And he's lucky to have the six of them, Seokjin thinks. He's the luckiest person in the room and, unlike every other privilege that he's just been handed, Seokjin has worked his hardest to deserve their friendship. He loves them all so fiercely that he'd do anything for them.

"It's going to be horribly cold soon. Good weather for more jjigae. Or maybe Jjim dalk. What do you think?" Those are dishes that are fun to make with people, good for learning.

"I want to make hotteok sometime too," he says, a little dreamily. "We could make lots of batter and fillings and then everyone could take turns on a grill. When it gets really cold."