The living room glowed beneath the warm yellow lights, soft shadows stretching lazily across the wooden floor.
It was supposed to be a peaceful evening for the seven members of TBS.
Some snacks.
A little music.
Maybe a few hours of doing absolutely nothing.
But peace had never survived for long in that house.
"Come on! Let's all go live together tonight and surprise RAMY!"
Minjo suddenly jumped to his feet, throwing both arms into the air as if he'd just won a championship.
Teahun's eyes immediately landed on Hosu.
"Not tonight."
He pointed at him.
"Look at him. He's completely drunk."
Hosu slowly straightened his back.
He puffed out his chest and gave everyone a proud smile.
"I'm fine."
Teahun stared at him.
Hosu nodded firmly.
"I can sit like this for the next hour."
"You can't even sit straight for thirty seconds."
"I can."
"You were talking to the lamp five minutes ago."
Hosu frowned.
"It was listening."
Minjo burst out laughing.
Jeon J lowered his head, hiding the smile that had appeared on his lips.
Teahun rubbed his forehead.
"Just control yourself. If something slips, the entire surprise will turn into chaos."
Hosu gave him a thumbs-up.
"Hahaha. Don't worry. Everything is under control."
Teahun slowly looked around the room.
Nothing about the situation suggested that.
Minjo suddenly pointed toward the other side of the sofa.
"And look at those two!"
Yomin and Jinhun were trying to stand.
Trying.
That was the important part.
They leaned left.
Then right.
Then somehow bumped into each other and grabbed the sofa for support.
They looked less like two grown men and more like two jelly statues fighting gravity.
Minjo laughed.
"How are they even standing?"
"We're perfectly fine," Yomin declared.
Jinhun nodded seriously.
"We are professionals."
"Professionals at what?" Teahun asked.
Jinhun thought for a moment.
"Surviving."
Jeon J finally let out a quiet laugh.
Kim Joon sighed.
"Everyone, calm down. No live streaming until you're all steady."
"We're fine!" Yomin insisted.
He raised one finger like a scientist about to present a groundbreaking discovery.
"We'll drink lemon water."
He pointed toward himself.
"Wash our faces."
Then he pointed at Jinhun.
"And become completely awake."
Hosu nodded proudly.
"Excellent plan."
Teahun narrowed his eyes.
"Who is making the lemon water?"
Yomin immediately raised his hand.
Teahun stared at him.
"Actually… never mind."
But Yomin was already walking toward the kitchen.
Hosu and Jinhun followed.
The three musketeers disappeared toward the kitchen.
Minjo watched them go.
Then looked at Teahun.
Then at Kim Joon.
Then at Jeon J.
"Should we stop them?"
Kim Joon shook his head.
"Too late."
Teahun sighed.
"That's our second mistake."
Minjo grinned.
"What's the first?"
"Letting them drink."
THE LIVE BEGINS
Minjo suddenly grabbed the camera.
"Forget it. Let's just go live."
Kim Joon looked at him.
"Now?"
"Yes!"
Minjo turned the camera toward the room.
"RAMY will love this."
Teahun sat beside him.
"At least the three idiots are in the kitchen."
Minjo laughed.
"Exactly. We have thirty seconds of peace."
He pressed the button.
LIVE.
The screen filled with notifications almost instantly.
Comments began racing upward.
@Ramy_00007:
"WAIT! TBS IS LIVE???"
@MoonlightFan_22:
"SEVEN MEMBERS??? THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
@PurpleHeart_JeonJ:
"JEON J IS THERE 😭 EVERYONE STAY CALM."
Minjo laughed.
"Look at them! We just started and RAMY is already screaming."
Teahun leaned closer to the screen.
"Read this one."
@TBS_Lover99:
"Why does this look like Joon oppa's living room? Did you all invade his house again?"
Kim Joon looked toward the camera.
"We live here."
Minjo immediately added,
"Some of us are guests."
Kim Joon turned toward him.
"Who?"
Minjo pointed toward himself.
"Me."
Teahun laughed.
"That's not how living arrangements work."
Another comment appeared.
@KDramaSoul:
"Joon oppa, your house looks suspiciously peaceful. Where are the other three?"
Minjo looked toward the kitchen.
"They're making lemon water."
Teahun immediately laughed.
"That's what they think they're doing."
Kim Joon frowned.
"What does that mean?"
