“I’m fine, mom. Really.”

“I’m glad that you are, but I hope you know that you’re stronger than this. Don’t do that to us again, you hear? I was this close to getting a plane ticket.”

“Heh, heh, Vienna and Alani told me. They want me to rest for a week and then see how I do then. I should be refreshed and back to it after that.”

“Good. Now get some rest. I’ll check up on you tomorrow. I love you.”

“Love you too, mom.”

After getting off the phone, Jen sets her phone on the bed and laid back down. Not even five minutes later, her phone rings and she checks to caller ID.

Angelina...Facetime.

Answering it, while laying down, she sees Angelina smiling brightly but widen her eyes once she sees her laying down.

“Whoops, did I call at a bad time?” She asks

“Nah-are you drunk?” Jennie stares at her.

“Me? No. Not yet.” She waves her comment away.

“Wow.”

“How you holdin’ up?”

“I’m getting better.”

“Good, good, that’s what I like to hear. You need to get better so I can come to Korea and see you.”

“Is that so? I think you want to be here so you can see Namjoon.” She teases.

“What? No~” Angelina overexaggerates.

“Uh huh. I’m happy you two are still talking though. It’s cute. I hope you two can collab one day.”

“Oh yeah, definitely. I wish I could be there to do a song on his upcoming mixtape though. But my schedule…so hopefully next time. Soon I’ll come down your way, get to see you and you can introduce me to the boys. Especially Jungkook.”

“Oh Lord…”

“Oh yeah, let me tell you the bullcrap I’ve seen. Hailey and the girls threw shade at you.”

“Oh wow. Not surprised. What did they say?”

The rapper rolls her eyes. “They claimed you passing out was a publicity stunt.”

“Heard that one before…” Jen murmurs with a pang of sadness.

---

“Another water break? We barely even started practice. How are we supposed to be top notch with deadbeat over here wanting breaks every two minutes?” Hailey complained.

Ignoring her, Angelina looked at Jen with worry. “You okay, Jen? You don’t look so good…”

And once she fell from exhaustion, Hailey sighed and rolled her eyes. “Oh, get up. Stop trying to make a publicity stunt for relevance.”

---

Shaking the negative thought away, Jen asks, “So when are they coming to Korea for their World Tour?”

“Looks like around late 2015.”

“I have a little more time to keep my sanity then.”

A week later, Jen felt good as new and refreshed after resting and keeping hydrated. She found herself at the set of Amber’s Shake That Brass music video shooting.

When she arrived, she greeted everyone on the set and placed mini cupcakes on the table for everyone to help themselves to. She wanted to show her gratitude for being invited to Amber’s music video. People were astonished at her kind gesture and there were already media reports of her act of kindness on K-Pop news sites.

Jen didn’t think it was a big deal to have an article about her bringing in cupcakes of all things but everyone else thought it was a benevolent act. Seems like new articles will write about the smallest things these days, she thought.

“I’m so happy she’s here! I love her so much!” Amber holds onto Jen from behind, hugging her tightly with a big smile on her face. They were being filmed for Amber’s video of Pops in Seoul as Jen laughs at her enthusiasm.

“I love you too!” She happily responds as she gets released.

“I’m really happy you were able to come and support me. It really means a lot to me, having friends be a part of this.”

“You know I wouldn’t miss it.”

“I asked Jennie because I love her charisma and her fun attitude. I feel like she and I will have a great time being filmed together with this concept.”

“Her album is going to be great. The fact that she made everything herself, the music and lyrics, so amazing.”

Jen heads over to the Orchestra section, happily greeting those around her. Even had the courage to approach Girl’s Generation’s Taeyeon. “I’m a huge fan of your work! I’m so looking forward to the next comeback of Girl’s Generation.” She told her as she happily thanked her. She was way more beautiful in person. Taeyeon had told her that she didn’t have to be nervous and she could speak to her anytime. Jen would definitely take advantage of that opportunity.

“Jennie!” She hears a voice and turns to see Jackson happily waving at her.

“Aye! Jackson, nice to see you here.” She beams, pulling him in for a hug.

“How you feeling? You okay?” He asks with concern.

He must’ve been talking about her passing out. “Yes, I’m good as new. Well rested. I got your messages.”

“Uh huh, you left me on read.” He playfully teases.

“Look, I had a ton of people blowing up my phone. I’m sorry! When BTS are able to have some free time after our upcoming comeback, we’ll hang out, sound cool?”

“Hm...how do I know that you won’t forget?”

She rolls her eyes and walks away as he laughs. “I was joking! Namjoon never answers my messages, don’t be like him!” He walks after her. When he finally catches her, they share a laugh. “Oh, before I forget, I have a small gift basket for you.”

He gestures her to follow him and he takes the basket out his bag. “It’s a get well gift from one of my friends. He hopes you’re doing well. He was freaking out when he found out what happened to you. It was supposed to be from all of us in GOT7, but he grew a fit.” He sighs and shakes his head.

“Aw, really? This is sweet of him. Oh shiz, there’s smarties in here, oh my gosh! Jackson, you gotta tell me who he is. I’d love to thank him in person.”

Jackson smiles at her freaking out over the smarties. “Ah, he wanted to remain anonymous.”

“Well, when you see him, tell him thank you so much and give him a kiss on the cheek for me. And thank the other members of GOT7. I’d like to meet them one day.”

“I’m sure we can make that happen.”

For the orchestra scene, Jen wore a black vest with a white shirt and black pants. She had on a drum set, that one drum connected in front of her. She stood up, as they began to film. Amber attempted to try to conduct everyone. She went to a couple people to show them exactly what she wanted them to do with their instrument, then she came to Jennie.

“You gotta bang. Like this.” Amber demonstrates.

“I did that!” Jen responds but Amber takes her sticks and bangs on the drums. Once she gives them back to her, Jen bangs on the drums to the beat of the song and Amber nods in approval. They filmed scenes of her banging on the drums in sync with Amber’s song while everyone played their instruments around her.

Afterwards, everyone sat their instruments down and freestyled, dancing with Amber in front of the camera, doing the Nae Nae and various other dance moves. They even had Jackson and Jen do a dance battle. Jackson’s dancing brought a grin on her face as she hyped him up with the others around her.

When it was her turn to dance, she snatched his hat, placing it on her head and began to dance.

“OHHHHHH!”
She heard everyone say, laughing at how shocked Jackson was.

“I thought we were friends.” Jackson playfully whines

As the filming began to end, Jen felt her phone buzz and opens it to reveal the group chat with the Maknae Line.

Jungkook: Jimin’s going crazy. Help us.
Jungkook: [Image.jpg]

She examines the photo to see Jimin having her guitar in his hands, planning on throwing it. “Oh hell no.” She immediately begins to text back

Jen: IS THAT MY GUITAR!? JIMIN YOU BOUT TO DIE TODAY!
Jimin: Jungkook!! Why did you show her!?
Jungkook: Kekekekekekeke
Jimin: SNITCH!
Jen: How TF did he get my guitar!?
Jimin: Jungkookie gave it to me!
Jungkook: LIE!
Jen: Oh...okay...so ya’ll went in my room?
Tae: Uh...
Jen: Watch yourselves when you go to sleep tonight...We may have five BTS members now.
Jimin: Oh no, what have we done??
Tae: WE!?
Jungkook: WE??? YOU!

---

Back at the dorm, Hobi and Jen finally decided to initiate the prank war, seeing their targets, Yoongi and Jimin sitting on the couch in the living room. Yoongi, had his headphones on, working on something while Jimin played on his phone.

“We gotta be quick. And run like the wind, got it?” Hobi informs.

“Got it.” She responds as they both had whipped cream in their right palms, stalking up to them from behind.

“SMACK CAM!” They shout as Hobi smacks Jimin, and Jen aims for Yoongi’s side of his face.
The glimpse of them smacking their targets caused the rest of the members to burst out in laughter, screaming and shouting with amusement.

