A/N- Surprise muthafucka! Okay, let me stop, lol. Ignore what I just said. If you played Cards Against Humanity (highly recommend), then you know things get suggestive so if you not about that life, just skip. And next chapter will have much more interactions with Jen and her friends. Hope this was OK. Tried my best. No more of these dreams after this, back to fluff territory for a while. Have a good weekend.

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Jennie didn’t get much sleep that night, still shooked from those events that appeared in her dream. This was not good and she kept mentally kicking herself for letting her mind imagine something so inappropriate about her best friend.

Near morning, she was the first to go into the kitchen and sought to distract herself with a bowl of cereal and games on her phone.

“Morning, sweetie!” Jin’s voice was heard as she looks up with a timid smile.

“Morning.”

“You want me to make you anything?”

“Nah, I’m almost done my cereal. But I’ll help you cook breakfast.” she gets out of her seat.
Helping him fix a big meal for the members, they set up plates around the table. Before she knew it, Taehyung, Namjoon, and Hobi made their way into the kitchen to eat.

Gathering her dish after eating another bowl of cereal, Jennie advances her way to place the bowl in the sink.

“Hey, morning!” Jungkook’s cheerful voice filled the room. Flinching, she inadvertently drops her bowl on the floor, causing the glass to shatter.

“Crap…” she quickly kneels down to try to carefully pick up the pieces.

“Aw, hyung! Another thing broke?” Jimin walks in, complaining.

“It wasn’t even me! It was Jennie!” Namjoon exclaims, pointing at her.

“You all right?” Hobi asks, earning a soft “yeah” from Miss Bangtan.

“Hey, I got it.” Jungkook quickly goes to help her. Her hand brushes against his, causing her to flinch again. She immediately stands up and clears her throat. Jungkook shoots her a worried look. “Hey, you all right?”

“Y-yeah, yeah. Just accidentally cut my finger,” she responds quickly. “I need to use the bathroom, I’ll be right back.” she hastily leaves while he cleans up the mess with Hobi.
Walking into the hallway bathroom, she shuts the door and places her hands on the sink, exhaling slowly. She wished she didn’t feel so clumsy around him because of a dream.

‘Should I just tell him?’ she thought to herself. Shaking her head, she adds, ‘No way. Keep this to the grave. It’ll take some time but I’ll get over this.’

At least, she hoped she did.

After washing her hands, she sits on the toilet seat. She can’t hide in here forever. She’ll have to leave sometime. She just needed some time to regroup and put on a fake smile.

“Ennie, are you all right?” Taehyung knocks on the door.

“Yeah, you can come in,” she answers.

“Let’s take care of this.” he grabs the first aid kit from under the sink and kneels in front of her, taking her right hand.

“I could’ve done this.”

“I was worried.”

“It’s just a little cut, Tae.”

“Still.” he places some antibiotic ointment on the cut and places a small band-aid on her right middle finger. “There, all better.” he beams.

She chuckles as she watches him cutely kiss her bandaged finger a few times. “Thanks, Tae.”

“Now let’s head back in the kitchen.”

“R-right. The kitchen.”

Where Jungkook was…

Strolling back into the kitchen, she locks eyes with Jungkook, who waves. “Jennie, I saved your seat. Sit next to me!” he shoots her one of his cute bunny smiles.

“Thanks.” she murmurs and sits next to him with the rest of the members around the table. Boy, she wished she could hide right now as her cheeks warmed up.

While the members were immersed in conversation, Jennie tried to distract herself by going on her phone. But it was short lived when Namjoon grabs it and places it on the table. She shoots him a ‘What the hell’ facial expression.

“If Jin had to take my phone away, your phone will be taken too. No phones at the table. We’re both suffering,” he responds.

Jungkook had been watching her the entire time. She seemed...off today ever since she dropped her bowl. “Hey, are you all right? You seem jumpy today.” he murmurs to her.

“Oh, I’m fine. It’s just that time of the month.” she laughs nervously.

“I thought it doesn’t start until the following week. We’ve been keeping track, remember?” Jin calls out.

‘For fuck sake! Really Jin?!’ she complains in her head, struggling not to glare at him. “It’s irregular today. Must’ve been something I ate. It’s okay.”

“Maybe it was the beef? Does that happen? Females eat something and their cycle acts up?”

“Jesus...let’s stop talking about periods, it’s too early for this.” she rubs her temples.

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For the next few days, Jennie proceeded to be on edge as the members started noticing her change in demeanor. Her voice would go up an octave and she often laughed nervously at the most basic things.

There was one time when Hobi had brought a box of pocky and asked if she wanted some. She yelled a loud “No!” unexpectedly, causing him to yelp. She had apologized profusely for it. She couldn't even look at pocky because it made her think of Jungkook.