Teahun shrugged.
"I don't know. I just don't trust Yomin with vegetables."
Minjo burst out laughing.
A loud THUD came from the hallway.
Everyone on the sofa froze.
Minjo slowly turned his head toward the sound.
Teahun's eyes widened.
"What was that?"
Another voice screamed from the hallway.
"MY FOOT!"
Minjo's mouth fell open.
Teahun immediately covered his face.
"Oh no."
Kim Joon sighed.
"Not again."
Minjo turned the camera slightly toward the hallway.
"RAMY…"
He was already laughing.
"I think the live has officially become interesting."
Another scream echoed through the house.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
The comment section exploded.
@Ramy_00007:
"WHAT WAS THAT???"
@DramaQueenRamy:
"DID SOMEONE FALL?!"
@StarryNight_Ramy:
"WHY DID I HEAR A SCREAM 😭"
@MinjoSmileClub:
"MINJO DON'T LAUGH! GO CHECK!"
Minjo pointed toward Teahun.
"Teahun, you go."
Teahun immediately shook his head.
"Why me?"
"Because you're responsible."
"Exactly. That's why I'm staying here."
Minjo nearly fell over laughing.
Then Hosu appeared in the doorway.
His face was completely serious.
Behind him, Jinhun was sitting on the floor, holding his foot.
Hosu looked at the camera.
Then at Jinhun.
Then back at the camera.
"Small problem."
Jinhun screamed,
"SMALL?!"
Minjo was already laughing.
Teahun quickly read the comments.
@PurpleHeart_JeonJ:
"WHO HURT JINHUN OPPA?"
@TBS_Lover99:
"JINHUN IS ON THE FLOOR 😭"
@SeoulDreamer_08:
"Joon oppa, your children are fighting again."
Kim Joon looked toward the camera.
"They're not my children."
Minjo laughed.
"You say that every day."
Another comment appeared.
@Ramy_00007:
"JINHUN OPPA BLINK TWICE IF YOU NEED HELP."
Jinhun, still sitting on the floor, blink twice.
The entire room exploded with laughter.
Teahun nearly dropped the phone.
"HE ACTUALLY DID IT!"
Minjo grabbed the cushion.
"He's asking for emergency assistance!"
Jinhun pointed at the camera.
"I am injured!"
Hosu immediately crouched beside him.
"I'm sorry."
Jinhun glared at him.
"You stepped on my foot!"
"I didn't see it."
"You were standing right there!"
Hosu looked genuinely guilty.
"I'm sorry."
He gently held Jinhun's foot.
"Your foot is strong."
Jinhun stared at him.
"What?"
Hosu nodded seriously.
"Very strong."
Teahun was already laughing.
Minjo read another comment.
@MoonlightFan_22:
"WHY IS HOSU HOLDING JINHUN'S FOOT LIKE A BABY 😭"
Minjo lost it.
"He really is!"
Hosu patted the foot.
"Please forgive me."
Jinhun looked horrified.
"Why are you talking to my foot?"
Hosu leaned closer.
"I respect your foot."
The room went silent for one second.
Then everyone burst into laughter.
Even Jeon J, who had been quietly watching from the sofa, lowered his head as his shoulders shook.
Another comment appeared.
@KDramaSoul:
"JINHUN OPPA, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT IN A K-DRAMA? THIS IS A WHOLE TRAGEDY."
Teahun read it aloud.
Jinhun raised his hand dramatically.
"I need justice."
Minjo laughed.
"Who are you taking to court?"
Jinhun pointed at Hosu.
"Him."
Hosu looked shocked.
"Me?!"
Another comment appeared.
@JoonOppaSaveUs:
"JOON OPPA, WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HOUSE? THROW THEM ALL OUT."
Minjo read it.
Kim Joon stared at the camera.
"I would."
He paused.
"Sometimes I genuinely want to pick them up one by one and throw them outside."
The laughter softened.
Kim Joon looked toward the hallway.
Hosu was still holding Jinhun's foot.
Yomin was still somewhere in the kitchen.
Jeon J sat quietly on the sofa.
Minjo and Teahun looked at him.
Kim Joon sighed.
"But I know what will happen."
A small smile appeared.
"Give it a few minutes."
He leaned back.
"The doorbell will ring."
He looked at the others.
"And one by one, they'll all come back inside and sit right here."
His voice softened.
