Chapter 7: My Name Is Jungkook

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Jungkook's alarm woke up from the sound of his alarm going off. He groaned as he checked his phone to see that it read 7:00 AM. He, at first, wondered why he would set his alarm clock at such early hour, but then he realized that he and the others had an early dance practice this morning.

"Jk! Wake up!" Seokjin called out from outside of his bedroom, knocking on his door. Jungkook groaned in response, but remained lying in bed. "Jk! Did you hear me?!" Jungkook didn't respond and instead placed his pillow over his head to block out his hyung's voice. "Jungkook! Come on, get up bud!"

Seokjin began knocking on the door repeatedly. Jungkook still didn't respond and tried to get back to sleep. There was silence for a moment, earning a small sigh of relief from the younger one as he relaxed in his bed more. Just as he was beginning to get comfortable again, though, the blankets were torn away from him, making his body become exposed to the chill of the morning air.

"AH!" Jungkook exclaimed in shock as he shivered. His eyes jolted open and he met his hyung's eyes. "Hyung!"

"Come on! Get up!" Seokjin yelled loudly right in Jungkook's ear, earning a hiss from the younger one.

"Hey hyung, why are you being so loud? It's early," Jungkook grumbled as he tried to grab his blanket back from his hyung.

"I know, but we have practice in about 30 minutes, so I need you up and ready to dance," Seokjin voiced in a cheerful tone as he threw Jungkook's blanket across the room. The younger one let out an annoyed sigh as he rolled over, so that his back was facing his hyung. "If you don't get up then I'm going to start saying dad jokes."

"Ugh, no, it's too early for your lame dad jokes," Jungkook complained as he sat up, one eye still closed and the other eye half open.

"Hey! My dad jokes are the best KOALAty, so watch what you say," Seokjin warned with a playful glare as he crossed his arms over his chest. Jungkook rolled his eyes as he flopped back down on his back and closed his eyes. "Whoa whoa whoa! Don't go back to sleep! I'm serious about saying dad jokes!" Jungkook didn't believe his hyung and instead ignored him, blocking him out practically. "Sigh, you asked for it. What do you call-?"

"Hyung no! I'm getting up, alright!" Jungkook protested in alarm as he shot up out of bed and clapped his hand over his hyung's mouth. Seokjin muffled something under the younger one's hand, earning a confused expression from the younger one. Seokjin sighed and pointed at the younger one's hand. "Oh, sorry hyung."

"I'm leaving now, so I can have some breakfast, but don't make me have to come back in here," Seokjin warned with a hard look before patting Jungkook's shoulder and leaving the room. Jungkook let out a loud yawn as he stretched out his arms and rubbed his eyes. He took out some sweatpants and a black t-shirt and placed them on the bed before heading to the bathroom to wash up. Once he was all washed up, he slipped on his clothes and a pair of converse shoes then walked out of his room.

He bumped into Yoongi, who was looking even more groggy-headed than he was. He greeted his hyung with a small smile and received a small head nod back. Together, they walked to the kitchen where the others were. They were greeted by the others and their dance instructor.

"Good, the last two sleepyheads are here," the dance instructor said with a small sigh. Jungkook gave an apologetic look while Yoongi only shrugged his shoulders. "Alright, so now that all of you are here. I have an announcement that I'd like to make about this morning's dance practice."

"Is something wrong?" Namjoon asked worriedly. The others looked slightly concerned as well.

"No, nothing is wrong. We're just going to do it a bit differently today," the dance instructor answered with a reassuring smile. The others relaxed at that. "We're going to work on solos this morning and then I think we'll do full group in the afternoon."

"Sure, but why the sudden change?" Hoseok asked curiously as he took his last bite of toast.

"Just switch things up," the dance instructor responded, shrugging. The others nodded in understanding. "So, the order will be Namjoon, Taehyung, Hoseok, Jimin, Yoongi, Seokjin, and finally Jungkook. Now, while we work with one member, the rest of you can either watch or do whatever you like, but don't be going out on adventures or anything since it will go by relatively quickly." The others nodded once again in understanding as the dance instructor gestured to Namjoon to follow him. Namjoon nodded back as he followed after the dance instructor.

