Shock [BTS X Reader]

Chapter 3: New Friends

One of the boys run over to the stereo and pauses the music.

"I guess we should introduce ourselves, right guys?" They all nod in agreement. "Well then, hello, I'm Namjoon."

"I'm Taehyung."

"I'm Yoongi."

"My name is Jin. Worldwide handsome."

"Jimin."

"I'm Hoseok."

"And I'm Jungkookie." He says with an adorable smile.

I smile at them, lost for words at this point.

"And you are..?" Namjoon questioned.

"Oh right sorry. I'm (y/n)."

Hoseok jumps to hug me from behind. "Jeon Cho told us a lot about you, but not enough, I speak for all of us and we want to hear more! Please sit." He gently shoves me onto the couch and we all cram to fit.

Everybody has their eyes on me, waiting for me to speak. I tell them all about my life back in Lakeview, how my mother passed away when I was young, and how it's just Dad and I in the house. They are all so intrigued that it's almost concerning. I think their favorite part of my story was finally getting revenge on Rose. They all jumped out of their seat and yelled excitedly when I dumped soup on her head. I haven't laughed so hard in years.

*

"Hey, (y/n), I'm starving. I bet you haven't eaten in hours. There's a place right down the street that we all love and we want you to see how good it is. The place is called Fire & Ice. Will you please join us for dinner?" Taehyung pleads with a pout.

"I should ask my Dad firs-"

"No worries (y/n) your Dad already knows. He's going to eat with Jeon Cho." Namjoon says. The rest of the boys nod, all begging for my presence.

"Well I guess I'm there. Let's head out because Taehyung was right about me starving." I say immediately.

*

Tae puts his arm around my shoulder as he sees me shivering.

"Why so cold? It's 60 degrees." Taehyung says as he pulls me closer to his torso. My cheeks burn red as he looks down into my eyes.

"I'm always cold." I answer sheepishly.

"The restaurant is right here." He says.

"Looks like Taehyung has already become close with (y/n)." Yoongi teases. Tae punches him in the back, still holding me close.

*

All 8 of us sit down at a circular table near the window. Taehyung steals a seat next to me and so does Jungkook.

"I haven't gotten the chance to talk to you yet, (y/n). I'm so excited that I get to meet you in person. Jean Cho made you sound so amazing, and he wasn't wrong." Jungkook said, his face deep red.

"Why thank you Jungkook, glad to meet you too." I say smiling at him. His face crunches in embarrassment.

The waitress finally comes and we all order. I picked the most American thing you could get, a hamburger. The boys all looked at me funny.

"Aren't you gonna have some authentic Korean food while you're here? We'll take one of everything on the authentic menu please." Jin says. The waitress looks at him, shrugs, writes it down in her notepad and walks off.

"Jin I don't think that was a good idea." Jimin speaks up.

"Hey I want to give (y/n) the full experience. Doesn't matter how much money we spend because she's worth it." Jin says not losing eye contact with me. They all turn to me and nod. I couldn't help but cover my face to hide my beet red expression.

*

I giggled at the waitress struggling to carry so many plates and bowls. I felt bad so I offered to help. She gladly accepts my offer and I follow her into the kitchen. The restaurant strongly resembles an American diner, with red and checkerboard all over. I grab a few plates and look at the contents. I spot a bowl of Kongguksu, which is a cold noodle soup, and I also see that some of the plates have different kinds of fish. The rest of the plates and bowls I brought over I didn't recognize. All of the boys squealed as I place the dishes on the table.

"Sit, sit (y/n), this is going to be great." Jin says full of excitement.

"There goes the food fanatic." Jungkook pokes. We all laugh and prepare to eat.

Jin is already inhaling his noodles while Jimin stares next to him.

"Hey you're gonna choke. We all know you love to choke on things but we don't talk about that." Jimin says with a smirk. Saying that almost makes me choke on my food.

"Hey you're disgusting." Jin says while spitting noodles at Jimin. Jin laughs adorably at Jimin's noodle covered forehead.

"Coming from someone who can't keep their food in their mouth." Jimin laughs while wiping the pieces off his face.

*

"Was it good, (y/n)?" Hoseok asks me as we all walk out.

"I absolutely loved it." I say.

"I'm so glad because I hope we all go together often." Hoseok says to me with a huge smile on his face.

"Yeah!" They all say in unison.

"Maybe you and I can go together, just you and I sometime." Taehyung whispers to me and puts his arm back around me.

I shake a bit, not from the cold but from Tae's out of the blue question.

"That would be nice." I smile up at him and he squeezes me tighter with an unbelievably happy face.

I can see Jungkook looking at us, his eyebrows fixed and a worried expression.

"Shall we all go back to the rehearsal room? We can talk more there." Namjoon suggests. We all agree and head back. Taehyung's hand has already snaked down to my waist and he somehow pulled me even closer to his body. How am I letting him be so touchy?

*

Yoongi and I sit on the couch while the rest of the boys go through their choreography.

"So, I saw you and Tae getting very familiar. It seems like you've known each other for a long time. It's unusual for him to get this close so early. I've never seen him act like that. He must really like you. I see why he does though don't get me wrong." Yoongi says with sweet eyes.

Taehyung looks over at us, curious.

"Well I think he's just being friendly. I did notice how close he was getting but I didn't mind. I like that kind of affection." I say at a loss for words. He nods and his eyelids start to fall.

We watch the rehearsal together for a while and before I knew it, his head was resting on my shoulder, fast asleep.