Following dance practice, Jungkook had decided to address her. He regarded that she wasn’t as chatty with him and spent more time with the other members. He began to feel jealous of the lack of attention, poking the inside of his cheek when he watched her happily talk to Taehyung.

“Hey, did I…do something wrong?” he asks, watching her place her bag over her shoulder.
Jennie takes a small step back, feeling intimidated by their closeness. “Huh? What you mean?”

“Something is bothering you and it’s starting to bother me. I don’t like seeing you so troubled.” he crosses his arms. Concern was clear in his voice and facial features as she nervously looks at him in the eyes.

“What makes you think I’m troubled?”

“I dunno you just seem kind of…distant…I hope I didn’t do anything wrong. If I did, I’m sorry.”
Her eyes soften. He truly was a sweetheart. She was being so unfair to him and she didn’t want him to be upset like this. “Y-you didn’t do anything wrong. Don’t worry about it. I’m just a little tired. I’ll be fine. I uh, watched this horror movie, that’s why I’m a bit on edge.”

“What movie?”

‘Crap…’ she thought. “T-The shining. It’s an American movie. Y-you know, hereeeeee’s Johnny!” she starts laughing anxiously as he raises a brow.

He chuckles and shakes his head. “You’re so goofy today. Maybe you should stick with action movies. I also think you ate too many smarties.”

“Yeah, smarties. That’s it.”

The next day, Jennie had tried to get her mind off things by going to a private gym, early in the morning. Wearing her Nike jacket, zipped halfway, over her sports bra, she also had the sneakers and leggings. She sat on the bench, wrapping her hands in a pair of MMA gel hand wraps.

After stretching and running on the treadmill for a warm up, she switches to the weights. Once she was done, she turned to the punching bag to take out all her frustration by punching and kicking aggressively.

“Get! Your! Act! To! Get! Her! Stop! Think! ‘ing! A! ‘bout! Him!” she mutters after every punch and kick.

“How come you decided to go to the gym without us?” Jimin whines, walking in with Jin.

Stopping her punch, she turns to them, smiling sheepishly. “Sorry, wanted a head start.”

She noticed that almost two hours had passed as her entire body was perspiring. Grabbing a towel, she sits on a bench and wipes her face. Jimin and Jin had begun using the weights while she watched them, occasionally speaking while in their conversation. After her little break, she goes to do squats with dumbbells in her hands.

Jungkook was also located in the gym, finishing up his set of chin-ups on a bar. Looking up, he noticed Jennie, catching a glimpse of her bending down for another squat. His gaze lingered on her rear, watching closely. He didn’t know how long he was staring for but he couldn’t look away.

“Hey, Jungkookie!” Jimin pats him on the back, causing the Maknae to jump. “Whatcha staring at?”

“N-nothing.” he stutters, feeling his face get flushed.

“Staring at her again, eh?” Jimin teases.

“N-not at all.”

With Jennie, as she turned around, she widens her eyes in alarm when she sees Jungkook speaking with Jimin.

‘Time to go!’ she yells in her head, gathering up her things hastily.

“H-hey, where are you going?” Jin calls out, getting off one of the machines.

“Something came up! Gotta go! See you in the dorm!” she races out the gym.

“W-we just got here! I thought we were going to do Zumba!” he yells, catching the attention of Jimin and Jungkook.

“What happened?” Jimin asks.

“She just left out of the blue…now, who is going to teach up Zumba?”

“I can!” Jungkook raises his hand.

“Jennie does it better than you, though.” Jimin dismisses him, causing the Maknae to playfully hit him

After working out, Jungkook had gone back to the dorm, to lay on his bed. He couldn’t get that image of Jennie out of his head as his mind began to wander.

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It was a summer afternoon in the dorm with Jennie chilling on the couch, in the living room, on her phone. He noticed that she was in her gym clothes and he was too, so he assumed they’ll be working out together.

Her hair was down, which he always liked. Whenever she put her hair in a bun, he had the abrupt urge to take it out but didn’t want his fingers tangled in her hair to hurt her.

“Hey! There you are. Before we go, I’ve been itching to play this game. It’s called Cards Against Humanity, ever heard of it?” she beams.

“Yeah, never played it though.” he sits next to her.

“It’s simple, I’ll show you. Seijin isn’t coming to drop us off at the gym for another 30 minutes, so you want to play to pass the time?”

“Yeah, why not.”

He watched her get up and get the box of cards from her room. Sitting back on the couch, she shuffles the cards.

“All right, this game can get sexual and inappropriate. It’s not your average kiddy game,” she informs him. “And it can be offensive. It’s been a while since I played this and I’m really bored, so you mind? Only if you’re comfortable with it.”

