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This work was based on the original story A Map of Mrs. Kims (and the drabbles that started it all!) created by @bonvoyagenoona​ and various members of the Tumblr BTS fanfic community! (You can also read it on ao3!)

i haven’t written anything so substantial in a long time, and still can’t quite tell if this is a one-time burst of inspo or possibly a continuous one...but either way, thank you so much to @bonvoyagenoona​ for letting me use your universe and your creativity as inspiration!

Jin is holding his mother's apple cinnamon scented candle and trying to ignore the busy grocery store around him when he hears what he thinks is a familiar voice float by. Someone brushes behind him, taking extra care not to dig their elbow into his lower back. He assumes, from the voice, the woman is on the phone. Talking in Korean, but occasionally muttering to herself in English. He himself knows next to no English, but it's easy to recognize. He turns as his mother takes the candle from his hand, watching the figure pass them by. 

That voice is familiar. And that stature. Maybe it's an odd thing, to recognize someone by their body, but she's wearing things that seem familiar, too. But her hair...that's not right. He doesn't know anyone with hair dyed like that - platinum blonde, with hot pink ends that start just below her ears. The dyeing in uneven, meaning some strands reach higher than others, but it looks intentional, giving a more natural look. It looks good - better than the mint mop on Taehyung’s head. Squinting, he turns himself fully, back facing his brothers and mother, and almost steps after the woman. 

"Seokjinnie, what is it?" His mother asks from behind, touching his back - more likely, smoothing out another crease she's managed to find in his suit. "Want something?" 

"No, Eomma," he replies automatically, and gives up when the woman turns the corner. That hair had thrown him off, so it probably wasn't anyone he knew. "Just thought I recognized someone." 

"Oh?" His mother presses. "Who? Where? Point her out." He sighs. Of course she assumes her, though she isn't wrong this time. "No, they're gone," he says, waving one hand dismissively and turning back to his family. "All done?"

"Hm, I don't think so," Namjoon replies, unraveling the neatly folded grocery list and checking it over. "Eomma still had a few other things written down." 

"To the produce aisle!" Taehyung announces, tugging the cart and Namjoon with it. As they walk away, Jin checks one more time over his shoulder. The woman, her hair, her familiar clothes, and her voice have all vanished. Probably didn't know her anyway. Probably for the best.

By the time he gets to leave his parents' home that night, after dropping Namjoon and Taehyung off and telling Namjoon yes, he can drive him home after work tomorrow, yes, he'll be on time, and Taehyung noisily calls him a personal chauffeur and tries to slip a 'tip' into his belt. By the time he gets home, it's late, and he's exhausted, his mind is painfully empty. He finds himself on the verge of zoning out while he drives back to his loft, but thankfully the music he finds on the radio helps to keep him somewhat anchored. He parks in the garage and takes the elevator up, unlocks his door, and groans loudly once he hits the couch. 

Business cards? A photoshoot? He's worried about what the hell his mother is planning to do with those ridiculous photos. He's also worried that he probably looks insanely tired in each of them - but, no, that should be the last thing on his mind. Why should he care if he looks tired? What is she planning with those photos? What's the point? He's happy alone. He's happy in his expensive duplex loft with his expensive car and his tailored suits, with his hard-earned cityscape view. His eyes grow heavier the longer he spends in his thoughts, going over the list of things he's accomplished and done for himself, how well off he is, how self-made. And how annoying it'll be to find those pictures of him anywhere outside of his parents' house. Because he's happy alone, on this plush couch, falling asleep in his work clothes. He has his family and a few friends, and that's really all he needs. He'll make his own family when he wants to, on his terms. 

Because he's already happy alone. And he's already asleep.

“Kang.”

“Here.” “Kim.”

Jin wakes up to someone kicking him under the table. “He’s here as well, teacher.”

“I believe Mr. Kim can answer for himself,” the teacher drawls, leaning dramatically to one side to peer at Jin as he smothers a yawn into his hands. “Mr. Kim?” “Here,” he croaks. “Good. Let’s try to keep it that way?” The girl beside him giggles, nudging his elbow gently. “I told you to go to bed. Aren’t you paying to go to class? I don’t think you’re paying to play video games.” “You were up with me,” he objects. “Because I beat you in Smash until you started complaining and we played something else.” Stretching discreetly, Jin nudged her back. “That’s what you get with using Sora as your main.” “Sorry, I don’t take smack from Sephiroth fanboys.”

He wakes up with a horrible ache in his neck and the memory of his dream fading quickly, no matter how desperately he tries to recall it. As he scrambles for his phone to write it down, the words begin slipping, and so does the image of whoever’s face that had been. He remembers that boring class, and the more he thought about it, he remembers often being asleep or falling asleep in his seat. Kang. That had been the name ahead of his. But what was her face? Abandoning his mission for the moment, he stares at the pair of consoles stacked discreetly on his TV stand, above the fake fireplace that’s switched off for now. It’d been a while since he’d touched either of them. But he remembers preferring PC gaming anyway, no matter how much she teased him for it. Groaning as he rolls his neck and cracks his knuckles, Jin stands, making a half-attempt at smoothing his shirt out. He needs to stop falling asleep on the couch. Even after his busiest days, the embrace of his queen-sized bed upstairs is surely better than leaving his head drooping over the side of the couch and his neck feeling brittle as a twig. Tonight, he promises, he will not fall asleep on his couch. But tonight is hours from now, so he kicks off his shoes, rubs his feet a bit, and then trudges upstairs to take a quick shower and go to work without breakfast.

Jin makes sure not to show up too early to get Namjoon, not wanting to risk another heckling like the one from yesterday on the bleachers. Only this time, it would be schoolteachers ogling him, causing chaos when everyone is supposed to be going home, and he had no particular desire to meet Namjoon's co-workers under such circumstances. Except Yoongi, who he already knows, but Yoongi is highly unlikely to save him if he saw Jin drowning in a sea of teacher assistants. 

He waits in the parking lot, car idling and windows up even despite the nice spring breeze. Windows down is too dangerous; it’s an invitation for chatter, and he isn’t feeling up to it today. When he sees Namjoon exit the building once all his young charges are gone, carrying a brown leather bag strapped across his chest and parting ways with Yoongi, Jin shifts into drive and swings up around the edge of the lot to pick Namjoon up directly from the doors. “I could’ve walked,” his younger brother says as he tosses his bag down and then clambers in, shutting the door gently. Jin hates it when people slam his doors. “Thank you, hyung, I really appreciate it,” Jin corrects. “Thank you, hyung,” Namjoon laughs. “I do appreciate it. I know you’re busy.” They maneuver carefully through the school parking lot, mindful of any kids or parents roaming about, but eventually Jin makes it to the road and pulls a left, luckily against the grain of most traffic. Namjoon lives closest to their parents in the suburbs, but Jin and Taehyung are farther into the city proper. Part of the drive goes by in silence; he opens the windows, now safe from unwanted conversation since they’re in a moving vehicle, and lets the wind mess up his hair. His brother does the same, eyes closed in the passenger seat but not asleep, just decompressing from a long day. These moments with Namjoon are some of the best; sometimes, they operate on the same wavelength like this, and can sit in silence together for as long as they want. 

 Finally, he decides to ask. 

"Do you remember the Kang family?" He begins with, trying to appear nonchalant. But Namjoon will pick up on him sooner or later, so the facade doesn't last long. 

"Hmm...not really," his brother admits, opening his eyes to look over. "Did we go to school with them or something?" 

"They used to live near Eomma and Appa. They had a girl, she was in the same year as you." Namjoon was silent for a long time before bolting upright, clapping once. 

"Yuna!" 

Yuna. The name makes Jin hit the brakes, tossing Namjoon forward by accident. Luckily the car behind them stops as well, and Jin feels tension creep up his arms as he finds the gas again. Yuna. Yuna Kang. He had a nickname for her once - what was it?

"Why?" Namjoon asks curiously, peering into the road to see what could've possibly made his elder brother stop so abruptly. Luckily they're already moving, so Jin hopes he assumes that there was a bird or something on the pavement. "I follow Yuna on Instagram, actually. I should see how she's doing." 

"Is she back in Korea?" Jin asks, glancing over repeatedly as Namjoon takes out his phone. 

"Eyes on the road," he's reminded. "I don't know, I don't use Instagram much." Yuna. He remembers school, suddenly. He remembers college. How could he have forgotten? College...but interrupted. His memories of Yuna stopped about a year into university, when she had...left. Transferred somewhere. 

Out of the country. 

"She hasn't posted in a bit," Namjoon says, holding his phone in Jin's line of sight so he can keep one eye on the road still. "Last post is from...America." 

"Chicago," Jin mumbles, nodding to himself. He remembers now. 

"No, the west coast." Namjoon squints. "California?" That's new. Jin can feel Namjoon's eyes on him, questioning, but it takes him a while to ask. "What made you think of her? Weren't you two friends a while ago?" Yes, a while ago. That's what it's become now. Since she left Korea, contact had grown sparse, and then faded into nothing. He understood. He had dropped a few people himself that way; it was unsavory, but sometimes necessary, and sometimes just happened. Jin realizes he’s chewing on his bottom lip and promptly spits it back out. 

"I thought I saw her at the grocery store, yesterday," he admits. "Someone walked by, and it sounded like her. Her clothes looked familiar, somehow, too." He adds that last bit hesitantly, but knows Namjoon, and only Namjoon, wouldn't poke fun at him for it. Joon understands those kinds of things. "But if she's in California, then it definitely wasn't her." 

"Well, who knows," his brother replies, shrugging. "This post is from a month and a half ago." Squinting again, Joon mumbles about not being able to read English well enough to know what her caption says. "Doesn't Instagram translate?" 

"Not well."

The next day is Wednesday, and it rains. Thursday, more of the same, but the clouds part for a bit in the afternoon; by 6 p.m., it's beginning to spit, promising another downpour as the sky grows nearer to black with every minute. Jin doesn't leave the office til later than that, when the storm is back in full swing. He's too tired to cook, and doesn't feel like driving all the way to his parents to have dinner with them, so he settles on takeout, calling it in and saying he'll drop by to pick it up. He doesn't order out usually, but this place is a personal favorite - the pork bulgogi and tteokbokki are amazing, so that's exactly what he gets.

