A simple “I’m sorry.” isn’t going to be enough to fix it. I know. So, I decided that I want to write some reasons why I cherish you with each note you receive. I’m not good at this. I’m not good with words. This may even be a little cheesy but stay with me until the end.

Reasons why I cherish you:
You were patient with me as I gradually opened up to you when we first met. (It’s kind of hard opening up to new people but with you…you’re very easy to talk to.)
You are always listening… (just know I’m always here to listen to you, too!)
I trust you with everything (I want you to know that you can trust me, too)

---

Jennie’s eyes soften at the note. Despite him saying he’s not good with words, the simplicity of his with this note made her begin to smile brightly.

Taehyung and Hobi observed her developing smile on her face and glance at each other, satisfied with her reaction.

This plan should go well.

“Awwwwww~! Our munchkin is smiling!” Hobi giggles with Tae.

Jennie had almost forgotten that she was sitting with them as her face began to warm up.
“Hush!” She lets out a laugh and goes back to reading the note. It looked like another set of words that needed to be organized.

‘Bsaaltkbel uroct’

“Basketball Court.” She confirms.

“Here’s the address.” Hobi texts her the location.

“Is this where I’m meeting Jungkook?” She asks.

“Maybe~!” Taehyung teases.

“Where is this guy?” She exclaims.

“Gotta find out. It’ll be fun, don’t worry. Oh, and before you leave, we have to take a photo. Smile!” Taehyung places his phone up in the air to capture the three of them.

Taehyung with his boxy smile and Jennie trying to take a sip of Hobi’s bubble tea as he playfully tries to push her away became the perfect goofy picture to post on Twitter.

Tae posts the picture with the caption, ‘Have you tried Bubble Tea, ARMY?’ so Jungkook could check for updates on how his plan was going.

It took Jennie five minutes to walk to the destination. Walking to the court, she sees Yoongi dribbling, practicing shooting hoops.

“Check!” She hears his deep voice and immediately catches the ball he throws at her. “First one to get 10 points wins. If you win, you get the next note. If you lose, well, we’ll just have to go a couple rounds until you finally beat me.” He announces abruptly.

Jennie stood there baffled. “What? Are you kidding me? I’m not even in my gear!”

“I don’t care, Smartie. Let’s go.” He gets in position.

Looks like Yoongi wasn’t going to take no for an answer.

“Fine. You asked for it.” She checks the ball and he throws it back. Beginning to travel while dribbling, she watches his movement.

“Wonder what the kid has in store for you, today. Gotta beat me to find out.” He tries to grab the ball while she dribbled but she spins around and jumps to make a shot. The rapper watches, impressed as the ball makes it through the basket.

A small smirk came across his face. “Looks like you really want that note. Win for the kid. I know he’ll be happy to see you. And I know you’ll be happy to see him, too.”

“Thanks for the motivation.” She manages to defend her side and block his shot.

“You improved, smartie. But I wonder how the kid will react if he found out you kept losing to me and couldn’t beat me to go on to the next destination.” He taunts to rile her up more.

His taunting provoked her as she became more competitive, stealing the ball and jumping up high to shoot. They watch as the ball soared through the air and went through the basket.

Yoongi started to become genuinely astonished at how her skills have progressed. “All right, I let you get that point.”

“I dunno ‘bout that, Suga.” She teases.

As the game went on, the two tirelessly aim to get shot after shot, determined to win. Yoongi had the ball, and turned around, making Jen trip on her feet and fall on her behind. She watches with disappointment as he makes the shot.

“Gosh darn it!” She fusses.

“You’re getting slow on your footwork. Don’t be sloppy.” He helps her up. “You all right?”

“Yeah, I just want to win.”

“You and the kid are the same.” He shakes his head with a low chuckle.

“Where is Jungkook? Do you know?” She asks as she stays on him while he dribbles.

“Now, why in the world would I tell you?”

“Because you love me and I’m one of your great friends?”

“I never said that.” He bluntly responds.

Taken aback, she stands there, deadpanning while he takes advantage and easily gets another shot. “Well, damn Yoongi! That was foul!”

He begins to laugh wholeheartedly. “I hope you know that I was just fuckin’ with you. I just wanted to get another shot. And you fell for it.” He starts dancing around goofily which causes her to laugh out loud.

“Stop! This is supposed to be serious! I want to win!” She playfully pushes him away. She gets a giggle in response as she gets a glimpse of his gummy smile.

“Hey. Of course, I love you, smartie. You’re family,” He shrugs as he sees another smile come across her face. “Now less talking, more winning for me.” He tosses her the ball.

“You wish. Today, you’ll be the one taking the L for a change.”

“I love your persistence.”

As they continued to play, they were tied and were going for the last point. Both with nine points, they just needed to get one more shot. Yoongi felt confident that he can catch her with his strong offensive skills and make an easy shot. Jennie, on the other hand, felt like if she can stay on her defensive skills, she can win this match and catch him off guard.

One thing is for sure, they both need to keep an eye on the ball.

Jennie made sure to never let the ball out of her sight as she hurriedly followed Yoongi who dribbled across the court. The Daegu rapper had tried to confuse her by jumping up to shoot but she noticed that the ball didn’t leave his hands and turns back around.

“Game over.” He finally shoots the ball.

Defeat was evident in her eyes as Miss Bangtan watched the ball fly in the air. But thankfully for her, the ball hits the backboard instead and bounced down into her arms.

“Tough luck!” She calls out, dribbling quickly to the other side of the court.

Yoongi muttered out a curse in surprise and ran after her, trying everything he could to stop her, but it was too late as she jumps as high as she could and shoots the ball with all her strength. The ball went straight into the basket, giving Jennie the W for this basketball game.

Sighing out of relief, she curtsies in front of him while he lets out a laugh. “I believe you have something for me.” She happily requests. Her smile got so big as she watched him accept his defeat.

“Congratulations, smartie. Here.” He takes Jungkook’s note out of his basketball shorts pocket and hands it to her.

“Thank you. Good game, Yoongi.” She bumps fists with him. They both take a seat on the bench to rest up.

Yoongi takes out a bottled water and a small towel for Jen from his gym bag before taking out his own. After wiping the sweat from her face, Jennie takes a big gulp of water, to quench her thirst after the workout she just dealt with.

Yoongi always pushed her to her limit when it came to basketball.

Opening the note, she begins to read

---

All right!! You did it! I had a feeling you’d finally beat Hyung! Must feel good to finally beat him. I know how hard you try when you two play against each other.

More reasons why I cherish you:
You keep me on my feet when it comes to pranking and gaming. (I still need to get you back!)

You always know what’s bothering me even if I say that I’m not burdened. Being the Golden Maknae and lead vocalist can be hard. But you always encourage me.

You accept people at their worse. (You never judge anyone when they’re down)

Your thoughtfulness. (I watched you saving whatever money we receive from Big Hit to help your sisters’ college tutitons. The smile on your face when you kept putting money in the jar made it clear to me that you enjoy doing things like that. You have a good heart.)

---

His words made her smile again. He really must’ve been watching her. She thought she kept herself hidden as she saved money for her sisters.