"Aish, I'm going back to sleep since I'm close to the end," Yoongi grumbled sleepily as he slumped his way back to his room and closed the door.

"I guess I shouldn't get too comfortable since I'm going to be right after Namjoon," Taehyung mentioned with a small sigh of disappointment.

"I'm going to go do an Eat Jin Vlive, anyone want to join me?" Seokjin asked as he glanced at the others. Jimin and Taehyung agreed, but Hoseok shook his head and announced that he was going to go watch the practice. Once Hoseok had left to go to the dance studio, the remaining members glanced at Jungkook for an answer. "Well, are you going to join?"

Jungkook glanced from the remaining members. They each held expressions that were clear that they wanted him to join, but he had told himself yesterday that he was going to go visit Y/N today and this would probably be the only chance that he would get. He bit his lip before shaking his head. This made his hyung's eyes widen a bit because most of the time when one member was doing a vlive then he would be insistent on joining.

"Since I'm the last one, I think I'm going to do some video editing in my studio," Jungkook voiced with a small smile. The others seemed a bit disappointed, but reluctantly nodded in understanding. Then with that, those three left to go to Seokjin's room to record for an Eat Jin Vlive.

Feeling confident that his hyungs were busy and couldn't hear him, he made his way over to his room. Sure, he told them that he was going to video edit, but that didn't mean that he was actually going to do that. No, he was going to visit Y/N. It was probably best that he keep his studio door locked that way if any of his members try to check on him then they wouldn't be able to see that he wasn't actually in there.

He put his swim trunks on and slipped on a pair of sandals before heading to the window. He opened and sat on the ledge. The dance instructor had told them not to leave the dorms, but he was the last one, so surely he had enough time to go down to the beach for a quick visit. Clutching the locket necklace that contained the scale, he leaped from the window sill and landed on the ground then headed to the beach, trying his best not to be recognized by anybody.

He hurried his way down to the beach and to a secluded area before standing by the water. He took his sandals off and placed his feet into the chilly sea water. There, he waited in hope that Y/N would show up. He wasn't too surprised to find that he had to wait a little while. He always had to when he went to visit her.

Trying to ease his boredom and impatience, he started humming one of his songs and slowly and gradually turned into singing. Unbeknownst to him, his singing could be heard. He continued until he was finished with the song and when he was done, it was silent for a brief moment before he heard a low clapping sound. He looked around and saw Y/N there, sitting in the water with her back against a large rock.

"Y/N," he whispered in a soft tone as he smiled gently.

"Hey there Naked," she greeted him back with a teasing grin. When she said that, he stared at her with a blank expression. He had been so happy to finally see her after two days that he had forgotten about the names that she called him. He let out an annoyed/exasperated sigh as he shook his head.

"You... stop calling me naked!" He exclaimed in exasperation. He only earned an amused giggle from Y/N. He let out another sigh as he ruffled his hair in frustration. "Am I going to have to repeatedly remind you that my name isn't naked every time I come to visit you?"

"Well, no, you don't have to remind me. I'm well aware that your name is Naked," Y/N replied with a matter-of-fact tone and smile. Jungkook mentally face-palmed and poked at the inside of his cheek with his tongue in irritation. He couldn't believe how clueless and persistent this mermaid was. He could tell that she was fixed on calling him 'Naked', despite it not actually being his name.

"My name is not Naked, it's Jungkook for the thousandth time," he mumbled as he sent her a small glare. He didn't want to go on with this, so he decided to change the subject. "I'm sorry that I didn't come visit you these past 2 days. I don't really have a reason for not showing up the day before yesterday, but yesterday it was pouring out, so I would have gotten soaked."

"It's fine. I don't expect you to come to the beach every day," Y/N said with a small shrug as she splashed her tail around in the water, "I wasn't sure whether to come today or not, but then I heard you singing, so I had to come and listen. You have a really beautiful voice by the way."

"Thank you Y/N. I appreciate that. How about you? You're a mermaid, so you must sing a lot too," he stated with a curious look as he sat down on the rock Y/N was leaning against and stared down at her. She was about to respond since she opened her mouth, but nothing came out. She closed her mouth soon after and a troubled look appeared across her face.