The little parking lot, which is usually full to bursting on weekday nights, is more or less empty because of the storm, leaving him plenty of space to swing around and back into a spot right by the door. He debates letting the car idle a bit, but decides to turn it off, and then jumps out, scuttling through the glass door with a bell dangling above that announces his presence. “Ah, Mr. Kim!” A woman - the daughter of the original owners, who would remember him by his voice over the phone - calls out, waving frantically from the counter. “Just a moment, please!” “Take your time,” he replies, raising one hand to wave off her worries, but before he can even complete the gesture she disappears back into the kitchen. Just as Jin considers taking a seat, his phone buzzes. In one fluid, business-like motion, he answers it without checking - it’s his personal phone, not his work one, so he trusts whoever is on the other end is someone close to him with something important to say. “Jin? Where are you?” “Hello to you too,” Jin scoffs quietly. “Do you need something, Taehyung?” “I...uhh...yeah,” Taehyung slurs into the speaker. “I’m at this party and...and one of my friends drove...but...hey, I’ve been trying to call you forever, hyung!” Jin can already see where this is going. He doesn’t mind driving, and he won’t turn his little brother down, but it does get annoying when the only thing of note he seems to have accomplished this week is driving Namjoon to and from work, their parents’ house, and now picking Tae up from some insane party deep in the city. “Send me the address,” Jin sighs. “I’m picking up dinner right now.” “Ooh, dinner? Where from? Can you get me something?” “Sure,” he says. “I’ll call you when I’m close.” He chews his lip for a moment before adding: “Stay safe until then, okay?” And then hangs up to Taehyung cooing at him and calling him a mother hen and all sorts of other things he doesn’t want to deal with right now.

Kids these days.

“Excuse me?”

He feels his shoulders tighten. What does everyone in the world want? Why is everyone on his back today? He whirls around to confront whoever has the audacity to try and talk to him right now, or try to extort money from the obviously overdressed businessman waiting in an alleyway restaurant the size of his living room, or maybe try to ask for directions, God, he can’t handle any more people piggybacking off of him this week-

“Are you...Kim Seokjin?”

When he’s silent, the woman with damp hair clears her throat and finishes wiping her glasses on her shirt.

“I’m sorry, I just couldn’t help but overhear your phone call. Your brother’s name is Taehyung, and the cashier called you Kim, so I-” she stopped and shrugged. “I must’ve had the wrong impression. My bad.”

“No,” he says automatically, gaping at her. “No, I...” I remember you. What had Namjoon said - this post is from a month and half ago. You never know. And in the grocery store...

“I had no idea you were back home, Yuna.”

The Bangtan Gal Chapter 63- RUN

Chapter Summary: BTS Film Run. Jungkook's secret is almost revealed. Jennie and Jungkook help the members when they get drunk at the dorm.

Words: 8,000+

Author's Note: Just some angst regarding Run filming because of Jen's dark storyline! So just giving a warning! Other than that, should be a fluff fest! Jungkook fluff!!

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To celebrate Halloween, the members had a Halloween Party for ARMY on a live stream on V-Live. Suga was dressed up as Naruto, J-Hope as Darth Vader, Jimin as Mickey Mouse, Jungkook as Konan, Jin as a Pumpkin, V as a vampire and Rap Monster as Gudetama. Jennie had chosen to be Janelle Monae during her Electric Lady era.

Jennie loved the Electric Lady era. Janelle Monae is someone that she adores a lot thanks to her uplifting lyrics and confidence for being a black woman. The empowerment and embracing of that natural black beauty. She was everything to her.

Electric Lady is also one of her favorite songs as she wore a replica of her outfit thanks to a stylist back in America. Her jacket was customized with JW carved on it and Electric Lady on the back.

After performing Dope, the members introduced themselves and welcomed ARMY to the Halloween Party with BTS. Out of all the members, she thought Jin looked the cutest with his pumpkin costume.

When it was her turn to introduce herself, she was so pleased to see such a positive reception and to see that ARMY all over the world came to the event.

The day before the party, she had gotten sick and caught a sore throat, so she was advised not to speak much during the broadcast. ARMY was very understanding and gave her well wishes. Her voice sounded deeper with her sore throat and her vocal cords were aching lightly, so she remained silent, watching the members and lip synced her verses for their songs. But throughout the broadcast, the members would tease her about her sudden deep voice, making good fun out of the situation.

She honestly felt like hell during this broadcast but she still wanted to do it with the group. She had been drinking hot tea with lemon and honey, in a cute Halloween mug throughout the broadcast to soothe her throat.

The broadcast had activities such as random dance for their songs and express your body. Later on in the broadcast, the members sat down to check out questions to BTS from around the world from ARMY. The majority of the fans that asked questions were foreigners.

”What ghost are you afraid of the most?” J-Hope read. “Please imitate it.”

“I’m afraid of J-Hope now at this moment,” Rapmon answered.

“My father is the most scary existence in the world,” Suga added. “More than a ghost.”

“Who has the biggest hand?” J-Hope read the next question. “Let’s do a tournament!”

As the members compared hands, V continued to beat everyone on having the largest hand, going through each member. Once it was up to Jimin, he got out of his seat and tried to avoid getting his hand compared to his while ARMY laughed at him.

“Jimin has tiny hands~!” Jungkook teased.

“At least my hands are bigger than Jennie’s!” Jimin explained.

“At least my pinky finger is bigger than yours.” she cleared her throat and sipped her tea as the members laughed loudly at him.

“I should hide all her smarties so she won’t have any smarties to eat for Halloween.”

After walking back to the members, Jimin took off his Mickey Mouse glove and compared his hand against V’s as they started laughing at how tiny it was compared to his.

“V is the biggest,” J-Hope announced.

“Let me see your hand against mine.” Jen placed her hand against V’s. The difference was just as great as him and Jimin. “Wow, this is absurd.”

The next question was, “What was the hardest moves? Show them.”

“Oh God, them hip thrusts in dope. I cannot. It took me forever. I was the last one to perfect it.” Jen answered. She stood up and performed it over loud screams from ARMY. “A girl be struggling with that. I feel like I look awkward.”

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For the Jacket Shooting of HYYH PT.2, Jennie wore a white leather jacket with various pins on them and black jeans, including the same white butterfly necklace. She had taken photos with Rap Monster with spray cans, acting rebellious and fierce.

Once Jin began taking photos on a high wall, Jennie started to hype him up, making him laugh.

“Yes, Jin! Work! Show that profile! Handsome worldwide! Beautiful! Stunning! Absolutely stunning!”

“Jennie is my biggest fan.” He happily said.

When they were filmed on the street, Jin, J-Hope, Jungkook and Jen were shot riding bikes with bright smiles on their faces.

“And...action!”

While filming for the Prologue of their next comeback, the director decided to have the members film various scenes to show more of their stories in the HYYH era and since there can only be so many scenes in a music video, they can just add the extra scenes in the upcoming DVD of memories for 2015.

For the scene, the setting turned to Jennie yelping as she got shoved to the floor by her ex-boyfriend, wearing the same white dress from I Need U.

She had just announced that she was leaving for good but it didn’t sit well with him. 

Jen and the actor had practiced this scene various times to get it right because they had him having his hands around her neck, aiming to choke her. Darker than she expected but they managed to get the scene right after a few corrections.

“Please...” she gasped out as her eyes teared up, grabbing his hands as she desperately tried to make him let go of her neck.

“I’m sorry, I can’t let you leave me.” she heard him as her vision began to fade.

This was it, she was about to become deceased as she felt herself getting weaker. 

She should’ve listened to Jin. 

She should have never gone this route. A never-ending cycle where those around her get hurt.

She suddenly remembered the knife that she had and found it on the ground near her. Risking it, she used one of her arms to reach out for the knife.

Just centimeters...

Centimeters close to the knife...

Almost there...

She was fading fast, would she be able to get it?

Feeling the knife, she quickly grabbed it and struck him with it, stunning him. Scared, she quickly pushed him off of her, scrambling away with eyeliner running from her eyes thanks to the tears.

She gasped deeply, trying to catch her breath as she touched her neck.

His body remained motionless as she found herself in a state of shock, noticing that blood was all over her and her white dress. 

Wearing white, she didn’t feel pure. She had taken someone’s life. 

With trembling hands, she grabbed her phone, sobbing at what she had done and wondering if she should call a friend or the police.

Later, on the set, the members prepared to film for the Prologue of HYYH. With Jen’s character for this era, she was the closest to Jin, linked with him. Jennie felt like her character for this era was an absolute hot mess who could not seem to get out of trouble no matter how much she wanted to help others and stubbornly didn’t want help from anyone. 

The first location was in the woods, in an abandoned pool. Jennie wore a long-sleeved brown hoodie and the same white butterfly necklace. She had an acoustic guitar on her back and stood with Jin as he recorded the boys having fun around V who was lying on the mattress.

Jungkook had turned around to point them out. “Oh, it’s Jin hyung and Jennie.” he grinned while Jennie waved at them and met up with them, embracing each other.

‘You can smile as long as we’re together’

The group would run around and play with each other as Jin filmed and joined in activities like arm wrestling with Jungkook. One moment included everyone sitting around Jennie as she strummed along on her guitar and they sang out random songs, bonding. Following, she caught Jin filming her while she adjusted her bun. Turning around, she grinned and waved, gesturing for him to come over to her. As soon as he grew close, she snatched his camera and ran as he chased after her.

As filming went on, the members were sitting while V had stepped on top of a building a few feet higher than everyone. Jennie climbed up to meet him there, patting his back and looking up at the sky with him.

At night, the members stood around a bonfire, watching what Jin had filmed on a projector. Jen had sat next to Jin who offered her and J-Hope pretzels. Jungkook decided to lay on Yoongi’s lap while he was playing with a lighter.

“We...shall we go here?” Jin asked, showing the photo to everyone. 

Everyone agreed while Jungkook blew out Yoongi’s fire.

As time went on, Jen rolled her eyes when she felt her phone vibrate yet again. She checked the time and sighed. 

“He’s going to be mad that I’m not home yet. I’ll be right back.” she excused herself and a distance away from the bonfire to answer the call.

“What....? Why now? You’re acting a bit paranoid.” she paced around, getting annoyed. “I do love you but-listen-I...you have been blowing up my phone all day, relax! It’s not even like that...really it’s not...of course, I love you. I don’t get why you need to know every single little detail on where I’m at, I said I was fine. Listen, we don’t need to hang around each other 24/7-you are unbelievable, you know what?”

“Fine...okay.” she finally said, defeated, after a long period of listening to what her significant other had to say. 

Hanging up, she wiped her tears and blew out her cheeks. Sniffing, she put her phone away and placed her hands on her hips. After pulling herself together, she turned around, bewildered when she discovered Jin watching her with worried eyes.

No words were said as her stomach dropped, realizing that he had been listening for a while. 

“...H-how long have you been standing there?” she spoke nervously.

He frowned. “Is everything all right?”

“Yeah, yeah. Just a disagreement.”

“Jennie.” he grabbed her by the wrist and he noticed that she had winced in pain. “Are you okay?”

“Y-yeah, I’m fine.” she pulled away, rubbing her wrist.

“You look in pain.”

“It’s nothing. I have to go. I’ll see you guys, tomorrow, okay?” she fake smiled and left while he looked back at her with concern.

The next morning, Jin drove to the beach, with everyone in his truck, enjoying the beach and nice weather. They all would run and jump around while Jin continued to film. When the guys were far away, Jennie took off her shoes and walked near the ocean, getting her feet wet, and watching the view with a smile. Jin had met up with her, placing his video camera down and walked with her, taking some photos together. Jumping on his back, he had given her a piggyback ride.