“Do you wanna die!?” Jimin shouts and begins chasing after Hobi, who screamed.

“JENNIE! WHAT THE FUCK!?” Yoongi bellows, turning around to stare at her with rage. All the rest of the members were laughing, but Jen noticed Yoongi was the only one who wasn’t as she looked confused at his outburst.

Now what?

“That wasn’t fuckin’ funny! What the fuck?” He shouts, throwing his headphones across the room. The sound of his headphones hitting the wall, caused everyone to stop laughing. The mood of the room shifted drastically.

Jen stares at Yoongi as irritation began to boil through her veins. Frowning at him, she shakes her head. “The heck was that? That was unnecessary, Yoongi! It was just a joke-”

“I don’t give a shit! This isn’t fuckin’ funny! And this isn’t the time to be playing around like a bunch of fuckin’ kids!” He slams his hand on the couch, roughly running his other hand across his face to remove whatever whipped cream he could.

A bitter chuckle came out of her as she poked her cheek with her tongue. “Okay, first of all, I’m gonna need you to chill the fuck out.” She snaps.

Hearing what came out of her mouth caused the other members but Yoongi to stare at her in surprise. It staggered them to see her demeanor change into an aggravated one. It was an unusual sight to not see her smile and be angry in general.

When Yoongi heard her snap at him, he stood up in fury, causing the Maknae Line’s stomachs to drop with anxiousness.

“This is as chill as I’m gonna fuckin’ get.” He bluntly snaps back.

“I’m not liking this...” Jin looks on with worry.

The members began to feel the atmosphere change for the worst as they felt the tension between the two of them. They weren’t expecting Yoongi and Jennie to clash. Hobi, Jimin, Jungkook and Taehyung began to feel uneasy as they heard their voices getting louder by the second. Jin and Namjoon were alarmed as they tried to figure out how to stop it before it blows up even more.

“It was just a prank! We’re starting a prank war!” She exclaims.

“I don’t fuckin’ care!” He yells at her.

Looking around the room, she looks confused. “Excuse me, who are you yelling at?!”

The Hyung Line glance at each other in alarm and decided to intervene on the situation. Jin shakes his head and gets in between them. “Okay, this was taken out of hand, let’s not do this.” He calmly speaks up, attempting to back her away from Yoongi. “Stop it. No more of this, stop arguing. I’m not having this.”

“Cause I know damn well you aren’t yelling at me, like that!” Jen continues in fury, ignoring Jin.

“Yah! Yah! Yah! Stop.” Hobi tries to back Yoongi away from her with Namjoon as the Maknae Line watch helplessly at the chaos.

“Get the fuck outta here!” She shouts.

“That’s enough. Come on, now. Let’s not do this.” Namjoon’s voice was filled with authority, trying to reason. “Let’s speak calmly, not yell.”

“I didn’t think this would end up like this…” Taehyung murmurs to Jungkook and Jimin. The two were now in each other’s faces, yelling back and forth and it didn’t look like they were stopping anytime soon.

“Yeah, okay…okay…” Jen responds sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

“I don’t want this shit on me!” Yoongi shouts as a vein popped out of his neck.

“It’s whipped fucking cream!” She claps her hands three times.

“I don’t care if it was water, I don’t want that shit on me!”

“It’s nothin’ serious! What’s your issue!? It was a joke! Completely harmless!”

“G-guys. Please stop arguing.” A whipped creamed covered Jimin pleads. This whole situation was making him sad, he didn’t want to see anyone fighting.

When Jin finally manages to back Jen away from Yoongi, Taehyung takes over, wrapping his arms around her from behind, in a tight embrace. Desperately trying to calm her down but with no avail. “Ennie, please relax. Please calm down.”

“Get off of me, Tae.” She attempts to wiggle out of his grip.

“Not until you calm down. I don’t want to see you like this. Please, Ennie. Please calm down.”

Yoongi was trying to get away from Namjoon and Hobi’s grips as he shouts, “I don’t have time for this bullshit!” His voice filled with aggression. “You see me fuckin’ working on something, why the fuck would you do stupid shit like this!?”

“You can’t take a break and relax!? Have fun for just a moment!?”

“We have an album coming out soon!”

“I get that!” She gets out of Tae’s arms.

“Enough Jennie-“ Jin stops mid-sentence.

“No. I’m gonna say what I have to say.” She responds to him and turns back to Yoongi. ”You’re not gonna yell at me like that. We are all friggin’ stressed out for this album. The least we can do is loosen up with a couple of laughs and take our minds off work for just a moment. You need to lighten up!”

“Everyone calm down!” Jimin shouts. “Please, let’s just cool down. This was blown out of proportion.”

“FUCK!” Yoongi shouts and roughly shoves Namjoon and Hobi off him, storming into his bedroom. He slams the door, causing everyone but Jennie to flinch.

She exhales with her eyes closed, trying to compose herself. Opening her eyes, she mutters out a curse. “Un-fucking-believable...”

Taehyung turns to her, with a sad expression. “E-Ennie-“

“Don’t.” She raises her hand up, gesturing him to stop. “I’m taking a walk.”

“I-I’ll come with you.” Jungkook speaks up.

“I want to be alone.” A sense of coldness and frustration was heard in her voice before she left the dorm.

The dorm felt empty without the energetic vibe as the rest of the members were bummed at how things turned out. A scary, pissed off Yoongi and an unhappy Miss Bangtan was not something they prepared for.

Namjoon sighs and rubs his temples on the couch. “I wished we handled that better…”

---

Yoongi and Jen haven’t spoken a word to each other in the past few days as Jen stood backstage with Amber for Music Bank, in support of her in Shake That Brass.

“Ouch, and you still haven’t talked to him?” Amber asks with a concerned look, sitting on the couch.

“Nope.” Jen replies, sitting next to her, staring at the TV on the wall.

“Aw, he needs to lighten up. But I can understand how frustrated he was about it. I hope you two can rekindle soon.”

After getting ready for the show, Jen began to get filmed for a Bangtan Bomb as she stood with Amber and 4Minute backstage. To be able to meet these fierce ladies was an honor, as Jen happily told them how much she adored Crazy.

“Crazy is lit, oh my gosh. I’ve been practicing ever since your song came out. Can I show you?” She eagerly asks.

“Yeah! Let’s see!” Hyuna beams.

“Let’s see!” Sohyun claps her hands.

“Amber you should do it too!” Jiyoon points to her.

“Me? Me really? You wanna?” Amber turns to Jennie.

“Oh yeah, come on.” She answers. Amber had pulled out her phone, putting the song on, skipping just a few seconds before the chorus.

“Okay, five…six…seven…eight.”

nal bogo michyeo
(C.R.A.Z.Y) ttara hae

Jen and Amber begin the choreography, Amber did a laid-back version of it while Jen went full out. The 4Minute members cheered them on with bright smiles on their faces. “Wow!” They applaud

Later, Amber and Jen wait to go on stage as Jen turns to the Bangtan Bomb camera with a smile. “Today I met 4Minute. They’re super nice. Crazy is lit. I can’t get enough of that song. And now I’m here to perform Shake That Brass with Amber.” She wraps her arm around her.
Amber pulls her close, cheek to cheek. “We’re gonna have a lot of fun today!” Amber shoots up a peace sign.

Jen watches Amber perform from backstage, as she waits for her cue, with a mic in hand. “I’m a little nervous.” She glances at the Bangtan Bomb camera, still filming her. “But this is a fun song, so I’m sure once I get on that stage, I’ll feel more carefree, y’know?” She starts bouncing around as she continues watching.

When it was her cue, she made her way to the stage, standing behind the dancers.

Yeah I want you to
(Shake shake that brass)
Yeah I want you to

“Shake that brass.” Her smooth voice is heard as Amber’s backup dancers reveal her. She gets a big pop from the crowd as she smiles and struts forward. She had some big shoes to fill because Taeyeon is the original singer of the verse, but she performed it in her own style, singing out strong with soul. From the cheers of the crowd, she seemed to have done well. “oneul bam bam gomindeureun naeil more saenggakhae. meorireul biwobeoryeo amu saenggak an nage. son meori wiro.”

