Soft For You

Soft For You

❀ Summary ❀ ─ You've always been a little too soft, so it's a good thing he's soft for you. (aka you've been staring far too long at the teddy bear in the shop. and he's been staring at you.)

❀ Pairing(s) ❀ ─ Jungkook x reader

❀ Rating ❀ ─ G

❀ Genre(s) ❀ ─ Fluff with a tinge of angst, hurt/comfort, strangers to lovers AU, meet cute AU

❀ Disclaimers ❀ ─ Just copious adoration for stuffed animals (I don't make the rules)

❀ Word Count ❀ ─ 1.3k

❀ A/N ❀ ─ So I've finally summoned the courage to post my first pic, likely bc I'm not thinking straight and sick in bed. It's not much, but I hope a fellow softie out there feels a little warmer after reading this 💖

Some people wear their heart on their sleeve, while others keep it far from reach. You like to think that you wrench yours out of your chest every morning, offer it to anyone who might need it, then try to bandage its pieces when you make your way home.

A softie, that’s what you are. You’ve always been deemed a little too emotional, a little too naïve, and a little too quick to render your love. But you’ve also made it your strength. You’ve always found strength in viewing the world as full of people to love, and most days your earnest heart is met with appreciation in return.

Well, today is not one of those days. 

Trudging down the darkening street, you try to hold back the tears that have been welling behind your eyes. You hold on tightly to the knit sweater around you, a source of comfort in this chilly, crowded place. Tomorrow, you’ll pull yourself together again; in this you have faith. Tomorrow, you’ll come back with a smile on your face and an unrelenting kindness that would put a Care Bear to shame. But right now, you could really use a hug. 

Right now, you really wish you could let yourself be sad.

You decide to order takeout, too spent to imagine cooking. It is then you pass by the toy store and see it. The teddy bear is rather podgy, with warm toffee fur with a squishy velvet nose. It’s almost as big as a toddler and sits proudly, arms resting next to its tubby belly. Whilst you stand here, feeling like a stranded prisoner, this teddy looks like a long-lost friend. 

You give yourself some time to look at it through the window (you stare at it for so long that your ears go numb from the cold). It takes a while before you look up and notice the man that stares at you from the counter. He wears a tight black top that looks like he’d be better suited working at a gym rather than this toy shop. His mouth twitches, as if trying to hold back a smile. But when he stands up, looking like he wants to make his way towards you –

You’ve already fled, warmth growing in your cheeks as you try to appear nonchalant.

You shouldn’t have stopped. You’re too old for teddy bears.

Try as you might, it’s all you can think about over the next few days. You peer at the teddy from the toy shop’s display, looking enviously at kids that bustle in with their families. You don’t notice the pair of eyes that perks up each time you pass, hope dashed each time you walk away.

But you give in by the end of the week, craving some form of happiness after a particularly gruelling day. These kind of days – the kind where your chest aches and all you want to do is cry – have been occurring more frequently than you’d like to admit. There wouldn’t be any harming in taking a look, would there?

At first, your stomach flips a little upon realising the front window of the shop no longer displays the teddy. Has it been sold out? Were you too late? 

The bell jingles as you enter, and you realise the store is almost empty in the late evening. You spot the same man that caught you looking the week before, his eyes widening as he straightens up from his slouch. Despite his intimidating build, his expression reminds you of a bunny’s, what with his wide eyes and round cheeks. This time, he wears a hoodie that looks almost as soft as his hair. ‘Welcome, I’m Jungkook’ he greets, stuttering slightly. ‘Please take your time.’

‘Thank you,’ you mumble, trying to hide your puffy eyes. You turn to busy yourself with the shelves. 

The shelves are filled with every stuffed toy you could imagine, made in various sizes and fabrics. There are pastel bunnies in long floppy ears, and elephants in various greys and blues. There are insects with bobbly legs and even vegetables embroidered with amusing facial expressions. 

Suffice to say, it feels like you’ve reached a little sanctuary. You allow yourself to pick up some of the little ones, cooing silently at their sweet faces and oh-so-squishy bodies. But it is when you reach the shelf with the teddies that a small smile breaks through the downcast expression you’ve been wearing.

