The next day, Jungkook went to spend time with the guys and check out the sights while Jennie went with the girls to a local zoo after Hayoon excitedly suggested the idea.

“Wait, don’t you think we should go by the map?” Mina advises as they all watch Hayoon run off like a child with a bright giggle.

“There she goes.” Jen chuckles.

“She really likes animals, huh?” Eunha adds as they go to catch up with her.

“Look at how cute it is!” Hayoon points at the monkeys. “And this one! And that one!”

“Whew, it smells in here.” Jihyo covers her nose.

They all walk around while Hayoon took over the entire trip, pointing out where she wanted to go. She even ran straight to the gift shop to buy a toy giraffe, which sparked Jen's creative mind to create a giraffe themed birthday box for her once her birthday arrives.

Continuing to explore, they observed the cute pandas, birds, snakes which creeped some of them out, and now it was onto the fishes. Walking over to the touch bank, they watched the stingrays swim around.

Mina hesitantly dips her hand in the water and flinches when she felt the smoothness of the stingray, pulling her hand out.

“Oh my gosh.” she giggles in surprise while the rest of the girls follow suit.

"It's so squishy," Yuju adds as she tries to touch one.

While Jen was touching the stingrays, she felt like there were eyes on her again. Turning around she did not see anyone but tourists and families looking at the animals.

“You all right?” Yuju touches her shoulder.

“…yeah.” she shrugs and carries on with what she was doing.

After the zoo, Jen and Hayoon hung out back near the beach house, sitting outside.

“Hey, hey!” Bam Bam chirps and takes a seat with them.

“Bam Bam!” Hayoon beams

“Yo~!” Jen grins. “Nice of you to join us.”

“I just came to see Hayoon.” he teases.

Jen narrows her eyes. “Oh okay. I’ll remember that when you want my baking.”

That caused his eyes to widen. “Wait, no! Please, I’m sorry!”

“Nah, you f’ed up.” she waves him away before they begin to laugh.

“There’s this smoothie place around that I saw earlier today. Want to grab some?” he suggests.

“I’m down.”

“Yes, let’s go,” Hayoon adds.

After getting smoothies, Bam Bam whips out his phone to film them walking around beachside, enjoying their drinks. Jen notices him filming and throws up the peace sign while Hayoon happily waves.

“Hi~! Blueberry smoothies are the best!” Hayoon proudly says.

Abruptly, Bam Bam dabs and starts laughing with Jennie.

“Do it with me.” he encourages and dabs again with Jen while Hayoon sighs, unamused.

“I need new companions." Hayoon walks past them, causing them to laugh harder.

“Wait! Come back!”

Sitting back at the table by the beach, the three spent time sharing funny dorm stories and how their idol lives have been. Jen even posted a video of recording Bam Bam mocking her performance for fire.

“Guys, I do not dance like that,” she says in the video.

“Yes, you do! And then you move your hips like this.” he dramatically rolls his hips around in a circle, looking extra which caused Hayoon to let out a high pitched laugh.

“Stop encouraging him!” Jen groans while playfully scolding her.

The trio decided to play Uno again to get back at Bam Bam for cheating. The two best friends demanded that he played fair and watched his every move. Hayoon was also in charge of distributing the cards. She did not have much luck during the first round and it was down to Bam Bam and Jen who had one final card left.

Jen had a blue zero while Bam Bam had a green five. Everything was in Hayoon’s hands as they waited for her to put down her next card. Miss Bangtan’s heart rate quickened in anticipation. She just had to win this.

Once Hayoon put down a wild card, she announces “Blue!” as the new color.

Slapping her blue card down, Bam Bam wails in defeat.

“NO!” he shouts.

“YES! TAKE IT, BITCH!” Jen stands up and raises her fists in the air

“I WAS ALMOST THERE! DAMN IT!”

“WOOOO!”

"I WANT A REMATCH!"