"Because they know I can't live without them."
For a brief moment, nobody spoke.
Minjo's smile became softer.
Teahun looked down.
Hosu stopped fussing with Jinhun's foot.
Even Jeon J's expression changed slightly.
The comments began flooding faster.
@FaithfulRamy:
"JOON OPPA 😭"
@PurpleHeart_JeonJ:
"WHY DID THIS GET EMOTIONAL SO FAST?"
@TBS_Lover99:
"WE CAME FOR CHAOS AND NOW I'M CRYING."
Minjo quickly wiped beneath one eye.
"Okay."
He cleared his throat.
"Nobody is allowed to make this emotional."
Teahun nodded.
"Agreed."
Then—
From the kitchen came Yomin's voice.
"GUYS!"
Everyone turned.
"I MADE THE LEMON WATER!"
Silence.
Minjo slowly looked at Teahun.
Teahun looked at Kim Joon.
Kim Joon closed his eyes.
"Oh no."
Minjo whispered,
"Here comes the next disaster."
The comments exploded.
@Ramy_00007:
"WHY DID JOON OPPA SAY OH NO 😭"
Yomin finally appeared.
He held a glass of water proudly in his hand.
"I made it."
He smiled.
@KDramaSoul:
"THE LEMON WATER HAS ENTERED THE CHAT."
Teahun was laughing again.
"Perfect lemon water."
Kim Joon immediately leaned forward.
"Yomin."
Yomin stopped.
"Yes?"
"What exactly did you put in that?"
"Lemon."
Teahun squinted.
"Why does it look green?"
Yomin looked at the glass.
Then shrugged.
"Maybe it's a special lemon."
Minjo started laughing.
"Special lemon?"
Jeon J slowly lifted his head.
His eyes narrowed.
He looked at the glass.
Then at Yomin.
Then back at the glass.
"Yomin…"
Yomin smiled.
"Yes?"
Jeon J pointed.
"That's not lemon."
Yomin's smile disappeared.
"What?"
Jeon J's eyes widened.
"THAT'S GREEN CHILLI!"
Yomin froze.
The comment section exploded.
@Ramy_00007:
"WHAT DID HE SAY???"
@MoonlightFan_22:
"GREEN CHILLI????"
@StarryNight_Ramy:
"YOMIN PLEASE PUT THE GLASS DOWN."
@YominMarryMe:
"YOMIN OPPA, I TAKE BACK MY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL."
Minjo read it and screamed with laughter.
"YOU LOST YOUR FIANCÉ IN FIVE SECONDS!"
Yomin stared at the glass.
Then at the camera.
"I thought it was lemon."
Teahun laughed.
"How?!"
Then another comment flew past.
@YominMarryMe:
"YOMIN OPPA, MARRY ME. MAYBE THEN I CAN TEACH YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEMON AND A CHILLI."
Yomin looked at the chili still sitting on the kitchen counter.
"In my defense… they're both green."
Minjo bent forward.
Teahun covered his face.
Kim Joon whispered,
"God help us."
Yomin took one step forward.
The glass tilted.
Everyone saw it.
"Yomin—"
The water flew.
Straight toward Jinhun.
Jinhun happened to have his mouth open.
SPLASH.
Silence.
Jinhun blinked.
The entire room froze.
The live chat stopped for half a second.
Then—
Jinhun swallowed.
One second.
Two.
Three.
His eyes widened.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
The comment section EXPLODED.
@Ramy_fans7:
"HE DRANK IT 😭😭😭"
@DramaQueenRamy:
"JINHUN OPPA JUST DRANK THE CHILLI WATER!"
@TBS_Lover99:
"SOMEONE SAVE HIM!"
@kingkim:
"YOMIN RUN."
@PrinceJinhun:
"YOMIN, MARRY ME INSTEAD. I'LL SAVE JINHUN OPPA FROM YOU."
@RamyQueen:
"YOMIN OPPA, PLEASE GET MARRIED SO SOMEONE CAN SUPERVISE YOU IN THE KITCHEN."
@Yominfansfollowing:
"YOMIN OPPA, PLEASE DON'T KILL MY FUTURE HUSBAND JINHUN 😭"
@YominMarryMe:
"THIS IS WHY I'M NOT MARRYING YOU."
@KDramaSoul:
"WE ARE WATCHING A LIVE STREAM OR A SURVIVAL SHOW???"
