Jungkook stood in the cashier's line at the grocery store and checked all the items in the cart. He peered down the list Sua had left for him, below all the groceries, Sua had put in a list of names of all his brothers and mentioned their favourite snacks in front of their names. She had gotten everyone's preferences right in spite of hardly knowing them for a month and her attention to detail by naming each and every one so she didn't miss anything, impressed him. She had even included his name. A small "JK" with a "?" in front of it as a reminder for him to pick up his favourite snacks too. She hadn't included her own name, he noticed.

Should he call her and ask, he wondered. She didn't have a phone though. Maybe he could call Jimin or Taehyung. By the time he could decide, the cashier motioned him to move up and started unloading the cart. Well if she wanted something she would have mentioned it on the list, he defended and proceeded to unload the rest of the cart.

As he loaded everything into the trunk of his car, his phone started ringing. It was one of his men.

"What?" he barked answering the call.

"Boss Jeon. I did what you asked. I looked into Yoon Sua"

"Tell me"

"Well, there's no information about her, no record until about a year ago. Her picture came up on one of the escort service websites."

"Escort?" Jungkook asked again.

"Yes Boss Jeon. An escort. A very highly sought after one too. However she seems to have disappeared a few weeks ago without a trace."

"Ok Hyuk-jae. I want you to keep digging. Let me know if you find anything else." Jungkook said hanging up.

An escort. He smirked. The way she acted all innocent was almost comical to him now. He had been sure she was hiding something and now he knew her secret.

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Sua had been working in the kitchen all day. She wanted things to be absolutely perfect for tonight's dinner party. She hadn't spent time with all of them together since she'd been here. To say she was excited would be an understatement.

Jin had come to help as he had promised. Even Yoongi had come in to lend a hand. Jimin had helped cook the meat and together they had put up an impressive spread.

Sua checked the clock, it was almost six p.m. The boys should be here soon, she thought. The Kalbi was still in the oven and needed another thirty minutes. She checked if there was enough ice in the freezer.

Jungkook had bought tremendous amounts of alcohol, soju, wine even beer. She set out glasses on the kitchen island poured out the snacks from the packets into large bowls. When there was nothing more to do, she decided to take a shower before getting ready for dinner. She put a sticky note on the oven saying, 'Take me out in 20 minutes' and headed up the stairs to her room.

The shower was thoroughly relaxing and though she had only meant to take a quick shower, she ended up staying much longer, letting the hot water work on her aching back and shoulders. She stepped out with the towel wrapped around her, her long wet hair curling around her face. She sat down at the vanity. She didn't have a hair dryer so she left her hair to dry naturally as she always did. She opened the drawer to check the cosmetics that Hobi had brought for her. Just a little eye make up and lipgloss should be enough for a house party, she decided and started working on her face.

Once she was satisfied with her smoky eyes and pink lip gloss she headed to the dresser pulling out the jeans and sweater that Jimin had bought. The skinny jeans were perfect and hugged her curves in all the right places and the blue sweater brought out her eyes. After spraying on a little perfume, she headed down the stairs.

The sound of loud collective laughter hit her even before she stepped into the living room. The boys were all playing and talking at the same time. They had already been through five bottles of soju and just as many cans of beer. They were sitting around the large coffee table which was covered in snacks. Namjoon Hobi and Yoongi sat on one of the sofas, while Jimin and Tae were sitting on the floor on the other side. Jin was half sitting – half jumping on Jungkook, who was sitting on one of the sofa chairs that was Jin's favourite.

"Yah!! Get off you beast." Jin yelled laughing the whole time still trying to sit on Jungkook who was pushing him off. She was pleasantly surprised by the windshield wiper laugh coming from Jin. Also watching him jump on his little brother like that was a treat. She had only ever seen the calm, gentle side of him. This crazy man trying to get his favourite seat was new to her and she loved it.

A loud cackling maniacal laughter filled the room and Sua felt her mouth tugging upwards in response. It was such an adorable sound. Jungkook was laughing pushing Jin off him. This was the Kookie the brothers all talked about not the man who had killed a person in cold-blood. This was the youngest member of the family, the golden maknae with his big doe eyes shining and his infectious crack head laughter. He laughed again and a giggle left Sua involuntarily.