Sitting back down, Jen takes a photo of herself smiling victoriously with an annoyed Bam Bam in the background and a delighted Hayoon. She tweets it with the caption, ‘Decimated, embarrassed, schooled, BODIED! #Jen’

After playing a few more rounds, with Hayoon and Jennie beating him every time, they grab Bam Bam’s small speaker to dance around for fun and teach each other their group’s choreography.

“Let’s throw it back.” Jen puts on Tambourine by Eve. “Follow my movements, all right.”
She does some basic moves as they follow her. Soon after that, she goes to record them to post on Twitter.

“Shake what your mom gave you! Move those hips!” she encourages.

Hayoon does as she was told which surprised both of her friends.

“What was that!?” Bam Bam yells.

“Damn girl! Where did that come from?” Jen widens her eyes.

“Y-you said to shake what my mom gave me,” she replies innocently.

---

After coming back from Prom Weekend, Jen goes to catch up with Amber at her place. Jen was happy to be a part of her next vlog for her YouTube channel and went with her to work out at the gym.

The female member of Bangtan takes off her jacket to reveal her sports bra and defining muscles on her upper body.

"Wow, look at my mom. Those abs are getting defined!" Amber does a close up of her stomach, making Jen laugh. Setting the camera down to film them stretch, she asks, "You excited about the Billboard Awards?"

"Oh yeah! I am so stoked! Despite some of the negative feedback that I’ve been hit with, I just also hope that I can put in a good word for BTS as I try to promote us as a group and support Angelina.”

“Right, I saw that. Ugh, keep ignoring it like you usually do. So rude of these so-called supporters for BTS to question why you’re going and not the rest of the group. It’s like they hate on the things you do that has nothing to do with the group.”

“Ridiculous. But It'd be so dope if we can all attend the Billboard Awards together. A Korean group at that show? That'd be huge. I hope we can accomplish that one day."

"I can just see you now, looking all cute and dolled up for Billboard. BTS at the show would be a huge deal. Never say never. What are you wearing?"

"Angelina and I are going to color coordinate. I'll be wearing white while she will be wearing black. And we're planning to go again next year so next time I'll be the one wearing black and she will wear white. She has it all planned out. So demanding. She was like, ‘Yep, I’m dragging you with me next year too.’” Jen chuckles. “She doesn’t like going alone to award shows since she’ll get bored easily. But if a friend, like me, was with her, she’ll have a better time.”

"Aw, cute. Do you think you're going to meet you know who?" Amber teases

"I hope I meet Shawn." a nervous chuckle escapes Jennie.

Jen just hopes she doesn't freeze when she is face to face with that man. Someone she admires and wants to work with. If she was freaking out about him noticing her online, she doesn't know what she is going to do when she sees him on the pink carpet. She must keep her composure.

After stretching, Amber began to play on her phone until Jen takes it away.

"Woman, get off your phone. Time to work." she places it down and walks over to the punching bag after wrapping her hands in tape.

"Can't I just look at my messages?" Amber whines

"Nope. Let's work."

Amber sighs, "Fine mom."

A laugh escapes Jen as she waits for Amber to hold the punching bag for her.

"I love using this. It makes me release so much stress." Jen pounds her fist against her palm a few times and begins to strike the bag.

"Think of this thing as something that stole your smarties.”

Out of nowhere, Jen kicks the punching bag hard and Amber dramatically falls to the floor. Gasping and placing her hands against her mouth, Jen rushes down to help her.
"Crap! Are you okay!?"

But then Jen hears her laugh and watches her get up with ease. "The look on your face was priceless. I'm fine."

"I hate when you do that." she playfully punches her shoulder. After her session of kicks and punches, Jen holds the bag for her while Amber begins punching it. "How's Jack Jack?"

"Adorable and goofy as ever. We need to set up a playdate with Tony."

"Tony would love Jack Jack. He is so friendly with everyone. I think he's starting to get closer to V now."

"Uh oh. V taking over now. You know how he gets when it comes to animals and babies. How is his drama going?"

