The Bangtan Gal
KCON 2014
‘Los Angeles, California’
Standing in front of their van, they applaud in front of the cameras, eager to what’s to come for KCON. Jennie wore jean shorts, Nikes and a Spongebob shirt. She also wore a black snap back over her head.
“Where do you guys want to go?” Suga asks. “I wore a Mickey Mouse hat because I want to go to Disneyland!”
“Go to Disney World, in Florida!” Jennie suggests. “We should all go, one day.”
“We just changed, why don’t we go to the beach?” Rapmon mentions. “I didn’t get first place last time nor go to the beach!” He whines.
“Breathe!” Jen shouts as she started shaking him, to calm him down.
“We need to go to the beach!” Jimin declares.
Raising his hand, J-Hope speaks, “Let’s go shopping!”
“Yeah! Shopping!” Jin agrees
“What? Shopping? I’m in.” Rapmon laughs.
“Beach!” Jen says in a loud voice. “B.E.A.C.H!”
“I guess we are going to the beach, since the majority of the members want to go to the beach.” Suga shrugs. “For the members who couldn’t go last time.” He places a hand on Jimin’s shoulder.
“I like the beach, too.” Jungkook adds
“Beaches in Los Angeles are very famous.”
“We can go for Rap Monster and Jimin.”
“Shopping is so tempting, too.”
After bickering, they head into the bus. Jennie laughs at J-Hope’s excessive screaming along with V and Suga. The rest of the members just stare. “They’re out of their minds.” Jin declares.
“I should have voted for shopping.” Rapmon chuckles to himself.
Watching the guys bicker about the beaches in Busan, they turn to her and ask her about the beaches in America. “Depends on where you go. You’d have to see it in person.” She answers.
When they receive a poster with their faces on them, Jen snickers at her photo as they start the ladder game. “Is my head really that big?”
‘What is the ladder game?’
‘After a member draws a random line to connect the columns, follow the path to see which team member will be placed in it.’
“These are old pic of us.” Jungkook points out
“My hair looks a hot mess in this picture, ugh.” She cringes at how her curls were all over the place.
“Aw! Ennie’s hair!” V coos.
“Please stop.” She groans.
“You look like you’re going to kill someone.” Jimin points to J-Hope, looking at his photo with the mask.
“These are our debut album pictures.” Jin asserts.
“These are from more than a year ago.” Suga adds.
“Can we not look at these pictures again, please?” Rap Monster asks.
‘What is the image game?’
‘Point to the member that best fits the answer to the question. Who is the most popular member to fans?’
“Who’s the most childish?” Suga reads the card. “Three, two, one!”
Jennie points to Jin while the rest point at each other. “Why me? Why?” Jin looks around, over the loud shouts of his name.
“We all picked Jin!” Suga cheers.
“There is a reason for it.” Jin tries to explains. “I’m 23 years old and our youngest member is 16 in America. I’m trying so hard to get along with you guys.”
“Is that why you buy Mario toys?” Rapmon throws him under the bus.
“Even adults like Mario!”
“Many adults collect toys as a hobby.” Suga bluntly agrees. “Next, which member is the trickster?”
“We don’t even have to think about this one.” V laughs as everyone points to Suga.
“I still feel like you’re gonna draw on my face again.” Jennie lets out a sigh. Suga chuckles to himself, considering her words. “Don’t get any big ideas!”
“No promises. Who’s the best duo in BTS?” Suga reads the card and everyone points to Jimin and V. “The 1995 duo.”
“Please stop picking on each other!” Rapmon exclaims while Jimin and V bicker back and forth saying what
“Who is the most beautiful member?”
Not thinking much of it, Jen points to Jin while the rest of the members point to her.
Jin points to himself but widens his eyes in surprise at the result. “Wha!? Not me? I’m the princess!” He sputters.
“Miss Bangtan is the most beautiful. End of discussion!” Jimin shouts.
“I’m offended.” Jin huffs.
After playing, Suga wins the game with three picks and he draws the lines on the board. For Team A, it consisted of J-Hope, Rapmon, Suga and Jungkook.
Team B currently consisted of V and Jimin. And once Suga put Jennie on Team B, Jimin and V start cheering enthusiastically.
Jungkook looks at the board, to see what the fuss was about and yells, “NO!”
“YES~” V cheers.
“This can’t be right!”
“IT IS~”
“AHAHAHAH! WE HAVE JENNIE! IN YOUR FACE!” Jimin shouts and holds her hand, giving it a few kisses. “Thank you, Jennie. Thank you. We will win for sure!”
“You’re welcome?” She lets out a soft laugh.
“We’re going to win~” V cheers, high fiving Jimin and Jin.
“I will be the leader of Team B.” Jimin suggests.
Jungkook swipes her hat over her head and puts it on his head instead, while she tries to get it back, failing, every attempt. “We have the main vocal and the rappers.” Rap Monster confidently speaks. “They have the leftovers.”
“UM! Who you calling a leftover? We’re winning this, so that smile won’t be on your face for long.” Jennie calls him out.
“We’ll see, missy.”
Arriving at the beach, they announce the three missions.
‘Mission #1: Take a picture with someone holding a camera’
‘Mission #2: Take a picture with someone holding a surfboard’
‘Mission #3: Teach someone the Bangtan Chant’
“I’m so happy Ennie is on our team. We can easily communicate.” V sighs out of relief.
“Oh yeah? Well we have Rapmon!” Jungkook shouts in annoyance.
“Don’t rely on me!” Rap Monster lets out a whine.
‘First team to successfully complete all three missions will be deemed the prize winning victor!’
Walking outside, Jennie looks around to find two teen boys with a surfboard. “Over there!” She points while her team run past her to approach them, she follows behind them.
“Can I take a picture with you?” Jin asks in English.
“Hey! Can we take a picture with you?” Jennie adds on
“Yeah, go for it.” The boy shrugs while Jimin holds the camera.
“Should we flex?” The second boy asks, trying to show off his muscles.
“One! Two! Three!” Jimin takes the photo.
“Thank you!” Jin politely says in English.
They hug them and cheer before running off to the next mission. Rushing past Team A, Jennie decides to swipe her snapback off Jungkook’s head, earning a loud “Yah!” in response as she ran off ahead.
Turning around, she sticks her tongue out and runs along with her team, ignoring his shouts.
“Can we do the chant first?” Jimin asks
“We might as well!” Jennie answers and approaches a group of girls. “Hi, do you mind chanting with us?”
“Chanting?” One of the girls question.
“We need to say, ‘Bangtan, Bangtan! And you have to say Bang Bangtan! Think you can do that for us?”
“And take picture.” Jin adds. “One, two! Bangtan, Bangtan, Bang Bangtan and picture, click!”
Jimin sets up the camera. Team B shouts, “Bangtan Bangtan, Bang Bangtan!” With the group and snaps a photo.
“Thank you so much! Have a great day!” Jennie thanks them and runs with her team.
“Oh no, they’re almost finished!” J-Hope looks on.
“One last mission!” Jennie exclaims.
Her heart was racing, her team had to win this. She didn’t want to lose.
“Let’s go find a camera!” Jin dashes forward. “Where is the camera, man!? Camera, camera.”
“Let’s go closer to the water. I feel like it’d be easier if we got closer to the water.” Jimin suggests.
“Alright, let’s move.” V walks along and the team walks into the street. “Sorry!”
“Sorry!” Jimin turns to the cars, looking apologetic.
“Screw it, I am not apologizing, the light is green. Just keep running,” Jennie huffs out of breath.
Near the beach, they continue their search. Hectically searching for someone with a camera until they approach a couple. “Excuse me! Hi! We’re currently on a mission and we have to take a picture with someone holding a camera, do you mind if we take a picture with you?”
“Oh, sure.” The lady obliges and Jimin quickly takes the picture.
“Thank you so much! Have a good one!”
“RUN!” Jimin shouts as they start to dash back to the bus. Jennie runs ahead of them. “Run Jennie! Run like the wind! Run like it’s the last time you’re running! RUUNNNNNNNN~!”
“It’s too hot to be running.” She sprints her way to the bus, in the heat. They stop at a red light as Team A joins them. Gasping for air, she puts her hands on her knees for a moment and stands back up. Glistening with sweat, thanks to the physical activity, Jen remained determined to win the challenge with her team.
“We have Jungkook!” Rap Monster happily says. “I have faith in you.”
Glancing at Jungkook, she catches him competitively staring her down. He had a cocky smirk on his face as he prepared himself. “If I win, I want your smarties.” He demands.
