Jimin Reveals What Jungkook Hated So Much That He Even Objected to It During Military Service

 

It has been a year since all of the BTS members were discharged from the military. Both the idols and their fans are now enjoying what feels like the happiest period after such a long wait. Although military service under modern peacetime conditions is not as harsh as it once was, everyone knows that military life is still far more disciplined and difficult than ordinary life—especially compared to the lifestyle of global K-pop idols.

Most of the members have avoided talking too much about their time in the military after completing their service because, despite the good memories, it was genuinely a traumatic experience in any ways. Jimin once explained that he felt neither he nor the fans really wanted to revisit the topic too much during the period immediately following their return.

It was only recently, during a livestream after a concert and with encouragement from the other members, that Jimin felt comfortable enough to share a few stories—including one that revealed Jungkook's rare but hilarious "rebellious spirit" during military service!

According to Jimin, one of the most memorable moments happened when he and Jungkook were still military trainees. The two heard that church services on base often handed out bread and snacks to soldiers after training sessions. Naturally, they immediately decided to go in hopes of getting something to eat and having a short break after their exhausting drills.

Jimin laughed as he recalled, "The two of us went there thinking we'd just eat piece of bread. We got there—honestly, we did want to eat it." However, things quickly went off track when they realized that all the shaved-head trainees there were standing up together, singing and dancing during the church gathering.

The idol described the moment when the two exchanged desperate looks: "The two of us looked at each other like, 'Ah, d*mn...' We really didn't want to do it all." But before they could escape, a trainee who had enlisted about a week earlier walked past and kept urging everyone, "Everyone stand up! Hurry up!"

That was when Jungkook's "rebellious side" suddenly appeared. The BTS maknae protested, saying gthings like, "No way," "Why not?" and "Because I don't want to do it." Jimin's reenactment of Jungkook's reaction immediately sent all the BTS members into uncontrollable laughter during the livestream. Fans also could not stop laughing at the image of two shaved-head young men who only wanted some free bread but somehow ended up being dragged into a group singing-and-dancing session.

This was not the only moment that revealed Jungkook's rebellious spirit. Jimin also shared another memory involving the two of them taking consecutive night-watch shifts. Every time Jimin returned from his shift, he had to struggle to wake Jungkook up for the next one.

"Jungkook and I had back-to-back military night-watch duty, and when I came back, I'd go, 'Jungkook-ah, wake up. You gotta wake up now,' and then he'd go, 'AHHFFFF.'" After about a minute of complaining, Jungkook finaly sat up, rubbed his shaved head, and muttered hopelessly, "Hyung, what the h3ck are we even doing here?"

Right after the livestream, clips of Jimin telling these stories quickly spread across social media. Fans especially loved seeing this "rebellious Golden Maknae" side of Jungkook because it felt so genuine and adorable. Many ARMYs joked that the fact that Jungkook survived military life for so long was practically "a miracle," because just hearing a few of his complaints was enough to show how much he hated waking up early and doing things he did not want to do.

ARMYs' Reactions:

1. The image of bald Jungkook and Jimin going to the church for free food and then being forced to join a religious ceremony is taking me out.

2. Please, not JiKook going to church just to eat! They didn't even want to participate, and then this senior trainee passing by told them to do it. My little rebel Jungkook was like, "No way." I'm dying, help. This is so funny.

3. I'm literally crying laughing. Why are they so freaking funny? It's just a shame there aren't any clips of it. If there were... I'd never get tired of watching those clips and laughing my ass off. Just imagining it is already enough to make me lost it. LMAO.

4. The JiKook military story is so thrilling. No wonder they chose the buddy system. They're totally on the same wavelength, complementing each other perfectly and inseparable.

5. Every time they narrate their military stories, even though they tell them in funny way, I just get anxious listening to them.

6. He wanted OUT of that place. The story is sad and funny at the same time. I wouldn't be able to sleep properly knowing I could be woken up at any minute for night duty. I'm glad they can laugh about it now because it must've been h3ll.

7. I can already see it in my head, lol. He looks like that badass main character in a movie. While everyone else obeys the hierarchy, he's out here being a sigma and doing whatever he wants.

8. Our free-spiritted mknae who isn't afraid to ay no to what he hates, even in the military, In the end, Jiminie hyung uust can't help but find him absolutely adorable.

9. Their story in the military—if it were made into a real K-drama, it'd be so freaking exciting. Damn it.

10. They're seriously so funny. How did the church staff somehow not realize that they were still just trainees who hd revently entered the military? But honestly, I can't help imagining what it would've been like if they'd actually ended up joining the church choir and the church's dancegroup. They went there hoping for free food and somehow ended up becoming church singers and dancers. LMAO.