A/N- Eh, it’ll take a little while to brush the rust off since it’s been a while. Wanted to do a little BamJen vs JenKook with this for shiz and giggles. Let this hold you until my semester is over. Have a blessed day.

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September 1st came by quick as today was Jungkook’s birthday. He was 19 in Korean age as the members were proud to see the Golden Maknae grow right before their eyes. The members had created a birthday V-Live for Jungkook once the clock turned 12 in honor of his birthday and presented him with a cake as he blew out the candles.

With Jennie, she, unfortunately, missed it due to traffic after a small accident occurred a few blocks down. While in the car with Seijin, she already had an Iron Man themed birthday box made specifically for him.

Starting a tradition, Jennie had decided that for now on she’ll post funny derp photos of the members on their birthdays and chose to start with Jungkook.

Posting a funny photo, she tweets, ‘Our Golden Maknae everyone! What a handsome photo ahahaha. Happy birthday, Kook! Can’t wait for those birthday punches #Jen’

She wasn’t expecting him to reply so quickly, assuming that he wouldn’t be on his phone while celebrating with the guys. She read his reply and started to laugh,

‘I am going to kill you one of these days, #JK’

With Jungkook, he had been on his phone the entire time, texting Jennie, hoping that she was safe after she told him what was going on and why she wasn’t there at the moment.

“You look like you’re waiting for someone.” Jimin teases.

“I’m not…” Jungkook lies, continuing to patiently wait for her reply.

“Don’t lie. I know you want to see Jennie. She’ll be here soon, don’t worry.”

“I-I know that!”

As time went by, the members were cooking their meat on the grill and Jimin was filming Jungkook to resume teasing him. “Jungkookie is still on his phone. Still waiting for Jennie to text back, hehehehehe!”

“Ahahahahaha.” he laughs sarcastically, eyes still on his phone.

“Yes, Tae?” they hear Jennie’s calm voice on Taehyung’s phone while they notice him facetiming with her. Jungkook’s attention went away from his phone, hearing her voice, prompting a smile to come across his face.

“You sure smiled quickly,” Hobi calls out with a chuckle.

“You’re missed! Where are you?” Taehyung whines on the phone.

“There was an accident and traffic backed up ‘cause people don’t know how to DRIVE!” Jen yells on purpose out the window, making sure the drivers ahead heard her. The members hear Seijin laugh in the background, telling her to relax and that they were almost there.

“As long as you are safe, that is what matters. We’ll have food waiting for you.” Namjoon mentions.

“No, we won’t. I might just eat her plate, this meat looks tastier than ever.” Jin interrupts.

“Ennie, I think Jungkookie wants to talk to you,” Jimin adds with a sly smile. “He keeps staring at Tae Tae impatiently and-“

“Ahahahaha, that’s enough. Jimin.” Jungkook cuts him off.

It wasn’t too long later when Jennie finally came back and ate with everyone. Afterward, Jungkook had gone into his room to see an Iron Man themed box on his bed. His interest peaked once he saw the designs of his favorite superhero and sat on the bed and examine it.

‘Happy Birthday to the most golden NERRRRRRD I know! From your Golden, Captain America is better than Iron Man, Best Friend’

A soft chuckle escaped him as he read the front of the card. Opening the card that was sitting on top of the box, he realized it was a written note.

‘Okay…I have written this note so many darn times. This might be even a little corny but I shouldn’t kill any more trees like I already have. First and foremost, happy birthday Kookie! You really grew up right before my eyes. Ugh, they grow up so fast…I am so proud of you and how much you’ve grown as a person. When we met, I already knew there was going to be something special between us. You are a big inspiration to many, especially to me. I have to thank you for guiding me because when I feel like I can’t do anything here, I look up to you because you remind me of myself. Leaving our parents at a young age, it’s a scary thing. But we went on and did it, and here we are. You turned out quite well and if you can still keep going, then I know I can too. You’re a big inspiration to many, and your hard work to this group is always appreciated. And can we talk about your voice? How sweet it is and how many ARMY melt because of your vocals? Actually, I kinda highkey want you to sing me to sleep tonight, please, lol. I’ll continue to cherish you like you cherish me. And I hope for many more blessed birthdays to come. I should stop using so many ands in these sentences, haha. One year older, but still the same bunny. I wish you nothing but happiness.’

Before he had a chance to open the box, he heard a knock on his door and turns to see Jennie with a small cupcake in her hands. The cupcake had a candle lit on top as she makes her way over and sits with him on the bed.

“Happy birthday.” she smiles and presents it to him.

Jungkook looks at the cupcake in awe before looking into her eyes. “The box…the cupcake…all of this is for me?”

“No, it’s for Rapmon.” she sarcastically replies. “Of course, this is all for you.”

The Golden Maknae felt himself tear up as he quickly wiped his tears with his sleeve which caused her to look in alarm. “A-are you okay? Was this too much?”

“N-no, no, I love this,” he responds softly with a sniff. “This is really special. I’m overwhelmed with joy.”

“I’m glad.” she watches him stare at the cupcake. “This is where you make a wish, Kook.”

“I’m thinking.”

Once he blew out the candle, Jen let out a cheer. “So, what did you wish for?”

“If I tell you, it won’t come true.”

“Touche. I didn’t have time to bake so I bought this for you. But I promise to bake for you once we have more freetime.” she takes out the candle from the cupcake.

“Can’t wait.”

“Sorry if the note wasn’t as great. I guess writing isn’t enough to tell my golden best friend how lucky I am to know him and that I appreciate him. All the members.”

“I loved it. Don’t apologize,” he responds with a bunny smile.

“Good.” she aims to push the cupcake in his face but his reflexes were better than she expected as he grabbed her wrists. She starts laughing nervously when he takes the cupcake out her hands and sets it down on the nightstand.

“Okay, I didn’t think that one through!” she yells as she tries to escape his strong grip.

“I had a hunch you were going to try to do that.” he tries to pin her down and tickle her. She managed to grab a pillow and cleanly strike him with it, but his grip wouldn’t let up. After a while of struggling, she succeeds to get him to release her and runs out of the room, with him chasing after her.

After keeping a safe distance, she announces, “Now!” as Taehyung and Jimin attack Jungkook by spraying cans of silly string at him, halting him. A chorus of laughter was heard from the three of them while Jungkook stood there, chuckling as he starts taking off the strings.

After laughing with them, Jungkook drops his smile. “You have ten seconds.” he bluntly calls out.

Hearing the threat, Jen scurries away while Tae and Jimin widen their eyes. Once the 95 Liners comprehend his words after watching Jen run, they drop their cans and dash away to avoid their fate.

---

School had recently started again as JenKook were in the car, in their uniforms on the way to SOPA. She was lowkey happy the school year was here again because she was one step closer to graduating and her brain needed some education.

Once the van pulled up to the school, Jen let out a sigh as she noticed the K-Pop news sites and paparazzi taking photos of the idols that were headed to school.