She noticed two words that needed to be unscrambled.

Kbie raitl

“Bike Trail.” She confirms.

“Here’s the address.” Yoongi hands her another piece of paper.

“Let me guess, Taehyung is there?”

“You would think.” Yoongi murmurs with a small smirk. “Let’s take a picture.” He takes out his phone. The two happily smile for the camera while Yoongi tweets with the caption,
‘Wow. She FINALLY beat me one on one in basketball. Brings back Rookie King vibes. Good game, smartie. #SUGA’

“Thanks, Yoongi.” She kisses his cheek and stands up.

“Yeah, yeah.” He struggles to stop smiling at her affection.

---

Heading over to the bike trail, passing pedestrians who were jogging and riding their bikes, she sees Namjoon waiting for her, with two bikes against the railing he was leaning against.
Her eyes light up as she approaches him with a big smile. “Oh wow, I thought it’d be Tae.”

“Nah, he really wanted bubble tea,” Namjoon responds with a chuckle and embraces her.

“I’m happy to see you, Namjoon. So, what’s the task?” She pulls away.

“No task. I just want you to free your mind and unwind. Let’s just ride some bikes together. It’s a nice day.” He suggests.

“Really? I like that. Okay.”

“We are so busy that we never take time to notice the scenery in front of us. How beautiful the day is. So, let’s enjoy the day and clear our minds from the idol life.”

“I love that idea.” She takes one of the bikes.

“Wait. Safety first.” He places a helmet over her head and secures it for her. “Is it secure enough?”

“Yep.”

“You sure?”

“Yes.”

“Good.” He smiles and gets on his bike. “Ladies first.” He gestures. Getting on her bike, she rides along the trail while he follows from behind.

As they rode around, following the trail, they felt the warm breeze around them as they admire the landscape. From the clear, blue skies, to the random pedestrians they would pass. It was a nice, humid, summer day.

Namjoon was right. We really don’t take the time to see the beauty around us and how peaceful things can be.

After biking, they sit on a bench to rest, taking off their helmets. “How are those rap lessons with Yoongi?” He asks as they relax and watch the sky.

“They’re getting better and better. I’m really happy with my progress.” Jennie answers confidently.

“Good. Yoongi is truly happy about you getting better at rapping. He speaks highly of you when he’s with me and J-Hope.”

“Aw, really?”

“Don’t tell him I said that. He’ll kill me. You know how he is.”

“I’ll keep it to myself.” She beams. “I still can’t get over your mixtape. You worked so hard on it.”

Namjoon smiles at her praise. It made him feel good that she enjoyed it.

“Do You is my favorite. I listen to the song when I’m working out. It’s on my workout playlist. It gets me so hyped. I’m patiently waiting for the next mixtape you do.” She adds.

“Glad you’re so supportive of me.”

“Of course, this was a big accomplishment for you! I love watching the members branch out and do their own thing while still being together in the group. I hope to see the other members do their own little solo activity soon.”

“Anything that you have in mind? Solo stuff?”

“I would like to but when my vocals get better. That won’t be for a long time though,” She shrugs. “Hey, can you rap for me? A little bit of Do You?”

Namjoon shyly laughs and covers his face. “Really?”

She nods and starts patting her thighs to mimic the beat of Do You, waiting for him to rap a verse. “Haters gon’ hate and players gon’ play!”

“Mufuckas keep mufuckin’ all day!” He raps with her. “Follow my shit, my friend and I’ll pay. Naega neo daesin chim baeteojulge twe. Do you, do you, do you, do you, do the fuck you want, do you, do you, do you, do you.”

The two share a laugh as she leans her head against his shoulder.

“Here.” He takes Jungkook’s next note out his pocket and hands it to her as she pulls away from his shoulder.

Taking the note, she looks at the folded paper before turning back to her leader. “Hey, Joon?”

“Yes?”

“Thank you. You are always so kind and make me feel at peace.”

“Always.”

Opening the note, another smile came across her face as she read what Jungkook had written.

---

Reasons why I cherish you:

You tolerate my memes and actually send me memes back

Seeing you happy on succeeding in the smallest things makes me happy

I didn’t want to say anything but, remember you talking to that Shin guy, who disrespected you? I saw everything and had a talk with him, too.

“You did?” She murmurs in surprise as she kept reading. She was curious about what he said to Shin since she thought she handled the situation quite well.

I still hope to this day that he isn’t bothering you and I hope you know that I’ll always protect you. All of Bangtan.

---

‘YMG’ was the scrambled word

“Gym.” She confirms.

Namjoon stands up and stretches. “Let’s go together. I’ll take you there. I want to get a front row seat for this.”

“Whatchu mean?”

“You’ll see.”

Namjoon’s big smile was all that she needed to see, to figure out that something big was going to happen.

---

Soon as NamJen head over to the gym, they noticed that no one else was in there. It seemed like someone rented the place for a little while so they wouldn’t be disturbed. As they kept walking, they see a wrestling ring, while Jin, Jimin, Hobi, Taehyung and Yoongi were talking among themselves, sitting on chairs near the ring.

“Wait, why are all of you here?” Jennie’s question made the members turn to her.

“Finally!” Jimin rejoiced, clapping his hands together. He looked pleased the finally see her.

“We’ve been waiting for you!” Jin adds.

“I wanted a front row seat for this. There was no way I wanted to miss this.” Yoongi remarks.

“And I’m recording!” Hobi grins, gesturing to the video camera in his hands. “Bangtan Bomb~!”

“So…what do I have to do?” She crosses her arms.

“You, missy, are going to be wrestling today,” Namjoon reveals while Yoongi hands him a referee shirt. “And I’m going to be the ref.”

Jennie raises her eyebrows in surprise. “E-excuse me? Wrestling? This ain’t WWE!”

“It will be today!” Jimin giggles.

“Pretend that you’re Goldberg!” Taehyung calls out.

“Nah. I’d rather be Jazz. She was badass in the WWE Ring and wasn’t called the baddest bitch for nothing.” She shrugs. “So…who am I going up against?”

“Gotta find out. Go change!” Jimin hands her a gym bag and gestures her to change in the locker room. It looked like Diana had gathered some gym clothes for her to wrestle in.

After choosing her entrance theme, which was Sasha Banks’ Sky’s the Limit, to play along with this randomness occurring, she walks out through the curtain they put up by the door. Strutting out with swagger and sunglasses on her eyes, she decided to portray Sasha Banks, performing her trademark taunt as the members continue their loud cheers.

“This match is set for one fall! And it is for Jungkook’s next note and the K-Pop Championship!” Taehyung announces, holding a WWE Championship that was brought from a local Toys R US. “Introducing first! From America, she is our beloved, extraordinary Miss Bangtan, Jennie!”

Jennie outstretches her arms and spins around, nodding confidently. “Yes, yes, I know. I’m the shit and I’m a boss.” She asserts and places the sunglasses on top of her head. She struts down to the ring, flipping her hair.

“WOOOOO!” Yoongi cheers, clapping loudly, jumping up and down.

