The Bangtan Gal
Dope
A/N- Surprise! The perks of getting college work done early, you get free time to work on chapters. Hope you like. This was supposed to be two chapters but decided to combine them instead. There’s a little Angst in this, too because I’m mentioning Sandra Bland. If you not about that life, for the love of ginger ale, just skip it.
“Wow, I look like shit this morning.” Jennie laughs as she checks herself out in the vanity. She sat on a chair, while the stylist began preparing the make up.
“You need to sleep! I’m starting to see bags.”
Jennie looks at who the words came from. It was Janae, an African American stylist she’s known since her Amity days. Big Hit decided to hire her so she could work on Jen’s hair and makeup. She was also there to aid and guide the stylists on what to do with Jen’s hair if she wasn’t around, so they won’t damage it like they accidentally had done. Janae freaked out when Jen had told her that her hair was falling out. But it wasn’t any of the stylists' faults. They just weren’t used to her type of hair and she had to keep that in mind.
Janae is a 28 year old stylist that mainly worked with Amity but recently has branched out. She was light skinned, naturally light brunette and curvy. Huge animal lover, too.
Jen grins sheepishly. “I may have stayed up to finish catching up on one of my shows.”
Janae rolls her eyes. “You have not changed. You’re still that same teen staying up late when you damn well know you have to get up early for a music video shooting. What am I gonna do with you? Haven’t you learned your lesson?”
“It was worth it, but I have no idea what to do with my life now because I have to wait until the next season. I…I don’t know what I’m going to do for the next few months. This is horrible.”
“What’s horrible are these bags. You should be getting more sleep.”
“It’s too early for lectures, Nae.” She sighs as she gets her make up done.
“Ah, another music video. I like that this will have various concepts with the outfits. Reminds me of that one song from Amity that you guys did.”
“Heh, yeah…” She murmurs as her mind drifts to the pleasant memories of the group.
‘Why does fame change people in a negative way?’ Jen ponders.
The five of them were so tight. Occasional misunderstandings and arguments here and there but that’s normal with friendships. But as the popularity grew, some wanted more opportunities, and they started to forget the concept of what a group effort means since they wanted to always be in the spotlight. Solos were given, but opportunities were lost. But Jen had no regrets. What’s done is done, it is what it is.
But she had hoped that maybe one day…they could…
“You alright, babe?”
Jen looks up. “Huh?”
“You spaced out.”
“Oh, I do that. It’s nothing.”
“How long have I known you?”
“Since I started my teenage years.”
“Right. So, I know what you were thinking about. And it’s okay to think about it. Hailey, gosh she used to be such a sweetheart. Trinity and Layla too. Now they’re snobby little female dogs who want everything for themselves, forgetting about those that helped them be who they are today. I hope they can repent and wise up. And I hope one day the five of you can at least rekindle. You ever think about that?”
“Sometimes. But all I think about is punching Hailey in the face, the next time I see her. She did throw a drink at me last year. Badmouthed Bangtan...the list goes on.”
“Yeah, Angelina definitely beat you to that. You know fans have been asking for a reunion. Even if it’s just one song. Maybe one day. Once you all are older and wiser, you can leave the bitterness behind and just forward. Even if you don’t remain friends, at least be cordial. I know that you want to stomp her ass into the ground. Angelina does too but violence isn’t the answer…yet. Now if she tries you…okay then maybe it’s the answer. Amity is on their World Tour, right now. They should be in South Korea around November.”
“Oh, I’m sure Hailey will be making a visit. Angelina is supposed to be coming to visit around that time too. All hell is going to break loose.”
“Oh dear, five together? The hostility is real. I think I should be there so none of you won’t kill each other.”
For the first concept of the Dope MV, the members were to dress as business people wearing white shirts, black pants, and a black tie. While being filmed together, the members discussed that this is a one take version and the music video will be using computer graphics.
Shooting went on for the group dance as Jimin lip syncs and walks to his destination spot while the members join him for the dance. The dance was fast paced, powerful and fun.
For the first take, while the members run away after dancing in the beginning, Jennie accidentally trips and stumbles on the floor. She starts laughing with the members while Yoongi and Jin help her up.
“Aish, you’re so clumsy. Are you all right?” Yoongi asks.
“She ate too many smarties, today. She probably has a sugar high.” Jin giggles.
“I’m good and good. My shoe was untied.” She tries to explain.
“Uh huh, sure.” Yoongi kneels and reties her shoe for her.
The group dancing progressed, getting filmed numerous times to make to make sure things were top notch.
Once J-Hope’s verse came on yet again after the dance break was over, the members run away. Jennie runs with Jungkook and they catch one of the cameras filming them behind the scenes. They goofed around, dancing and lip syncing J-Hope’s rap.
While Jennie’s personal stylist retouches her makeup, wiping any sweat, she watches the film of the choreography to analyze her movements. “Munchkin, make sure your arms are strong,” Hobi advises as he watches the film with her. “You put them down a bit early. Remember, it’s like this.” He demonstrates.
She nods and makes mental notes. “Okay. I got you.”
For the next concept, the members switch to their individual occupation. Jennie changed into an orange and pink tennis dress with safety shorts, matching wristbands, headband and Nike sneakers.
Straightened with curls at the end, her hair was in a ponytail, with her hair resting on her shoulders.
“Channeling my inner Venus and Serena Williams, today. I’m a tennis player for this. Pretty Dope, don’t you think?” She beams at the camera while being fanned by one of her stylist Unnies. “Thank you for that fanning, it’s so hot in here from all that dancing.”
Finding Jungkook, she playfully hits his back with her tennis racket, to get his attention. Playfully looking serious, he reaches into his pocket and takes out his handcuffs, turning around.
“Miss, you’re under arrest.” He grabs her wrist, placing her hands behind her back.
“For what?” She exclaims
“Hitting a cop and first degree beauty. You have the right to remain silent.” He places the handcuffs on one of her wrists.
“You’re such an idiot, get away!” She tries to playfully fight him off but to no avail.
With another camera filming them, Jennie shows off the handcuffs behind her back. “So, I got arrested today by Officer Jeon Jungkook. He didn’t even give me a warning.”
“First of all, she hit me with her tennis racket. How disrespectful was that?”
“I was playing around! What is my bail?”
“Your bail is to buy me lamb skewers.” He answers with a mischievous grin. She answers by playfully rolling her eyes.
After their banter, Jennie shows off her small spot which had a tennis court, behind the scenes. Looked like an area of a tennis tournament.
“So here we are. Jennie Williams, the Williams Sisters’ cousin, here representing them as a tennis player. There’s supposed to be tennis balls falling from the ceiling in this take. Surely, it’ll go well. One take filming is harder than I thought, yo. All this running, making sure you’re on time with the song. It’s challenging.”
As they begin filming in their costumes, the members are constantly running around to their spots and waiting while they continue to film their individual scenes.
Jennie was right after Rap Monster’s verse, as she waits by her area with the tennis court. She starts sniffing, feeling like she had to sneeze but the sneeze wouldn’t come out. And ironically, just as the camera shifts to her to start her verse, she pauses.
“AEH-CHOO!” She covers her mouth, while the director yells cut. The members start laughing at how loud her sneeze was. “My bad, y’all.”
“This is exactly why I was destined to be your friend. We both have loud sneezes. So cute!” Tae giggles, hugging her from behind
“Ew, no, my sneezes are horrible.” She laughs, receiving tissue from one of the stylists.
After cleaning her nose, they redo their one take filming. Once Rap Monster finished his verse, the camera moves up to Jennie who had her tennis racket over her shoulder. Twirling around, as the skirt of her dress flowed, she hits two incoming tennis balls.
“I’m sick, I’m sick, earning every day.” She lip syncs into the camera, ruffling her ponytail. “I’m lit, I’m lit, shuttin’ every mouth.” She places a finger to her lips, looking around, while tennis balls start falling from the ceiling, behind her.
“Indomitable, I’m still getting’ better. You say I’m a little complicated but I’m a go getter.” She pays her chest, looking up and down at the camera. “Ain’t nobody do it like me. When I strum, you can’t keep up. Fellas, scream louder, let it ring.” She puts a hand to her ear.
“The haters gettin’ nervous, they should take a seat. You’re in our domain now, Bangtan still gonna do our thing. Let’s go!” She hits another tennis ball, straight into the camera as it transitions to V.
Quickly running to her spot for the group dance, she exhales, bouncing up and down, excitedly. Her favorite part of the dance was when they kick out, lean forward and bounce their head side to side. ARMY will definitely notice that she gets a little extra with her favorite dance move.
For their final scene, after 6AM, the members perform the choreography one last time.
“Okay, cut!” The director announces. The members applaud and cheer, that they can finally go home. They were exhausted. But their hard work has paid off.
“WOO!” Jennie shouts.
“Ahhh we’re going home!” Yoongi yells, shaking one of the cameras filming behind the scenes.
For the jacket shooting, she took photos of herself tossing a tennis ball up in the air, while the photographer takes shot of the ball in mid-air, with a big smile on her face.
As she continued to take photos, she gave off a competitive, fierce vibe. As the photo shoot progressed, with her tennis racket, she places an arm over her head and holds the top of the tennis racket while her other hand touches the bottom. Then posed with the racket over her shoulder.
For Show Champion, they were outside this time. Jennie got permission to wear an attire different than what she usually wears and wanted to wear something supporting Black Lives Matter.
Her hair out in curls, she wears a black shirt, knotted in the front that said, Black Lives Matter. With black jeans that had a flower print on one leg, she wears fishnet tights, which came up over her stomach. She also added some black fingerless gloves, black boots and a black choker.
Catching up with her parents, they informed her of what has been going on lately in America, involving deaths of African Americans. It pained and frightened her to hear what was going on.
When it was the time to perform, Rap Monster kneels in front of a camera on stage, winking at it.
Hm? eoseo wa bangtaneun cheoeumiji?
Getting up to the stage, Jungkook begins the song.