At the top of the shelf sits the same teddy bear that you’ve been staring at from outside, looking more gloriously soft up close. ‘Oh,’ you can’t help gasping, and you’re reaching for it before you realise. But your fingertips barely reach the top shelf, even when you tiptoe. You let out a little sigh.

‘Let me,’ the voice from behind says. You startle in surprise, nearly dropping your phone. ‘Sorry if I startled you!’ he rubs at his neck, registering your shock. ‘I just thought you might need a little help?’

‘Yes please,’ you reply softly. Despite there being dozens of bears, he seems to know which one you’ve been looking at, towering over you to bring it down with ease.

‘Here he is,’ he sings, and you don’t notice how he grins in endearment at the way your eyes widen, melting into the first genuine smile you’ve had all day. The teddy bear’s just big enough for a hug and feels as powdery soft as you dreamt he’d be. It reminds you of laughter and teddy bear picnics. It fills you with a little love when you’ve been feeling so, so unworthy of it.

You’re not sure how long you stand there, holding onto the bear like your life depends on it before you realise how childishly you’ve behaved. Embarrassment creeps up your neck at the realisation that the man has watched you, a grown adult, snuggling up to the bear. A bear you haven’t bought, no less.

‘I’m so s-sorry! He was so soft, I got carried away. I-it’s a gift for a friend,’ you sniffle, rubbing off a tear. You try to reel the subsequent tears in, but you’ve never been able to hold them back once they’ve started. 

You expect him to recoil, or to laugh at how pathetic you look. It’s how people have always reacted, it’s what you get when you’ve been too emotional. But his eyebrows furrow in concern and arms reach out toward you before coming down slowly, as if reluctant.

‘That’s no wonder,’ he replies after a pause. ‘Stuffed toys do that to a person; I’m impartial to them myself. This one’s my favourite,’ he says, and reaches for a jet-black dragon. ‘I have one of these on my bed and my flatmates tease me sometimes. But there’s something so comforting about a stuffed toy, you know? If something so small can make you so happy, I reckon it’s nothing to be ashamed about.’

‘I agree,’ you reply, and your voice shakes as you try to speak. ‘I was having a bad day when I saw this teddy at your window, and just looking at him made me a little happier. Oh, I’m so sorry for being such a bother, I know I’m being too soft,’ you cry, but you’re taken aback when he pulls you closer to him gently, arms open wide. You close the gap, letting him enfold you into his arms. 

‘You’re not a bother at all,’ he says. ‘Why do you think I took down that bear from the display?’ he mutters. You don’t truly register his words, not when you’re shuddering and all you can think of is how light his hands are as they pat your head soothingly, and how soft his hoodie feels against your cheek. You don’t know how you’ve ended up in his embrace, but you know with every second it feels like your heart is being mended with gold thread, stich by stitch.

‘Everyone could do with a little softness,’ he says affectionately. ‘And I know it’s a bit abrupt, but is it okay to say I think I feel a little soft for you myself?’

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[INTERVIEW] 130718 - Jin, V's Story