“Ahhhhhhh~, that’s my munchkin!” Hobi shouts. “I raised her!”

“WE raised her!” Yoongi shouts back.

“Ennie! Ennie! Ennie!” Jimin and Taehyung chant.

They were so hyped up, it caused her to laugh as she got inside the ring. This was completely random but it was nice to do something goofy for a change. This was kind of fun.
Getting on top of the middle ropes, she outstretches her arms before patting her chest. “Next K-Pop champion, right here! The boss!”

Jumping off the ropes, she stands in a corner, patiently waiting to see who she would be wrestling.

“And introducing her opponent...!” Taehyung announces.

Shawn Michaels’ theme song came on the portable speaker, which caused Jen’s interest to intensify instantly as she listened to the familiar lyrics.

I think I’m cute
I know I’m sexy
I’ve got the looks that drive the girls wild
I’ve got the moves that really move ‘em

Soon as she saw who walked out the curtain, she drops her jaw while the members immediately started booing. Namjoon, standing in the middle of the ring, covers his face and shakes his head, feeling second-hand embarrassment while everyone observes Jin strutting out, blowing kisses in a feather boa with a T-shirt and shorts on.

“Oh, my God…no he didn’t.” She covers her mouth.

Jin???
What the hell is going on???

“From South Korea, built with handsome shoulders and a handsome face, handsome Jin!” Taehyung announces in giggles while the members continue to boo him.

“You can boo me all you want but I’m still flawless and handsome! No one can compare!” Jin blows a kiss right in front of the members before heading inside the ring and taking off the boa. After his entrance theme song fades out, he faces off with Jennie in the middle of the ring.

“Sweetie, you are wrestling me, today! Gotta beat me to win the next note and the title.” He smiles.

Was this an early birthday gift?

“Oh my gosh, I get to beat up Jin!?” Jennie’s eyes widen with glee, turning to Namjoon who nods in response. “Are you serious?! This is great! Let’s do this!”

In the background, she could hear the members cackle hysterically from her reaction. Clearly, Jin was startled that she was so excited to fight him.

“H-hey!” Jin’s ears began to get red. “This isn’t supposed to be something you’re proud of! I raised you! I watched you bloom into a beautiful young woman and all you can say is how happy you are to beat me up!?”

“I mean…” She grins sheepishly and shrugs. “I always wanted to.”

“I see how it is. Well, listen up missy!” He pokes her chest.

“Oooooohhhhhhhhhh!” The members look on at the sudden gesture.

This was not going to end well.

“That is no way to treat the oldest member!” Jin goes on. “But you are no match for Handsome Jin! I’m bigger than you and stronger than you! I will teach you some respect little girl! Do you know who I am!?”

“I’m sorry, what?” She brings her attention back to him which made him fume even more since she wasn’t listening to any of what he was saying.

“She just ignored me!” He sputters. “How dare you!?”

“How dare you!?” Miss Bangtan mocks in a high voice.

“Don’t mock me!”

“Don’t mock me!” She mocks again.

“All right, all right. Enough. I want a clean fight. Either win by pinfall or submission.” Namjoon announces. “Ring the bell!”

DING DING DING

Jennie and Jin circle around each other in the ring.

“Well, well, well, short little Miss Bangtan,” Jin quips, taunting her with their height difference. “How’s the weather down there? Don’t you wish you can be as flawless as me?” He laughs.

Looks like Jin was playing the “Heel” aka the bad guy for this match and she was the “Face” aka the good guy. To add on to the bad guy persona, Jin continues to trash talk while she rolls her eyes and puts a hand in front of his face.

“Excuse me! I am talking to you! You dare place your hand in front of this handsome face!?” He pushes her hand away and gives her a light shove, making her take a few steps back.

“Hey!” Taehyung stands up and calls him out. “How dare you touch Jennie like that? Don’t push her!”

“Yeah!” Hobi yells as he continues to film. “Meanie!”

“Hush!” Jin turns his attention to the crowd, yelling at them for their commentary.

Soon as he turns around, she runs and jumps right on top of him, making him stumble backward. The assault knocked him over his back while she repeatedly gives him strikes to the face.

“Ahhhhhh! Watch the face! Watch the face! Get her off!” He yells over the members’ cheering, desperately covering his face.

“All right, get off before you get disqualified,” Namjoon warns as she finally gets off him.

“What was that for!?” Jin exclaims, backing up to seat by the corner

“Sorry.” She grins sheepishly. “We’re still friends after this, right?”

“Depends on how hard you hit me!” He stands back on his feet but was assaulted again when she attacks him with a backhand chop to the chest. Yelling out in pain, he rubs his chest, staring at her, baffled.

Provoked, he decides to give her a backhand chop to the chest in return, causing her to yell, “Ow!”

“You hurt me, too-ahhh!” He yelps when she slams him back down to his back.
Jin groans. “Why did I agree to this?” He rolls out the ring, resuming his bad guy image. “I need a minute!”

“Oh, come on!” Jennie complains.

“Boo! Get back in the ring!” Yoongi remarks with annoyance. “You suck! You suck! You suck!”
“I said I need a minute! I’m going to win anyway-ahhh!” Jin yells when Jennie grabs a hold of his hair, pulling him back so he can crawl back in the ring. He tries to beg for mercy after she releases him but then catches her by grabbing her leg to make her fall down.

Getting behind her, the oldest member wraps his arm around her neck, placing her in a headlock submission while the members chant for her to not tap out.

“Do you submit?!” Namjoon asks, watching closely.

“No!” She yells as she places her hands on the arm that was tightly squeezing her neck.

She couldn’t give up right here, there was someone special to her, waiting for her and she can’t let him down. She was eager to see him and refused to let Jin stand in her way.

The members start clapping to motivate her. Looks like the guys watched a few wrestling matches to understand how the crowd reacts as she slowly got to her feet with Jin. She drops down on her rear, making her head hit his jaw as he releases the hold and stumbles back.

Getting back on her feet, she tries to kick him in the stomach but he catches it and shoves her back, causing her to fall on her rear, again. The oldest member starts laughing at her and turns to the members who were booing him.

“You are looking at your new champion!” He gloats, blowing kisses.

When he turns around, his eyes widen when he sees Jennie diving off the top rope, landing right on top of him as he falls on his back. Adding insult to injury, she gets back on the top rope and drops an elbow on his chest before pinning him.

Namjoon goes down for the pin. “One! Two! Kick out at two!”

“AHHHHHHHHHH~! Why did I agree to this!?” Jin screams over the guys’ laughter when he’s placed in an armbar. She had a tight grip and he was not going anywhere as they laid in the middle of the ring.

“Tap! Tap!” Jennie yells, using all her strength in the submission.

“Break his arm!” Yoongi yells.

“We have a concert and a comeback soon! We need his arm!” Namjoon exclaims.

Poor Jin was dying. If only he didn’t lose that rock, paper, scissors, shoot game against the members, he wouldn’t be wrestling her, today. He thought this would be easy. But she really wanted that next note.

“Call the match! Call the match!” Jin yells when he finally taps out. “Call it! Call it!”

“Is he tapping?” Namjoon pretends not to notice.

