How. Did this. Happen?

Arriving In Seoul

Group chat:
Seven cutiepies 🎠🎤
(Jin, Namjoon, Hoseok, Jimin, Tae, Suga, Jungkook)

Jk: I am baaack tomorrow! You better come to pick me up at the airport

Jin: you brat, why do you tell us only a day before😤

Jk: Naaww you missed me, right?

Jimin: Jungkook ofc we missed you💜💜oh gosh so happy your finally back!

Suga: only speaking for yourself lol

Jimin: liar I can see u smilin miss sunshine🌞😏

Jk: miss sunshine? did I miss somethin?🙁

Suga: Fack were are you, Jimin?? You know that's scary as hell!

Jimin: @jk yea kind of, Suga is a softie now🦔
Whatever...you can see for yourself, when are you arriving?

Suga: I swear when you're hiding in my room again...

Jk: At 2:45

Namjoon: Heey I'm free tomorrow I can pick you up💪🏼

Jin: (someone finally got his driver's liscence🎉🎉)

Jk: congrats! I was only gone for a year and pling you are an adult now.
Whens the first band meeting?

Hoseok: Heeey Boi, it's tomorrow evening but I warn you... you'll prob have a hard time learning the new moves I told them😁. Glad youre back tho💛💛💛

Jimin: yea damn we've been working. so. hard.

Jk: @hoseok well we'll see I wasn't lazy either😏

Jimin: I'll come with you to the airport tomorrow @Namjoon

Jin: me too we need to say a proper hello to our little maeknae🐰

Namjoon: allright I pick you up at 2

Jk: Thanks guys I'm so exited. (did I mention it was 2:45 am?)

Namjoon: are you kidding me???😩😲

Jk: I'm in airplane mode now, thank you so much, see you! Goodbye San Francisco Im coming Seoul!

Jimin: uuuhm I think I'm not coming then... sorry but see you tomorrow for practice👋🕺

Jin: ahh think I'm busy too sorry (need my beauty sleep)🏃‍♂️

Namjoon: no fuck that you both look literally perfect, please come!🙏😩

Jin: *sights*

Jimin: fml

Suga: haha have fun
Who made that stupid chat name btw?

Tae:😊

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In the plane to Seoul

Jungkook's thoughts were out of control during th whole 16 hours flight. He has been reviewing the last year he spent in the United States as an exchange student. Halleluja this gap years changed him much.
Before he looked like a kid.

(still beauty tho)

But now he senses that people look at him differently and act differently. He has been going out with a girl for two months in San Francisco; she told him to be more confident about his body and his actions; like no one before.
All in all he was going to come back to Seoul as a brand new and better version of his younger self.
Ten minutes before the arriving in his home city he felt his skin tingling in excitement. Also he felt something like butterflies in his stomach; probably just hungry.
The prospect of seeing his friends made him smile like stupid.
'What will the hyungs say when they see me, will they even recognize me? I'm taller now and less chubby.'

Twenty minutes later he walked out of the airport carrying his huge bag and looking around for Jin, Jimin and Namjoon. The lights of the airport weren't really bright so it took him a while to recognize his friends. They stood in front of silver car, all very sleepy with their heads down, they clearly didn't see him jet.
Damn they looked so good, his heart was on fire because he had missed them so much and now they were all here at 3am only to pick him up. Jungkook felt his eyes becoming a little watery but he didn't want to cry so he just stood there for a moment and looked at them.
They were all wearing black shirts (probably their pajamas) and their messy brown hair was shining in the lights.

(somehow like this but in mEsSy)

"KOOKIE" Jimin shouted as he took his head from Namjoon shoulder to look up. All of the sudden he was awake. He ran towards Jungkook and hugged him so intensely that Jungkook couldn't breathe for a second. He dropped his luggage to wrap his arms around jimin, pulling him even closer.
Why does this feel so much like home?
After a few seconds they let go and looked at each other.
Fuck Jungkook thought when did he become sooo beautiful?
Then he saw the other two standing four metres away as if they were scared. Their jaws dropped and they stared at jungkook who stared back. He was surprised how goodlooking they were (Jin has always been tho) but that was nothing compared to Jin, Jimin and Namjoon who were literally shocked.
Jungkook is tall now and his childish attitude has disappeared nearly completely. Uff he looked so. Damn. Good. With his black hair the broad shoulders and a little smile on his lips.
Nobody was able to say a word. They needed a lil time to process. Jungkook felt pure happiness when he looked at his friends. Finally Jin blinked and shook his head a little before walking towards Jungkook to hug him. Namjoon followed.
One year... It's still the same but it feels different...