“Hell no! Not on my watch! If I win, you’re not getting any!”
“Make the best team win.”
Once the light turns green, Jin held onto Jungkook while Jennie sprints ahead with her team to get the first seats on the van.
“We won!” Jimin happily cheers. “We arrived first!”
Feeling accomplished, Jennie sighs out of relief and shouts, “AYEEEE!”
After everyone gets back on the van, Rap Monster murmurs in defeat, “Alright, we lost…I called you guys the leftovers but we lost.”
Jimin speaks, “It’s our destiny. How could you call us the leftovers? I was so upset that I had to win!”
“It was more like, who could run faster?” Suga adds
“I know, I trusted Jungkook!” Rap Monster exclaims
“Jin grabbed my arm!” Jungkook explains. “And I wanted Jennie’s smarties!”
“Here, you goofball, I was planning on giving you some, anyway!” She laughs and hands him a few packs.
“I’m happy, now.”
“What’s the prize?” Suga asks as the producer checks out the photos from both teams. After showing off their photos, Jimin continuously asks for the prize.
For the prize, it was mini display surfboards.
“Awe yeeahhhh!” Jennie happily accepts the surfboard. Her surfboard was orange and black, showing off a tropical vibe.
“They’re for display.” Jungkook looks on
“I don’t need it at all!” Rapmon brushes it aside.
“I think these could be a nice display in our recording room.” Jin adds
“Since you did your best, I will give these to everybody.” The producer hands them more mini surfboards. Jimin holds them hostage while the guys try to snatch them from him.
‘KCON 2014 Downtown, LA’
When it was time for the High Touch, BTS and Jennie walk out to piercing screams and cheers. She matched with her member’s grey clothes with her hair out in curls.
The cheers were welcoming, yet deafening.
“AHHHHHHH!”
“JUNGKOOKIE! JUNGKOOK-AH! YOU’RE SO CUTE!”
“J-HOPE!”
“RAPMON!”
“JENNIE! OH MY GOD!”
Smiling and waving at the screaming crowd, Jen stands in between Suga and Jin as the eight members greet the crowd on stage. She blows kisses at the fans, and laughs at how their screaming gets even louder.
After greeting the fans during the fan engagement, each of the members took the time to introduce themselves to crowd.
Once it was her turn to speak, she looks around at the eager smiles of the fans who were thrilled to see her and the rest of the members.
“Hey~” She waves before widening her eyes at the loud screams. “Oh wow! I wasn’t prepared!” She lets out a laugh.
“JENNIE, I LOVE YOU!” A fan shouts
“Love you, too! What’s up guys!? I’m so happy to be back, in America! I see you and the fan signs.” She points to a few fans who made Jennie signs. “For those who don’t know me, I’m Jennie! Your Bangtan Girl. I love y’all~ thank you so much for coming to see us!” She lets out another laugh over their high pitched screams.
“YES GIRL!”
“JENNIE~”
When asked by the MC if they could choose any K-pop group who would it be and why, Rap Monster answers in English, “If we had a chance, of course it would be Big Bang.”
“Any particular reason?” The MC asks.
“Of course, their music is crazy and their performances are crazy.” He rambles on.
“Yes, and they’re bad ass!” Jennie adds. G-Dragon is supposed to be performing at KCON, maybe she could try to find him and introduce herself, if possible.
When asked about how was it like to debut and their experience and what it’s like up until now, Jennie genuinely answers after Rapmon.
“Honestly, I still can’t believe I’m here. Like I’m surrounded by all these amazing fans and a part of an amazing group. I’m grateful. I was so nervous when I first debuted. I get butterflies, just thinking about it. Coming from America to Korea was a big change and I honestly never imaged I would get this far, especially with these guys. Anything you set your mind to, just go for it. Anything can happen if you work hard. Thank you for the support!”
Once asked about their passions outside of performing and doing music, Jennie smiles at some of her member’s broken English. When Jin hands her the mic, she answers, “I love playing the guitar, so I like to work on my guitar skills.”
“I’m about to cry, she’s so cool!” A fan says while filming.
“I also like to play Tennis. I have a guilty pleasure for it.” She shrugs with a smile.
“Ugh! She’s so precious.” Another fan says while filming.
For the final question, they are asked what games they like to play or things they like to do when bored, Rap Monster answers, “We play crazy music and dance around.” He starts dancing. “TURN UP!”
For the high touch session, standing in between V and Suga, Jennie kept the bright smile on her face as each of the fans walked across the stage, tagging each of their hands.
“Jennie~” A girl squeals in a high pitched voice as she tagged her hand. Jen let out a giggle at her fangirling. It was something she was still not used to.
“Your hands are so soft!” A guy, around her age exclaims as soon as he tagged her hand.
“Thanks, cutie! Lotion does wonders.” She quips with a soft chuckle.
“OMG! You are my bias!” Another girl tells her, shaking her hand.
“R-really? Wow. I’m pleasantly surprised. Usually it’s the guys.”
“You’re more popular here in America than you think. I love everything about you! Please don’t stop doing what you’re doing. You’re my inspiration to become an American K-Pop idol.”
“Thank you. No matter what, never give up. Continue to practice and work hard. It may be tiring, it may feel like your dream is far away, but it may be closer than you think. Believe in yourself. You got this. I’m looking forward to seeing you as a trainee and debut as a soloist or in a K-Pop group in the future, missy.” She gives her hands a gentle squeeze as the girl chokes out a thank you because of the tears in her eyes.
Once the next female fan approaches her to tag her hand, she says without nervousness in her voice, “Hi Jennie! I love your smile!”
“Hi! I love your smile, too, cutie!”
“Jennie, will you please marry me?” Another asks her as he held her hands. He too, looked around her age. “You slay my life. I have the biggest friggin’ crush on you. You are seriously just too beautiful.”
His eagerness and admiration in his eyes touched her. “Ight. When and where?” She teases. He freaks out in response, getting flustered before he moves on to the next member.
“I love you, Jennie!” A fan says as she passes by her.
“Love you, too!” Jen responds.
After the high touch, Jennie sits next to V and Suga at the table while groups of fans come by for their autographs.
When a teen girl approaches her, she starts to tear up as she holds back the tears. Jennie’s expression softens when she looked up at her. “Aw! Smile! Don’t cry!” She holds her hand and gives it a gentle squeeze.
“You’re real, right?” She asks in a shaky voice. “I’m not dreaming?”
“Nope, in the flesh is the Bangtan Girl.” She smiles sweetly and signs her autograph.
“Jennie! When are you dying your hair like the other guys? Your hair is the same color for the past few comebacks.” Another fan questions curiously.
“When you least expect it.” She winks. Big Hit told her they wanted to leave her hair alone until a future comeback. She was looking forward to the day she would get her hair dyed but also nervous because her hair had never been touched.
“How do you deal with the hate?” A male fan asks as she signs his autograph.
“Honestly, not everyone is going to like me. I understand that. Some crazy fangirls are still angry at having a girl in BTS, claiming they want to kill me and such a such, but Rap Monster helped me to ignore the hate. He told me, ‘Ignore the bullshit and not waste my time on the haters’.”
“Smart man.” The guy nods. “I agree, don’t even worry about the haters. Keep doing what you’re doing. I enjoy having a girl in BTS. It brings a nice mix. Been a while since we’ve seen a coed K-Pop group. Don’t worry, your USA fans have your back.”
“Thanks, man!” She fist bumps him.
“Jennie, are you ever going to show your abs like the rest of the guys? You never lift up your shirt in the bulletproof dance. You remind me of DO from EXO because he hasn’t showed his abs yet, either.” Another fan comments.
“Hahah, my abs are a work in progress. You’ll see them when I’m ready.”
“Can’t wait! I bet it’ll be when we least expect it. You're going to kill us, aren’t you?”
“Maybe~.”
Once the next fan approaches her, she happily greets them. “I always wanted to meet you and to ask you advice on something.” The guy mentions as she looks up at him.
“What do you want advice on?”
“I want to become a rapper for a K-Pop group. But people always keep telling me it’s impossible. But then I see you…and you gave me hope that I can do it. That it is possible to be an American in a K-Pop group. How can I keep the doubts away?”
“With the people saying it’s impossible, don’t let that discourage you. Don’t allow people to tell you that you can’t do this or that. If you want to become an American rapper in a K-Pop group, go to all the auditions they have, continue working on your skills and never give up. Prove them wrong. Prove that it isn’t impossible. It isn’t impossible. You can do it.”