That was until the rest of the guys ran over and succeeded in shoving them into the water.

“You’re all dead!” she shouted, running after them with Jin.

After chasing them around, Jennie tripped and Jin grabbed her by the arm, causing her to hiss in pain.

“What’s wrong? Did I hurt you?” he exclaimed.

“N-no, no. I’m good.”

“Don’t you want to take that off? It’s really hot and you’re wearing a long-sleeved hoodie, I don’t want you to pass out.” he lifted up her sleeve but saw a bruise. “What happened?”

“I just fell, okay?” she averted her eyes and pulled the sleeve down.

“What did he do?”

“Nothing.”

“He did this to you.”

“I just fell.”

He looked at her seriously. “I really think that you should leave him.”

“It was just a grab, it was my fault anyway. We’re fine, he’s a good guy-“

“That is not your fault. I can’t stand here and let him do that to you.”

“Jin. Okay. I’ll leave him, all right? Please just don’t get involved, okay?”

“I’m sorry but I have to.”

“Please, don’t. And please don’t tell the others.”

“Why won’t you let us help you? You help us. All the time.”

“Because I don’t really need it. I got it all handled, okay? I can do this alone. He said he’ll never do it again. It was an accident. But I’ll leave, okay? Let’s just drop it.”

“I can’t drop it when you’re hurting.”

“When I’m with you guys, I’m happy and can smile as wide as I can. Being with you all, makes me forget the negativity. I’ll be all right, okay? I’ll leave him soon.” she reassured him.

Once arriving at the gas station, Rapmon put gas in the car while Jen sat in the passenger seat. Rapmon grabbed Jin’s camera and took a photo of them with Suga joining in from the backseat. Once Rapmon got back inside the truck in the back, they checked out the photo. Meanwhile, Jimin was asleep in the truck while J-Hope placed snacks in the back. Looking out the window, Jennie turned and looked sad, having a lot on her mind.

The next day, they all sat by the pier, watching the sunrise. Taking a look around, V turned his attention to the large platform and started climbing it.

“What is he doing...?” Jen murmured and stood up, going to follow him. Once she made it up, she looked down at the sea.

It was a long way down. Something that she felt like she wasn’t ready for as she turned her attention to V’s back.

“Hey, think about this,” she called out, anxiously.

All she had gotten in return was a fond smile from him after he looked down at the guys. Once he had jumped off the platform, she had reached out her hand, yelling “Wait!” as he dived into the sea, jumping into the unknown.

When it was time to film for the Run MV, Jen sat on the train tracks with Jungkook, watching Rapmon film. Jungkook had been playing with one of the dogs on the set to pass the time. 

She turned to see that big smile on his face as he tried to avoid getting licked and giggled when he ended up falling on his back with the dog showering him with love. Suddenly, their dog Tony, and the other dog he was playing with, ran up to her and Tony energetically jumped on her, giving her love as she laughed.

“It’s biting my hand.” Jungkook gestured to one of the dogs biting his hand. “Chew it up!"

“Guys, Tony has gotten bigger, huh?” Jen asked on camera,

“He still loves me the most by the way.”

“Who said that?” she asked as he stuck his tongue out at her.

After watching the dogs run away to play around, Jen stood up and prepared for their shoot, which was running...a lot.

“I’m just glad I have my comfortable Nikes on. And I’m still patiently waiting for Nike to hit a chick up for an endorsement.” she crossed her fingers.

Running was a common theme for this music video as the members ran through a tunnel, on a bridge, on the streets, and in the fields. After running throughout the day, Jennie and Jin were called out the get filmed in a dark alley. Although a majority of what everyone was shooting might not be in the music video, they can still be filmed for the future memories of 2015 DVD. 

In the music video, Jennie is shown having a rough time. Since it was night, she was filmed walking to a dark alleyway with Jin following her closely, making sure that she was safe. Surrounding herself with a group of sketchy people, joining the activities they were doing, she leaned up against the wall, with her eyes getting red. In a daze with smoke coming out of her mouth, she wanted to numb the pain that was going on with her and the drama happening back at her boyfriend’s place.

“Act more out of it.” The director called out as she followed his commands. “Cut!”

“I'm not really supposed to be out here this late doing stuff like this. I have to act like I’m hallucinating. Hopefully, I’ll do a good job. It may take a few tries.” she mentioned on camera.

“Just do what I do, ahhhhhh!” Jin yelled out jokingly, causing her to playfully punch him.

When filmed again, Jennie had mentally prepared for the crucial part of filming. Holding her head, she frequently started looking around and flinching.

“What did you give me!?” she panicked, turning to the group.

“What do you mean? Just relax.” she heard them reply.

She let out a scream and kneeled, holding her head tighter. “Make it stop, make it stop!” she screamed, beginning to cry while Jin quickly rushed in to help her, as the group ran off.

“Jennie! Jennie!” he grabbed a hold of her as she tried to push him away.

“Get away from me!”

“It’s me! It’s me! Look! It’s not real! It’s not real!” he hugged her to try to calm her down as she continued to shake and freak out. Jin quickly looked at what she had smoked and realized that it was spiked. “I got you. Everything is going to be okay.” he lifted her up bridal style and quickly left the area with her, to get her help.

“Cut!”

“Was that okay?” she asked after getting set down by Jin.

“Very good job, both of you.” The director praised.

“Ayeeee!” she high fived Jin and jumped up to bump her chest with him.

“I was a little nervous for that scene. But she can cry on the spot. It’s really impressive.” Jin praised.

Later that night, the members gathered around in the alley. 

“I think I ran for half a day and slept for the other half,” Jin said on camera.

“My feet are comfortable as heck because of these Nikes,” Jen added

“For goodness sake, someone get her that endorsement, so she can shut up.” Yoongi walked past them, making them laugh out loud.

For the scene, they were filmed acting like punks in a dark alley, acting drunk and goofy while Jin filmed them.

“Yo, why you gotta pull the lollipop out your mouth like that?” she chuckled and mimicked V’s actions. 

For the individual shots, Jen was filmed stomping around aggressively and kicking random things around.

The next morning, the members are back around Jamsu Bridge to continue getting filmed running. The day consisted of the members eating burgers and playing around.

“Dasi run, run, run,” Jen whined as she continued to get filmed running for the 100th time.

Jen and Jin were together for another scene, as requested by the director, although they weren’t sure yet if they wanted to put it in the music video. 

The scene had Jen look like she wanted to jump off the bridge. Her hands were on the railing as she looked down at the water. All Jin had to do was yell and grab her back so she could be on the ground again.

“Action!”

“Don’t!” Jin yelled, rushing over to her as he gripped her tightly. Hastily lifting her body over the railing, he placed her down as they both fell to their knees. Roughly grabbing a hold of her shoulders, he shook her repeatedly, catching her off guard. “Are you crazy!? Are you crazy!?”

The way he shook her so violently, made her tear up and start to cry, adding to the acting. “I-I’m sorry!” she wrapped her arms around him as he hugged her tightly.

“Cut!”

Wiping her tears, Jen let out a laugh as she heard Jin repeatedly apologize for shaking her so hard. 

“It’s fine, it’s fine!”

They were then requested one more scene to film as SeokJen were told to improvise that Jen was angry at him for trying to help her with the problems with her boyfriend and wanted her to yell “I hate you.”

“Action!”

Jennie angrily walked up to Jin and shoved him. “Why would you do that!?”

Jin looked shocked and his facial expression caused her to burst out in laughter while he began giggling, holding his heart. 

“Gosh, so aggressive,” he said.

“His reaction was priceless!”

Getting back in character, they tried it again as she shoved him and yelled, “Why would you do that!?”

Jin couldn’t even respond because he cracked a smile and started to laugh with her again. This was going to take a while.

“Get all your giggles out.” The director told them, amused.

“HA-HA-HA!” Jen exaggerated.

“HA-HA-HA?” Jin copied her.

“HA-HA!”

“HA-HA?”

“HA-HA!”

“HA-HA!” he nodded in approval and high fived her.

Finally getting it all out of their system, they went back to being serious, finally getting the scene right.

Storming up to Jin, she shoved him angrily, yelling, “Why would you do that!?”

“Do what!?”

“Why did you go and confront him!?”

“He needed to be talked to-“

“You’re ruining everything!” she shouted.

“I’m trying to get you out of this!” he shouted back.

“Oh my God!” she placed her hands over her head. “How many times do I have to tell you that I can take care of myself!? I got this! I’m fine!”

He shook his head sadly. “You really are going to choose him over us...?”

The way he said that so dejected made her heart ache as she hesitated for a moment, swallowing the lump in her throat. 

This wasn’t acting anymore to them. 

It took Jennie a while to speak again but the director kept filming, enjoying the scene.

Jennie exhaled to try to keep her composure, shakily responding as her throat tightened, “I love him.”

“We love you.”

Unable to fight the tears from her eyes, the tears began to fall as her chest felt heavy. She was not supposed to cry for this scene, she was supposed to look angry. Jen couldn't even say the "I hate you" line yet.

“Jin-“

“No, we love you. Our love for you is healthy. He doesn’t love you. What you’re dealing with isn’t love. Your family misses you and is worried sick about you. You ran away from home for him. Left a scholarship and great grades for him. Your life was all planned out, you had everything you dreamed of...and you threw it away for him.”

“Look-“

“We all miss you as well, you are never around us anymore. Whatever he did or said to you that is making you scared, it ends today. You want to help others but then you don’t want to accept help from us. Don’t be like that, please. When are you going to realize that you are not alone here? And you have people that love and care about you and will always be there for you? When are you going to let others guide you and help you through this?”

“Jin...”

“If I could just...take that pain away from you, I’d do it in a heartbeat. You deserve so much more. I know you’re hurting. I know you’re scared. I’m scared because if you don’t leave him, something bad might happen. He is trying to isolate you from us. I know and I refuse to let that happen. I can’t let him do this to you. Just let us help you, we can get you away from him, you’ll be safe with us-

“Enough!” she shouted at him. “I hate you!” she shoved him back as he looked back hurt.

‘Damn that facial expression...’ she thought as she looked at his heartbroken appearance. “I-I can’t hang with you guys, anymore. I’m leaving, okay?”

“No! Don’t do this.” he grabbed her. “Please-“

“Stop! I’m done! Don’t look for me. Okay? Tell the guys I said goodbye.” she quickly ran off. 

“Jennie!” he ran after her but then lost her as he sat down and looked regretful.

“Cut!”

As soon as the director said that, Jin and Jennie quickly embraced. The scene seemed to have impressed the director because he decided to keep the entire scene. He even had the camera crew continue filming them hugging the way that they were as Jin wiped her tears and kissed her forehead.

The next shooting location was the tunnel. The members were blocking the way of drivers with their car and everyone was screaming and yelling at them.

“Two, three!”

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

They scream at the cars, running around chaotically.