“Really?” she frowns.

“Yeah, we have to go through this again,” Jungkook responds. “Don’t worry, stay close to me and we’ll try to get inside quickly.”

It was a bit tiring to hear loud cameras and flashes so early in the morning but there were bound to be various photographers to capture idols. Even students asking for photos and autographs and even film and photograph without you knowing. It was like she had to watch her every step in school and she felt a bit smothered by it.

The week was mainly an introduction to the school year and giving students a heads up of what is to come and what they will be learning for the school year.

JenKook managed to snag a few classes together. One was a dance class which focused on synchronization and partner dancing. The teacher implicated that sometimes you can pick who you want to dance with and then other times you will be paired up with the teacher’s choice.

Gym was also a class they had together, and the two couldn’t stop chuckling to themselves on how much chaos they were going to deal with since they were stubborn when it comes to competition. Hayoon and CLC’s Yeeun was also a part of the class.

Last class they had together was a Korean literature class, which had given Jen a little bit of a culture shock.

“Finish the book by Monday and there will be a seven page assignment due next week on Thursday after we have a discussion.” the teacher informed.

‘Well damn, already?? We just got here! I can’t quite read Korean that well. I should talk to Namjoon about this.’ Jen thought in her mind.

One teacher was so evil that he had given the class a pop quiz on what they remember on where they left off in history which drove Jen up the wall. She still was trying to remember and learn more about the history of Korea.

Jen wanted to shoot herself when she went to her Algebra class because she had forgotten a lot on what happened in the previous algebra class she took. It freaked her out to see her peers get started on the work but she sat there, trying to get her memory back.

‘I changed my mind, I’m not excited to be back.’ she thought to herself as she mentally prepared for the math.

She had another dance class for more up to date dance. For the first few weeks, she would learn how to dance with various props. Her mood boosted when she found out that they would learn how to dance with a cane first, making her think about J-Lo’s Get Right choreography.

As always, there were vocal classes to help improve her singing as well as singing live. She was also gifted with working with some other peers for help on rapping. Getting aid in a class for rapping and then from Yoongi, she appreciated the double help despite it being a tiring process.

As she received constructive criticism on her work and guidance on what to improve, she would let Yoongi know and would work on it whenever they have their studio rap lessons. If J-Hope could get help from Yoongi and Rapmon on rapping and be as good as he is now, then she can do it too.

At least she still has her guitar class at the end of the day to boost her mood if she has a rough time in the other classes.

---

Since BTS was traveling around for various fan meetings, Jen felt a little claustrophobic from all the bodies swarming around the group as they try to make their way through the airport safely and together.

She heard a male voice. She didn’t think it was directed at her, so she kept her head forward, with her sunglasses on her face.

“Oh, there she is! Finally, I caught up with you. Jennie! Can you sign this?”

She heard the English speaking voice again as she turns to see a male fan, with one of many BTS posters in his hands. She would have liked to sign, but the members needed to get to their destination quickly and had no time to waste.

“No, sorry.” She responds politely.

“Are you friggin kidding me? I waited here for hours and you can’t even give a loyal fan an autograph?” the guy snaps angrily, catching the attention of the screaming fans and members around them. “This is one of many reasons while I prefer lightskins. You darkskins are so undesirable. Maybe you’d act nicer and look prettier if you were a few shades lighter. And these fans were right about you, you are an entitled thot.”

That made her stop walking.

The hell just happened? He switched on her real quick, and what she thought was hurtful the most was that the guy was black as well.

Just because she said no to an autograph, you want to call her that?

Meanwhile, with the Golden Maknae, who understood a majority of what was said, had heard the insult loud and clear as he stopped walking as well. The guy that had said the insult, had taken a step back, startled by his lethal state.

“You wanna run that by me again?” Jungkook asks with a growl. Yoongi and Jimin were near Jungkook when they heard the guy call Jen that disgusting comment and shot him dirty looks. They were offended and irritated by the guy’s poor choice of words. Yoongi had started cursing in Korean about the guy.

ARMY, catching on with what was going on, was surprised at the facial expressions of the members, but were angry as well at the insults thrown at their female member.

Taking off her sunglasses, Jen looks at the guy in the eyes, feeling her body shake. “You’re a black man and you’re really going to put down a black woman like this? Try to put women against women due to your preference for skin color? Who raised you? Cause your mother is the same color as I, and I wonder how she would react if you told that to her face. We can be so much better than this. We should support our black queens, not bring them down, like this.” her voice was unsteady as her throat tightened. Before she could get a chance to speak more, Seijin and security had escorted her to the car.

Once the members get in the car, Yoongi had informed Namjoon and everyone else on what just happened. Jennie, on the other hand, kept bouncing her leg, with her eyes closed as tears went down her cheeks.

“Ennie, please don’t be sad.” Jimin grabs her hand and squeezes it.

“These aren’t sad tears, Jimin.” she responds.

Once Jennie got settled in, in her hotel room she shares with Yoongi, she invited Namjoon into her room to talk.

“I just came from speaking to Jungkook,” he says. “How are you feeling?”

She was so fixated on the guy, she hadn’t even notice Jungkook coming to her aid as she deeply appreciated that, as well as the rest of the members.

“Better,” she responds.

“I’m not going to sit here and say that I understand how you feel because I don’t. I am not you. I am not your race. But what I can say is that I understand the frustration when spoken negatively about. I’ve dealt with it for years and I still will. I know it’s frustrating, but we must try our best to control our emotions in public. I thought you handled it quite well. I’m glad you didn’t curse at him. There are people just waiting for one of us to screw up. To act up and have all the media on us, giving us a bad name. I don’t want that to happen to you. I don’t want that to happen to Jungkook or anyone in this group.”

“Yes. I know.”

“Keep your head up. Continue to prove those that doubt you wrong.” he lifts up her head and smiles. “Miss Bangtan is bulletproof, remember?”

“Hahah, yeah. Always.”

After the pep talk, she went to go see Jungkook in his hotel room. Taehyung had opened the door, and when she walked in, she saw Jin and Jimin eating together. They had asked if she was feeling better and expressed their frustration over the guy. After reassuring them that she was much better, she asked where Jungkook was.

Walking out the room, into the balcony, she found him. His broad back to her as the late summer breeze blew past them. The members had decided to give him some space.

“Heh…like Malcolm X said…the most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.” she quotes.

She watches him tense up more. He seemed angrier than her about what had happened.
“It can really be hard because no matter what we do, there’s always something or someone to bring us down.” she goes on. “It’s a damn shame. We really do be going through the most. Sad to say but I’m starting to get used to this.”

"Well, you shouldn't be!” Jungkook exclaims, slamming his hands down on the railing. “It should never be like that! What he called you, you aren’t like that. You never will be. I hate how you’re being disrespected. There is nothing wrong with your color. There is nothing wrong with you period. Maybe I should’ve punched him…” his grip tightens.

