in honour of hixtape ;A;

WTH, I PUBLISHED THIS YESTERDAY, WATTPAD!!!

WHY YOU NOT SHOW UP ON MY ACTIVITY FEED, OTL

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the five band members were taking an interview when a certain question came up. "j-hope of bts recently released his mixtape. is there anything you would like to say to this sunbaenim?"

"well..." wonpil turned a mischievous eye in brian's direction. "i heard brian-hyung is working on a mixtape..."

his grin grew wider when the older man sent an angry retort of "NOOO--" but cut himself off in fear of saying something he would regret saying on a live program.

then wonpil smugly turned to the camera. "so look forward to it, hoseok-sunbaenim!"

as he pointed his finger at the camera in joy, sungjin uncomfortably chuckled, gently pushing wonpil's hand down into his lap. "yah, wonpil!" he tutted, then turned to the camera. "he means to say that you did a wonderful job, hoseok-sunbaenim! please keep up the hard work!"

in the back, dowoon brought his hands together and tried to hold back his laughter. brian was internally screaming, shaking uncomfortably in literal fury mixed with embarrassment. seeing the poor man's reaction to wonpil's words, jae held back his own hiss of disappointment and anger.

wonpil's words had, of course, been a lie. there was no 'young k mixtape,' there were no secretive beats, there were no rapper-only lyrics... for what he knew, brian had never even thought about releasing a mixtape under the label of 'young k,' not mentioning starting one! so jae brought his lips into a pout to hold back the words of disappointment he wished he could aim at wonpil and placed a hand on brian's shoulder to give it a calming squeeze. younghyun seemed to slightly relax, leaning into the touch and sighing out. but just because jae was squeezing his shoulder didn't mean that he wasn't still pissed at wonpil...

younghyun tilted his head a bit toward jae, trying to communicate with his hyung through his eyes. a few seconds of staring and twitching his eyebrows and tilting his head passed and then he slowly stood up and murmured in the drummer's ear, "hey, dowoon-ssi. i need to use the washroom. can you ask the staff for a break?"

dowoon tried to keep the joyful smile that was growing on his face at bay, but a happy spark still entered his eye, revealing his eagerness to take a break. "sure, hyung." the maknae waited a few seconds for a pause between questions and then slightly stepped off camera, whispering to the staff, who soon began to smile and nod their heads. jae watched them from his seat, tapping his foot. he was eager to speak to brian and just wanted to leave the interview already.

a few moments of whispering and nodding passed before dowoon returned with a satisfied grin on his face and the staff announced that they would be taking a short commercial break. as soon as the camera was switched off, sungjin began to lecture wonpil about saying things like that on live broadcasts. brian shot up from his seat and speed-walked out of the room, heading in the direction of the washrooms. jae waited a bit before patting dowoon on the back and letting him know that he wanted to get a drink. then he left the same way younghyun did, shimmying toward the washrooms.

as soon as he cautiously entered the room, he saw the younger man sitting with his head leaning on the tiled wall, looking up at the ceiling. jae approached him and sat down next to him with a sigh. "you don't have a mixtape, do you?" he voiced.

"...no." brian sighed and shuffled closer to jae so their thighs were touching, seeking physical contact to calm his nerves. jae didn't make a move to shy away from the contact. instead, he brought his hand to caress younghyun's thigh, giving it a reassuring squeeze. the younger man sighed again and tilted his head to the side a bit so he was looking at jae. "i never even thought about making one."

"i thought so, too..." jae breathed out. then he said what he thought was even more important for him to say at the moment. "it seems like there's something else bothering you, though. not just that wonpil put you on the spot..."

the man released a heavy breath and leaned his elbow on jae's hip. "it's just... i feel as if 'my day's will take it seriously... and demand i make one."

jae grunted and gently pushed younghyun's head down so it was laying on his shoulder. "that's ridiculous, brian. use your brain for once."

"but it's not! you know how fast rumors spread!"

jae had to admit that brian was right. "i guess... i forgot about that." jae rested his cheek on younghyun's head and let out a thoughtful hum. "how about we listen to j-hope-sunbae's mixtape together after the program? i heard it has a really... ethereal feel to it. i bet it'll help calm you down and stop you from feeling so much pressure about your mixtape that doesn't exist." jae grinned and ruffled brian's hair. the other man whined but nevertheless affectionately nudged the glass-clad individual's rib. as dowoon called for brian from outside the washroom that the program was starting in two minutes, they pushed off the wall and headed back to the interview area, jae making the excuse that he needed a quick piss after drinking from the water fountain (because "weren't you meant to be getting a drink, jaehyung-hyung? why were you in the washroom??").