Jungkook nods. “It’s fine.”

“This game is supposed to have at least three players, but let’s just have fun and see what crazy combinations we can come up with. And be 100% real with me. It’s just us. No judging. Let’s have fun, get our teenage minds flowing. What happens here, stays here. And be random as possible in this game so I can have a good laugh.”

“All right, you’re on.”

“The black cards are the question cards, which is basically a statement. And the white cards are what we can use to answer the statement as you can see there’s a word to fill in for it. Usually, the person with the best white card answer will win the black card.”

Placing a black card on the couch, it read ‘There’s an app for that’

Jennie places down, ‘Feeding Rosie O’Donnell’ while Jungkook puts down, ‘bitches’

“Really…?” she deadpans.

“What?” he smiles sheepishly.

“That’s a dry answer, Kook. Don’t give me these wack answers.” she playfully scolds.

As they continued to play, their combinations get funnier as Jungkook loosened up and enjoyed himself in the game. Their answers were so random that they had to google what some words meant because they haven’t heard of them before.

‘And the Academy award goes for…goes to…’ said the black card with two white cards that needed to be placed for the statement.

Jennie places down ’72 virgins’ and ‘Batman’ for her answer, while Jungkook suddenly places down, ‘Firing a rifle into the air while balls deep in a squealing hog’ and ‘sperm whales’

“What the actual hell?” she cackles. “Jungkook, what is going on with your mind today?”

“N-nothing!”

“I dunno about that.” she teases.

‘Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s…’

Having terrible cards, Jennie decided to get rid of her ‘Hot Pockets’ card for her answer, while Jungkook chooses ‘Sexual Tension’

“So, how does a girl be born with sexual tension?” she asks.

“I guess when she automatically gives the guy sexual tension?” he shrugs.
“Fair enough.”

‘I drink to forget...’

Jen puts down ‘Horsemeat’ while Jungkook puts down ‘Pulling out’, causing her to stare at him, surprised.

“Wow, Jungkook.” she shakes her head as he lets out a shy laugh.

‘Why am I sticky?’

Jennie chooses ‘Judge Judy’ and Jungkook placed down ‘Fingering’ for the next card.

“Wow. You have a very dirty mind, Kook.” she asserts, checking out her white cards.
Jungkook had felt his face warm up at her statement. Well, she wasn’t wrong.

As they continued to play, Jennie laughed again when Jungkook had put down, ‘Doing the right stuff to her nipples’

“You’ve been hanging around Namjoon too much.”

"It-its just a game! I’m trying here!" he stutters.

"That’s what they all say. I guess that mouth of yours doesn't just sing and rap, huh?"

'If it's for you, I'll do whatever you want.' he thinks to himself.

“You wanna kiss?” she asks out of the blue.

“Yes,” Jungkook answers immediately.

Taking out a small bag of Hershey Kisses, she hands him a few in a small ziplock bag. “Jeez, you’re really eager for chocolate, aren’t you? Well, I don’t blame you. We all need a little chocolate in our lives. It’s good for the soul.”

‘Oh, this was what she meant.’ he examines the candy. “Let’s eat the chocolate later. We’re going to be going to the gym soon. Don’t want to upset our stomachs.”

“Sounds like a plan.”

While the game continued, Jungkook had randomly placed down the ‘Reverse Cowgirl’

“Huh. You appear to be familiar with that position, Kook,” she speaks in a serious tone, meeting his gaze. “Is there something you want to tell me?”

“U-uh…” he averts his eyes, hearing her giggle.

“I’m just messing! I don’t judge.”

“Y-you need to stop teasing me with the answers I choose.”

“Or what?” she taunts, raising a brow. “What are you going to do Jungkook?”

Part of him was tempted to just say screw it, toss all the cards aside and kiss her but he refrained himself.

Getting back into the game, he puts down, 'Bouncing up and down.'

Jennie, out of nowhere asks, "On what exactly?"

Jungshook appeared as he shifts in his seat, unable to look at her in the eyes.

"What? Is it a bed? A trampoline?" she adds.

“Ah, is Seijin here?” he grabs his phone to change the subject. Jungkook sensed something thick in the air and felt flushed all over.

As if on cue, Seijin did arrive and the 97 Liners were dropped off at a private gym where they wouldn’t be disturbed. After stretching and warming up, they stand on a series of mats to practice wrestling. Although ISAC was over and she dominated in wrestling, she still wanted him to teach her a few more moves, just in case they’ll have it again.

With the both of them sweaty and trying to pin each other down, they got up close and personal. After their sparring, Jungkook went to go bench press, laying on his back while Jennie told him she would be on one of the machines.

Placing the bar back, he takes a break, resting on his back. Promptly, Jungkook felt pressure on his lap. Widening his eyes, he realized it was Jennie straddling him.

