Blackpink was in the midst of a hiatus when they met. It was a very normal and casual encounter, not at all fancy. They just clicked: their interests, values and dreams were the very picture of compatibility. A mutual friend and food were the keys that unlocked the doors to this love story…

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Jungkook had been taking cooking lessons for over two months now and he prepared every meal with the excitement that he showed the very first time he single handedly made perfectly cooked pasta. All day long he kept thinking about one meal in particular: kimchi stew. So he figured that it might be worth trying to tweak an old recipe of his teacher to create his own, given mostly that he had all the time in the world. He began collecting the ingredients when he received a call:

“Yoooooo, JK!” Yu Gyeom from GOT 7’s voice loudly screamed through the phone speakers.

“Gyeommie!!!! Wassup!!!”, Jungkook answered back just as loudly, or maybe even more. He changed the phone to his left side, gently pressing his ear against the device in order to grab the ingredients with both of his hands as he talked with one of his best friends.

“Kooki-ya, big news! I’m coming over to celebrate!” Yu Gyeom carried on.

“Sure! Come on over, just… What are we celebrating?” Jungkook asked with a smile on his face, with genuine curiosity for his best friend’s hyped attitude.

“I’m hosting a new sho