Amber stands next to her with a smile, dancing with her.

(Uhuh)
“sinnage ttwieo”
(Yeah yeah)

“da gachi michyeo, get it started. Come and shake that brass~!” Her high note was filled with soul and energy, earned some more cheers. “Woo!” She cheers, moving her hips around with Amber.

Hey ho (Yeah) Hey Ho (Uh Huh)
Hey Ho (Yeah) Hey Ho (Uh Huh)
Hey Ho (Yeah) Hey Ho (Uh Huh)

“Shake that brass~! Oh baby!” She sings out, holding hands with Amber as Amber spins her around.

Hey Ho Shake That Brass
“Wooooooooooo~!”
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA-

“Won’t you shake that brass…Ooooohhhhh won’t you shake that brass!” She ends the song with a huge smile on her face. Amber had stuck her tongue out, standing next to her for their final pose. Soon they embraced in a big hug, causing the crowd to cheer for them.

After the show, fans have tweeted their love for the duo with the hashtags, #Jamber and #Jenber eager for the next time to watch the duo together.

---

As soon as she went back to the dorm, Jimin and Namjoon asked to speak with her in her room. They sat on her bed and tried to talk to her about Yoongi. Jen however, wasn’t having it, being the stubborn teenager, she was.

“Nope.” She bluntly replies, still feeling some type of way at how he yelled at her.

Who did he think he was, to raise his voice at her like that? She wasn’t going to stand there and let him scream at her any type of way. She stood up for her opinion on the situation, not backing down and felt as though he overreacted.

“Jennie, you two should talk it out.” Jimin suggests.

“I don’t want to talk to him, he pissed me off.” She stubbornly responds.

“Ennie, come on...”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No.” She replies louder.

“I think you should apologize.” Namjoon calmly speaks up.

“But why do I need to say sorry? I feel like I’ve done nothing wrong. Everything I did was harmless. It wasn’t that bad. I just wanted to share some laughs.”

“I understand that, Jennifer.” He says with seriousness in his voice. “But try to put yourself in Yoongi’s shoes. Get where he’s coming from. You know what a workaholic he is and how serious he is about his work. The whipped cream got on his notebook. Almost smeared what he was working on.”

Jen exhales. She didn’t know that part. She knew how he was with his work and it made her feel guilty. Deep down, she was sad that they weren’t talking. She missed him. She missed being around him. Maybe she did go too far, unaware that he was working on something important. As much as she hated to admit.

“Where is he?” She finally asks with another sigh.

“Studio.”

Meanwhile, with Yoongi, he drowned himself in work, with his headphones on his ears. Earlier today, Namjoon and Hobi had talked to him about the argument and he couldn’t help to think about the conversation.

“I don’t want to fucking talk to her. I don’t want to see her, I don’t want anything to do with her. I don’t even want you to say her damn name. So, drop it. This conversation is over.” He had growled at them in frustration.

“She really cares about us. She just wanted us to loosen up. We’re all on edge for this album. You know that. She just wanted us to laugh and forget about work for just an hour or so. Get where she’s coming from.” Namjoon had told him.

He’d be lying if he said he didn’t think about her since the fight. He missed her presence. He didn’t mean to say that he didn’t want anything to do with her. She held a special place in his heart. He was emotional at the time. Frustrated. They both said things in the heat of the moment.

His thoughts were interrupted when he hears knocking in the room.

“Hey.” Jen greets softly. He acknowledges her at the door by glancing at her and continues to work. “You free to talk?”

He grunts, responding as a yes, pushing a seat out for her to sit. He placed his headphones on his neck, stopping what he was doing as he turns to her. He didn’t look angry, he looked upset that they went that far while arguing.

He could tell she was feeling the same.

“I’ve…been thinking about our blowout.” She spoke again after a moment of silence. “I just came here to say that I’m sorry.” He could hear the sadness in her voice. “I should’ve been more mindful of you and your work. I know how you get with your work. I know how passionate you are about music. Sorry for doing that to you. I hope I didn’t ruin anything.”

Yoongi let out a sigh. “Although we pissed each other off and yelled some crazy things…I can’t stay mad at you.” He shrugs and shakes his head. “I forgive you…and I’m sorry for lashing out at you like that, Smartie. Forgive me.”

A smile comes across her face. “It’s okay.”

He was happy to see her smile as he ruffles her hair and turns back to his work. “Oh geez…” He sighs when she wraps her arms around him, pressing multiple kisses on his cheek. Though he secretly enjoyed the affection. “Okay, okay. That’s enough.”

“Nope! Not done, yet.” She laughs and gives him a couple more of her sweet kisses.

“Gross…” He fakes a gagging sound, wiping his cheek when she releases him.

“Don’t lie to me. You love my hugs and kisses.”

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.”

“Wow. Really?” She asks, offended as he smirks in response.

When they get back to the dorm, Jen took a nap on the couch, and Yoongi decided to get her back for what she did to him. Just like he did after filming an episode of Rookie King, he got a sharpie and wrote all on her face. Writing various words like swag, and Suga, all over her face. Jen remained asleep, unaware, as the members around her struggled not to laugh.

“She’s going to kill you, hyung.” Tae giggles.

“I like to see her try.” Yoongi responds, and takes a photo of her makeover, tweeting, ‘Prank War is now on. #SUGA’

Jen woke up a minute later from the laughing and looks around at them snickering. “Why are you guys laughing so much?” She asks.

“We’re just admiring your new makeover.” The Daegu rapper smirks, revealing his sharpie in his hands.

Her stomach drops when she realizes what he had done. “No friggin, you didn’t-“ She cuts herself off as she grabs her phone and turns the camera on herself. “YOONGI! What the hell!?”

“I know, you finally look beautiful.”

She tries to hit him but he backs away, as he laughs with the members. “Asshole!” She laughs as she goes to clean her face in the bathroom.

“Prank war is now on. No teams. Every person for themselves. Got it?” Yoongi announces.

“AAAWWWWEEEE Yeah! Let’s go!” The members get hyped

---

The next day, in the afternoon, Jen decided to practice on her freestyle dancing in one of the dance studios at Big Hit. After doing her stretches, she plugs her phone into the speaker and puts on Come on Over by Sevyn Streeter.

Jen admired the artist and loved how sexy and confident she was with her music. Sometimes she would think about what it would be like to collab with her. She hoped so one day if it was possible.

Standing in the middle of the dance floor, she begins to dance on beat when she hears Sevyn sing.

On my mind just one thing
You and me doing some things
No particular one place, oh no O-pen
Open to changes, positions, and angles
Tonight I ain't no angel, oh no

She wanted to focus on story telling with her dancing, listening to the lyrics. But she couldn’t help but feel like she was missing something as she danced. After dancing for 30 minutes, Hobi had walked in, with a big smile.

“I hope you don’t mind a dance partner!” He greets.

“Hey! No, of course not! Join me! I could use some help. You mind?”

“Not at all.” He stretches first and then goes over to see what she needed help on. She wanted him to help her with body rolling and popping her body more. Make her movements more fluid.
He showed her a couple of basics moves as she watches in awe at how in sync he was and how smooth he moved. His style of dancing was unique in her eyes. No doubt he was the best representative of BTS’ Dance Line.

“You got it?” He asks with a smile.

“Well…I think so.” She replies, unsure of herself

“I’m not liking that attitude munchkin. Come on, you can do it.”

She tries out his movements. She was doing them but it looked like she was missing something. Still, she didn’t know what it was.

“You’re holding back. Don’t do that to yourself. Elevate.” Hobi speaks up.

“Really? I feel like I’m not holding back. This is how I dance.” She explains.

Hobi crosses his arms. “Can I be blunt?”

“Knock yourself out.” She gestures him.

