Dangerous Woman - BTS 8th Member

Seokin & Grace: It's Time

Summary: Kim Bora makes an appearance in a world that's more than ready to meet her, even if it does take her 48 hours.

Warnings: mentions of birth, afterbirth, and pain. A brief mention of a sexual position.

Notes: This one has been in the Google Drive for ages and there was just something about it that told me it needed more work. Since I'm still in my writer's block, I've managed to edit it and make it work a little better. Hope you enjoy!

Grace had loved being pregnant — well, most of it.

The first trimester had been a brutal ride, marked by relentless morning sickness that made even plain rice seem intolerable. Balancing her symptoms with BTS's hectic schedule had been no small feat, especially with the added challenge of keeping her pregnancy a secret. Performing under dazzling stage lights while quietly battling waves of nausea had been one of the hardest things she'd ever done. Yet somehow, she powered through, plastering a smile on her face for ARMY and her members, pretending every encore and interview wasn't a personal endurance test.

Once the news broke during her second trimester, it was like a weight had been lifted.

ARMY's response had been overwhelming — floods of love, encouragement, and a deep protectiveness that warmed her heart. For the first time in months, she could breathe. She found herself embracing the glow everyone talked about. Her energy returned, her skin shone, and she even started enjoying the strange, hilarious quirks of pregnancy — like craving peanut butter and kimchi sandwiches at two in the morning. (Seokjin still gagged dramatically every time he remembered.)

At 25 weeks, after a lot of discussions with her doctors and BigHit's management, the decision was made: Grace would officially step back from BTS choreography.

It was bittersweet. She understood the importance of safety for herself and the baby, but standing on the sidelines while the others rehearsed had been harder than she'd expected. Movement was in her blood. Being told to slow down had made her feel restless and adrift. Still, the boys treated her like absolute royalty — pulling her chairs, handing her snacks, and making sure she was included in everything, from planning formations to styling choices. She was never allowed to feel left out.

By 33 weeks, Grace had taken the stage one final time before her maternity leave — a special, carefully choreographed collaboration with Nicki Minaj in Seoul.

It had taken weeks of convincing management and her doctors to let her do it. They had been hesitant, understandably cautious. She had sworn, hand over her heart (and under Seokjin's hawk-eyed supervision), that she would take every precaution. No jumps, no sudden movements, no risky lifts. Her performance was elegant and reserved, her movements measured, but it still lit up the arena. It became one of her most cherished memories, captured in fan cams and etched forever in ARMY's hearts as a radiant, powerful goodbye-for-now.

Now, with B-Day (as the boys affectionately called it — "Birth Day") looming just around the corner, Grace felt enormous. Not just pregnant — whale sized.

At 38 weeks pregnant, every little task felt monumental. Rolling out of bed required a complicated, strategic shimmy that left Grace panting like she'd run a marathon. Getting comfortable was a fantasy. Sleep? Forget it — between the constant bathroom trips and the ache in her hips, nighttime had become a blurry cycle of tossing, turning, and sighing. Even reaching for a glass on the top shelf had become impossible without risking disaster.

Seokjin, ever the overprotective boyfriend, had adapted quickly. He began keeping a curated stash of snacks, water bottles, and essentials within arm's reach wherever she was — on the coffee table, at her bedside, even by the bathroom — anything to stop her from attempting risky acrobatics in her whale-sized state.