“VIOLENCE!” Jen got on top of a car and stomped on it while Jimin threw water and other items on another car. 

After her individual shot was finished, she quickly got off and bowed. “Sorry about that.” she made sure the car didn’t have a dint or anything in it.

And yet again, the members ran back into the car while Jin drove off.

“Out of all the music videos we’ve done, this is the most exhausting,” Jen said on camera.

After filming the loud party scene, hanging around with red cups as Jin filmed, the members sat around while Jin made a pyramid with cards. As soon as he finished, V smashed the cards away, making a sad expression appear on Jin’s face.

“Yo, seriously?” Jen frowned, scolding V for his actions. 

A scene was filmed of her giving Jin another pack of cards to boost his mood and they ended up creating a bigger pyramid and taking photos together with it. The next scene was a pillow fight scene. And of course, Jennie was the first target because she felt a huge impact and feathers flying around her head and she turned around to see Yoongi was the culprit. Grabbing her pillow, they ended up hitting each other and their hair got disheveled and filled with feathers.

“It is going to take forever to get this out of my black hair. The things we do for music videos.” she chuckled softly, trying to pull pieces of feathers out of her hair.

With just a couple of scenes left, they filmed a part in the bathroom, pulling Jimin in to suffer by tossing him in the tub, and getting him soaked. The director called out Suga to go in next as the members pushed him in. After he got soaked, he sighed and looked at his wet clothes. 

“I told you not to put me in. Gosh. These are my jeans.” he complained, getting called Yunki by the members.

“So...is Ennie next?” Rapmon called out.

“Who, what, where, what? Who? Who is Ennie? Ennie ain’t here! Back away!” she tried to avoid her fate but got picked up and dropped into the tub by Taehyung, Rapmon and J-hope. “Nice...”

“Jimin is already in the tub. Now Yunki and Ennie got soaked, too.” J-Hope shot a thumbs up to the camera. “Great!”

“Is V coming in too?” Jimin called out. “Hurry! Grab him!”

“Way ahead of ya!” Jennie grabbed ahold of him with the members before he had the chance to escape and pushed him in while laughing.

Their last shot was a lipsync shot with a black background. The members were sleepy but eager to go home after this as they were filmed looking sad. The majority of everyone had gone home after filming but Jennie decided to stay with V because he had one more scene. Laying his back on the platform, he began to complain.

“Gosh, this is awful. There’s the last scene where I have to go in the water. I thought everyone would wait for me but thankfully at least Ennie is here for support.” he said on camera. “I’m really happy that she’s here. She’s the best.”

Jennie decided to stay because she wanted to support him and see him in action. He was so disappointed when the rest of the members had left but as soon as she told him that she would stay and wait for him, his mood heightened and she never saw him smile so wide. 

She watched as he had fallen back into the water without hesitation as the staff was impressed with his acting. Jennie had found Jimin and Jungkook also waiting for V as they stood with each other.

“I know he must be shivering,” Jimin spoke.

“Definitely. I feel for him,” she responded.

“His shoulders got wider.”

“He’s buffed up.” Jungkook noticed.

“He is so amazing. Look at him.” Jen admired his acting. It looked effortless to him.

As V proceeded to act in the water, the water scenes intrigued Jennie and she asked if she could film with him for fun.

“I was watching New Moon a while ago and I remember that scene when Bella had jumped and seen Edward. Can we recreate that scene for shiz and giggles? I know V wants to go home but...please?” she had asked.

“Let’s do it! Get in!” V beamed. He enjoyed these small moments with his best friend. 

Standing on the platform, she stretched. “I bet this water is cold as heck.”

She jumped in and saw V waving at her. Making sure they breathed in some air, they dive back into the water. Sinking, V had slowly turned to look at her as she slowly started sinking, looking back.

“Jennie, turn diagonally.” The director said as she turned around gracefully.

When they both came back up, she wrapped her arms around his neck, shivering with him as he held her waist. 

“When it’s cold outside~, I’ve got the month of May!” she fake cried. "Why couldn't the water be warm!?"

Once they got out, they were wrapped in blankets and heat packets. 

“I have no regrets. That was fun. Thanks to everyone, you’ve worked hard.” she grinned at the camera.

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In Jen’s studio, Jennie and Jungkook were sitting with each other, finishing up their final homework question. Once they were done, Jen did some finishing touches on an upcoming cover while Jungkook took her phone to hack her Instagram. 

Taking a goofy selfie, he posts with the caption, ‘Hello ARMY! #JK #Hacked’

It was normal for the members to take her phone and post ‘hacked’ photos of themselves. ARMY was waiting for Jungkook to finally do it again since it had been a while. Normally it would be Taehyung and Jimin to hack her Instagram the most. 

Jungkook scrolled through her timeline and saw that Bam Bam had posted her as his Woman Crush Wednesday. 

‘Here we go...’ he grumbled to himself.

“Whatcha looking at? Hacking again?” she called out after finishing singing.

“Bam Bam posted you as his Woman Crush Wednesday,” he responded apathetically.

“Haha, cute.”

“Do you...like him?” 

“Define like.”

“Would you date him?” he boldly asked. 

The curiosity got the better of him. He had to know.

“Well, anything can happen. If he says and does the right things that can sweep me off my feet, I’d totally fall for him. As of right now, I have no feelings. We are just great friends.”

“Good.”

“Good?” she laughed as he realized he said that out loud, looking surprised. “Oh, okay, hahah. You don’t want me to date him?”

“I just...think there is someone else out there for you.”

“Mm hm. Okay. I trust your judgment.”

Back at the dorm, while Jen stayed in her studio, Jungkook went on a rant to Jimin and Taehyung about Bam Bam. 

“Did you know that Bam Bam has been posting Jennie as his Woman Crush Wednesday? How annoying is that? She’s supposed to be mine.”

“She’s yours?” Yoongi walked into the kitchen, grabbing a drink from the fridge. “Pshhh, you haven’t even gone to first base yet.”

Jungkook’s face heated up at the sudden shade. “Hyung!”

“Hey!” Jimin yelled. “We’re working on it! Things take time! And no, we didn’t know. Ennie is the only one with an Instagram, we haven’t been hacking her page in a while.”

“Don’t panic. Things should be fine because he still has his dating ban.” Taehyung added.

“Well, that’s not stopping him from making moves on her,” Jungkook grumbled.

“Jealous?” Yoongi asked, raising a brow.

“Yeah, I am! I admit it! I’m jealous!” he snapped, causing Jimin and Taehyung to snicker at his reaction.

“Calm down, kid...”

“Wait a minute...how do you know he likes her?” Jimin called out

“Come on...” the rapper shook his head. “The kid makes it painfully obvious. It’s ridiculous.”

Back to Jennie, her phone rang and she answered Angelina’s facetime call. “Hi!”

“Jennie! My flight is already booked for Seoul, I’m finally coming to see ya!”

“FI-NAL-LY!”

“You really didn’t have to pay for the ticket, I could’ve paid though!”

“Well, get used to it because I’ll be treating you to a lot of stuff once you arrive in Seoul. Can’t wait for you to hang with me. You’ll get to see everything about my comeback as well.”

“Niiiice."

“So...are you excited to see me or are you excited to see Namjoon?”

“Namjoon!”

“Ahh!” Jen caught her.

“I meant you!” she laughed

“Uh-uh. Okay.”

“Is he excited to see me?”

“Of course he is.”

“I bet he’s cuter in person.”

“Jesus take the wheel...”

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When Jennie arrived back at the dorm after a few hours, she was aware that the guys would be celebrating their success in filming the comeback with drinks but apparently, they celebrated too hard because as soon as she walked into the dorm, everyone except for Jungkook was drunk.

“Yo...what the hell?” she called out.

“Jennieeeeee! You’re baaaaaack!” Jimin stumbled up to her, wrapping his arms around her for a tight hug.

“You stink.” she gently pushed him away, not liking the smell of alcohol. “How much did you drink? I wasn’t even gone that long!”

“We were just celebrating~!” he slurred.

“Too much, I see.” she turned to Jungkook who was walking out of his room. “Jungkook! Do you see this mess?” she gestured to the drunken members

Jungkook looked shooked and it seemed like it was the first time he had come out of his room since he arrived back at the dorm, surprised to see his hyungs like this. Some were giggling, lying around, and more hyper than usual.

“Wait, what happened?” the Golden Maknae looked around.

“What do you mean what happened!? You didn’t know they were in this state?”

“I was gaming!” he exclaimed

“Wow! Wow! Help me tame this chaos.” 

She went straight to Jimin, helping him sit on the couch. It was short lived because Jimin couldn’t sit straight and laid his body across the couch, a giggling mess with Taehyung.

“My head is spinning.” Taehyung giggled.

Jen chuckled. “It’s like I’m taking care of grown babies, today. Jeez.”

“Well, at least none of them threw up,” Jungkook responded.

“Don’t jinx it,” she added, walking to the bathroom, only to find Yoongi taking a nap in the tub.

Laughing softly, she quickly snapped a photo. “This is ridiculous! Jungkook, can you come here for a sec?”

Seconds later, Jungkook walked in and laughed at the sight, which caused Yoongi to wake up and drunkenly wave with a gummy smile.

"I'm surprised he didn't get mad at us for disturbing his nap," Jungkook said.

"Must be a special occasion. All right, to bed, you go.” she got aid from Jungkook to lift him out of the tub.

“I got him,”

Suddenly, Yoongi dropped to his knees, causing the 97 Liners to look with alarm, and then watched him crawl to the toilet and hurl.

“Jesus...” Jen cringed while kneeling to rub his back.

“Handle the others. I’ll take care of him.” Jungkook said. Once Jennie had left, Jungkook cleaned Yoongi up and began to giggle when he heard him drunk rapping. “Hyung, are you rapping while drunk? What are we going to do with you?”

With Jennie, she went straight to Hobi and Taehyung who were together at a table, with their heads down and empty bottles.

“All right, time to go to bed.” she placed a hand on Tae’s back, causing him to look up.

“I chalgeenlwd hyung to ga drinkivng conteast.” He slurred.

“You challenged Hobi to a drinking contest?” she translated his gibberish. “You’re a lightweight! You both are lightweights! You can’t handle the hard stuff, why did you agree to a drinking contest when you’re a lightweight?” she scolded with a laugh.

When he responded, she couldn’t understand his gibberish anymore. 

“What? I have no idea what you just said.”

After walking him to the bathroom, she grabbed his toothbrush and prepared to brush his teeth.

“Am I cute to you?” Taehyung suddenly asked.

“Yes, you’re adorable. Now let’s brush your teeth.” she held him steady and thoroughly brushed his teeth for him. After a while, she caught him staring at her. “What?” she removed the toothbrush from his mouth.

“You really do scrunch your nose cutely like he said, hehe,” he spoke with his mouth filled with the toothpaste foam.

She managed to comprehend what he said and asked, “Who said that?” while helping him rinse out his mouth.

“Your boyfrieeeeeend.”