"I used to sing, but not anymore," she murmured, her voice soft, but sad as she looked off to the side. Jungkook wondered why Y/N would stop singing. He wanted to ask her, but he could tell that he would just be prying if he asked and it seemed like something that he wasn't going to get an answer to, at least not yet. Pondering in thought, his eyes traveled back down to Y/N, specifically her chest. His eyes widened when he realized once again that she was wearing nothing up top. Only small strands of her hair were covering her bare chest.

"Oh shit...," he mumbled in panic as he bit his lip nervously and looked away. He got off the rock and sat down beside her in the water and grabbed a chunk of her hair, covering up her chest more. He remembered the bikini top that he had bought for her a little while back and he sighed realizing that he had once again forgotten to bring it, "I knew I forgot to bring something..."

"H-Hey! What are you doing?" Y/N asked in surprise and confusion as she glanced at Jungkook, looking slightly uncomfortable.

"I'm just covering you up. I swear, I'm not doing anything bad," he answered awkwardly as he took a quick glance to see if Y/N was more covered up. He sighed when he saw that most of her hair was now covering her chest, so any bareness wasn't invisible to his eyes. Y/N noticed that and brought her tail up to her chest to hide her chest.

"Hmph, are you being a perv again?" She asked with a flustered glare as she flicked some water at him.

"I'm not being a perv and you're one to talk, especially since you're the one who's swimming around half naked in public!" Jungkook protested loudly and speedily, trying to cover up his nervousness, even though he had a flustered expression spread across his face.

"Why are you yelling at me?!" Y/N asked, feeling surprised by his sudden outburst, "Also, why are you calling me Naked? That's your name! My name is Y/N! I thought we went through this already."

"My name isn't Naked! I've been telling you this since the first time we met! You're the one who's refusing to believe it and I know your name is Y/N," Jungkook replied with a scowl on his face. He didn't know how much more he could take of her calling him 'Naked'. He tried his best to keep it together.

"Fine! Then what is your name?" She asked with a small pout.

"Aish, Y/N are you serious right now? I literally told you at least 5 times what my name is and you don't remember? Were you even listening at the time?" Jungkook asked in disbelief as he grumbled in annoyance. He couldn't understand how she could be so dense. He wondered if maybe she was just doing this on purpose to annoy him.

"Actually, you told me only 2 times," she responded as she looked at him with knowing look. Jungkook stared at her for a brief moment, blinking his eyes slowly. Was he hearing her right?

"Wha-?! So you do know that my name isn't Naked then? And you just kept calling me Naked despite me not liking it?" He asked in shock and frustration as he crossed his arms over his chest. She nodded back in response. He didn't say anything as he just glared at her.

"Ok ok! Stop glaring at me already! Yes, I know that your name isn't Naked. I just thought it was funny. Plus, your reactions were always funny. I thought of it as a nickname for you and it was something that nobody else called you," she explained shortly as she looked away awkwardly. Jungkook stared at her for a moment before letting out a sigh, calming himself down as he realized that she was just teasing him.

"Well, can you call me something different? Please?" He asked in a pleading tone as his hand rested on her shoulder. She looked up at him and into his eyes, staring into them, getting lost in them. There was something about his eyes that glamoured her. She could see little stars in his eyes. It was hard to peal her eyes away, but when she did, she only smiled at him softly.

"Hm... Naked Jungkook or Jungkook Naked? Oh! Or maybe Jeon Naked or Naked Jeon," she suggested with a teasing smile as she watched his reaction and not to her surprise she watched his mouth form a scowl.

"Enough with the Naked already Y/N! Please just call me something else that doesn't have the word Naked in it," Jungkook insisted with a look of growing annoyance. Y/N held in her giggles at his expression. "My hyungs and fans call me lots of different names like: JK, Jungkookie, Kookie, Kook, Golden Maknae, Nochu, Justin Seagull, and probably many others."