Ayo ladies & gentleman
junbiga dwaettdamyeon bureulge yeah!
ttan nyeoseokdeulgwaneun dareuge
nae seutaillo nae nae nae nae seutaillo eo!
Walking up to stage next, Jimin sings.
bamsae ilhaettji everyday
niga keulleobeseo nol ttae yeah
ja nollaji malgo deureo maeil
I got a feel, I got a feel
All the members run up to the stage, meeting up with Jimin and begin to dance as fireworks from both sides of the stage, blast out.
nan jom jjeoreo!
a jjeoreo jjeoreo jjeoreo uri yeonseupsil ttamnae
bwa jjeoreong jjeoreong jjeoreonghan
nae chumi daphae
modu bisiri jjijiri jjingjjingi ttilttirideul
narangeun sanggwani eopseo
cuz nan huimangi jjeoreo haha
Ok urin meoributeo balkkeutkkaji jeonbu da
jjeo jjeoreo
haruui jeolbaneul jageobe jjeo jjeoreo
jageopsire jjeoreo sareo cheongchuneun sseogeogado
deokbune moro gado dallineun seonggonggado
sonyeodeura deo keuge sorijilleo jjeo jjeoreong
V bounces up to the front, catching one of the cameras, as he starts to sing.
bamsae ilhaettji everyday
niga keulleobeseo nol ttae yeah
ttan nyeoseokdeulgwaneun dareuge
I don’t wanna say yes
I don’t wanna say yes
sorichyeobwa all right
momi tabeoridorok all night (all night)
Cause we got fire (fire!)
Higher (higher!)
I gotta make it, I gotta make it
jjeoreo!
geobuneun geobuhae
nan wonrae neomuhae
modu da ttara hae
jjeoreo
geobuneun geobuhae
jeonbu naui noye
modu da ttara hae
jjeoreo
As the members dropped low, Rap Monster stood up to rap.
samposedae? ohposedae?
geureom nan yukpoga joheunikka 6posedae
eonrongwa eoreundeureun uijiga eopsdamyeo
uril ssak jusikcheoreom maedohae
wae haebogido jeone jugyeo gyaenen
enemy enemy enemy
wae beolsseobuteo gogaereul sugyeo bada
energy energy energy
jeoldae ma pogi you know you not lonely
neowa nae saebyeogeun natboda yeppeo
So can I get a little bit of hope?(yeah)
jamdeun cheongchuneul kkaewo go
Standing back to back with Rapmon, they turn around so she could be in the front and she twirls around.
“I’m sick, I’m sick, earning every day.” She sings. Dropping down into a split, which was one of the fans favorite parts of the Dope performance, she flips her hair on one side, then the other. When she went down, the members kneeled down too, dancing behind her.
“I’m lit, I’m lit, shuttin’ every mouth. Indomitable, I’m still gettin’ better.” She closes her legs and gets up, catching one of the moving cameras and maintains eye contact with it. “You say I’m a little complicated but I’m a go getter.” She pats her chest. “Ain’t nobody do it like me. When I strum, you can’t keep up. Fellas.” She gestures behind her. The members gather around her, appearing enthusiastic, while she shoots a smile. “Scream louder, let it ring!”
Looking around, she pretends to look worried as she sings like she’s talking to the members. “The haters gettin’ nervous, they should take a seat.”
The members nod in agreement and continue to have fun on the stage. Turning back to face the cameras and crowd, she continues, “You’re in our domain now, Bangtan still gonna do our thing. Let’s go!” She jumps up, highly.
bamsae ilhaettji everyday
niga keulleobeseo nol ttae yeah
ttan nyeoseokdeulgwaneun dareuge
I don’t wanna say yes
I don’t wanna say yes
sorichyeobwa all right
momi tabeoridorok all night (all night)
Cause we got fire (fire!)
Higher (higher!)
I gotta make it, I gotta make it
jjeoreo!
“Geobuneun geobuhae.” She sings with Jimin. “Nan wonrae neomuhae. Modu da ttara hae. Jjeoreo!”
She sings with V next, “Geobuneun geobuhae. Jeonbu naui noye. Modu da ttara hae. Jjeoreo!”
ireon ge bangtan seutail
geojitmal wackdeulgwaneun dalla
maeiri hustle life
I gotta make it fire baby
ireon ge bangtan seutail
geojitmal wackdeulgwaneun dalla
maeiri hustle life
I gotta make it, I gotta make it
nan jom jjeoreo!
Say what!
Say wo~ wo~
Say what!
jjeoreo
Jennie was in her room, checking out her phone. She smiled at the positive feedback on her performance for Dope. Seemed like her split really stunned viewers. She was touched. When their choreographer told Jennie about the split, she was skeptical at first.
But Jimin and Jin had helped her gain more flexibility for a few months now and it worked in her favor. Jennie had been trying to stay in touch with what was going on in America, and what recently happened was the sudden death of Sandra Bland, which caused her to become saddened.
Horrible death it was, as she read the full details.
She worried about how bad it's getting in America with the police brutality. She would worry a bunch for her family and called her mom, to vent to her about it.
“So, are you gonna be next? Are you going to get killed next? Am I going to be killed next?” She exclaims, as her throat tightened, tears threatening to fall.
“Jennie, breathe.” Her mom says.
“What about dad? What happens then? What if he gets pulled over for something ridiculous and arrested for it? The hell is going on? It’s getting worse, things aren’t getting better. This is shady as hell, what have we done to deserve this?”
“Jennie. Your father and I are fine. Your sisters are fine, we’re safe. I know this is scary and heartbreaking.” Her mom decides to give the phone to her husband so he could try to calm her down. Which seemed to work because Jen’s dad always knew the right things to say.
“Dad.”
“Yes, sweetheart?”
“Please…just be safe.”
“I will.”
“I love you.”
“And I love you.”
After getting off the phone with her parents, Jennie saw that Angelina was tweeting various tweets about the situation, expression her anger and frustration over the alleged suicide. As well as the trending tweets about the Sandra Bland death.
Deciding to post a photo she took the day she wore her black lives matter outfit. It had her posing with her fist up in black power salute, tweeting and posting on Instagram with the caption
‘Stay woke…Black Lives Matter #SayHerName #JEN’
Angelina instantly retweeted her photo, ‘Right on, girl #SayHerName’
On one side, majority praised Jennie for her photo but on the other side, there were some people, mainly antis, criticizing her for the photo, thinking it’s too political and she shouldn’t post things like that on BTS’ Twitter.
‘She shouldn’t have worn stuff like that while performing’
‘Why is she doing this?’
‘She’s all the way in SK, but still woke. Love her’
‘Too political, she shouldn’t post things like this’
‘Shouldn’t you be practicing dancing instead of posting these photos?’
‘She WOKE. Why do you dare question her?’
Jennie ignored any ignorant comments on her feed and focused on the positive. Those protesting what she strongly believes in, she didn’t care what they thought. They can stay mad, but she won’t stay silent about this serious situation. She was proud of her heritage and won’t fear speaking up about it.
And she was not going to apologize for posting the photo.
She was just extremely worried about her family and friends back home.
Because despite the brutality that’s going on in the news, you never know when it’s going to be someone that you know. And she had hoped that this would stop because innocent lives are being taken away.
But easier said than done...right?
In Melbourne, BTS sat through another interview, promoting the Red Bullet tour. Each member was exhausted and didn’t get much sleep that day. Jennie sat behind Jin, while they were being interviewed. She remained silent for the majority of the interview, watching the others answer questions. She had her days where she missed that normality of life. Being a simple teen. Not have cameras in your face all the time.
“When was your first impression when you all first met each other?”
The question was asked by an interviewer.
“When I first saw V and J-Hope, I couldn’t see them because they were too black. When the nights get dark, I couldn’t find them.” Namjoon answers
J-Hope had fake laughed, trying to brush it off, while Tae smiles from embarrassment. The rest of the members shifted uncomfortably after some laughter from the audience.
Jen’s stomach dropped from his sudden comment as she slowly turns her head to stare at her leader in disbelief. Raising her eyebrows in surprise, her face expression turned solemn.
Too…black…?
Glancing at him up and down, she tries to keep her thoughts in check and continued to stay professional. But her words slipped out.
“Excuse me?”
Namjoon’s expression showed regret at his poor choice of words as he glanced at her and turned back to the interviewer.
Jen starts smiling bitterly before staring at the floor to space out. She starts bouncing her leg up and down at a rapid pace as she feels herself becoming irritated.
Why too black?
Of all things to say.
What’s that even supposed to mean?
Throughout the rest of the interview, Jen sat there, with her eyes watery. She wasn’t sad. She was getting mad and had a habit of tearing up when angry. Overall she was worried and frustrated about the fans seeing this and how they would feel about their colored skin because of his unexpected answer.
As soon as the interview was over, she was the first to get up from her seat, storming off. She went in their dressing room, exhaling sharply as she paced back and forth, trying to calm herself down.
‘Too black? Are you out of your mind!?’ She screams in her head.
How could he say that?
Why would he say that?
“Ennie.” Taehyung’s voice was heard. He smiles softly and walks into the room. “Are you all right?” He places his hands on her shoulders to stop her from pacing.
“Never mind me, are you okay?” She asks him.
“I’m fine.” He shrugs.
“Are you really? Because you always keep making me sad, Tae.”
“Why?”
“Like you apologizing for your tanned skin. Especially whenever we’re somewhere where there’s a lot of sun. But you don’t need to do that. There’s nothing wrong with that. And I wish that all of you guys would see that just because you’re a little tanned or colored, doesn’t mean that anything is wrong with you. And Namjoon’s comment just…made me very upset.”
Namjoon walks in the room, relieved that he found her. “There you are. Why did you storm off like that?"
Once she hears his voice, she frowns. “You got a lot of nerve.” She retorts, causing them to widen their eyes. “Too black huh? Then what am I?” She gestures.