She looked at him in confusion. “I don’t have a boyfriend.”

“Not yeeeeet!”

“So, what you’re my fortune teller, now?” she teased and walked him to his bed.

“Kinda! You just don’t know that you’re his yet~! Hehehe but you will soon.”

“Oh really?” she played along, deciding to entertain his goofy banter that she assumed. “Go to sleep, Tae Tae, you’re drunk.”

“I’m serious~!” he whined.

“Good night, Tae Tae.” she kissed his forehead and placed a blanket over him. “Keep drinking that water.”

When she headed back to the living room, she went to Jimin while Jungkook had already taken care of Hobi and Namjoon and was now helping Jin. She was happy that he was sober and helped her because she knew she wouldn’t be able to do this all by herself. The Golden Maknae worked pretty fast to get the guys to bed and she was grateful.

“You know what I love?” Jimin slurred, clinging onto her as she helped him off the couch.

“What’s that?” she asked.

“Seeing Jungkookie so happy.”

“The feeling is mutual.”

“Yeah, he is always so happy when he is with you.”

“I’m glad that he is.”

“Don’t you think I’m adorable?”

She giggled. “Yeah, I do.”

“Don’t you think Jungkookie is handsome?”

“Hahaha, yeah, just like the rest of Bangtan.”

“Does he make you happy?”

“Yes, he does.”

“Did you know that you make him happy?”

“Oh really?” she smiled softly. “Glad to hear that.”

“I know someone that likes youuuuu~!”

“Haha, you are acting so random tonight. Well, I like to be liked.”

“Noooo it’s more than like. It’s love.”

“Love? Well, I like to be loved, too.”

“Not like this~ hehehehehe.”

“Okay, let’s get you into bed.”

“Do you want me to tell you who loves you?”

“Let me guess, you? I love you too, Chim. Now let’s get into bed.”

“Heheheh, you don’t get it. This love is really strong. Like, relationship type strong.”

“JenMin is still a thing, Jimin. You’re good.”

“No, it’s not meeeeeeee~!”

“Okay, then who?”

“He always talks about youuuuuu!”

“Whoever he is, I hope it’s positive.”

“Very! He really wants youuuuu.”

“Really, now?”

“Uh huh! He has been your secret admirer for a while now. He thinks you’re very pretty and always dreams about dating you. He alwaaaaaaaaaaays talks about wanting to kiss you and treat you so special. I hope you two dateeeeee. I’m trying to help himmmm.”

“Well, this is interesting news that someone wants me. You sure he’s legit?”

“Trust me Ennieeeeee, your secret admirer wants you more than you think. He is very legit. Like, GOLDEN Legit.”

Jungkook stared at Jimin in alarm and quickly made his way over.

“Whose mans is this that you’re talking about?” Jen asked.

“OKAY! Time for bed, hyung! I got him, Jennie.”

“Jennieeeeeeee!” she heard Taehyung call out for her, taking her attention off what Jimin had blurted out.

When she went to his room, she helped Taehyung with whatever he needed which was more water and then a bedtime story. After that, she checked on Namjoon because he was feeling nauseous and spoke about his regrets for partying too hard from a psychological perspective that made her think deeply about life. 

Exhausted from checking on all the members, she went into her room, but her night was far from over because the sight she saw in her room, caused her to scream, “What the actual-what the fuck!? Who threw up on my Nikes!? Are you kidding me!?” 

Somebody was about to get their ass kicked tonight. 

She rushed over to her ruined shoes. “No-no-no-no-no-no-no please, not the purple and white ones. My orange ones too? And the red ones!?”

Jungkook quickly rushed in, surprised by her screaming. “What happened!?”

“They threw up on my Nikes!” she shouted as he flinched at her yelling. 

As soon as he saw her beginning to tear up from anger and sadness, he frowned. Sure, they were just shoes but to her, they meant much more, as he watched her pace around and angrily vent her frustrations.

“Oh my God, man! WHY!? This is so friggin unfair!” she stormed out of the room.

Jungkook began to panic. All his hyungs were drunk and now an angry Jennie was on the loose.

“Aish...why me? Why hyungs, why?” he murmured

Jennie had periodically wiped angry tears from her eyes after cleaning up the entire dorm with Jungkook. It was late and she should’ve gone to sleep but she stayed up to check on the members despite her frustration.

“I need some Jhene Aiko to calm my ass down...” she grumbled and grabbed her phone, connecting it to a tiny portable speaker that was sitting in the living room.

“A-actually, can I pick a song?” Jungkook called out.

“Sure. Be my guest.”

“I’m sorry about your Nikes.” He smiled sadly as he went over to the speaker.

“It’s fine...”

“I know you’re still upset but I think I know a way to make you feel better.”

“What?”

“Let’s dance,”

“Dance? Seriously?”

“Yeah, why not?”

“I’m not really in the dancing mood, Kook. I just witnessed part of my Nike collection ruined by vomit. Dancing is the last thing on my mind.” she turned her back to him, straightening things up on the couch.

“This song will change your mind. It’ll make you feel better. Trust me.”

When he put on IU and HIGH4’s Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms, Jennie turned around.

gireossdeon gyeounae julgod

pumi jom namneun bamsaeg koteu

“Oh...you’re foul,” she called out.

He grinned mischievously, “You know this is your favorite song by her. Something to cheer you up.”

“Oh my gosh...”

“I see a smile trying to appear on your face~.” he teased as she looked away.

Once she heard him sing, her attention was back on him as she watched him walking slowly to her, “Son jabgo georeul saram. Hana eobsneun naege. Dalkomhan bombarami neomuhae.”

He extended out his hand. “Milady?”

Breaking out into a smile, she took his hand and he spun her around. Pulling her to him, they slowly danced around to the song as she started to loosen up.

“Bom sarang beojkkoch malgo.” she sang.

“Bom sarang beojkkoch malgo.” he sang back

As they continued to dance, he ended up dipping her, making her giggle. After releasing each other, they resumed dancing and singing together around the dorm, grabbing random items to use as microphones. 

Once he hugged her from behind, she laughed and wrapped her arms around his, as her heart felt weird again. It felt full of something that she couldn’t understand. Despite the weird feeling, she felt happy in his arms.

“Feeling better?” he asked as the song ended.

“Much better. Thank you, for this.” she felt herself getting released.

“I guess we should start heading to bed.”

“I’ll sleep in a few. Let me finish the last of these dishes and I want to make sure the guys are safe while they sleep. I don't want them to throw up and choke or something. I’ll sleep soon.”

Later that night, Jungkook was still awake in his room, listening to music and playing games on his phone since he wasn’t sleepy yet.

Got me up all night, all I’m singin’ is love songs

She got me up all night, constant drinkin’ and love songs

She got me up all night, down-and-out with these love songs

J-Cole’s Power Trip played on shuffle on his music player as his mind wandered to Jennie.

“Would you believe me if I said I’m in love?” he sang softly to himself. “Baby, I want you to want me. Would you believe me if I said I’m in love? Baby, I want you.”

Well, this has got to be the longest crush ever

If I ever get to fuck it’d be the longest bust ever

Jungkook let out a chuckle at the lyrics. Ironic how it came on while he thought about her. 

It really was the longest crush ever.

Getting out of bed, he wandered around the dorm to check on the members, making sure they were fine before he went to sleep. But once he went to Jen’s room, he noticed that she wasn’t in there.

‘Don’t tell me...’ he thought and made his way to the living room, to find her asleep on the couch. 

The angle looked uncomfortable and he picked her up, bridal style.

“What time is it?” she asked tiredly.

“Time to get you in bed. I thought you were going to sleep after you checked on them?”

“I did. I still wanted to stay up to continue watching over them. Are the guys safe?”

“I checked on them, they’re fine. Go to sleep, baby girl.” he gently laid her down on her bed and put covers on her.

Half asleep, she dozed off, mumbling a “Thank you for helping me tonight.”

In the morning, remembering the Nike situation, she was still pissed at the guys. Despite being upset, she still loved them and decided to make breakfast and prepare water and aspirin for them. Once everyone was awake and ate with her, she ignored them and left to go hang with GFriend after finishing her plate.

“All right, what is wrong with her?” Yoongi asked

“Well, you guys threw up around the dorm and she and I had to clean it up,” Jungkook answered.

“Damn...”

“That’s not the worst part.”

“How can it be worse than that?”

“Someone threw up on some of her Nike sneakers.”

The members froze and glanced at each other anxiously as various reactions of curses were heard.

“Shit.”

“Fuck.”

“Crap.”

“Damn.”

“Oh, God...”

“Oh dear...”

“Jin did it!” Jimin shouted.

“I did no such thing!” Jin yelled, widening his eyes at the accusation.

“Ah, not so loud, my head!” Namjoon rubbed his temples.

“Then who did it!?” Taehyung yelled.

“HEY!” Jungkook shouted, making them flinch at the loud noise. “I don’t care who threw up on the sneakers. Each one of you should buy her a new pair and clean her shoes,”

“That seems fair,” Hobi spoke up.

“And you.” Jungkook turned to Jimin, frowning. “You almost ruined everything.”

“Me? What? How?” Jimin exclaimed

“You almost blabbed out my feelings for her!”

“Wha? Oh no, what did I say? I’m sorry!” he grinned sheepishly.

“You said quite enough...and you just had to say, Golden. You’re going to give her ideas if you keep that up.”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Look Tae and I have a plan. Christmas will be coming up in a few months. Why not try a mistletoe kiss?”

“Why not let it go naturally, instead?” Namjoon spoke up. “Don’t force it.”

“Why don’t you just tell her your feelings, right now?” Yoongi asked.

“Don’t do that. Jennie is in a foul mood. Not a wise idea.” the leader advised.

“I actually think the mistletoe kiss is a cute idea.” Hobi smiled

“Wait a minute, how do you all know that Jungkookie loves our Ennie? Did you tell them?” Jimin asked Yoongi after watching them talk.

“Like I said, the kid makes it painfully obvious.” Yoongi shrugged.

“If there is a mistletoe kiss, just make sure it’s only for a few seconds. They’re still too young in my eyes.” Jin added

“No way! I want my ship to sail!” Jimin exclaimed.

“Keep it rated G in this dorm!” he demanded, causing Jimin to roll his eyes and pout.

Watching the members discuss JenKook, Jungkook cleared his throat to get their attention, “Do you all...approve?” he nervously asked.

Hobi chuckled softly. “The both of you already act like a couple anyway,"

“Might as well add the kissing and future dates.” Yoongi agreed.

“I’m just...a little sad. You two are growing up a little too fast for me. But it’s undeniable to see your love for her.” Jin smiled. “You two seem happier when together. It is adorable.”

“Let’s all just make sure that Jungkook is the one to tell her. That means no more almost blabbing out the big secret, Jimin.” Namjoon added.

“I said I was sorry!” Jimin exclaimed, burying his face in his hands.

"It's okay, Jimin," Jungkook reassured him.

“When are you going to tell her?” Yoongi turned to Jungkook.

