SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu May Have Changed His Schedule To See BTS’s Jungkook Before His Enlistment 

One of the 97-liner friendships fans love the most is the one between SEVENTEEN‘s Mingyu and BTS‘s Jungkook. Anytime the pair do anything together, it seems to go viral.

SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu (left) and BTS’s Jungkook (right) | @min9yu_k/Instagram

@jungkook

아 몰라 걍 올려 #jungkook #mingyu #bts #seventeen #seven #sevendayaweek

♬ 오리지널 사운드 – JK – AbjkMRstY

Fans believe they got another indication of how close the pair are ahead of Jungkook’s enlistment!

Along with Jimin, RM, and V, Jungkook is set to enlist in the military for his mandatory service later this month. The group spent some time with ARMY, doing their final group broadcast for a while.

“2!3! bangtan! hello this is bts” pic.twitter.com/XSL4brkqpf

— golden⋆ (@archiveforJK) December 5, 2023

Jungkook also had some one-on-one time with fans, doing his own live stream on December 8. There were plenty of must-see moments as Jungkook chatted with fans for one of the last times before his departure.

10 Must-See Moments From BTS Jungkook’s (Probably Not) Last Livestream Before Enlistment

While answering questions, Jungkook fielded one asking if he and Mingyu went on dates often. He confirmed that they did and said they recently met for a goodbye drink.

jungkook mentioned mingyu in his live today!

said that he asked on hang-out dates a lot and is overseas now so when they had one recently, it was a bye bye drink together. pic.twitter.com/iXLXOrpxJr

— ☆ (@97GKFILES) December 8, 2023

Have you asked Mingyu out on a date recently? Mingyu… Yes, I do ask him to hang out with me quite often. But he’s out of the country right now. When we hung out recently, though, we said our bye-byes. We had some goodbye drinks.

Jungkook

At the time of Jungkook’s live, Mingyu was in Japan for SEVENTEEN’s FOLLOW tour dates in Osaka.

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After Jungkook’s live, some fans began thinking about Mingyu’s recent schedule and made a realization that had them in their feels.

Due to Japan’s proximity to Korea, some of the members of SEVENTEEN have flown home between concert dates rather than remain in Japan, including Mingyu.  On December 6, the members in Korea, minus Mingyu, were spotted at the airport, leading fans to question his location.

According to Dispatch only Joshua, Jun, Woozi, Vernon, and Dino departure to Japan today

probably Jeonghan, Hoshi, Dokyeom, and Seungkwan still in Japan
Wonwoo in Arashiyama
The8 departure to Japan from China today

but where is Mingyu?? pic.twitter.com/59utodjXyB

— 아라 (@svt_1402) December 6, 2023

so apparently, joshua, jun, woozi, vernon, & dino departed from icn to osaka

cheol is in kr
jeonghan & wonwoo are still in jp
booseoksoon already in osaka
minghao’s flying out from china

where is mingyu? #findingmingyu pic.twitter.com/EktuYJyWt9

— lili ???? (@_lilihae) December 6, 2023

Some hours later, a fan spotted Mingyu at Kansai Airport in Osaka alone besides management and security.

231206 KIX#MINGYU #민규 pic.twitter.com/fkDDAZmTaR

— 밍구워누 ⨟ (@meaniehoon) December 6, 2023

While it wasn’t announced why Mingyu took a later flight, some fans have linked Jungkook’s statement and believe it was done because of their goodbye “date.” The thought of Mingyu changing his schedule for Jungkook left many emotional.

is this date the reason why mingyu had a later flight to japan? to say goodbye? DONT BREAK MY BOYFRIENDS APART THIS IS SO SAD https://t.co/ggwHKK636A

— jus (@soowoogyu) December 8, 2023

WTF…. mingyu the military wife fr i thought we were just joking https://t.co/fmh6BiMnZx

— marcy (@icenmotivation) December 9, 2023

mingyu took a later flight than the other members the day he went back to japan… which means they said a proper goodbye… I’m ending it all https://t.co/pMzloyKl1q

— (@fahimareads) December 8, 2023

Check out another instance of the 97-liners’ friendship below.

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