“I feel like your true dancing potential is still locked away because of what you told me about Amity. You said they wanted you to tone it down. Well, you won’t tone it down anymore, not here. I’m not having it. I can’t keep standing here when I know you can do better than this.”

Jen was taken aback at his sudden statement. But he had a point as much as she hated to admit. “I...”

“No excuses. I know you can do better, Jennie. Now, show me. Dance, munchkin…Dance.” He smiles and presses shuffle on her phone as Numb by Rihanna comes on.

Jen stands and stares at her reflection in the mirror as Rihanna began to sing. ‘Dance, huh?’ She thought as she listens to the familiar beat of the song.

Ecstasy in the air
I don't care

‘But…I don’t think I can do this…’ She thought nervously.

Can't tell me nothing
I'm impaired
No worse for wear
'Cause I'm going numb

‘Move.’ She thought as her body suddenly begins to move, side to side, on beat, getting into it. Hobi nods to the beat, watching her attentively.

I'm going numb
I'm going numb, I'm going numb
I'm going numb, I'm going numb (Let the champagne splash)
I'm going numb, I'm going numb (Let that man get cash)
I'm going numb,

Hobi smiles brightly when he watches her let loose. How her face changed into an expression of seriousness. Her movements fluid with the beat, her body popping powerfully with the beat. It was like the dancer in her broke the chain that locked her true potential.

And it felt good. She felt free.

I'm going numb
I'm going numb, I'm going numb
I'm going numb, I'm going numb (Let the champagne splash)
I'm going numb, I'm going numb (Let that man get cash)
I'm going numb

The way she danced, it was like she told a story as she listened to the lyrics. The way she went harder when the beat dropped on the second set of Rihanna’s ‘I’m going Numb’s.

Can't you see
Ain't it clear

Hobi was elated to see her dance harder and decided to record her on his phone as she body rolled powerfully on the second verse. She even added some of the moves he had shown her earlier, remaining in sync with the beat.

I don't care
Get closer to me
If you dare
I double dare
'Cause I'm going numb,

This time, she swayed side to side with more energy, running a hand through her hair, pretending that she was going numb. ‘Atta girl.’ Hobi thought to himself, seeing a whole different person.

This is Jennie.
This is who Miss Bangtan is.

As soon as the beat drops, she popped her chest and the rest of her body, robotically and rigid.

But odds are I'mma end up in the back of a squad car

He widens his eyes, impressed as he watches her dance faster during Eminem’s rap. It caused him to squeal happily. “Woo! Go munchkin!” He shouts.

“Stop making me laugh!” She breaks out into a smile as she continues to dance.

After the song ended, she lets out a breath. ‘Was that actually me?’ She looks at her reflection in the mirror. “That felt good. So, how’d I do?” She turns to him with a nervous smile.

Hobi screams and jumps around, applauding her loudly. She laughs when he picks her up and spins her around. “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Where have you been!?” The room filled with their loud laughter as he set her down.

He grabs his phone to show her the video he recorded. “Now this, this is Miss Bangtan. This is Jennie.” He smiles. “Your dancing has gotten so much better. I’m so proud of you.”

She turns to him, touched by his words. “Thank you, Hobi. Thank you so much. This means a lot coming from you.”

Hobi tweets a small video of Jen dancing, ‘I think she’s going numb, kekekeke. Well done, munchkin! Sometimes all you need is that extra push. Proud of you. #JHOPE’

---

On March 9th, after giving out handmade gifts for ARMY on his birthday, Yoongi had gone to the studio to work, only to find a birthday card and two black boxes at his workspace. The bigger black box was on the bottom while the smaller one was on the top, wrapped up as a tag was attached to it.

‘To the guy I’ll beat in the next basketball game :P’

“Smartie.” He confirmed with a smirk as he sat down and opened the card first.

‘Dear grandpa!’

He read and stopped. “This girl…” He shakes his head in amusement and kept reading.

‘I don’t think you have any idea how much you’re valued or how much you mean to me. I look up to you. A lot. Not just for rapping but also for your passion in your work. How relatable your lyrics are and your ability to create such moving music. How humble you are about what you do. How raw you are with your rapping, I inspire to be on that level, to show that much emotion in music like you do.

Just you being yourself in general, and how I enjoy being around you, even if you’re feeling a little lazy or in one of your work modes. Not to mention your blunt, yet savage remarks these days.

Yeah, we may piss each other off at times but no matter what, we work on our problems and learn about ourselves so we can move forward through anything. I’ll always be there. No matter what. Even if you need me to be your napping buddy, I’m there. (Just don’t drool on me like last time, mkay? Mkay.)

Thank you for being straightforward with me since the day we met. You’re very giving and hard working. And I thank you for always taking the time to teach me about rapping. I thank you for taking me under your wing, being patient and encouraging to me. You may not act like it but I see how much you care. You love us, members, more quietly, but I dare say you have the biggest heart.’

Yoongi stops reading as he looks down, feeling something in his heart. That last sentence moved him. He took a moment to pull himself together before continuing to read.

‘And FYI, I do catch your small smiles when I accomplish your rap assignments. :) that is always motivating me to work harder so I can see that gummy smile of yours.

Though we’re not related by blood, I think that all seven of you guys are my brothers. I love you, Yoongi and I’m happy to be a part of BTS as we grow together musically, mentally and physically.

P.S- When’s our next one on one basketball game? Too scared to get trashed? ;)

“This girl…” He smiles. Sometimes she could be a pain in the ass. Her smacking him with whipped cream, especially, but at the end of the day, she would always be special to him. He never knew how much her words could move him as he reread her letter again.

He opens the smallest gift first, opening the small box to reveal a personalized charm bracelet with a basketball and his name on it. He read the note that was on the box.

‘You better be wearing this. I have my own. We’re matching. No ifs, ands, or buts. Deal with it.’

“This girl is something else.” He puts the bracelet on. It was a perfect fit on him. He turns to the big box, taking off the cover and inside looked like a haul of Kumamon merch. “This girl…” He repeats yet again in disbelief.

‘You still like him, right? Hope you like this haul! I better see you have that phone case on. I’m not joking. And you better eat the damn cake!’ Her note said.

“Cake?” He asks and sees a small box inside the big box with the merch. He takes it out and opens it to reveal a small Kumamon cake. His smile got wider as he read the note she wrote on top of the lid of the cake.

‘You BETTER eat this…I made it with love! Love I tell you! Don’t tell the guys, they’ve been begging me to bake again since those Valentine’s Day cupcakes, lol. I baked it, Hayoon helped me decorate it. She has more of an artistic touch with baking. I may want to do this trend for the others’ birthdays too. All depends on how much you like it.’

Yoongi felt something in his eyes as he shook his head, clearing his throat. He felt his tears dry up thanks to his dry eyes but overall, he was moved. He made a mental note to do this trend for her on her birthday, for sure.

“Hello Kitty is what she likes…” He thinks out loud.

All of this was so…generous and kind of her.
It made him feel so appreciated and loved.

He checked out the merch in the box, which consisted of a black Kumamon shirt, a kumamon phone case, small plush and much more merch that he’ll be pleased to have in his room.

Pulling out his phone, he gave her a quick text.

Yoongi: Swing by the studio when you can

While he waited for her, he takes a photo of his haul and tweets, ‘Smartie is something else…I’m very thankful and overwhelmed with joy. #SUGA’

ARMY would immediately tweet, wishing him a happy birthday and talking about Jen giving him the haul of gifts.

‘YoonJen is so precious.’
‘I wish my friends would do something like that for me. I’m jealous’
‘She really made him a Kumamon cake tho! I can’t! This is making me cry’
‘Why are there tears in my eyes?’
‘Wishing him another year of success and happiness!’
‘She has got to be one of the kindest souls ever. She went out her way for him on his birthday.’
‘Wait she actually baked that for him!? OMG I ship it!’
‘AWWWWWW!’
‘KUMAMON!! Of course!’