“Thank you...I really can’t wait to see your growth in BTS. Been a fan since Amity.”
Widening her eyes, she starts to grin. “R-really?”
“Yeah, been there since day one. You’re cuter than I remembered. I believe leaving the group was your best decision. You’re so happy, with BTS. I’ve noticed.”
“Smart fan, that’s for sure.”
“Uh huh. Can’t wait to see you do big things with BTS.”
“Thank you. I will never forget my fans since I started performing. if it wasn’t for fans like you, I wouldn’t be where I am, with all the support. So, I thank you.”
“Thank you for sharing your talent with us.” He smiles and moves on to the next member.
Next fan snuck in a camera to record her. “Jennie, I know I’m not supposed to film but can you say hi Tateana, to my friend?”
“Yeah, sure.” She looks at the hidden camera and waves. “Hey, Tateana! Wish you could be here! Thank you for supporting BTS! I hope you’re having a great day! Love you, girl!”
“You’re the best! Thank you!”
“Jennie! I snuck in to give you smarties!” Another fan hands it to her as Jen’s eyes light up.
“Aw, nice! You are friggin the best! I was craving Smarties, you the MVP! Jungkook ate the rest of my smarties without telling me.”
As the last group approached them during the autograph session, Jennie had her head down when she heard someone say,
“Hello JW.”
“Hi, what’s your…” She trails off as soon as she lifts up her head. Her stomach drops while the guys watched her with knowing smiles and the fans were questioning her expression change.
“Hah! She’s shooked!”
“Deadass...Wow, her reaction was better than expected.”
“Is this how you’re going to greet us?”
“She’s still shooked.”
Jen’s throat tightens up as hot tears filled up her eyes, covering her mouth as she stood up. There in front of her were her two sisters.
“Surprise, biatch!” Vienna laughs. “Wow! You should’ve seen the look on your face! Hahaha!”
Out of nowhere, Jennie jumps over the table to attack them with a big hug, earning cheers and awes from the fans. “What are you two doing here!?” She shouts in a brittle voice.
“Nice to see you too!” Alani laughs.
“What do you mean what are we doing here? We can to see you, goofball!” Vienna exclaims.
“Mom and dad send their love. They weren’t able to come with us, but they’re hoping to see you soon.”
Letting go of them, Jen couldn’t stop smiling. Even if their reunion was brief, just the fact that she could see her sisters was more than enough to boost up her mood.
“We know you’re busy but we wanted to visit you. Gosh, look at you. So pretty. You’re glowing.” Alani sighs and runs her hand through her hair.
“Working hard on the new album?” Vienna crosses her arms.
“Definitely.”
“How’s your guitar? Not slacking, are you?”
“No slacking.”
“Good. All right, we gotta go! But we’ll see you when you go backstage! Thank Rap Monster for allowing us to come backstage with you!”
Surprised, Jen turns her head to Namjoon, who smiles and waves at her. “You did this?” She questions while he grins sheepishly and shrugs. “Thank you for this.”
“Anytime, JW.”
After the autograph session, Jennie’s sisters were allowed backstage with her when they had their break.
“So, what’s the guy’s name that you’ve been hanging round with a lot?” Vienna asks.
“I hang out with all seven of them. Be specific.” Jen declares.
“His name is Cook. I think his name is cookie? With a C?”
“K. Kookie. That’s one of his nicknames. His name is Jungkook.”
“Joon kook?”
“Jung. Kook.”
“Jung-kook. Ah. Okay. I’ll call him Kookie for now. He’s cute! I love his smile! You two dating? When are you going to start dating? Do any of the members like you?”
“Oh, my God...” Jennie groans, face palming.
“I’m serious, I dunno what goes down in Korea, but they’re all good looking, so you never know. Do you like any of them?”
“I basically have a brother and sister bond, with them!”
“Uh huh. Wait until you get older and the baby fat goes away. You probably won’t think one of them is just a friend to you. Okay, so here’s what you gotta do. You have condoms, right? I mean, I got some if you want-”
“VIENNA!”
“What? I’m trying to set a good example! Safe sex is better! Make sure you have condoms. And it’ll hurt the first time so-”
“Oh ,my God, PLEASE, stop! I’m not dating, anyone! We’re all busy trying to promote music, what are we going to do in a relationship? It won’t work.”
“IF you weren’t dating someone in the group, maybe? You never know who may be looking your way! Just choose your boyfriend wisely. Make sure he’s cute, treats you right, makes you laugh, all that good stuff.”
“Vienna, I got it. I’m not dating, anytime soon.”
“Hit me up when you start getting in your feelings. Been there, done that. Wait...what’s this?” She grabs her hand and checks out her friendship ring.
“It’s a friendship ring.”
“Who gave this to you? It looks nice. Oh! Kookie gave this to you? FUTURE ENGAGEMENT!”
“STOP! It’s not like that!”
“I gotta tell Alani. Better yet, let me ask Kookie himself!”
“NO!” Jen shouts in horror, running after Vienna. She manages to jump on Vienna’s back, halting her steps.
People laughed at their banter while Alani sighs when she watches the two bicker.
“Oh, my GOD! Stop harassing her! Leave Jennie alone!” Alani shouts in annoyance. “Am I the only mature one, around here?”
After catching up with her sisters, they leave to attend the rest of the convention, saying their heartfelt goodbyes. It sucked she would have to leave them, again, but it was nice to see family, back at home.
Walking backstage after eating, Jen’s stomach drops when she sees G-Dragon nearby, sitting on a chair, on his phone. How in the world just luck manage to have him right there in front of her? Her mom always told her, just walk up to people and introduce yourself and see how everything goes. With butterflies in her stomach, she decides to approach him.
‘He’s just a guy. An epic guy, might I add. But just say hi. Say hi and run away.’ She thought as she made her way to him. “Excuse me.” Her voice sounded timid than usual.
Looking up from his phone, G-Dragon immediately smiles softly, causing her face to warm up.
“Hi! My name is Jennie. From BTS. It’s so nice to finally meet you, G-Dragon.” She bows politely.
She felt like she was about to embarrass herself as she tried to keep herself together. But the way he stared at her, so intently, was intimidating.
“Hi!” He intertwines his hands with hers and smiles. “Nice to meet you, Jennie. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
‘He’s holding my hands-he’s holding my hands! Act natural!’ She freaks out in her head. “Re-really? I hope it’s all positive. Gosh, I’m trying not to pass out. You’re really amazing.”
“Thank you, I think you’re amazing, too. First time at KCON? What do you think?”
“I love it! They need to continue this. I believe KCON will get bigger, every year. I hope we can come back again next year. I’m looking forward to your performance. I know it’s gonna be lit.”
“Are you adjusting to the industry, well? Not every day we see a girl like you in a K-Pop group. Your Korean is very good.”
‘Look at me, having a conversation with G-Dragon and he’s complimenting me on my Korean. Don’t let me wake up from this dream, yet!’ She thought. “I’m well-adjusted now, thanks for asking. The members helped me with everything. I’m enjoying this opportunity.”
G-Dragon continued to stare down at her with a smile. “BTS, right?”
“Yep. We’re working on our new album, it’ll be coming out soon. Um, do you mind if we take a picture? The guys aren’t going to believe me when I tell them, I met you.”
Letting out a laugh, he nods and gestures for her to take out her phone. Taking out her phone, opening the camera app, he puts his arm around her shoulders and flashes a grin for the camera while she smiles for the selfie.
Then she decides to take a video. “We’re here at KCON LA! And explain to me why I’m with THE G-Dragon, right now? I’m screaming internally!”
“What up!?” He throws up a peace sign. “Shout out to BTS and Jennie! Good luck on your upcoming album!”
After posting the video and selfie on the BTS Twitter, tweeting, ‘LIFE IS COMPLETE! G-DRAGON!’
He was very kind and patient with her as she asked him questions about his experiences so far as a K-Pop Idol and being with Big Bang.
“Some advice I can give to you is to know what you’re good at. Keep improving your skills. Challenge yourself. Your dream was to be a part of a K-Pop group? Now dream even bigger. And try not to put a lot of pressure on yourself, or wear yourself out. Take it one day at at time.” He advises, while she listens intently, nodding at his words of wisdom.
“I’ll work hard.”
“Good. I’ll be watching you. Do you have an Instagram?”
“I deleted it. I was going to make a new one, soon.”
“Okay, when you make a new one, follow me. I’m interested in your growth, here. I gotta get ready, but remember what I said. I’m looking forward to running into you, again. Maybe at the MAMA Awards.” He smiles brightly and walks away.