“NAMJOON~!” Jin starts kicking his legs, frequently tapping out. “CALL THE MATCH!”

Namjoon laughs and gestures Jennie to release him. “All right, that’s enough. He tapped out. Winner!” He raises Jennie’s arm up in the air.

“Here is your winner! And the new K-Pop Champion! Jennie!” Taehyung announces as the members cheer happily and jump up and down, hugging each other in celebration. Namjoon hands her the title and she raises it up in the air, in victory.

“Ayeeeee! That is what I’m talking about! You knew how this was gonna go! The Boss always wins!” She celebrates. The members run into the ring and Taehyung picks her up to sit on his shoulders while she raises the title up in the air.

“Handsome Jin! How do you feel about being defeated by Miss Bangtan?” Hobi asks behind his camera.

“Okay, I could have beaten her. I just went easy on her. She had luck on her side.” Jin tries to explain, getting back to his feet.

“Um, if I remember correctly, you don’t need luck when you’re the boss. So, no. You just couldn’t handle The Boss.” Jen quips

“Jungkook owes me paid meals for a year after this.” He takes out the note from his pocket and hands it to her. “Good job, sweetie.”

“Hahah, hope I didn’t hurt you, too much.” She gets set down by Taehyung.

“Let’s…not…talk about that.” He rubs his poor arm.

“And I got it all on film!” Hobi gleefully chimes in.

“You love seeing me like this, don’t you?” Jin tries to hit Hobi, who screams in fear.
Before she reads the note, the members gesture for her to take a couple photos to post on Twitter. First, she poses alone with the title, then she poses over an overexaggerated defeated Jin who laid on the wrestling mat and then a group selfie with all the members.

After taking a shower in the women’s locker room and changing into a grey sports bra, snug white hoodie, dark blue jeans and grey Nikes, she opens up Jungkook’s note while sitting on the locker room bench.

---

Looks like you had fun beating up Hyung. Can’t wait to watch it on film.

Reasons why I cherish you:
You come before all the girls I know in my life. (Well, except my mom, kekeke)

That made her chuckle softly. “And you come before all the guys except my dad.” She murmurs.

You look at me for who I am. Not as an idol. But as a human being. As Jeon Jungkook offstage and you make me want to become a better person.

Go right outside the gym. There’s a red envelope on the bench. It’ll have the rest of what I wrote.

---

After the members offered to bring her new title and bag of clothes back to the hotel, she makes her way outside of the gym to see the red envelope that Jimin had placed a few moments ago. She takes a seat and opens it, exhaling sharply as she takes out the friendship ring.

She examines the black ring and began to space out.

---

She remembered the time they were in class together in SOPA. He noticed that she was wearing the black friendship ring on her right index finger.

“You’re...you’re wearing it.” He whispers happily to himself.

“Huh?” Looking at what he was staring at, realization hits her. “Oh, the ring! Yeah, of course. I wear it every day, actually...ever since you told me you cherished me and our friendship, it got me thinking. I couldn’t help but wear it every day. I guess...it’s because I’m really lucky to have a friend like you in my life.” She blurts out. Widening her eyes, she covers her mouth.

“Sorry, sorry, too much? I can take it off if you want.” She takes her hand back and was about to take it off her right index finger but his warm hands stop her.

“No. Don’t.” He says softly, pushing the ring back on her finger. “ It-it makes me...very happy to see you wearing it. I wear my ring every day, too. Let’s continue wearing our rings every day.” He shows her his ring on his right index finger.

---

Snapping back to reality, her eyes began to sting and her chest tightened.
Come to think of it, Jungkook still wore his friendship ring despite the fight. She never saw him without it these past few days. It was still on his finger.

Her heart pounded as she braced herself for what he had written next.

‘You said give it to someone else but I can’t because this ring was specifically made for you and you are the only Golden Girl I see wearing this…not Hayoon or Eunha. Nothing can ever replace you and there’s no one that can make me as happy as you. I made a promise to cherish you. Let me keep it. You are so precious to me, I’m scared to lose you. I’m pretty darn proud to announce you as my Golden Best Friend. And I hope you are too…I can write more but there are too many reasons why I cherish you. This is my last note. I think you know where I’m waiting for you…I hope you come. If you don’t and if you’re still mad at me…I understand.’

On the bottom of the note, he wrote turn over, and once she turns it over, she recognized that he drew cute comics from him and her together.

The first comic had her approaching him in his room, asking him about iron man. When their friendship kicked off.

The second was when he had given her the friendship ring.
The third was singing War of Hormone together.
The fourth was the scene of them eating lamb skewers after school and the last one was them holding hands with the caption Golden Duo.

It all began to be too much for her as the tears started to fall. She couldn’t handle this anymore and wanted to see him immediately. How could she not come see him after all of this?

She missed him.

She quickly wipes them with her thumb, not trying to make a scene in public.
‘I think you know where I’m waiting for you.’ She rereads.

“Yeah.” She sniffs. “I know exactly where you are, you big bunny.” She stands up and places the ring back on her right index finger

---

Seated on a big towel, with his knees to his chest and arms crossed on top of his knees, the Golden Maknae watches the sky. It was almost time for the sun to be set as the salty ocean air filled his nose.

He enjoyed checking the Twitter updates, smiling to himself as the warm breeze relaxed him. He giggled once he saw the wrestling pictures.

She looked so happy.

But he was still nervous.
Was she still mad at him?
Maybe his note was too vague and she doesn’t know where he is?

He glances at the strawberry pocky box on the towel, next to him and exhales as he softly sings Nothing Like Us.

“Lately I’ve been thinking, thinking about what we had. I know it’s hard, it was all that we knew, yeah. Have you been drinking to take all the pain away? I wish that I could give you what you deserve. Cause nothing can ever, ever replace you. Nothing can make me feel like you do. Yeah, you know there’s no one, I can relate to. I know we won’t find a love that’s so true. There’s nothing like us, there’s nothing like you and me. Together through the storm.”

Abruptly, he feels a back lean up against him as he stops singing. He lifts up his head once he hears a delicate voice behind him,

“There’s nothing like us, there’s nothing like you and me. Together.”

He begins to smile softly, feeling his anxiousness go away. “I’m glad you’re here.”

“Me too.” Jennie answers. “I guess I just really missed you.”

“Feeling is mutual."

“Glad to hear.”

“I’ve been asking myself how I got so lucky to have a friend like you.”

“The feeling is mutual, Jungkook.”

“I’m glad to hear that, too. When I…think about you crying and hurting, it hurts me…a lot. And I can’t undo what I said to you.”

She shakes her head. “It’s…it’s fine-“

“No. No, it’s not Jennie.” He turns around and sits behind her, wrapping his arms around her in a back hug. He begins tearing up and his voice gets shaky. “These past few days just haven’t been the same. I’m not happy because you’re not happy. All those things I said…that’s not cherishing. Forgive me. I know I hurt you-“

“Well, I hurt you, too.” She turns to sit in front of him. “I hurt you, too. I’m wrong for what I said, too. Not everything is your fault. You didn’t deserve all those things I said, either. I wish I could’ve handled the situation better, spoken to you in a calmer manner. I could’ve used my words differently, and calmly heard your point of view but, my emotions just got the best of me. It was petty.”