Soon after, the members would tweet about it, instantly once they saw the photo of the cake.

‘WAIT SHE MADE THAT FOR YOU!? Where’s my cake!? #JIMIN’
‘I’m feeling some type of way... #JK’
‘Too cute! #V’
‘Wait she BAKED!? AGAIN!? Where were we!? #JIN’

Yoongi chuckles at their responses and tweets

‘Be jealous #SUGA’
‘So…you aren’t going to share?? #RM’

10 minutes later she arrives. “Yo! I see you got the stuff! Happy birthday!” She beams.

As soon as he saw her walk in, he had the urge to hug her, so he got out of his seat, strolling up to her. Pulling her to him, he wraps his arms around her for a firm hug, taking her by surprise. “Thank you, Jennifer.” He murmurs against her.

The sound of her name caught her by surprise. He only called her smartie these days, and to hear him say her full name, made her believe that this was something that he was extremely happy about.

She lets out a chuckle and wraps her arms around him, squeezing him tight. “Of course.” She releases him. “Oh, and another thing, I wanted to tell you that I’m ready to show you my skills on the launchpad.” She points it out. He responds with a half smile and gestures her to sit with him. “But it could wait, I mean, you sure you wanna work on your birthday? Don’t you want to chill?”

“My work is never done and besides, I’m in a working mood. How about you consider this as your other gift to me. Show me.”

“All righty.” She sets everything up. Yoongi listens and watches intently as her fingers move skillfully on the launchpad. She decided to perform BTS’ Tomorrow, since she’s been playing around with it, and he wasn’t disappointed.

There was something there, about her sound and just stared at her even after she finished. He wasn’t even aware she finished until she spoke. “Well…what do you think?”

“I’m gonna have a talk with Namjoon, Hobi and Slow Rabbit.”

“Why?”

“I think you should consider working behind the scenes with us for our albums. There’s something there.”

“I kind of low-key wanted to.”

“We’ll take it one day at a time. For now, your homework is to practice Cypher PT 3. And without Tae. Good god, I don’t wanna hear him rap it.” He sighs and rubs his temples.

She laughs. “I’ll try my best not to practice around him. I do think you should consider-“

“No.”

“But Tae would be so enthusiastic-“

“No.”

“He’s so eager-“

“No.”

“He has passi-“

“No.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“Boo!”

“Yeah, yeah…By the way, after we have some free time during our upcoming I Need U promotions, we’re gonna have a date.” He announces.

“What’s the dress code?”

“A-game, don’t forget the sneakers. We have a date on the court.” He smirks competitively

“I’m down. Keep me posted.”

“And smartie?”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you for everything.”

“Always.”

---

During Namjoon’s Do You MV filming, the members decided to surprise him when he was on break. The members had walked in, with bags of chicken, while Namjoon sat on the couch on his phone.

“Hello!” Jimin shouts.

“YO! YO! YO! YO! YOOOOOOOO! We have arrived!” Jen happily yells, walking in with the rest of the members like a hurricane. The rest of the members shout randomly as Namjoon, covered his ears, whining. Jen lets out a laugh. Looks like the room won’t be quiet anymore.

“Hey leader, oppa’s here!” Tae beams.

“The chicken has arrived!” Yoongi announces.

“You look good, that outfit is on point.” Jen told him as she greeted him with a hug. As they all sat down, getting situated, they discussed how nice Namjoon looked on video while they munched on the chicken. “Is it weird shooting alone?”

“Very. But now that you guys are here, maybe I spoke too soon, it’s so loud now.” He jokes with a laugh.

“Well, you look cool. I think I can speak for everyone that we can’t wait to see what you been working on.”

After the break, the members watch with Namjoon, clips of the filmed MV. Jen began dancing to the song with the other members.

“He’s so cool.” Jimin says proudly.

“He is going to do really well, I believe in him. He’s going to be great.” Yoongi guarantees.

“I’m so proud of this guy, he’s worked so hard. I’m a proud baby sister.” She places a hand over her heart as she looked at the Bangtan Bomb camera.

---

Finally, on April 5th, BTS began their jacket shooting in Gyeongju, for their upcoming album.
Jen still hadn’t had her hair dyed yet, but her hair was styled straight with bangs this time.
Recently, her hair began to get damaged because sometimes the stylists wouldn’t know what to do with her African American hair, putting way too much heat.

The last straw was when she noticed her hair breaking off, so she had a talk with Big Hit, asking if she could use one of Angelina’s stylists, that would come to Korea at times to do her hair more protectively, or even do her own hair when she could. She had to speak up on her hair, she kept quiet for too long.

She was happy they accepted her request, grateful they were mindful of her hair. She did not want to go bald anytime soon.

For the jacket shooting, she wore a white blouse with blue jeans, along with a black hat on her head. They greet the director and began shooting at the beach for Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa pt.1. She sat in between Rapmon and Jin as photos were snapped away, bringing off a more mature vibe this time with their new concept.

“Jesus…for April, it sure is cold. But when you’re near the water, it’s always colder. Should’ve worn a heavier jacket.” She mentions.

“I’ll keep you warm!” Tae wraps his arms around her from behind, having the blanket he had on his back, wrap around her too.
“Why are you so warm!?” She exclaims as they walk near the ocean.

When everyone gathers around, Jennie shivers violently. “Wh-why.” She shivers as Tae places a big jacket on her, holding her close. “I don’t do cold!”

He grabs her hands and began to blow his hot breath on them, in hopes to sooth her. He took great care of her to make sure she was warm. She was grateful for his kind gestures.

After waiting as each member took their concept photos, Jennie and Jin met up for their photos together. They stood back to back, Jin looked ahead while Jen turned her head to the side as if looking back at him. She then wrapped her arms around herself, as the photos were snapped away, looking serious.

As they took more photos, Jimin and Jungkook watched them from a distance. “Wah…so pretty.” Jimin admires Jennie’s visuals.

“Very.” Jungkook murmurs.

“So…Jungkookie…I wanted to tell you about Ennie’s massage skills.” Jimin decides to tease him, smiling teasingly. “She gave me the most amazing massage a few days ago. It was great!”

“Is that so?” Jungkook pokes his cheek with his tongue, trying to ignore him.

“Yeah, her hands do wonders. I didn’t know she was that talented. It was so relaxing.”

“Uh huh...”

“Have you ever gotten a massage from her? You’re missing out. I was the first one to get a massage from her too, I feel so special.”

“Shut up, hyung…”

“Hehehehe. Someone’s mad~.”

“I’m not mad!” He grumbles.

“We were in her room, too-“ Jimin groans in pain when he’s suddenly punched on the arm.

Jungkook storms off, grumbling, “I want a massage…” He grumbles to himself, while Jimin walks after him, laughing hysterically.

He really fell for it.

After Jen was done her photos with Jin, she cheers. “Woo!” She opens her palms, raising them high as Jin high fives her. He places his palms down as she meets his hands for a low five, then they jumped up, bumping chests. “SeokJen in the house!” She performs his traffic dance with him.

“Hey, this is a great warm up! I’m feeling warm!” He laughs.

She continued shooting photos alone, walking around, with the ocean in the background, looking angelic, yet mature. Losing the baby fat in her face, gained her more of a mature look with this concept.

After shooting, she walks past Taehyung and Jungkook goofing around, as Kookie attempted to juggle with heat packs. Acting mischievous, she slaps the heat packs that were tossed in the air by him and continued to innocently walk away.

“Now you’re going to pay.” He drops the other heat packs and runs after her.

“Wait! Wait!” She yells in panic, trying to run for her life. Instantly he grabs her from behind, lifting her up over his shoulder. “Tae! Help!”

“Why did she even bother to run?” Tae laughs.

When they go inside, they continue their shooting in a room. Jen shoots in the bathroom with the bathroom mirror fogged up as she writes ‘He’ll change’ on it. Then she shot photos with Namjoon as he sat on the toilet and her in the tub without any water in it.