Exhaling as she watches him leave, she ends up smiling and claps her hands in excitement. She’ll never forget the day she had a conversation with G-Dragon.
Back to where the guys were, Jennie walks in and is immediately shaken by Jimin, who shouts “HOW!?” in her face.
“How what!?” She shouts back.
“HOW WHAT!? How’d you meet G-Dragon!?”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
Hobi’s loud screams were heard as she was bombarded with questions by the rest.
“One at a time! Jeesh!” Jen calms everyone down. “All I did was approach him and said hi. I didn’t think it would be so hard despite my nervousness. He had to leave to perform but I managed to get a picture and video. He’s very kind by the way. Even cuter up close.”
After the fuss, Jennie watches on at the guys goofing off, pretending to make a commercial. J-Hope blows the hairdryer at Jennie’s hair and she flips her hair, pretending to look sexy for the camera as she gazes at it.
“Ah! That’s too sexy!” Jin pushes her aside. “This is a family program!”
“Hey!” She shouts.
“You look like a horse.” Suga tells J-Hope when his face was all up in the camera.
“You look like a turtle.” He replies.
Later, Jungkook started making a beat to prepare Jimin and V to have a freestyle rap battle. Standing in between Suga and J-Hope, she rocks back and forth with everyone, shouting, “Aye! Aye! Aye!”
Starting off first, Jimin raps, “Oh no! You tucked your shirt in! That means I’m going to beat you hard! I’m going to punch you hard! And then you’ll roll on the floor. And then you’ll die!”
“WHA?!” Jennie shouts over the erupted laughs of the members. “V is precious to us all, let’s not kill him!”
“Dude, he said he’ll kill you. Come on.” Rapmon beckons V.
After V swallows his food, he says, “Yo!”
“If you keep repeating, ‘yo’, I’ll punch your face!” Jimin adds.
“Oh, man!” Suga shouts.
“You gotta come back from that, V! Spit something!” Jennie encourages
“Yo! I’m chewing on kimbap! Oh, I want to chew your face, too!” V raps, cupping Jimin’s face.
“PFF!” Jen’s loud laugh was heard as she holds onto Rapmon. “I can’t!”
“I want to swallow it, but I can’t because of your face!” He starts dancing
“What is going on!?”
“What the heck is he saying?” Jimin asks with a laugh.
“Yo! I just ate my lunch but I can’t digest it.” V goes on
“He’s not even rapping. Don’t beatbox for him.”
“Yo, Jay-Z! Yo, Kanye West! Yo, Jimin! So much height difference.”
“You have to rhyme.” Jimin laughs. “You’re just dissing me!”
“It’s a different style of rap.” V explains. “Yo, I was eating but none of you are funny. I was observing,”
“You’re done.” J-Hope hits him with the card while Rapmon pushes him back.
Jin was requested to go next. “You can say whatever you want.” Rap Monster explains.
“Yo, Jimin! I was listening to your rap all these years! Why don’t you throw it away? Your rap is so corrupted. I rap just like…Jay-Z!” Jin raps out while giggling.
As Jen dropped her jaw at his words, Suga shouts out of nowhere, coming in between the two,
“Oh my God! OH SHIT! OH MY GOD! It’s all over! He raps like Jay-Z! OH MY GOD!”
Squinting his eyes shut, Rap Monster shouts, “WE CAN’T AIR THIS!”
As she continued to laugh out loud, her stomach hurting from laughing so much, Jen manages to shout, “WAIT! WAIT! That did NOT just happen!”
Meanwhile, Suga continued his freak out, “He’s like Jay-Z! Period! Oh man he’s like Jay-Z!”
“I think Jin is out of his mind.” J-Hope giggles.
Turning to the camera, Jin says, “I sincerely apologize to all the fans of Jay-Z and hip hop. I just did it to entertain you guys.”
The next day was the time of the performance. They were awaiting backstage. The loud cheers of the fans were deafening as Jennie has butterflies in her stomach.
When the eight of them rise up on stage, Jennie looks around in awe, with the fans holding onto their light sticks and other items. After performing No More Dream and Boy In Luv, the eight members make their way to introduce themselves to the crowd.
“WOO HOO!” Jennie shouts on the mic, to louder cheers. “Heh, heh, can you guys get even louder!?”
As the cheers went up a volume, Jen nods in approval, shooting up a thumbs up.
“All right! All right!” Rap Monster shouts. Standing at the end with V, Jen continued to listen to Rap Monster speak to the crowd. “It’s great to be able to perform here in LA, right? So honored. For those of you who don’t know us, we’re BTS, we debuted last year. For those of you who don’t know us, we would like to introduce ourselves. Let’s start with J-Hope.”
“Woo! Good to see you! I’m your hope! J-HOOPPPEEE! WOO!”
Jimin breathes on the mic and smiles. “WHAT’S UP LAAAAAAAAA! WOO! I’m Jimin, yeah~”
“Errbody I’m Rap Monster, leader of BTS, TURN UP!”
“It’s an honor to be here in LA. I’m Jungkook!” He waves.
“Hi everyone! My name is Jin!”
“WHAT’S UP LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!? I’m Suga thank you for coming!”
V looks around at the crowd, earning more screams. “HOW ARE YOU!? AH! ME TOO! V!” He cutely waves.
With a hand on her hip, Jennie eagerly looks around as the crowd cheers louder. “Aye yo! Aye yo! Make some noise for your bulletproof girl scout!” She shouts, throwing the mic up in the air, to listen to the loud cheers. “My name is Jennie! I’m so happy to be here, today! Thank you, LA, for having us! I hope you’re enjoying the show so far!”
After Rap Monster recaps their journey of American Hustle Life, they go to their next song, Bulletproof.
When it was Jen’s turn to sing, she gets in the front of them, singing her verse.
Badda bing badda boom!
Jennie’s here
I have no fear…so don’t try to stop me
Hah!
Tellin’ me your doubts…won’t change my mind
You want me to party? I don’t have time.
I’ve been busy workin’
I’ve been busy dancin’
I’m never prancin’
“Just enhancing!” She sings, hearing the crowd sing with her as she cracks a smile.
I will preserve and you can’t stop my flow
I’m in my own lane, I’m here to attain
“I got people asking, who’s the girl?” She points her mic to the crowd as they loudly sing, “The one with the curls! Representing the girls!”
Impressed at their passion for singing along with her, she continues to sing, “I’m the one with the swag and I don’t mean to brag but I broke oppositions to get where I am today!”
‘Last Day In LA’
Arriving at the airport, the eight members make their way inside the airport. With the camera following them, Jennie turns to the camera and says, “I’m bummed we have to leave. I’m happy I could see my sisters. KCON was lit! I hope to come back soon!”
“I’m so sad!” Jimin whines.
“It was such a bittersweet experience.” J-Hope comments.
“Hi, Jennie!” Fans greet while she waves at the fans. “Bye V! Bye Jennie! Bye Jimin!”
Getting on the airplane, Jennie sits by the window with J-Hope in the middle and Rap Monster next to him. J-Hope has his camera on and says in English, “Hello, everyone! I’m J-Hope. Right now, Bangtan is headed back to Korea. We just came to LA. I’m thinking about attempting to converse in all English, starting now.”
Turning to Rap Monster, J-Hope greets him. “Hey, Rap Monster!”
“Hi!” He greets in English
“How are you?”
J-Hope was confused at what his response was and lets out a laugh, shifting the camera to Jennie. “Yeah, Jennie, how are you?”
Looking up from her phone, she puts up the peace sign to the camera. “Just chilling, how are you?”
“Good! Good! Rap Monster English very hard. Bear with me. Hey! Jimin! Now English time. Be quiet. How are you?”
“Uh, so good.” Jimin answers
“You look so happy. Why happy?” He asks while Jimin tries to figure out what to say. He lets out a sigh. “M-my heart is, oh my God.”
“We are in America.” Jimin says
“Los Angeles.”
“LA! LA, man!” Jimin makes the LA hand sign, making Jennie giggle at his goofiness.
Somehow, he spits out some of his saliva and J-Hope called it dirty water. “Handsome guy, man!”
J-Hope turns the camera back to himself. “Oh, Jimin is very no fun.”
“Indeed.” Jennie plays along. “Such a party pooper.”
“Jimin?” Rap Monster asks
“Yeah?”
“You got no jams.”
