BTS OneShot Collection

FREE HUGS (YoonKook) FLUFF

Day One

This was definitely not how Jungkook imagined he would be spending his afternoon. Never had he thought that he would be standing on the street corner with a sign that said 'FREE HUGS' in bold red letters. This was so embarrassing. Of course, he wasn't getting any hugs. Who would hug a total stranger? That would be weird. Jungkook felt like his face was on fire with how humiliated he felt.

Why was he standing on this street corner with this sign? Well, he lost a bet. Now as punishment for losing the bet, he had to stand on this corner with this sign for three hours every afternoon for a whole week. Not a bad punishment but really embarrassing. He would remember to never make iffy bets with Taehyung again.

Passersby would give Jungkook expressions of confusion and disapproval, thinking he was very strange for standing there with that sign. All Jungkook could do was avoid eye contact and pray that time would speed up. As time passed on this first day, he would shift his weight from one foot to the other, not used to standing in one spot for so long. He much preferred to move around. Standing still like this was torture.

When the three hours were coming to an end, Jungkook noticed someone across the street. No, this wasn't his first time noticing the person. The person was a man, slender and blond. Jungkook had noticed him about an hour ago. The man had paused to peer at Jungkook for a few minutes before continuing on his way. Now he was standing there again, eyeing Jungkook. His expression didn't appear to be full of disapproval, like the other people who passed by. He seemed to be curious. But again, he only remained for a few minutes before continuing on his way.

Jungkook could not even express how relieved he was when this first day of embarrassment came to an end. He walked home with the sign, returning to the apartment he shared with Taehyung."Dude, that was the most embarrassing thing I've ever done!" he complained as soon as he found Taehyung in the living room.

"How did it go?" Taehyung asked with his wide boxy grin."Get any hugs?"

"Of course not." Jungkook plopped down onto the couch and placed the sign on the cushion beside himself."No one is just going to hug a stranger."

Taehyung shrugged his shoulders slightly."You never know. Someone out there may be in desperate need of a hug."

Jungkook rolled his eyes."Well, whoever needs a hug that badly probably has a friend or family member to hug."

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Day Two

"Here we go again." Jungkook mumbled to himself as he got to the street corner with his sign. He didn't want to do this. He really didn't enjoy all the stares he received. Many people started crossing the street to avoid him because they thought he might be mentally unstable to be willing to stand here in offer of free hugs to strangers.

Again, Jungkook avoided eye contact. He hated this. This was only the second day, so he had five more days after this one. How ridiculous. Maybe he should have made a bet with Taehyung of how many people would hug him. After all, Taehyung seemed to be sure that someone would actually do it. Jungkook, on the other hand, knew no one would be desperate enough to hug a complete stranger on the street like this.

As he stood there, Jungkook shifted his gaze around, trying not to let his eyes linger in one spot for too long. A lingering gaze would make him seem creepy if he happened to look directly at someone or accidentally make eye contact. That would make this much more awkward. While shifting his gaze around, Jungkook happened to see someone across the street. Looking at the person across the street, he recognized the man from yesterday. It was the blond, the one who stopped to watch Jungkook for a few minutes. He was doing it again.