“W-wh-at are you do-ing?!” he stutters.

“I’m aware of what’s going on here,” she responds, placing her hands on his chest, getting comfortable. “I’ve seen you staring.”

He was so tongue-tied that he couldn’t speak anymore as he stared at the enticing view. Whatever she was starting, he hoped that she’ll finish because his self-control was slim to none the longer she sat on his lap.

“I-I’m sorry, I shou-”

“Why are you apologizing?”

“A-aren’t you angry?”

“Who said I was mad?” her hands slowly move up his shirt to take it off. “The only thing I’m wondering about is why you haven’t taken initiative yet.”

He watches her unzip her jacket and place it on the floor. “So, I guess I have to be the one to make the first move,” she adds. Feeling her move against his lap, his breathing quickens.

“I’ll admit, this is a nice view,” she remarks, watching his face scrunch up in pleasure. She grabs his hands and places them on her hips. “But it’ll be nicer if you’d relax and tell me what you want me to do.”

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And he did and Jungkook woke up, on his bed, drenched in sweat. He regarded a tightness in pants, quickly making his way to the shower, to take care of himself and clean himself up.

Next day, Jennie managed to avoid the weird dreams of Jungkook, distracting herself with other things to keep herself occupied. Unfortunately for her, Jungkook began to notice her distance and spoke to Namjoon about it.

“Jennie is being strange. I dunno what is going on. She’s not herself and I feel like I did something wrong. Could you…maybe talk to her, Hyung?”

Namjoon had fulfilled his request when he found Jennie in her studio.

“Hey, what’s up?” she beams, taking off her headphones.

“Jennifer, I want to talk with you,” he speaks in a serious tone, closing her door and grabbing a seat next to her.

From the tone of his voice, she knew that she was in trouble with something. “What did I do, now?”

“Jungkook approached me today.”

‘Oh God…’ she cringes at his name as all the thoughts came back. ‘I thought I was doing so well.’

“He says you seem on edge about something,” Namjoon adds. “I want to know what is going on. Are you all right?” he grabs her hand and gives it a gentle squeeze.

She hesitates. “Why is everyone so worried about me? I’m fine, all right?”

Namjoon frowns. “You know you can always tell us what’s wrong. No matter what it is. We’ll work through it together.”

“I know and I will if there’s a big problem. I promise,” she responds truthfully.

Jennie decided to keep it to herself because she wanted to speak with Amber, Hyuna, and Hayoon about it first when she goes to meet them. Get a girl’s perspective before taking that risk to tell Namjoon if she feels like she really should.

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“Llama~!” Jennie jumps right on Amber’s back, holding onto her like a koala while Amber laughs loudly. She met up with her outside of her place. After getting off her back, Amber picks her up, spinning her around.

“Smartie~!” she copies the way she greeted her. Setting her down, she says, “We are gonna have so much fun today. I missed you so much.”

“I missed you too. So, where to first?”

“I want ice cream. Oh, I’m also filming for my YouTube channel, so I want you to be in it.”
“Okay, fine by me!”

Once Amber starts rolling the camera, they walk around. “Ahhhh it’s such a nice day~! Everyone! Guess what!? My best pal, Jennie is here~!” Amber grabs her and wraps an arm around her shoulder.

“Ayeeee! What up!?” Jennie waves.

She always loved speaking with Amber because they could speak English freely and she felt like she could express herself better when speaking in her native language.

“We all know Jennie from BTS, isn’t she amazing?”

“Isn’t Amber amazing?”

“Awwwww.”

“We’re going to get ice cream.”

“Yeah, because we’re very sweet people.” Amber removes her arm from her.

“My body is sore.”

“What did you do prior?”

“I went to the gym.”

“I need to go to the gym more. I’m out of shape.”

“We’re both out of shape. Let’s plan to go sometime together.”

“Sounds like a plan. Ah, have I told you guys that I really love my friends?” Amber says on camera. “They are my family.”

“I’m your family?” Jennie fakes a sad voice, getting emotional.

“Yes, you are my family, I love you.”

“I love you too~!”

Arriving at a local ice cream shop, they order a big banana split with some fruit on top to share. Jennie carries it over to the booth they sat in.

“Oh yeah….get-in-my-belly~!” Jennie stares at the ice cream with love while Amber giggles, filming her. Eating a big spoonful, Miss Bangtan moans in delight, savoring the taste. Raising her arms, she looks up at the ceiling. “Hallelujah!”

Amber mocks her moan and yells, “Hallelujah!” which caused the duo to giggle wholeheartedly.

“We’re weird, we know.” Amber says to the camera, setting it down.

“So how’s the upcoming album?” Jen asks with a smile as they share the ice cream.

