JuV

"You never fail me, Jumin. The treasure box of my memories."

- Jihyun to Jumin in V's route.

JuV is the slash ship between Jumin Han and Jihyun "V" Kim from the Mystic Messenger fandom.

Canon
Jumin and Jihyun are close, childhood friends and members of the RFA. In every route, V is the only person, which Jumin trusts the most (except for the Jumin's route, where MC starts to be the 2nd person, which Jumin trusts so much), he's very loyal to him. Jihyun, on the other hand, knows all the facts about Jumin that no one in the RFA knows - such as, for example, his drinking habit - and many times states how much he appreciates Jumin Han being his friend.

While we can see how close they are in every route, we have the deepest look on their relationship in the V's route, where the two share the most conversations, because of Jihyun logging into the chatroom more often. In V's route we find out a lot of the facts about their childhood. For example, we learn that Jumin and V's families were in good terms and that they were neighbors. One time, Jumin was driving his toy car and suddenly he crushed into Kim house's wall. Seeing that, he got off the toy, took off his phone and called the insurance number. V's interest and loneliness in his home prompted him to eventually ask Jumin to be his friend. That's how their friendship began.

In every route, Jumin still tries to deeply trust V, despite all his secrets and cares for him, worries about him. His strong devotion led many MysMe fans to thinking that Jumin might see Jihyun as someone more than a friend. However, it was never truly explained, yet the newer the route, the more Jumin's affection towards V we get to see and the more we find out about their relationship.

Jaehee's route
Near the end of Jaehee's route, Jihyun pays Jumin a visit without prior warning. He lies to Jumin, claiming he has terminal liver cancer and asking him to take over the RFA and to help him 'disappear quietly'. Jumin then grabs V's collar and angrily exclaims that "everything you're hiding, your secrets, they're all fine. I'll trust whatever you do and follow you. But please...don't lie to me! At least not you...at least not you...!" He asks when V started living with so little dignity and treating their friendship like it's nothing, telling him he crossed the line. V says he has to go to 'where Rika is', leaving Jumin concerned and confused.

Jumin's route
On the tenth day of Jumin's route, V arrives at the penthouse to convince Jumin to take back Elizabeth the Third. Jumin explains that he saw Rika in the cat and that's why he wanted V to have her. V explains that Jumin has always been in a position where he calculates things himself, and he needs to try and understand Elizabeth's position. V fondly reminisces about their elementary school days, bringing up an assignment where they had to draw a house, and Jumin made a detailed blue print with emergency procedure plans. He then tells Jumin that he believes he will be a great owner, and when Jumin says he will be fine with MC, V remarks, "...Oh my god. Where is that boy from my childhood story just now?" V swears that despite the threat of the hacker, MC will be safe, and remarks that Jumin has changed.

V's route
V's route is probably where we get the most information about Jumin and V's friendship. Several chatlogs indicate their childhood, including how Jumin met V when he crashed his toy car into his wall. According to V, his car was "totally crushed after crashing into the wall, but [he] didn’t even bat an eye". This is just one example of how well V knows Jumin and his past, and how that is revealed in this route. When V and MC are trapped in Magenta, Jumin helps Jaehee and 707 in the effort to get them out of there. When V is stabbed by Rika, Jumin helps with getting him into a hospital. Though he tends not to show too much of his emotions, V's state has him visibly upset. He says that though he usually considers worse-case scenarios, he is trying not to do so for V, but he is still plagued with worries.He also confronts Rika in the messenger about what she has done to his best friend, and makes sure to visit V in the hospital.

Secret Ending 1&2
When Saeyoung, Vanderwood, MC, and V are captive at Magenta, Saeran suffers a mental breakdown and shoots V before Jumin's security team rushes in. At V's funeral, Jumin speaks some words about V, calling him "a good friend, a good teacher, and a mirror of truth", and that he would "never forgive [him] for leaving on [his] own".

Fanon
JuV is the 2nd most popular Jumin ship in the fandom (3rd, when including MC). Jumin and V have one of the deepest relationships in the game, however the pairing is often being overshadowed by Zumin, since quite a lot of Jumin and Zen's conversations have homoromantic/homoerotic subtext.

On AO3 JuV has so far 184 works.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jumin/Jihyun on FanFiction.Net
 * Jumin/Jihyun on FanFiction.Net

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