“Hey. No, you shouldn’t have.” she walks up and wraps her arms around his waist from behind. Turning her head to the side, she rests her cheek on his back. Once he felt her arms around him, he calmed down and relaxed from her hug. “We are idols. Annoyingly, the smallest things can ruin an idol’s career. No matter how much we want to lash out, the media may do anything to twist it. After talking to Namjoon, we can’t let someone have that power over us. Punching him would’ve been a worse case scenario despite me feeling the same way, wanting to punch him and all. It’s hard but we have to pick and choose our battles and this battle is not worth the consequences, no matter what hurtful things he said to me.”

“Yeah. Hyung told me about that…”

Releasing him, she stands next to him, wrapping her arms around one of his arms, leaning against his bicep. Jungkook’s eyes had softened when he looked down at her, listening to her talk as she looked on ahead at the view.

“As much crap as they give us dark skinned women, I won't be one to hate my natural self or change myself just because someone doesn’t like the way I look. Despite all this crap that happened today, thanks for having my back.” she looks up at him, meeting his gaze.

Jungkook’s body started moving on its own as he slowly started leaning down as their faces inched closer.

“AHAHAHAHAH! HYUNG BUMPED INTO THE LAMP! AHAHAHA!” they hear Taehyung yell as a loud crash was heard.

“What the heck are they doing in there?” Jen pulls away, turning around. Headed back inside, she asks the guys, “What are y’all doin’!?”

Licking his lips, Jungkook exhales sharply through his nose, gripping the railing. He pressed his lips together in annoyance due to the fact that their moment was interrupted at the worst time possible. Letting out a deep sigh, he shakes his head, looking up at the stars.

“Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy…” he murmurs, thinking of ways to murder his hyungs.

But after thinking deeply, he didn’t want to kiss her while they were upset. He wanted to kiss her when they were both in a better mood than what they were feeling right now.

---

Once Rapmon’s birthday came around, Jennie posted a goofy photo of him with the caption, ‘Happy birthday Nap Monster. We need to think of some remedies to make you stop snoring so loudly my friend. #Jen’

Yoongi had started a V-Live, talking to ARMY about preparing a cake for Rapmon, while Jimin and Jen sat on the floor, preparing the candles. With the cake in Jimin’s hands, Jennie had lit a match to light the candles before blowing the match out. Getting up from the floor, they show the cake on camera, next to Yoongi.

Once Rapmon had walked in the room with the other members, they start cheering as they sing happy birthday to him.

“What is this?” Rapmon happily asks with a bright smile on his face, showing off his dimples.

Yoongi had placed the camera to show off the rest of the members while they continue to sing, “Happy birthday dear Rapmon! Happy birthday to you!”

“I didn’t know about this at all,” Rapmon mentions while Jin gestures for him to blow out the candles as they crowd around the cake.

“Yeah~!” the members cheer after he blows out the candles of the Doosan, a Korean baseball team bear mascot, themed cake.

“It melted.” Jimin laughs, showing off one of the candles to the camera.

“Where’d you get the cake from?” Rapmon asks.

“I didn’t want anyone to buy a cake this time, so I decided to bake one for you,” Jen responds. “Jungkook and Tae helped decorate it.”

“Awe, really? This is great, thanks, everyone.” Rapmon beams.

“Come on, cut the cake!” she gestures excitedly.

“Cutting a bear…isn’t that a bit violent?” J-Hope giggles.

“It’s a cake, cakes are meant to be cut,” Jen replies.

“Okay, stick it in his head.” Hobi places a knife on top of the bear cake, prompting the members to laugh.

“Two years ago, I celebrated my birthday with fans because it was the first broadcast of N.O. But this year, since I’m not spending it with ARMYs, I feel really sad.” Rapmon speaks.

“It’s Rapmon’s birthday, what are all of you going to do for him?” J-hope asks.

“Birthday beating!” Jungkook yells.

“You want to have a birthday beating?” J-hope laughs

“Just cut this first.” Suga points to the cake.

“Ahhhhhhhh~!” J-Hope makes loud sound effects while Rapmon quickly cuts the bear cake in half. “So cruel!”

“It looks like a cicada now that we’ve cut it. It looks like a ladybug.” Jimin points out.

“It reminds me of a milk dud,” Jen adds.

“Thanks, guys. For this year’s birthday, let’s all be happier.” Rapmon mentions.

“Jin, what are you going to do for Rapmon?” J-Hope asks.

“Fighting!” Jin gives Rapmon a punch on the chest

“What about V Hyung?” Jungkook asks

“I’ll buy him clothes,” V responds. “What about you Jennie-ah?”

“I have a Ryan themed box for you that I made.” Jen presents it to Rapmon with a sweet smile.

“How come his looks bigger than mine?” Jungkook calls out before poking the inside of his cheek, while the members laugh.

“Some of the Ryan themed items I bought were bigger than expected so I had to put it in a bigger box,” she responds while the members tease the Golden Maknae about his small birthday box.

“Ah…I was really looking forward to this.” Rapmon admits with a soft laugh. “After seeing Jungkook’s and Suga’s, I was hoping you’d make one for me too.”

After the V-Live video, Rapmon had sat with Jennie to check out the box. Opening up the card first, was a written note,

‘You wanna know something? I hated those sunglasses you wore during debut. I wanted to just see your face. I remember you talking about your insecurities and it always made me sad because what you described to me is nothing that I see. I could care less what these so-called fans say about you and your appearance. You’re not ugly. If anything, you are handsome. And I was so happy you finally took those sunglasses off so I can see you for who you are.

Your passion for music is infectious and it’s really rubbing off on me. Keep smiling, those dimples are adorable as usual. Oh, thanks for giving me all those photo creds on those KimDaily photos I have taken of you. I am a great photographer and everyone should know that, ahahaha.

I developed a lot with your guidance. Those bike rides and walks around help me appreciate the world around me like you said. Our deep conversations are always the best, too. I’ve become calmer thanks to you. Seriously, thank you for existing. You made my life so easy with your leadership here. Thank you for being a great leader and helping us members grow as a cohesive unit. I know how much you love Ryan so I brought you a bunch of things. Just…please…try not to break this Ryan box.’

“I’ll be careful.” he chuckles.

“Let’s hope so,” she responds as she watches him open the box. Once they hear a loud tear, she regards him halting his actions.

“Annnnnnd I broke it.” he chuckles nervously.

“You know what? I ain’t even mad.”

For the birthday dinner, the members sat around, eating. Deciding to film an Eat Jin special after he lost a rock, paper, scissors game to Jungkook, Jin had to eat all of the wasabi while some of the members starting recording.

“Now, Eat Jin’s punishment is starting.” J-Hope happily announces.

“So glad that’s not me right now,” Jen responds, sitting next to Jin as she takes a good look at the wasabi. It was a small portion but the smallest taste was deadly.

“Please start!” V says eagerly

“Dag, let the man prepare for his fate, first.” Jen laughs. “You really like seeing him suffer huh?”