"There you are. I thought you had drowned" Tae spoke from the floor noticing her lingering in the doorway.
She scrunched her nose and walked to him. He shifted immediately making space for her between himself and Jimin. Just as she was about to settle there, Hobi called out.

"Sua-ya." He pouted "Come sit next to me. We've hardly spent any time with each other in the last week."

"Well, you are the one who's been busy."

"I'm free now." He replied but Sua had already gotten off the floor and was settling between him and Namjoon. Jimin and Tae looked gutted. She threw them an apologetic smile.

"That sweater looks amazing on you." Joon said with a smile.

"Doesn't it? Jimin got it for me. It's beautiful." She answered looking over at Jimin with a smile. He winked at her.

"I'm going to get you a few more." He said.

"No, thank you. I have everything I need. You have all done a lot for me already, Jimin-ah" she said earnestly.

"You deserve to be spoiled, Sua-ya. You have done just as much for us. Maybe more" Hobi said from beside her.

She snuggled against him as he put his arm around her and her eyes met Jungkook's on the other side. He had let his hyung take the chair and settled on the floor at his feet. His laughter was gone being replaced by a smirk. She looked away. She wouldn't let him ruin this for her.

"Here, have some." Jimin offered her a glass of wine and she took it eagerly. He settled at her feet resting his back against her legs. Sua absently played with his hair as the conversation flowed through the room effortlessly.

Jungkook had been watching Jimin and Sua. He hadn't seen his brother act like this before. She was laughing and talking to everyone and he was hanging on to every word, feeding her snacks, smiling at her and refilling her glass.

He hadn't left his position at her feet. They were all gathered around her now. Tae had gone and joined Jimin at her feet, quietly laying his head on her knees from time to time.

It was like they craved to be touched by her. Not that he could blame them entirely. Sua looked breathtakingly beautiful tonight. She had obviously done something with her eyes, they appeared to look bigger and brighter tonight. Her cheeks were flushed, probably from excitement and alcohol and it gave her a gorgeous glow. Her long hair was flowing down her back and yet framing her face. And her lips... they had caught his attention the moment he had first set eyes on her. God, he wanted to kiss her so bad, he whined to himself.  He continued to stare at her. She kept her gaze averted for the most part but she slipped sometimes showing him that she wasn't as oblivious to him as she pretended.

"Yah!! Wasn't there a box of Pocky sticks here a minute ago?" Yoongi remarked looking around the table.

Everyone looked around. "We must have finished them all, Hyung" Jungkook said after looking around for a few more minutes.

"No. There was a full box here, I just saw it like a minute ago ." Yoongi insisted

"Have something else Yoongi-ah" Namjoon tried.

"You know what? There's only one person in the room who loves pocky sticks just as much as I do" Yoongi said turning around to look at Sua who coloured slightly.

"I don't know what you are talking about" she muttered sinking further into Hobi.

"Yah! Don't look at her like that" Hobi scolded Yoongi

"Sua." Yoongi warned "Just give them back and I will forget about it. " He sighed waiting.

"I don't know what you are talking about" she persisted.

Yoongi walked over to her, bending to whisper something into her ear before he lifted her clean off the sofa and threw her over his shoulder. Sua screamed playfully.

And there it was, the full box of Pocky sticks on the sofa where she had been sitting.

Yoongi wacked her on her bum, she squeaked and then giggled. Her breathy giggles did something unspeakable to his body. He looked away from her. Jimin's face was lit up like a Christmas tree, Tae wasn't too far behind both looking up at her. All of his brothers were looking at her with such adoration in their eyes that it made him uncomfortable. She knew what she was doing and he knew exactly what her game was.

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The dinner had been as perfect as she had hoped. Everyone had praised her cooking skills. She was seated between Jin and Jimin who had both been feeding her even though she had enough on her own plate.

Tae kept moaning "Mashita" after every bite of the Kalbi making Sua burst with satisfaction.

