Behind The Lights (Taekook)
EPISODE 1 — “10 Minutes Left.”
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🌟 Main Cast
🐯 Taehyung: warm, playful, always teasing Jungkook. The world sees him as confident, but privately he worries he’s losing their spark under pressure.
🐰 Jungkook: focused and reserved. Doesn’t open up easily but loves deeply. He hides behind professionalism — until Taehyung texts.
💻 Manager Kim: strict, controls their phones and schedules.
🐣 Jimin: best friend who suspects the truth and helps them cover their tracks.
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[00:12 AM — Chat: “Tae 🐯💫”]
Kim Taehyung
Tae: You awake, Kook? 👀
Jeon Jungkook
JK: You literally just left my room.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: Yeah but now I miss you. 😗
Jeon Jungkook
JK: You have a problem.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: The problem is you.
Jeon Jungkook
JK: Stop texting. Manager will check phones in morning.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: Then you better reply fast 😏 only 10 min before this deletes.
Jeon Jungkook
JK: You’re impossible.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: And you love me for it. 💋
(notification sound — [Message auto-delete countdown: 09:59])
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Jeon Jungkook
JK: We can’t keep doing this.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: Doing what?
Jeon Jungkook
JK: Pretending nothing’s going on. Pretending I’m not terrified someone will find out.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: …I know.
Jeon Jungkook
JK: Then why do you still send “I miss you” during live broadcasts 😭
Kim Taehyung
Tae: Because I actually do 😭
Kim Taehyung
Tae: [sends selfie — messy hair, backstage mirror]
Kim Taehyung
Aldready will . 8 minutes left babe
(tiny heart emoji appears)
Kim Taehyung
Kook do u ever wish 🤞 we aren't idols ?
Jeon Jungkook
kook: every time I can't hold your hand in public.
Jeon Jungkook
Kook: what??
Kim Taehyung
Tae: I just like hearing you say it .
(“Tae 🐯💫 sent a voice note (00:05)”)
> 📲“Goodnight, my golden boy.”
(message auto-deletes)
Jeon Jungkook
JK: …You know it’s cruel when I can’t even replay it.
Kim Taehyung
Tae: Then come say it in person 😏
Jeon Jungkook
Jk: I can't. manager's outside
Kim Taehyung
Tae: You’re lucky this app erases everything. Imagine if someone saw these messages lol.
Jeon Jungkook
JK: Yeah… lucky. 😶
(notification: [System update available — “BackChat v3.2”])
Jeon Jungkook
Jk: this app's asking for an update
Kim Taehyung
Tae: Ignore it . update break things.
Jeon Jungkook
Jk: you're paranoid
Kim Taehyung
Tae: and you're cute
Jeon Jungkook
Jk: logging of. night. 🌙
(System notification appears )
Update complete.
Restoring deleted messages (2741 found).
(Panel: Taehyung stares at screen. Last message flickers — “> Uploading chat logs…”)
💥 Cliffhanger: All their deleted messages just got backed up to the cloud.
stay tuned for next chapter .....................
EPISODE 2 — “Leaked.”
let's start.................
[08:14 AM – Group Chat: “Bangtan Schedule 🗓️”]
Manager Kim
Manager Kim: Rehearsal moved to 10:00. Be ready. Phones on silent.
Park Jimin
Jimin: Hyung why so early 😭
(Tae’s private DM notification slides in)
[08:15 AM – Chat: “Tae 🐯💫”]
Kim Taehyung
Tae: You ignored me all morning 😤
Jeon Jungkook
JK: You mean since 3 hours ago?
Kim Taehyung
Tae: That’s forever in boyfriend time.
Jeon Jungkook
JK: Stop calling me that here!
Park Jimin
Jimin: btw did anyone else’s app crash last night? mine’s glitchy af
Manager Kim
Manager Kim: Just uninstall unnecessary apps before rehearsal.
(Panel: Jungkook freezes — the app “BackChat” shows “New messages uploaded to Cloud.”)
[Private Chat – “Tae 🐯💫”]
Kim Taehyung
morning Babe 😘
Jeon Jungkook
not now. serious.
Kim Taehyung
what happened 😕
Jeon Jungkook
The app updated automatically. It backed up everything.
Kim Taehyung
…everything like…
Jeon Jungkook
EVERYTHING. Voice notes. Photos. Chats.
Kim Taehyung
wait wait ✋ calm down. maybe it's just internal storage.
Jeon Jungkook
no. I checked the logs. it uploaded to a public folder 📂 for bug reports.
Kim Taehyung
......please tell me you're joking
(notification — [“BackChat Beta Test Report Uploaded – Access: Public”])
(Jungkook’s eyes widen.)
