The Bangtan Gal

Backstage for another performance, Jin decided to become today’s VJ and goes around to visit the members of BTS, interviewing them before the live broadcast. Jennie just finished getting her make up done and sat on the couch with Jimin, fanning herself.

The heat was real backstage.

“Jennie~” Jin places the camera on her before Jimin pushes the camera back to himself.

“Where are you going, we’re having an interview. I’m in the middle of thinking…” Jimin laughs.

“You took too long, now I want to go to Jennie.”

“But I wasn’t done yet!”

“Jennie’s cooler than you. So, I want to interview her.” Jin sasses.

Jen laughs at their banter and looks at the camera when Jin places it back on her. “Hi!” She waves.

“How are you Jennie?” He asks in a casual tone.

“It’s hot.” She lets out a breath and continues to fan herself.

“It is. It really is. So, I heard you’ve been getting more fans recently. Specifically, male fans. What do you think?”

“Hehe, I’m flattered they’re falling in love with my charm.” She smiles.

“You look pretty today.”

“Oh…so I don’t look pretty every day?” She deadpans.

Jin was taken aback at her sudden mood change as he starts to stutter. “U-uh- I-“

“Are you calling me ugly?” She gasps and places a hand on her heart.

“I think he is. That was rude, Jin! My Jennie is beautiful!” Jimin plays along.

“Whoa, whoa! Your Jennie?! She’s my Jennie!” V says from across the room. “I knew her first!”

“So? She likes me more!” Jimin responds.

“Oh dear…I didn’t realize I was a popular person.” She raises her eyebrows at the camera while the two continue to bicker at each other.

“Jennie are you still mad?” Jin questions as she looks up at him.

“As a matter a fact, I am.” She crosses her arms.

“Come on~ I didn’t mean it!” He whines.

She giggles at his whining.“Ah, I’m joking.”

Jin frowns and pouts behind the camera. “You’re mean!”

“It was a joke!” She exclaims.

“Don’t talk to me, anymore.”

“Jin are you cereal, right now?” She looks at him in disbelief.

“You know what? You’re pretty but you’re not as pretty as me.” He sasses with a mocking smile.

“Oh!” Jimin yells, shocked at the sass.

The unexpected sass made her mouth fall open and her eyes bulge, stunned at what he said.

Did he really just say that?

“You really gonna do a sister like that? I thought what we had was special! Oh, you think it’s funny, huh?” She asks over Jin’s goofy Ha Has. “You know what? I’m done! Leave!” She struggles to keep a straight face as she points to the door, making Jimin laugh out loud.

“Note to self, don’t interview Jennie.” Jin goes to Rap Monster.
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Later, Jen approaches Jimin who was holding onto a lion doll, as a camera was on him for a Bangtan Bomb. He was trying to defend himself for not being childish, claiming the lion was just sitting where he was.

“Aw that’s so cute! Can I see it?” She happily holds on to it and examines it. “This is so adorable, it’s been a while since I’ve seen a stuffed animal. Look how nice and fluffy this thing is.”

“It looks like V, doesn’t it?” Jimin mentions.

After looking at the lion and its fur, she nods in agreement. “Dude, it does!” She says in amazement while V walks over.

Jimin takes the doll and presents it to V. Suddenly, he starts attacking Jimin with it as Jennie laughs. Afterwards, Jimin tries to style to lion like V.

“Am I a kind lion?” V asks.

“What kind lion, just a normal big lion.” Jimin replies before giving it to V. “There.”

“What about the make up?”

“Make up??” Jimin lets out a chuckle before he starts putting powder on the lion. After he was done, he gives it to V.

V suddenly puts the lion in front of Jennie and makes it wave to her. “Hi! My name is V! What’s your name?” He asks in a cute, kiddy voice.

The sudden cuteness overload was too much for her to handle as she covers her face, feeling her face heat up. “Don’t shy away!” He places the lion on top of her head and makes it dance on her head.