“4 Walls is getting together. I love it. It’s going to be great. We have this song called Papi, I want to send you the instrumental so you can practice it to help your DJ skills.”

“Oh snap, that kind of song, huh? Okay, I’ll do that, thanks.”

“How’s Bangtan’s album going?”

“Slowly but surely we’re getting things down. We’ve been recording and stuff. I think this is going to be my favorite comeback by far. Our title song is called Run. I’m not sure what our music video is going to be about yet, it’s too early to tell but the song is really good.”

“Awesome, can’t wait to hear it. Any goals for this comeback?”

“I hope we get to get some wins for the song. And maybe some awards for it. That would be great. Either way, I’m proud of our work so far for it.”

“I’m rooting for you.”

“I should’ve had some rocky road with this. There are no nuts in this ice cream.” Jen ponders about ordering the ice cream flavor.

“Oh, I have some nuts.”

“Where?”

“Deez nuts.” Amber starts giggling while Jennie deadpans, shaking her head.

Grabbing the plate of ice cream, Jennie starts eating it by herself while Amber tries to pull it back to the middle of the table. “I am so over you.”

“I thought you loved me!”

“Not at the moment!”

“Guys, she doesn’t love me anymore.”

“We’re getting a divorce.”

Amber pouts to the camera. “We will find a way to work this out.”

After finishing the ice cream, there was one piece of strawberry left on the plate as they aim to grab it with their spoons. They grab onto each other’s arms while trying everything they can to take it.

“Hey! Hey! Mine! Mine!” Amber exclaims.

“Come on, let me have this one, it’s a strawberry.”

“No way, I saw it first.”

They end up giggling, moving around as they try to grab the fruit. In the end, Amber leans down and grabs it with her mouth

“Weak!” Jen complains while laughing, setting her spoon down.

“Better luck next time!”

After they leave, they rented bikes to ride around the bike trail. Amber was standing next to her, continuing to film as they prepare.

“Hamster and Llama ready for biking!” Amber dramatically announces.

“Yeah! That’s how we do!”

“Wow, look at the beautiful view.”

“Me?” Jennie places a hand over her heart, touched by her words.

“No, the sky.” Amber deadpans. Jennie drops her jaw and Amber couldn’t help but snicker at her reaction.

After their banter, Amber sets her camera down. “Let’s go, rawrrr~!” she makes a funny sound effect as they begin to ride around.

“Woo hoo~! When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all those who chose to oppose his shield must yield~!” Jen yells out, over Amber’s snickering.

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Once they head back to her place, Hyuna and Hayoon arrived to spend some time together. The four girls shared stories of what’s been going on with their idol lives and Jennie shared the funny stories of Bangtan’s current prank war.

“My plan is to numb their toothpaste this time.” Jennie ponders.

“That’s evil! I love it! If you can, film their reactions!” Amber laughs.

“I will! I will!” Jennie turns to Hyuna. “Girl! Your comeback! What the hell?”

Hyuna giggles and covers her face. “I’m happy you love it. Roll Deep is so fun. We still need to figure out a date so I can teach you ways to improve your charisma on stage.”

“I’ll keep you posted.”

“Are you ready to go back to school?” Hayoon asks Jennie.

“Honestly, I am a little bit. I kind of likes school. The main thing I’m looking forward to is my guitar class.”

“Me too. I found out that Jungkook is in my math class, this semester. Hopefully, the class won’t be too hard.”

Hearing Jungkook’s name caused Jen’s stomach to drop again. As the girls talked, Jennie became tense again.

“Hey, are you all right? You seem distracted.” Amber nudges her.

“Uh…a little. A lot on my mind.” Jen murmurs

“Share! What’s going on?” Hyuna exclaims.

“I hope it’s nothing bad,” Hayoon responds.

“Have you guys ever had…weird dreams about someone close to you?” Jen asks.

“I’m pretty sure we all have weird dreams,” Amber reassures her. “But what’s the deal? Who’d you dream about?”

“I had a dream about Jungkook…”

“About…?” Hyuna gestures her to continue speaking.

“We were…making out…on my bed and it was very physical,”

“O-oh…oh! Oh dear.” Hayoon widens her eyes, while Hyuna and Amber were just as surprised.

“We did some…sinful shit man…” Jen goes on. “I feel so dirty. I don’t even wanna know what would’ve happened if I didn’t wake up when I did.”

“This escalated quickly.” Hyuna murmurs.

“Yeah, this was not what I thought about when you said weird dream,” Hayoon adds.

“Wow…that is awesome!” Amber calls out, applauding.

“Awesome!?” Jennie stares at her with fear. “That’s not awesome! I am freaking the frick out!” she grabs a hold of Amber and shakes her rapidly while she giggles in response.

