January 16, 2015–
Taekook share room in Beijing & seem to also share a bed as both of their pillows are on a single bed. It’s known that Tae sleeps better if he hugs someone, as he always says. They have a fun morning rapping to “forest of dreams”.
This same day they have an interview where they are asked which member are they the closest to.
Jungkook chooses Tae:
But since Tae & Jimin chose each other
Jk changes his answer to himself, which makes the others laugh
Tae doubted but ended up changing his final answer to Jungkook when they were given the mic to say it out loud (Despite Namjoon also choosing Tae, he changed his answer only for Jk).
(https://youtu.be/klbAlGLr4SA, time stamp 5:56-7:05)
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January 23, 2015:
Jk tweets. BTS was eating at a peculiar restaurant & taekook sit next to each other.
https://twitter.com/bts_twt/status/558624907404115969?s=21
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January 25, 2015:
Maknae line say “bluffing is of course like this”. Best trio.
https://twitter.com/bts_twt/status/559296159907192832?s=21
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January 26, 2015
Suspicions that the significance of the date may come from taekook’s first kiss taking place, although all evidence indicates it would’ve been an isolated event at the time that they brushed off. This date is known as a significant date for them because they responded to each other’s love songs on this day in 2016. They also were spotted on a date in a nearby hotel (Namsan tower date) in 2018. We believe the first kiss could’ve happened on this date based on Jk’s song recommendation in March 2015 (see March section for more info but in short he recs an lgbtq song and screenshots “I want more” lyrics while writing “one more” in his tweet). We also concluded this based off of their dynamics. Taking into account the fact that Tae got drunk in September 2014 and kissed a Jimin doll, a possible explanation for a single kiss could be that Tae got drunk and took a risk in kissing a shocked Jk, but then backed off blaming the alcohol. In this scenario jk would have later realized he wanted to experience it once more but wasn’t brave enough & didn’t know if Tae really meant it.
This day around midnight Tae tweets “Suga hyung is next to me working” with the below pic:
https://twitter.com/bts_twt/status/559747839975116800?s=21
We know Tae, & BTS in general, tend to sleep very late so the day wasn’t yet over. For some reason he drew attention to his lips.
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January 27, 2015:
On the day after Tae tweeted “Aigoo..pimple..why today out of all days…” (Just included as a thought. Could be about the Gaon Chart awards the next day but it’s also true they were ending award shows season so having a presentation was not a rare event).
https://twitter.com/bts_twt/status/560121646556520451?s=21
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February 9, 2015:
They head to their Japan tour
https://twitter.com/bts_twt/status/564569029218947072?s=21
On the Japan tour, Tae playfully grabs Jk’s neck pretending to go for a kiss. They play fight & Jk ends up picking Tae to drop him on the sofa. Jk usually picks him up which is also the perfect excuse for physical contact
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February 13, 2015:
Tae gets a piggyback ride on stage
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Somewhere in February or March 2015 (during the preparations of “BTS Begins”):
Tae kicked a ball towards a sleeping jk. jk angrily chased Tae to hit him but they reconciled fast & slept together on the mattress while Tae hugged jk.
Jk being playful -
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March 7, 2015
Tk don’t flinch when their lips slightly touch during a blindfolded game, as if it happened before. They in fact smile, especially jk. Seemed to have been intentionally reckless to provoke the “accident”
(https://youtu.be/4ELntcpIg0A, time stamp 2:25).
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March 9, 2015:
Jk recommends the song “Memo” during this time, which talks about wanting more. This song is by Years & Years and is a gay song in which the male pronouns are used. Jk writes “one more” – which is very similar to the highlighted lyrics of the original song, but not exactly; saying “one more” implies something happened & wanting to repeat (one more time, one more kiss, etc). Jk did recommend a song prior to “Memo” so when he said “one more” he could have meant one more song recommendation but it’s also possible he intentionally tweeted 2 songs in a row so his text had multiple interpretations and it wasn’t so obvious except to the person it was meant for. Regardless, the writers believe the lyrical screenshot of “memo” included in his tweet - “I want more” - to be suspicious, especially since it’s an LGBTQ themed song and the first one of it’s kind he brought attention to. We believe Jk is hinting with the song and implying he wants more out of someone - more than just a friendship - no matter what he meant with his added text. This and other 2015 interpretations are supported by events that come later on.
Full expanded screenshot:
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March 29, 2015:
Tae escalates & enjoys fanservice as he back hugs jk on stage
https://twitter.com/taekook_love/status/656111434154274817?s=21
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April 3, 2015
Jk mentions that he has a lot on his mind and looks troubled. He says he feels like he is not working as hard as he should & wants to start getting things done followed by “my mind is just busy these days”. Can have different interpretations. (https://youtu.be/rFcDzXh3U1Y, 2:50-3:37).
Also this day a bangtan bomb is released where tk cuddle without commenting on the video they are reacting to as Tae plays with jk’s shirt (https://youtu.be/uuV-bPvdHnM).
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April 5, 2015
Jk takes pics of Tae & gushes about his handsomeness
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April 29, 2015
BTS release an album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1. Jk helped work on “Outro: Love is not over”. Some of the lyrics are “love is painful, sometimes painful”. “It seems that goodbyes are painful …” Our analysis is that by this time, Tae and Jk had not become a couple, nor had they done anything besides possibly kissed one time, if that. The speculation that they may have kissed stems from Jk recommending in March the LGBTQ song “memo” and it’s screenshoted lyrics “I want more”. We are not sure what Jk was referencing, but speculate perhaps they had kissed and Jk wanted to repeat that - or maybe they hadn’t and he wanted to escalate it. Based on their heavily flirtatious banter in 2015, it’s possible they kissed once and then backed off. We don’t see anything in 2014 or the beginning of 2015 to infer there was an issue between Tae and Jk, especially since they were not a couple but were increasingly upping the flirting antics between them. Because of this, it’s our belief that Jk’s writing contribution to “Outro: love is not over” is Jk gearing up for heartbreak, whether it’s rejection by Tae or society’s judgment.
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April 30, 2015
Interview is released where Tae is visibly aroused when Jk is dancing in multiple videos (see Ansitless “[16+] Taekook” time stamp 10:00)
A sticker is (coincidentally? Conveniently?) places over Tae’s head at first. (screengrab from Ansitless - https://youtu.be/gwjxdlnr_Fg, timestamp 10:21)
(raw footage - https://youtu.be/nPfArPK7SJk, time stamp 3:10)
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May 6, 2015 -
BTS attend Show Champion. Jk is photographed back hugging Tae.
After, the members take a group photo. While the photo itself is sweet and innocent, what should be pointed out is that Tae’s feet are literally facing the opposite direction of the camera, pointing to Jk. Remember, well respected body language expert Umentory mentioned in his Taekook 2020 analysis that feet are the most honest part of the body, and can point towards a person we are interested in (see end of Jan 2020 for more on Umentory). Tae’s body language betrays him and shows his interest in Jk in this photo.
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