While Jimin, Taehyung and J-Hope MC for Jin preparing to eat the wasabi, Jin mentioned that they were MC-ing really well.

“Whoa, no way, are you really eating it?” Jimin asks while Jen cringes at Jin placing the wasabi on a big piece of meat. “It’s bigger than the meat.”

“It’s going, it’s going!” V anticipates once Jin picks up the meat with chopsticks.

“Oh!” They yell once he places it in his mouth.

“Oh my gosh, I know he suffering.” Jen points out.

“Oh man, holy shit!” Jungkook yells out of nowhere.

Jin immediately starts coughing and flopping his hands around due to the taste of the wasabi while the members start laughing. Once Jen had heard Jungkook speak, she burst out in laughter before coughing since she was eating. Jimin had to pat her back a couple of times as she finished coughing and continued laughing at what Jungkook had just said.

“What is he doing?” Rapmon calls out, watching Jin fan himself with his mouth open. Jin’s high laugh was heard while Jen pulled herself together and tried to help him calm down.

“Spit it out and get hit by me twice!” Jungkook calls out

“Have mercy on him, Kook!” Jen calls out.

“He has to eat it, he has to.” Suga mentions.

“A man has to eat it,” J-Hope adds while Jin continues whining.

---

After a fanmeeting in Jakarta, the members were at the airport, planning to leave and were swarmed with screaming fans. It was a scary sight to Jennie, watching all the cameras and various bodies surrounding her, yelling and screaming. All she wanted to do was get on the plane and relax. It didn’t help that she was constantly bumped around with security trying to keep the fans away.

An angry look was evident on her face as she tried to make her way through the crowd. Tonight was not the night for this. She didn’t feel like being surrounded by so many people, she just wanted peace and quiet.

With Jungkook behind her, she had turned around to notice fans grabbing him as security had tried to stop them. “Don’t touch them!” she heard fans shout.

“UH! UH! No.” Jen quickly walks forward and grabs a strong hold of him, pulling him away from the fans’ grasps, thanks to her strength. “Get in front of me.” she pushes the Golden Maknae forward and turns around.

“AYE YO!” her voice booms loudly in the airport, gaining the attention of the fans. From the irritated look on her face, their excitement for BTS went down a bit. Every part of her wanted to cuss them out but she refrained and sternly replied, “Are you serious? Are you serious, right now? Why are you all up on him like that? Why? Would you want somebody to be grabbing and touching all up on you all of a sudden? No. So don’t do it to him or anybody else. Respect our personal space. I know you’re excited to see us but you don’t need to be wildlin’ out like this. Just chill. Got damn.”

Getting grabbed by security, she was escorted out of the airport while the rest of the security managed to tame the crowd and keep them away from the members so they can get to their destination. Catching up with Jungkook, Jen had grabbed onto him and made him walk faster.

Jungkook felt a pang of joy at how quick she pulled him away from all those fans. He appreciated her getting him out of that situation. It frightened him a bit.

“Having their hands all over you like that, get the hell outta here with that. Who do they think you are? You’re a human being, not a doll.” he heard her grumble as she kept a strong grip on him.

He fought the urge to smile under his mask at how protective she was of him. If she was like this now, he pondered how she’ll be when women get a little too close for comfort when they start dating. And vise versa.

When they start dating…
Always a thought on his mind.

Once ARMY posted tweets and videos on the incident, some had criticized the way Jen spoke to the fans, thinking that she is mean in person, but majority expressed their anger at the fans behaving towards Bangtan and appreciated Jen for protecting Jungkook, calling out the fans.

‘I know Jennie wanted to drag those girls like a bunch of rag dolls.’
‘JENKOOK is real!’
‘She a real one. We need a Jennie in our lives.’
‘I’m really happy that she calls out people on their BS.’
‘This all happened in a span of a week! First Jungkook protecting her, now Jennie protecting him? Please just date! This is too cute.’
‘People don’t know their boundaries…smh…”
‘Shout out to Jen protecting Kookie’
‘I love protective Jennie. 97 Liners for life’
‘Golden Best Friends protecting each other is a MOOD’
’97 Liners’ friendship is the best’
‘I’m so upset at these fans. Don’t mob him!’
‘Get the fuck off of him!’
‘How could they do that to Kookie!?’
‘I know Jennie wanted to lash out. Kudos to her keeping her cool. She’s so protective of Jungkook’
‘Some Armys need to chill tf out;
‘Bless the fans that said don’t touch him’
‘Bless Jennie for grabbing him away from them’
‘Respect for Jennie! I would’ve cussed them out, but I like how she handled it maturely.’
‘They’re insane!’
‘So rude!’
‘Poor Jungkook’
‘If you’re a real army you should respect their privacy and personal space’
‘At least some of these girls in this world got some sense’

Once they make it into the plane, Jungkook takes off his mask and sits with Jennie. She grabs his chin and turns his head to make him look at her. “Are you all right?”

Still a little shooked at being grabbed, he nods in response.

“You sure?”

He nods frequently.

“Speak, Kookie.”

“Yeah, I’m all right. Thank you for that.”

---

When September 30th came, and Ailee’s album released, Jen was quick to express her excitement on Twitter, fangirling over all the songs and music video.

Posting a screenshot of the album, Jen tweets, ‘SCREAMING! #Jen’
‘YELLING #Jen’
‘IM HOLLERING #Jen’
‘STILL HOLLERING #Jen’
‘MY THROAT HURTS BUT STILL SCREAMING #Jen’
‘LOSING MY VOICE BUT STILL SCREAMING #Jen’
‘LOST MY VOICE. #Jen’
‘DEAD #Jen’

When GOT7’s If You Do comeback show came about on October 1st, she had surprised them by visiting them backstage on M Countdown with a box of cupcakes she made.

“Hey, hey!” Jen walks in their dressing room, catching the members by surprise as big smiles appeared on their faces.

“Jennie!” they yell, rushing up to hug her as she laughs over their yells of excitement.

“I can’t breathe!” she exclaims as they release her.

“What are you doing here?” BamBam beams.

“I wanted to congratulate you on a successful comeback. And I decided to bake a little something for you guys.”

“I am so happy right now.” JB happily takes the box out her hands. Eating cupcakes with them, Jen had brought up that she had been baking a lot lately and she is starting to enjoy it as a new hobby.

“She baked for us, you do not understand how happy I am. I have heard so much about her baking from BTS and now here she is.” Youngjae responds.

“Were my cupcakes good?” Jen asks.

“Of course they were! Was that even a question?” Yugyeom laughs.

“JWe missed you. We should plan to do something.” Mark suggests.

“We really need to. Maybe once we’re done promoting comebacks. We should all go out to eat or something instead of hanging around backstage all the time.” she responds.

“I tried to call you!” Jackson calls out

“Boy, you call me early in the morning at like 2am, I’m asleep!”

“Was it during a day off?”

“Yeah!”

“Go to bed later then so you can hang with me.”

