunhee who were avoiding eye contact from the other girls.

“I hope everyone can cooperate with the rules given to all of you. If there is any further information, we will directly inform Ms Eunhee and Ms Ahrin. Thank you, everyone.” With that, the 7 girls bowed towards both executives of JYPE and MMG, watching them leave and as soon as the door was closed, there were loud sighs of disappointment and frustration.

To summarise the meeting, the reason why they had to go on a hiatus was because it was related to the case that Haejin and Chaeun were currently working on - which was chasing after a serial killer.

Not just that, the girls will be handling a few cases that are complicated hence the enforcement needed them possibly 24/7.

Somehow JYPE were worried that the case could affect the safety of their artist, the company decided to make The Bloody Roses to be on hiatus for being JYPE’s bodyguard - for the artists safety and for the Bloody Roses girls to focus more on their case.

JYPE also stated that MMG Agency has found a replacement for the girls for the meantime.

“Okay.. so, to rephrase what they said the rules are we can’t see Got7 for about a month or two—

“They didn’t specifically say how long this case goes. It could be more than 2 months,” Haejin cuts the younger one, earning a slight glare from Yeonji. 

Haejin could only put her hands up in defeat - she just wanted to correct the younger one.

“Just saying,”

“As I said, the rules were, we can’t see Got7 for about a month or two - which includes seeing them personally as in not work related and we can’t interfere or even see them during their schedules?” Yeonji somehow rephrased, earning nods from the other girls.

“That’s basically it,” Ahrin answered with a small sigh. 

The girls are currently having their own thoughts, numerous thoughts and they know they have to talk about it with the Got7 members individually. 

But for now, they have to choose (or volunteer) which of the girls would help Haejin and Chaeun regarding this case, which somehow has a difficulty of 8 out of 10.

“I’ll go,” Hyunji decided to speak up, earning heads snapping towards her way with a deep frown - mostly from the older ones.

“Wait what!? There’s no way—

“Chaeun, I won’t be solving it alone. My best friend will be going with me,” Hyunji pointed towards Nara who was casually sipping her coffee while wiggling her eyebrows towards Chaeun.

Chaeun turned towards Ahrin and Eunhee, giving them a look that Chaeun obviously disagreed on the 2 maknaes, joining the quest with Haejin and her.

“Add me in,” Yeonji voiced out, earning a reaction from Nara which was asking her for a high-five.

“Okay hold—

“It’s settled then. Yeonji, Nara and Hyunji are in to help Chaeun and Haejin,” Eunhee stood up as she was packing her documents with her. Chaeun looked towards Eunhee with appalledness - clearly shocked that Eunhee would immediately agree to this.

“Eunhee!” Chaeun called, causing Ahrin to sigh - looking at the younger one.

“Chaeun, they aren’t 19 anymore.” Haejin commented as she leaned back on her chair, looking at the maknaes who looked excited.

“Well, this is a dangerous task!” Chaeun exclaimed - earning pouts from the maknae line, clearly Chaeun was being protective.

“You sounded like you don’t trust us, I’m disappointed.” Nara voiced with a huff and a pout - she was joking but at the same time, sometimes she thinks that Chaeun was looking down at them.

“Or looking down at us,” Yeonji muttered, earning a nudge on the arm by Hyunji.

Chaeun clearly heard the younger one, her face slowly softens. 

“Hey, it’s not like that, Ji-ah. I’m just worried,” Chaeun answered softly.

“I think you should worried about the case more, Chaeun-ah.” Haejin voiced out, making Chaeun to glare towards her.

While the other girls were having their own conversation, Ahrin and Eunhee received a text at the same time - and their faces suddenly fell, as they read the text.

“I don’t think you should worry about the maknaes helping with the case at all,” Ahrin commented as the others looked towards their leader - seeing her reaction that isn’t too relieved.

“She’s right. We should worry about the ones who would replace us,” Eunhee commented and at the same time, there were a few sounds of notification from each of the girl’s phones - indicating that they received a message.

The 5 of them received private messages from Eunhee - it was a biodata of 7 girls that they weren’t too familiar with, for some of them.

But Nara and Hyunji were very familiar with some of the girls in the pictures.

“I know some of them, they trained with me,” Hyunji commented with a slightly frown.

“Me too,” Nara added, as she put her phone aside then folded her arms. 

“Me three,” Yeonji added too, causing Nara to look towards her as both of them then started chuckling. 

As Haejin was reading through the bios of the girls that were going to replace them, her focus was onto one of the girls that was somehow the 2nd oldest of the group.

“Yah! Hee-ah! Isn’t this the girl from the Gwan family you told us about?” Haejin turned towards Eunhee, seeing a slight smile formed on her lips as she sighed with a nod - she was too tired to even talk to them about the girls that were going to guard JYPE artists.

Eunhee knew the others would eventually find out, they are clever enough to do their own research.

“It is. Gwan Aelia,” Eunhee muttered as she saw the girls looking towards each other with a slight frown.

“I don’t have a good feeling about this,” Nara muttered towards Hyunji who was staring towards Eunhee. The maknae was reading the older one’s expressions and it was clear that Eunhee wasn’t happy with this.

Hyunji didn’t need to comment about Ahrin - because the leader had already shown her true feeling with her expressions during the meeting.

“Wait, so that means they will be Got7’s bodyguard? I’m mentioning Got7 because they are having a comeback soon - according to JYPE executives,” Yeonji stated, looking towards the older ones as they silently nodded - earning a groan from Yeonji.

“Well, I’m not the type to get jealous and I trust the 7 of them so..” Haejin voiced her reason with a shrug - looking towards the other girls who had mixed expressions.

Eunhee finally gathered her belongings, then looked towards the rest of the girls with a smile.

“Okay ladies. See you tomorrow at our main office and you girls might have to speak to the Got7 members individually. Now if you may excuse me, I am going to have a long night of discussion with Mr Park Jinyoung of Got7. Goodnight!” 

Eunhee greeted them off and as soon as she closed the door of the meeting room, she could hear voices of the members.

“Shit, how am I going to face him?” 

“I’m gonna have a long night with Jaebeom alright,” 

“Bambam is gonna sulk at me!” 

“Anybody wanna talk to Jackson together with me? Hyunji! You can ask Yugyeom to join too in our facetime!”

Eunhee sighed as her eyes went downcast - letting out a shaky sigh. She couldn’t predict what was going to happen in the future between Got7 and The Bloody Roses.

The reason why she is thinking this way was because her rival will be going to guard Got7 and she is afraid that Got7 would somehow, forget about The Bloody Roses as time passes by.

Eunhee knew she shouldn’t be thinking this way, but she couldn’t help it.

As she was turning towards a corner, Eunhee’s phone vibrated - indicating she received a message. She immediately checked her phone to see 2 names appeared.

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