Writer: Admin BoGhe

Pairing: Rap Monster x Y/N

Plot: Rap Monster has been your crush for a long time but since your best friend started dating a friend of his, you haven’t seen much of NamJoon and you’ve tried to forget about him(without result). Can a totally unexpected encounter turn around your whole life?

Words: Around 1300

I  had long and exhausting week at school, so I was on cloud nine when Saturday finally came. I planned on staying the whole day at home– sleep late, catch up with my K-dramas while eating a ton of food- it would’ve been perfect ! However, when I started to make myself breakfast, I realized that I was almost out of… well, everything- all I had was some milk (which I was sure was sour), some bread and a few apples. I sighed.

‘Well, Karma, I guess I have to go grocery shopping, huh?’ I said to my cat while I was putting on my coat, as it was winter and it was freezing outside.  Karma didn’t seem to care though. She just glanced at my direction for a second and continued sleeping on the counter.

‘Be right back.’ I yelled when I was getting out of the apartment.  

Thankfully, the local supermarket was at a 3-minute walking distance from home. Plus, I had my iPod with me, which guaranteed that I wouldn’t get bored along the way.
 When I entered the supermarket, I got my shopping list out and started to get all the stuff on it. Butter- check, eggs- check, flour- check. I was just finishing up when I realized I had forgotten to buy cat food for Karma. I made a sharp turn and went back to the pet section of the store. There I saw someone who I hadn’t seen in a while. His name was Kim NamJoon, but people called him Rap Monster, or Rap Mon for short. He was a senior at my school. He was one of those quiet , distant, mysterious  guys that many girls find attractive but the rumor was that he has never had a girlfriend in his entire life, which made the chicks around him try extra hard to get noticed. Oh, and did I mention that he was also the leader of the VERY famous Kpop band, known as ‘BTS’? Each and every one of his band-mates- JungKookie, Jin, J-Hope, Jimin, Suga & V – went to my high-school as well. My best friend- Rae Na- had had a crush on JungKookie for about a year and a half.  Because of that, we sometimes hang out at BTS’ concerts or at basketball games (that was their hobby).One time we actually went to a party with them. That’s were Rae Na met JungKookie and I met Rap Mon. A couple of months ago, things started getting more serious between my best friend and NamJoon’s band-mate and they kind of made their own little group, so I stopped spending time with the rest of the band-members and we drifted apart.

I hadn’t talked to Rap Monster since then.
When I saw him in the pet food department, I was shocked at first. He was wearing a uniform, so he must have been working there. I panicked. How haven’t I seen him at the store before?  My heart started to beat faster and faster.

‘Stop that, Y/N, you’re over him.’ I thought.

That was the lie I was repeating to myself for 3 months. I couldn’t explain why I still liked him. Maybe it was his smile, or his eyes, or his adorable dimples….

I got carried away and when I focused again, I noticed that he was staring right at me with a curious look on his face- I must have been standing still for a minute just gazing at him! Realizing that I had made myself look like a complete fool, I blushed. He smiled and nodded in my direction. I awkwardly smiled back and continued picking up the cat food for Karma. Just as I was about to grab the can of cat food, I noticed it was on the highest shelf, waaay higher than I could reach. I knew that if I wanted that can, the only way I was going to get it was by asking Namjoon to reach it for me. I turned around and saw him move away his eyes, as if he was just looking at me.
‘Um…sorry? Can…can you please help me? I can’t seem to reach the cat food on the highest shelf.’ I murmured.

Namjoon smiled brightly (which was very uncommon for him), dropped what he was doing and came to my rescue. He stood up on his toes, reached up, jumped and grabbed the canned foot with extreme ease.  He handed it to me and I thanked him.
‘No problem, I was just doing my job.’ He answered.

With a slight smile on my face, I waved and said ‘bye’ to him.
When I was sure that he couldn’t see me anymore, I let out a loud sight, and just because I needed
something to get my mind of the strange encounter, I turned on my iPod on shuffle. The song which started playing was ‘Danger’ by no other than BTS.
My second attempt to make it to cash register also failed because I met a friend of mine along the way. We stayed and chatted for about 20 minutes. I could swear that during that time, I caught a couple of glimpses of Rap Mon with my peripheral vision and I could feel him staring at me.  When I and my friend finally parted ways, I was determined to get to my apartment in 5 minutes.
Unfortunately, there were huge queues in front of all of the working registers. Then I heard someone yell:

‘Over here! This register is available!’

I immediately recognized the voice. It was Namjoon’s.

Forgetting my shyness, I ran to him with my over-the-top-full cart, but in my hurry, I tripped, fell down and turned over the cart. Luckily, I didn’t get hurt badly- I only slightly twisted my ankle. Rap Monster rushed to me and I could see panic in his eyes.

‘Are you alright?‘ he asked anxiously.

‘Don’t worry, I’ll live.’ I laughed at my own clumsiness.

‘That’s good to hear. I’m not ready to lose you.’ He replied and when he realized what he had just said, he coughed and tried to change the subject. ‘Um…let me help you get up.’
I was already feeling better, but not every day Namjoon offered to pick me up with his strong hands. As he leaned to grab a grip of me, I could feel his breath against my neck. When he picked me up, he returned to the register and I noticed that his face had turned red. I started taking out the items from the cart one by one as fast as I could, he checked everything, put it into bags and without saying a word, grabbed my receipt, turned around and wrote something on it, then he faced me again and handed it to me. Confused, I looked at it and I could not believe my eyes. There, written on that piece of paper were the words ‘Can I have you number?’. Internally I was screaming “OHMAGASH OF COURSE YOU CAN HAVE IT !!!1! TAKE ALL MY NUMBERS!!” but on the outside I kept it cool- I just smiled at him, got a pen out of my bag and wrote my number on a piece of paper. He took it and said “Thanks for shopping here. See you soon, I hope” and winked. I was so happy I thought I was in heaven. I took my bags and went home, where a hungry Karma was expecting me. Just as I  was opening her a can of her favorite cat food , my phone made a beeping noise-I had received a message. I opened it and it wrote “Did you go home safely? :) ”
‘Turns out this wasn’t a bad day after all, huh, Karma?’ I giggled.