Summary: In 2012, Hitman Bang introduced namjoon to the rest of the members of bts. turns out, he's the maknae. but, they tell everyone he's not.
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2012
"namjoon, these are your members." hitman bang introduced"hi! i'm jin, i'm 19,"
"yoongi. 19."
"herro! hoseok, 18."
"hello! jimin, 17,"
"hi hi hi hi! 'm tae, i'm 17."
"hi. i'm jungkook, i'm 15."
"h-hi. i'm namjoon. i'm 13," he said
"13?! so young!" jin exclaimed
namjoon giggles, nodding
"wait, so does that make you the maknae?" hoseok asked
namjoon nods and smiles
hoseok gasps, running up to namjoon and squishing his cheeks
"OH MY GOD DIMPLES!!!" hoseok yells
"hoseok! stop!" yoongi scolded
"sorry." hoseok said, stepping back
"sorry to break up this conversation, but when you guys debut, we're going to tell people Namjoon is a few months younger than Hoseok, making him 18, not 13. he looks tall and mature for his age, so it'll fit. jungkook will be the maknae while namjoon is the leader." hitman bang explained
everyone nodded.
2019
????: why does namjoon act like the maknae?????: is RM the real maknae?!
????: @ibighit explain!!
"so, the fans have questions. for example, one user asks 'is namjoon the real maknae'?"
"yes! he is! we met namjoon in 2012, when he was 13. he's really 2 years younger than jungkook, meaning he's 19 currently. the company wanted use to make it seem he was right between the maknae line and hyung line, since he looks like he is and since he's the leader." jin explained
"how can a maknae be leader?" the interviewer asked
"well, he's respectful. he acts like a leader. though, he uses honorifics when needed, and bosses us around when needed. at home, he acts like out little maknae. out here, he doesn't." yoongi said
"wow."
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v-live
"hello! welcome to our vlive!" jin yelled"oh! a question!" hoseok said
"'how do you deal with maknae namjoon'" taehyung read
"pretty easily. he's so cute, though! he breaks things, but he's our maknae so most of the time we let it slide. we scold him, but we try not to be too harsh since sometimes he'll cry," jimin said
"not that it's a bad thing. he just feels really bad. since debut, he had to act older than he was, so now he acts younger," tae said
"which is basically a little, yes. what were saying is that namjoon is a little," jin said
????: does namjoon call anyone daddy?
"yes. he calls jin daddy. yoongi is dada, i'm appa, jimin is sir, tae is oppa and jungkook is hyung or hyungie," hoseok is explained
"he's so cute, too!" tae said
the door opened
"ah! joon-ah, come sit. it's a vlive," jin said, making space.
"o-okay daddy..." could be heard from a shy boy in the background
namjoon sat between jin and yoongi
the fans were freaking out from his outfit
namjoon sleepily laid his head on jins shoulder, smiling at the camera
the boys all cooed, talking to one another
jin kisses namjoons forehead, whispering "our lovely maknae."
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this one wasn't that good
sorry
i was practicing my korean writing when i got this idea and decided to write it all down and put it here
but i might make a story outa this