One Shot

"You promise?" A boy, the age of 7 asks seriously, his eyes watering with tears as he places a locket around your neck.

"I'll do better! I swear on all my gummy worms" you, at the budding age of 6 reply with a grin, showing off your missing teeth. You admire the locket momentarily, staring at the picture of the two of you inside and the initials engraved. "He must have begged his mom to get this made" you think amazedly.

"But you love those more than anything!" He says, interrupting your thoughts as his eyes widen in disbelief.

"It's okay! You're worth it" you say, munching happily on another piece and handing him one as well. He nods firmly.

"Fine, but you better not forget me okay! That necklace is our promise that one day I'll come back for you and then you'll really have to marry me!" he says and you nod but not really understanding the seriousness of the situation. You watch him turn around to leave when his mom calls him in to grab his things, not knowing that this was truly the last time you'd see him in a long time.

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You tear open another packet of gummy worms with your teeth and one hand, while washing off the blood staining the fist of your other.

You dry off your hands and stuff a bunch of candy in your mouth, then count how much cash you won after the last match.

"480...490...520...540" you finish counting, smiling smugly when you realize how many people bet for you this time. "Not bad, I guess they realize that girls can fight too." you think, absentmindedly rubbing the old locket you never took off, which doubled as your lucky charm.

Your thoughts drift off to your childhood best friend who you lost contact with after he unceremoniously left you the locket. You never found a way to find him again, a picture and initials, to which you forgot the name to, being the only thing you had to remember him by. "I was 6 when he left... and it's been 16 years... I wonder what he's been up to now..." you wonder.

You wish you could see him again, but at the same time you didn't because you didn't want him to see what kind of life you were living right now at the age of 22.

You weren't ashamed of it at all, knowing that you would do whatever it takes to keep your life on the right path. This was also the only way to continue paying for your education so that you could find a better job in the future, even if it meant that you had to resort to underground fighting full time.

You sigh, pocketing your cash and shrugging your hoodie over your sports bra. Tilting the packet of candy over your mouth, you stuff all the pieces in in one go, scrunch up the piece of plastic, then throw it in the bin as you exit the changing room.

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"Come on Hyung! We've been here for two days already! Just come with me to tonight's match and I won't ask you again okay?" Jimin says pleadingly to Hoseok, who was slowly giving in.

"There's this awesome female fighter tonight that I watched highlights on! You have to see how she moves! I almost wish she could box just so I could go against her..." Jimin says wistfully. Hobi sighs and finally agrees, his mind already drifting onto other matters.

"It's been 16 years... I wonder if she left this place already... What's she doing, does she still remember me?" he thinks somberly, not knowing why his thoughts drifted to the bubbly 6 year old from his memories.

"Nobody can know we're here Chim... We're just taking a short break after all those interviews..." he says, to which Jimin nods enthusiastically at, and then they both enter the rowdy underground ring together.

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"MAKE SOME NOISE FOR GW!!!" an MC shouts, and you breathe in deeply as you enter the ring, looking up to the burly opponent, who you notice, was already underestimating you because you were a woman.

"Girlie, I think you missed the fashion boutique down the street. This isn't the place for people like you" The man says chauvinistically, shooting you a smirk. You frown slightly, but say nothing as you take off your hoodie.

"You must be new here... which basically means you're unforgettable and someone to add on to my list of 'Peoples whose ass I kicked'" you say smugly, watching his nose flare in anger at your jibe.

"Perfect. The angrier they are, the quicker they lose." you think, touching the thin locket once more before getting into your stance.

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From the audience, Hoseok's eyes widen when he sees the locket but he shakes his head quickly. "There's millions of lockets in the world... the chances of any girl having one is high..." he thinks realistically and goes back to watching the game. He watched unsurely, glancing between the man who was almost twice the size of the girl, but still she seemed confident.

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The referee goes over the same rules, that you've heard hundred of times, briefly before the bell signals the start of the match.

Immediately, a fist shoots straight for your face and you turn slightly, hearing his fist almost graze your ears. You duck quickly and sweep your legs in a kick, knocking him down. He looks up at you furiously, and gets up, throwing another punch and you shake your head at how sloppy it was.

After a few more attempted hits, you decide to quickly end the match and so you get him into a headlock, wrapping your legs tighter until you see him tap out. Brushing yourself off, you exit the ring, hearing wild cheering all around you.

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"Holy... Shit..." Hoseok says unbelievingly at what he saw. Jimin glances at him smugly "I told you she was good Hyung! Seriously, we should hire her as our bodyguard. God knows Jungkook probably needs it the most" Chim says jokingly.