Standing in front of their van, they applaud in front of the cameras, eager to what’s to come for KCON. Jennie wore jean shorts, Nikes and a Spongebob shirt. She also wore a black snap back over her head.
“Where do you guys want to go?” Suga asks. “I wore a Mickey Mouse hat because I want to go to Disneyland!”
“Go to Disney World, in Florida!” Jennie suggests. “We should all go, one day.”
“We just changed, why don’t we go to the beach?” Rapmon mentions. “I didn’t get first place last time nor go to the beach!” He whines.
“Breathe!” Jen shouts as she started shaking him, to calm him down.
“We need to go to the beach!” Jimin declares.
Raising his hand, J-Hope speaks, “Let’s go shopping!”
“Yeah! Shopping!” Jin agrees
“What? Shopping? I’m in.” Rapmon laughs.
“Beach!” Jen says in a loud voice. “B.E.A.C.H!”
“I guess we are going to the beach, since the majority of the members want to go to the beach.” Suga shrugs. “For the members who couldn’t go last time.” He places a hand on Jimin’s shoulder.
“I like the beach, too.” Jungkook adds
“Beaches in Los Angeles are very famous.”
“We can go for Rap Monster and Jimin.”
“Shopping is so tempting, too.”
After bickering, they head into the bus. Jennie laughs at J-Hope’s excessive screaming along with V and Suga. The rest of the members just stare. “They’re out of their minds.” Jin declares.
“I should have voted for shopping.” Rapmon chuckles to himself.
Watching the guys bicker about the beaches in Busan, they turn to her and ask her about the beaches in America. “Depends on where you go. You’d have to see it in person.” She answers.
When they receive a poster with their faces on them, Jen snickers at her photo as they start the ladder game. “Is my head really that big?”
‘What is the ladder game?’
‘After a member draws a random line to connect the columns, follow the path to see which team member will be placed in it.’
“These are old pic of us.” Jungkook points out
“My hair looks a hot mess in this picture, ugh.” She cringes at how her curls were all over the place.
“Aw! Ennie’s hair!” V coos.
“Please stop.” She groans.
“You look like you’re going to kill someone.” Jimin points to J-Hope, looking at his photo with the mask.
“These are our debut album pictures.” Jin asserts.
“These are from more than a year ago.” Suga adds.
“Can we not look at these pictures again, please?” Rap Monster asks.
‘What is the image game?’
‘Point to the member that best fits the answer to the question. Who is the most popular member to fans?’
“Who’s the most childish?” Suga reads the card. “Three, two, one!”
Jennie points to Jin while the rest point at each other. “Why me? Why?” Jin looks around, over the loud shouts of his name.
“We all picked Jin!” Suga cheers.
“There is a reason for it.” Jin tries to explains. “I’m 23 years old and our youngest member is 16 in America. I’m trying so hard to get along with you guys.”
“Is that why you buy Mario toys?” Rapmon throws him under the bus.
“Even adults like Mario!”
“Many adults collect toys as a hobby.” Suga bluntly agrees. “Next, which member is the trickster?”
“We don’t even have to think about this one.” V laughs as everyone points to Suga.
“I still feel like you’re gonna draw on my face again.” Jennie lets out a sigh. Suga chuckles to himself, considering her words. “Don’t get any big ideas!”
“No promises. Who’s the best duo in BTS?” Suga reads the card and everyone points to Jimin and V. “The 1995 duo.”
“Please stop picking on each other!” Rapmon exclaims while Jimin and V bicker back and forth saying what
“Who is the most beautiful member?”
Not thinking much of it, Jen points to Jin while the rest of the members point to her.
Jin points to himself but widens his eyes in surprise at the result. “Wha!? Not me? I’m the princess!” He sputters.
“Miss Bangtan is the most beautiful. End of discussion!” Jimin shouts.
“I’m offended.” Jin huffs.
After playing, Suga wins the game with three picks and he draws the lines on the board. For Team A, it consisted of J-Hope, Rapmon, Suga and Jungkook.
Team B currently consisted of V and Jimin. And once Suga put Jennie on Team B, Jimin and V start cheering enthusiastically.
Jungkook looks at the board, to see what the fuss was about and yells, “NO!”
“YES~” V cheers.
“This can’t be right!”
“IT IS~”
“AHAHAHAH! WE HAVE JENNIE! IN YOUR FACE!” Jimin shouts and holds her hand, giving it a few kisses. “Thank you, Jennie. Thank you. We will win for sure!”
“You’re welcome?” She lets out a soft laugh.
“We’re going to win~” V cheers, high fiving Jimin and Jin.
“I will be the leader of Team B.” Jimin suggests.
Jungkook swipes her hat over her head and puts it on his head instead, while she tries to get it back, failing, every attempt. “We have the main vocal and the rappers.” Rap Monster confidently speaks. “They have the leftovers.”
“UM! Who you calling a leftover? We’re winning this, so that smile won’t be on your face for long.” Jennie calls him out.
“We’ll see, missy.”
Arriving at the beach, they announce the three missions.
‘Mission #1: Take a picture with someone holding a camera’
‘Mission #2: Take a picture with someone holding a surfboard’
‘Mission #3: Teach someone the Bangtan Chant’
“I’m so happy Ennie is on our team. We can easily communicate.” V sighs out of relief.
“Oh yeah? Well we have Rapmon!” Jungkook shouts in annoyance.
“Don’t rely on me!” Rap Monster lets out a whine.
‘First team to successfully complete all three missions will be deemed the prize winning victor!’
Walking outside, Jennie looks around to find two teen boys with a surfboard. “Over there!” She points while her team run past her to approach them, she follows behind them.
“Can I take a picture with you?” Jin asks in English.
“Hey! Can we take a picture with you?” Jennie adds on
“Yeah, go for it.” The boy shrugs while Jimin holds the camera.
“Should we flex?” The second boy asks, trying to show off his muscles.
“One! Two! Three!” Jimin takes the photo.
“Thank you!” Jin politely says in English.
They hug them and cheer before running off to the next mission. Rushing past Team A, Jennie decides to swipe her snapback off Jungkook’s head, earning a loud “Yah!” in response as she ran off ahead.
Turning around, she sticks her tongue out and runs along with her team, ignoring his shouts.
“Can we do the chant first?” Jimin asks
“We might as well!” Jennie answers and approaches a group of girls. “Hi, do you mind chanting with us?”
“Chanting?” One of the girls question.
“We need to say, ‘Bangtan, Bangtan! And you have to say Bang Bangtan! Think you can do that for us?”
“And take picture.” Jin adds. “One, two! Bangtan, Bangtan, Bang Bangtan and picture, click!”
Jimin sets up the camera. Team B shouts, “Bangtan Bangtan, Bang Bangtan!” With the group and snaps a photo.
“Thank you so much! Have a great day!” Jennie thanks them and runs with her team.
“Oh no, they’re almost finished!” J-Hope looks on.
“One last mission!” Jennie exclaims.
Her heart was racing, her team had to win this. She didn’t want to lose.
“Let’s go find a camera!” Jin dashes forward. “Where is the camera, man!? Camera, camera.”
“Let’s go closer to the water. I feel like it’d be easier if we got closer to the water.” Jimin suggests.
“Alright, let’s move.” V walks along and the team walks into the street. “Sorry!”
“Sorry!” Jimin turns to the cars, looking apologetic.
“Screw it, I am not apologizing, the light is green. Just keep running,” Jennie huffs out of breath.
Near the beach, they continue their search. Hectically searching for someone with a camera until they approach a couple. “Excuse me! Hi! We’re currently on a mission and we have to take a picture with someone holding a camera, do you mind if we take a picture with you?”
“Oh, sure.” The lady obliges and Jimin quickly takes the picture.
“Thank you so much! Have a good one!”
“RUN!” Jimin shouts as they start to dash back to the bus. Jennie runs ahead of them. “Run Jennie! Run like the wind! Run like it’s the last time you’re running! RUUNNNNNNNN~!”
“It’s too hot to be running.” She sprints her way to the bus, in the heat. They stop at a red light as Team A joins them. Gasping for air, she puts her hands on her knees for a moment and stands back up. Glistening with sweat, thanks to the physical activity, Jen remained determined to win the challenge with her team.
“We have Jungkook!” Rap Monster happily says. “I have faith in you.”
Glancing at Jungkook, she catches him competitively staring her down. He had a cocky smirk on his face as he prepared himself. “If I win, I want your smarties.” He demands.
“Hell no! Not on my watch! If I win, you’re not getting any!”
“Make the best team win.”
