It is 2015 and Kim Taehyung had just experienced the pressures of being a K-pop idol. His group, BTS, broke through the Korean mainstream media and was enjoying commercial prosperity. But with that success came with a price. To escape the overwhelmi...
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"Hey, isn't this cute?" Jung-kook asked as he shoved a navy-and-white plushie at his friend's face.
"It's only cute now when it couldn't eat you alive," Min-woo replied, looking over the toy shark as they walked around the Cargo Hold Gift Shop inside Ripley's Aquarium.
"Come on, let's grab one of each," Jung-kook suggested. "I'll take this blue one and you get that pink one."
Min-woo narrowed his eyes. "What makes you think I will buy the pink one?"
"Geez, I meant nothing by it," Jung-kook chuckled. "It's the 21st century and you should not be stereotyping color choices, or any other choice for that matter."
"Ahh.....so that explains why you're wearing a kilt for our outing," Min-woo surmised.
Jung-kook looked down at his clothes. "Not that there's anything wrong with it. Scottish men used to dress like this and some still do, so why can't I?"
"As long as you're not naked underneath, I'm fine with it," Min-woo remarked.
Jung-kook laughed. "Now you are the one getting ideas!"
"I was doing no such thing," Min-woo said as he walked away from his friend.
"Hey, come back!" Jung-kook yelled as he ran toward the retreating man.
Min-woo ignored him and glanced at the people outside the store, bending over the open tank filled with four species of stingrays. Jung-kook followed suit and almost knocked somebody over in his haste to see what the fuss was about.
"Hey, watch it!" A deep voice boomed close to Jung-kook's ears.
"I... I'm sorry," Jung-kook stuttered and glanced up at the person who chided him.
"Fancy meeting you here.......Jung-kook........"
If that was anybody else, Jung-kook would have drowned in the dark orbs, which were looking straight at him. But it was the man whom he was predisposed to hate; the man whom he swore he never would want to meet again. That man, Taehyung.