“Rawr!” He makes the lion playfully hit her as she starts to laugh.
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On the 23rd of July, before their performance, BTS and Jen stood on stage with an MC for Simply K-Pop TV. From the loud cheers, to the fans waving their fan signs with the members’ names on them, Jennie was excited.

She did a double take when she noticed her name on a number of fan signs. She had to blink quickly to avoid tears coming from her eyes as joy took over.

None the less, she smiles and waves at the crowd as the MC announces BTS in English. “So how long has it been since you debuted?” The MC asks.

“It’s been about a month.” Suga answers in Korean.

“One month? Wow. Well your popularity is going through the roof, now days. How does it feel?”
Jennie raises the mic up and smiles. “I think it’s awesome!” She says in English. “Seeing our names on the signs right now that our fans created, it’s really astonishing. I was trying not to tear up when I saw my name on some of the signs.” She lets out a light laugh. “We’re grateful for the support.”

“Yeah, we’re either at the studio, at home or at broadcasting stations, so we haven’t experienced much of it. But as Jennie said, we’re always grateful for fans who come to support us.” Jin adds.

“Yes with all the love and attention you’re getting, I’m sure your fans have a lot of questions. That’s why we have a Q&A ready for you guys. Who has the first question?” The MC goes to a fan.

“Hello. How long was your training before you debuted? And did you expect this kind of popularity?” A fan named Nima from the UK asks, in her British accent.

“The training period, the longest for me is like three years, Jimin had one year. The shortest was Jennie’s. She trained for almost six months. The average is around 2 years or 2.5 years.” Rap Monster answers in English.

“Oh yeah, the training for me was a bit hectic. Although I had the shortest amount of training, I had to really work hard and push myself. As well as adjust to the Korean culture. I had a tough time using chopsticks for a while. I should’ve learned before I came here.” She giggles in embarrassment as the crowd laughs with her.

“She’s using them properly now!” Rap Monster adds with a smile, earning an applause.

Jen shoots a thumbs up. “I had a lot of support from everyone as they guided me. I spent more hours training as well and made sure to catch up on anything. Also, to rest. I haven’t overworked myself, mom, I know you’re watching.” She waves to the camera.

Rap Monster nods. “For our debut, we don’t really realize any popularity now but thanks, we are so thankful for all the love and our fans. So thank you very much.” He smiles.

“Wow, your English is very good.” The MC praises Rap Monster. “Next question.”

Next question was from a girl named Imani from America. “This question is for Jennie. First off, I just want to say, I LOVE you. I think it’s so cool that you’re the only girl in BTS and everything.”

“Awe, thank you.” She feels her face beginning to heat up before blowing her a kiss.

“Your Korean is so impressive at your young age. How long have you been studying and are you fluent?”

“I’ll answer in Korean then English.” She says before turning to Korean. “K-Pop inspired me to learn Korean. I’ve listened to 2NE1, Wonder Girls and Big Bang. Their music inspired me to want to get into this industry. The music, the dancing, everything is so lit over here in South Korea. I love it! I love how passionate everyone is here. As for the language, I’ve been studying since I was 13. Man it was hard. I mean, I tried to study a few hours a day. And now I’m 15 in America, and I guess I’m…17 in Korea right?” She turns to her group mates who nod and smile in response.

“Same age as Jungkook.” J-Hope comments.

“So that’s pretty interesting as well. I think my hard work is paying off. No language barriers or anything. I’m happy I can communicate with everyone here. I’m not fluent yet. But I know more than just the basics and I will continue learning.” She beams before saying her explanation in English.

A girl named Moon So-hyun from Korea asked, “There’s a variety of genres on your album. Besides the title track, which is your favorite song?”

“Like it is an awesome song on our album.” J-Hope smiles. “It has witty lyrics about love. It’s really great.”

“Can we hear a little bit of the song?” The MC asks, earning loud screams and cheers from the crowd.