“J-Jennie, it’s okay.” Tae nervously laughs and tries to make a joke to lighten up the mood.
“Nah, nah, Tae it’s not okay. Stop making it seem like this is okay. I want to talk about this. I see it everywhere and I just want to talk to you personally about this, Namjoon. Because I have a problem with what you said a few moments ago.”
Before Namjoon could speak, she stops him. “No, you said enough. Please, just let me speak.” She asserts, as he exhales and waits for her statement.
“You know I lose count how many photos have been whitewashed of me since I got here. But it hasn’t just happened in South Korea. It’s happened at home, too. A lot of times. With Amity. Angelina and I, we were the darkest members of the group. Angelina is darker than me. During our debut and months after, she would cry herself to sleep almost every night because she was constantly criticized for her dark skin. She and I were always getting our make up retouched every 15 minutes for a music video or photoshoot because people wanted us to look lighter. They even made our skin lighter in our photos.”
“But Angelina, she had it way worse than me. It was like every five minutes they want to put more powder on her face. And no matter how much she tried to hide her annoyance and claim she was fine, she wasn’t fine. And as the months went by, she learned to embrace and love herself. And I wanted to be just as confident as her. Understand that no one should berate someone’s skin color or make it seem like one shade is superior to others. I don’t want any ARMY or anyone, in general, to deal with that. And what you said, just brought all those thoughts back.”
“Jennie, it was just a joke.”
“Well, I’m not laughing.” She firmly responds. “Do you see any sign of amusement on my face?”
Namjoon lets out a sigh and shakes his head.
“You don’t get it, do you? The stuff people go through because of their skin color? I may not have it as hard as others but it still hurts dealing with things like whitewashing and constant comments about how unattractive my skin is. You know there are people that bleach their skin or want to bleach their skin because of even worse comments? There are people even using skin lightening products on a regular basis. It pains me to see that.”
“When you say things like that, it can cause some to hate their skin. They possibly want to bleach it or wished to be lighter or feel bad about their color. I’ve seen and heard all these things about people feeling anxious about their skin. They’re called horrible names, like burnt toast or that we don’t need to be in the sun. Because they feel as though their skin isn’t attractive. Like there’s something wrong with them. Like they have something to be ashamed of because their skin is colored. Scared of what people may think of them when their skin is just a little tan from the sun. Because society claimed that you need to be a certain skin tone to be called attractive. But it’s all bullshit because there isn’t just one shade that’s beautiful. It’s all shades.”
“I wanna know what was going through your head when you said that comment. I’m the darkest member here. I can’t relate to you guys. I’m not Korean. I’m not a guy. I’m me. Proud of my melanin, like to show it off, like to not be whitewashed and enjoy seeing fans look overjoyed to see someone that looks similar to them in K-Pop. Whenever it’s my hair, my body size or personality. When you said that comment, I really thought you would know better. With that high IQ of yours, I’m astonished that you would even think of something like that. Yet alone say it in English with no hesitation.” She felt her tears of frustration coming as her eyes began to burn. “High IQ and you don’t see anything wrong with what you just said? How hurtful that was?”
“There is no such a thing as being too black. It’s okay to have melanin! Colored skin is beautiful! There is nothing to be ashamed of for it. I don’t appreciate what you said back there. We should be proud of who we are, no matter the skin color or body size. But things like this make it harder for people to accept who they are. People are more sensitive than others. And I don’t want that for anyone. No one should feel like that.”
“I understand.” Namjoon nods. “I should’ve been more mindful. I’m sorry, Jennie. I should have considered your feelings. Everyones’ feelings. Please forgive me.”
“Don’t apologize to me. Apologize to Taehyung and Hobi. And then apologize to ARMY.” She requests and leaves the room.
In the hotel room, Jen ironically shared the room with Namjoon. But she was nowhere to be found, all night. Namjoon chilled on the bed, thinking about what she had said. He did what she told him. Talked with Hobi and Tae, and then issued a tweet about the comment, apologizing if he had hurt anyone’s feelings.
‘She’s still mad at me?’ He sighs.
Meanwhile, with Jennie, she walked back to the hotel building with a box of pizza in her hands. She wanted to shop for some souvenirs to send to her family and wanted to get something to eat for her and Namjoon.
On her secret Tumblr, she was fully aware of ARMY’s various reactions towards what Namjoon had said. Someone even decided to make a video with the screen going grey. The audio would say, “At this moment Rap Monster knew...he fucked up.” and then it went to where she said, “Excuse me?”
It amazed her that people were so quick to make memes and vines.
Taking her key out, she opens up the door, walking in with a smile. “Hey! I got pizza. Don’t tell the guys, this is just going to be ours. If they make surprise visits, we’ll hide it.”
“H-hey. Thanks. I was just about to order room service.” He sits up on the bed.
“Glad I came just in time.” She places the box on the bed.
Namjoon watched her get situated as she went to the bathroom to change into her pajamas. She looked fine but he still felt like he needed to say something.
“Before we eat…can we discuss what happened earlier today?”
“Yeah, shoot.” She takes a seat on the bed.
He exhales. “I never meant to hurt you. It was…a poor choice of words.” He responds with regret. “What you told me opened up my eyes to learn that I was in the wrong. I didn’t mean to offend anyone.”
“It’s okay. Really. It’s okay.” She responds softly. She takes her shoes off and sits on the bed next to him, giving him a hug. “You’re human. I get that. Let’s just be mindful of saying certain things. We all make mistakes, we all say things that are out of line. But in life, we learn, grow and change.”
“You’re right.” He smiles and takes a slice of pizza from the box. She rests her head on his shoulder as they watch what was on the hotel TV. With the slice in his hands, Namjoon lets her take a big bite and then he takes a bite afterward. “Look at the bright side, at least Jimin still has no jams.”
“I heard that!” Jimin shouts from the door, ceasing their laughter. “I saw you brought pizza, I want a slice! Open the door before I tell the others!”
The sound of Jimin’s voice caused NamJen to scramble off the bed and find a hiding place for the pizza.
The next day, BTS attended SBS PopAsia TV for an interview. A small audience attended, as they were asked fun questions, such as picking an Australian animal that best represented them and impersonating each other. Jungkook had mimicked the way Suga would dance in Bulletproof PT 2, Jimin impersonated the way Jin eats and V went on about how Rapmon acts in the intro of Dope.
“This is Jimin, the majority of the time and in the Dope music video.” Jen dramatically performs the way he runs his hands through his hair, as everyone laughs.
“All right, can each of you show us a hidden talent?” Andy requests.
J-Hope started off first, who decided to show a hidden action performance, like mission impossible, causing everyone to laugh and applaud. Jungkook impersonated Iron Man, V showed off his elephant on his arm, Suga told everyone that he doesn’t have anything hidden because he showed everyone everything. Rapmon impersonated Marge from The Simpsons.
“Andy, I wanted to take a selfie with a Kangaroo but were no kangaroos in the room. Do you know how Kangaroos sound like? Sounds like Kang, kang kang!” He impersonates, to loud cheers.
“D’OH!” Jungkook yells out of nowhere.
“Everybody, Marge and Homer.” Andy gestures to them, to another round of applause. “Miss Bangtan, what about you?”
“Um…I showed you the guitar and DJ skills. Um…oh, wait, I have another. It’s kind of goofy. I never told anyone this before but I have secret talent in juggling.” She reveals.
“Wow, juggling?”
“Uh huh. I believe I got it from my mom because she’s always juggling eggs in the kitchen and I get so scared she’s going to drop them. I love my eggs in the morning.” She laughs. “She taught me at a young age. I thought it was fun. Whenever I’m bored I would juggle.”
“Can we see a demonstration?”
“Yep. I came prepared. These are tennis balls that I signed, I’m planning on throwing them out to the crowd at the end of the show. So I can juggle these before I give them away. And fair warning, I’m a bit rusty. I haven’t juggled in a few years.” She takes out a bag of tennis balls.
Standing up, she starts with three and begins juggling. Concentration was on her facial features as she effortlessly tosses the balls up in the air in a circular motion.
“Toss me another.” She requests.
“At any time?” Andy grabs a ball out the ball.
“Yep. Anytime you’re ready.” She responds. Seconds later, he tosses the ball and she easily catches it to juggle the four of them. ARMY looks on, impressed as they cheer.
“Can you go faster?”
“I’ll try.” She increases her speed as she watches the balls.
“Can you take one more?”
"Do it! And don’t let your dreams be dreams!” She happily accepts the challenge.
“Do you think she can do it?” Andy turns to the crowd who cheers in response. Tossing Miss Bangtan another ball, she continues to juggle all five. “Wow!”
Ceasing her juggling by catching the last ball in the air, she smiles and bows at the applause. Sitting back down, she puts the balls bag in the bag.
“I can beat that.” Jungkook murmurs.
“Oh, you can? Do it.” She responds in Korean.
“What’s going on?” Andy asks.
Namjoon chuckles. “Jungkook is trash talking. He said he can beat that.”
“Ooooohhhhhh.” The crowd looks on.
“Well let’s see the Golden Maknae try.” Andy requests. Jungkook managed to get up to four balls because when Andy tossed a fifth, he couldn’t get in time. Jungkook was low key frustrated that he couldn’t one-up her as his competitive side came out.
“Can’t win everything, Jungkook. Good effort though!” Jennie teases him. The Golden Maknae shoots her a playful glare in response. For the rest of the day, he couldn’t get the thought of losing to her juggling, out of his mind.
“All right, who is your current celebrity crush?” Andy asks
“Oooohhhhh!” The crowd responds.
“Andy.” Yoongi says, shaking his hand.
“Anyone else?” Andy asks.
“Rap Monster.” Jin says, giving him a bro hug to loud cheers.
“Nice. Anyone at the back? What about our Miss Bangtan? Any celeb charm you?”
“Shawn Mendes.” She reveals to loud cheers. “I admire him. I love the way he plays the guitar, his music is dope. It would be so cool to perform with him one day. Even meet him. I’m hoping to cover one of his songs, soon. I’ll perform it on a V-Live. I hope you all check it out when I’m able to have the time. It’ll be fun!”
