New Year’s Eve, six months after JiKook have been discharged from military service. Five months after they have finished filming Are You Sure?! season 2. And BTS comeback is looking in the spring.
Jimin is making tteokguk in Jungkook’s Itaewon house, the TV replaying old stages while the city counts down without them. One year ago they were in uniform, standing shoulder to shoulder in a barracks common room, pretending it didn’t hurt. Tonight they have soup, a rooftop, Bam, and the terrifying, gentle truth that a comeback is coming… and the hate is too.
This canon-inspired JiKook story follows them through one winter night of soft kisses, quiet confessions, and rooftop fireworks. They talk about enlistment, Are You Sure?!, the fear of being outed, and the choice to love openly in all the ways they already can.
Fireworks outside, chick blanket inside, and one simple resolution:
“This year, let’s be selfish. Let’s choose us.”
Commissioned by Maryanne
Word Count: 8,235