“I miss you.” She says softly. “A lot. I miss talking with you, hanging out with you, I miss how things used to be before we fought. It was selfish of me to say that hanging out with you isn’t a big deal. You’re a huge deal to me, Jungkook. Always. I’m sorry, too. When I’m in a rut, you’re there. No matter what, you always take time out of your day to help me with anything. Even if it’s something simple. Lamb skewers are very delicious, and I want to get some more with you after school when we go back. Just…thank you. For everything. What you did today, really boosted my mood and made me realize even more at how lucky I am to have you in my life. All of Bangtan. You, seven guys, are a piece of work but you’re my family and welcomed me into your lives.”

He smiles as they sit beside each other, turning back to look at the ocean. Grabbing the box of pocky, he hands it to her with the package already opened. “I can’t eat these without you.”

She happily takes a stick and leans her head against his shoulder. “Let’s work on making sure this doesn’t happen again.”

“Right. Let’s make sure whenever we have a disagreement, it won’t be as bad as this one.”
Leaning forward she presses her lips against his cheek as Jungkook felt his face warm up. “This was really sweet. And here.” she takes out a banana milk bottle and hands it to him. “I know how much you like banana milk…so I picked up a bottle before I came here.”

He happily takes it and helps himself to the drink. “I was actually craving one of these.”

“Golden Best Friends know best.” She nudges him as they share a laugh, eating pocky and watching the ocean. After a few moments, she speaks, “Today has been a long ass day. You had me all over the place. But it was worth it.”

“What was your favorite part?”

“Come on, a chance to wrestle Jin in the ring? We need to do that, again. That was so fun.”

“How’d you defeat him?”

“Ronda Rousey Armbar.”

Jungkook laughs loudly. “I cannot wait for hyung to show the film. We should watch it on the big screen when we’re back home.”

“Good idea. So you really meant all those things you said in those notes?”

“That and more.”

“What’s the other reasons?”

“I’ll tell you when I’m ready.”

“Well, don’t keep a girl waiting, too long.”

“I won’t. I promise. I just need some time to get all my thoughts together.”

“Come on.” She stands up. “The sun is setting soon and I want to take some photos.” She runs down near the ocean.

Jungkook laughs as he starts filming her jumping and running around. His laugh made it to the video and once he posted it, ARMY began to ask questions.

‘I was wondering where Jungkook was! That was him, right?’
‘Omg was that Jungkook in the background? They’re talking again!?’
‘That was definitely Jungkook!’
‘Finally! No more fighting.’

When Jennie takes out her phone and starts filming the ocean, suddenly Jungkook runs in front of the camera and she turns to film him goofily running away like Naruto.

“ARMY, what are we going to do with him?” She asks on camera

After posting the video, she approaches him. “Gosh, Kookie, you’re a mess.” She speaks up but then realizes what she said. “Ah, I forgot you don’t want me to call you that.”

His ears perk up from the nickname. He missed her calling him that.

“You can call me Kookie but on one condition.” He requests.

“What?”

He grins playfully and raises his eyebrows. “You admit that Iron Man is better than Captain America.”

“Oh, there is no way in hell.” She walks past him as he starts to laugh.

“I guess you won’t be calling me Kookie anymore, then.” He shrugs.

Turning around she exclaims, “Jungkook, you know Steve Rogers is way better than your little Tony STANK.”

“Hey! You take that back!”

“Tony Stank Ass!”

He narrows his eyes. ”It’s STARK! Tony’s suit is the best, too! Not that stupid CAPSICLE!”

“HEY! You wish! Steve Rogers is the best. And he’s not stupid!”

“Guess no more Kookie for you.” He shrugs stubbornly.

“Fine! Iron man…is…better than Captain America. Happy?” She grumbles, crossing her arms.

“I got that on film, too.” He giggles.

“Hey!” She tries to grab his phone while he holds it to his chest, leaning forward. “Give it! Delete that!” Jumping on his back, she tries to snatch it away but to no avail.

“No way! This is staying forever! Let go or I’ll post it on Twitter.”

Jen immediately jumps off. He wasn’t bluffing either. “I swear, one of these days...”

“One of these days what?” He teases.

“I might just kick your ass, that’s what.”

“I doubt that, babygirl.” He covers his mouth.

“Ah!” She calls him out, pointing at him. “I didn’t give you permission to call me that, yet.”

“Fine. What do you want?”

“Hm…” She pretends to think.

“What? You want a video of me saying Captain America is better than Iron Man?”

“Nah, I have something better. I want you to agree to wear something for me.”

“I agree. Now, what is it?”

“Yes, you’ll fit it quite nicely. There’s a local costume shop around here. Let’s go there. I’ve been wanting you to wear this certain costume for a while.”

“Pssh, all I need to do is wear a costume? Fine. Let’s go.”

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Walking around the streets of LA, Jennie periodically looks at her phone on the map app to make sure they were going the right way. “All right. It’s down this street. Follow me.” She mentions as they cross the street.

Once they walk in the huge costume shop, Jungkook wanders around to check out the various costumes. “Do they have any Iron Man costumes?” He looks around which caused Jennie to snort. While she went to look for the section of the specific costume, Jungkook continued to browse around, thinking of Halloween costume ideas.

Noticing Jungkook wasn’t with her after a while, Jen decided to go find him and sees him looking awkward in front of two females in their late teens. One with brunette and another with raven hair. They immediately took a liking to Jungkook’s good looks and decided to boldly approach him. The two looked like tourists who had no idea who BTS were. Just browsing around, having fun for the summer.

He looked uncomfortable with the girls. And the language barrier didn’t help.

Jennie’s jaw clenches as she watched them. The raven-haired girl placed a hand on his shoulder, getting a feel of his muscles and the brunette had a flirty smile on her face, trying to subtly show how big her chest is.

They were trying too hard and it was cringeworthy.

It lowkey started to piss Jennie off.
No.
It high key started to piss Jennie off.

And that fake ass giggle coming from the brunette made her even more irked.

“Ugh, really?” She rolls her eyes.

The way they were up in his personal space as he shyly averted his eyes with a forced smile and tried to respond in any type of English he could, made Jen exhale sharply through her nose. The two females were too forward.

But two can play at that game.
Time to act petty.

“So, you around here?” The raven-haired girl leans in close.

“I think he’s a little shy.” The brunette mentions.

“That’s so cute. Has anyone ever told you that you have such a cute smile?”

‘Keep it classy, Jennie. Don’t be rowdy. Don’t make a scene. You’re representing BTS. Keep it as classy as possible.’ She thought to herself as she walked up to them, standing behind Jungkook.

Clearing her throat, she grabs Jungkook by the arm, forcefully pulling him away from the raven-haired girl, to make him stand next to her instead. “Babe! There you are! I was looking for you!” She wraps her arms around his arm and turns to the girls with a smile, “I see you met my boyfriend.”

Jungkook snaps his head to her in shock, looking Jungshooked.

