As ARMYs know, K-media has reported that j-hope will be enlisting in the army next week. This made ARMYs sad and didn't expect that time to come.
But a few hours ago, j-hope appeared on his live broadcast as implicitly confirming that he will soon enlist in the army in the next few days. Besides making ARMYs sob as they said their final goodbyes, j-hope also moved ARMYs by sharing the story between him and Jungkook.
In a situation where it seemed that Jungkook couldn't come to see j-hope off, he still managed to find a way to be with the other members on the day his second brother enlisted in the army. Here's how Jungkook handled the situation:
According to a source from News 1 on April 13, j-hope has received a summons to the army and will begin basic training on April 18. This source also revealed that j-hope will be enlisting at the A-zone Rookie Training Center in Gangwon-do. Here, he will receive basic training for 5 weeks, after which he will be αssigned to the full-fledged unit and serve as an active-duty soldíєr.
Previously, in February, j-hope personally applied for an end to the postponement of enlistment to the Military Manpower Association. This also means that he is completely ready to be called up to the army at any time. He will also be the second member of BTS, after Jin, to go on a mandatory m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service.
The news of j-hope's enlistment made fans extremely worried because that time was very close. In addition, ARMYs seem to be looking forward to the last live broadcast of j-hope before enlistment as the goodbye he promised before.
And the time seems to have come! A few hours ago, at around 11 p.m. KST on April 14, j-hope did a live broadcast to chat with ARMYs before enlisting. j-hope appeared with short hair and glαsses and a black outfit. He looked quite good though still showing a bit of anxiety before enlisting.
j-hope tries to reαssure fans that he will be leaving and coming back healthy soon. Not only that, he also shows his love for ARMYs and especially his members which makes ARMYs extremely emotional.
Specifically, during a moment of the live broadcast, j-hope confided in ARMYs how much he loves his members. In particular, he also talked about his meeting with Jungkook and V last week and revealed the reason behind why they had a chat session together.
It was because he thought that Jungkook couldn't come see him off at the army camp due to his fixed schedule overseas. So, j-hope wanted to meet Jungkook and V to have dinner, chat and have fun before not being able to see his maknaes for the next 2 years.
j-hope told ARMYs: "Recently I had a drink with Jungkook and Taehyung, and Jungkook was singing and it made me think, huh I don’t go to karaoke often or anything like that but, I thought “Wow he really loves singing”. Same with Taehyung. Jungkook just kept singing, he sang On the Street and Jimin’s song and so many songs.
The reason I met up with Taehyung and Jungkook is, Taehyung I can meet again but Jungkook is over in äṃệŕïċä so I didn’t think I’d be able to see him before going. So that’s why we got drinks together. They’re my brothers who I really love a lot".
This sharing of j-hope made many ARMYs want to cry because they know for sure that if Jungkook can't come see j-hope enlist, it will be very sad for both him and j-hope:
- noooo. jk won't be able to send him off I can't
- IM CRYING NOO HIS HOBI HYUNG DON'T SEPARATE HIM FROM JUNGKOOK WDYM COME BACK JUNGKOOK YOU ALL NEED TO SEND HIM OFF
- So sad that they won't be there to send one another but also the last to be enlisted probably won't be sent by anyone
- wdymm we won't get a ot6 bangtan вσмв?????!!
- My worst fears have come true
- Please ,come back Jungkookie
- this is too much for me, i'm in tears
- Ohhhh ȟɥȑțs please don't take our hobi
But luckily, j-hope later reαssured ARMYs by mentioning that Jungkook made a quick decision after that. Even though Jungkook's overseas schedules were packed and full, he still asked his staff to try to rearrange them so that he could return before j-hope enlists in the army.
j-hope said with emotion about Jungkook's decision: "Soṃệẗḧing I am moved by and heard from the MGMT team is that Jungkook's schedule was already filled but he adjusts it for me. He accommodates everything for me. He said he had to go when I would go". Not only that, he is also proud to see that his younger brother - the one he raised since he was 15-16 years old and now he becomes grown man and does this all for him: "I was moved. And I thought, "Ah, I raised him right"".
Meanwhile, according to some information from ḳöŕệän media, Jungkook will return to Seoul on April 16 after finishing his personal schedule in the US. Before that, he was reported to have participated in the recording process at his studio in the US as well as working on a number of other projects.
It can be seen that Jungkook tried to shorten his schedule and quickly returned to ḳöŕệä to see off j-hope's enlistment on April 18. Now, knowing this, fans feel happy because of the affection that BTS members have for each other:
- "ah i raised him right" THIS IS GONNA BREAK ME
- Of course. nobody would miss it. You guys are family. Even Tae rushed back from his overseas schedule to send Jin off. Gosh these 7 boys will forever be in my heart
- They are family. They cancel plans if they needed to for their brothers. The bond they have cannot be compared with anybody else
- he loves his hobi hyung so much
- wait this just made me realize… no one is going to be here to see the last bts member off on his enlistment
- He has to give his hyung a last cuddle and sniff!
- Luckily, he has a final decision
- JK is the best little brother
- It's his favorite hyung, of course Jungkookie will do that. i can imagine JK clinging to Hobi and giving him the tightest hug ever.
- their level of love and support for each other is UNMATCHED
- ofc he had to, his hobi hyung was leaving :((
- He will send him off no matter what. Family will always come first. Jk is the sweetest!