“Honestly, wait until after these events are over. We have a lot of work with the comeback and the end of the year shows. After these busy days, tell her. We’ll make sure not to interrupt you two when you’re alone with her.” Namjoon suggested.

The members went Nike sneaker shopping for Jennie and split up into groups. Jungkook went with Namjoon, browsing around for the shoes.

“Out of all the girls, I’m happy you want her. Nothing will change when you two date.” Namjoon spoke, catching Jungkook’s attention.

“You’re not mad?”

“About what?”

“Falling for her? You don’t think it’s a distraction?”

“If anything, I see the both of you as each other’s motivation. I never saw it as a distraction. Bang PD wouldn’t think so either.”

“He knows too?”

“The whole company knows, Jungkook.” Namjoon chuckled.

“Aish...Jimin and Taehyung with their big mouths.”

“Oh, it wasn’t them. It was you.”

“But I never said anything to anyone.”

“Your actions gave it away.” he placed a hand on his shoulder. “If there was any man I’d want our Miss Bangtan to be with, it would be you. I see your maturity grow when it comes to her. When you are around her, you act more like yourself than you act with other girls. She keeps you grounded. I also love how patient she is with you. All of us, really. It’s not easy living with seven men but she manages to keep us all in check. She takes care of us. Can’t take that for granted.”

Jungkook smiled and nodded at his words. “Do you think she’ll love me back?”

“I want you to see it for yourself. Pay attention to how she acts around you. Both of you will be lucky to have each other. Jennie is a dime. When you have her, don’t let her go.”

“Trust me, I’ll never let her go.”

Stars to my moon | chapter -6 |

Genre: Soulmateau! Idolau!Angst;fluff;drama;romance, polyamorousAu!

Pairing:ot7×f!OC

Summary: He took big strides, halting right in front of me as he bends to my eye level, causing me lean back a little. I could feel his breath fanning my face, looking into his eyes, I could see a storm of anger into them.

"We have been nothing but considerate of you and your feelings, while all you've given in return is rejection and cold shoulder since day one." He grits out.

when Selene's 22nd  birthday doesn't go as she expected,  her world turns upside down, making her resent her soulmates. Will she ever come to accept them in her life or will she continue to run away holding onto her past love?

Word count: 7.5k

Taglist; @effielumiere

Pacing around my room, I was trying to process the fact that Namjoon knows about my past which means he probably has already told the other members. How could I have not remembered that it was Namjoon, now I know why his name and voice were ringing a bell. 

I trusted him, he knew I was their soulmate, he told them my name, made me confide in himself, all just to betray me like that, to tattle behind my back to my soulmates. 

I need to confront him, he told me to trust him, to trust a stranger but he wasn't one, was he? he knew me. He knew what I looked like, he knew my relationship with his member, and yet he showed himself oblivious, to me and to the situation. He feigned nonchalance. 

Without thinking further my feet moved towards his room, I had no patience for this guy anymore. Showing himself trustful just to go stabbing behind others' backs. I need to know what he told Jin and Jimin. 

I knock impatiently, not caring if I ruined his sleep. I needed answers, and I needed them now. 

Namjoon opens the door, rubbing his eye with one hand as he looks at me, "Selene? what are you doing here?" 

Pushing past him, I enter the room, "I had to talk to you,"

"Yeah, of course, what is it, what about?" he asks, closing the door.

"Why didn't you tell me we've met before," I ask, watching as his eyes go wide. He didn't expect me to know. 

"I... I didn't think you'd remember me," he says,

"I didn't. Jin told me you met me at Han river." I tell him, "I trusted you that day Namjoon, I confided in you, and you represented yourself as a stranger. You betrayed me. I bet you couldn't wait to tell everything you learned to your members. How much have you spilled, huh? That my boyfriend of six years who was my childhood best friend left me just like that in the blink of an eye? Did you guys have a good time making fun of me?" by the time I finish my ranting, I was breathing heavily not because of lack of air no, I was angry. No scratch that I was furious and hurt.

"Selene, listen to me. calm down," he says gently, trying to calm me down. "I didn't tell anyone anything. Just your name and that I met you."

"You're lying! why would I believe you?  you already knew who I was, why else would you ask me to trust you, to tell you my troubles, if not to pass it down to them." 

"I didn't know who you were when I asked you your troubles, Selene. While I was leaving, I saw the mole under your left eye, so I asked Jin about it, and coincidently you turned out to be their soulmate. Trust me, Selene, I didn't tell them anything besides your name. I asked for your trust then, and I would lose a limb before losing that trust." he says sincerely, making me want to give him the benefit of doubt. Maybe he didn't tell them, maybe he kept his words.

"even if you didn't tell them, how does that benefit you?" I ask him skeptically.

"I don't need to be benefited from it, Selene. I am a man of my word, and once I give it to someone, I don't go back on it. I told you, your secret is safe with me, and it is. Unless you tell them yourself, they won't find anything out from me." he promises.

I look into his eyes, watching them pleading for me to trust him, to give him a chance. I nod, "Okay, I believe you." I give in. I know I shouldn't trust him, but I can't help but do. My heart is telling me to listen to him, to trust him.

"But you better not make me regret it," I said before storming out of his room. Even if  I trust him, I will not let my guard down easily. 

Tired, I fall into slumber as soon as I lay on my bed.

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Everyone left before I woke up. Walking into the kitchen, I found a post note stuck on the fridge door, 

"We had an early schedule, didn't want to wake you up. Breakfast is ready, Jin-hyung made pancakes. Have a lovely day, and eat well. We'll be back by 5. 

Jin & Jimin~ <3"

Well, that's a good thing they did, not waking me up. I'm really not an early riser, I wouldn't have been surprised if I cursed at them. 

Having breakfast by myself now seems not normal, I miss the chatter, the commotion, their bickering. I should be scared by how soon I got used to these guys. 

After finishing my breakfast, I thought to continue my research of the guys I was doing before I was interrupted yesterday.

Maybe, I should track their journey from the start. I watch their debut music video, No More Dream. The song has a completely different vibe from the ones I watched yesterday, the boys look young too. Based on the release date, they would just have been teenagers. They must have worked so hard to execute this song perfectly at such young age. From the lyrics to the dance break, everything was mind-blowing. 

Going further into their discography, I watch every single video of theirs by the release date. You could really see them improving with every comeback. I thought these guys were around for just a couple of years, but they have been in this industry for seven years already. Why did it take them so long to get the recognition they deserved then? 

Having seen the music videos, I click on a fan-made documentary about how they become, to be where they are now.

I don't know if this is real, but it does look legit. I can't believe the past they endured. The amount of injustice and struggle they had to face was heartbreaking. I still don't know these guys well enough, but I can say with a guarantee that they did not deserve it. The hard work, the patience these guys put into their work. But because the industry was feeling threatened by the potential they had, everyone did them dirty. 

My heart broke when they showed poor Jungkook being shamed, for thinking good for people. He bought him lunch, and them being the heartless mindless assholes, they did not just reject his gift but also disrespected him. If I could, I would throw hands with this man right now. I never want to see those pretty eyes glossy with tears again. 

Not having the heart to continue, I shut down the laptop and get up to do some cooking to clear my mind.

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I look around the kitchen, trying to find the ingredients for pasta, which weren't hard to find, thank god. It's been a while since I had something that tasted like home. 

It doesn't take me long to make the pasta after getting everything ready. But after it was cooked, I realized that I made more than enough for one person. Deciding to leave the rest in the fridge, I take my plate and move toward the living room. 

Whenever I can't eat alone, I eat on the couch with the T.V on. It makes it less lonely. 

I put on Brooklyn 99, I needed something light after what I had seen before. 

Getting my stomach full, I move to load in the dishwasher. I don't want them coming home to a messy kitchen. Looking at the clock, I see it's only three right now. There's still time left till they come back. 

Deciding to sleep to kill some time, I go back to my assigned room, not before stubbing my toe on the large lamp in the hallway. motherfucker! 

Lying in bed sleep doesn't come so easily, especially with so much going on in my head right now. All the information I just got to know about their past. Now that I think about it, the question Jimin asked about not choosing between him and Jin makes sense now. The guy had been insecure, thinking everyone was better than him, always estimating his worth less than theirs was something he struggles with since he was a trainee. That time I thought of his question as silly, but now it makes sense to me.

Another thing I learned from the video was how close the guys really are to each other. Always caring, supporting, and loving the other members but also not lacking to tease each other. Their dynamic is magnificent, to be honest. 

Another thing I found through the video was the reason why everyone was so ecstatic when I defeated Jungkook in the match. The guy was the Golden Maknae. He is good at everything he does, or so the video said. And he is pretty competitive too, so he doesn't let anyone win easily. And when I won against him, the guys were happier to see Jungkook lose than me winning. They had something to tease him about. is it wrong to say that I'm jealous of their friendship at this point?  I never experienced something like that except with eric and now I've lost the only best friend that I had.

Thinking about the boys, I don't even realize when I fall into the dreamland. 

Lounging in the living room with all the boys, I was sitting in the middle of the sofa with Jimin and Taehyung on both sides, and jungkook was sitting near my feet. yoongi and hoseok on the lover's seat and namjoon and jin on the other sofa.

I was massaging kookie's head, while the boys were talking about their music. More like bickering and teasing each other on their new choreography. 

"Did you see v-hyung's expressions? he was so extra," kookie said laughing, his bunny teeth on display.

"me? did you see Jiminie with his antics again?" Taehyunng counters, not wanting to be the center of the teasing.

"yah! jungkook-ah, you've gotten enough attention from her. move now." Jin says, tired of waiting for his turn.

"Five more minutes, hyung, please," Jungkook asks, pulling out his doe eyes. 

Sighing, jin gives in, "okay, but only five more minutes, after that she's all mine." my cheeks turn scarlet at his words.

I feel a finger poking in my side, "jimin!" I say, turning towards him. 

"I couldn't resist," he says, raising his hands up in surrender.

I feel a finger stroking my cheek as soft, plump lips are pressed beneath my left eye. I flutter my eyes open as I see midnight blue hair greeting my sight. 

"what are you doing?" 

Hearing my voice, he sits up straight, "I...I..umm. You call my name in sleep." he stutters.

"Okay, but what were you doing just now?" I ask again,

"umm.." not meeting my eyes, he says, "your mark? down eye is so pretty. I see more close,"

"Seeing it up close huh?" I raise an eyebrow.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist," he mutters in Korean. The words make my cheeks go red. Not wanting him to notice, I change the subject.

"When did you guys come back?" 

"one hour before," he answers.

"Alright, since you've already freshened up, you go out, I'll come in a few." he nods, leaving my room.

I step into the kitchen, finding Jin behind the counter as usual, 

"Oh, there's some pasta in the fridge," Jungkook says, as I take my seat.

"Selene must have made it," Jin answers.

"Can I eat it hyung?" he asks, pouting,

"You should ask her first," Yoongi chimes in, Jin nodding.