“You heard it here, keep a look out for a V-Live of Jennie covering a Shawn Mendes song!” Andi shouts out. “What about the others in the back?”
“J-Hope.” Jimin answers, playfully smacking him on the arm.
“There’s a Hollywood actor. Tom Cruise.” J-Hope responds, making mission impossible poses.
“He doesn’t even know who he likes.” Yoongi points to Jungkook, who smiles sheepishly.
“Oh yes, he does.” Jimin teases the Golden Maknae, who earns a glare in response from him.
The translator revealed that Jungkook can’t remember the actress he liked and went with Hugh Jackman and Iron Man.
As the interview went on, the members tasted Vegemite, which Jennie and most of the members thought was not the best tasting thing in the world. Jin requested to go against Andy in Rock, paper, scissors, to taste Vegemite. They stood back to back, Jin raising rock up in the air, while Andy put out scissors. Jungkook mischievously changed Andy’s scissors into paper so Jin could lose, while everyone laughs.
“Oh man, sorry Jin.” Jennie giggles
After the show, the members sat with Andy for a fan chat. “First question, what is the most precious to you?”
“BTS and ARMY.” J-Hope responds.
“Family.” V dramatically answers.
“My turn.” Jin grabs the mic from him. “Money.” He answers, getting chuckles in acknowledgment.
“Food.” Jennie responds bluntly with no hesitation while the guys cackle.
“Question number two. What’s the most memorable moment during your trainee days?” Andy asks.
Jennie takes the mic. “Although I wasn’t there the entire time like the rest were for our trainee days, I would have to say that the most memorable moment was hanging with V because whenever we could, he would show me a lot of places around South Korea, various hang out spots and restaurants so I can immerse myself more in their culture. It was a blast.”
V’s eyes light up at the mention of her saying that. It made him feel cherished that she named hanging out with him her most memorable moment of their trainee days. A boxy grin came across his face, returning her smile that she was giving him.
“When we took the vocal test, I sang out of tune,” Jungkook responds. “I’m still very embarrassed about that.”
“Good chat.” Andy quickly responds, to laughter as he goes to the next question. “How do BTS members spend their free time among yourselves? And how do you have fun with each other?”
“We have mad schedule, so we just sleep and eat many food. Eat food. And just sleep. Yes, all member.” Jin responds in English.
“Jin, I love your English,” Jennie praises. “Very well done.”
“Thank you, thank you. I know.” He responds confidently.
“No, no, no!” Jimin and J-Hope protest and they’re handed the mic. “We game, game, game!”
“Ya’ll a mess.” She laughs as she watches them pretend to shoot around.
“Seems to be a very common trait. Everyone seems very tired and needs to sleep. Who do BTS think is the funnest one? And who do you think is the bossiest one?” Andy asks.
V started to act random and talked gibberish while Rap Monster explained that he didn’t get that much sleep and seems to speak all in gibberish. Jin asked Rapmon if he could hit V and got permission to do so. Finally answering, the members think that J-Hope is the funnest and Rapmon is the bossiest.
“Next question, what is BTS’ ideal girl.”
Yoongi says, “City girl.”
“Me too!” V adds.
“Pretty girl.” Jin responds
“Sexy girl.” Rapmon speaks.
“Nice girl.” Jungkook responds.
“I think I know a nice girl around,” Jimin whispers to Jungkook in a teasing manner, causing the Golden Makane to tell him to knock it off. “Cute girl.” Jimin responds on the mic.
“Oh! Smart girl.” J-Hope happily answers.
“Jennie, what is your ideal boy?” Andy hands her the mic.
“Nice boy.” She responds, nodding in approval.
“Ah, did you hear that, Jungkookie?” Jimin murmurs and nudges him on the arm. Jungkook smacked him on the arm so he could be quiet.
After Andy ranked the members who the most handsome member is, he asks J-Hope about his experience holding a snake. “If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you take with you?”
“Helicopter.” Jin answers.
“I’d take J-Hope. He talks 24 hours a day, I won’t be bored.” Rapmon answers
“Water.” Jungkook answers.
“I would take a camel.” J-Hope responds.
“I’d take my guitar. Something to occupy me with.” Jennie responds.
“Car.” V answers.
“But you’re in a desert.” Andy states
“Sports car.” V grins.
“911.” Yoongi answers.
“One more question. What does BTS think of Australian fans?” Andy asks.
“Yesterday we had our concert in Sydney. The fans were very passionate and they sang along. If we have the chance we would like to visit Australia again.” Yoongi replies.
The next morning, Jennie was so excited to go back to America. The members knew how much it meant to her to be able to have BTS concerts in her country. Just before boarding the plane, she takes a selfie.
‘US ARMY…Bangtan Girl is coming home. It’s LIT! Let’s show the boys how we get down in the USA! #JEN’
Arriving at the JFK airport, Jennie couldn’t hide her excitement as she was the first member to get off the place. “I’M BACK!” She shouts, causing some passengers to glance at her and chuckle.
“I told you we shouldn’t have let her eat all those smarties.” Yoongi sighs and walks past her, while the other members chuckle at her anticipation.
Hopefully, this time while she’s back in America, it’ll be a more pleasant trip instead of what happened with the Sasaengs.
At the baggage claim area, the members grabbed their bags from the baggage carousel and went on with the security guards and managers. But of course, yet again, Jen’s bag had yet to appear.
“I swear this is a trend. This always happens where I can’t find where my bag is.” She shakes her head.
“I’ll stay with her. We’ll meet at the van.” Diana notifies Sejin, watching him go along with the members.
The two heard the loud screams and cheers from ARMY that waited for the members to arrive. “You know, I always wonder about the people that boards the plane with BTS, think when they see all these screaming fans, in packs, waiting for them. I’d be like, what the hell?” Diana laughs with Miss Bangtan.
“It’s still taking me a while to get used to, that’s for sure.”
“Let’s hope for a successful red bullet tour here.” Diana smiles and grabs Jennie’s bag for her. They proceed to walk, to where the crowd was. The screams were getting louder and fans finally spotted Jennie, as she watched them go crazy.
ARMY at the airport quickly started tweeting updates on what was going on
‘Jennie has been spotted! Maybe she was waiting for her bag?’
‘She’s here! Finally! Queen has arrived to slay my existence’
‘Munchkin is safe and sound! All smiles, she’s so pretty in person, I cannot!’
Miss Bangtan waves eagerly at the fans. Proceeding to walk, she feels a tap on her shoulder. Confused, she turns around, meeting a pair of familiar hazel eyes and friendly grin.
“What up, stranger. It’s been a while.”
The caramel skin, the fresh cut, it was definitely Kevin, an old friend from American Hustle Life.
“Oh mah God!” She yells, wrapping her arms around his neck, embracing him tightly.
This unmistakably caught the attention of everyone. Fans continued screaming and proceeded to take videos and photos, occasionally yelling out her name and other fan shouts.
ARMY continued their tweets,
‘Some guy just approached Jennie. I think she knows him, she’s freaking out in a good way.’
‘OMG she’s so happy to see this guy. Is this her boyfriend??’
‘I think Jennie got herself a man! He’s hot FYI, I’m jealous!’
‘Wait, I think that’s Kevin from AHL! OMG, they still keep in touch!?’
‘OMGGGG Kevin got hotter from AHL. I’m not surprised they’re still in touch’
‘They’re still friends!? The ship is sailing!’
Once Jennie had hugged him, Kevin let out a deep laugh, wrapping his arms around her, taking a few steps forward, side to side, as he stumbled from her sudden hug. She was overwhelmed with joy that he was here.
“The heck are you doing here!?” She pulls away with a big smile, covering her mouth.
“Hahah, I’m waiting for my flight to Chicago with my friends. We went to New York for a concert since one of my friends live here. And great news, I’ll be at the Chicago Red Bullet concert. Looking forward to seeing you there. Got some friends that are big fans of BTS.”
“Yo, we gotta hang, we have a lot to talk about.”
“’ight, bet. I got a lot of stuff to tell you, too. Nice to have you back home, again. Oh, here. Since I found out you would be landing here, I wanted to give you this as a welcome home and I missed you gift.” He hands her a dozen of wrapped yellow roses.
“Ahahahah, you so corny with this. This is too sweet of you.” She happily accepts them.
ARMY added more tweets as they continued to watch them
‘RED ALERT! I think Jennie has a boyfriend! Black love! GOALS!’
‘AHHHHH they’re so cute!’
‘He gave her flowers! Jennie is dating!’
‘Stop starting rumors, they’re probably just friends! It’s been over a year since they’ve seen each other’
‘Kevin from AHL came to see Jennie! So sweet! Can my future boyfriend/best guy friend do this for me?’
‘Kevin brought her flowers, y’all! My heart!’
‘They mad cute tho if they’re actually dating’
‘Wait, R they dating?’
‘Look at how she’s looking at him! They’re dating!!
‘Guys they’re just friends! They’ve been friends since American Hustle life’
‘Then why would he give her flowers?’
‘BREH Yellow roses mean friendship! They’re great friends!
‘I still ship them! I don’t care!’
‘FRIENDSHIP GOALS’
‘As long as she isn’t dating any of the BTS members, I’m happy. I would rather see her with Kevin instead’
‘Don’t start these dating rumors, no one is dating!’
“Y’all about to get dating rumors because of this, FYI.” Diana shakes her head, amused at the sight.
“As if I’d date this nerd.” Jennie jokes.
“Yeah, sorry, smartie addicts aren’t my type.” He plays along
“Boy!” She smacks him as he laughs.
“Oh, there’s smarties in the flowers, too.”
“For real?” She looks deep into the flowers and sees them. “Come through! Thank you, this is so nice of you. I ran out of smarties on the plane.”