Jin. Real name Kim Seokjin. Born on December 4th 1992. I made a big mistake during our first performance at <M! Countdown> It was my first time wearing a microphone pack and went up on stage with them attached to my normal pants, but they turned out to be too heavy. During “We Are Bulletproof Pt.2”, there is a part when we jump down but while doing so, my pants went down all the way to my thighs. (laughs) I quickly pulled them back up but they fell off again during the second time. Other than eating, I also enjoy looking at photographs and recipes. But when I cook, the members’ reactions aren’t that good because my food always tastes the same. Even when I change the order I put in the ingredients, the results are the same. It’s because we have a diet plan to follow and the only available options are chicken breast meat, onions, paprika, and rice. (Jimin: Once we actually skewered some chicken breast meat and onions on a chopstick and cooked it but it tasted burnt.) Because I’m bad at cooking, I want to marry someone who is better at it than me. I’ve never even thought about marrying somebody who is worse at cooking than me. I eat all health products that I see. But I don’t eat other people’s [health products]. I was the last to enter the dorm so I had a hard time adjusting at first. I don’t live extremely neatly and don’t clean up all the time but feel that everyone should put away their dishes themselves after eating or put their laundry in the laundry basket but only J-Hope and Suga do that. After they left a big mess, I thought “Ah, will I be able to live here?” and started cleaning up everything. (Suga: Everything got fixed after the cleaning lady started coming to our dorm.) Once after school, I went to the practice room and spotted a new friend. He suddenly came over to me and started dancing while rubbing his body on me. (laughs) That friend was V. (V: I didn’t volunteer to dance, it’s just that another trainee hyung told me “The eldest hyung is going to be coming later. Show your charms then. Make a first impression that he’ll remember.” As soon as Jin hyung came, I got embarrassed so I kept dancing while looking down. Hyung kept staring at me with a blank expression and eventually told me “You go dance in the front, over there.”) I thought, “What is with this kid, really?” It’s still amazing. I didn’t really know it at first but after living with him for a while, I learned that we share a lot of hobbies. When I’m on the computer, V sometimes comes over and says “Hyung, you do this too?” and when V’s doing something, I ask him “You do this too?” From that moment on, I realized “Even though this kid is 4D, he’s a normal person who has the same hobbies as me.” I like playing Super Mario and Maple Story. I started Super Mario when I was five years old and Maple Story in seven grade and still faithfully play them. I feel at ease when I see Super Mario characters and the monsters in Maple Story are extremely cute.

V. Real name Kim Taehyung. Born on December 30th 1995. The members call me 4D. I don’t really know why they do that. (Rap Monster: When he has a blank expression like he does right now, he seems really 4D / J-Hope: I think V would have a lot of charms to show off in variety shows because of his 4D-ness.) When I’m on the top bunk and watch animations, the members stare at me as if saying “That…addict.” But after Jin hyung came into the dorm, I learned that we had a lot of the same hobbies. Hyung has a clean and prince-like feeling to him but he actually really likes animations, just like me. (Jin: Being clean and liking animations don’t link with each other!) These days whenever there’s a new animation, we talk about watching it together. I watched all the episodes of <Digimon Adventure> Also, <Wolf Children> and <The Girl Who Leapt Through Time> and other works of the director Hosoda Mamoru are my current favorites. I like almost all of the cartoons on Tooniverse and I think I’ve watched most of them. I was so moved after watching a video of Danny Jung and started playing the saxophone for three years. However, I suddenly got interested in dancing and decided to take a different path. I quit only a bit after changing from the classic saxophone to a jazz saxophone so I don’t know if I’m still as good as I was before. But I think I played really well three years ago. Clap! I don’t practice any individual talents on my own. I don’t prepare anything. I just do anything that suits the situation and think what should I do today? Should I try this? But……there are lots of times when I can’t come up with anything. (laughs) I was really sad when I couldn’t film any logs (videos that the Bangtan members take themselves and upload onto their blog). I followed the hyungs whenever they filmed a log, but couldn’t actually upload any of mine on the blog. I sat by myself and said “It’s this month and this date 2013, today I did this, this won’t go on the blog, right? I’m sad.” I was also there when they filmed their group log, it’s just that I wasn’t shown on screen - I was actually standing by the trashcan. When I was revealed as a Bangtan member, I received exactly one letter. I was so happy. I didn’t sleep until 4:00 am and read it about fifteen times. I kept showing it off to the hyungs. I made a lot of mistakes during the part of ‘No More Dream’ when I have to throw off my glasses. The glasses are in my back pocket that has a zipper on it and once I had to make glasses with my fingers, and there has been several situations in which I threw my glasses off so hard I couldn’t find them after the performance. I don’t usually cry while watching movies. I’ve cried recently though, when I watched <Miracle in Cell No. 7> with Jin hyung. I cried as if someone had turned on a faucet in my eyes. I haven’t been in a serious relationship yet. I want to marry my first love and be with them forever. 

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