“Wow,”

“I’m really happy that you came along to see us.” Junior smiles.

“Me too, I truly missed you guys.”

“Guys, just know that Jennie likes me the most. Ain’t that right?” Jackson grins.

“Who said that?” she raises a brow, causing everyone to burst out in laughter while Jackson holds his heart.

After catching up, Jen took some photos with the members. Yugyeom put up a finger heart in the photo while Jen was in the background sticking her tongue out and winking with a peace sign. He posts the photo on his Instagram with the caption, ‘Thanks for everything hamster girl.’

BamBam had posted a happy photo of himself hugging her behind as they had derp expressions on their faces. ‘I missed her!’

Jackson had picked Jennie up over his shoulder, turning sideways so they could take a photo of themselves smiling goofily at the camera. ‘My great friend, Miss Bangtan is here. You were missed! Thanks for coming to support us. Next time answer my calls you munchkin!’

And with Mark, he posted a selfie of the two of them sitting down on the couch, putting a thumbs up. ‘I haven’t seen this special lady friend in a while. Surprising us today with a visit, made the day better.’

After they posted their photos, fans from both IGOT7 and ARMY commented on how people need a Jennie in their lives and for a guy to get themselves a Jennie due to how supportive she was with her friends.

---

On an episode of 2 O’Clock Date with Park Kyung Lim Radio Show, BamBam had mentioned her, which caused shippers to have a field day. When her name was mentioned, BamBam’s eyes lit up and he tried not to smile when he heard, “You have a very close friendship with BTS’ Jennie. Which member is the closest to her?”

“BamBam,” JB calls out.

“He always talks about her.” Jackson puts him on blast.

“Really guys?” BamBam chuckles nervously.

“He always likes her Instagram posts.” Mark teases. “Isn’t she your ideal type since you always rave about her smile?”

BamBam planned to kill his friends after this because he could feel a blush beginning to appear on his face as they talked about her. “Y-yeah…she’s amazing.” BamBam responds. “Days before the comeback she facetimed me and gave me encouragement when I was feeling worried about the comeback.”

And then, when GOT7 received their first win on October 9th, BamBam had mentioned her again backstage after the show when the members were filmed with their reactions over their first win. He thanked her for being there for GOT7 and encouraging them to never give up.

---

For Jimin’s birthday, Jen tweeted a goofy photo of him and said, ‘Happy birthday my beloved Jimin!! Stay sweet like you always do. Don’t take my smarties for posting this please #Jen’

In the practice room, the members recorded a V-Live just for Jimin’s birthday, discussing that they all weren’t wearing makeup and embraced their natural looks while pointing out growing beards and acne. The members had sung happy birthday for Jimin, presenting him with a cake as a bright smile came across his face.

“It looks just like you, Jimin, exactly the same.” J-Hope points out at the cartoon looking cake that looked like Jimin from the dope era.

“Tell us how you feel.” Rapmon mentions

“Another year has passed. Thank you for your birthday wishes. Could you guys say something for me?” Jimin asks. “How do you feel on my birthday?”

“You got tons of birthday gifts, so I don't need to give you one,”

“Tell us your birthday wish. Do you want something from anyone?” J-Hope asks

“There’s one thing. I want to drop the honorifics with J-Hope.” Jimin requests

“Yeah, go ahead.”

“Hoseok.”

“Yeah, it’s your birthday, so you can say it.”

“Hoseok.”

“You won’t get away with this.” he giggles with him.

“I want to drop honorifics with Yoongi, too,” Jimin adds. “Cute Yoongi.”

“Time really has flown,” Yoongi replies.

The members teased him that he may be crying and that he’s too overwhelmed with joy.
“Thank you so much,” Jimin says to the camera for ARMY and the members say goodbye.
In the dorm, Jimin had noticed the Hulk-themed box from Jennie on his bed and opened up the note, holding back the tears as he felt loved and appreciated with the amount of attention he received from the birthday box.

‘Happy birthday Jimin! You are improving so much. Your growth here has truly shown. You are the most caring in Bangtan. Whenever I was sad or mad, you always were there to comfort me with your famous hugs. You are one of the most talented dancers I know and your vocals are on a whole ‘nother level. I get chills when I hear those high notes. No joke. Your high notes are totally higher than my grade in History class at the moment. I really need to get on that, lol. I can list a bunch of things on what I love about you, your eye smile, your tiny hands (Still baffled that my hands are bigger, ahaha), that habit of you flipping your hair, you just never fail to make me smile no matter how upset I may be. I hope you remain happy and continue being the cute koala bear that you are. And yes, JenMin is still going strong.’

Jimin had gone straight to her room and jumped on top of her, on her bed as she lets out a groan. “Jimin…get off!” she complains, trying to play her game on her phone.

Ignoring her complaints, he wrapped his arms and legs around her, hugging her tightly as he repeatedly thanked her for the gift.

---

When GOT7 was on Weekly Idol, BamBam brought up Jennie yet again because Doni had said, “What is it about a certain member’s fascination with Miss Bangtan? What’s the scoop on this?”

The members glance at each other knowingly, with amused smirks as they turn to BamBam once they heard her name.

“Your ideal type, right?” Coni asks.

“Yes, she’s very pretty when she smiles and I love watching her perform,” BamBam replies with a smile.

“What do you think of her dancing? I remembered when BTS was here, she had a random dance of various boy group songs. GOT7’s A came on.”

“Oh yeah, I remember. She looked cute dancing to our song.”

“Yeah, I agree. I think she looked cute, too.” Jinyoung speaks up, which caused BamBam to turn and stare at him, narrowing his eyes.

The members start laughing as Jinyoung puts his hands up in defense. “The death glare! Ahahahaha!” Jackson laughs.

Checking out her notifications, Jennie found out that BamBam wore a Captain America costume and geeked out, commenting about it on a fan page that tagged her.

‘OMG my superhero! Love!’

A fan comments ‘Who do you think is cuter? Captain America or Captain BamBam?

Jen replies, making the shippers happy, ‘Captain BamBam of course.’

---

The next day, while in his Golden Closet, Jungkook was in his own little world, with his headphones in, listening to various songs that he has been getting into. A while ago he had tweeted about a hotline bling cover by Kehlani and Charlie Puth. He loved it so much that he wanted to create a cover for it. The instrumental was recreated but now he wanted someone to sing with him.

His mind had wandered to Jennie.

He really wanted to sing with her. Especially with a song like this but would she want to sing with him?

Putting the thoughts aside, he decided to take a screenshot of the Youtube video of the cover and post it on Twitter, tweeting, ‘Hey Jennie, sing with me. You up for this? #JK’

His tweet instantly gotten replies from ARMY all over the world.