Kim Taehyung
kook. delete it . now
Jeon Jungkook
I'm trying 😪. it's say "restricted".
Kim Taehyung
I'm told you not to update 😒
Jeon Jungkook
you're going to scold me now??
Kim Taehyung
I'm panicking OK 😭
(Panel: Taehyung pacing backstage, hair tousled, mask half-on, staring at his phone.)
[08:30 AM – Chat: “Jimin 🐣” →
Park Jimin
be check twitter 📲
Park Jimin
Someone posted screenshots. Like, actual screenshots. Of a chat app that looks EXACTLY like yours and Tae’s.
Park Jimin
I don't think 🤔 they know it's you guys. yet.
Park Jimin
delete everything now.
(JK’s phone vibrates — “Incoming call: Tae 🐯💫”) (He declines. Opens chat instead.)
[08:32 AM – Chat: “Tae 🐯💫”]
Jeon Jungkook
they're online already 😳
Kim Taehyung
I’m heading to the company. Don’t say anything to the staff.
Jeon Jungkook
What if they trace it?
Kim Taehyung
Then I’ll take the blame.
Kim Taehyung
Too late. I promised to protect you . Remember ?
(notification: “V_Lyric 🐯 — Last seen 08:33 AM”) (Jungkook stares at the empty chat, fingers trembling.)
[screen fade-out text:]
> “In their world, love isn’t forbidden — it’s erased.”
Episode 3 — “The First Message.”
let's start..........,..........
[One year earlier – 11:49 PM]
(Panel: Dorm lights off. Jungkook sitting on his bed with headphones, scrolling through messages.)
(Notification pops up from an unknown contact: “Private Chat Invite — BackChat Beta.”)
💬[11:50 PM – Chat: “Unknown 🐯”]
Unknown
Unknown: Yo 👋 it’s me
Jeon Jungkook
JK: …who’s me?
Unknown
EW NO. Try hotter
Unknown
Getting warmer but no😏
Jeon Jungkook
.....Taehyung hung......?
Unknown
🐯✨ ding ding ding
Jeon Jungkook
how did you get this app ?
Kim Taehyung
Yoongi gave me the beta link. Says messages disappear after 10 mins. Cool right?
Jeon Jungkook
So you decided to text me at midnight?
Kim Taehyung
Well, you were humming again.
Jeon Jungkook
You heard that? 😳
Kim Taehyung
Thin walls, bunny boy 🐰🎧
(Panel: Jungkook hides under blanket, blushing.)
Jeon Jungkook
Don't call me that
Kim Taehyung
Then what should I call you?
Jeon Jungkook
Fine. call me whatever
Kim Taehyung
Dangerous words 😈
Jeon Jungkook
…you’re kidding right
Kim Taehyung
Maybe maybe not..
(Message auto-deletes after 10 minutes.)
[Next day – 2:03 PM, rehearsal break]
Kim Taehyung
Stop ignoring me 🙄
Jeon Jungkook
We’re literally in the same room.
Kim Taehyung
Yeah but you don’t text back 😭
Jeon Jungkook
Because you’re beside me???
Kim Taehyung
Texting you is more fun 😌
Jeon Jungkook
Hyung, focus on dance.
Kim Taehyung
You focus on me.
(Panel: Taehyung grins across the practice room; Jungkook looks away, hiding a smile.)
Kim Taehyung
You get weirdly quiet when I compliment you.
Jeon Jungkook
Because you don’t mean it.
Kim Taehyung
I always mean it. You’re too good at pretending you don’t know that.
Kim Taehyung
Oh no. Did I break your brain? 😏
Jeon Jungkook
Stop texting me during rehearsal.
(Notification: [Manager Kim added message — “Phones away pls”])
(Both laugh silently in separate corners.)
“It started with jokes.
Then it became habit.
Then it became everything they couldn’t say out loud.”
Jeon Jungkook
you still up ??
Kim Taehyung
Told you . I don't sleep early. 😴
Jeon Jungkook
I keep thinking 🤔 about something.
Jeon Jungkook
If this app deletes everything… does that mean what we say here doesn’t count?
Kim Taehyung
depends what you're saying ?
Jeon Jungkook
What if I said I like you ?
Kim Taehyung
then I had say it back.
Jeon Jungkook
but it'd still disappear.
Kim Taehyung
not from memory.
Kim Taehyung
Say it anyway.
Jeon Jungkook
I like you. hyung.
Kim Taehyung
Good. because i already love you. 💬❤️
(Panel: screen glows, messages vanish, but both are still smiling in the dark.)
“That was the first night Jungkook wished the timer would stop.”
“But love between idols had its own countdown.”
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