"Selene?" listening to his hyungs, he calls me.

"yeah?" I ask, looking over at him, pretending not to know anything. 

"Pasta, can I eat?" he asks, cutely as if I would say no. I won't, but they don't know that. It's better that way.

"Sure," I nod. "Just be careful, I made it a little spicy." 

Heeding the warning, I watch as he tastes a little of it before diving into it full force. Eating with an angry frown, "mmm... Mashita" 

I smile, looking at his reaction, not just me seeing his reaction, but Jin and Jimin running over to him, asking for a bite.

"This is not done, I want to eat Selene's food too!" Jimin says, pouting when Jungkook refused, teasing his hyung.

"yah! let me eat!" Jin scolds the maknae. 

"Selene, me too eat." after having been declined by the maknae, Jimin comes to me in hopes that I'll tell jungkook to give him some too. 

Instead, I just shrug. Not wanting to meddle in between their business, I say, "Do not drag me into this. It's his choice now." raising my hands up in surrender.

After many pleas and making Jimin act cute and Jin make a monkey sound, the maknae finally let the duo eat some of the pasta with him. 

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Jimin was in his studio when Jin came to visit him asking him to be a guest on his Eat Jin today. Bickering and telling him not to mention something embarrassing, the last time Jimin appeared on Eat Jin was a year ago, that too without any prior notice. 

The guys were just talking when their manager peeked into the studio,

"Oh good, you're both here," he says, fully stepping into the room.

"What is it, Hyung?" Jimin asks,

"The deal of the apartment you guys requested for Selene has been finalized. It will be ready for possession in a couple of days." Sejin informs them both. 

"Wahhh! hyung! Thank you so much." Jimin says, smiling widely at Jin, who was mirroring his happiness. He knows she can't stay with them for more than a week now that she and Jin hyung are all better. 

The day, Selene, came to the dorm, both the soulmates decided to buy an apartment in the same building and floor for her. They didn't want her to be a part of the headline of a scandal if she ever were to be caught with either of them. They knew introducing her to the public was inevitable, but they wanted to do it on their own terms, not under the pressure of a scandal and certainly not this early in their relationship.

After sejin left, Jin turns to Jimin, "Guess we can push the vlive for tomorrow, we should go home early today." 

Informing the other members about their plans, both the boys leave for their dorm, excited to share the news with Selene. Granted, it was only an hour early than the rest of the boys, but they couldn't wait.

Entering the dorm, they found Selene on her laptop, watching something with her AirPods on. They call her but got no response. They go to stand behind her couch, trying to peek into what she was watching with such concentration and the answer had them cringing. 

Jimin reaches out to shut her laptop, not wanting her to see his past self. He still didn't understand how did he have fans back then while looking like that. 

Selene turns her neck towards them, a hand on her heart. Startled from the intrusion. Jimin watches her cheeks turning red at the sight of them both. 

"what are you doing here?" she asks them.

"We come early. what are you doing?" Jin asks in return.

"I..um. I was bored, so I thought to watch some videos online." 

"not look old videos. I show you new." Jimin says. 

"Why?" she tilts her head,

"We look bad. fat," he replies. He doesn't want her to watch him chubby and fat. 

"You don't!" She counters. "Anyway, was there a special reason for you guys to come back early, or you just finished your work early." 

"Oh, yes yes. wait. we come and tell." Jimin says before they both shuffle down the hallway to freshen up.

Showering, Jimin decides it's time for him to give back Selene's necklace now. He has held onto it quite long for her. Putting the necklace into his pocket, he heads out. He just needs to find the perfect timing for it now. 

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Both the boys settle into their seats across Selene. Silence hangs in the room. She raises an eyebrow in question,

"Alright, enough of the silence. Can one of you tell me what it is already?"

"You have to go," Jin utters, and before he has time to explain further, Selene speaks, 

"Are you kicking me out?" frown crowning her face.

"Aaaniyaa~" "No" both the boys choke out at the same time, panicked.

"Then?" 

"Don't take wrong but, we buy you an apartment in building. this," Jin proclaims cautiously.

"What! why? This is absurd. Why would you buy me an apartment, I already have a place." She says, 

"We know, but we can't be see with you in public," Jin tries to make her understand. One thing they figured about Selene in this week she's been here was that she's strong-headed and very stubborn. She will do only what she thinks is right. 

It was essential for her to understand the reason behind their step.

"So? It's not like we will go out or something. You can just come to my place, or I can come here whenever we need a recharge." her words sting at their heart. They know by now that Selene has agreed to be even friends with them because they need each other and not because she wanted to.

"Selene, listen. We can not. Dispatch follow. They watch, they spread. We do not want it," Jin calmly explains to her.

"Well, I don't want that either, but I can't just let you buy me an apartment. And I just rented a place with a year's rent paid. what will happen to that!?" 

Jimin knows her point isn't invalid, but still, her safety comes first, and they can ensure that if she stays near them.

"You want, you keep that place. But for your safety, you stay in this," Jin tells her, and surprisingly she nods, not arguing further. Shocked, both boys school their features.

"Good. I told Namjoon bring take-out." Jin informs them just as the bell rings. 

Opening the door, Jimin is greeted with a fighting taehyung and jungkook. He sighs, taking away what he's sure is the root of the fight, and placing the take-out food on the counter.

He stalks into the living room to call Selene and Jin for dinner, stumbling into the side table on the way. Jungkook, who came just in time to witness another one of Jimin's clumsy moments laughs at him, earning a curse in return. 

Getting up, he brushes off the incident as if nothing happened. Not bothering to acknowledge his fall, he moves ahead to call His Hyung-nim and Selene.  Quickly telling them to get their asses to the kitchen table, he goes to taehyung, calling him from his room.

"It's alright Taehyung, You can send it to me. I'll have a listen." Jimin promises his friend, taking him out to the Kitchen for dinner.

His friend wanted to do some more work on his mixtape and skip dinner, but Jimin was having none of it. He didn't want his friend to get ill, So when Tae asked him to give some feedback on his song, he immediately agreed.

Skipping down the hall with his arm around Taehyung's neck, Jimin was humming the tune of scenery, when he heard her voice. 

Bolting towards it, he found an astounded Selene, glaring at namjoon for some reason but as soon as she opens her mouth again, Jimin looks down at her hand, and the reason behind her expression becomes clear,

"What is this doing here?" She was holding her starry necklace.

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Buying me a new apartment is absurd! but their reasoning is... well, reasonable. Just as much as they don't want to be caught by the media with me, I don't either. They are globally recognized, high profile, musicians. Almost everybody knows them, and if I got caught with them, I'll have to plan a funeral for my private life. Getting associated with them will totally destroy my privacy and peace. I never wanted to be a public figure, and neither do I want to be able to be recognized by so many people. 

Lost in the river of my thoughts, I stub my toe into the sofa. Cursing, I sit down, grabbing my toe. Jin is by my side, wanting to inspect the damage, but I don't let him. It's nothing big, I know, but fucking hell does it hurt like hell. 

A minute later, as the pain subsides, I try to get up when something shiny catches my eyes. Taking the object out from under the side table, I hold it in front of my face. Several emotions pass through me, confusion, hurt, shock, happiness, and memories before finally settling on one, Anger.

"How did this come here?" I ask nobody in particular. Not having gotten a response, I look around the room, catching Namjoon's eyes as I ask again a little louder, 

"What is this doing here!?" 

"Uhm, I..." Namjoon starts before getting interrupted by a voice. 

I turn towards Jimin, "It fall by me," he admits,

"What was it doing with you in the first place?" I ask, but it doesn't make sense. 

"Busan, market. We hit when we connect. I find it there," He explains,  trying to get my temper down. I know I should be happy right now that I finally found it back after all this time, but the point isn't that.

I had searched for this all night and morning before finally giving up on any hope of ever finding it again, but now it turns out, all this time I cried over losing the last memory of my first love,  it was lying in the pockets of my 'soulmate'. 

"And you didn't bother to at least once mention that fact to me or give it back in this past week?" I spat at him sharply. "Not even after our truce that day? Just how many mistakes can a person make in a mere week, really?" he flinches, opening his mouth to say something, but I don't give him a chance, 

I turned to Jin, "Did you know about it?" 

I get my answer when he hangs his head, looking back at me with a guilty expression. 

I chuckle menacingly, turning back towards Jimin.

"Tell me, did you ever want to return it? or you just wanted to keep it as a souvenir of the big moment in your life, huh?" I laugh, "It would have been one hell of a souvenir, the gift from the lover of your soulmate."  

First, shock then, hurt flashed across his face, but that's what I wanted. To hurt him, the way I've been hurting, hurting from the guilt of having lost the most precious possession of Eric, the person I claim to love more than the world. If he had just given it to me when I came here, we both could have avoided the hurt, but he brought it on himself.

"You wanted to know who Eric is, right?" I tilt my head to the side, "He's the person I love, the person I wished for to be my soulmate, my best friend, my boyfriend of the last six years but guess what? The day I got the mark tying me to you, he left me. He left me because of you. That's why I never wanted to meet you, that's why I didn't want you. You, both of you, are the reason for my misery. If I could-"

"Enough!" a voice hollers, interrupting my ranting.

I breathe heavily before facing the owner of the voice. 

He stalks towards me, bending down to my eye level. Eyes steel hard burning me with their glare. I lean back a little when he comes too close to my comfort.

Although a little intimidated, I don't let it show. Still, meeting his glare with my own.

"You have spoken enough, now shut your mouth and listen. I know you can understand Korean, so I won't bother with English. We have been nothing but kind and considerate to you since the day you came here while all you've given in return is cold shoulder and attitude," he says before continuing, shutting my attempt to speak anything.

"Listen and understand well, Your lover leaving you was on you and your lover. It had nothing to do with Jimin or Jin-hyung. If he didn't want to be with you after finding out you weren't his soulmate, that was his decision. Do not put the blame on them. Even after all the silent treatments and shutting out, they cared for you and treated you kindly. Did you even pause to think that maybe Jimin was just waiting for the right time to give it back after all the alone time you've been demanding? no? guess, you're not just a bitch but also a dense one at that." 

"Taehyung!" Jimin shouts, before coming and standing in front of me as if to protect me from his friend, "what the hell are you saying!!?"

"She's being delusional, I'm making her see straight." I scoff. 

"You can't talk to my soulmate like that, It's a matter between us, that you have no right to say in between!" putting Taehyung in his place, Jimin moves to turn around to me when Taehyung chuckles,

"I think I do," he says, removing his ring, and showing his hand.

I gasp in shock at what I'm seeing right now, as I stumble back into a hard body, hands grabbing my arms, supporting my weight.

Not just me, every other person in the room which was the rest of the boys, gasps. Too shocked to say anything. On his ring finger can be seen the same soul mark that does on Jimin and Jin's.

"Wha- ho- when!?" the question comes from jimin.

"The next day, she came here," he reveals. 

What the actual fuck!