'DUET!'
'DO IT'
‘OMG Jennie say yes!’
'YES JENKOOK'
‘Omg do it!’
‘SAY YES JENNIE!’
‘Golden Duo duet?! DO IT!’
‘We are in for a treat if she says yes’

Jungkook noticed a new tweet from their Twitter account and a smile came across his face once he read her reply, ‘Hell yeah, I’m down! I love me some Charlie and Kehlani #Jen’
Once ARMY saw the tweet they went haywire, (A/N: The typo errors on the tweets are on purpose. You know how you get so excited you misspell words)

‘AGAHFHFHSGSHDGSHSH’
‘AHHHHHHH’
‘QUEEN AND KING!’
‘FUCK THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD’
‘IM DEAD FINALLY THEYRE COVERING A SKNG TKGETHER ‘
‘THABK YOU THABK YOU’
‘SHE SAID YES’
‘GOALS!’
‘When will your ship ever!?’

Before he knew it, Jennie had entered the Golden Closet and expressed her excitement since she is a big Kehlani fan. The two quickly went to work, sorting out who would sing what after warming up their voices. Jennie began to admire Jungkook as she watches him sing. The way he looked so passionate, made her feel a little giddy inside.

“Late night when you need my love. I know when that hotline bling.” Jungkook sings but stops, shaking his head. “Ah…I know I pronounced that wrong.”

His pronunciation of the words in English still needed some work and he felt discouraged. He wanted to get this right but even though they just started working on the song, he felt like he was slowing them down.

“It’s okay, just sing, I’ll help you with the pronunciation later.” he hears her respond softly, which made him feel a little better.

Jungkook remained dedicated, singing out the first verse as she listened to him and his sound.

“Reputation.” she corrections him. He repeats the word wrong again and she repeated it for him.

“Reputation,” he says correctly.

“There you go. You got it.” she beams.

“You sure this isn’t too much for you? Helping me with the English?”

“Trust me, as many times as I asked Namjoon how to pronounce some Korean words, I know first hand how it feels to mispronounce words in another language. Don’t sweat it. What other word did you have trouble with pronouncing?”

As she continued to listen carefully to his singing, she helped him with any words he had problems with.

“…started wearing less and goin' out more. Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor.” He sings softly. He sighs and shakes his head again, feeling his frustration build. He didn’t think he was singing the song like he wanted to. “Sorry, Jennie.”

“Relax, Kook.” she pats his arm. “Come on, let’s take a break and eat. I’m hungry.” she gestures him to follow her into the kitchen. After fixing them both plates of sandwiches, they sit and eat.

“I thought this would be easy but I can’t seem to sing like I want to.”

“Jungkook, it’s okay to take breaks. It’s okay to not get things right the first time. We will get this right. Let’s take our time, have fun and enjoy this cover. We got this.”

He smiles, feeling reassured. “Thanks, Jennie.”

After their break, they get back to work, singing the chorus together, “You used to call me on my cell phone. Late night when you need my love. Call me on my cell phone. Late night when you need my love. I know when that hotline bling.”

“Hm…sing that again, this time by yourself,” Jen calls out. She listens to him sing and then sings with him again before nodding. “Yep, I know what’s wrong. All right, you’re doing great, continue that pitch, I’m going to sing lower this time.”

They sing the verse again and this time, their voices harmonize. Jungkook turns to her with a big smile appearing on his face. “Wow, that sounded great.” he responds, amazed.

“That’s the sound we’re looking for. Harmony on clutch.” she high fives him.

Although Jungkook hadn’t told her yet since they were so engrossed with their singing, he appreciated how patient she was with him.

Finally getting things together, they sing the song in one take while recording with Jungkook pronouncing the English words with ease thanks to her help.

“Ever since I left the city, you~! You got exactly what you asked for.” she sings. “Running out of pages in your passport. Hanging with some girls I've never seen before.”

Jungkook joins in as they sing softly, “You used to call me on my cell phone. Late night when you need~ my love. Call me on my cell phone. Late night when you need my love. I know when that hotline bling. That can only mean one thing. I know when that hotline bling. That can only mean one thing. Call me on my~” they finish in harmony.

“Outstanding!” she high fives him. “Ahhhhh, we did it! You did amazing!” she shakes him and places various kisses on his cheek as he laughs.

“You really think so?”

“Yeah! You are improving a lot. I am so proud of you. Where’d you get those English skills?”

He grins sheepishly and shrugs. “I learned from the best.”

Jennie places a hand over her heart. “Aw, thank you.”

“I meant Namjoon Hyung.” he teases

“Wow! Really? Goodbye!” she playfully shoves him and leaves his room as he laughs out loud.

---

Next day, Jennie had chilled in the living room after another early rap session with Yoongi. In just a couple hours, she planned to prepare to visit Hyuna at CUBE Entertainment.

“Jennie, did you notice something weird in all of our toothpaste this morning?” Jin asks, walking in the room.

On her phone, Jen suppressed her amusement because she had pranked the entire dorm by numbing their toothpaste with tooth and gum pain relief gel.

“Yeah! My entire mouth was numb! What happened?” she plays along.

“I dunno but someone pranked us. Whoever it is, they got us good. I couldn’t even taste anything because my mouth was so numb. It was horrible! But the numbing is going away slowly but surely.”

“I hope we find out who it is soon. Someone better confess because I couldn’t’ even eat my smarties! And you know how I feel about my smarties!”

“Yes, dear, I know.” he chuckles.

Once she walks into her room, she stands there, stunned when she finds photos of Jin all over her entire room. “What the hell is this!?”

“For numbing my mouth with whatever you put in the toothpaste!” Jin responds victoriously
“It wasn’t even me!”

“Sweetie, I know when you lie to me. Enjoy my photos.” he laughs.

“Aye! Clean this up! I’m not cleaning this!” she yells, kicking some of the scattered photos from her feet.

---

At CUBE Entertainment, Hyuna had offered to teach Jen methods to enhance her sex appeal on stage, as well as her charisma. They decided to spend the day dancing around in one of the practice rooms.

Wearing a red cropped hoodie and skinny white pants with her hair down, Jen rests with Hyuna, discussing her Roll Deep comeback.

“Girl, who do you think you are with that comeback? You slayed my life! I loved it.”

Hyuna giggled and felt shy, covering her face. “Thank you. You know I’ve been thinking, when I have my next solo comeback, I want you a part of it. We can be sexy together.”

“I’d love to but sexy is not me, though.”

“Come on, you have a great, healthy body, great hips, and so much more.” Hyuna points out.

“Ah, I dunno...I don’t feel sexy though.” Jen shrugs, laying her back on the dance floor to look up at the ceiling. “I just don’t think I can pull it off. I try but I never felt sexy.”

“Seriously? With the way you look?” Hyuna playfully kicks her.

“I always faked it. I never in my life felt sexy.”

“I know plenty of men and women that think you are. Even if you don’t portray yourself as it. Relax and loosen up. You’re sexy, now show that you’re the girl that guys like. Go Jennie!” she cheers while watching Miss Bangtan stand to her feet.

Migrating to the sound system, Hyuna connects Jen’s phone to the speaker and scrolls through her songs.

“All right, what are we doing, now?”

