Before joining the others, Jin dressed his face in a falsely bright smile aimed at his worried members and then discreetly looked over to Lee who ignored him, chatting with those in charge of the shoot, probably to give them some additional instructions.

     Finally, the boys finished getting ready and admired each other. They were gorgeous, each sporting the sponsor brand clothing in a range of similar colors: black, white, lilac, pastel purple, cassis, plum and amethyst. 

      Shirts, T-shirt or well-cut sweater, jeans, satin overalls or canvas pants, jacket, cardigan or coat, everyone wore the clothes chosen for him to perfection and which were accompanied by various accessories provided by the brand such as watches, earrings, necklaces, rings, scarves, umbrellas... The brand's advertising managers were delighted: they knew that their investment would pay off.

     Dominating the elegance of their clothing, their faces looked unreal, too good to be mortal humans. Jin's face, free from his hair expertly pulled back and set back, radiated a beauty that seemed ethereal. 

     His ivory skin brought out his delicately pink plump lip and under his thick eyebrows, his chocolate doe eyes highlighted by the dark eyeshadow melted the hearts of anyone who crossed them. The corners of his mouth stretched into a shy smile and his eyes that shone with sincere candor brought to his face the freshness of a youth that seemed to duel with the masculine charm that his drawn hair, his straight eyebrows, and his slender face with a marked jaw gave him. 

     His good looks undoubtedly eclipsed that of the other members whose charms nevertheless radiated throughout the room: he was truly Worldwide Handsome and no one, not even Lee, could claim otherwise at this precise moment, except for Jin himself, still tormented by the words of the vile manager. In his own eyes, he did not deserve to be highlighted.

     All the member got into place for the shoot. Usually during shoots, they would start by striking the poses they wanted and which they took instinctively, from experience, before being placed in a stage chosen for them. 

     In the first part, they grew closer to the members with whom they had the most affinity and for that reason, Jin and Jungkook were often placed side by side in the foreground in photos and in commercials shoots. The visual and the main singer of the group, the oldest and the youngest. A winning duo whose visual could only be better when Taehyung joined them to form a stunningly beautiful trio.

     That day, however, Jin moved back onto the set alongside Namjoon. Surprised, Namjoon tried to push him forward to join its original place, under the spotlight but  over Jungkook and Taehyung who stood in the front and was busy staring at each other, Jin met Lee's gaze and hastened to push the leader away:

     "No Namjoon, today I'm going to leave the maknae line in front, they have to grab attention and I mustn't stop them, you heard what our managers said. Army wants Jungkook and Taehyung in the spotlight and on top of that, they have to restore their bond explicitly."

     "Oh, that's right, sorry"  Namjoon remembered, "But I think Jungkook will have to be reminded because he's coming to you." 

    "What?" Jin said, turning around.

    Sure enough, Jungkook had abandoned Taehyung and approached Jin. 

     "Hyung, Taehyung pisses me off, I'd rather stay here in the back with you," he complained. 

     "You forgot the mission that Lee and Han gave you and Taehyung?" Jin replied, "You can't disobey, it's important."

     "But I don't want to do it now, we can do it later, when Taehyung stops provoking me," Jungkook complained, "and why don't you wanna come up front with me? It's not because you are with us in front that we will not succeed."

     "No," Jin refused, "it won't work if I'm next to you two."

     " Why?" Jungkook insisted, disappointed.

     "You know very well why: you are always too glued to me!" Jin exclaimed, piquing Namjoon's curiosity as he followed the conversation closely.

     "And you don't like it?" Jungkook asked sulkily.

     "I never said that," Jin defended himself, "it's just better to do what Lee and Han said earlier." Then he added, almost whispering in a pleading voice : "Lee said no Jinkook thing, and I don't want to have any more problems, do you understand?"

     Disappointed, Jungkook nodded and moved away from Jin to join Taehyung who was chatting with Jimin.

     "Is everything okay between you two, Jin hyung?" Namjoon asked.

     "Yes," Jin sighed, "it's not easy to pull him away, he's attached to me like my shadow."

     "Would you like him to get away from you?" Namjoon asked in a serious tone that worried Jin somewhat.

