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    Jimin and Minjeong have never been the closest duo in the band. In fact, they get into the stupidest fights a little too often; the smallest, most insignificant things lead to huge arguments and derail the entirety of practice for the day.
    So when their manager calls a meeting for just the two of them, and tells them not to tell Aeri and Yizhuo about it, they think it’s very strange.
    Even stranger when said manager tells them they need to have sex. With each other. On camera.

    or: amidst a particularly hard period of aespa's career, drummer Yu Jimin and guitarist Kim Minjeong are asked to perform a PR stunt by filming—and fake-leaking—a sex tape in order to save the band from disbandment.

    (inspired by a prompt by vertebraespa on twitter)

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    24 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 42

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    “I’m already with someone.”

    Jack goes still. “Who?”

    A very fair question. A very unfortunate one.

    Minjeong’s brain blanks, and before she can stop herself, she turns and points.

    Directly at Jimin.

    “I’m with her.”

    Jimin does not react. She is still eating her burger.

    The girl across from her, however, turns immediately. “Do you know her?” she asks, sharp.

    Jimin glances up, mildly confused, then shrugs. “Yes.”

    Which is technically true.

    It is also the worst possible answer.

    Or Minjeong needed an out, Jimin needed saving, and now neither of them can get out of it without losing.

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    12 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 59

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    oh.

    jimin is waiting for minjeong to cuddle into her chest, to hide her face in the sanctuary of jimin’s neck, to slide their bodies so close together it’s impossible to tell where one of them ends and the other begins.

    which could mean nothing.

    minjeong and jimin have known each other for almost nine years, and minjeong can't pinpoint a time when she wasn't in love with jimin.

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    12 May 2026

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    Jimin strangles a breath of air before grabbing Minjeong’s legs and standing up slowly. Jimin walks them back to Minjeong’s apartment in silence as she listens to Minjeong’s breathing against her neck. She looks up at the sky and sees the stars twinkling abnormally brighter on this night, and something settles in the pits of Jimin’s soul.

    She might just be a little (a lot) in love with Kim Minjeong.

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    12 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 84

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    Jimin, a talented healer burdened with too many expectations crosses paths with Minjeong, a free-spirited artist with too many secrets.
    The two learn to navigate the complexities of Joseon society whilst feeling an indescribable pull toward one another.

    But Jimin is arranged to marry Kim Jungwoo — Minjeong's older brother.

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    12 May 2026