“Is there more details to this? I want to know exactly how this came about.” Hayoon speaks.

“Yoon, what the hell!? You’re encouraging this!?” Jennie yells.

“I mean…maybe it’s a sign. Right, Amber?”

“Yep.” Amber smiles.

“Ah…I don’t know what to do.” Jen exclaims, shaking her head. “I should not be having those dreams. It just came out of nowhere and I don’t know why. I’ve tried my best to avoid him-“

“D-don’t’ avoid him!” Hayoon scolds. “That is unfair to him.”

“What else am I gonna do?! I can’t face this guy! Every time I see this guy’s face or hear his name, I think back to when he’s smooching up on me. That is not an image I want to have of my best friend, man! Ugh! What is wrong with me? Dirty! This is so dirty!” she covers his face

Hyuna and Amber start laughing at her comment.

“What is so funny!?” Jen calls out.

“The way you said smooching up on me.” Hyuna giggles.

“Ugh! He would never do that, that is so not like him.” Jen mentions.

“I mean, you never know what Jungkook is capable of,” Amber claims. “People shouldn’t underestimate him. He is called the golden maknae for a reason.”

“I agree,” Hyuna replies. “I’m sure when he’s good, ready and comfortable with someone, he’ll be golden in that department of activity, too.”

“There was always this saying that I hear…” Hayoon remarks. “What was it? Oh, yeah, it’s always the quiet ones-“

“PLEASE for the love of smarties! Stop! You’re giving me weird thoughts!” Jennie covers her ears.

“I think you should speak to him about it,” Hyuna suggests.

Jennie shakes her head vigorously. “No. Absolutely not. Hell no.”

“Jennie…do you think you like him?” Hayoon wonders.

Miss Bangtan hesitated. “No…why would it?”

Hayoon and Amber glance at each other with knowing looks before giving Hyuna the same look.

“Say, Jennie do you think the dream meant something?” Hyuna inquires.

“It meant nothing. It was probably just some silly dream. I just wish I can stop thinking about it.” Jen shrugs.

“I’m gonna say it. I think you are in denial.” Amber blurts out.

“I’m not! I am not in denial! There is nothing going on between us! Okay!?” Jen’s sudden yell caused the three females to glance at each other, surprised.

“Whoa. Relax.” Amber puts her hands up in defense.

“I am relaxed!” she argues.

“Your voice doesn’t sound relaxed.” Amber giggles, trying to calm her down. “We get it. There’s nothing going on yet-“

“Oh my gosh, c-can we just drop it? We’re friends. Always will be. Maybe I just went to bed before my food digested and a weird dream came up. I don’t like him, okay? We’re friends. Best pals. I gotta pee.” she stands up and goes to the bathroom.

“D.E.N.I.A.L.” Amber murmurs, taking a sip of her water.

“Yeah…looks like she’s in the denial stage. Sooner or later she’ll realize and accept these feelings.” Hyuna guarantees. “What do you think we should do?”

“We should plan accordingly.”

“It’s going to happen. We just need to remain patient.” Hayoon says. “I know it’ll be worth it in the end but let’s also make sure we don’t force it. It’s happening but at a very slow pace. It will progress. They will be together soon. So, let’s tread lightly on the matter.”

“Duly noted.”

---

After the week went by, Jennie proceeded to feel more like herself as she decided to dedicate herself to her work, getting her mind off things. After working on some covers, she jammed in the studio, practicing the guitar notes for Charice’s Before It Explodes, humming the song.

A series of hard knocks on her door made her place her guitar down. “Who?” she calls out.
“It’s your golden best friend.” Jungkook murmurs against the door.

Her stomach drops at the sound of his voice. Of course, it was him.

She couldn’t avoid him forever. It wasn’t right. But she just couldn’t face him. She felt so ashamed and awkward. She knew she had to confront him sometime. Might as well do it now.

Clearing her throat, striving to act as normal as possible, she responds, preparing for the worst, “You can come in.”

Jungkook had stormed into her studio, upset. He noticed that she didn’t even say her trademark, ‘Enter my realm’ comment, which made him angry because something was definitely up.

“What is it-” she was cut off when a sharp breath escaped her lips once Jungkook vigorously grabs the back of her chair and turns her around to face him. He slams his hands on the armrests, making her flinch and widen her eyes.

“J-Jesus, Kook, what is your problem?” she stutters, feeling her heart rate quicken.

“My problem?” he scoffs, shaking his head. He grabs another chair and sits in front of her with a frown. “My problem is you and I’m not leaving this room until you tell me exactly what is going on.”

Averting her eyes, she murmurs, “Nothing is going on-“

“Don’t lie to me.” he firmly cuts her off. There was a brief pause as she couldn’t bring herself to speak. “Look at me.”

