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SUGA's quiet love for his brothers does not
stop there. He can be seen committing
small gestures of kindness throughout their
Bangtan Bombs and RUN! BTS episodes.
Don't think, though, that these come with no
swag attached. Remembering a time SUGA
gave him a gift, RM recalls, "He threw it at me
and said, 'It came.' Then he left". SUGA can also
be seen sharing water bottles with the rest of
BTS, but one trait stands out: he never looks
at their faces when he passes it. When asked
about this, SUGA said, "I got this trait from
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my f athe1 . He used to take Cat e of us quietly;
I thought it was cool".
Spreading his love to ARMY seems to be a
bit easier for SUGA. Though not always the
first member to extend finger hearts or show
aegyo (OH.il), SUGA makes sure ARMY
knows how he feels about their support.
While preparing for BTS on Stage: Epilogue
back in 2016, SUGA took a moment out of
his evening to send a message to ARMY
"VVe have a concert tomo1°row," he said during
a V Live video.
"VVhile prepat 0 ing for the concert,
I saw the past three years flash befo1°e my eyes.
As I always say, not because BTS and SUGA are
good, but thanks to otrr fans AR1\1Y, we can have a
conce1°t in a big venue ... It's all thanks to ARMY".
One does not even have to be ARMY to
benefit from SUGA's love. During a fansign
event on Sept 18, 2014, SUGA made a
verbal promise to buy gogi (.I!.7 I; meat) for
some fans in the future. A year later
during a fan-star interview, a different fan
reminded SUGA of this promise and asked
when it would come true. SUGA responded
by saying it would be for his 25th birthday,
March 9, 2018. Sure enough, this past March,
SUGA made gogi donations to several
children's facilities in Daegu, including a foster
home who revealed they received a phone call
from Big Hit and later, first class Hanwoo beef
arrived at the facility. Big Hit later confirmed
that SUGA made Hanwoo donations to 39
different children's facilities in ARMY's name.
The total cost is assumed to be around
20 million Korean won (more than $18,000).
It is not hard to see the differences between
SUGA and Min Yoongi. In the studio and on
stage, he is all business. "VVhen we talk about
stage concepts and stuff, I don't play around.
I engage in them sincerely", he has said.
Yet when the tensions of idol life have
subsided, and the boys who have become
BTS are just young men again, this menacing
tiger turns into ARMY's "Li'I Meow Meow."
It was this same appreciation that prompted
SUGA to give a gift to ARMY for his birthday
in 2015. When thinking how he wanted to
express his heart to fans, SUGA came up
with three gifts: a handwritten note, a polaroid
picture of himself, and a transportation card
loaded with W5,000. With some help from
Jimin and V, SUGA prepared these gifts for
39 ARMYs, writing each note and address
by hand before sending them to the recipients.
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