Once the light turns green, Jin held onto Jungkook while Jennie sprints ahead with her team to get the first seats on the van.
“We won!” Jimin happily cheers. “We arrived first!”
Feeling accomplished, Jennie sighs out of relief and shouts, “AYEEEE!”
After everyone gets back on the van, Rap Monster murmurs in defeat, “Alright, we lost…I called you guys the leftovers but we lost.”
Jimin speaks, “It’s our destiny. How could you call us the leftovers? I was so upset that I had to win!”
“It was more like, who could run faster?” Suga adds
“I know, I trusted Jungkook!” Rap Monster exclaims
“Jin grabbed my arm!” Jungkook explains. “And I wanted Jennie’s smarties!”
“Here, you goofball, I was planning on giving you some, anyway!” She laughs and hands him a few packs.
“I’m happy, now.”
“What’s the prize?” Suga asks as the producer checks out the photos from both teams. After showing off their photos, Jimin continuously asks for the prize.
For the prize, it was mini display surfboards.
“Awe yeeahhhh!” Jennie happily accepts the surfboard. Her surfboard was orange and black, showing off a tropical vibe.
“They’re for display.” Jungkook looks on
“I don’t need it at all!” Rapmon brushes it aside.
“I think these could be a nice display in our recording room.” Jin adds
“Since you did your best, I will give these to everybody.” The producer hands them more mini surfboards. Jimin holds them hostage while the guys try to snatch them from him.
‘KCON 2014 Downtown, LA’
When it was time for the High Touch, BTS and Jennie walk out to piercing screams and cheers. She matched with her member’s grey clothes with her hair out in curls.
The cheers were welcoming, yet deafening.
“AHHHHHHH!”
“JUNGKOOKIE! JUNGKOOK-AH! YOU’RE SO CUTE!”
“J-HOPE!”
“RAPMON!”
“JENNIE! OH MY GOD!”
Smiling and waving at the screaming crowd, Jen stands in between Suga and Jin as the eight members greet the crowd on stage. She blows kisses at the fans, and laughs at how their screaming gets even louder.
After greeting the fans during the fan engagement, each of the members took the time to introduce themselves to crowd.
Once it was her turn to speak, she looks around at the eager smiles of the fans who were thrilled to see her and the rest of the members.
“Hey~” She waves before widening her eyes at the loud screams. “Oh wow! I wasn’t prepared!” She lets out a laugh.
“JENNIE, I LOVE YOU!” A fan shouts
“Love you, too! What’s up guys!? I’m so happy to be back, in America! I see you and the fan signs.” She points to a few fans who made Jennie signs. “For those who don’t know me, I’m Jennie! Your Bangtan Girl. I love y’all~ thank you so much for coming to see us!” She lets out another laugh over their high pitched screams.
“YES GIRL!”
“JENNIE~”
When asked by the MC if they could choose any K-pop group who would it be and why, Rap Monster answers in English, “If we had a chance, of course it would be Big Bang.”
“Any particular reason?” The MC asks.
“Of course, their music is crazy and their performances are crazy.” He rambles on.
“Yes, and they’re bad ass!” Jennie adds. G-Dragon is supposed to be performing at KCON, maybe she could try to find him and introduce herself, if possible.
When asked about how was it like to debut and their experience and what it’s like up until now, Jennie genuinely answers after Rapmon.
“Honestly, I still can’t believe I’m here. Like I’m surrounded by all these amazing fans and a part of an amazing group. I’m grateful. I was so nervous when I first debuted. I get butterflies, just thinking about it. Coming from America to Korea was a big change and I honestly never imaged I would get this far, especially with these guys. Anything you set your mind to, just go for it. Anything can happen if you work hard. Thank you for the support!”
Once asked about their passions outside of performing and doing music, Jennie smiles at some of her member’s broken English. When Jin hands her the mic, she answers, “I love playing the guitar, so I like to work on my guitar skills.”
“I’m about to cry, she’s so cool!” A fan says while filming.
“I also like to play Tennis. I have a guilty pleasure for it.” She shrugs with a smile.
“Ugh! She’s so precious.” Another fan says while filming.
For the final question, they are asked what games they like to play or things they like to do when bored, Rap Monster answers, “We play crazy music and dance around.” He starts dancing. “TURN UP!”
For the high touch session, standing in between V and Suga, Jennie kept the bright smile on her face as each of the fans walked across the stage, tagging each of their hands.
“Jennie~” A girl squeals in a high pitched voice as she tagged her hand. Jen let out a giggle at her fangirling. It was something she was still not used to.
“Your hands are so soft!” A guy, around her age exclaims as soon as he tagged her hand.
“Thanks, cutie! Lotion does wonders.” She quips with a soft chuckle.
“OMG! You are my bias!” Another girl tells her, shaking her hand.
“R-really? Wow. I’m pleasantly surprised. Usually it’s the guys.”
“You’re more popular here in America than you think. I love everything about you! Please don’t stop doing what you’re doing. You’re my inspiration to become an American K-Pop idol.”
“Thank you. No matter what, never give up. Continue to practice and work hard. It may be tiring, it may feel like your dream is far away, but it may be closer than you think. Believe in yourself. You got this. I’m looking forward to seeing you as a trainee and debut as a soloist or in a K-Pop group in the future, missy.” She gives her hands a gentle squeeze as the girl chokes out a thank you because of the tears in her eyes.
Once the next female fan approaches her to tag her hand, she says without nervousness in her voice, “Hi Jennie! I love your smile!”
“Hi! I love your smile, too, cutie!”
“Jennie, will you please marry me?” Another asks her as he held her hands. He too, looked around her age. “You slay my life. I have the biggest friggin’ crush on you. You are seriously just too beautiful.”
His eagerness and admiration in his eyes touched her. “Ight. When and where?” She teases. He freaks out in response, getting flustered before he moves on to the next member.
“I love you, Jennie!” A fan says as she passes by her.
“Love you, too!” Jen responds.
After the high touch, Jennie sits next to V and Suga at the table while groups of fans come by for their autographs.
When a teen girl approaches her, she starts to tear up as she holds back the tears. Jennie’s expression softens when she looked up at her. “Aw! Smile! Don’t cry!” She holds her hand and gives it a gentle squeeze.
“You’re real, right?” She asks in a shaky voice. “I’m not dreaming?”
“Nope, in the flesh is the Bangtan Girl.” She smiles sweetly and signs her autograph.
“Jennie! When are you dying your hair like the other guys? Your hair is the same color for the past few comebacks.” Another fan questions curiously.
“When you least expect it.” She winks. Big Hit told her they wanted to leave her hair alone until a future comeback. She was looking forward to the day she would get her hair dyed but also nervous because her hair had never been touched.
“How do you deal with the hate?” A male fan asks as she signs his autograph.
“Honestly, not everyone is going to like me. I understand that. Some crazy fangirls are still angry at having a girl in BTS, claiming they want to kill me and such a such, but Rap Monster helped me to ignore the hate. He told me, ‘Ignore the bullshit and not waste my time on the haters’.”
“Smart man.” The guy nods. “I agree, don’t even worry about the haters. Keep doing what you’re doing. I enjoy having a girl in BTS. It brings a nice mix. Been a while since we’ve seen a coed K-Pop group. Don’t worry, your USA fans have your back.”
“Thanks, man!” She fist bumps him.
“Jennie, are you ever going to show your abs like the rest of the guys? You never lift up your shirt in the bulletproof dance. You remind me of DO from EXO because he hasn’t showed his abs yet, either.” Another fan comments.
“Hahah, my abs are a work in progress. You’ll see them when I’m ready.”
“Can’t wait! I bet it’ll be when we least expect it. You're going to kill us, aren’t you?”
“Maybe~.”
Once the next fan approaches her, she happily greets them. “I always wanted to meet you and to ask you advice on something.” The guy mentions as she looks up at him.
“What do you want advice on?”
“I want to become a rapper for a K-Pop group. But people always keep telling me it’s impossible. But then I see you…and you gave me hope that I can do it. That it is possible to be an American in a K-Pop group. How can I keep the doubts away?”
“With the people saying it’s impossible, don’t let that discourage you. Don’t allow people to tell you that you can’t do this or that. If you want to become an American rapper in a K-Pop group, go to all the auditions they have, continue working on your skills and never give up. Prove them wrong. Prove that it isn’t impossible. It isn’t impossible. You can do it.”
“Thank you...I really can’t wait to see your growth in BTS. Been a fan since Amity.”
