In a world full of darkness I could always find the light in you.
Grace's pov
As soon as the TXT members saw Jungkook, they quickly bowed, "Annyeong, Jungkook!" they all exclaimed before noticing Yunji, Abby, and I.
Bowing towards us with a look of confusion, "One Dream! Annyeonghaseyo, Tomorrow by Together iminda!" Wow, their iconic introduction lines are even cuter in real life. I thought with a smile.
Taehyun was the first to get the courage to ask who we were, "And you are?" he held his hand out in a gesture towards us, tilting his head a little.
Encouraged by this, I stepped up and bowed, "Annyeonghaseyo, jeoneun Grace iminda." They looked taken aback by my Korean, considering the fact that I am most definitely not Korean. Both Yunji and Abby introduced themselves next and we all sat down in a circle on the dance floor.
"Jungkook, are these the new members everyone's talking about?" Yeonjun asked, stealing a glance at me. Damn, he's even hotter in real life. I could seriously die right now omg I thought.
"Ne." Jungkook nodded in reply.
"Ah, arraso." Yeonjun's eyes filled with clarity.
"So, can you guys sing?" Soobin asked.
"I can." Yunji raised her hand shyly while Abby shook her head adamantly, "I most definitely cannot."
All five of them looked at me expectantly, "Uh-" I chuckled nervously. "I can rap some but singing is... not a talent of mine lol." OMG did I just use text talk in front of them, I mentally face-palmed.
"Rap some?!" Jungkook exclaimed incredulously. "You can rap Yoongi-hyung's part in DOPE perfectly!", I looked down at my hands with a blush.
"Jinjja?!" Yeonjun leaned forward, genuinely interested.
"Ne." I replied with a sheepish smile.
"Can you please show us?" Beombyu asked.
"Arraso." I took a deep breath before doing Yoongi's part. "Ok ulin meolibuteo balkkeutkkaji jeonbu da jjeo jjeol-eo. haluui jeolban-eul jag-eob-e jjeo jjeol-eo. jag-eobsil-e jjeol-eo sal-eo cheongchun-eun sseog-eogado. jag-eobsil-e jjeol-eo sal-eo cheongchun-eun sseog-eogado. sonyeodeul-a deo keuge solijilleo jjeo jjeoleong." Once I finished, they looked shocked.
"Even I can't do Yonngi-hyung's part like that." Yeonjun said in shock. "And I've spoken Korean my whole life!" he added.
"Yeah." was all I could say as I pushed a stray strand of hair out of my face.
We talked for some time; basically informing TXT of our stories and how we came to be a member of BTS. "Well, it was literally a dream come true to meet you guys, but we have other people to meet." Yunji said, seeing some gestures from manager-nim.
"Gwaenchana." Beomgyu said gloomily. "Annyeong, it was nice meeting our new dongsaengs."
Standing up, Yunji, Abby, and I all bowed, "It was nice meeting you as well, TXT sunbaenims." Yunji said.
Heuning Kai put his hands up, "Please call me oppa. Sunbaenim is too formal." the rest of the members nodded in agreement.
"Arraso." we replied with yet another bow. Jungkook led us out of the room, took us down some hallways, and opened the door to yet another practice room.
But there was no ENHYPEN. I gave him a quizzical look, "No Enhypen?" There was a hint of disappointment in my voice, try as I might to conceal it.
Abby elbowed me in the ribs, "Aish!" I yelped, rubbing my side as she gave me a disapproving look. "Stop it!" she leaned over with a harsh whisper.
With a roll of my eyes, I turned my attention back to Jungkook. He had a slight smirk while watching us, "They will be coming to our practice room instead." he informed us.
"Ah, I see." I nodded.
"Manager-nim said that they were extremely excited when they were told that they were going to the BTS practice room." He said with a chuckle, endearment to the younger group evident in his voice. I couldn't help but smile at the thought of Niki being excited.
