Snowy Night | a BTS Horror Story

Book 1: Midnight | Chapter 1: Midnight

8:30 PM

"Taehyung oppa! Taehyung oppa!"

"Jimin oppa! Will you sign my-"

"Jungkook oppa! Jungkook oppaaa!!!"

"Suga oppa I love you!"

Rap Monster stifles a chuckle and nudges Suga, "You're doing well with the fans today," his voice is heavy with mockery. "Smile more, Yoongi. This is a fan-meet. Your face should make the fans happy."

Min Yoongi sniffs once and wipes his nose on the back of his hand, then squeezes a dollop of hand sanitizer onto his palms and rubs it in. "I have a runny nose and a sore throat. I'm doing the best I can."

"Jungkook oppa! Is it true you're dating Minju from The Ark? How could you cheat on me?"

The minutes tick by until one of the managers picks up a mic and walks out on stage to announce the end of the fan-meet. Boos and protests issue from the crowd.

"Gomabseubnida! Thank you all for coming!" Rap Mon shouts into his own mic, throwing one hand up in the air in a peace sign.

The mic thuds lightly as Rap Mon drops it back into its stand, then hurries after the rest of BTS as they traipse backstage.

The sounds of the crowd fade the further Bangtan Sonyeondan ventures into the familiar, behind-the-scenes territory.

J-Hope groans. "Yah, I thought my pockets would burst," he says, digging his hands into the pockets of his gray suit-pants. His fists come out full of pieces of scented stationery covered with phone numbers and confessions of love. Useless notes are dumped into a trash bin systematically as the boys walk past it toward the back door.

"I got a carrot-plushie," Jungkook boasts, stuffing the orange googly-eyed creature into his backpack with Jimin watching over his shoulder.

Jimin reaches for something in Jungkook's bag and pulls out another plushie. "And you got this ugly cat thing."

"Hyung!" Jungkook snatches the garishly multicolored plushie back and stuffs it away again.

"Hyung!" Jimin parodies. "Jungkook-ah, it's ugly."

"I kind of like it," Jungkook replies as Taehyung's cellphone starts ringing.

Taehyung flips open the phone. "Ah, annyeonghaseyo?" He starts.

"Taehyung, how are you? It's Baekhyun."

"Baekhyun?"

Rap Mon shushes the other members of BTS and then gestures them closer, mouthing "He's talking to Baekhyun!"

"Yes, yes," Taehyung says, nodding. "I would love to go. Where will you be? ...okay, I just have to ask my manager about scheduling. Would you wait a moment? ...thank you."

Taehyung turns around to find a manager hovering over his shoulder.

The manager immediately asks "Baekhyun, Baekhyun from EXO?"

Taehyung nods.

"Then go! You have to go! Ppalli! Ppalli! Oh, and take as many selcas as you can!"

Turning away, Taehyung takes a deep breath and raises the phone to his ear again, but quickly lowers it. "Actually," he says to his hyungs and Jungkook. "Baekhyun sunbae invited all of us, whoever wants to come."