“I want you to dance sexy to partition.”

“What!?” Jen exclaims, widening her eyes.

“You can and you will.” Hyuna turns on a V-Live and when ARMY started getting on, they were surprised to see her. She had waved and spoke to the fans before pointing out that she was helping Jennie with her charisma and facial expressions when performing. She pans the camera to her. “Say hello Jennie!”

“Wait you’re on V-Live!?” she stumbles back and turns away.

“Mm hm~”

After getting herself together, Jen turns back around to meet her reflection in the mirror.
‘Get it together, girl. You got this.’ she encouraged herself.

Soon as the beat drops, she begins to move her body.

Boy, this all for you, just walk my way

She struts forward, motioning her finger to come here.

High like treble, puffin' on the mids
The man ain't ever seen a booty like this

Facing her back to the camera, she moves her hips and shakes her behind, as it bounced up and down, while Hyuna cheers in the background. She was so proud to see her looking more comfortable.

It looked like Jen needed that extra push because as Hyuna watched her, she noticed that the stiffness went away and Miss Bangtan believed that she truly felt sexy. Hyuna knew she was hiding that sexy side deep down. It was a force to be reckoned with and she was doing quite well.

She looks at the comments rolling in,

‘Mmpffff I think she’s about to be my ultimate bias. Sorry Jimin’
‘Jennie! Sthapppp that outfit, those hips’
‘Oh my gawd Jennie’
‘I can see why Bam Bam loves her so much! The way she moves her body when she dances is unreal’
‘Okay Jennie!’
‘I’m here for her dancing like this!’
‘She can dance bruh’
‘Damn girl’
‘Bro, this is fire!’
‘This is too much to take in, why did you do this!? Ahhhhh’
‘Jennie, jennie, jennie stop, I can’t take this!’
‘Wow….wow…WOW!’
‘I love this woman’
‘Got damnnnnnn’

The beat switches and her gaze turns into an enticing expression. Hyuna had nodded in approval when she noticed that Jen didn’t break eye contact like she would nervously do a few practices ago.

Drop!

She snaps her fingers to the beat and starts to move again.

Now my mascara runnin', red lipstick smudged

Strutting to the front, she begins to dance hard as her hair bounced.

Take all of me
I just wanna be the girl you like (girl you like)

Caressing her body, she slowly moves her hips, swaying to the beat. She felt so comfortable that she was having so much fun dancing to this song. The way her body rolls were, caused Hyuna to stare at her in awe.

Meanwhile, ARMY proceeded to comment relentlessly on V-Live.

‘She killin’ it!’
‘I need to drink a gallon of water after this’
‘Looking like a snack today!’
‘She’s sexy as hell’
Get it girl! Okay!’
I want her so badly, she’s too fine’
‘When she started shaking dem hips, I died’
‘Yassssss’

Over there I swear I saw them cameras flash
Handprints and footprints on my glass
Handprints and good grips all on my ass

Turning around, she places her hands on her rear before swinging her hair to the side, dancing harder.

Take all of me
I just wanna be the girl you like (girl you like)
The kinda girl you like is right here with me

Seductively running her thumb over her bottom lip, she turns her back to the camera and walks away.

“Ahhhh that was amazing!” Hyuna shouts, pausing the song. She stands up and walks over to her while Jen laughs and covers her face.

“ARMY, how’d I do?” Jen asks, checking out the frequent comments that were coming in and starts laughing at their reactions.

‘Who said Jennie couldn’t dance?!’
‘Currently pregnant by that dance’
‘QUEEN DID THAT!’
‘All right, it’s official. I want her.’
‘WHO IS THIS GIRLLLLLL!? IM DEAD’
‘Talk nice!’
‘I need some holy water, I should not be watching this goddess dance like this’
‘Watch all these guys slide in her DMs after this lmfaoooo’
‘I love you’
‘DECEASED’
‘Put Jennie on timeout! This was too much to handle!’
‘Yes hunny! Represent! Snatched tf outta my edges!’
‘SHOOKED’

On Instagram, Hyuna had filmed a small portion of Jennie dancing on Jen’s Instagram, with the caption, ‘HACKED by Hyuna! Look at you go, I knew you were hiding your sexy side. You did an amazing job! Hard work is paying off. I’ll treat you to lunch the next time we hang out.’

BamBam, who had watched the entire V-Live was freaking out as he told Jackson, and once he saw the post, he had to comment. Meanwhile, Jackson had given him a pep talk about him starting to prepare to pursue the girl he was interested in.

BamBam posts a few comments on the video. First were a series of fire and heart eyed emojis and then he said, ‘DEAD!’,

Once Jen got her phone back, she posted a throwback selfie that was saved in her photos,
‘Part of the Smartie Archive. I miss summer and home...I’ll be back soon America.’

BamBam was quick to comment when saying, ‘DEAD again! So beautiful. Absolutely stunning.’

With fans noticing him in her comment section again, one fan had asked, ‘BamBam are you dating Jennie?? Are you hers?’

Boldly, BamBam decided to reply, ‘I wish…only if she wants me to be.’

After a while, he deleted the comment but fans immediately began freaking out when he posted the sudden comment,

‘OMG BAMBAM’
‘HUH!?’
‘WAIT WHAT!?’
‘Ayoooooo wait a minute! What’s going on here!?’
‘Cuffing season starting early???’
‘AWWWWW’
‘GUYS! I WAS NOT PREPARED!’
‘Lol he didn’t say kill this time like he did with Taeyeon’
‘NOOOO he’s supposed to be mine!’
‘GOT7 better get him!’
‘I’m mad. Everyone gotta ruin my JenKook ship these days’
‘Nooooo Jennie is supposed to be with Jimin! Where are my JenMin shippers at?’
‘Noooooooo’
‘Chill!!’
‘My heart, I’m sad now, but if she makes him happy’
‘Stop, don’t do it! Leave her be, please!’
‘Jennie, BamBam really likes you! Date him!’
‘I hate this ship! I don’t want it to be real!’
‘Date him Jennie!’

‘Ahahah you really like her’
‘Shoot your shot my boi!!’
‘I’m lowkey pissed. I want her to be with Jungkook or Taehyung. I don’t want no other idols persuing her.’
‘We ALL knew this was coming. This is no surprise’
‘What is it about her and Tinashe that idols love so much? I need one of them to tell me their secret and help a sista out cause I gots to know!’
‘Personality is key. She’s a kind spirit. BamBam has excellent taste. Black girls are winning’
‘I don’t ship it but it’s kinda cute. Not as cute as JenKook tho! Any JenKook shippers?’
‘AHHHH’
‘He wants Miss Bangtan, I told you! He ain’t slick!’
‘BamBam is about to risk it all for Miss Bangtan and I am here for it!!’
‘BamBam about to score a W.’
‘But what about the dating ban??’
‘Finally an idol speaks up publicly about liking Jennie. I bet there’s other idols that lowkey feel the same.’
‘The dating ban tho!? I’m sad!’
‘Now I have another ship. BamJen!’
‘I screamed!’
‘She belongs with the golden maknae!!!’
‘BTS are going to have a field day if they find out about BamBam gunning for Jennie’
‘I love when my fav is wanted by other guys. Especially idols, considering her postion as a foreigner in South Korea’
‘Who said my boi can’t shoot his shot on Miss Bangtan?’
‘I ship it’
‘Go get her Bam Bam!’

