While other BTS members have been continuously updating their personal activities after being discharged from the military – from livestreams and fashion events to Instagram posts or friendly comments with fans – SUGA has almost “disappeared” from social media. Since completing his military service, he has not appeared directly in public or had many interactions with fans.

The last time fans saw any trace of SUGA was through five photos taken from a distance, seemingly from a filming set with a warehouse background, where he was playing an electric guitar. Those photos were the first ones he shared after two years of absence.

But since then, there have been no further updates. Many people jokingly said that even a blurry photo or a tiny piece of information about SUGA would be enough to “feed” them these days.

And as expected, recently, a netizen α¢¢ι∂єитally helped “satisfy that hunger” with a real-life encounter story with the rapper, which surprised and excited fans. The story came from an employee working at a shoe store in Seoul, who happened to interact directly with SUGA without realizing it.

According to the shared post, the OP said that a male customer came to the store that day and asked to try on a pair of shoes from brand E. The conversation went very naturally:

SUGA: “Please show me the Adizero EVO model in size 265.”
OP: “Have you ever tried Adidas products?”
SUGA: “I’ve tried Boston shoes before.”
OP: “That brand runs a bit small, so try size 270.”
SUGA: “Ah, you’re right. I’ll take this size.”

After paying, the customer left and was picked up by a Bentley, which caught her attention. Perhaps when recalling the moment, she thought he looked somewhat familiar, and his aura felt different from regular customers, so the store leader became curious about whether he was a celebrity. And indeed, he was! Another staff member enlightened the OP that it was SUGA from BTS.

The story quickly spread across кσяєαn and international online communities, making fans delighted to know that “he’s alive, healthy and buying new shoes.” They were also amused to learn that SUGA currently favors Evisu shoes and that his actual shoe size is 270mm (equivalent to EU size 42).

Many humorous and adorable comments about the story have been circulating on social media:

- Finally, an update from SUGA – and it’s from a shoe store employee!

- He’s still the same simple guy, low-key and humble – that’s so Min Yoongi

- I miss him so much. We're so starving like we'll take it whatever 

- Good ENOUGH. He's alive, healthy and buying new shoes. I'll take this as a win.

- my sweet sweet baby. but were they open-toed shoes, I want to know?!

- I'm imagining meow went through his shoes during practice and he needed a new one (yes yes delulu time)

- Well, hes alive, thats good. Hes got new shoes, thats good. We know two whole current things!

- this is such food for a starving ARMY. thank you guy, and surprisingly that he wants an EVO shoe. He's gonna start running too??

- This moment hearing about Yoongi buying shoes demands this reminder of how he cutely ties his shoes. I make no apologies for how starved I am for news of him

- so size 265 in sk is 42 in europe. bro his feet are not even as big as y'all say

- Getting Yoongi updated from a random shoes store worker

- Remember when agustd (SUGA on instagram) was asking rkive for his shoe size. I MISS YOU MIN YOONGI 

- My man buy shoes yes my king I'm so happy for the update

- For what it's worth we heard his whereabouts my yoongi boongi

- You mean to tell me I wear a bigger size shoe than him?!