The Tattoo | ᵒᵗ⁷ ᵗᵛ ˢᵉʳⁱᵉˢ ✔

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- Sunday January 5th, 2025 -

12 pm

When Jungkook arrived to the tattoo shop he owned with his brothers, he could see their waiting room filled with customers waiting for them. It's the fifth and every year for the first week of the new year, they hold a marathon.

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ᴄᴏᴜᴄʜ ᴄᴏɴғᴇssɪᴏɴs

Jungkook sat alone on the couch as he looked at the camera, leaning on his knees with his elbows.

𝖩𝖪: Yᴇᴀʜ, I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sʜᴏᴘ. Yᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ sᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴛʏᴘᴇs ᴏғ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ. Yᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪs ᴀ ʙɪɢ ᴀss ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ғᴜʟʟ ᴏғ ᴜɴɪǫᴜᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟs. I'ᴠᴇ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏᴇᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀɪɴɢ sᴄᴀʀs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴛɪᴄ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs, ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀɪᴛɪᴇs, ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇs ᴡᴀɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏs ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ ᴀᴡᴀʏ sᴏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ 'ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇ'. I ᴏɴᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴀssɪᴠᴇ ᴀss ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ ᴏғ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ sʜᴀʀᴋ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴇᴀʀ ɪɴ ᴀ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛ. Sʜɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ.

Jungkook chuckled as he recalled the tattoo.

𝖩𝖪: Tʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ, I sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ɴᴏᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ғɪɴɪsʜ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ 1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ. Oғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ᴡᴇ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋs ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ. Sᴇᴏᴋᴊɪɴ-ʜʏᴜɴɢ ʜᴀᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ғᴏᴏᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ғʀɪᴇᴅ ᴄʜɪᴄᴋᴇɴ sʜᴏᴘ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜʏs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛs ʟᴇғᴛ.

He scratched his nose then sat back against his couch.

𝖩𝖪: I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ᴅᴏ ᴀɴᴅ I ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪs ғᴏʀ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ. I ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴊᴏᴋᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴀʏ I'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs sʜɪᴛ ᴛɪʟʟ I'ᴍ 70, ʙᴜᴛ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴅᴏᴡɴ I ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ɪᴛ. I ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴏᴘᴇ I'ᴍ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs sʜɪᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ I'ᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏʟᴅ.

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The marathon; mainly known as The Stencil Showdown, is a playful, but competitive, race between the men to get the most tattoos done in a shift for seven days, all tattoos are low priced and must be a size big enough to fit your wrist but could be put anywhere on your body, excluding dicks, necks, heads, and faces. No appointments needed, anyone could simply walk in and ask for a specific artist.

They kept a bulletin board in the break room of their names and how many tattoos they've done. If a couple wants a matching tattoo, it still counts as one; which means each tattoo must be different when involving a couple in order to be considered as two separate tattoos. Tattoos can be any style that the artist can do, which for the Bangtan men are multiple and can be with or without color.

The winner gets to pick the place they bring their families to next while the loser has to pay for everyone, all kids and adults in attending. Jungkook lost last year which pissed him and Mackenzie off because they hate losing. Of course, Jimin and Nayeon had to win and chose Disneyland in Tokyo, which was where their first trip as a couple was, so it wasn't that bad.