A Bond |BTS Fanfiction|

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The above song is called 'HOME'. It is the 5th track on BTS's album "Map Of The Soul: Persona".

Over an alternating beat and a mashup of rap and melodies, the R&B track expresses how BTS' fans are a home to them; the ones they turn to when tired and lonely. Do give it a listen while reading!

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Ms. Hwang let out a sigh of resignation of her own upon recognizing the person standing in front of 'Rain'. It was their neighbours Mr. Park and Mrs. Lin's mother and mother-in-law, also known as the friendly neighbourhood Karen. 

Mr. Park was relatively younger than Ms. Hwang, in his mid-thirties, and had recently gotten married to Mrs. Lin not more than two years ago. Both Min-ah and Areum attended the wedding, which was their first encounter with the said Karen. 'Auntie' as she demanded everyone called her, was wearing the most outrageous shade of fluorescent yellow, successfully making her look like a walking tennis ball. Ms. Hwang and Areum were in their own bubble after congratulating the couple and engaging a bit with the few other neighbours that had attended, as well as people from Min-ah's office, as Mr. Park was a co-worker of hers. 

They were then free to do what guests at weddings did- stuff their faces (politely) and judge outfits. Ms. Hwang had just shushed Areum for trash talking the outfit of a lady so senior to her in age, though she too had a hard time stifling her smile while rebuking her daughter. They both knew the younger had no intentions of disrespecting the woman, but anyone that overhears them could easily take it otherwise.

Not a few seconds after they'd stopped spilling the tea, the ingredients made their way to them. Mr. Park was eager to introduce his mother to the nice new neighbour noona that had kept him fed for the past year and her daughter. Areum admittedly had a hard time trying to keep in her snickers at the highlighter the woman was wearing. She liked Mr. Park and his new wife, Ms-Mrs. Lin- could easily be one of the most charming people she'd met.

It only took approximately three minutes of conversation for them to realize Auntie was, for the lack of better words, a bitch. Her opening statement was how her son praised Ms. Hwang and her daughter for being kind neighbours and how she'd been worried that the woman would steal her son from his fiancee. 

That was a very obvious try at getting Mr. Lin to hate them or for either of them, Areum mostly, if the looks she kept sending her were anything to go by, to get offended on part of her mother and cause a ruckus. Too bad, even if she was seething from the inside, Areum had realized the walking highlighter's intentions and decided not to be the object of her entertainment. It seemed Mrs. Lin was aware of that too and in opposition to Auntie's expectations, thanked them for making sure her fiance ate well.

Mr. Park was getting a bit red from embarassment and sent looks of apologies towards them. That was the first of many uncomfortable interactions. 

Auntie visited her son and his wife once every three months, making the week of her visit a bane to the rest of the neighbourhood. She'd scream at people walking too close to their front yard, make comments on their garden, Areum's choice of dressing, Ms. Hwang's choice of dressing, their plants, the list could go on. 

The amount of times Mr. Park had to send a few of their neighbours sorry gifts was frankly a lot. Though, the number had gone down significantly since the last few times of Auntie's visits. Areum concluded the reason was everyone recently treating the woman very nicely, adding enough salt, pepper and olive oil to appease Gordon Ramsay. Why? Because Karens made for excellent security and cctvs. Hence the upgrade from local Karen to friendly neighbourhood Karen.

That being said, the woman seemed to have perfect timing. Standing outside their gate just as they brought in guests? Wow. 

"Who's that?" Jimin asked, leaning forward.