After that day at the manor, both you and Hobi continued to talk as usual. He didn't take it personally that you had arranged to be picked up and couldn't have dinner with him and you didn't really mention what happened again, trying not to dig deeper in case you regretted it.

It was for the best. At least that's what you concluded after thinking about it a whole lot. In the beginning you just thought he was attractive and you'd definitely go for it if he wanted to sleep with you. It was not complicated in the least.

Then you started learning things about him and you became closer over the months. You were comfortable with him and he seemed to be more at ease with you after the confusion with Miyoung was cleared up.

It was all fine and dandy until he was all gentlemanly that day when you had tea together, complimenting you and flirting back like he never had done once before. It was in your nature to behave like you did, but he was not usually like that.

That was a problem.

As if that wasn't enough, he asked you to have dinner with him, just the two of you. You'd think that saying 'no' was enough, crisis averted, but it wasn't. It had been impossible to stop replaying that day in your head ever since.

You were great at keeping your feelings separated from your sexual desires. Physical and emotional didn't touch by your resolve. Yet he took you off guard because he was the one who took the initiative and it was clear to him you don't do serious.

That's all he's told you he wants and you wouldn't have the heart to use him. Not once did he express any interest in having sex with you for the sake of it, so you were certain that crossing that line with him would mean something different to each of you.

But it didn't have to be that he asked you out on a date because he had deeper feelings.

Maybe he was just going for casual and really only wanted sex. You wouldn't blame him for having urges, so did you, but you focused on those when you were not abroad working.

Or maybe he was just being friendly, it was all something he did with coworkers, and you were overthinking about it all.

This whole dynamic was new to you and that unfamiliarity was throwing you off. When you met someone you liked, you made your intentions known from the beginning. No feelings, no heartbreak. If anyone had a problem with that, they were welcome to walk away.

Hoseok was here breaking the mould of your perfectly functional lack of a love life and making you feel like you haven't in a long while. You were developing a crush on your neighbor and it was the most terrifying and insensible thing that could happen.

There were so many reasons not to act on it and you were not planning to, but that didn't change the fact that you were feeling things around him that you shouldn't.

Your heart beat a little faster when you met eyes with him, it jumped joyfully when he smiled widely and felt warm when you were in his company. It was awfully wrong and inconvenient. Nothing could ever happen between you two.

Way to set yourself up for failure.

"What do you mean you haven't been to one of our concerts yet, gijang-nim?" Taehyung couldn't believe it. It had been five months on tour and no one had offered?

"I've just been doing my job" you answered with an awkward smile. It was nice of him to care, but you were not offended. You didn't ask either even though you knew some staff members did attend here and there, went to rehearsals or soundchecks.

"You should come to our next one. Right, Jungkookie?" the older one said elbowing his ribs as he walked past you two and he turned to him grimacing as he rubbed his side.

"Huh?"

"Gijang-nim has never been to a concert, I'm telling her we'd love to have her there" Taehyung explained and his eyes widened. His face lighting up with a smile as he looked over at you.

"Of course, please do come, noona!" the youngest had become closer to you than most of the guys, not as much as Hoseok, but close enough to address you more informally.

"I guess I could, as long as it's not the last day in the country and I have to fly the next" you were not particularly into kpop, but you knew they were great performers, so it would be an interesting experience for sure.

"Okay then, so it can be our first concert in Paris next week then!" he said with an excited wiggle of his body as he clapped his hands in a tiny manner. This kid could be too cute for a man who's one year shy of being thirty, you thought shaking your head amused.

You would have thought you'd find it cringy, in fact the whole aegyo act idols put on was a little strange to you. You never imagined there would come a point when you'd find it charming, but some of it you did after flying the group around for a few months.

"It's settled then!" Taehyung exclaimed with a triumphant grin and just then the devil himself showed up and squeezed his shoulders as he leaned forward from behind his dongsaeng's seat.

"What's settled?" Hoseok asked cutely and you giggled like an idiot. You hated yourself for that, this effect having a crush had on you, it pissed you off. It's like you became dumber.

"Gijang-nim is coming to our first concert in Paris, her first ever!"

Hobi's head snapped in your direction, trying to gauge your reaction at this announcement, and you simply stared without blinking. Or breathing. A cheeky smirk drew itself on his face slowly.

"Hm, eoseo wa, bangtaneun cheoeumiji*?" he recited the beginning of Dope and the maknae instantly joined him.

"AYO, CAPTAIN AND GENTLEMEN" Jungkook continued from his seat and you flinched next to him at his sudden raise in tone.

They randomly burst into song and even if you tried really hard not to laugh at them, you ended up snorting and making them laugh at you.

"Dope is the title of the song, it's a popular one. I couldn't help myself" Hobi commented after he caught his breath, feeling a little embarrassed. However, you were blushing as well, so that made him feel a little better.

"Oh, you are in for a treat" Yoongi walked up to the group with a cheeky smirk, "take note of this other fan favorite: Baepsae."

"Crow-tit*²?" you repeated confused by the name.

"Oh yeah, gotta look forward to that one, noona" the maknae dared add mirroring his hyung's smirk and they looked like they were holding back their laugh.

"Okay then" you muttered raising an eyebrow at them wondering if they were messing with you because you were clueless.

"ARMY sure loves to see Hobi's hip thrusts*³" Yoongi added smiling when you looked reluctant.

Hoseok's face burned in shame as he muttered something into his hyung's ear angrily and furtively shoved him.

Your eyes widened in shock at his words.

Wait, his what?

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* The phrase that Namjoon says at the very beginning of the song which means "Welcome, first time with Bangtan?" in Korean. Lee Seungchul, who was one of the judges in Superstar K4 in 2012, greeted a contestant by saying "welcome" with a really awkward face. This soon became a popular meme.

Source: https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/dope/

*² There's an idiom in Korean "If a crow-tit tries to follow a stork, it'll split its legs." It teaches how you should tailor your ambitions to the measure of your abilities or the resources given to you. BTS often call themselves crow-tits (baepsae in Korean) or underdogs. They refuse to frame themselves within the limits, they challenge the norm and gladly split their legs to succeed in walking along, or even past, storks. Storks (hwangsae in Korean) in this context means those who are born with advantages. The contrast highlights the severe socioeconomic inequality in Korea.

The name of the song is very peculiar, reason why our girl finds it odd and wonders if they are messing with her, specially when Yoongi explains why it's a fan favorite.

Source; https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/2018/08/02/baepsae-silver-spoon/

*³ Let's not forget about that time Yoongi said ARMY liked Baepsae on stage because they liked to see Hobi thrust his hips: https://twitter.com/thehobiprint/status/1409857787245510662?s=20&t=yBXAzVdBZzpNfM4ePQzxew