"Shit... if it is HER, I need to know..." Hoseok starts, not one to miss out on a chance, no matter how small it was.

Nothing about her stage name gave hints to who she was so he turns to Chim quickly. "What does GW stand for?"

Chim looks at him with mirth "...You wont believe it...But I gotta say even as a badass fighter, she's still a girl especially when she chooses something cute like Gummy Worms as her nickname and- Wait Hyung! Where are you going?" Jimin shouts when Hoseok jumps out of his seat, heading straight towards the changing room.

"That can't just be a coincidence" he thinks in shock, walking quickly, with a confused Chim trailing behind him.

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Hoseok walks in, only to see the man at the match earlier shoving you roughly against the wall. His eyes now narrows in fury.

"You little bitch! Give me my money!" He spat out loudly, and you look at him unamused.

"Can you say that again without your face so near me cause dude you really need to brush..." you say seriously, knowing that making him angrier probably wasn't the smartest thing to do as he slams you harder against the wall. You flinch slightly, knowing that you were going to have a nasty bruise later.

You sigh, knowing that you probably were going to have to kick his ass again and bloody your already sore fists just to get rid of this annoyance.

"If you don't let her go I'm going to make sure you never walk straight again" a voice interrupts threateningly, and the guy's who had his arms around you, loosens slightly. He turns and scoffs when he sees...

"Wait... isn't that Jung Hoseok from that famous Korean group" you think in surprise, wondering what the hell was going on. Jimin now enters the room and sees what's going on. Quickly assessing the situation, he get's someone on the phone before Hoseok went overboard and actually beat the shit out of the guy, and hands it to the man holding you up.

You see his face pale considerably at the conversation he was having. Slowly he releases you and throws the phone back at a smug Jimin, muttering with a glare,something about how he'll come back for you later.

Now that it was only the three of you, Jimin glances at Hoseok, who still hasn't taken his eyes off of you and then excuses himself briefly, quickly telling him that he'll call their manager for a bit.

With the two of you left in the room, you cough awkwardly and rub your neck.

"Thanks for that... I mean I had it under control and this happens a lot but thanks..." you say quietly. He still stares at you and you fidget under the scrutiny.

"Uh, shouldn't I be staring at you? Not the other way around? Cause you know... you're the famous one... the one in that group..." you trail off rubbing your locket as a habit when you're nervous. His eyes widen now and trails down to your neck, as if just realizing he was making you uncomfortable.

With purpose, he approaches you and grabs your hand. "Whoa wait. I mean I like your music and all but I don't need any type of fan service man. You helping me out earlier was way more than eno-" He cuts you off with a smile as he fingers the locket carefully.

"I guess you really never took it off" He starts and you look at him confused. You open your mouth to question him but he continues.

"...and the Gummy Worms? Really Y/N? You'd think after 16 years you'd finally get over that obsession of yours." he says cheekily and this time your eyes widen in recognition.

"No way... You... But..." you start off confused and you look back at the initials engraved in your locket and it clicks. "JHS...Jung Hoseok" you whisper and his smile widens at your expression.

"Long time no see Y/N" he says sweetly and you realize that the man you see on television, happened to be the same kid that you made a promise with all those years ago.

You laugh at the coincidence and he shoots you a sly look. "So about that promise..." he says waggling his brows and you shove him away embarrassedly

"....I'll come back for you and then you'll have to marry me!"

you recall, thinking with a surprising amount of clarity.

Flushing red you shout back "I don't remember anything!" and he just chuckles, knowing that you were lying. You guys caught up and he explains how he got into the group and you tell him all about how you had to go into street fighting. You tell him that this was only temporary until you got your life sorted, when he shoots you an upset look, trying to make him feel better.

He tries to think of ways he could help and he remembers something Jimin said earlier.

"...we should hire her as our bodyguard"

And his eyes widen at the thought. Slowly he breaks into another smile, sending butterflies in your stomach and you look away before it got worse.

"Y/N... about that promise..." he starts and you narrow your eyes again, ready to retort but he raises his finger, silencing you.

"I can wait a couple more years for that so let's change it up a little... Instead of marrying me, become my bodyguard" he asks, no, demands, confidently and your mouth gapes in admonishment as he drags you outside to a Jimin, who sneakily was listening to the whole thing, and was already making the call.

"Wha... What's going on?" you think, wondering how you went from being an underground fighter to an international bodyguard in less than an hour.

Hobi sends you an endearing smile once more, his eyes crinkling at your shock and he whispers sweetly

"This time, I'll buy you as many Gummy Worms as you want"

That was the day your life changed and it was all because of one Jung Hoseok.

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