Namely, the alluring yet mysterious bartender he met at Signal. But between being in the biggest boy group in the world and looking after his members, he doesn't have the time to think back to the incredible night they spent together.
Until he does.
This time, he's leaving with more than just her name.
♥description♥
Kim Seokjin can't forget the night he spent with the mysterious bartender at Signal. Going off on only the name Rina, he searches high and low for her, ultimately finding nothing.
Unfortunately for him, before he can continue his investigation, duty calls in the form of an eight month world tour, and he has to leave the country to attend to his responsibilities.
A year after their first encounter, BTS is back in South Korea after finishing their tour and have been given a two month break. Seokjin is determined to use this opportunity to find out just who Rina really is and decide how on earth he's going to convince her to take a chance on him.
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name: catarina age: 29 ethnicity: brazilian occupation: owns Signal, works as the bartender from time to time.
personality: miss independent, rich but extremely hardworking, confident, sexy, witty, intelligent, likes her own space, always taking care of others but who is taking care of her?
♥other information♥
set: 2021, shortly after they finish their world tour.
tags: one night stand, love at first sight(?), strangers to lovers, smut, fluffy fluff fluff, no angst (at least for now), wholesome.
♥excerpt♥
"Catarina your man is here for you." Hana said as she walked into the office where Rina and her assistant Youngjae were.
"He's not my man." Rina said reflexively knowing it wouldn't change anything. No matter how many times she told her workers he wasn't, they staunchly refused to acknowledge it.
"Again? How many times is that this week?" Youngjae asked.
"This is the third time."
It was actually the fourth time he'd come in, but Hana hadn't been in on Tuesday and Rina didn't feel like correcting her.
"Three times?" Youngjae was incredulous. "Catarina you're stronger than me— I would have caved in the first time I saw his face."
Honestly, Rina had felt the same.
Each time he came, he sat at the same booth and remained there. Sometimes he'd opt for soju or whiskey, and other times he'd simply nurse a coke for the night, occasionally ordering a snack to accompany it.
Sometimes he'd appear with a friend or he'd come by himself, sometimes staying only for half an hour or sometimes he'd stay for the entire night.
When he was done, he would leave a sizeable tip then be out the door as if he'd never been there, only to return the following night with the same, yet ever-changing routine.
Normally, she would have found something like this creepy, but he never approached the bar staff and had stopped asking for her by name like he had done the year before. Instead, it seemed like he was just waiting for her to make the first move, and was simply letting her know that he was available whenever she decided she was ready.
If it was anyone else she would have just straight up told them she wasn't interested and had them be on their merry way— but this wasn't just anyone.
This was the man that had made her laugh all night with his stories and ridiculous dad jokes. This was the man that had managed to charm her all the way to bed — all whilst wearing a Super Mario costume. This was the man that had turned her entire world upside down all those months ago with mind-blowing, earth-shattering sex that had left her seeing stars.
He wasn't just anyone.
It was precisely because of this that she was finding it harder and harder to deny the pull she felt towards him.
To find out that he was here in her club yet again, sitting pretty with his broad shoulders and dark eyes was almost too much for her to bear. She didn't know how many more nights she could go ignoring his presence and pretending that he wasn't here for her.
"Are you going to work up here until he leaves like you usually do? Did you want me to ask the kitchen to bring up dinner for you?"
Rina wasn't used to being pursued so ardently yet passively. Most people would give up once they realised she didn't have the time to give to them. Yet here he was, a year on from their first encounter, day after day, showing no signs of stopping his pursuit despite the radio silence from her end. It was refreshing.
Rina liked refreshing.
"That won't be necessary Hana." She stood up from her chair, smoothed out her hair and adjusted her clothes before taking in a deep breath to calm her thundering heart. She wasn't nervous though — she was excited.
She straightened to her full height, her heels elongating her legs and her lipstick coated lips stretching into a confident smirk.
"I think it's time I pay Mr. Kim Seokjin a visit."
♥extra notes♥
does anyone remember rina from jungkook's birthday party (ch40)? this is her!
i'd probably write this one after hobi + taehyung's books, and i don't think it would be very long - maybe 20-30 chapters?
i've also had this one swimming around my head for some time (maybe like january/february?) and i can't wait to get into it :))) . the plot would be quite simple, no major twists or angst and it would just be a nice one that's very cute (also a bit spicy) i think! so yeah, this is love me tonight, and with uploading this, that's 5/7 done!