Widening her eyes, she starts to grin. “R-really?”
“Yeah, been there since day one. You’re cuter than I remembered. I believe leaving the group was your best decision. You’re so happy, with BTS. I’ve noticed.”
“Smart fan, that’s for sure.”
“Uh huh. Can’t wait to see you do big things with BTS.”
“Thank you. I will never forget my fans since I started performing. if it wasn’t for fans like you, I wouldn’t be where I am, with all the support. So, I thank you.”
“Thank you for sharing your talent with us.” He smiles and moves on to the next member.
Next fan snuck in a camera to record her. “Jennie, I know I’m not supposed to film but can you say hi Tateana, to my friend?”
“Yeah, sure.” She looks at the hidden camera and waves. “Hey, Tateana! Wish you could be here! Thank you for supporting BTS! I hope you’re having a great day! Love you, girl!”
“You’re the best! Thank you!”
“Jennie! I snuck in to give you smarties!” Another fan hands it to her as Jen’s eyes light up.
“Aw, nice! You are friggin the best! I was craving Smarties, you the MVP! Jungkook ate the rest of my smarties without telling me.”
As the last group approached them during the autograph session, Jennie had her head down when she heard someone say,
“Hello JW.”
“Hi, what’s your…” She trails off as soon as she lifts up her head. Her stomach drops while the guys watched her with knowing smiles and the fans were questioning her expression change.
“Hah! She’s shooked!”
“Deadass...Wow, her reaction was better than expected.”
“Is this how you’re going to greet us?”
“She’s still shooked.”
Jen’s throat tightens up as hot tears filled up her eyes, covering her mouth as she stood up. There in front of her were her two sisters.
“Surprise, biatch!” Vienna laughs. “Wow! You should’ve seen the look on your face! Hahaha!”
Out of nowhere, Jennie jumps over the table to attack them with a big hug, earning cheers and awes from the fans. “What are you two doing here!?” She shouts in a brittle voice.
“Nice to see you too!” Alani laughs.
“What do you mean what are we doing here? We can to see you, goofball!” Vienna exclaims.
“Mom and dad send their love. They weren’t able to come with us, but they’re hoping to see you soon.”
Letting go of them, Jen couldn’t stop smiling. Even if their reunion was brief, just the fact that she could see her sisters was more than enough to boost up her mood.
“We know you’re busy but we wanted to visit you. Gosh, look at you. So pretty. You’re glowing.” Alani sighs and runs her hand through her hair.
“Working hard on the new album?” Vienna crosses her arms.
“Definitely.”
“How’s your guitar? Not slacking, are you?”
“No slacking.”
“Good. All right, we gotta go! But we’ll see you when you go backstage! Thank Rap Monster for allowing us to come backstage with you!”
Surprised, Jen turns her head to Namjoon, who smiles and waves at her. “You did this?” She questions while he grins sheepishly and shrugs. “Thank you for this.”
“Anytime, JW.”
After the autograph session, Jennie’s sisters were allowed backstage with her when they had their break.
“So, what’s the guy’s name that you’ve been hanging round with a lot?” Vienna asks.
“I hang out with all seven of them. Be specific.” Jen declares.
“His name is Cook. I think his name is cookie? With a C?”
“K. Kookie. That’s one of his nicknames. His name is Jungkook.”
“Joon kook?”
“Jung. Kook.”
“Jung-kook. Ah. Okay. I’ll call him Kookie for now. He’s cute! I love his smile! You two dating? When are you going to start dating? Do any of the members like you?”
“Oh, my God...” Jennie groans, face palming.
“I’m serious, I dunno what goes down in Korea, but they’re all good looking, so you never know. Do you like any of them?”
“I basically have a brother and sister bond, with them!”
“Uh huh. Wait until you get older and the baby fat goes away. You probably won’t think one of them is just a friend to you. Okay, so here’s what you gotta do. You have condoms, right? I mean, I got some if you want-”
“VIENNA!”
“What? I’m trying to set a good example! Safe sex is better! Make sure you have condoms. And it’ll hurt the first time so-”
“Oh ,my God, PLEASE, stop! I’m not dating, anyone! We’re all busy trying to promote music, what are we going to do in a relationship? It won’t work.”
“IF you weren’t dating someone in the group, maybe? You never know who may be looking your way! Just choose your boyfriend wisely. Make sure he’s cute, treats you right, makes you laugh, all that good stuff.”
“Vienna, I got it. I’m not dating, anytime soon.”
“Hit me up when you start getting in your feelings. Been there, done that. Wait...what’s this?” She grabs her hand and checks out her friendship ring.
“It’s a friendship ring.”
“Who gave this to you? It looks nice. Oh! Kookie gave this to you? FUTURE ENGAGEMENT!”
“STOP! It’s not like that!”
“I gotta tell Alani. Better yet, let me ask Kookie himself!”
“NO!” Jen shouts in horror, running after Vienna. She manages to jump on Vienna’s back, halting her steps.
People laughed at their banter while Alani sighs when she watches the two bicker.
“Oh, my GOD! Stop harassing her! Leave Jennie alone!” Alani shouts in annoyance. “Am I the only mature one, around here?”
After catching up with her sisters, they leave to attend the rest of the convention, saying their heartfelt goodbyes. It sucked she would have to leave them, again, but it was nice to see family, back at home.
Walking backstage after eating, Jen’s stomach drops when she sees G-Dragon nearby, sitting on a chair, on his phone. How in the world just luck manage to have him right there in front of her? Her mom always told her, just walk up to people and introduce yourself and see how everything goes. With butterflies in her stomach, she decides to approach him.
‘He’s just a guy. An epic guy, might I add. But just say hi. Say hi and run away.’ She thought as she made her way to him. “Excuse me.” Her voice sounded timid than usual.
Looking up from his phone, G-Dragon immediately smiles softly, causing her face to warm up.
“Hi! My name is Jennie. From BTS. It’s so nice to finally meet you, G-Dragon.” She bows politely.
She felt like she was about to embarrass herself as she tried to keep herself together. But the way he stared at her, so intently, was intimidating.
“Hi!” He intertwines his hands with hers and smiles. “Nice to meet you, Jennie. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
‘He’s holding my hands-he’s holding my hands! Act natural!’ She freaks out in her head. “Re-really? I hope it’s all positive. Gosh, I’m trying not to pass out. You’re really amazing.”
“Thank you, I think you’re amazing, too. First time at KCON? What do you think?”
“I love it! They need to continue this. I believe KCON will get bigger, every year. I hope we can come back again next year. I’m looking forward to your performance. I know it’s gonna be lit.”
“Are you adjusting to the industry, well? Not every day we see a girl like you in a K-Pop group. Your Korean is very good.”
‘Look at me, having a conversation with G-Dragon and he’s complimenting me on my Korean. Don’t let me wake up from this dream, yet!’ She thought. “I’m well-adjusted now, thanks for asking. The members helped me with everything. I’m enjoying this opportunity.”
G-Dragon continued to stare down at her with a smile. “BTS, right?”
“Yep. We’re working on our new album, it’ll be coming out soon. Um, do you mind if we take a picture? The guys aren’t going to believe me when I tell them, I met you.”
Letting out a laugh, he nods and gestures for her to take out her phone. Taking out her phone, opening the camera app, he puts his arm around her shoulders and flashes a grin for the camera while she smiles for the selfie.
Then she decides to take a video. “We’re here at KCON LA! And explain to me why I’m with THE G-Dragon, right now? I’m screaming internally!”
“What up!?” He throws up a peace sign. “Shout out to BTS and Jennie! Good luck on your upcoming album!”
After posting the video and selfie on the BTS Twitter, tweeting, ‘LIFE IS COMPLETE! G-DRAGON!’
He was very kind and patient with her as she asked him questions about his experiences so far as a K-Pop Idol and being with Big Bang.
“Some advice I can give to you is to know what you’re good at. Keep improving your skills. Challenge yourself. Your dream was to be a part of a K-Pop group? Now dream even bigger. And try not to put a lot of pressure on yourself, or wear yourself out. Take it one day at at time.” He advises, while she listens intently, nodding at his words of wisdom.
“I’ll work hard.”
“Good. I’ll be watching you. Do you have an Instagram?”
“I deleted it. I was going to make a new one, soon.”
“Okay, when you make a new one, follow me. I’m interested in your growth, here. I gotta get ready, but remember what I said. I’m looking forward to running into you, again. Maybe at the MAMA Awards.” He smiles brightly and walks away.