Even Jungkook was stuffing his mouth with her Japchae and Kimchi. He was so engrossed in the food that he barely looked at her. He had been staring at her all evening. It made her uncomfortable. It felt like he was waiting for her to say or do something that he could use against her. But now his eyes were on his plate, brow slightly furrowed as he concentrated on his food and his mouth moving as he chewed.

Jin brought a piece of chicken to her mouth. She ate it quietly, knowing better than to argue by now. Accepting the fact that feeding her was just something they all liked to do, no matter who she was sitting next to.

Once they were all done with dinner, Hobi had immediately objected to her clearing the plates. "You've done enough for today, ja mae, go play."

He pushed her back to the living room where Jimin and Tae had put on music. Jungkook was lounging on the couch cradling a can of beer in his hand.

"Come dance with me." Jimin said holding her hand and pulling her to the centre of the room.

"What? No! I can't dance like you." She whined. She had seen him and Hobi dance enough times to know that she could never move like that.

"Oh, come on. It'll be fun, I promise." He said pulling her closer to himself.

"Move your legs, like this, watch me." He proceeded to show her the move which she tried her best to replicate.

"That's good. Now your hands go here, like this and now turn." He clapped. "All together now"

They did the moves perfectly in sync and Tae clapped animatedly cheering them on.

"Let's do another one." She said excitedly.

"Ok. Here, right foot in front, left hand.." Jimin started but was interrupted by Namjoon.

"Jimin-ah, help me get the Karaoke machine down. Please."

"Ah Hyung." Jimin whined but went to help him leaving Sua alone on the floor.

Before she could go sit, Jungkook changed the song as he got off the sofa and walked to her. Putting on a more groovy latin number.

"Dancing is all in the leading." He said softly in her ear as his hand slipped around her waist pulling her closer.

His other hand gripped hers bringing it up. His eyes bore down into hers. The music seemed to come from far away as her ears were filled with an odd ringing sound at the sudden unexpected closeness.

Her breath quickened as Jungkook led her in a dizzying set of steps. His grip tightened on her back pulling her even closer, crushing her chest to his own. Her whole body was on fire and her senses were heightened, making her feel every touch and still craving more. Her other hand came to rest on his chest. She could feel his heart beat. A erratic fast thumping. She smiled, relieved that he was just as affected by this as she was.

His eyes rested on her lips as she smiled and his breath hitched. His gaze moved back to hers and she shivered at the intensity in his. His dark gaze glittered down at her making her throat dry.

As the music progressed, Sua felt his leg slide between hers, his hand slid down her thigh coming to rest at the crook of her knee and he pulled her leg up to his waist locking them to each other in a most intimate embrace. The contact sent a jolt of sensation straight between her legs.

His fingers lightly brushed against the bare skin at her waist where her sweater had ridden up and she almost jumped. Sua gulped when his gaze traveled down to her throat where her pulse was beating erratically. A slow smile curved Jungkook's sensual mouth.

With her leg still hooked around him, he bent her backwards as he leaned over her. His lips hovering close to her collarbones before he placed a light kiss at the base of her throat. Sua had never experienced such indescribable yearning before.

A fine layer of sweat covered her skin. The heat was unbearable. He was everywhere. His hands holding her close, his musky woody scent filled her nostrils making her head spin. His hard body pressed against hers as he swirled her around making her insides knot with desire.

He hooked his hands on the sides of her waist and lifted her up above him turning around again. She wanted more but the song had ended and she looked down at him while still being held up in the air, her hands resting on his shoulders. He slowly slid her down the length of his body, his eyes not leaving hers. The indefinable desire she felt was reflected perfectly in his hooded gaze. His breath coming in harsh, small pangs as she landed softly back on the floor. For a heart-stopping moment she thought he was going to kiss her.

It was only when they heard soft clapping and throat clearing that they finally broke apart. She had completely forgotten that they weren't alone. Her cheeks felt hot. She looked at the others. Tae looked smug but his gaze wasn't on her, he was looking at Jungkook. The rest looked mildly curious all except Jimin. He looked utterly heartbroken. His eyes shifting between the two of them as if his mind couldn't process what his eyes were seeing. She shifted, the guilt weighing down heavily against her heart.