When she finished up, she watches Tae and Jungkook shoot photos on the bed and ends up giggling at Jungkook dozing off. “He’s so out of it. It’s so cute.”

---

On April 11th, BTS begin their I Need U filming. For the music video, Jen kept on a white butterfly necklace throughout the entire filming, as she first wore a black pajama shirt with pants. She stood in a bedroom with a Korean actor near her age, portraying her abusive boyfriend.

She faced the camera, questioning what her concept is. “My concept is an abusive relationship. I play a naïve teenage girl who is infatuated with this boy but he’s not all who he seems to be. She left her family just to be with him, too. It’s very sad. Her boyfriend will begin to get more aggressive when things don’t’ go his way. She’ll even be in denial of what he’s been doing, too.” She explains.

“She unexpectedly gets hit by him and he’ll say sorry and say it won’t happen again. A lot of abusive couples go through that. She’ll foolishly forgive him, believing that he’ll change. And then he’ll end up cheating on her with her best friend. Ah…so, grimy. I thought it was cliché when I was told what I’ll be doing but honestly, you’d be surprised how much this stuff happens. This stuff happens in real life. A guy can be abusive but also a woman can be abusive too and I feel as though there isn’t enough recognition for men out there getting abused by women. It could be emotional, not just physical. They may think it’s funny to see a guy get abused by a chick but freak out when a chick is abused by a guy. I feel as though both parties should be treated as serious matters.”

Jen stood with the actor, hearing the director’s instructions. “You’ll barge in. Yell at him for forgetting your birthday. We just need shots of you arguing, so improvise, say whatever works.” The director instructs. “Then he’s going to grab you.”

The male actor grabs onto Jen’s arms and shakes her softly, getting the feel of what he’s supposed to do. The two of them end up laughing.

“The actor is such a nice guy, so it’s going to be interesting working with him because he’s so nice.” She says on camera. “I think it’ll be difficult for me to think of what to say in this situation since I’ve never experienced it.”

“And…action!”

Jen storms into the bedroom, watching her boyfriend playing video games. Disgust was shown on her features as she sternly asks, “Where were you!?”

Her boyfriend sighs and shoots her a dirty look. “What are you screaming about?”

“I said where were you?” She snatches the controller out his hands and tosses it to the side. “I was waiting for you, how the heck could you forget my birthday!?”

He stands up and gets in her face. “What the hell was that for!?”

“One special day and you weren’t there, it’s like you don’t even care at all! I’m always there for you, why can’t you give more to me like I do for you?! This happens all the time!” She exclaims.

“Cut!” The director announces. “Jennie, this time say that you’re done. And we’ll get into the grabbing sequence.”

Jennie nods as the actor smiles at her. “I’m sorry if I hurt you.” He tells her.

“I’m sure I can take it.” She reassures him.

“Action!”

“You know what? I can’t do this anymore. I’m done.” She turns around but he roughly grabs her wrist, forcefully turning her back to face him. Suddenly his large arms grab a hold of her, shaking her as she flinches.

“You are NOT going to leave me! You’re nothing without, do you hear me!?” He shouts as she starts to whimper in fear.

“Stop it!” She shouts, trying to push him off. “Get off of me!” She finally shoves him off and hastily backs up. “What is wrong with you!?”

He grabs a beer bottle and throws it near her, on the ground, making her yelp as she starts running away. “Get back here!” He shouts and runs after her.

The cameras quickly following them. Jen manages to run into the bathroom and lock the door as a camera was filming her from inside the bathroom. A frightened facial expression was shown on her face as she watches the door shake violently from him banging his fists.

“OPEN THE DOOR!” His scream caused Jennie to flinch involuntarily.

His acting was off the charts. She was genuinely scared as her chest rose up and down at a quick pace. She lets out a shriek when he finally kicks open the door.

“Please no…” She whimpers, backing up in fear. He slams the door shut in front of the camera, as the scene only had the door shown.

“Cut! Good.” The director praises.

“You all right?” He smiles apologetically.

“Your acting is no joke. I was actually scared.” She praises.

After those shots, Jen had sat down to get her makeup done, as the rest of the members began their shooting. The stylists had made sure Jen’s eyeliner and mascara wasn’t waterproof so when she cries, it can run and be messy. Her cheek looked like she had been backslapped in the face.

Once she was done, the director lets her sit in the shower with her knees up to her chest, with water running down on her. She had to cry for this one, so it took her a few moments before the tears began to flow. After they got enough shots of that, they led her to stare at her reflection in the mirror, examining her bruise on her face.

She frowned, looking hurt that he would put his hands on her.

---

“I have never been heartbroken in my life, yet, so I hope my acting is believable for the cheating scene.” Jennie says on camera. “I’m glad I’m doing this cheating scenario, coming up. I feel like in your youth, you will get heartbroken and it’s a part of life. Whenever it’s dating, one sided love or a death or any struggle. But overcoming it…I think that’s a beautiful thing.”

Jen had changed into a grey sweater and jeans, her face not bruised anymore. She ponders how she would act if a guy would cheat on her in real life. “I honestly have no idea what I might do if someone cheats on me. If I had my bat from Danger, I could beat him with it…but I’d like not to get a record.” She grins innocently.

“I need you two to improvise.” The director says. He decided to let them have more freedom for this scene. “Bang on his chest, yell, scream at him.”

“Can I slap you?” She asks straightforwardly, earning a laugh from the actor and those in the background.

“I don’t mind.”

“I’ll try not to hit you too hard.”

Getting in position, she stood outside the hallway of the bedroom. Exhaling, she thinks of her sister, Vienna. She has anger issues and was cheated on back in high school. It made her never want to date again and just hook up with guys instead of a commitment. She’ll never forget that day of her yelling and screaming at him on the phone, as Alani tried to calm her down.

Jungkook and Jimin were watching her film behind the cameras. They were impressed at how well she was doing, despite her beginning nervousness with the concept. Jungkook had clenched his fists when he saw the actor grab her, previously, feeling protective.

“Go Jennie!” Taehyung cheers her on. Her sad expression changed into a bright smile as she shoots him a finger heart.

“Action!”

Jen barges in the bedroom to find a girl in her boyfriend’s lap, making out. She stood there, frozen, as she watched them with disappointment and hurt in her face.

“My heart…” Jimin murmurs as he watches her broken facial expression. Jungkook felt something in his chest when he saw the hurt in her eyes. It was something he never wanted to see.

Jennie scoffs at the sight, shaking her head as she makes her way out the room. Storming down the hallway, her boyfriend quickly follows her, trying to catch her.

“W-wait!” He shouts. “It’s not what it looks like-“ He’s cut off by a strong slap in the face. The slap was heard throughout the room as all the attention was on the two lovers.

She began to violently bang on his chest, trying to hit him as he attempts to stop her. “Why!? Why would you do this to me!?” She screams as tears began to appear in her eyes. He attempted to hug her but she fights out of his arms. “Get off of me!” She screams and shoves him away.

She stares at him with disbelief as he runs a hand through his hair. “Jennie…look-“

“My best friend though!? My best friend!? I knew this would happen!”

“If you knew this was going to happen why did you come back to me!? Why didn’t you just leave!?”

“Because I love you! And I’m so damn foolish to love you but I can’t help it! You’re supposed to be my everything, my heart, my soul!” Her voice began to sound raspy from the anger. “I’ve been loyal to you since day one! Day one! Your ride or die! Your support! Your love and you gonna do me like this!?” Her voice cracks.

Jungkook stares at her as she acted. Jimin glances at him and places a hand on his shoulder.. “It’s just acting, Jungkookie. She’s okay.” He reassures.

“Y-yeah. I know…But I would never do that to her…”

Jimin smiles at his statement. “Oh really? Tell me more.”

“I-ignore what I said, hyung.”

“Sounds to me like you-“

“I think it’s your turn to film, hyung!”

