sasaeng in love (taejin)

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Taehyung is quite happy today. It turns out that he'll be the next MC for Inkigayo, along with Seulgi from Red Velvet. Really, it's probably only SM's power that can get the MC's to just be artists under them. V has known about this since weeks ago, but it's only now that Taehyung realizes the beautiful benefits of being MC. To Taehyung, the best benefit is the fact that BTS is performing at Inkigayo today. To V, the best benefit definitely is the gained exposure he'd get- but his group was already quite well-known for being monster rookies and those usual titles (he also thinks this is something he can attribute to SM's power), so it wasn't really needed.

Taehyung takes over the somewhat well composed V quite quickly- Taehyung's desires almost always were too strong for V to resist. Taehyung has the biggest smile on his face as the managers hurry him backstage. He quickly puts on the persona of V again, since he was at work as an idol right now. He notices BTS standing around, probably waiting to be called for their rehearsal. They're already prepared for it, with the big name tags that practically every idol wears. He finds it a bit weird that even at their stage they need to wear them, but he does guess that everyone has to anyways.

V doesn't need to go on stage until the actual broadcast starts, so he looks over his script more, even though he knows practically everything about it anyways. As he continues to see BTS standing around, Taehyung's desire takes over and he walks over to talk to them. V snaps back in practically a second, but he knows he'll enjoy the feeling of it, and he had walked all the way over, so he decides to introduce himself to them.

He bows down, a bright smile on his face. "Hello sunbaenim! I'm V, it's nice to meet you!" He introduces himself happily, since his inner self- Taehyung- definitely enjoys this a lot.

They do their greeting back; it was like a secret rule for idols to greet each other with their public greeting- of course, V forgot to do that, but his group's greeting practically was just saying hello and their name. He really needed to talk with the staff to change that, but that really wasn't what was important right now.

"So, how are you?" Rap Monster says, staying polite (though he really didn't need to, Taehyung wouldn't care and V had debuted around 4 years after them anyways).

Taehyung's eyes go straight to Jin who is standing around, looking around as if he didn't notice V's presence. When Jin actually does look at him, his face looks shocked (even a bit pale) and Taehyung notices the way his body keeps slightly shaking. Taehyung can't help but enjoy it- Jin must've recognized him. Of course, that'd make it hard for him to get close, but he was at least noticed, known. V continues to talk with the other members, always taking glances at Jin when he can, without it seeming weird.

"Hey, Jin hyung. Are you fine? You seem pretty off right now." Rapmon says, with concern all over his voice.

Jin manages a little nod before speaking again. "Yeah, I am. I just need to go to the washroom." He shows a small smile (Taehyung calls it the most amazing smile ever) and starts walking towards the washroom.

As soon as Jin went out of the sight of the other members, he walked even quicker, practically running into a stall. He sighed and put his head in his hands. How did our sasaeng come here? And as a debuted artist too.. Jin remembers what those sasaengs did- they were the ones who had almost got him in an accident, and he's pretty sure that V was that male sasaeng who had always followed him around- he wouldn't be surprised if V was the one who had put the cameras in their dorm that one time- disgusting, he thinks. It also just makes him so scared though, because what else is he aiming for now?

It's scary just how much sasaengs do, he thinks. Do the other members not know that he's our sasaeng? But maybe he isn't.. Yeah, hopefully he isn't. Maybe he just looks a lot like that guy. He knows that it'd really be practically impossible, since V looked practically the same as the sasaeng. Jin's just confused, way too confused for a day where they need to perform. Wait, I have to go to our rehearsal! He clears the complicated thoughts from his head and comes out of the washroom quickly, just in time for their rehearsal.

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BTS wins first place that day, and Jin declares it as the weirdest first win ever. V passes them the trophy with a big grin- as if he was even more happy than they were (even though they were the people who won). Jin doesn't have any clue of what V will/could do, after all V seemed so, well, unpredictable. Because of that, he stays far to the left, where Seulgi is standing, clapping for them just like most of the groups behind them who had also performed today.

Jin notices how V glances at him, seeming to be frowning for a second or two before he has to put on his big smile again- if he was looking upset and frowning for anything longer than that, the netizens would probably say that he had a bad attitude and bash him. Jin did feel a bit bad for him- the fact that he was already completely aware of that when it's something you usually notice after experiencing it yourself made Jin wonder if he had already went through hardships like that. Jin couldn't help but feel sad for him, no matter how much he should "hate" him since he's a sasaeng (Jin couldn't help but still have a small affection for them- since they were ARMY, and he loves ARMY with all of his heart).

Rap Monster starts his talk about how thankful they are for the win and all the other usual things, and Taehyung stares at him with affection and proudness, but the most evident was his happiness. They do the all the regular things you do when you get a win, and for Taehyung, it feels too quick before the show ends, and he has to go back to his dorm. So he starts walking to go into his manager's car quickly since he really would appreciate getting back there to rest for an hour until his next schedule. Right before he goes in, he feels someone tap his shoulder. He turns around, and notices that the person is Jungkook.

"Uh.. Could I have your phone number? It'd be nice to talk more, you seem fun." Jungkook says while smiling; sounding shy at first but seeming to be more sure of his decisions as he continued to speak.

"Of course you can, yeah!" Taehyung says, beaming with happiness as Jungkook passes his phone over. Taehyung quickly inputs his number and gets in his manager's car. Jungkook waves bye and goes to join his other members in their car.

Taehyung is quite satisfied from today. He got to actually talk to BTS, and he even got Jungkook's phone number! He felt pretty much blessed as he went back to his dorm. Once he actually arrived at his dorm, he flopped right onto his bed and went straight to sleep, ignoring the calls of his other members.