"I think that's enough dancing for today. Let's do some Karaoke." Joon said trying to lighten the mood.

He connected the machine to the TV as the rest all settled down. She sat next to Hobi like before snuggling into his side.

Jin went first and she was blown away as always. When he was done, Jimin stepped up and grabbed the mike.

He switched through the songs on the screen and picked the one which he wanted. The music started, a slow sweet melody. Jimin's angelic voice made the song even more beautiful. A song of love and loss. The pain in his voice hit her right in the chest springing tears to her eyes. His eyes were closed as he sang, his beautiful face pulling at her heart strings. Once the song was over Sua looked up at him expectantly, hoping for the quick smile and wink he always had for her but he avoided her gaze and sat down as far as was possible from her. She sighed. She had hurt him, she realised. Not that they were committed to each other in any way but they were definitely headed somewhere. And now it was ruined, all because she couldn't control her unabashed desire for his brother who seemed to hate her.

Jimin had passed the mic to Tae who did a great job with his slow husky vocals.

Just when she thought it couldn't get any better, the brothers all pushed Jungkook for a song. "I haven't sung in a long time, I'm probably rusted by now." He chuckled and cleared his throat.

"Impossible. You're naturally gifted, Jungkook-ah. Go on sing for us." Namjoon insisted his pride evident in his voice.

Jungkook cleared his throat again looking at the screen. He started slow but soon he was hitting high notes effortlessly. His voice was absolutely beautiful. Perfect. It touched her soul and she was hooked, unable to draw her eyes away from him. Her mouth hung open as he raised is mike upwards to hit another high note. Sua couldn't believe that such talent existed unnoticed.

As the song drifted to a close Jungkook's eyes met hers and the air between them seemed to sizzle with tension.

Sua looked away and met Jimin's eyes. He was looking at her, his eyes sad and a look of surrender on his face. He was sitting on the floor, looking up at her. He looked away pulling his knees up to his chin and hugging his legs. He looked so desolate, Sua wanted to go and comfort him.

But Yoongi was pulling her to her feet. "Let's show them all our new song." He grinned.

Sua groaned.

"Oh come on Sua-ya, don't be like this. We've worked so hard on it." He cajoled

"But its not even finished yet." She tried again.

"Maybe inspiration will strike here." He said handing over the violin.

Sua gave in and took the violin he handed her. He sat down at the large piano in the corner of the living room.

The heavy notes of the piano washed over her as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She lifted the violin and the music flowed through her fingers. Playing music had always brought her joy and peace. It was her way of escaping the loneliness of her childhood. She'd had no one. Just herself and her music. Now she had these seven beautiful men in her life. So she would shower all the love she had in her on them. She let her heart lead the music than her fingers and when she finally opened her eyes there was complete silence. Yoongi had stopped playing the piano and was looking at her with a bewildered look on his face. Everyone else was just staring.

"I'm sorry if it wasn't as good as any of you." She said softly as the silence seemed to stretch on.

"Actually that was absolutely beautiful, Sua." Jungkook said surprising her. She looked at him and his eyes were sincere in his honesty.

Sua brightened. "Really?" She asked her eyes brimming with unshed tears. Their opinion mattered to her and the fact that the praise came from Jungkook, who had just wowed them with his singing was overwhelming.

"Of course you dumbass. It was amazing. You are amazing" Tae said coming up to her and hugging her.

All of them came around and formed a big group hug, all showering her with praises. Her heart sighed in contentment.

Amidst all the hugs and compliments Sua missed the small lean figure of Jimin slip away from the room.

Hobi yawned loudly. "I think I should head to bed now." He said hugging Sua once more.

"Sleep well Hobi" she said sweetly, returning the hug.

"Me too" Jin stood up and stretched.

"I think it's time for all of us to call it a night." Namjoon said placing a soft kiss on the top of her head.