     "I never said that," the oldest repeated, tired of his members assuming things about him that he wasn't thinking about.

     "Boys, get into your place!" One of the staff running the shoot shouted.

     The photoshoot began and while the maknaes were in the front, in the spotlight, Jin was doing everything to go as unnoticed as possible. Whenever he was too visible, too present, he felt Lee's gaze on him and his tall body immediately contracted to appear as small as possible. He was ugly under his clothes, he shouldn't forget that. He was not allowed to show himself, it had to be the light on Jungkook and Taehyung, the ones their fans wanted to see the most.

     He spent the first part of the session half-hidden behind Namjoon who was his skinship's partner. Jin always let all of his members practice skinship on him even though he himself wasn't very comfortable practicing it with others besides Jungkook. However, fans especially enjoyed his relationship with Namjoon. So, he let himself be touch by Namjoon's hands, but he discreetly winced in discomfort when his leader grabbed him by the waist.

     In the foreground, between each take, Taehyung and Jungkook seemed to be actively communicating with their eyes. Their familiar, kind and possessive gestures accompanied by the warm smiles they addressed seemed to contrast dramatically with the coldness of their gazes as they passed each other. 

     "What did you do to hyung?" Taehyung whispered to be heard only by Jungkook as they stood arm in arm and flashed a big, fake smile aimed at the camera.

    "I didn't do anything, I already told you, stop pissing me off," the younger whispered in the same tone.

    "Who do you want to believe, I've seen it all!" 

    "You haven't seen anything at all," Jungkook replied, changing his pose to put his hand around Taehyung's waist and took the opportunity to pinch him discreetly but hard enough to make him clench his teeth.

     "Yes that's good, keep it up!" the photographer exclaimed enthusiastically enjoying their proximity and their poses.

     "No problem!" Taehyung said smiling.

     He suddenly grabbed Jungkook's buttocks with both hands, who opened his eyes wide in surprise but recovered immediately and quickly grabbed Taehyung's hands and squeezed them so hard that the photographer yelled in an approving tone :

     "Here, it is these possessive gestures that we want to see!" 

    "I'm going to kill you," Jungkook growled as he continued to smile creepily for the cameras.

     "So you don't like being touched in an indecent way?" Taehyug sneered, "then why are you allowing yourself to do this to Jin hyung?" 

     "I told you I didn't-" 

     But Jungkook trailed off and couldn't suppress a gasp of surprise when Taehyung pretended to bite the shoulder over his jacket. 

    "Let go of me!"

    Taehyung let go of Jungkook's shoulder and grabbed him by the back of the neck which he pulled so that soon their faces were only a few centimeters apart and the two froze, staring at each other, not smiling this time, as the cameras and cameras got excited in front of this scene of dramatic tension.

     "If it's you who hurt him, then I'll do anything to protect him from you, I swear."

     The threat was noticeable.

    "Why?"the maknae reacts before attacking: "do you love Jin hyung so much that you want to take him away from me because he loves me more than you? Try a little to see!"

     Jungkook suddenly realized what he had just said when he saw Taehyung's mouth open in surprise.

     "I mean-" he began, eager to catch up on his statement.

     "Wow, I don't know what happened to you but you just convinced me that something was really wrong in your head and nothing can change my mind no matter if hyung says otherwise." 

     "I-"

     "Okay, let's stop there, it's perfect boys!" 

    The voice cut Jungkook snapping him out of his torpor and he suddenly pushed Taehyung back, realizing what position they were in and how Taehyung was dominating him like that.  He had already let himself be dominated by Lee, he absolutely refused to let Taehyung do it.  

     Turning around, he saw that everyone was staring at them and on his side, he looked at Jin and Namjoon, still bound by their last pose made for the shoot. The two had always been close but strangely, the closeness between the two suddenly annoyed Jungkook.

     Between Taehyung who was playing the protector of Jin and Namjoon who was playing Namjin, taking advantage of the fact that Jin is not next to him during the shoot, he felt a strange feeling rising in him. Turning to Taehyung again, he brutally said:

     "It's me who will protect Jin hyung, so back off."