“Neon nami doego ohiryeo deo joha boyeo pretty woman.” Jungkook angelically sings with a smile, earning cheers afterwards.

“Woo! All right thank you BTS for your time.”
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After arriving back to the dorm, everyone relaxes as Jin starts to prepare dinner in the kitchen. Everyone was doing their own thing while Jennie chills on the couch in the living room, playing random games on her phone that Jungkook got her into. She couldn’t help but notice her throat getting scratchy all day as she kept coughing every few minutes.

The teen didn’t think much of it as she assumed the cough would go away in the morning and her throat was just dry. Little did she know, Jin had observed her all day whenever she coughed. Finally, after 15 minutes went by, he had to see what was wrong.

“Are you okay, Jennie?”

He leaves the kitchen to turn to where Jennie. The sound of his voice made her look up at him as she clears her throat. “Eh I think I might be getting sick or something. My throat is a bit scratchy. But I’ll be fine.”

“Nothing that I can’t fix. I’ll make some tea.” He offers.

Smiling politely, she declines. “It’s fine, really. Thank you an-“

*Cough* *Cough*

She sighs in annoyance. The cough just wouldn’t go away. Why did she had to start coughing now? Right when they were promoting?

“We have some cough medicine.” Jin happily announces.

The sound of medicine made her widen her eyes. She wasn’t into taking medicine, she couldn’t stand the taste. “What? I don’t wanna take medicine, it’s gross!” She shakes her head frequently, trying to talk him out of it.

“Come on, it’ll make you feel better, so you won’t feel lousy while we’re promoting.” He points out.

“I think maybe I just need to drink some water.” She grabs a water bottle from the kitchen and drinks a few sips on the couch. “There. No more coughing.” She guarantees and goes about her business.

Jin crosses his arms and murmurs a countdown in a low voice. “…four…three…two…one.”

*Cough* *Cough*

“No more coughing, huh?” He grabs a bottle of liquid cough medicine out the cabinet and pours the medicine in the small plastic cup for her. Sitting down next to her on the couch, he smiles warmly. “Come on. And we have a mask for you to wear too, when we go out.”

“You’re so persistent. Jin, I’m fine. Guys, tell him that I’m fine.” She pleads to Jimin and Namjoon who were also in the living room.

“I think you should take the medicine, Jen.” Jimin responds as Namjoon nods in agreement with his face glued to his phone.

“You heard the gentlemen. Come on. One big gulp and it’ll be all over.” Jin advises in a motherly tone and tries to hand the medicine to her but she stubbornly scoots away, shaking her head.

“Uh uh! Jin, my butt is not taking any of that. No meds, I’ll be fine!” She exclaims.

Why was he so persistent to make her take medicine? It was just a little cough.

Why was he staring at her like that?

He looked so worried.

Why is he so worried?

Jin frowns at her refusal. “Jennie you have to take the medicine. It’ll help you. I don’t want your upcoming sickness to get worse. If you fight it now, you’ll knock it out before it even starts.”

“I don’t wanna!” She huffs and crosses her arms, looking away.

Namjoon snickers at her response while Jimin eagerly watches the two bicker, enjoying the show.

Jin blinks at her and pauses. While slowly sets the medicine down on the table, he stares at her.

No one sasses Jin.

No one.

“That’s it. Hold her down.” He tells Namjoon and Jimin as they get up from their seats.
“Wh-wait a sec-HEY!” She shrieks as she feels strong hands grabbing both of her arms, dragging her off the couch and onto the floor. “WAIT! WAIT!” She starts kicking and yelling, attempting to fight off their strong grips as they continued to latch on to her. Before she knew it, they pinned her arms to the floor.

“Get off of me!” She grunts and tries to kick all over the place.

“I am a good person!”

“I have rights!”

“I don’t deserve this!”

All her pleas were ignored and laughed at as Jimin and Namjoon continued to restrain her.
“Yah! Jennie just take the medicine!” Jimin giggles as he tries to keep a strong grip with Namjoon.