“I’m not surprised. I won’t keep you long, your fans are eager to see you. I gotta go to where my plane is boarding so I can get my window seat. I’ll see you in Chicago. Tell the guys I said what’s up.” He flashes her another smile and leaves.
“Wow, I look like shit this morning.” Jennie laughs as she checks herself out in the vanity. She sat on a chair, while the stylist began preparing the make up.
“You need to sleep! I’m starting to see bags.”
Jennie looks at who the words came from. It was Janae, an African American stylist she’s known since her Amity days. Big Hit decided to hire her so she could work on Jen’s hair and makeup. She was also there to aid and guide the stylists on what to do with Jen’s hair if she wasn’t around, so they won’t damage it like they accidentally had done. Janae freaked out when Jen had told her that her hair was falling out. But it wasn’t any of the stylists' faults. They just weren’t used to her type of hair and she had to keep that in mind.
Janae is a 28 year old stylist that mainly worked with Amity but recently has branched out. She was light skinned, naturally light brunette and curvy. Huge animal lover, too.
Jen grins sheepishly. “I may have stayed up to finish catching up on one of my shows.”
Janae rolls her eyes. “You have not changed. You’re still that same teen staying up late when you damn well know you have to get up early for a music video shooting. What am I gonna do with you? Haven’t you learned your lesson?”
“It was worth it, but I have no idea what to do with my life now because I have to wait until the next season. I…I don’t know what I’m going to do for the next few months. This is horrible.”
“What’s horrible are these bags. You should be getting more sleep.”
“It’s too early for lectures, Nae.” She sighs as she gets her make up done.
“Ah, another music video. I like that this will have various concepts with the outfits. Reminds me of that one song from Amity that you guys did.”
“Heh, yeah…” She murmurs as her mind drifts to the pleasant memories of the group.
‘Why does fame change people in a negative way?’ Jen ponders.
The five of them were so tight. Occasional misunderstandings and arguments here and there but that’s normal with friendships. But as the popularity grew, some wanted more opportunities, and they started to forget the concept of what a group effort means since they wanted to always be in the spotlight. Solos were given, but opportunities were lost. But Jen had no regrets. What’s done is done, it is what it is.
But she had hoped that maybe one day…they could…
“You alright, babe?”
Jen looks up. “Huh?”
“You spaced out.”
“Oh, I do that. It’s nothing.”
“How long have I known you?”
“Since I started my teenage years.”
“Right. So, I know what you were thinking about. And it’s okay to think about it. Hailey, gosh she used to be such a sweetheart. Trinity and Layla too. Now they’re snobby little female dogs who want everything for themselves, forgetting about those that helped them be who they are today. I hope they can repent and wise up. And I hope one day the five of you can at least rekindle. You ever think about that?”
“Sometimes. But all I think about is punching Hailey in the face, the next time I see her. She did throw a drink at me last year. Badmouthed Bangtan...the list goes on.”
“Yeah, Angelina definitely beat you to that. You know fans have been asking for a reunion. Even if it’s just one song. Maybe one day. Once you all are older and wiser, you can leave the bitterness behind and just forward. Even if you don’t remain friends, at least be cordial. I know that you want to stomp her ass into the ground. Angelina does too but violence isn’t the answer…yet. Now if she tries you…okay then maybe it’s the answer. Amity is on their World Tour, right now. They should be in South Korea around November.”
“Oh, I’m sure Hailey will be making a visit. Angelina is supposed to be coming to visit around that time too. All hell is going to break loose.”
“Oh dear, five together? The hostility is real. I think I should be there so none of you won’t kill each other.”
For the first concept of the Dope MV, the members were to dress as business people wearing white shirts, black pants, and a black tie. While being filmed together, the members discussed that this is a one take version and the music video will be using computer graphics.
Shooting went on for the group dance as Jimin lip syncs and walks to his destination spot while the members join him for the dance. The dance was fast paced, powerful and fun.
For the first take, while the members run away after dancing in the beginning, Jennie accidentally trips and stumbles on the floor. She starts laughing with the members while Yoongi and Jin help her up.
“Aish, you’re so clumsy. Are you all right?” Yoongi asks.
“She ate too many smarties, today. She probably has a sugar high.” Jin giggles.
“I’m good and good. My shoe was untied.” She tries to explain.
“Uh huh, sure.” Yoongi kneels and reties her shoe for her.
The group dancing progressed, getting filmed numerous times to make to make sure things were top notch.
Once J-Hope’s verse came on yet again after the dance break was over, the members run away. Jennie runs with Jungkook and they catch one of the cameras filming them behind the scenes. They goofed around, dancing and lip syncing J-Hope’s rap.
While Jennie’s personal stylist retouches her makeup, wiping any sweat, she watches the film of the choreography to analyze her movements. “Munchkin, make sure your arms are strong,” Hobi advises as he watches the film with her. “You put them down a bit early. Remember, it’s like this.” He demonstrates.
She nods and makes mental notes. “Okay. I got you.”
For the next concept, the members switch to their individual occupation. Jennie changed into an orange and pink tennis dress with safety shorts, matching wristbands, headband and Nike sneakers.
Straightened with curls at the end, her hair was in a ponytail, with her hair resting on her shoulders.
“Channeling my inner Venus and Serena Williams, today. I’m a tennis player for this. Pretty Dope, don’t you think?” She beams at the camera while being fanned by one of her stylist Unnies. “Thank you for that fanning, it’s so hot in here from all that dancing.”
Finding Jungkook, she playfully hits his back with her tennis racket, to get his attention. Playfully looking serious, he reaches into his pocket and takes out his handcuffs, turning around.
“Miss, you’re under arrest.” He grabs her wrist, placing her hands behind her back.
“For what?” She exclaims
“Hitting a cop and first degree beauty. You have the right to remain silent.” He places the handcuffs on one of her wrists.
“You’re such an idiot, get away!” She tries to playfully fight him off but to no avail.
With another camera filming them, Jennie shows off the handcuffs behind her back. “So, I got arrested today by Officer Jeon Jungkook. He didn’t even give me a warning.”
“First of all, she hit me with her tennis racket. How disrespectful was that?”
“I was playing around! What is my bail?”
“Your bail is to buy me lamb skewers.” He answers with a mischievous grin. She answers by playfully rolling her eyes.
After their banter, Jennie shows off her small spot which had a tennis court, behind the scenes. Looked like an area of a tennis tournament.
“So here we are. Jennie Williams, the Williams Sisters’ cousin, here representing them as a tennis player. There’s supposed to be tennis balls falling from the ceiling in this take. Surely, it’ll go well. One take filming is harder than I thought, yo. All this running, making sure you’re on time with the song. It’s challenging.”
As they begin filming in their costumes, the members are constantly running around to their spots and waiting while they continue to film their individual scenes.
Jennie was right after Rap Monster’s verse, as she waits by her area with the tennis court. She starts sniffing, feeling like she had to sneeze but the sneeze wouldn’t come out. And ironically, just as the camera shifts to her to start her verse, she pauses.
“AEH-CHOO!” She covers her mouth, while the director yells cut. The members start laughing at how loud her sneeze was. “My bad, y’all.”
“This is exactly why I was destined to be your friend. We both have loud sneezes. So cute!” Tae giggles, hugging her from behind
“Ew, no, my sneezes are horrible.” She laughs, receiving tissue from one of the stylists.
After cleaning her nose, they redo their one take filming. Once Rap Monster finished his verse, the camera moves up to Jennie who had her tennis racket over her shoulder. Twirling around, as the skirt of her dress flowed, she hits two incoming tennis balls.
“I’m sick, I’m sick, earning every day.” She lip syncs into the camera, ruffling her ponytail. “I’m lit, I’m lit, shuttin’ every mouth.” She places a finger to her lips, looking around, while tennis balls start falling from the ceiling, behind her.
“Indomitable, I’m still getting’ better. You say I’m a little complicated but I’m a go getter.” She pays her chest, looking up and down at the camera. “Ain’t nobody do it like me. When I strum, you can’t keep up. Fellas, scream louder, let it ring.” She puts a hand to her ear.
“The haters gettin’ nervous, they should take a seat. You’re in our domain now, Bangtan still gonna do our thing. Let’s go!” She hits another tennis ball, straight into the camera as it transitions to V.
Quickly running to her spot for the group dance, she exhales, bouncing up and down, excitedly. Her favorite part of the dance was when they kick out, lean forward and bounce their head side to side. ARMY will definitely notice that she gets a little extra with her favorite dance move.
For their final scene, after 6AM, the members perform the choreography one last time.
“Okay, cut!” The director announces. The members applaud and cheer, that they can finally go home. They were exhausted. But their hard work has paid off.
“WOO!” Jennie shouts.
“Ahhh we’re going home!” Yoongi yells, shaking one of the cameras filming behind the scenes.
For the jacket shooting, she took photos of herself tossing a tennis ball up in the air, while the photographer takes shot of the ball in mid-air, with a big smile on her face.
As she continued to take photos, she gave off a competitive, fierce vibe. As the photo shoot progressed, with her tennis racket, she places an arm over her head and holds the top of the tennis racket while her other hand touches the bottom. Then posed with the racket over her shoulder.
For Show Champion, they were outside this time. Jennie got permission to wear an attire different than what she usually wears and wanted to wear something supporting Black Lives Matter.
Her hair out in curls, she wears a black shirt, knotted in the front that said, Black Lives Matter. With black jeans that had a flower print on one leg, she wears fishnet tights, which came up over her stomach. She also added some black fingerless gloves, black boots and a black choker.
Catching up with her parents, they informed her of what has been going on lately in America, involving deaths of African Americans. It pained and frightened her to hear what was going on.
When it was the time to perform, Rap Monster kneels in front of a camera on stage, winking at it.
Hm? eoseo wa bangtaneun cheoeumiji?
Getting up to the stage, Jungkook begins the song.
Ayo ladies & gentleman
junbiga dwaettdamyeon bureulge yeah!
ttan nyeoseokdeulgwaneun dareuge
nae seutaillo nae nae nae nae seutaillo eo!