Meanwhile, with Jennie, she wasn’t expecting to tear up so soon, but she got so into the acting, it worked as the tears streamed down her cheeks. “Why? Why would you do this to me? I have never done you wrong! I forgave you for hitting me, I forgave you for missing my birthday but this? My best friend?! I’ve had enough!”

“Wow.” Yoongi looks on with Namjoon.

“I sincerely thought this was real, the way she was screaming at him.” Namjoon glances at the camera filming their reactions.

After her shots were done, she checks out how it looks from the screen. “Ah, I feel like I could’ve done better but as I’m watching myself since they only want the video, not the sound of us arguing, it looks very passionate. I’m proud of the results.” She mentions.

Filming continued late at night. In Hongdae, shooting a scene playing around while eating burritos. The members laugh hysterically as they toss food at each other. Jen steals a bite out of Jin’s burrito, and he shoves her burrito in her face.

“Hey!”

“HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!” His trademark laugh filled her ears. “I didn’t think it would be that bad, I’m sorry.”

The next day, at night, Jin is filmed driving a car with Suga in the passenger seat. “I’m trusting you with my life.” Jennie teases as she sits in the back with Jimin, Hobi and Jungkook. Tae and Rapmon were watching as Jin drives in circles.

Everyone decided to go home while Jungkook prepared to film his individual scene in an alley in Itaewon. Jennie decided to stay with him, instead of going back to the dorm like the others.

“I think Jungkook has the saddest story in I Need U. First, he gets beaten up and then ran over by a car? What has he done to the world?” She questions on camera. “I’m a little worried to see him get beat up.”

“You needn’t.” He says behind her with a smile. “I’m very happy that she decided to stay with me. The hyungs decided to leave. They abandoned me. But not her.”

Jen watches in the background as Jungkook is filmed bumping into some bad guys, played by their managers. When she watches the first scene with him from the camera, she nods in approval. “Nice job, Kookie.”

Standing behind the cameras, Jen watches Jungkook stroll down the alleyway until he’s shoved harshly against the security gate, making a loud sound. She cringes at the sight. “Oh dear…”

After filming that scene, Jungkook had his makeup done to look like he had gotten beaten up as they film him getting tossed against the gate once more.

“This is intense.” Jennie murmurs. She was impressed at his acting, he made it believable with his facial expressions. But she had the urge to hug him as she watched him getting tossed around.

When was this over? She didn’t want to see him like that.

---

After his filming was done, Jen rushed up to him, pulling him in for a hug. “Why do you gotta make things so realistic? That was intense.” She exclaims as he smiles at her concern.

“Did I worry you?” He teases, feeling happy that she cared so much about him.

Before heading back to the dorm, the two of them decided to go get something to eat because Jen was craving French fries and decided to get a big plate of them so they could share.

“You have salt on your lips.” She points out, taking a napkin to gently wipe his lips. Jungkook stares at her with lingering eyes at the closeness. “There. It was bothering me.” She looks up, meeting his intense gaze. He looks away, feeling his face warm up after being caught staring.

“Do I have something on my face?”

“Nah, it’s just that you have pretty eyes.”

“That’s a first.” She smiles.

"No one has never said that before?"

"Not really. They’re just hazel. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.”

“Well, I think it’s a big deal.” He counters. “Let’s go on a compliment spree, back and forth.”

“All right. Your bunny smile is really cute, I’ll admit.”

He flashes her a grin. “You have a nice voice.”

“Your singing voice is very sweet.”

“I saw the video Hobi filmed on Twitter. You dance well. Way different from before.”

“Better than you?” She teases.

“Let’s not get that far, I’m the Golden Maknae, after all.”

“Blah, blah…” She grabs a handful of fries and shoves them in his mouth. “Eat and shut your face.”

He laughs at her. “Do you think I’ve become manlier?”

“Hm…” She examines him. “Nope!”

“Y-yah!” He exclaims as she giggles at his shocked expression.

After more chatting, they'll be down to the end of their meal. "Last piece. Who gets it?" She asks.

“Staring contest?” He offers.

“You’re on.” She leans in, taking him off guard as he gulps. “Nervous?” She teases. “All you gotta do is blink and I’ll back away~.”

“Never. I’m not losing.” He keeps his eyes open, widening them as he stares at her with an intense gaze. Out of nowhere, he grabs the last fry, shoving it in his mouth before she could comprehend what he had done.

“Wow, Kookie…really?”

“Hehehehe.”

For the next day of filming, Jennie had put on a white dress, black heels and red lipstick. “I look old…” She checks out her outfit. “I own this dress, it was in my closet for some time. Colors play a key role for me in HYYH. As you can see, I’m wearing white. What does white stand for? Purity. Red, well, it’s more of an intense color than white. It can mean aggression, anger and violence. Keep that in mind for the future.”

She was briefly filmed sitting at the dining room table alone, with a knife on the table, contemplating in irritation.

She wanted to hurt him. Hurt him for treating her so wrong. For betraying her. For hitting her, everything that he had done wrong to her, she wanted to hurt him for.

She stood up, walking around the table until she hears the door open and close to reveal her boyfriend. With her back to him, she glances at the knife as the camera pans down to her hand grabbing a hold of it, ending the shot as a cliffhanger.

After she finished the individual shot, she bows. “I am a hot mess in this music video.” She declares with a laugh. “Like they say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”

---

A few days later, the members decided to take care of some business, leaving the 97 Liners in the dorm to chill. Jen happily chose this time to watch a show that Angelina wanted her to check out, while Jungkook played video games in the living room.

As Jungkook gamed, he overhears Jen talking on the phone as she leaves her room to walk to the kitchen.

“GIRL! I just finished the eighth episode.” He heard her say and pause as she listened to Angelina speak to her on the other line.

She went through the cabinets as she began to speak again. “This show is crazy, Angie! So many plot twists, I dunno who to trust, hahah!” She grabs a bag of chips and pours them into a bowl. “Uh huh, yeah that part messed me up…she’s such a bitch, I hope she gets what’s coming to her…But oh my God, you warned me but I wasn’t expecting him to look that good. He’s so sexy, though! His muscles? That grin? Lord Jesus, I’m deceased!”

Jungkook let out a chuckle at her fangirling in her Native tongue. When she was back in her room, he continued to game for another hour until he decided to approach her door.

“Who?” She questions at the sudden knocking.

“Jeon Cena.”

“Will I be attitude adjusted if I let you in?”

He smirks at her statement. “No, Milady. I come in peace.”

“Enter my realm.”

He grins and walks in her room, shutting the door behind him as he sees her watching some American show with her laptop connected to an HDMI cord on her TV. Her hair in a messy bun as she wore her Hello Kitty pajama shirt and shorts. He thought she looked cute.

Jen smiles brightly and pauses her show to give him her attention. “Hey!”

“Hey. You free to talk?”

“Yeah. What’s up?”

He crosses his arms, asking her something that’s been on his mind all day. The sound of annoyance in his voice was heard as he asks, “So, you gave Jimin a massage?”

“Huh? Oh, yeah. He complained about his shoulder. I offered.” She shrugs.

‘And not me?’ He wanted to ask, clenching his jaw.

“One of my cousins is a massage therapist and taught me some things when I was younger.” He heard her continue her statement. “It helped me loosen up my muscles when I first began to dance professionally. Now I’m used to the soreness. I told Jimin about the fun fact, and he asked.”

“That’s…actually what I wanted to talk to you about.” He looks down at his feet, trying to figure out how to ask her. “C-can I…get a massage from you?”

She lets out a soft laugh. “It’ll cost you.” She teases.

Looking up at her, he nods as his face began to heat up. “Ah, okay. I’ll need to get my wallet.” He turns around.

She laughs at his actions. Evidently enough, he didn’t catch her sarcasm. “Get on the bed. I’m messing with you.”

Her statement caused him to reveal his bunny smile on his features as he eagerly sat on her bed.

