Behind the Scenes

Ships

10:34pm

Namjoon strode across the massive living room of the Bangtan dorm juggling song sheets and a thermos bottle on one hand and his phone on the other. He spotted Yoongi lying lifeless on the couch, his left arm dangling on the edge, and Taehyung scrolling through Twitter while sitting cross-legged on the other end of the long couch. Namjoon sighed, "Guys we have another live performance tomorrow. Go to sleep."

Taehyung murmured without looking up, "Kay."

A couple of minutes passed and the two members still hadn't found the will to move their butts off the comfortable piece of furniture. Taehyung put his phone aside and slumped down into the sofa, allowing himself to further sink into the soft material pressed against his back.

He realized how tired he was and how badly he needed a vacation. He thought about how many live performances they had left and how he really just wanted to sleep all day and snuggle with Yeontan and read Webtoons and

make out with Jungkook.

He coughed.

Flashes of the intense make-out session he had with Jungkook in the stuffy locked cubicle behind the MBC stage that afternoon raced through his mind. He stroked his bottom lip with a finger.

I made out with Jungkook.

His stomach tingled and a wave of heat crept up to his face. He raised his hands to cover his face to try and muffle the squeal that was escaping his mouth.

"What are you doing?" Yoongi stared at Taehyung in a deadpan manner.

Taehyung retreated his hands and began fidgeting with his phone. He mumbled, "N-nothing."

Yoongi had a feeling something happened but didn't bother touching the subject. He shifted his body so that his back was facing the TV and his forehead was resting on cold leather.

Taehyung suddenly remembered Jungkook saying that Yoongi heard their conversation the day before and even asked how Jungkook felt about him.

So he knows something's going on between us.

He peered over at Yoongi. A sudden thought popped up in his head.

Should I ask...?

He swallowed a lump in his throat and slowly reached out to gingerly tap Yoongi's leg.

"...What?"

He cleared his throat. "Say... have you ever tried googling your ships?"

"...What?" Yoongi looked up, a questioning scowl displayed on his face.

Taehyung used his arms to press down onto the couch to lift himself and turn his body so that his front was facing Yoongi. He interlocked his fingers with each other to form a loose 'praying' gesture and continued, "Like you know... ships like YoonJin or YoonSeok or..."

"Like YoonMin?"

Taehyung perked up, startled over Yoongi being unexpectedly enganged in the topic. "Yeah, like... like YoonMin."

Yoongi sighed and slowly, very slowly, lifted himself up with his elbows until he was sitting upwards. He maintained his deadpan expression. "Of course I have. Fans have asked me stuff about that ship during fan-meetings. So naturally, I looked it up."

"What did you see?"

"I saw fan art of me getting fucked in the ass by Jimin."

Taehyung bit his lip to hold back a snort. "Damn."

"I know. Can you believe that? Jimin? Our—That Jimin shoving his dick up my..." His blank expression darkened to a slight grimace and he shook his head disagreeably. "I should be the one with my dick up his ass."

Taehyung couldn't hold it anymore and burst out laughing. He covered his mouth to stifle the sound, worried that it would wake the sleeping members up.

Yoongi clicked his tongue against his teeth, still trying to shake off the thought of a dominant Jimin, then returned to being expressionless. "Anyway, I've also come across a couple of tweets about fans pointing out our intimate interactions and doing analyses on them."

"Analyses...?"

Yoongi nodded. "Yes. They try to look for 'evidence' to prove that the ship is real."

Taehyung tilted his head. He couldn't believe that there was an entire fan base dedicating their time and effort on these ships. He didn't know how to feel, really.

Yoongi gestured for Taehyung to lend him his phone. Taehyung placed his thumb on the fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone then handed it over to Yoongi who tapped on the YouTube application. He typed,

Y-O-O-N-M-I-N

He scooched over to Taehyung until he was seated closely beside him and positioned his hand so they both could view the screen. He pressed 'search'.

The softest yoonmin moments – arielle 141K views

YoonMin 2018 Moments – YOONMIN HEARTU 310K views

Yoonmin Analysis #11 Closer Or Further Apart – Sugaschim 8.2K views

Taehyung gaped at the search results. He grabbed his phone and scrolled downwards to view the rest of the results. He breathed, "Oh wow."

Yoongi snickered and got off the couch. He stretched his arms upwards to loosen up his muscles. "Well, have fun with that. I'm gonna sleep."

Taehyung's eyes stayed glued to his phone screen while he muttered a soft, "Yeah. G'night."

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1:04am

Taehyung hovered his finger over the recommended videos.

Taehyung's Only Got Eyes For Jungkook || Taekook/VKook Analysis – taekookilicious 10K views

He tapped on it and silently watched his 7th Taekook analysis video.

Two minutes into the video, he whispered to himself

"Was I that obvious?"