Walking up to stage next, Jimin sings.
bamsae ilhaettji everyday
niga keulleobeseo nol ttae yeah
ja nollaji malgo deureo maeil
I got a feel, I got a feel
All the members run up to the stage, meeting up with Jimin and begin to dance as fireworks from both sides of the stage, blast out.
nan jom jjeoreo!
a jjeoreo jjeoreo jjeoreo uri yeonseupsil ttamnae
bwa jjeoreong jjeoreong jjeoreonghan
nae chumi daphae
modu bisiri jjijiri jjingjjingi ttilttirideul
narangeun sanggwani eopseo
cuz nan huimangi jjeoreo haha
Ok urin meoributeo balkkeutkkaji jeonbu da
jjeo jjeoreo
haruui jeolbaneul jageobe jjeo jjeoreo
jageopsire jjeoreo sareo cheongchuneun sseogeogado
deokbune moro gado dallineun seonggonggado
sonyeodeura deo keuge sorijilleo jjeo jjeoreong
V bounces up to the front, catching one of the cameras, as he starts to sing.
bamsae ilhaettji everyday
niga keulleobeseo nol ttae yeah
ttan nyeoseokdeulgwaneun dareuge
I don’t wanna say yes
I don’t wanna say yes
sorichyeobwa all right
momi tabeoridorok all night (all night)
Cause we got fire (fire!)
Higher (higher!)
I gotta make it, I gotta make it
jjeoreo!
geobuneun geobuhae
nan wonrae neomuhae
modu da ttara hae
jjeoreo
geobuneun geobuhae
jeonbu naui noye
modu da ttara hae
jjeoreo
As the members dropped low, Rap Monster stood up to rap.
samposedae? ohposedae?
geureom nan yukpoga joheunikka 6posedae
eonrongwa eoreundeureun uijiga eopsdamyeo
uril ssak jusikcheoreom maedohae
wae haebogido jeone jugyeo gyaenen
enemy enemy enemy
wae beolsseobuteo gogaereul sugyeo bada
energy energy energy
jeoldae ma pogi you know you not lonely
neowa nae saebyeogeun natboda yeppeo
So can I get a little bit of hope?(yeah)
jamdeun cheongchuneul kkaewo go
Standing back to back with Rapmon, they turn around so she could be in the front and she twirls around.
“I’m sick, I’m sick, earning every day.” She sings. Dropping down into a split, which was one of the fans favorite parts of the Dope performance, she flips her hair on one side, then the other. When she went down, the members kneeled down too, dancing behind her.
“I’m lit, I’m lit, shuttin’ every mouth. Indomitable, I’m still gettin’ better.” She closes her legs and gets up, catching one of the moving cameras and maintains eye contact with it. “You say I’m a little complicated but I’m a go getter.” She pats her chest. “Ain’t nobody do it like me. When I strum, you can’t keep up. Fellas.” She gestures behind her. The members gather around her, appearing enthusiastic, while she shoots a smile. “Scream louder, let it ring!”
Looking around, she pretends to look worried as she sings like she’s talking to the members. “The haters gettin’ nervous, they should take a seat.”
The members nod in agreement and continue to have fun on the stage. Turning back to face the cameras and crowd, she continues, “You’re in our domain now, Bangtan still gonna do our thing. Let’s go!” She jumps up, highly.
bamsae ilhaettji everyday
niga keulleobeseo nol ttae yeah
ttan nyeoseokdeulgwaneun dareuge
I don’t wanna say yes
I don’t wanna say yes
sorichyeobwa all right
momi tabeoridorok all night (all night)
Cause we got fire (fire!)
Higher (higher!)
I gotta make it, I gotta make it
jjeoreo!
“Geobuneun geobuhae.” She sings with Jimin. “Nan wonrae neomuhae. Modu da ttara hae. Jjeoreo!”
She sings with V next, “Geobuneun geobuhae. Jeonbu naui noye. Modu da ttara hae. Jjeoreo!”
ireon ge bangtan seutail
geojitmal wackdeulgwaneun dalla
maeiri hustle life
I gotta make it fire baby
ireon ge bangtan seutail
geojitmal wackdeulgwaneun dalla
maeiri hustle life
I gotta make it, I gotta make it
nan jom jjeoreo!
Say what!
Say wo~ wo~
Say what!
jjeoreo
Jennie was in her room, checking out her phone. She smiled at the positive feedback on her performance for Dope. Seemed like her split really stunned viewers. She was touched. When their choreographer told Jennie about the split, she was skeptical at first.
But Jimin and Jin had helped her gain more flexibility for a few months now and it worked in her favor. Jennie had been trying to stay in touch with what was going on in America, and what recently happened was the sudden death of Sandra Bland, which caused her to become saddened.
Horrible death it was, as she read the full details.
She worried about how bad it's getting in America with the police brutality. She would worry a bunch for her family and called her mom, to vent to her about it.
“So, are you gonna be next? Are you going to get killed next? Am I going to be killed next?” She exclaims, as her throat tightened, tears threatening to fall.
“Jennie, breathe.” Her mom says.
“What about dad? What happens then? What if he gets pulled over for something ridiculous and arrested for it? The hell is going on? It’s getting worse, things aren’t getting better. This is shady as hell, what have we done to deserve this?”
“Jennie. Your father and I are fine. Your sisters are fine, we’re safe. I know this is scary and heartbreaking.” Her mom decides to give the phone to her husband so he could try to calm her down. Which seemed to work because Jen’s dad always knew the right things to say.
“Dad.”
“Yes, sweetheart?”
“Please…just be safe.”
“I will.”
“I love you.”
“And I love you.”
After getting off the phone with her parents, Jennie saw that Angelina was tweeting various tweets about the situation, expression her anger and frustration over the alleged suicide. As well as the trending tweets about the Sandra Bland death.
Deciding to post a photo she took the day she wore her black lives matter outfit. It had her posing with her fist up in black power salute, tweeting and posting on Instagram with the caption
‘Stay woke…Black Lives Matter #SayHerName #JEN’
Angelina instantly retweeted her photo, ‘Right on, girl #SayHerName’
On one side, majority praised Jennie for her photo but on the other side, there were some people, mainly antis, criticizing her for the photo, thinking it’s too political and she shouldn’t post things like that on BTS’ Twitter.
‘She shouldn’t have worn stuff like that while performing’
‘Why is she doing this?’
‘She’s all the way in SK, but still woke. Love her’
‘Too political, she shouldn’t post things like this’
‘Shouldn’t you be practicing dancing instead of posting these photos?’
‘She WOKE. Why do you dare question her?’
Jennie ignored any ignorant comments on her feed and focused on the positive. Those protesting what she strongly believes in, she didn’t care what they thought. They can stay mad, but she won’t stay silent about this serious situation. She was proud of her heritage and won’t fear speaking up about it.
And she was not going to apologize for posting the photo.
She was just extremely worried about her family and friends back home.
Because despite the brutality that’s going on in the news, you never know when it’s going to be someone that you know. And she had hoped that this would stop because innocent lives are being taken away.
But easier said than done...right?
In Melbourne, BTS sat through another interview, promoting the Red Bullet tour. Each member was exhausted and didn’t get much sleep that day. Jennie sat behind Jin, while they were being interviewed. She remained silent for the majority of the interview, watching the others answer questions. She had her days where she missed that normality of life. Being a simple teen. Not have cameras in your face all the time.
“When was your first impression when you all first met each other?”
The question was asked by an interviewer.
“When I first saw V and J-Hope, I couldn’t see them because they were too black. When the nights get dark, I couldn’t find them.” Namjoon answers
J-Hope had fake laughed, trying to brush it off, while Tae smiles from embarrassment. The rest of the members shifted uncomfortably after some laughter from the audience.
Jen’s stomach dropped from his sudden comment as she slowly turns her head to stare at her leader in disbelief. Raising her eyebrows in surprise, her face expression turned solemn.
Too…black…?
Glancing at him up and down, she tries to keep her thoughts in check and continued to stay professional. But her words slipped out.
“Excuse me?”
Namjoon’s expression showed regret at his poor choice of words as he glanced at her and turned back to the interviewer.
Jen starts smiling bitterly before staring at the floor to space out. She starts bouncing her leg up and down at a rapid pace as she feels herself becoming irritated.
Why too black?
Of all things to say.
What’s that even supposed to mean?
Throughout the rest of the interview, Jen sat there, with her eyes watery. She wasn’t sad. She was getting mad and had a habit of tearing up when angry. Overall she was worried and frustrated about the fans seeing this and how they would feel about their colored skin because of his unexpected answer.
As soon as the interview was over, she was the first to get up from her seat, storming off. She went in their dressing room, exhaling sharply as she paced back and forth, trying to calm herself down.
‘Too black? Are you out of your mind!?’ She screams in her head.
How could he say that?
Why would he say that?
“Ennie.” Taehyung’s voice was heard. He smiles softly and walks into the room. “Are you all right?” He places his hands on her shoulders to stop her from pacing.
“Never mind me, are you okay?” She asks him.
“I’m fine.” He shrugs.
“Are you really? Because you always keep making me sad, Tae.”
“Why?”
“Like you apologizing for your tanned skin. Especially whenever we’re somewhere where there’s a lot of sun. But you don’t need to do that. There’s nothing wrong with that. And I wish that all of you guys would see that just because you’re a little tanned or colored, doesn’t mean that anything is wrong with you. And Namjoon’s comment just…made me very upset.”
Namjoon walks in the room, relieved that he found her. “There you are. Why did you storm off like that?"
Once she hears his voice, she frowns. “You got a lot of nerve.” She retorts, causing them to widen their eyes. “Too black huh? Then what am I?” She gestures.
“J-Jennie, it’s okay.” Tae nervously laughs and tries to make a joke to lighten up the mood.