“Never!” She yells. “I recycle damn it!”

Jen could hear the loud laughter coming from Tae, Suga, J-Hope and Jungkook in the background while struggling to escape her fate.

“Ennie is not backing down.” Tae giggles.

“Hobi I need help here!” Jin cries as Hobi quickly grabs onto her kicking legs. She manages to kick him on the side of his head, pushing him away, earning louder laughs from everyone.

“Ow!” He laughs, rubbing the side of his head. “That was mean!”

“I’m sorry! I meant to kick at your chest!” She exclaims while trying to toss and turn away.

“I got her!” Namjoon sits behind her, holding her arms from behind with Jimin.

Jin gets off from the couch and sits on his knees with the medicine cap in his hands. There was no way in the world he was going to let her get sick if there was a way he could help her get rid of it quickly.

“Open your mouth.” Jin demands.

“No!” Jennie protests.

“Jennie, open-your-mouth.”

“I don’t wanna! I’ll drink orange juice!”

“You’ll drink orange juice after taking the medicine!”

“No!”

“Someone tickle her!” Jin urges as Jungkook and Tae stand up and begin to attack her with tickles on her stomach as she starts laughing out loud, squirming all over the place. Seeing an opening, Jin lifts her chin and pours the medicine down her throat.

Thus, she quickly swallows the bitterness and gags.

“Ugh! Gross!”

Jin grins in victory. “That wasn’t so bad.”

“I can’t stand you guys.” She grumbles with a sigh of irritation, earning smiles from all of them.

“We love you, too!” Taehyung says with a boxy smile.

“We’re done, right? Can you all let go of me?” She asks.

“We’re not done yet. You need to eat soup. Continue holding her until I heat up the chicken noodle soup.” Jin goes to the kitchen to prepare.

“Awe come on!” She whines.

After a couple minutes, Jin comes back with a bowl of soup and kneels before her. He picks up a spoonful and blows on it a couple times. “Jin, I’m not hungry!” She groans.

“We don’t want our Jennie to continue being sick, so we’re going to take care of you. Now come on, eat up.” He responds while the rest of the guys nod in agreement, gathering around her.

Jennie looks at each one of them. She was touched at how worried they were and how eager they looked to help her feel better. She lets out a breath as her mouth curved into a smile. “Okay…” She says as they cheer. “Can I eat crackers with the soup?”

Jungkook stands up and bows. “Your wish is my command, Milady.”

She giggles softly at his dorkiness. Jungkook grabs a box of crackers from the kitchen and tosses them to Tae who presents them to her dramatically. “Ta-da!”

She gets let go as Jin feeds her a spoonful of soup. “I can eat myself you know.” She lets out a laugh.

Jin places a hand on her forehead. “You don’t have a fever thankfully. Now eat up. Eat everything. And make sure to drink the broth. That’ll help too.”

“Thanks mom.”

Jin smiles at the nickname and pats her head. “You’re welcome, sweetheart.”

After she finished eating, they lead her to her bedroom. “Thanks guys.” She sighs in content, laying comfortably on her bed while J-Hope places a blanket on her.

“Rest up. You should feel better tomorrow in no time.” Jin mentions, looking relieved that she took the medicine and ate soup to help..

“Do you need anything else?” Jimin questions.

“Want me to read you a bedtime story?” Namjoon offers.

“I could sing you to sleep!” Jungkook adds.

“I could rap you to sleep.” Suga shrugs.

“NO!” The boys exclaim to Suga, earning an annoyed look from him.

The Daegu rapper scoffs at the guys, “Well screw you guys…”

“I’ll listen to you rap another time, Suga.” Jennie answers.

“Rapping will never make her go to sleep.” Jin sighs.

“You don’t know that.” Suga argues.

“Guys, I appreciate it but I’m fine. I’m just going to sleep. I’ll take up your offers another time.” She snuggles under the covers, already feeling sleep taking over her. She heard whispers of them saying good night as her light is turned off before they leave the room.

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