"RAMY is ruthless tonight."
Jeon J quietly smiled.
Kim Joon shook his head.
"They're not even married and they're already planning Yomin's household management."
Teahun laughed.
Jinhun grabbed his throat.
"MY THROAT!"
Minjo was laughing and trying to grab the water bottle at the same time.
"Drink! Drink!"
Jinhun snatched it.
He gulped.
Then stopped.
His face changed.
"It got WORSE!"
Teahun collapsed against the sofa.
Minjo was crying with laughter.
Jeon J covered his mouth.
Hosu looked terrified.
"Are you okay?"
Jinhun pointed at him.
"NO!"
Then he pointed toward Yomin.
"YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!"
Yomin's eyes widened.
"I thought it was lemon!"
Jinhun screamed.
"HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT?!"
The comments kept flying.
@SeoulDreamer_08:
"JINHUN OPPA BLINK TWICE IF YOUR SOUL IS STILL IN YOUR BODY."
Jinhun blinked twice.
Minjo read another one.
@PurpleHeart_JeonJ:
"WHO LET YOMIN INTO THE KITCHEN?"
Minjo pointed at Kim Joon.
"Joon hyung."
Kim Joon stared at him.
"Don't involve me."
Another comment appeared.
@JoonOppaSaveUs:
"JOON OPPA, THROW ALL OF THEM OUT."
Kim Joon sighed.
"I was just talking about that."
Everyone laughed again.
Jinhun was still drinking water.
Hosu was still hovering over him.
Yomin was staring at the empty glass like he had just committed a crime.
And Jeon J…
He was laughing.
Actually laughing.
Not his usual tiny smile.
A real laugh.
Minjo noticed.
"Guys!"
He pointed toward Jeon J.
"LOOK!"
Jeon J immediately tried to hide his face.
"Don't."
Teahun laughed.
"The chili finally made him laugh properly."
Another comment appeared.
@FaithfulRamy:
"JEON J'S LAUGH IS WORTH THE ENTIRE LIVE."
Jeon J lowered his head again.
Minjo read the next one.
@HosuDancePlease:
"HOSU OPPA! ONE DANCE STEP WITH TBS! PLEASE!"
Hosu immediately stood.
Teahun's eyes widened.
"No."
Minjo laughed.
"Absolutely not."
Hosu spread his arms.
"I can dance!"
Jinhun, still holding his throat, shouted,
"NO!"
Hosu started dancing anyway.
One step.
Two steps.
A spin.
Then—
His shoulder bumped Jinhun.
Jinhun froze.
Everyone froze.
Hosu slowly turned toward him.
"Sorry."
Jinhun stared at him.
"WHY ME AGAIN?!"
The comments exploded.
@Ramy_00007:
"CHECK JINHUN OPPA!"
@KDramaSoul:
"DID HOSU BREAK HIS BONES THIS TIME TOO? 😭"
@ProtectJinhun:
"JINHUN HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH."
@HosuDancePlease:
"HOSU STOP DANCING BEFORE HE LOSES ANOTHER BODY PART."
Minjo was practically screaming with laughter.
Teahun leaned against the sofa, unable to breathe.
Even Kim Joon couldn't keep a straight face.
Hosu looked at Jinhun helplessly.
"I didn't mean to."
Jinhun pointed at him.
"You have been attacking me all night!"
Jeon.J laughed again.
And the live comment section became a blur of hearts, crying emojis, marriage proposals, accusations, and demands for Jinhun's immediate medical examination.
For the seven members of TBS, it was just another ridiculous night.
For RAMY—
It was already becoming one of those lives they would talk about for years.
Busan (Share House)
The live was already in full chaos.
On the large LED screen in Minji's room, seven familiar faces filled the display.
The girls had been watching from the beginning.
And by now…
they were laughing so hard that none of them could remember the last time they had breathed normally.
Minji sat cross-legged on her bed, clutching her stomach.
Ruhi had already fallen sideways onto the mattress.
Hana was wiping tears from the corners of her eyes.
Sophia had one hand pressed against her cheek because her face actually hurt from laughing.
And Zoya…
Zoya was laughing too.
She had tried several times to calm herself down.
It hadn't worked.
On the screen, Jinhun was still holding his throat like he'd just returned from war, while Yomin looked completely lost and Hosu was somehow still trying to defend himself.