“Nah, nah, Tae it’s not okay. Stop making it seem like this is okay. I want to talk about this. I see it everywhere and I just want to talk to you personally about this, Namjoon. Because I have a problem with what you said a few moments ago.”
Before Namjoon could speak, she stops him. “No, you said enough. Please, just let me speak.” She asserts, as he exhales and waits for her statement.
“You know I lose count how many photos have been whitewashed of me since I got here. But it hasn’t just happened in South Korea. It’s happened at home, too. A lot of times. With Amity. Angelina and I, we were the darkest members of the group. Angelina is darker than me. During our debut and months after, she would cry herself to sleep almost every night because she was constantly criticized for her dark skin. She and I were always getting our make up retouched every 15 minutes for a music video or photoshoot because people wanted us to look lighter. They even made our skin lighter in our photos.”
“But Angelina, she had it way worse than me. It was like every five minutes they want to put more powder on her face. And no matter how much she tried to hide her annoyance and claim she was fine, she wasn’t fine. And as the months went by, she learned to embrace and love herself. And I wanted to be just as confident as her. Understand that no one should berate someone’s skin color or make it seem like one shade is superior to others. I don’t want any ARMY or anyone, in general, to deal with that. And what you said, just brought all those thoughts back.”
“Jennie, it was just a joke.”
“Well, I’m not laughing.” She firmly responds. “Do you see any sign of amusement on my face?”
Namjoon lets out a sigh and shakes his head.
“You don’t get it, do you? The stuff people go through because of their skin color? I may not have it as hard as others but it still hurts dealing with things like whitewashing and constant comments about how unattractive my skin is. You know there are people that bleach their skin or want to bleach their skin because of even worse comments? There are people even using skin lightening products on a regular basis. It pains me to see that.”
“When you say things like that, it can cause some to hate their skin. They possibly want to bleach it or wished to be lighter or feel bad about their color. I’ve seen and heard all these things about people feeling anxious about their skin. They’re called horrible names, like burnt toast or that we don’t need to be in the sun. Because they feel as though their skin isn’t attractive. Like there’s something wrong with them. Like they have something to be ashamed of because their skin is colored. Scared of what people may think of them when their skin is just a little tan from the sun. Because society claimed that you need to be a certain skin tone to be called attractive. But it’s all bullshit because there isn’t just one shade that’s beautiful. It’s all shades.”
“I wanna know what was going through your head when you said that comment. I’m the darkest member here. I can’t relate to you guys. I’m not Korean. I’m not a guy. I’m me. Proud of my melanin, like to show it off, like to not be whitewashed and enjoy seeing fans look overjoyed to see someone that looks similar to them in K-Pop. Whenever it’s my hair, my body size or personality. When you said that comment, I really thought you would know better. With that high IQ of yours, I’m astonished that you would even think of something like that. Yet alone say it in English with no hesitation.” She felt her tears of frustration coming as her eyes began to burn. “High IQ and you don’t see anything wrong with what you just said? How hurtful that was?”
“There is no such a thing as being too black. It’s okay to have melanin! Colored skin is beautiful! There is nothing to be ashamed of for it. I don’t appreciate what you said back there. We should be proud of who we are, no matter the skin color or body size. But things like this make it harder for people to accept who they are. People are more sensitive than others. And I don’t want that for anyone. No one should feel like that.”
“I understand.” Namjoon nods. “I should’ve been more mindful. I’m sorry, Jennie. I should have considered your feelings. Everyones’ feelings. Please forgive me.”
“Don’t apologize to me. Apologize to Taehyung and Hobi. And then apologize to ARMY.” She requests and leaves the room.
In the hotel room, Jen ironically shared the room with Namjoon. But she was nowhere to be found, all night. Namjoon chilled on the bed, thinking about what she had said. He did what she told him. Talked with Hobi and Tae, and then issued a tweet about the comment, apologizing if he had hurt anyone’s feelings.
‘She’s still mad at me?’ He sighs.
Meanwhile, with Jennie, she walked back to the hotel building with a box of pizza in her hands. She wanted to shop for some souvenirs to send to her family and wanted to get something to eat for her and Namjoon.
On her secret Tumblr, she was fully aware of ARMY’s various reactions towards what Namjoon had said. Someone even decided to make a video with the screen going grey. The audio would say, “At this moment Rap Monster knew...he fucked up.” and then it went to where she said, “Excuse me?”
It amazed her that people were so quick to make memes and vines.
Taking her key out, she opens up the door, walking in with a smile. “Hey! I got pizza. Don’t tell the guys, this is just going to be ours. If they make surprise visits, we’ll hide it.”
“H-hey. Thanks. I was just about to order room service.” He sits up on the bed.
“Glad I came just in time.” She places the box on the bed.
Namjoon watched her get situated as she went to the bathroom to change into her pajamas. She looked fine but he still felt like he needed to say something.
“Before we eat…can we discuss what happened earlier today?”
“Yeah, shoot.” She takes a seat on the bed.
He exhales. “I never meant to hurt you. It was…a poor choice of words.” He responds with regret. “What you told me opened up my eyes to learn that I was in the wrong. I didn’t mean to offend anyone.”
“It’s okay. Really. It’s okay.” She responds softly. She takes her shoes off and sits on the bed next to him, giving him a hug. “You’re human. I get that. Let’s just be mindful of saying certain things. We all make mistakes, we all say things that are out of line. But in life, we learn, grow and change.”
“You’re right.” He smiles and takes a slice of pizza from the box. She rests her head on his shoulder as they watch what was on the hotel TV. With the slice in his hands, Namjoon lets her take a big bite and then he takes a bite afterward. “Look at the bright side, at least Jimin still has no jams.”
“I heard that!” Jimin shouts from the door, ceasing their laughter. “I saw you brought pizza, I want a slice! Open the door before I tell the others!”
The sound of Jimin’s voice caused NamJen to scramble off the bed and find a hiding place for the pizza.
The next day, BTS attended SBS PopAsia TV for an interview. A small audience attended, as they were asked fun questions, such as picking an Australian animal that best represented them and impersonating each other. Jungkook had mimicked the way Suga would dance in Bulletproof PT 2, Jimin impersonated the way Jin eats and V went on about how Rapmon acts in the intro of Dope.
“This is Jimin, the majority of the time and in the Dope music video.” Jen dramatically performs the way he runs his hands through his hair, as everyone laughs.
“All right, can each of you show us a hidden talent?” Andy requests.
J-Hope started off first, who decided to show a hidden action performance, like mission impossible, causing everyone to laugh and applaud. Jungkook impersonated Iron Man, V showed off his elephant on his arm, Suga told everyone that he doesn’t have anything hidden because he showed everyone everything. Rapmon impersonated Marge from The Simpsons.
“Andy, I wanted to take a selfie with a Kangaroo but were no kangaroos in the room. Do you know how Kangaroos sound like? Sounds like Kang, kang kang!” He impersonates, to loud cheers.
“D’OH!” Jungkook yells out of nowhere.
“Everybody, Marge and Homer.” Andy gestures to them, to another round of applause. “Miss Bangtan, what about you?”
“Um…I showed you the guitar and DJ skills. Um…oh, wait, I have another. It’s kind of goofy. I never told anyone this before but I have secret talent in juggling.” She reveals.
“Wow, juggling?”
“Uh huh. I believe I got it from my mom because she’s always juggling eggs in the kitchen and I get so scared she’s going to drop them. I love my eggs in the morning.” She laughs. “She taught me at a young age. I thought it was fun. Whenever I’m bored I would juggle.”
“Can we see a demonstration?”
“Yep. I came prepared. These are tennis balls that I signed, I’m planning on throwing them out to the crowd at the end of the show. So I can juggle these before I give them away. And fair warning, I’m a bit rusty. I haven’t juggled in a few years.” She takes out a bag of tennis balls.
Standing up, she starts with three and begins juggling. Concentration was on her facial features as she effortlessly tosses the balls up in the air in a circular motion.
“Toss me another.” She requests.
“At any time?” Andy grabs a ball out the ball.
“Yep. Anytime you’re ready.” She responds. Seconds later, he tosses the ball and she easily catches it to juggle the four of them. ARMY looks on, impressed as they cheer.
“Can you go faster?”
“I’ll try.” She increases her speed as she watches the balls.
“Can you take one more?”
"Do it! And don’t let your dreams be dreams!” She happily accepts the challenge.
“Do you think she can do it?” Andy turns to the crowd who cheers in response. Tossing Miss Bangtan another ball, she continues to juggle all five. “Wow!”
Ceasing her juggling by catching the last ball in the air, she smiles and bows at the applause. Sitting back down, she puts the balls bag in the bag.
“I can beat that.” Jungkook murmurs.
“Oh, you can? Do it.” She responds in Korean.
“What’s going on?” Andy asks.
Namjoon chuckles. “Jungkook is trash talking. He said he can beat that.”
“Ooooohhhhhh.” The crowd looks on.
“Well let’s see the Golden Maknae try.” Andy requests. Jungkook managed to get up to four balls because when Andy tossed a fifth, he couldn’t get in time. Jungkook was low key frustrated that he couldn’t one-up her as his competitive side came out.
“Can’t win everything, Jungkook. Good effort though!” Jennie teases him. The Golden Maknae shoots her a playful glare in response. For the rest of the day, he couldn’t get the thought of losing to her juggling, out of his mind.
“All right, who is your current celebrity crush?” Andy asks
“Oooohhhhh!” The crowd responds.
“Andy.” Yoongi says, shaking his hand.
“Anyone else?” Andy asks.
“Rap Monster.” Jin says, giving him a bro hug to loud cheers.
“Nice. Anyone at the back? What about our Miss Bangtan? Any celeb charm you?”
“Shawn Mendes.” She reveals to loud cheers. “I admire him. I love the way he plays the guitar, his music is dope. It would be so cool to perform with him one day. Even meet him. I’m hoping to cover one of his songs, soon. I’ll perform it on a V-Live. I hope you all check it out when I’m able to have the time. It’ll be fun!”
