Bangtan Scouts (BTS x Sailor Moon AU)

Chapter 2: A Moon Star is Born

Jungkook sits bored at the table behind the gaming TVs, waiting for his friends to show up. Seokjin's clearing off tables a couple of feet away, but he has to set up for the event and can't interact with Jungkook like he wants. The Overwatch competition will be starting soon, and he's anxious for Taehyung and Yoongi to arrive so they can get the spot they want.

The prize money is $1,000 for the winning team to split, and Jungkook really wants to buy a new Bluetooth speaker with the money he would earn if they win. Jungkook pulls out his headset and controller, fingers fidgeting with the cord as he waits rather impatiently for his teammates. When Taehyung and Yoongi finally appear, he leaps up from his seat and runs excitedly over to them, practically dragging them towards the desk to have Seokjin check them in.

"Seokjin-hyung, we're here! We want TV number 3!" he says, bouncing on his toes.

"What are you, a bunny?" Seokjin jokes, signing them into the slot for TV 3 on the bracket for the competition.

"He's always 'hopped' up like this when we do competitions." Yoongi adds, rolling his eyes at the youngest.

Jungkook makes a pouty face, then smiles brilliantly as he pats Yoongi, who is a couple of inches shorter than him, on the head.

"Hey!" Yoongi wails, but Jungkook is already fleeing the area, going to snag his favorite seat at TV 3.

"That kid, really?" Yoongi mutters under his breath as Seokjin and Taehyung laugh at his dark facial expression.

"It's okay, hyung, he does it to Jimin-ah too." Taehyung sympathizes, leading the elder over to their couch. "He may be tall, but he's just a kid at heart."

Yoongi grumbles something unintelligible, and grabs his gaming gear to set up.

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You look up from the counter on the comic side of the shop when you hear a loud whooping sound. Seokjin's friends are all standing up, cheering as they high-five. You guess Jungkook and his friends won. Gathering up the prize, you prepare the money envelope, feeling a little salty still towards Jungkook's not so funny statement earlier when he had popped your ice pack. Standing there, you fidget with the money when he appears at the counter, out of breath from yelling and celebrating with his friends.

"Hey, uh, Noona, did you see? We won!" He's looking at you excitedly, eyes shining bright and voice slightly higher than normal.

"If only you did so well on your grades," you tease, and his eyes narrow slightly as he frowns at you. Sliding the envelope towards him so that he can take his prize money to his friends, your eyes look him over.

"Hey, grades aren't everything!" he pouts, looking slightly hurt from the jab. You've seen Seokjin's friend, Yoongi, working with him in the café before gaming, and his grades weren't actually terrible, he just struggled in one course. He put on an aegyo voice, pretending to cry briefly before stopping to look back at you with a big smile.

"Noona, maybe if you did gaming competitions, you wouldn't need 2 jobs." He grabs the money as fast as any rabbit can move, spinning away from the counter giggling as he hops back to celebrate with his teammates.

What a little shit.

Seokjin's finishing up cleaning his half of the comic store and you're getting ready to lock up for the night. You're both tired and definitely ready for bed.

"Seokjinnie, can you finish closing up?" you ask, feeling the familiarity of uncomfortable pressure forming behind your eyes.

"Mmm, yeah, you getting one again?" His voice is laced with concern.