Ruhi suddenly pointed at the screen.
"Look at Jinhun!"
She burst into another fit of laughter.
"My stomach actually hurts!"
Hana could barely speak.
"Mine too!"
Minji wiped her tears.
"I can't even feel my face anymore."
Sophia shook her head, laughing.
"This is supposed to be a normal TBS live?"
Zoya covered her mouth, trying to stop herself from laughing.
"They're unbelievable."
Another comment appeared on the screen.
Teahun leaned forward and read it aloud.
@YominMarryMe:"Yomin oppa, I'm taking back my marriage proposal. I don't want to marry a man who can't tell a lemon from a chilli."
Minjo immediately lost it.
Teahun laughed so hard he had to lower the phone.
The girls' room erupted again.
Minji fell backward onto her pillow.
"No! No! That's too much!"
Ruhi slapped the mattress.
"She rejected him because of the chilli!"
Hana was laughing so hard that she accidentally slid right off the edge of the bed.
"AH!"
She landed on the floor.
For one second, everyone stared at her.
Then Minji screamed with laughter.
"HANA!"
Hana, still on the floor, raised one hand.
"I'm okay!"
That only made everyone laugh harder.
Even Zoya had tears in her eyes now.
On the screen, Jinhun was still suffering.
Ruhi pointed at him dramatically.
"Poor Jinhun! Everything happened to him tonight!"
Minji nodded sympathetically.
"First he fell."
She counted on her fingers.
"Then Hosu stepped on his foot."
"Then he got chilli water in his mouth," Hana added.
"And then Hosu injured his shoulder while dancing," Sophia finished.
Ruhi immediately sat up.
"Hosu's dance practically finished the poor man!"
She pointed toward the screen.
"Someone please check Jinhun's bones!"
Another comment appeared.
@SeoulDreamer_08:"Jinhun oppa, blink twice if you still have all your bones."
Teahun read it.
Jinhun immediately blinked twice.
The boys burst into laughter.
The girls did too.
Ruhi grabbed her stomach.
"HE ACTUALLY DID IT!"
Minji was laughing so hard she could barely speak.
"Someone save him!"
The live continued.
Hosu was still laughing.
Yomin was still defending his innocent lemon-water mistake.
Minjo and Teahun kept taking turns reading comments, occasionally stopping because they were laughing too hard to finish.
On the screen, another comment appeared.
@JoonOppaSaveUs:"Joon oppa, what happened to your house? Please throw them all outside."
Minjo read it aloud.
Kim Joon sighed.
"I was thinking the same thing."
The girls laughed again.
But then Minji noticed something.
Her laughter slowly faded as she looked more closely at the screen.
"Wait…"
Sophia looked at her.
"What?"
Minji didn't answer immediately.
Her eyes stayed on the screen.
"Why is Jeon J so quiet?"
Zoya's smile faltered for just a second.
Her eyes instinctively moved toward him.
Jeon J was sitting slightly apart from the others.
While Minjo and Teahun were busy reading comments, and Hosu, Yomin, and Jinhun were still caught in their own chaos…
he was unusually quiet.
Not unhappy.
Not distant.
Just…
quiet.
Sophia looked at him carefully.
"Maybe he's tired."
She tilted her head.
"They've probably had a really long day. Their schedule must have been exhausting."
Minji nodded slowly.
"Yeah… maybe."
Then she glanced at Zoya.
Zoya had already looked away.
Too quickly.
Minji didn't seem to notice.
On the screen, Jeon J picked up his drink and took a small sip.
For some reason, that tiny movement caught Zoya's attention again.
Her gaze returned to the screen before she could stop herself.
He looked calm now.
Almost peaceful.
And suddenly, beneath all the noise and laughter around her, Zoya's heart became strangely quiet.
Zoya lowered her eyes.
She didn't want Minji to notice the softness that had suddenly settled over her expression.
She didn't ask Allah for anything for herself.
She didn't ask to be closer to him.
She only wished for his happiness.
His safety.
His peace.
And perhaps…
that was what frightened her most.
Because somewhere along the way—
his happiness had quietly started to matter to her.
On the LED screen, Jeon J smiled at something Minjo said.
Zoya's lips curved into a small smile too.
For now, there was only a screen between them.
A room full of laughter.
A quiet prayer.
And a feeling she still wasn't ready to name.
To be continued…
Regards,
ZK 💌