"Oh, ok. Is there a specific nickname that you would prefer I call you?" She asked curiously as she peered into his face, like she had done the first day that they had met. Jungkook seemed less awkward when she did that and didn't back his face away this time. Instead, he stayed in place and stared into her eyes.

"Anything is fine... as long as it doesn't have Naked in it," he mentioned with a somewhat warning look. Y/N nodded in understanding as she thought for a moment before smiling.

"So, it's ok if I call you Hermit Jeon?" She asked as she flashed him a grin. He gave an aggravated sigh. He knew by her grin that she was teasing him again.

"What? No~, come on, why did you have to add in the hermit?" He asked as he shook his head disapprovingly.

"Jungcrab?" She asked in a suggestive tone, earning another glare from him, making her laugh in amusement, "Haha, alright, I'll just call you Jungkook then. How is that?"

"Better," he responded with a sigh of relief. Now, he only hoped that she would remember to call him that the next time that they meet. It was quiet as they sat side by side.

He didn't know what to talk about. Even though he still had lots of questions in his head, they were all so bunched up that he didn't know which one to ask. He sighed as he let his head lean against the rock behind him. His hand fell to the side and brushed up against Y/N's glimmering tail. His attention was now focused on her tail instead of the questions that swarmed his brain.

"You can touch it if you want to," she murmured making him stare at her in surprise. She gave him a reassuring nod. He sent her a small smile back as his hand carefully brushed over the scales of her tail. He could feel the sharp edges prickling his skin. While he continued to run his hand up and down her tail, his finger caught on one of the scales and pierced through the skin. He let out a hiss of pain as he pulled his hand away and looked at his finger to see that it was bleeding and there was a deep cut. Y/N gasped when she saw the blood and took his hand gently.

"Don't worry. It doesn't hurt that bad," Jungkook said, trying to reassure Y/N. She glanced from his finger to him before pressing down on his finger. "OW! Hey!" Y/N sent him a knowing look, making him realize that she did that on purpose to see if he was lying or not. He sighed and rolled his eyes at that. He watched as Y/N placed her hand over his finger while her other hand held his hand in place.

Within a few seconds, her hand glowed a bright purple color and so did her eyes and pendant. The cut slowly healed itself until there was nothing left once again, not even a scar or a scratch. Once she was done, her eyes, pendant, and hand went back to normal.

"Does it hurt anymore?" She asked softly as she held onto his hand gently. He shook his head in response and looked back down at her hand holding onto his. She smiled back at that as she traced over the palm of his hand with her finger. He watched her with a gentle expression, admiring the tenderness of her touch.

"Have you always had the ability to heal?" He asked as he held her hand lightly.

"Yeah, of course, all mermaids have- I... um... yes, I always had the ability...," Y/N said as she quickly tried to cover up whatever it was that she was going to say. She let out a small sigh as she looked away from him. Jungkook eyed her suspiciously and curiously. He was surprised when she said 'all mermaids'. He remembered her telling him that she was the only mermaid in the world, so he wondered why she would say 'all mermaids'. It looked like a new question started forming in his head.

As he was about to ask her, his phone buzzed. He let out an annoyed groan as he took his phone out of his pocket and out of its waterproof case. He opened his phone to see that there were 10 new messages from his hyungs. He raised an eyebrow as he pressed on the messages and read all of them. His eyes widened when he read all of the messages that were telling him that it was his turn to practice is solo dance.

"Shit...," he cursed under his breath as he placed his phone back into its waterproof case and back into his pocket. He stood up quickly, startling Y/N, who looked up at him bewildered. "I'm sorry Y/N, I have to go now. I'll come back later, if I can, but if not then I'll come back tomorrow."

"Oh, ok, see you then," she murmured with a small smile as she waved to him. He smiled back at her as he slipped his sandals on before beginning to walk back down the beach. "Jungkook?" He stopped walking at the sound of her calling out to him and turned around to look at her. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

"Are you ok?" He asked curiously and confused. She looked at him nervously, seemingly wanting to say something, but she simply nodded her head in response and smiled somewhat forcefully. She then turned around, her back facing him, and diving down into the depths of the sea. He watched her figure swim off out of sight and wondered what it was that she wanted to say to him as he rushed to get back to the dorms.

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