"I can't wait to meet them!" Abby squeaked out.
"Lol, same." I replied in English.
We stood in a circle, chatting for a while, "Did you like the bookshelf?" Kookie asked.
"Oh yeah-" I paused, suspicious. "Wait, how did you know about the bookshelf?" I asked, hands on my hips.
"I picked it out for you." he explained casually. "I know that you love to read, so I asked manager-nim if I could put it in there for you." Wait, he did that for me? And he remembered my comment about loving to read? I thought in disbelief, my cheeks heating up fast.
"Oh... uh- gamsaminda." I said with a blush, grabbing my left elbow shyly.
"Ooh! Grace-unnie is blushing!" Abby teased.
Blushing even harder, I snapped back, "Yah, hajima!"
Yunji snickered, "You're as red as a tomato!" she pointed at my face. My hands flew to my cheeks, trying to cover up my utter embarrassment.
Jungkook came and hugged me, "Guys, let's stop teasing her, arraso?" he asked them. I buried my face into his chest, inhaling his heavenly scent. I never thought I would get this close to him.
"Arraso." they both said apologetically. "Mianhaminda."
"I forgive you." I mumbled into Jungkook's chest. He rubbed my back before giving me a tight squeeze. Holding me at arm's length, he searched my eyes, "Gwaenchanh-euseyo?" Nodding with a smile, I replied, "Don't worry. All is forgiven."
Both Abby and Yunji engulfed me in a warm embrace. Hugging them back, I let out a giggle. "That's our Grace." Abby said, poking my cheek. There was a knock at the door, drawing our attention to it. "That must be them." Jungkook said, walking over to the door.
Opening the door with a bunny smile, Jungkook said, "Welcome hubaes." and all seven members of Enhypen file in, swiftly bowing at Jungkook before noticing three females, two who are most definitely not Korean, or Asian for that matter.
They kinda just stared at us, unsure of what to do, unlike TXT. Talk about awkwardness, I mused.
Jungkook gestured to us, "This Yunji, Abby, and Grace. They are three of our new members."
They quickly registered this, and bowed, "Ah, annyeonghaseyo, Enhypen iminda." lol, they're so cute!
"Annyeonghaseyo." we bowed back.
"So, where are you guys from? Seoul? Daegu? Busan?" Jungwon asked. Um, what? Abby and I are most definitely not from any of those districts. Jungwon is most definitely the dumb blonde of the group.
Jake gave him a look like he was crazy, and Jay whacked him upside the head (not super hard tho lol), "Aish... paboya! Abby and-" he paused, looking at me because he obviously forgot my name.
"Oh, uh Grace. My name is Grace." I said in English.
"Thanks, Abby and Grace are obviously not from Seoul, Daegu, Busan, or literally anywhere else in Korea." he continued.
"Oh... right." Jungwon realized. I mentally face-palmed.
There was an awkward silence that followed, so I decided to formally introduce myself, "Um, my name is Grace and I'm from Texas." Jay seemed to be the only one who knew where Texas was. oh my gosh, these guys. "It's in the US." I added.
"Oh!" the rest of the members said, looking like they were mentally beating themselves up for looking like idiots for not knowing where Texas was.
"My name is Yunji, and I'm from Sydney, Australia." Yunji introduced. I couldn't help but take notice of Jake's face lighting up when he heard of someone else who is from his homeland.
"My name is Abby and I'm also from Texas."
Stealing a glance at Niki, I caught him staring at me, some of his black hair falling on his forehead. Smiling warmly at him, I made eye contact, making him look away shyly. He's so hot.
"Uh- Grace-noona, how old are you?" Niki asked.
Exchanging glances, Yunji, Abby, and I gave a snort of laughter, "Sorry, honey, but I'm not your noona. I'm your dongsaeng by four months." Niki's face turned beet red and he bowed 180 degrees, mumbling out an apology.