‘Don’t say that please.’ she thought to herself, thinking back to the dream. After a while, she reluctantly meets his gaze. “L-look, nothing is going on-”

“You’re avoiding me.” he cuts her off again.

“I’m not avoiding you.”

“Please don’t lie to me.” he murmurs softly with a hint of sadness.

“Let’s just drop it. I have some work to do.” she spins around in her chair to face her desk but he turns her back around.

“What did I do so wrong? Tell me. Did I miss something? Was there a special anniversary for us recalling our friendship? Your birthday didn’t pass yet so that’s out of the question. Something going on back at home? Are your sisters all right? Is your family okay? Did someone try to hurt you? Did another guy try to say something inappropriate? Did I say some-“

“Stop, stop, you didn’t…you didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Then what happened? Just tell me!”

She exhales loudly. She might as well just say it. “Look…I uh…ugh, this is going to be so random but have you…ever had weird dreams about a friend?”

“What do you mean?” he raises a brow.

“I have this friend…she uh….dreamed about making out with someone close to her.”

Jungkook nods, figuring it out. “So, you dreamed of making out with a friend.”

Jennie widens her eyes and shakes her head frequently. “I-I didn’t say it was me!”

“It was you,” he responds calmly.

“No, it was not!”

“I know you. I can tell when you lie to me. I see it in your eyes.”

Jennie felt her embarrassment intensify as she couldn’t say that he was wrong. “You need to stop paying so much attention to me,” she complains.

A smile came across Jungkook’s lips briefly. “Can’t help it. So, this is what this is all about? A dream about a friend? Is that it?”

“Well…do you…think it’s weird to have that type of dream? I mean, have you…dreamed someone like that? The dream was pretty intense. Out of character,”

Jungkook, averting his eyes, shyly looks down as his anger went away. ‘If only you knew…but you would probably think I’m creepy for thinking of you that way.’ he thought to himself.

His mind drifted back to that dream he had. When he first had a crush on her, once in a blue moon he would dream about what it would be like to date her. Going on arcade dates, picnics, the whole thing. As he gotten older, falling in love with her, the dreams turned to kissing and more kissing. And then things went way further.

He thought about her in many ways, including the intimacy. A lot of fantasies came to mind. Back at Yamen TV, when Jimin called him the golden perv, he knew exactly who Jungkook was thinking about when he watched those videos that Namjoon would download.

Like jimin had said, he couldn’t help himself. The way his body reacted when he thought of her that way. Jungkook freaked out big time when Jimin caught him months ago. He felt guilty about it but Jimin had reassured him that things were fine. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.

Jungkook wasn’t ready for that type of activity and neither was Jennie he was sure about. However, he always hoped to be her first, doing everything he can to make her feel cherished once he grew more confident in himself.

“Well?”

His thoughts were interrupted by her voice.

Getting his thoughts together, he chuckles awkwardly. He should be honest with her. “It’s…not as weird as you think.”

“Have you…”

“Y-yes, I have.” he could feel his face warm up as he rubs the back of his neck.

“Really?” she asks, surprised. “Wow, I’m not the only one?”

Jungkook nods shyly in response.

It made her feel much better but she still felt a little weird for dreaming of him in that way.

“Do you think your dream meant something to you?” he asks her.

“You know...my mind is saying that it didn’t. But something else is screaming that it did. I think what frightens me most is I get this lowkey feeling that it did mean something, no matter how much I don’t think it should.”

“Who did you dream about?” he asks curiously. He really wanted to know.

His question made her hesitate. She just couldn’t tell him. “I…don’t want to answer that, Kook. I’m just…confused, right now. My mind is all over the place.”

Jungkook decided not to pry her about it. He wouldn’t be able to tell her that he dreamed of her anyway. Jealousy crept up on him again as he thought about Kevin and Bam Bam being the person she might’ve dreamt about. He hoped she wasn’t catching feelings for either of them. While he was in his thoughts, he noticed that she was rambling.

“…and that dream was too fast-paced.” she meets his gaze. “Ah, I dunno why I’m thinking about it but with making out with someone or whatever, I’d want to take things slow. I’m not used to this kind of stuff. I’m not even ready for any of that type of intimacy. But when I am ready, I just hope it’s special.”

“I’m sure you and your guy will learn a lot about each other together once you begin dating,” he responds. “He’ll be patient with you and I know that you will be with him, too. Don’t worry about it too much. You’ll be fine.”

“Thanks, Kook. I’ll trust your words. I just hope that whoever I end up with…he’ll wait for me until I’m ready.”

“He will,” Jungkook responds immediately.

A chuckle escapes her lips. “You’re so confident with your answer, Kook.”

