누나/Noona/Nuna (n): a term of endearment used by a younger male to an older female in korean culture
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Taehyung was sitting down for a V-Live in his hotel room. It was only a couple of nights after an award show and BTS were already jetted off to another country for a show.
As he quickly scanned through the flood of comments, one stood out to him.
"We saw Seventeen's Bella give you all water bottles at the show after your performance. That was nice," he read. "Oh, yeah!"
The comment was referring to just after BTS' performance, when they all rejoined the crowd and found their seats again. They were noticeably sweating, flushed, and breathing heavily. The performance was intense and absolutely insane.
The table they sat at was next to the table Seventeen was sitting at. Bella saw them sit and as she bowed to them, she couldn't help but notice how exhausted and drained they looked.
Seventeen on the other hand had already performed and, despite having at least ten water bottles on their table, were totally fine.
So she tapped Jimin on the back and passed him seven water bottles.
"Noona's always taking care of us," Taehyung mumbled, smiling to himself at the memory. "Jimin and I have been her friend for a long time. She's always been this kind."
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ChaCha was, to no one's surprise, at the SM building to spend some time with her friends from NCT while their schedules both permitted. It was very rare that they were both given off time at the same time, so they often took advantage of this.
She sat criss cross on the floor of one of the practice rooms, sipping an iced coffee and watching Ten and Sicheng entertain themselves by improvising fun dances to whatever song was put on shuffle. Taeyong and Jisung sat on either side of her, laughing at the boys' silliness.
"I'm changing the song now," Taeyong announced, tapping on his phone. Suddenly, Chungha's Rollercoaster came blaring through the speakers via bluetooth.
"Oh hey, I have—where are my tap shoes?" Ten muttered to himself as Sicheng started feeling the beat a bit more.
The trio on the floor started laughing as Ten scrambled to find his shoes that he insisted he needed. He finally spotted them buried underneath a pile of backpacks in the corner of the room and slipped them on with a quickness, tap dancing just as the chorus came around.
"Wha!!" Jisung clapped excitedly, laughing at the boy for improvising such a funny (yet still amazing) routine so quickly.
Once the song was mostly over, Ten kicked his shoes off and began sliding around on his socks with Sicheng, much to Taeyong's amusement.
Jisung picked up one of the tap shoes and tapped it to the floor, his mouth widening slightly at the noise it made. He then brought the shoe up to his head, tapping lightly. When it didn't make the same noise, he began tapping harder.
"Yah!" Cha exclaimed, grabbing his wrist and forcing him to lower his hand. "Don't do that."
"Huh?" Jisung asked, looking up at her with genuine confusion.
She took the tap shoe out of his hand and tossed it aside, out of his reach. "You're gonna hurt yourself, you weirdo. Why are you like that? Huh? Do you wanna hurt yourself?"
He couldn't help but smile to himself. Despite her tough facade, he knew she was such a softie and it definitely showed in moments like this. Jisung was grown enough to know not to hurt himself with a damn tap shoe, but he was always going to be a baby in her eyes.
"Aish, noona," he whined, patting her knee and laughing silently to himself. "You worry too much."
"Well maybe if you weren't a walking disaster, I wouldn't have to worry so much," she countered.
He could only chuckle some more, staring at her lovingly while she pinched his hand. She really did love that kid, and he loved her right back.
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While filming for a variety show, Madison, Seungkwan, and Mingyu were teamed up with Jihoon, Daniel, and Jisung of Wanna One against the six hosts.
They played multiple rounds of a particular game, each team being rewarded with a prize snack if they won. So far, the idol team had won egg tarts and beef while the host team had won sushi.
The final game was to call someone randomly and have a speed quiz. Whoever got the most questions right won it for their team. One of the hosts called their mom, who hilariously only answered one question correctly.
Madison called Seungcheol.
"What's the show that forms groups?"
"Produce 101?"
"The other one!"
"Produce 48!"
"What do you do when you cheer? It's one of our title songs!"
"Clap!"
"What's the popular summer song by EXO sunbaenims? Shimmy Shimmy—"
"Ko ko bop!"
"What's the really cute aegyo that Wanna One's Jihoon does?"
"Jeojang!"
He got four questions right.
As the host team complained, the idol team was rewarded cupcakes as a dessert.
As they muched, Jihoon high fived Madison to celebrate their win. It was then that she noticed he had frosting on the corner of his mouth. Without thinking, she used her thumb to wipe it off and proceeded to lick it off of her thumb.
He stared at her for a moment, unsure of what to do before a smile slowly spread across his face.
"Noona~" he said cutely, nudging her shoulder with his.
Everyone was too busy either bragging about how good the dessert was or about how unfair the game was to notice.
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Gigi was lucky enough to be a special MC on Inkigayo the day Stray Kids were there to promote Miroh. She considered herself lucky because she was close friends with quite a few of their members and they hardly were able to see each other except for at events and schedules like this.
She begged and pleaded the producers to let her get the slot of the MC who interviewed Stray Kids just before their performance and I mean...who could say no to her?
Only about half the group were being interviewed while the other half finished up their hair and makeup, but she was still grateful nonetheless.
"Bang Chan-ssi, what kind of stage have you prepared today?" Gigi asked into her decorated and personalized microphone, nodding towards the camera.
As Chan began giving his answer, she locked eyes with the maknae of the group. She lived for teasing this boy and making him flustered, no matter which form that took. So she sent him a sneaky wink, only Felix noticed and began giggling like crazy.
She smiled watching the light pink dust over his cheeks.
After Chan was finished, she spoke again.
"Our maknae, I.N.," she started. "You've got your braces off and you've become an adult now."
He nodded. "Yes, yes I have."
She reached over Changbin and pinched his cheek. "Aigoo, you're so handsome now! This concept really suits you, I think."
His members tried to stifle their laughter, but it failed. Jeongin clutched his microphone so tight that his knuckles were turning white.
"Ah, noona...you're always complimenting me."
Gigi took that opportunity to reach across Changbin again and pat the top of the beret he was wearing. "I have so many compliments to give you, Jeongin-ah."
He bowed politely, still at a total loss of words. "N-noona, thank you," he stuttered. "Really, thank you a lot."
She sent him a thumbs up before the other MC began asking their question.
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