Episode 2

[📅 December 2022 | Jungkook’s Room]

(Bright room. Walls covered with posters… mostly of ONE person.)

🐻 Kim Taehyung’s photos everywhere.

(concert pics, candid shots, even blurry zoom-ins…)

(Camera zooms: Jungkook staring at a photocard… smiling like an idiot.)

🐰 Jungkook (soft gasp, eyes sparkling):

He’s… so handsome… how is this legal?

(He hugs the photocard to his chest dramatically.)

🐰 Jungkook:

My Taehyung… 😭💜

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👵 Grandma (casually walking around… wearing a WATCH)*

(That watch.)

(Jungkook notices.)

(FREEZE.)

🐰 Jungkook (eyes widen in horror, jaw drops):

…

(dramatic gasp)

…THAT’S MINE.

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🐰 Jungkook (spinning wheelchair aggressively):

GRANDMA—STOP RIGHT THERE.

👵 Grandma (confused, chewing something):

What?

🐰 Jungkook (pointing, betrayed expression):

That watch… THAT WATCH… give it back right now.

👵 Grandma (innocent face, hiding wrist behind back):

This old thing? Why?

🐰 Jungkook (clutching chest dramatically):

“Old thing”?? That’s Taehyung’s limited edition fan watch 😭

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👩‍🦰 Mom (IU) (from kitchen, tired tone):

Jungkook-ah… don’t start drama early morning.

🐰 Jungkook (offended):

THIS IS NOT DRAMA, THIS IS WAR.

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😼 Brother Yoongi (passing by, half asleep, blank face):

…just buy another one.

🐰 Jungkook (gasps like stabbed):

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.

(points at watch like sacred object)

🐰 Jungkook:

That watch is my life.

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👵 Grandma (teasing now, smirking):

Then earn it back.

🐰 Jungkook (suspicious):

…what do you want?

👵 Grandma:

Give me that strawberry milk in the fridge.

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🐰 Jungkook (dramatically offering milk like a sacrifice):

Take it… but give me my Taehyung back.

👵 Grandma (hands over watch casually):

So dramatic.

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(Jungkook grabs watch, immediately checks it like it’s alive)

🐰 Jungkook (relieved sigh, soft smile):

You’re safe… 🥺

(He gently puts it on, almost emotional)

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[🎤 SAME DAY – PREPARING FOR CONCERT]

(Jungkook in front of mirror, excited, nervous energy bubbling)

🐰 Jungkook (muttering to himself):

First concert in five years… FIVE YEARS…

(deep breath, then sudden panic)

🐰 Jungkook:

What if he looks at me??

What if he DOESN’T look at me?? 😭

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👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (walking in, amused):

He won’t see you from that far.

🐰 Jungkook (serious, determined):

He will. I believe in eye contact.

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🚗 Friend Jimin🐥 (cheerful, teasing):

Still obsessed?

🐰 Jungkook (offended gasp):

It’s not obsession. It’s loyalty.

(holds photocard like proof)

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📖 Jimin🐥 (hands him yearbook):

Look—your Taehyung in high school.

(Jungkook opens it… FREEZES again)

(Young Taehyung photo—smiling, fresh, soft)

🐰 Jungkook (soft voice, emotional):

…he was always this beautiful…

(fingers lightly touch the photo)

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🚗 Jimin🐥 (teasing smirk):

Funny… you went to a nearby school but never noticed him.

🐰 Jungkook (pouting):

Fate was saving me for later.

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🚗 Jimin🐥 (raises eyebrow):

Or maybe you were busy crushing on someone else?

(Jungkook freezes… smile fades slightly)

🐰 Jungkook (quietly, avoiding eye contact):

…that was a long time ago.

(small silence—emotion passes quickly)

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[🎤 CONCERT VENUE – EVENING]

(Crowd loud, lights bright, fans screaming)

🐰 Jungkook (eyes shining, overwhelmed):

…this is real…

(takes pictures, smiling brightly)

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📞 Phone rings

📞 Interviewer:

Can you come for an interview right now?

🐰 Jungkook (hesitates, looks at stage… conflict in eyes):

…I’ll come. I still have time.

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[🏢 INTERVIEW ROOM]

(Awkward silence. Interviewer uncomfortable)

📞 Interviewer (forced smile):

Our office… isn’t wheelchair accessible.

(Jungkook’s smile slowly fades… but he forces it back)

🐰 Jungkook (polite, hiding hurt):

I understand.

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[🌃 BACK OUTSIDE – NIGHT]

(Traffic. Stress. Lost ticket.)

🐰 Jungkook (panicking, searching everywhere):

No no no—where is it?!

(breathing fast, frustration building)

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🎫 Staff:

No ticket, no entry.

🐰 Jungkook (pleading, eyes desperate):

Please… just this once—

🎫 Staff:

Sorry.

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(He stops… shoulders drop… silence.)

(Then slowly… he moves aside)

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(Music starts from inside. Crowd cheers.)

(Jungkook closes eyes… listens from outside.)

🐰 Jungkook (soft smile through tears):

…It’s okay.

(tears fall—but he’s smiling)

🐰 Jungkook:

I can still hear him.

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✨ (Concert turning point begins…)

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