Sua looked around. Jimin had disappeared. He hadn't even said good night. She needed to talk to him. She will find a way to make it up to him.

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Sua had been tossing around for over an hour. Her mind refused to stay quiet long enough for her to fall asleep. It kept going back to the dance. The way his eyes had darkened, promising passion like she had never known before. The way his hands slid down her sides and up her back pulling her so close that they had been moving as one.

She let out a frustrated groan. This was getting out of hand. Maybe some warm milk would help calm her nerves, she thought rising from the bed and walking downstairs.

She decided to check on Tae on her way down. She peeped quietly in his room. He was sleeping soundly, his soft snores filling the room. She backed out slowly closing the door behind her and headed towards the kitchen.

She poured some milk in a pot and set it on the stove to heat.

"Can't sleep?" A husky voice called from behind her.

"Oh Shit!" She swore her American accent coming through involuntarily.

Sua turned around to see Jungkook leaning against the doorway. His hair was slightly tousled making him look even sexier.

Jungkook chuckled. "Easily spooked, aren't you?" He muttered dryly.

"No. You are always creeping up on me." She said her heart still drumming loudly.

"You didn't answer my question." He asked walking closer to her.

His eyes glittered in the semi darkness. His lip piercing glinted at her.

"Uhm no." She managed.

"Something I can help you with?" He asked, his finger trailed along the length of her arm leaving goosebumps in its wake.

She shook her head not trusting her voice.

"Are you sure? Maybe I can relieve some of the stress." He said his hand kneading her shoulders softly.

His touch sent a shudder through her body. He looked deep into her eyes.

"So innocent." He smirked "A perfect act. You almost had me believing you were unaware of the effect you had on me."

"I don't know..." her voice came out breathy and husky from the desire coiling in the pit of her stomach.

Jungkook chuckled again. "See? Even your voice can make my knees go weak."

Sua looked up to unable to comprehend what he was saying.

"You may have all my brothers fooled Sua, but not me." Jungkook whispered to her "I know who you are" He placed a kiss on the crook of her neck.

Sua shivered, her body betraying her pleasure even as her mind reeled from what was happening.

"You like that, don't you?" He remarked as his lips moved up trailing kisses across her jaw before lifting his head, his eyes locked on her lips and he licked his own.

"Yeah. I know exactly who you are"

The sound she made might have been the beginning of what or why but before she could finish her sentence his mouth plundered hers. He used his teeth, one quick impatient bite that had her mouth opening in surprise or response. He wasn't in the mood to care which not when his tongue found hers. Not when the taste of her mouth sizzled along his senses like a live wire in his blood. He wanted this, had longed for it. Finally he had her exactly where he wanted her.

As his mouth explored hers, her hands knotted in his hair. His hand slid up her t-shirt and touched her breast. Her back arched. He let go of her lips and trailed kisses down her neck. His thumb rubbing circles around her now taut nipple. She let out a small moan. It seemed to arouse him even more. He lifted her up and sat her on the kitchen counter. Their height matched perfectly now as he pressed himself between her legs and his lips found hers again. Her tongue gently licked on his lip and he groaned.

"Ah! You're going to be the death of me, you little minx." Jungkook said harshly.

His words and the smell of burning milk finally broke through her reverie. She pushed him hard and he stumbled backwards in shock. Sua quickly jumped off the counter, turned off the stove and ran. She didn't stop until she had reached the sanctuary of her room. She locked the door and crept into her bed her face burning and her panties drenched.

Jungkook stood in the kitchen looking at the spot where Sua had just disappeared. She had run out on him. In the middle of making out. While he was sporting a massive hard on.

He sighed. This was going to be a long night, he thought turning off the lights and returning to his own bed. Alone.

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A/n: Woah super long chapter. You ought to hit the star ⭐️ just for the length of this chapter 4373 words 😅

Did you enjoy the slow burn? The dance sequence kept me up last night. LOL!

Also how cute are the OT7 moments 🥰

Let me know what you think.

Love,
Writeria29
12.03.2023

Translations:
Mashita: Delicious
Ja Mae: Sister