“You heard it here, keep a look out for a V-Live of Jennie covering a Shawn Mendes song!” Andi shouts out. “What about the others in the back?”
“J-Hope.” Jimin answers, playfully smacking him on the arm.
“There’s a Hollywood actor. Tom Cruise.” J-Hope responds, making mission impossible poses.
“He doesn’t even know who he likes.” Yoongi points to Jungkook, who smiles sheepishly.
“Oh yes, he does.” Jimin teases the Golden Maknae, who earns a glare in response from him.
The translator revealed that Jungkook can’t remember the actress he liked and went with Hugh Jackman and Iron Man.
As the interview went on, the members tasted Vegemite, which Jennie and most of the members thought was not the best tasting thing in the world. Jin requested to go against Andy in Rock, paper, scissors, to taste Vegemite. They stood back to back, Jin raising rock up in the air, while Andy put out scissors. Jungkook mischievously changed Andy’s scissors into paper so Jin could lose, while everyone laughs.
“Oh man, sorry Jin.” Jennie giggles
After the show, the members sat with Andy for a fan chat. “First question, what is the most precious to you?”
“BTS and ARMY.” J-Hope responds.
“Family.” V dramatically answers.
“My turn.” Jin grabs the mic from him. “Money.” He answers, getting chuckles in acknowledgment.
“Food.” Jennie responds bluntly with no hesitation while the guys cackle.
“Question number two. What’s the most memorable moment during your trainee days?” Andy asks.
Jennie takes the mic. “Although I wasn’t there the entire time like the rest were for our trainee days, I would have to say that the most memorable moment was hanging with V because whenever we could, he would show me a lot of places around South Korea, various hang out spots and restaurants so I can immerse myself more in their culture. It was a blast.”
V’s eyes light up at the mention of her saying that. It made him feel cherished that she named hanging out with him her most memorable moment of their trainee days. A boxy grin came across his face, returning her smile that she was giving him.
“When we took the vocal test, I sang out of tune,” Jungkook responds. “I’m still very embarrassed about that.”
“Good chat.” Andy quickly responds, to laughter as he goes to the next question. “How do BTS members spend their free time among yourselves? And how do you have fun with each other?”
“We have mad schedule, so we just sleep and eat many food. Eat food. And just sleep. Yes, all member.” Jin responds in English.
“Jin, I love your English,” Jennie praises. “Very well done.”
“Thank you, thank you. I know.” He responds confidently.
“No, no, no!” Jimin and J-Hope protest and they’re handed the mic. “We game, game, game!”
“Ya’ll a mess.” She laughs as she watches them pretend to shoot around.
“Seems to be a very common trait. Everyone seems very tired and needs to sleep. Who do BTS think is the funnest one? And who do you think is the bossiest one?” Andy asks.
V started to act random and talked gibberish while Rap Monster explained that he didn’t get that much sleep and seems to speak all in gibberish. Jin asked Rapmon if he could hit V and got permission to do so. Finally answering, the members think that J-Hope is the funnest and Rapmon is the bossiest.
“Next question, what is BTS’ ideal girl.”
Yoongi says, “City girl.”
“Me too!” V adds.
“Pretty girl.” Jin responds
“Sexy girl.” Rapmon speaks.
“Nice girl.” Jungkook responds.
“I think I know a nice girl around,” Jimin whispers to Jungkook in a teasing manner, causing the Golden Makane to tell him to knock it off. “Cute girl.” Jimin responds on the mic.
“Oh! Smart girl.” J-Hope happily answers.
“Jennie, what is your ideal boy?” Andy hands her the mic.
“Nice boy.” She responds, nodding in approval.
“Ah, did you hear that, Jungkookie?” Jimin murmurs and nudges him on the arm. Jungkook smacked him on the arm so he could be quiet.
After Andy ranked the members who the most handsome member is, he asks J-Hope about his experience holding a snake. “If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you take with you?”
“Helicopter.” Jin answers.
“I’d take J-Hope. He talks 24 hours a day, I won’t be bored.” Rapmon answers
“Water.” Jungkook answers.
“I would take a camel.” J-Hope responds.
“I’d take my guitar. Something to occupy me with.” Jennie responds.
“Car.” V answers.
“But you’re in a desert.” Andy states
“Sports car.” V grins.
“911.” Yoongi answers.
“One more question. What does BTS think of Australian fans?” Andy asks.
“Yesterday we had our concert in Sydney. The fans were very passionate and they sang along. If we have the chance we would like to visit Australia again.” Yoongi replies.
The next morning, Jennie was so excited to go back to America. The members knew how much it meant to her to be able to have BTS concerts in her country. Just before boarding the plane, she takes a selfie.
‘US ARMY…Bangtan Girl is coming home. It’s LIT! Let’s show the boys how we get down in the USA! #JEN’
Arriving at the JFK airport, Jennie couldn’t hide her excitement as she was the first member to get off the place. “I’M BACK!” She shouts, causing some passengers to glance at her and chuckle.
“I told you we shouldn’t have let her eat all those smarties.” Yoongi sighs and walks past her, while the other members chuckle at her anticipation.
Hopefully, this time while she’s back in America, it’ll be a more pleasant trip instead of what happened with the Sasaengs.
At the baggage claim area, the members grabbed their bags from the baggage carousel and went on with the security guards and managers. But of course, yet again, Jen’s bag had yet to appear.
“I swear this is a trend. This always happens where I can’t find where my bag is.” She shakes her head.
“I’ll stay with her. We’ll meet at the van.” Diana notifies Sejin, watching him go along with the members.
The two heard the loud screams and cheers from ARMY that waited for the members to arrive. “You know, I always wonder about the people that boards the plane with BTS, think when they see all these screaming fans, in packs, waiting for them. I’d be like, what the hell?” Diana laughs with Miss Bangtan.
“It’s still taking me a while to get used to, that’s for sure.”
“Let’s hope for a successful red bullet tour here.” Diana smiles and grabs Jennie’s bag for her. They proceed to walk, to where the crowd was. The screams were getting louder and fans finally spotted Jennie, as she watched them go crazy.
ARMY at the airport quickly started tweeting updates on what was going on
‘Jennie has been spotted! Maybe she was waiting for her bag?’
‘She’s here! Finally! Queen has arrived to slay my existence’
‘Munchkin is safe and sound! All smiles, she’s so pretty in person, I cannot!’
Miss Bangtan waves eagerly at the fans. Proceeding to walk, she feels a tap on her shoulder. Confused, she turns around, meeting a pair of familiar hazel eyes and friendly grin.
“What up, stranger. It’s been a while.”
The caramel skin, the fresh cut, it was definitely Kevin, an old friend from American Hustle Life.
“Oh mah God!” She yells, wrapping her arms around his neck, embracing him tightly.
This unmistakably caught the attention of everyone. Fans continued screaming and proceeded to take videos and photos, occasionally yelling out her name and other fan shouts.
ARMY continued their tweets,
‘Some guy just approached Jennie. I think she knows him, she’s freaking out in a good way.’
‘OMG she’s so happy to see this guy. Is this her boyfriend??’
‘I think Jennie got herself a man! He’s hot FYI, I’m jealous!’
‘Wait, I think that’s Kevin from AHL! OMG, they still keep in touch!?’
‘OMGGGG Kevin got hotter from AHL. I’m not surprised they’re still in touch’
‘They’re still friends!? The ship is sailing!’
Once Jennie had hugged him, Kevin let out a deep laugh, wrapping his arms around her, taking a few steps forward, side to side, as he stumbled from her sudden hug. She was overwhelmed with joy that he was here.
“The heck are you doing here!?” She pulls away with a big smile, covering her mouth.
“Hahah, I’m waiting for my flight to Chicago with my friends. We went to New York for a concert since one of my friends live here. And great news, I’ll be at the Chicago Red Bullet concert. Looking forward to seeing you there. Got some friends that are big fans of BTS.”
“Yo, we gotta hang, we have a lot to talk about.”
“’ight, bet. I got a lot of stuff to tell you, too. Nice to have you back home, again. Oh, here. Since I found out you would be landing here, I wanted to give you this as a welcome home and I missed you gift.” He hands her a dozen of wrapped yellow roses.
“Ahahahah, you so corny with this. This is too sweet of you.” She happily accepts them.
ARMY added more tweets as they continued to watch them
‘RED ALERT! I think Jennie has a boyfriend! Black love! GOALS!’
‘AHHHHH they’re so cute!’
‘He gave her flowers! Jennie is dating!’
‘Stop starting rumors, they’re probably just friends! It’s been over a year since they’ve seen each other’
‘Kevin from AHL came to see Jennie! So sweet! Can my future boyfriend/best guy friend do this for me?’
‘Kevin brought her flowers, y’all! My heart!’
‘They mad cute tho if they’re actually dating’
‘Wait, R they dating?’
‘Look at how she’s looking at him! They’re dating!!
‘Guys they’re just friends! They’ve been friends since American Hustle life’
‘Then why would he give her flowers?’
‘BREH Yellow roses mean friendship! They’re great friends!
‘I still ship them! I don’t care!’
‘FRIENDSHIP GOALS’
‘As long as she isn’t dating any of the BTS members, I’m happy. I would rather see her with Kevin instead’
‘Don’t start these dating rumors, no one is dating!’
“Y’all about to get dating rumors because of this, FYI.” Diana shakes her head, amused at the sight.
“As if I’d date this nerd.” Jennie jokes.
“Yeah, sorry, smartie addicts aren’t my type.” He plays along
“Boy!” She smacks him as he laughs.
“Oh, there’s smarties in the flowers, too.”
“For real?” She looks deep into the flowers and sees them. “Come through! Thank you, this is so nice of you. I ran out of smarties on the plane.”
“I’m not surprised. I won’t keep you long, your fans are eager to see you. I gotta go to where my plane is boarding so I can get my window seat. I’ll see you in Chicago. Tell the guys I said what’s up.” He flashes her another smile and leaves.
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