“Nine times out of ten, he probably will want the same thing you want. He’s probably not ready for that either and wants to go slow, too.”

“You think so?”

“I know so. He’ll wait for you.”

She smiles softly and nods. “And what about you, International Playboy, you seem to be interested in anyone these days?”

She regarded his body language change and noticed his face getting pink. Jen widens her eyes and playfully hits his arm. “You do! Tell me!”

“Ah, I will when I’m ready. Not today.”

“Do I at least know her?”

“Yeah…”

“Is she pretty?”

“Pretty isn’t even the word to describe her.”

“Does she have your heart like IU does?”

He smiles softly. “She has my heart more than IU.”

“Wow, this is serious then. Nothing comes in between you and IU. So, I really have to wait to know who she is? Why not just tell me? What’s the problem?”

“I just…think about your reaction when I end up telling you.”

“Why?”

“Because when I tell you, it’ll change our friendship forever.”

She stares at him earnestly. “Kook, I’ll be happy either way for you. Nothing is going to change. What can you possibly say to me that would change our friendship forever? You’re fine, don’t stress over it, too much.”

As much as he wanted to tell her right then and there, he didn’t think it was the right time and he thought about rejection. He feared it. There would be times where he felt like he wasn’t good enough to be her boyfriend or ruin a great friendship because of his growing feelings for her. He didn’t want to lose her. He cherished her so much.

He had negative thoughts about her reaction. And if she did reject him, it’ll just be awkward and it’ll take a while for them to act normal again.

When he was ready, he wanted her to take time to think about it and not give him an answer right after he tells her how he feels. He knew it wasn’t going to be like it was in the movies.
Meanwhile with Jennie, deep inside, she felt a bit…disappointed that he was becoming interested in someone. It also bothered her that she felt this way because she shouldn’t feel this way.

Another part of her felt hopeful because she thought maybe this could help her get over that whole dream situation.

They were great friends and she appreciated that in the group. She felt as though that she should not be dating anyone around here. She should stay professional and focus on BTS. Jen thought it would never work if she had dated anyone in the industry. And with these crazy “fans”, she didn’t want whoever she ends up with to deal with any drama.

The way “fans” reacted with Kai & Krystal dating, Baekhyun & Taeyeon dating, Tao’s departure from EXO and various other breaking news on K-Pop sites that were claimed as ‘scandals’, it’ll only be ten times worse for her, she assumed.

She wouldn’t even call them fans because they were so ruthless with their reactions to idols dating. It made her angry because fans should be happy for their beloved idols. And when she does date, she vowed to never apologize like some idols have done for dating someone.

What was there to apologize for? For being happy? Never would she bring herself to do that. Idols are human and deserve love.

Jungkook noticed her expression change into a frown while deep in thought. “Hey,” he grabs her hand. Her head swiftly turns to him, surprised.

“Huh?”

“You okay? You look angry.”

Her pondering about those fan reactions had gotten her worked up. “Sorry, deep in thought again.”

They sit in a comfortable silence, pondering about random things.

“I wonder when you’re ready for that stage with whoever you’re interested in if you have any idea how you want it to go…” Jen blurts out randomly, thinking out loud. She looks up and shakes her head. “I was just rambling. You can just ignore me.”

After a pause, Jungkook speaks after looking up at the ceiling. “Yeah…I thought about it.”
“It’s not like it would be in the movies,” she recalls as they lock eyes.

“Yeah, nothing like the movies. Thinking about it, I just…want it to be special for the both of us. Maintain eye contact when I’m with her. Take my time for sure, let her know how much she means to me with my actions, not just my words.” he recalls. “Everyone portrays me as a baby. As the shy kid around here. I mean…I am, I can’t help it. I’m not like I would be on stage but, I hope that one day, I’ll grow more certain in myself and can show her how manly I am when we’re both ready. When we are, everyone can continue calling me a baby but she’ll know that I’m far from that when we’re together behind closed doors.”

Jen stares at him, astonished. For a second she thought he was speaking to her directly.

She lowkey wished that she could have something like that one day. They don’t seem to make guys like Jungkook anymore. He was always so sweet and respectful. She never wanted him to change. She adored everything about him.

“Do me a favor…” she speaks.

“Anything.”

“Don’t ever change. For anyone. If someone can’t accept you for who you are when you’re not portraying your stage persona, then that person doesn’t deserve you. You are great just the way you are. Your shyness included. We’re all a work in progress, sprinkled with unique traits. Your future girlfriend will appreciate you for who you are. I’ll admit, I’m lowkey jealous.”

Jungkook lets out a soft chuckle, smiling shyly as he looks down at his lap. Thinking to himself, ‘There’s no need to be jealous of yourself, Jennie.’

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