Giggling a little from his cuteness, I walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Bruh, chill." he looked up at me, embarrassment evident on his face. I smiled softly, "I'm flattered that you think I'm older than you. Most people think that I'm twelve or thirteen. I'm dead serious." Niki gave me a nod in thanks, a bright smile across his face. I just died, he's sooooo hot! asgljksdsjahs!
Jay spread his hands, "So there aren't anymore confusions, how old are each of you?"
"I'm fourteen in international age, fifteen in Korean age." Abby stated.
"I'm twenty in international age, twenty-one in Korean age." Yunji stepped forward.
"And I'm sixteen in international age, seventeen in Korean age." I said.
Jungwon nudged Niki a little, "Hey, she's your age!"
Niki sighed, "Yes, hyung. We've already established that she's basically my age, I'm just older than her by a few months."
Jungwon blushed, "Oh." We talked for a little while longer, getting comfortable with each other. This day was literally surreal, like how was this day even real? Insane.
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*Time skip*
Jumping onto my bed, fresh from a nice, hot shower, and wearing clean pajamas, I picked up my phone. Clicking onto my messaging app and opening the group chat I have with Minji, Jisoo, Yunji, Darianna, Faith, Abby, and I.
Note- Minji is 24 in international age and 25 in korean age. Jisoo is not jisoo the blackpink member and she is 23 in international age and 24 in korean age. faith is 18 in international age and 19 in korean age. Dari is 15 international, 16 in korean age. Here are their nicknames in the group chat. Minji- Minnie, Jisoo- JiJi, Yunji-Yoonie, Darianna-Dory, Faith- Bunny, Abby- Abu (don't ask).
Me:
heyy
Dory:
what's up?
Bunny:
yuh
Me:
did u freak out when hobi told u abt meeting txt and enhypen?
Minnie:
YASS!
JiJi:
we all did.
dari flipped out so much that she whacked me in the face :|
Dory:
yah! why'd u have to tell them that *pouts*
Me:
lol
Abu:
i can totally see that
Me:
jungkook plugged his ears right after he told us 🤣
Yoonie:
yeah
it was a good idea tho
he probly would've busted an eardrum from our shrieks
Abu:
tru
Me:
most definitely
Bunny:
lol
we started singing Fever and Magic
the guys thought we had gone mad
Me:
omg we sang go big or go home and blue hour!
was it just yoonie and i or did everyone feel like it was illegal to enter hybe?
Dory:
omg gurl I legit felt the same way!
Abu:
samee!
Me:
i was also a nervous wreck
Bunny:
i feel u
Minnie:
i almost had a mental breakdown while we were waiting
Me:
yeonjun is so freaking hot i cant
hes even hotter irl
anyone else feel me?
Yoonie:
they're all hotter irl girl
especially soobin 😏
Minnie:
🙄
im literally older than all of these guys sooo
Dory:
yeah
Me:
it would be kinda weird tho
lol
cooger
JiJi:
aish that trope is boring
stooop
Bunny:
mhmm
ot5 are hot af
Me:
couldn't agree more
Abu:
🥵
Me:
yeonjun's the hottest in my humble opinion 😏
Dory:
😒
heuning kai is hotter
Minnie:
omg dont u dare argue abt this i swear
Me:
dont worry unnie 😉
Abu:
sunghoon is sooo hot!
aska;jdghskdjghskja!
Me:
niki was soo cute when he called me noona and then getting embarrassed abt it was even cuter
also his black hair is hot af
Dory:
jake was literally so hot, it was radiating off of him
i was surrounded by hotness tbh
Me:
🤭cringe
loved *i was surrounded by hotness tbh*
Bunny:
my mans is the hottest
Yoonie:
which one
we're all kpop stanners here
u have way more than one mans
Minnie:
facts
Me:
if i could marry jungkook i would
but since thats like never gonna happen
ill be content with niki, felix, keeho, yeonjun, or literally any of my kpop biases
Bunny:
lol whatever. i would totally marry taehyung too
heesung is the mans im talking abt
hes so freaking hot its not even funny
and hes duality is sdjghdskjgdshakjlh!