‘That was easier than I thought to ask her. I should stop overthinking.’ He happily thought as she turned her show back on.

He watched her get off the bed, to walk over to her dresser. He couldn’t help but stare at her bare legs in her shorts. Her working out with him have been paying off because he could see the definition in her legs. It was safe to say that she had one of the nicest legs that he had ever seen and wondered why she didn’t show them off more.

‘I should stop looking.’ He turns away, to look at the show on her TV instead. After a few moments, the temptation got to him as he couldn’t help but slowly drift his eyes back to her legs, inching higher this time.

“Where?” She had asked him while searching for her massage stuff in the drawer as he kept staring at the back of her legs.

‘A lot of places, actually…’ He thought to himself, averting his eyes from going higher than her thick thighs. ‘Don’t stare…don’t creep her out. Don’t stare at her rear, Kook, what are you doing?’

“Hello? Earth to Kook?” Jen had turned around to face him, catching his attention.

“Y-yeah?”

“I asked where did you need a massage?”

“Oh. Right. My back.”

“Got it.” She turns back around to gather up what she needed.

Jungkook stood up from the bed, reaching behind his neck to grab the collar of his shirt. Pulling his shirt up, he takes it off and tosses it on her bed. All that was left on his upper body was the short bunny necklace around his neck that she had gotten him for Christmas.

Jen turns around with bottles of massage oils in her hands. She widens her eyes at the glimpse of his muscular bare back and accidentally drops her supplies. The sudden clutter of noise catches his attention as he turns around abruptly, giving her a full view of his muscular torso.

“You all right?” He asks, walking up to her.

“Ye-ah, yeah, just fine.” She kneels to pick up her belongings, placing them on the bed.

Jungkook watches her as he replayed her statement in his head.

‘Did she…stutter?’ He ponders as he watches her avert her eyes from his chest, trying not to look anywhere near his way. He fights the urge to smile as he appreciates the gesture. The fact that she tried not to stare filled him with pride.

He’s worked hard for them, after all. And only getting muscular as the months go by.

‘I’m making her nervous…’ He confirms.

Normally it would be her that made him nervous. But now that the tables have turned, he wanted to enjoy it while it lasts.

“You need help with anything?” He decides to get closer to her again to see her reaction. She instantly shakes her head and begins to back up, desperately trying not to look down his chest, keeping her eyes on his face.

“Nope, nope. I gotta get something from the kitchen real quick. Just hang tight for a moment.”

“Okay.”

Once she left, he smirks, feeling good about himself. ‘She’s cute when she’s nervous like that.’ He thought as he waited for her.

When she came back, she had found smarties in the kitchen and placed them on her nightstand.

Facing him, she looks up into his eyes. “I’m no pro, I only know a few basics, but it’s more than enough to help me with the aches and pains. I highly suggest a hot bath or shower to loosen up the muscles.”

“Got it.” He nods curtly, walking over to the bed.

Before laying down, he decided to stretch deeply, raising his arms up in the air. He let out a soft moan as he stretched and discreetly peeked over to see if she was staring.

He was not disappointed at the result.

When she accidentally glanced at him stretching, watching his muscles tighten, she quickly looked away.

‘Oh, oh no. No, no, no. Jen no. You shouldn’t be looking.’ She thought nervously.

She’d never seen him shirtless like this before and it was making her feel on edge. It caught her off guard since she wasn’t used to seeing him like that. They were comfortable around each other but something about him today, made her nervous. But not in a bad way as she felt her face heat up.

Was she beginning to blush? Thankfully her colored skin didn’t give it away so easily.

“Everything okay, baby girl?”

He didn’t know where he got his confidence from, but somehow he ended up asking her, as she didn’t hear the teasing in his voice. He felt no nervousness at all but seemed to run on his confidence because the sight of her being nervous around him for the first time, boosted up his ego. Maybe she thought he was manly now, after asking her so many times in the past.
It felt satisfying.

“Huh? Yeah, everything’s fine.” She decides to fix her messy bun, turning her back to him. Any way to get away from the sight. They were getting older, so it should be natural that things like this would happen, right?

“Actually, can you check something before you do my back? I think I’m feeling a little sore on my arm.” He makes up a white lie, to see her reaction.

She closes her eyes for a moment, attempting to contain her composure. ‘Oh, Lord have mercy.’ She thought as she turns to him. “Your arm?”

“Uh huh. If that’s okay.” He flashes her an innocent bunny smile and takes a seat on the edge of the bed.

‘Say no. Say no, right now. Don’t do it, don’t you do it, do NOT do it.’ She tries to warn herself.

“All right, show me.” She takes a seat next to him, having no choice but to reluctantly turn her eyes to his bare torso. He flexes his arm for her, in a slow manner, revealing the definition of his arm muscles.

‘Oh no, I should not be in this position, right now. I shouldn’t be staring but his muscles are really…’ She ends her thought when he gently grabs her wrist, feeling the warmth of his hand.
She watches him place her palm on his bare shoulder. He slowly runs it down his bicep, making sure she could feel his strength.

“Riiiiiiiight here.” He declares. “Maybe I stretched it out too much? What do you think?”

“Um…” She trails off, running her hand on his strong arm. “You really feel tense here.” She states as he watches her intently.

“Am I? Well, could you…also massage that as well? I would really appreciate it.”

“Yeah, um, let’s begin with your back first. Lay down. On your stomach.” She gets off the bed.

He fulfills her request and she sits next to his body. Thanks to him lying on his stomach, she felt less nervous but still felt some type of way about his muscular back.

“Never thought I’d be doing this to you. Jimin runs his mouth. But I like taking care of you, so I can’t complain. You’ve been my dance partner and personal trainer in the gym. I’ve been your nurse, best friend and massager. What’s next on the agenda?”

“I have a couple titles in mind…” He murmurs as he heard her open a bottle of the massage oil.

“I’m gonna need you to communicate with me while I do this, okay? Tell me what feels good and what doesn’t. And the areas you want me to focus on.”

“Got it.”

“And you can ignore me if I end up making random comments, I’m still fixated on Empire.”

“What’s that?”

“The show I’ve been watching. That’s why I was on the phone with Angelina. I blame her.” She pours the oil on her hands. “This’ll be a little cold, but you’ll warm up once your blood starts circulating.”

She runs her hands over his back, straight up and back down as he sighs in content. She smiles at his reaction. At least he was relaxed.

“Did you…do this to Jimin?” He suddenly asks.

“Nah, he wasn’t on my bed or anything. Nothing like this.”

‘Did this pabo lie to me to get me jealous?’ He ponders in annoyance. ‘I’m going to kill him.’

Jen multitasked while glancing at her show and listening to his reactions as she began to rub in circular motions. Jungkook thought her hands felt like heaven. His back was sore from all the dance practices and was grateful she was there to help him out.

“You’re tense, Kookie. Like all over. What’s on your mind?”

“A lot of things.”

“Care to share?”

“Ah, just making sure this comeback is a good one.” He lets out another contented sigh.

“I swear, your muscles weren’t this big.” She thinks out loud. “I’m not used to seeing you shirtless, so it caught me offguard. You’re always wearing your white shirts.”

“Do you like them?”

“They’re nice. Impressive. Hard work is paying off. I think I’m toning up too, what do you think?”

“Your legs are really nice. I think you should show them off more.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Maybe.”

Suddenly, he lets out a soft groan and she stops.

“Are you okay? Did I hurt you?” She asks in alarm when she pressed into his muscle tissue with more pressure.

“Nah. Keep doing that. It feels nice.”

“Lemme know if it hurts.” She continues what she’s doing. After ten minutes, she noticed that he had fallen asleep and his breathing gotten slower. She let him rest on her bed, placing a blanket on him.

Later, she heard a bark and saw Tony trying to jump on the bed. Letting out a chuckle, she picks him up and places him on the bed. He went right to Jungkook, walking him his back, curling up into a ball.

Jennie smiles at the cute sight before going back to watching her show, feeling content.

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