"No! NO! This isn't real. He must have copied it!" I say, jolting towards him as I grab his hand, trying to rub off the tattoo but, instead it starts to glow. Jerking his hand away, I slide down, the fat pearl of tears sliding down my cheeks, a pair of hands coming around me to comfort me. 

How could this be happening to me right now? How many more surprises are there for the universe to keep rubbing on my wounds? How am I going to handle three soulmates!? There are millions of people dying to be their soulmates then why did it have to be me? 

"For six days! For six fucking days you kept it to yourself. why didn't you say anything." Jimin blows out at Taehyung. 

I can't do this! not right now, No. I need to get out of here. 

Not paying much mind to the boys, I get up, stepping out of Jin's grip, and leave the room. I step into my shoes and leave the dorm quietly.

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"For six days, you kept this to yourself. why?" Jimin questions.

In the heat of the moment, he revealed that Selene is his soulmate too, but how is he going to explain the reason for not telling it sooner?  

The moment he felt the subtle electricity passing through his hands when he touched Selene, trying to keep her from falling, replayed in his mind non-stop for the past six days. He knew at that moment; what had happened and what that meant.

As much as he wanted a soulmate, he didn't know how to broach the subject. His hyung-nim and Jiminie were already struggling to establish a relationship with Selene. He had witnessed the days after Selene and Jimin's argument. He saw how much his friend was hurting inside. He had seen the looks of jealousy on both their faces, and he knew somewhere within he was feeling the same.

Though, However much he wanted to stay away from her. Resent her. He couldn't. Seeing her hurt his members, his eyes would glare at her but in his heart was longing. Longing for his soulmate.

But despite the pull and longing, he would not accept a soulmate that would hurt his members. And that's what Selene did just now. She didn't think the impact or consequence her words would bring to their heart. No. She was furious over her former lover leaving her, and she just went ahead and put the blame of it on her soulmates, instead of bearing it herself or putting it on their fragile relationship.

Don't get him wrong, he was glad her former lover left her; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to find her, but that doesn't mean he'll wait in a corner listening to whatever bullshit she spits out of her mouth towards his brothers.

The fury he felt towards her when he saw Jimin's glossy eyes, hurt by the words directed towards him. He never wanted to see Jimin hurting, or crying. His friend was a true angel, he couldn't hurt even a bug, for his heart was so pure.

He knew he shouldn't have said those words to Selene, it hurt him too, of course, but someone had to set her straight. Make her see rationally. She was far gone into her own misery that she knew she was hurting them but still doing it, even aiming to do it.

"I... I didn't want to cause more problems. She was struggling to accept two soulmates, how could I have said that she needs to worry about three soulmates instead?" I decide to go with the truth.

"Also, I didn't like the way she was treating you guys, If I had revealed myself to be her soulmate, she might even have gotten colder towards us."

"This doesn't work like that, Taehyungie. Do you think telling us like that was better?"

"No, of course not. But what would I have done? watch from the sidelines as she accused you of absurd things? How can I let someone go without consequences; who hurt you both? even if it's our own soulmate."

"Even if she is your soulmate Taehyung, that doesn't give you the right to speak between us," Jimin states, relentlessly.

Taehyung knew Jimin was mad at him because he hurt Selene, he couldn't bear to see his soulmate hurt, and neither can Taehyung himself, but his brothers were far more important to him than the soulmate with the nasty attitude he met with a week ago.

"She wasn't just saying that for you, Jimin-ah. She was cursing out her soulmates, and since I am one, even though she didn't know, it hit me too. I had to make her see reason before she said anything she would regret in the future." listening to this Jimin's eyes soften. He understood now. It wasn't just about him, Taehyung was protecting himself as well as Selene.

As the tension died down, Jungkook questions, "How did you know she understands Korean?"

"I have seen her reacting whenever one of us would remark something in Korean, she thought no one was looking, that she was being discreet," he shares.

He wouldn't admit it to everyone, but whenever he was in the same room as Selene, his eyes would never leave her frame; Watching, Observing, Drinking her in. Every move she made, every step she took, every expression that graced her face, he was scrutinizing everything.

There were moments she thought she was fooling us successfully, schooling her expressions but the way her cheeks would turn scarlet when Jin would compliment her in Korean and Jimin would cheekily throw a flirty comment towards her, thinking she wouldn't understand. She obviously did a good job since none of the other members caught onto her act, but her ears and cheeks betrayed her, showing him, her actual reaction.

There were times that he selfishly wondered what it would have been like if she was only his soulmate. And he knew he wasn't the only one that must have had those thoughts.

Truthfully, he still didn't know how he felt towards her. On one hand, he didn't like her one bit simply because of her actions and attitude towards the members, but on the other, the pull he felt towards her was like gravity. The attraction he had to her was like iron to a magnet.  

He knows Selene isn't ill to her heart, he understands that she is going through a tough patch, and he would help her heal from it, he knows they all would, but only if she lets them in, and for that to happen, it was necessary to peel the curtains off her eyes. She still had some hope of getting back together with her ex-lover, and she had to be willing to move on from him.

Just thinking about the guy makes Taehyung's eyes grow red. He wasn't there that day when Jimin and Selene had the argument over that guy, or he too, like Jimin wouldn't have been able to tame his jealousy, asking questions about him, revealing himself to be her soulmate right then.

It's been two hours, and Selene still hadn't come back. They thought she went out for a walk to clear her head. But It's almost ten, and she isn't anywhere to be found. Her phone is switched off, and there is no way for the boys to contact her.

Jimin, Jin, Jungkook, and RM decide to go out to look for her.

"The four of us can cover more ground and find her faster." Namjoon states.

"I am coming too," Taehyung announces, determined. He could not leave his soulmate out on the cold streets while being cooped up in the warmth of the apartment himself. She didn't even take her coat for God's sake.

"No." Namjoon retaliates. "You should be here for if she comes back."

"But-"

Whatever he was going to say died when Namjoon spoke, interrupting him.

"Do you think she would come back with you after what happened? It's best if you stay here, taehyung-ah."

His shoulders sag visibly. He was right. Even if he found her, she would not come back with him. He had said so many hurtful words to her today, even called her a bitch. How could he call her that? He got so carried away in his anger that he lost his mind about what he was saying.

Now, he just wonders if she will ever forgive him. If they will ever be able to build a relationship.

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I don't know where I am going. I just let my feet carry me out of that place. I could not for another second have been in there, listening to taehyung.

All I wanted at this moment was to run away. Run away from my problems, my feelings. The ache I feel in my heart; that has been there for the past months.

Even if I wanted to ignore his words, Taehyung was right. I was holding onto the hope of getting back with Eric. I thought if we could keep our soulmates around as friends, we could be together, and no one would be facing the consequences of rejecting a soulmate.

Through my teary gaze, I recognize the path I was walking on; I moved in the direction of the only place that could calm me down right now.

Ever since my and Eric's break up, everyone has told me to accept my fate and give my soulmate or, in this case, my soulmates a chance. But how could I when my heart was not ready to let go? It was still grasping onto the memories Eric and I made, Our moments of comfort, love, and fights. All this seemed too hard to disregard and move on in just a matter of a couple of months.

Maybe in a year or two, I would be able to move on, and make new memories but, right now is too early to do so; the wound is still fresh.

Reaching my destination, I take a seat on a bench nearby, looking up at the sky.

Taehyung thinks I will go back to Eric if he accepts me, but it's not true. Even if it's true that I still hoped to get back to him, I was hurt. Angry. Eric threw our relationship away in just a matter of seconds. I needed him when my world was lost from its axis, not as a boyfriend but as a friend. My best friend. We had been friends long before we turned into a couple. But he showed me his back that moment. He not only disrespected me and our relationship, but he disrespected our friendship.

I used to put him on such a high pedestal, but the way he cut all his connections to me that day broke me. It broke my trust. On love, on friendship.

So no, no matter how much I want him, I will not take him back just like that. He will have to face the consequences of his actions.

And the way Teahyung spoke to me, called me a dumb bitch. How dare he? He doesn't know a thing about me, and he dares to judge me.

How did UNIVERSE even deem him, to possibly be a match for me? All he's done, this past week was give me stink eyes and glares from across the room and then lectured me right before announcing that he's my soulmate.

Seriously, how many soulmates can a girl even have?  Even if I accepted them wholeheartedly, how would I have juggled between them? Just thinking about it seems like a lot of work.

Too lost in my thought, I don't register the footsteps approaching me until I hear the voice,

"Finally! there you are." Namjoon comments as he comes to sit beside me.

"what are you doing here?"

"Looking for you, what do you think?" he sasses me.

"Why? I wanted to be alone, that's why I came out here,"

"It was getting late, everyone was worried for you. So we decided to go look," he informs me.

I turn towards him, "oh yeah? they were worried? It's barely past ten."

"It's going to be midnight soon, Selene. And yes, WE were all worried."

At his comment, I check my phone only to find it out of battery. Catching on my actions, Namjoon shows me his own, and sure enough, it was 11:42.

I sigh, mulling over my thoughts; I totally lost the track of time. Just then, the words he just spoke registered in my brain.

"We?" I ask him,

"yeah, we were all worried, Selene. you live with us that means you are under our care, and we can't let anything bad happen to you, also the members care for you."

"How did you find me here anyway? and where are the others?"

"We split. I thought you might be here. When I'm in need to calm myself or need comfort, this is the place I go to. And after seeing you here that day, I thought it might be the same for you too. I didn't tell the others because I thought you needed time before facing them, but I couldn't let you be by yourself as well."

"If you've come here to take me back, then I won't. I'm not going back there just yet. If this is too important, Jin and Jimin told me that the apartment next to yours will be ready in a couple of days, I'll move into that directly. I am not going to live under the same roof as them again," I tell him bluntly.

I know he's their friend, and he would want the best for his brothers, but I can't do this right now. I can't face Taehyung or the others. I didn't want so many soulmates in the first place, It's not on me.

"I didn't," Namjoon speaks.

"What?" I ask him, confused.

"I didn't come here to take you back Selene. I came here to see if you were alright. We can go back whenever you want." He clears.

"We?"

"Yes, we. I told you I can't let you be by yourself like this. And if you won't go back, where will you stay?"

"You know I have a place right? I rented an apartment not long ago,"

Namjoon nods, "So are we going to head there, or do you want to stay here a bit longer?"

"I will stay a little while longer. And Namjoon, I might be a foreigner, but I can take care of myself, you don't need to stay with me." I assure him.

While his offer was more than kind, and he's proving to be a friend to me right now, I need to be alone. Thankfully he understands as he gives me a nod, telling me it will be fine.

"But I'll need to know where you live. I swear I won't tell the boys, but I need to make sure you're okay." he counters, and I give in.

I appreciate his efforts and thoughts of course, but I need time to think. And the peace of these couple of days will be all I will have. After that, I will have to face them again; all three of my soulmates, with a decision. The decision of- if I can let them in my life or will I call it quits after sealing our bond.