Me:
all of their dualities are insane
i wanted to touch niki's hair so bad
that sound rly weird
JiJi:
it did
Abu:
id marry yoongi if he wasnt like 13 years older than me
Dory:
id totes marry jimin, even if hes 10 years older
i couldnt care less
Me:
lol
id justify the 8 and a half age difference between jungkook and i
then marrying jungkook wouldnt be a problem😏
Minnie:
my future name is Mrs. Kim Seok-Jin
Dory:
🤣
im future Mrs. Park Jimin
Yoonie:
im future Mrs. Kim Namjoon
Me:
im future Mrs. Jeon Jungkook
i got butterflies just imagining it.
JiJi:
im future Mrs. Jung Hoseok
Bunny:
lol
Abu:
guyz guess what?
Dory:
what
Bunny:
wut
Yoonie:
whaat
JiJi:
wat
Minnie:
what
Me:
wut
Abu:
jungkook is so sweet
Me:
oh god no
Bunny:
gurl spill the tea
i literally cant wait
Abu:
girls take a chill pill
jungkook personally asked manager nim if he could get grace a bookshelf so that HE COULD PERSONALLY PUT IT UP IN HER ROOM BC JK REMEMBERED GRACES COMMENT ABOUT LOVING TO READ!
Minnie:
seriously?!
JiJi:
wait grace said that? i dont remember that
Abu:
exactly my point
the fact that he remembered that says something😏
JiJi:
eekkkkk!
Yunnie:
yeah!
Me:
oh my gawd stoop
im dead serious
Dory:
i can literally imagine you as red as a tomato rn
lol
JiJi:
is it just me or does anyone else totes ship grace and jungkook?
Me:
rly guys? 🙄
Minnie:
oh my gawd yass!
i've been sitting here thinking i was a total weirdo for shipping them and then u also ship them
i feel ten times better now lol
Dory:
ok lets come up with ship names!
grakook
Me:
dari
that sucked af
Dory:
ik it rly did tho
Bunny:
couldnt agree more
JiJi:
jungrace
Minnie:
ooh thats pretty good
JiJi:
ikr *hair flip*
Me:
u guys are weird
Yoonie:
kookace
Dory:
sounds like ur saying kook ass
Me:
🤭 it does tho
Abu:
how abt jojeon
it sounds korean and grace's first name is joanna soooo
Bunny:
omo that's it grace. that's ur ship name with jungkook
Joonie:
ummm guys, this is the group chat with everyone, including jin, hobi, yoongi, taehyung, jimin, jungkook, and i
Me:
holy shit
we're in trouble
Taetae:
sooo faith
u wanna marry me huh😏
Bunny:
um
faith has left the chat
Dory:
Lol
oh shit
i talked abt marrying jimin
y the hell did i just send that text
God pls dont let jimin read this😰
Read by Mochi
Me:
he just read it
ur in a shitload of trouble girl
oh jesus i talked abt marrying jungkook
lets just hope that none of them read these texts
like never open this groupchat again
Minnie:
yeah
we all talked abt marrying one of them
Joonie:
grace jungkook like never responds to the group chat texts so its highly unlikely that he reads this chat
Read by Kookie
Joonie:
i take it back
Me:
🤦♀️
im done for
Jungkook:
sooo this is awkward
Me:
you got that right
just act like i never said anything of those things
just wipe it from ur memory
Jungkook:
I dont think i can
Me:
we will never hear the end of this
Abu:
probly not
Me:
sad day *sighs*
World Wide Handsome:
so minji wants to marry worldwide handsome😏
sry but no
Minnie:
rly jin? rly?
im officially done with u
im changing my bias to taehyung
Taetae:
yay!