Exhaling as she watches him leave, she ends up smiling and claps her hands in excitement. She’ll never forget the day she had a conversation with G-Dragon.
Back to where the guys were, Jennie walks in and is immediately shaken by Jimin, who shouts “HOW!?” in her face.
“How what!?” She shouts back.
“HOW WHAT!? How’d you meet G-Dragon!?”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
Hobi’s loud screams were heard as she was bombarded with questions by the rest.
“One at a time! Jeesh!” Jen calms everyone down. “All I did was approach him and said hi. I didn’t think it would be so hard despite my nervousness. He had to leave to perform but I managed to get a picture and video. He’s very kind by the way. Even cuter up close.”
After the fuss, Jennie watches on at the guys goofing off, pretending to make a commercial. J-Hope blows the hairdryer at Jennie’s hair and she flips her hair, pretending to look sexy for the camera as she gazes at it.
“Ah! That’s too sexy!” Jin pushes her aside. “This is a family program!”
“Hey!” She shouts.
“You look like a horse.” Suga tells J-Hope when his face was all up in the camera.
“You look like a turtle.” He replies.
Later, Jungkook started making a beat to prepare Jimin and V to have a freestyle rap battle. Standing in between Suga and J-Hope, she rocks back and forth with everyone, shouting, “Aye! Aye! Aye!”
Starting off first, Jimin raps, “Oh no! You tucked your shirt in! That means I’m going to beat you hard! I’m going to punch you hard! And then you’ll roll on the floor. And then you’ll die!”
“WHA?!” Jennie shouts over the erupted laughs of the members. “V is precious to us all, let’s not kill him!”
“Dude, he said he’ll kill you. Come on.” Rapmon beckons V.
After V swallows his food, he says, “Yo!”
“If you keep repeating, ‘yo’, I’ll punch your face!” Jimin adds.
“Oh, man!” Suga shouts.
“You gotta come back from that, V! Spit something!” Jennie encourages
“Yo! I’m chewing on kimbap! Oh, I want to chew your face, too!” V raps, cupping Jimin’s face.
“PFF!” Jen’s loud laugh was heard as she holds onto Rapmon. “I can’t!”
“I want to swallow it, but I can’t because of your face!” He starts dancing
“What is going on!?”
“What the heck is he saying?” Jimin asks with a laugh.
“Yo! I just ate my lunch but I can’t digest it.” V goes on
“He’s not even rapping. Don’t beatbox for him.”
“Yo, Jay-Z! Yo, Kanye West! Yo, Jimin! So much height difference.”
“You have to rhyme.” Jimin laughs. “You’re just dissing me!”
“It’s a different style of rap.” V explains. “Yo, I was eating but none of you are funny. I was observing,”
“You’re done.” J-Hope hits him with the card while Rapmon pushes him back.
Jin was requested to go next. “You can say whatever you want.” Rap Monster explains.
“Yo, Jimin! I was listening to your rap all these years! Why don’t you throw it away? Your rap is so corrupted. I rap just like…Jay-Z!” Jin raps out while giggling.
As Jen dropped her jaw at his words, Suga shouts out of nowhere, coming in between the two,
“Oh my God! OH SHIT! OH MY GOD! It’s all over! He raps like Jay-Z! OH MY GOD!”
Squinting his eyes shut, Rap Monster shouts, “WE CAN’T AIR THIS!”
As she continued to laugh out loud, her stomach hurting from laughing so much, Jen manages to shout, “WAIT! WAIT! That did NOT just happen!”
Meanwhile, Suga continued his freak out, “He’s like Jay-Z! Period! Oh man he’s like Jay-Z!”
“I think Jin is out of his mind.” J-Hope giggles.
Turning to the camera, Jin says, “I sincerely apologize to all the fans of Jay-Z and hip hop. I just did it to entertain you guys.”
The next day was the time of the performance. They were awaiting backstage. The loud cheers of the fans were deafening as Jennie has butterflies in her stomach.
When the eight of them rise up on stage, Jennie looks around in awe, with the fans holding onto their light sticks and other items. After performing No More Dream and Boy In Luv, the eight members make their way to introduce themselves to the crowd.
“WOO HOO!” Jennie shouts on the mic, to louder cheers. “Heh, heh, can you guys get even louder!?”
As the cheers went up a volume, Jen nods in approval, shooting up a thumbs up.
“All right! All right!” Rap Monster shouts. Standing at the end with V, Jen continued to listen to Rap Monster speak to the crowd. “It’s great to be able to perform here in LA, right? So honored. For those of you who don’t know us, we’re BTS, we debuted last year. For those of you who don’t know us, we would like to introduce ourselves. Let’s start with J-Hope.”
“Woo! Good to see you! I’m your hope! J-HOOPPPEEE! WOO!”
Jimin breathes on the mic and smiles. “WHAT’S UP LAAAAAAAAA! WOO! I’m Jimin, yeah~”
“Errbody I’m Rap Monster, leader of BTS, TURN UP!”
“It’s an honor to be here in LA. I’m Jungkook!” He waves.
“Hi everyone! My name is Jin!”
“WHAT’S UP LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!? I’m Suga thank you for coming!”
V looks around at the crowd, earning more screams. “HOW ARE YOU!? AH! ME TOO! V!” He cutely waves.
With a hand on her hip, Jennie eagerly looks around as the crowd cheers louder. “Aye yo! Aye yo! Make some noise for your bulletproof girl scout!” She shouts, throwing the mic up in the air, to listen to the loud cheers. “My name is Jennie! I’m so happy to be here, today! Thank you, LA, for having us! I hope you’re enjoying the show so far!”
After Rap Monster recaps their journey of American Hustle Life, they go to their next song, Bulletproof.
When it was Jen’s turn to sing, she gets in the front of them, singing her verse.
Badda bing badda boom!
Jennie’s here
I have no fear…so don’t try to stop me
Hah!
Tellin’ me your doubts…won’t change my mind
You want me to party? I don’t have time.
I’ve been busy workin’
I’ve been busy dancin’
I’m never prancin’
“Just enhancing!” She sings, hearing the crowd sing with her as she cracks a smile.
I will preserve and you can’t stop my flow
I’m in my own lane, I’m here to attain
“I got people asking, who’s the girl?” She points her mic to the crowd as they loudly sing, “The one with the curls! Representing the girls!”
Impressed at their passion for singing along with her, she continues to sing, “I’m the one with the swag and I don’t mean to brag but I broke oppositions to get where I am today!”
‘Last Day In LA’
Arriving at the airport, the eight members make their way inside the airport. With the camera following them, Jennie turns to the camera and says, “I’m bummed we have to leave. I’m happy I could see my sisters. KCON was lit! I hope to come back soon!”
“I’m so sad!” Jimin whines.
“It was such a bittersweet experience.” J-Hope comments.
“Hi, Jennie!” Fans greet while she waves at the fans. “Bye V! Bye Jennie! Bye Jimin!”
Getting on the airplane, Jennie sits by the window with J-Hope in the middle and Rap Monster next to him. J-Hope has his camera on and says in English, “Hello, everyone! I’m J-Hope. Right now, Bangtan is headed back to Korea. We just came to LA. I’m thinking about attempting to converse in all English, starting now.”
Turning to Rap Monster, J-Hope greets him. “Hey, Rap Monster!”
“Hi!” He greets in English
“How are you?”
J-Hope was confused at what his response was and lets out a laugh, shifting the camera to Jennie. “Yeah, Jennie, how are you?”
Looking up from her phone, she puts up the peace sign to the camera. “Just chilling, how are you?”
“Good! Good! Rap Monster English very hard. Bear with me. Hey! Jimin! Now English time. Be quiet. How are you?”
“Uh, so good.” Jimin answers
“You look so happy. Why happy?” He asks while Jimin tries to figure out what to say. He lets out a sigh. “M-my heart is, oh my God.”
“We are in America.” Jimin says
“Los Angeles.”
“LA! LA, man!” Jimin makes the LA hand sign, making Jennie giggle at his goofiness.
Somehow, he spits out some of his saliva and J-Hope called it dirty water. “Handsome guy, man!”
J-Hope turns the camera back to himself. “Oh, Jimin is very no fun.”
“Indeed.” Jennie plays along. “Such a party pooper.”
“Jimin?” Rap Monster asks
“Yeah?”
“You got no jams.”
I was very excited for the new update! And it didn't disappoint at all was very satisfied with the Shawn scene too honestly I would act the same as well, also JK's reaction is hilarious!
Your feeding us with em fluff!
5/12/19