Boyfriend?
Babe?

The girls, on the other hand, looked displeased. One because Jennie had interfered in their mission to target Jungkook and two because he was apparently taken.

“Boyfriend?” The raven-haired girl asks with disappointment.

“Yes, ma’am. Long distance relationships are tough but we’re doing just fine. He’s visiting for a while.” Jen glances at them up and down with an intense stare which caused the brunette to take a step back.

This was really petty of Jennie but she couldn’t help it. She lowkey enjoyed it.

The raven-haired girl sighs and turns to her friend, murmuring, “It’s always the ugly girls that get the hottest guys. I just don’t get it.”

“I’m sorry, what was that?” Jen raises a brow. “You want to say it to my face instead of mumbling under your breath?”

“She said ugly girls like you always get the hottest guys,” The brunette speaks up. “Look at him and look at you. There is just no way. You’re not even good enough for him. How much did you pay him?”

Jennie shakes her head at her statement, releasing Jungkook. It was sad people were like this in the world. “You know, it’s a shame to see beautiful women like you have such bitter, ugly personalities. Ever think that everything isn’t about looks? That people look deep in the personality department? You say I’m not good enough but he thinks I am. And I know I am.”

She stares them down, standing in front of Jungkook as he continued to look at them back and forth, trying to understand what they were saying in English. “We’re happy. I’m not leaving, he’s not leaving. I am his and he is mine. So, do me a favor and back off my man.” She demands calmly.

Both females were shocked at her explanation and clearly chose the wrong guy to flirt with today. Their faces got red with embarrassment and they couldn’t even say anything back.

“I’m sorry that you clearly don’t have someone that loves you like my boyfriend but don’t take it out on me.” Miss Bangtan frowns. “I’ll be praying for you. I hope that your life gets better and you find happiness within yourselves and then find yourselves a good man. But this man right here is taken and we’re both very lucky to have each other. So please, respect our relationship and back off.”

Jungkook only got bits and pieces of what Jennie was saying in her foreign language, but he got a clear idea of what she meant by the word “boyfriend.”

Both females quickly apologize with their egos hurt and left the store to think about their lives after Jen’s statement.

Jennie huffs and rolls her eyes while walking deep into the costume shop and Jungkook follows her. She was still feeling some type of way watching them all up on him like that.

“I hate people.” She grumbles.

Jungkook on the other hand, couldn’t help but smile at the fact that she called him her boyfriend and her man. It sounded so genuine even if she was trying to get him out of that uncomfortable situation.

He kept staring at her. It felt nice to see her like this. So defensive and protective.

‘Is she jealous?’ He ponders.

It sounded too good to be true since he is always the one to get jealous of guys so close to her.

“What?” She snaps with annoyance when she catches him staring.

“You okay?” He asks calmly.

“Yep.” She answers briskly.

“You sure?”

“Yep.”

“Are you mad?”

“Just a little irritation.” She grumbles.

She shouldn’t be surprised. Jungkook is a handsome guy. Heck, all those posts she sees on Tumblr of fangirls swooning over how hot he is, she had to admit that they weren’t lying. She shouldn’t be thinking of her best friend in that type of way but as they’re getting older, she’s starting to realize just how handsome he is and it was a little overwhelming because they’ve been friends for so long.

But what stood out to her most wasn’t his looks. It was how sweet he could be. His angelic vocals, his respectfulness. Even his adorable smile. She really enjoyed seeing him laugh and his funny faces are one of many icings on the cake.

Seeing all these females swooning over him, it was bound to happen.

She should be happy he’s getting the attention from the females but…for some unknown reason she felt a sense of jealousy. But she had no idea where it was coming from and she couldn’t control how she was feeling a few moments ago.

She noticed that some other girls around the store were occasionally glancing at him, checking him out, too. But clearly, they’re looking at him like a piece of meat. But he was worth more than just someone to fool around with.

Next, she began to wonder how she’d feel if he started dating someone. Maybe a female idol or something.

Would she be sad? Happy?

The main concerns she had were, would they spend less time together because his girlfriend is his top priority? Will there be no more movie nights and game nights because he wants to go on dates with his girlfriend and spend the night with her instead? Will there be no more sleeping on beds together when going in each others’ rooms?

She didn’t want to think about that.

“Lots of females staring at you.” She unintentionally mentions in a blunt tone as she walks around to search for the costume, she had in mind. That came out blunter than she anticipated. She didn’t mean to say it like that.

Jungkook didn’t pay the females any mind and kept his eyes on Jennie as he followed her. “Oh really? Didn’t notice.”

“Really?” She turns around and lightly punches him on his hard chest. “Jungkook, almost every female in this store is staring at you. You don’t see that? Mister International Playboy?” She turns back around to browse.

“I guess because I’m just looking at you.” He murmurs, looking at her back. Jennie heard he said and turned around. “And besides, those girls make it too easy. I like the chase and I know the chase will be worth it in the end with the girl I want.”

“Well, whoever that girl will be, I hope she’s prepared for you and your nonsense.” She lets out a chuckle.

“I’m pretty sure she is.” He grins.

“Ah ha! Here it is.” Jen’s mood boosts when she finds the costume. She takes it off the shelf and reveals it to be Captain America’s costume from The Winter Soldier movie. “This bad boy.” She shows it off with a smirk.

Jungkook widens his eyes. “No. Absolutely no way, I could never betray Iron Man like this. Just let me say that Steve Rogers is better.”

“Oh. I guess I’ll just let the others call me baby girl then. Maybe Jimin and Tae will like to call me that.” She teases.

“I-I’ll delete the video so we’re even.”

“Nope.”

“Please!” He pleads.

“Nah.”

Jungkook groans and snatches the costume. He looks at it and exhales. “…only for you.”

“Yay! Try it on. There’s a dressing room in here.”

After waiting five minutes, Jennie starts laughing as she records him walking out with a playfully annoyed look.

“Oh yes, this is very nice, ahahaha!” She giggles. “Give ARMY a full look of the costume. Turn around, show it off.”

“I am going to kill you,” Jungkook grumbles. “You’re not getting away with this.”

“Ahahaha, I think I already did!”

After buying the costume, she made him wear it while they make their way back to the hotel. Taking out her phone, she tries not to laugh while she secretly films him. When he looks down at her phone he tries to take it from her as she breaks out in laughter.

‘Captain Jungkook reporting for duty!’ She posts on Twitter as her post get various comments from ARMY on how funny JenKook were together and caused shippers to ship them more for how cute their friendship is.

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Back at the hotel, Jennie goes on her Instagram and checks out the recent comments. Some asked if she’s okay and glad that she and Jungkook are talking again. She decided to respond with a quick selfie of her relaxing on her hotel bed with the caption,

‘Idol life is exhausting. So please remember that we are not machines and that we have feelings too. I try my best to eat when I can. I’m doing just fine, don’t worry. Your Bangtan Girl is A-OK. I’m happy and content.’ Which please many fans around the world.

Grabbing the Toys R Us bag filled with nerf guns, she makes her way to Jungkook’s room and he quickly lets her in, still in the Captain America costume.