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after they came back to their dorm following the interview, dowoon fittingly went to watch a movie on the tv only he knew how to properly turn on for some reason, so younghyun and jaehyung got the room for themselves. they giddily sat on jae's bed, the older man's laptop balanced on his lap as he typed "j-hope full mixtape" into the google search. soon enough, he was nodding to brian and excitedly clicking on the link with the colourful image of the 'hope world' album cover. they sat and listened to the first song, their heads bobbing to the rhythm, the bed shaking slightly when they started to dance along to the song. "hello to my whole world!!!" jae was already into it, grabbing onto brian's hands and lifting them toward the ceiling in a side-to-side dance. brian played along and swung his head from side to side, singing along and getting all the lyrics wrong because it wasn't the chorus anymore.

the band members stopped jamming and settled down a bit while they waited for the next song to come on. but when it did, they started to dance again, laughing at each other as they bopped to the beat. they started violently clapping and trying to keep up to j-hope's energetic voice. they soon started to calm down toward the middle of the song, the mellow vibes seeming truly ethereal in a way. just like jae had claimed they would be. exhausted from their previous jamming, brian rested his head on jae's shoulder, chuckling and soaking in the warm lyrics and instrumentals of 'piece of peace.' jae chuckled along with him, draping his arm over the younger's shoulder. "i'm so tired. this is such a good mixtape," brian murmured into jae's neck. the older's neck buzzed from the vibrations of younghyun's voice and he slid closer to the younger man, pulling him into his side. warm smiles landed on their faces as the warmth of the song and each other calmed them down and left them yearning for nothing more than to feel this moment carry on for a while longer. brian's mouth moved softly to the words of the chorus and jae heard his lips touch each other from time to time. it calmed him down and excited him at the same time.

once the song started to fade into 'daydream,' jae subconsciously murmured, "i wish i could be your piece of peace..."

brian turned his head down toward his hands, tentatively smiling. "you already are, pabo."

"that's good." jae nudged younghyun's hair with his nose and traced softly his fingers down the younger man's arm. "i want to be there for you. so tell me if something's ever troubling you."

"thanks, hyung."

then jae was grabbing brian into a hug, holding him tight and rocking him to the beat in his arms. "i love you, bro."

"i love you, too."

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"park jaehyung. check your twitter." brian angrilly approached jae, thrusting his phone in the stunned man's face.

his eyes widened as he read a bunch of comments on his recent post. they looked sorta like this

jae!!! where is young k's mixtape?!!

when is young k coming out with his mixtape??? i can't waaaaaaait!!

yo, when is brian dropping his mixtape?!

sweg chicken man, are you helping youngbrian with his mixtape

and this

WHERE IS IT

WhY AM i ThE ONLy One WHO wantS TO knPW IF jae is IN BRIANs mixTA[E

I CAN'T WAITHEBROIEWQ3WJRFE JAE TELL US EVERUYHIHN YOU KNOW

JAEEEEEE LEAK IT NOOOOOOW

"fuck."

"this is way worse than 'fuck,' hyung! we have to fix this!" brian grabbed jae's shoulders, violently shaking him. "NOW!"

jae's head spun a bit. he couldn't believe that brian was right in his assumptions. "how about i get wonpil to tweet out an apology or something saying you don't have a mixtape and it's all a joke?" he nervously offered.

"i don't think that will be very good, though. it may give day6 a bad image..."

"i guess..." jae watched brian nervously ran his fingers through his hair. he grabbed them and shook their interlocked hands from side to side. "let me talk to jyp, then. i'm sure he'll agree to let us work on a mixtape together."

"you..." brian took jae's other hand and squeezed jae's fingers until he felt the pain in his knuckles. "you'll help me make a mixtape?!"

"why not? we write music all together all the time anyway. what's so different about this?"

"oh, you have no idea..." young k muttered, but then the spark of excitement settled back in his eyes. "are you sure?"

"yeah. it sounds fun!" jae actually was kind of excited. "but you have to let me feature in at least one rap."

"i'll let you feature in every single one of the songs if that means you'll help me write them."

"in that case, i'm i--" jae was cut off by wonpil, who bumped into his back while getting cornered by a fuming sungjin. brian's lips came in contact with jae's as the man fell onto him and they stumbled and fell backwards onto jae's bed. brian smiled and pulled jae closer when he noticed the man was trying to get up in embarrassment. jae noticed that brian was not hurt when he fell on him and tilted his head to better capture brian's lips with his own. in the background, the loud sounds of sungjin nagging at wonpil for doing what he did to brian were heard, but the pair locking lips didn't care. the bickering pair didn't seem to notice them either, too lost in their heated discussion to pay attention to anything else. when jae nipped at his lip, young k pushed him up and sent him a teasing shake of the head. jae shyly smiled and murmured, "gimme just a piece of peace, baby~"

"that's not how it goes, jae. but how about, for the chorus of our first song... hmm... your voice would fit this...

~i keep a piece of you

everywhere i drift off to,

but when you're here with me,

i return it faithfully,

savour the taste,

the sweet flavour

of what i keep of you

on my lips, quick-moving lips~

agh, it's so bad..."

"it'll do for now."

and then dowoon was gently diverting his quarreling hyungs out of the room, leaving jae and brian to continue thinking of their first song and demonstrating the lyrics they were thinking of on the spot, quick and sweet and soft.

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