World Wide Handsome:
no wait!
i changed my mind
dont change ur bias pls
u know u cant stand against this world wide cutie guy
Minnie:
🙄whatever
Yoongi:
im just gonna pretend i didn't just read abby saying she wants to marry me
Abu:
as you should
Read by Hobi
Hobi:
jisoo i have no words
you have to deal with my sister
she's super protective of me and her glares can kill
so good luck👍
JiJi:
um ok thanks?
Me:
im just gonna screen shot this entire conversation bc its hilarious af
Bunny:
as you should
Mochi:
i might not marry dari but...😏
Dory:
😳 oh my gawd jimin ur such a hoe
Me:
jungkook and i's situation is over
so im just sitting here enjoying the drama
Minnie:
same girl same
World Wide Handsome:
as you should
Taetae:
i cant believe faith left the chat😢
Joonie:
well u did kinda flirt with her soooo
Me:
tru
Taetae:
oh
that makes sense now
Me:
ugh im still utterly mortified
Joonie:
its just mortified
there's no need to add utterly into it
Me:
🙄 whatever grammar police
bye!
Turning off my phone, I tossed it to the side of the of me. Sinking back into my bed, I pondered on how I was to approach Jungkook ever again. How could we be so stupid as to NOT check what group chat we were on. Ugh. Am I supposed to be like, "oh heyy, jungkook! let's just act totally normal and act like I never said I want to marry you." Yeah, probably not like that. You know what? Imma just text the GIRL group chat and ask Minji and Jisoo to drive us to HYBE tomorrow and probably for the next week.
Me:
um jisoo and minji
i think it'll be a good idea to drive us to hybe tomorrow and probably for the next week
Minnie:
couldn't agree more
JiJi:
yep sounds good
Me:
ty
Minnie:
np
I looked at the clock on my phone, 10:00 PM. That means that it's 8:00 AM in Texas. Imma try to facetime Alex and Taylor on zoom. They are two of my closest friends at my dance back home. Alex is gonna freak when she hears that I met TXT AND Enhypen.
Clicking on the zoom app, I called them. They picked up right away, grinning from ear to ear. "We were wondering when you were gonna call." Taylor said.
"I've only been gone two days." I giggled.
"And?" Alex questioned. "We already miss you!"
"Please don't make me cry!" I begged.
"Awe!" Taylor said.
"Ok. Changing the subject. You will NEVER guess what happened today." I said mischievously.
"What?!" Taylor and Alex exclaimed. "Spill!"
"We met TXT and Enhypen!" I squealed, jumping up and down.
"What!" they both yelled.
"Are Niki and Jake hotter in real life?" Alex squealed, barely able to contain her excitement.
"All I know is that Grace met Taehyung AT THE DANCE STUDIO on the day I was there and I didn't get to see him. I bet he's hotter in real life." Taylor stated.
"They all are hotter in real life tbh. Especially Jungkook." I said with a smirk, raising my eyebrows.
"Taylor said that Jungkook's ugly." Alex told me.
"What?!" I gasped over-dramatically, putting a hand over my chest. "How could you?! How dare you say Jungkook's ugly!" I said this all with a smile on my face. Taylor just looked away, smacking her lips together. It's a thing we do, usually when we're thinking something dirty. We've had some...interesting conversations.
"Okay, back on topic. What does your apartment look like?" Taylor asked eagerly.
"I'll give you a tour of it tomorrow. Well, tomorrow for me, but it will still be today for you guys." I told them.
"Okay." they replied, sounding a little disappointed. "We love you and miss you so much!" they cried.
"I love and miss you all too! We have to plan at some point this week to do a big zoom call with everyone!" I said.
"Yes! We have too. We'll talk to everyone and text you later!" Alex replied.
"Okay!" I waved goodbye, blowing a bunch of hand kisses before hanging up. Sighing after the call ended, I plugged my phone up and set it on my bedside table. Reaching up and turning off my lamp, I listened to kpop music before finally falling asleep.
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