“Okay, I have an idea.” She grins mischievously.

“I like that look. What’s that?” He points to the bag.

“Before I went to see you, I went out to buy nerf guns.” She shows them off as his eyes sparkle in delight. “Remember the guys took photos of us sleeping on the plane? Wanna get them back?”

Jungkook smirks softly. “Definitely.”
“Let’s do this.”

Putting a hand nerf gun in her pocket, she holds a big one while Jungkook places two handguns in his pockets and holds a big one. “Who is our first target?” He asks while putting in the ammo in the gun.

“Let’s start with Tae.”

“Fine by me.”

“One more thing.” She takes out Captain America’s Shield from the bag.

“Are you kidding me?” He deadpans, glancing at the shield and then back at her.

“Come on. You gotta look the part.” She places it on his back as he sighs.

“One of these days, I’m going to make you wear one of those Iron Man costumes.”

“Ha! That’ll be the day. Come on. We got a mission.”

Walking out the room, they head over to the room Taehyung shared with Namjoon. Knocking on the door, JenKook press their backs against the wall, out of sight, waiting for the door to open. Once Namjoon opens up the door, he looks to the left and doesn’t see anyone.

“Charge!” Jennie shouts and runs into the room with Jungkook, firing away, causing their leader to fall on the floor. “Take care of Tae, I got him!” She jumps on top of Namjoon, to keep him from escaping

“What the hell!? What is going on!? Get off!” He starts laughing.

If it was a war they wanted, then they would get one. Because ever since that wrestling match at the gym, he’s been in a playful mood. Namjoon tries to steal Jen’s gun as she tries to pull it away from him.

Meanwhile, with Jungkook, he runs in the bathroom to see Taehyung in a towel. The Golden Maknae attacks him with the nerf darts, causing Tae to try to run away from the assault but ends up stumbling back into the shower. Taehyung’s laughter was heard loudly as Jungkook runs out the bathroom and grabs Jennie to escape the room.

Namjoon gets back on his feet to see Tae quickly changing so he can get in all the action. “Prepare yourself, Taehyung. They’re going to get it. That was a preemptive strike. But it will not happen again on my watch.”

Back with JenKook, they dash to Jin and Hobi’s room, stifling their laughter. Knocking on the door, Hobi answers it and starts screaming when Jennie starts shooting him.

“AHHHHH!” He runs back into the room with her running after him, jumping right on top of him

“Ahhhh! What is going on!?” Jin hides under the bed to try to avoid being shot at.

“Nerf war!” Jungkook announces, dragging him out the bed. Loud screams and shooting sounds were heard around the room. After the assault, the troublemakers run out the room to go after Suga and Jimin last.

“This may be a little hard because Yoongi may retaliate,” Jen warns.

“I’m sure we’ll be fine.” He reassures and knocks on the door. Jimin answers it and was delighted to see JenKook together. Looks like the plan worked.

“Hey, guys-ahh!” He yelps when he’s shot, running away to try to find some cover. “What is this?!” He laughs in confusion.

Jennie turns to the bed to see Yoongi napping, unaware of what was happening. “Time to prepare my funeral.” She murmurs and begins shooting at him. He quickly wakes up, bothered and then gets hit on the forehead with one of the nerf darts.

“Son of a b-“ He dashes off the bed.

“Oh shit!” Jennie quickly opens the door and dashes away with Jungkook with an angry Yoongi running after them.

“Get the fuck back here!” Yoongi yells while Jimin runs after him. The Daegu rapper was running faster than usual and it made Jennie start to panic.

“Fall back! Fall back!” Jungkook yells.

Jen trips and falls, rolling over the floor a couple times before quickly getting back on her feet. “Keep running! Keep running, I’m fine! I’m fine!” She shouts before Jungkook could stop and ask.

“Hyung! Wait! I have a plan!” Jimin manages to calm Yoongi down. “Come back to the room, I got something to get them back. Don’t worry. Let’s gather the other members. They may have nerf guns but I bought some too because Sejin had told me about Jen’s little trip to the toy store to get us back.”

Five minutes later, with JenKook, they hide out on the floor, trying to remain alert if any of the members find them.

“You think they’re coming for us?” She asks with anticipation.

“I think so. They’re probably going to be sly about it. Keep on your toes.” He warns as they walk around the hallway, cautiously.

Jennie stops walking and places an arm in front of Jungkook to stop him. “Kook…” She alerts as they see Jimin and Yoongi with huge nerf guns.

“Jungkookie! Ennie! Thanks for that sneak attack. But now we’d like our revenge now, hehehehe.” Jimin waves.

“What’s the plan? We need a plan of attack.” She murmurs to Jungkook.
“I have a plan.” He announces.

“What’s that?”

“Attack.” The Golden Maknae starts shooting at them. He made use of the Captain America Shield, kneeling with Jennie, to block their bullets. The battle was intense as both teams continued the assault. Jungkook moves forward while Jen watches his back.

Jen yelps when she’s grabbed by Taehyung from behind as he tries to yank the gun out her hands. Quickly, she escapes his hold and shoots him right in the chest.

“I’ve been shot!” He dramatically falls to the ground. The Golden Maknae turns around to see the commotion behind him, impressed by Miss Bangtan’s offense.

Turning around, Jennie sees Namjoon aiming to shoot Jungkook from behind. “Kook, duck!” She yells and quickly shoots Namjoon, who dramatically falls down.

“All right, time to go!” Jungkook runs up to her and scoops her up in his arms, bridal style. He starts running, aiming to head to the elevator while Jen wraps her arms around his neck, continuing to shoot at the members who tried to run after them. Jimin goes down when he’s shot but she couldn’t manage to hit Yoongi at all.

Running right to the elevator, Jungkook sets her down and quickly presses the top floor while Jen mashes the close door button. “Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!” She exclaims as the door finally starts closing.

Once it shuts just in time before Yoongi could get inside, they sigh in relief and relax. Jungkook takes off the Captain America helmet and ruffles his hair.

“That was close.” Jungkook huffs as his chest rose and fell at a rapid rate. “You okay?”
“Oh yeah, I’m great.” She responds sarcastically.

“Thanks for saving me out there.”

“Always.”

The elevator stops and they notice that it was not even on the top floor yet as they see Jin and Hobi. The four members widen their eyes and yell in shock. Jin and Hobi quickly try to get inside while JenKook desperately try to push them out the door.

Once they manage to get in, the door closes and continues its route to the top floor. Jennie jumps on Hobi’s back, putting him in a headlock as he screams and tries to get her off. And Jungkook manages to playfully beat down Jin with no mercy.

“I raised you two! This is not how you treat the oldest member!” Jin exclaims as he tries to block Jungkook’s hits.

When the elevator opens again, thanks to Hobi pressing one of the floors, Jin stumbles out the elevator. Jennie, off of Hobi’s back while Jungkook goes after him, gets her leg grabbed by Jin as he tries to pull her out the elevator.