---

Next day, in the dance studio at Big Hit, Jennie worked on a dance to perform at SOPA while Taehyung, Hobi, Jin, and Jimin tagged along.

She decided to participate in an extra credit assignment which was to teach one of the freshmen classes choreography of her own with a song of her choice. She had a few weeks to prepare and prepared something short and sweet. The dance was down packed and just needed some touch-ups.

Throughout her practicing, the boys would dance goofily in the background, trying to distract her. After taking a break from the assignment, she asks, “Anyone want to freestyle with me?”

“Hey, actually, for a while now I’ve been curious about some dances that you do in America. Could you show me one since you’re taking a break?” Jin asks, standing up after stretching.

“Yeah! Sure! Hold on, I have just the song.” she goes on her phone and scrolls through her music. Putting on the edited version of Lean Back by Terror Squad, Fat Joe and Remy Ma, she walks back to Jin. “You know how to do the lean back?”

“Uh…no?” he chuckles.

“Hahaha, I’ll show you. Come on. First, let’s loosen up.” she starts moving to the beat and he follows her, hesitant at first but soon gets into it.

“Go Hyung!” Tae giggles, filming in the background. Jin decided to do his traffic dance to the song, which caused Jen to snicker but she encouraged him to keep dancing.

“It’s simple. Cross your arms like this and lean back side to side but do it with a rock.” she demonstrates. “Add your flavor to it. It’s coming up, follow me.”

Said, my don't dance
We just pull up our pants and do the Roc-away
Now, lean back, lean back, lean back, lean back

Jin and Jennie start leaning back while Jen looks on impressed. “Look at you, Jin! I see you! Let them know!” she cheers.

I said, my don't dance
We just pull up our pants and do the Roc-away
Now lean back, lean back, lean back, lean back

Jin proudly celebrated the fact that he performed the dance correctly.

“Ennie! What about that dance called the milly rock?” Jimin asks.

“Yeah, I heard of that dance,” Hobi speaks.

“I don’t know how to do it.”

“Wait you guys don’t know how to do the milly rock? Let me show you!” Jen beams. “The key is all about putting your own flavor into the dance. Make it your own style.” she demonstrates slowly as they follow her.

“How do you do the dance, Ennie?” Taehyung asks

“With me, I tend to go hard and be extra with it cause I get hype to this song.”

“Hard and extra, huh? Show me. I challenge you to a Milly Rock dance-off.” Hobi declares.

Jennie turns to him with a serious expression. “…you sure?”

Hobi giggles. “Whoa, her eyes.” he holds his heart. “But yes, let’s dance together.”

“All right, you asked for it.” she responds

Once the song began, she pushes her cap down to block her face as she gets ready. When it comes to songs like this, she turns into a whole different person.

Milly Rock
Haa
Let's get it!

Soon as that beat drops, she goes hard.

I Milly Rock on any block
I Milly Rock on any block

The guys were mesmerized at both Hobi and Jen going in.

Once the verse comes on, Jen raps in front of him, continuing to dance. “Listen…I Milly Rock on any block. In my Polo T, and my Polo socks. On top of cars my face hot. I Milly Rock on that Gates block. They got me on their explore page. I've been Milly Rocking for four days.” she puts up four fingers before milly rocking again with more attitude and speed while Hobi looked on impressed and milly rocked with her.

Let’s get it!

She starts milly rocking in slow motion as Hobi follows her, mirroring her movements.

“Jen milly rocks on any block! Hope milly rocks on any block! Jen Milly rocks on any block! Hope milly rocks on any block!” the guys say over the chorus. Jennie and Hobi stop and start laughing, high fiving each other.

“Remind me not to challenge you in that particular dance.” Hobi teases. “You did well, munchkin.”

“I want a dance battle with you!” Taehyung gets in front of her.

“I got the music!” Jin goes to pick a random song.

“You sure, Tae?” Jen warns.

“Yeah, let’s do this.” He responds.

Hearing the opening beats of Hello, good morning by Dirty Money filled the dance room.
“Okay…but fair warning…you don’t want this work,” she mentions, walking up to him as they face off competitively. Taehyung had his hands on his hips, struggling not to smile.

Hello...
Good morning...

She watches at Taehyung dances first as his charisma came into place. Tae’s dance skills were no joke and were extremely underrated. He could move. After he was done, he boops her nose, making her chuckle

Once it was her turn, she dances while rapping to the song, “'Cause I been leanin on the bar, lookin cleaner than a star, These broads won't give me my props. Twenty-five on the bag, I be stuntin on they ass and ya mad cause the bitch won't stop.” she adjusts her shirt and begins dancing around him in a circle as he giggles.

“You know, you know, you know we on that!” she boops his nose to get back at him.

---

Back at the dorm, Jennie was in her room, gathering her things to wash her hair.

“Jennie, I need to ask you something.” Namjoon suddenly walks in.

“Yo! Oh my God, knock first! What if I was undressed?” she scolds.

“Sorry! Sorry!” he apologizes. “I wasn’t thinking.”

“It’s cool, what you need?”

“I was wondering if I could use your shower? Everything else is occupied.”

“I was going to wash my hair but you know what? It’s fine. Go use it. I’ll use the sink.”

“The sink…?”

“Yeah.” she responds like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She grabs her things and heads to the kitchen.

Namjoon’s curiosity got the better of him and he followed her, watching her take out all the dishes from the sink and place her items on the counter.

Turning around, she notices his confused behavior and calls him out, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“You’re about to wash your hair in a sink. Why?”

“I do this back at home.”

“Really?”

“Yep.” she smiles.

“That’s…normal for you?”

“All the time. You look like you’re dealing with culture shock right now.” she teases.

“I’m intrigued. Could I watch?”

“How about I wash your hair in the sink first.”

“You serious?”

“Yeah, grab your stuff.”

Once he grabs his shampoo and conditioner, she makes him lean his head down in the sink. Running warm water on his head, she starts washing his hair.

“My mom would do this to me and my sisters when we were kids,” she mentions. “I’m so used to washing my hair in the sink, that I would prefer to do THAT instead of washing my hair in the shower.

“Wow, and this is common in your culture?”

“Majority of the time, yes.”

“Fascinating.”

After she gave him a nice scalp scrub and conditioned his hair while combing it out, she rinses his hair and dries it with a towel.

“You good, Namjoon?” she laughs at his amazed expression

“That...was exhilarating. C-can we do this again? I like this method.”

“Yes, now go shower.” she playfully pushes him away and prepares to wash her hair in the sink.

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