Jennie starts laughing and desperately tries to hold onto the elevator while Jin continues to drag her out. “Kook!” She yells for help

“I got you!” Jungkook grabs her hands and starts to pull her back inside the elevator. Hobi starts pushing the Golden Maknae out the elevator next while Jin releases Jennie and grabs onto Jungkook instead. This time, Jennie tries to grab a hold of Jungkook, making sure he doesn’t stumble out the elevator.

This was exhausting. They just won’t quit and leave the 97 Liners alone. All they wanted was a little revenge.

Jennie shoves Hobi out the elevator and thankfully it closes so it can be a two on one assault against Jin. JenKook beat down Jin and he lays on the floor, exhausted.

“You win! You win! I can’t do this anymore.” He gives up.

Once the elevator opens again, unfortunately, Namjoon happened to be on the floor and he quickly helps Jin while JenKook try to wrestle him. Their guns were taken away by Hobi, so they were defenseless and had to use their hands instead.

“H-hey!” Jennie exclaims when Jin manages to drag her out the elevator to separate her from Jungkook. Namjoon continued to block Kook’s way from the going after her while Jin starts dragging her away. “Jungkook!” She yells but the elevator door closes with him still inside with Namjoon.

Jungkook felt a sense of annoyance. Of course, they would want to separate them. And now he had to deal with Namjoon as he tried to wrestle him. When the door opens again on the next floor, he makes a run for it while the leader runs after him.

The Golden Maknae bumps into Taehyung and Jimin and he thought that he was done for but however, they went on to gang up on Namjoon instead.

“Find Ennie! I got this, Jungkookie. Go with Tae.” Jimin demands.

With Jennie, she was over Jin’s shoulder while she tries to kick and squirm her way out but to no avail. She was already exhausted from the constantly running and wrestling the members. After five minutes, she sees Jungkook nearby and he signals her to remain quiet.
She watches as him and Taehyung sneak up on Jin. Taehyung decided to distract Jin and convince him to give Jennie to him instead. And once he sets her down, he gets assaulted by both him and Jungkook as he yells about how much of a traitor Taehyung is.

Tae gestured for Jennie and Jungkook to hurry up and leave as they run to the elevator and watches the doors close.

“Okay…” Jennie huffs. “This isn’t going to work. Take off the costume.”

“What?”

“This is too noticeable. As much as I really love you in that costume, if we’re going to be stealthy, you can’t wear it. It’s too much exposure.” She begins taking off the brown leather suspender. Unzipping the top for him, she lets him take over as he takes the entire costume off, leaving him in his street clothes.

“So glad this is a reversible hoodie.” She unzips her white hoodie and takes it off her, turning it inside out so it was a black. Putting it back on, she leaves it unzipped while she places her hair in a ponytail. It looked like a new outfit, already.

Jungkook averts his eyes when he catches a glimpse of her chest and his face turned pink. As she zipped up the hoodie, she places the hood over her head. She turns to him and places his hood over his head since he was wearing a light hoodie under the costume.

Once the elevator stops back on the floor they lived on, they walk out. “All right. Move now. Move fast. Put your arm around me.” She says as they keep their heads down, walking hastily. She made sure the keep her hands hidden in the sleeves of the hoodie.

Walking through the hallway, their mission was to be able to escape everyone by going back to Jennie’s room. However, it seems like that won’t be happening because she could hear Namjoon and Hobi nearby.

“Crap…” She grumbles. “Stay there. I have a plan. I hope this works and they can walk the other way.” She tells Jungkook and walks down the hallway, with her phone against her ear. Her back was turned away from where Namjoon was walking.

Changing her voice to a deeper one, she suddenly yells, “Excuse me!? What do you mean he’s cheating on you!?” Which caused Namjoon to quickly turn and go the other way, not wanting to be near an angry female.

“Bitch, I will knock him the hell out, how dare he!? Wait until I see him, I’m gonna cut him! Does he know what good ass woman he got!? And he wants to lay up in bed which some hoe!? I’ll cut her too! I knew he was mixxy! I told you! But you didn’t want to listen! He played you! Don’t let him get away with this!”

Once she managed to see Namjoon going the other way with Hobi, she drops her act and sighs out of relief. Turning to Jungkook, she grins sheepishly at his shooked expression before he starts laughing. “Sorry about that.”

“No, no, I’m just surprised. I mean I’ve seen you angry when we pranked you early in the morning but not like this.”

“Oh, I was just acting. I think it’s a waste of time for me to get angry at a man that chose to cheat or whatever.” She shrugs. “It’s not worth crying over and getting angry for because the man ain’t worth my tears. Come on, maybe we can find Diana’s hotel room and hide out in there for the rest of the night because the members aren’t going to stop until they find us.”

“Good idea.”

They soon hear more members around the area, most likely Yoongi and Jin near the end of the hall. Hearing their voices get close, Jen backs Jungkook up against the nearest wall.

“I have another idea. This can go either good or bad. And I’m hoping for the good. And only if you’re comfortable with it.” She explains.

“What’s the idea?”

“Okay. Wrap your arms around me.”

“What?”

“Like Natasha Romanoff said to Steve Rogers, public displays of affection always make people uncomfortable.” She states. “You need to get touchy with me. So…can you act like we’re dating?”

He stares at her. “Act like we’re dating?”

“Yeah and maybe look at me like you would look at someone you love?” She requests. “Like…IU. You’re always fanboying about her, which I always think is cute. Pretend I’m IU.”
She looks down and nods. “Is that too much to ask? Okay then let’s-“ She stops talking when he lifts up her chin to meet his gaze. An intense gaze as she couldn’t take her eyes off his mesmerizing stare. He makes them switch places so she’s against the wall.

There was that feeling again. Her body felt warm and her heart was starting to feel weird.
Wrapping his strong arms around her waist, Jennie begins to stutter and looks away to the floor as he pulls her closer, “That’s good. Re-ally good.”

“I don’t think couples are supposed to be nervous around each other.” He teases.

Guess he knew that she was getting nervous. How obvious was she making it?

“I’m not nervous.”

“Then look at your boyfriend, honey.” He responds softly.

With those words, she couldn’t fight that broad smile on her face. Looking up, she holds his stare and sees that adorable bunny smile up close. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she stands on his toes and leans up close to him, pulling him down closer to her face. He presses his forehead against hers.

“Your girlfriend is looking at you. Happy, Jungkook-ah?” She says his name affectionally, smiling sweetly.

Jungkook’s pupils dilate. “Don’t do that.” He murmurs.

“Why not?” She teases. “Am I making you nervous, now?”

‘It’s because I can really get used to you saying my name like that and it’s getting harder to resist kissing you.’ He thought to himself as he glances at her lips.

Before he could say anything out loud, they hear Jin’s voice get louder. From the position they were in, it looked like they were about to kiss.

Jin walks around. “Let’s try this way-” He says but sees a “couple” and backs away. “A-actually let’s go this way instead.” He turns away uncomfortably and leaves with Yoongi.

After a few moments, Jennie reluctantly pulls away. “So, you still uncomfortable?” She asks, walking ahead near Diana’s room.

Jungkook’s face heats up as he looks down, clearing his throat. He mumbles while walking after her, “Uncomfortable isn’t even the word to describe what I’m feeling.”

Notes