"He is so happy and making a lot of friends. A social butterfly. To see him work so hard and doing well in his scenes makes me a proud sister. I've been helping him a lot on his script and he seems to be feeling more comfortable with himself.”

"As he should! Wow, and can you believe that next year you are going to graduate high school?"

That caused Jen to exhale. She was right. She is graduating next year.

"Are you planning on taking the college exam?" Amber’s question interrupts her thoughts as they go to use the dumbbells on the floor.

"I really want to. I want to go to college. But I don't want to go to college online, I want to physically be there. But as a K-Pop idol and all, I am not going to be able to juggle that and school...kinda frustrated."

"What do are you going to do? You think you want to take a hiatus from the group to go to school?"

"I don't know." Jen groans and falls back on the floor. "I've been thinking of going into business. I've been starting to get very interested in that. I don't want to just depend on music. I want to do more things. But if I take a hiatus from the group, I know a lot of backlash is going to happen with some of these fans. But if I don't do this, I feel like I will regret it."

"Hey, don't even worry about those fans. You need to do what is best for you. If you want to continue your education, do it. You will find a way to make this work."

"Yeah...you're right. I still have time to think about it too. I think I should talk to my parents about it. And then Bang PD. But enough about that, let's talk about Civil War! My baby Captain America! Ahhh, I cannot wait for that movie!"

---

The cast of Running Man arrived at their next destination for their 7 vs 300 episode. The cast pondered why there were so many boxes around and was told about their fourth mission.

‘We have special guests for this mission’

Soon after, a van pulls up and out comes BTS themselves which was a huge surprise from the cast.

“Welcome, BTS! Nice to see you! It’s so unexpected!” the cast happily greets.

“I didn’t know that BTS would be here,” Jae-suk says.

“OH~!” Gary shouts when he sees Jennie and Jungkook. He points at them and that got Song Jihyo’s attention.

“YOU!” Song Jihyo shouts. She glances at Gary and begins freaking out with him, amusing everyone. “We have some unfinished business with these two!”

JenKook glance at each other and laugh as they recap on how the Monday Couple could not stop the Golden Duo. But they were determined to change that today.

After the members performed some of the choreography for fire, the cast applauds them.

“I loved when Rap Monster acted like this in the end.” Jaesuk makes the same facial expression and moves his hands the way Rapmon did. After seeing Rapmon doing it again, he responds, “That’s it. It looks nice. I should learn the moves.”

Soon after that, one by one the members of BTS show off their different gestures for fire. V was up first which hyped up the cast members.

“Do I do it like this?” Gary tries to do the same moves.

“Jongkook, show us the old version of that dance.” Jaesuk requests

“Why?” Jongkook asks

“You know the old version.”

“Why should I?”

“Come on!” he replies as the rest of the cast try to get him to dance.

Going along with it, Haha and Gary joined him in performing their own little routine which made everyone laugh.

“Oh my goodness.” Jen snickers, covering her mouth.

“1! 2! 3!” the three men shout and do their ending pose.

“So, what should we do with BTS?” Jaesuk asks

‘The fourth mission is to move 300 boxes with BTS. There are 300 boxes of ramen. You should use the handcart that has your team’s initial on it to move as many boxes as possible to your team’s truck. Those who move more boxes will win. If you win, we will donate the boxes you carried in your names. So please do your best.’

Both teams gathered around, preparing while one member from each had their cart prepared.

“Okay,” Jen speaks up, making the members look at her. “Strategy. Put as many boxes on the cart. Speed is everything. Jimin,”

“Yes, Ennie?” he asks

“Try to hop on someone’s back to try to distract him. I’d say go big. Perhaps Kwangsoo or Jongkook. Maybe even Haha. You have a clinging grip of a koala bear. It’ll be difficult to yank you off due to your strong grip.”

“Right,” he nods.

“Fellas, are we ready?!” she announces loudly.

“Yes, ma’am!” they shout.

“Are you ready to get down!?”

“Yes, ma’am!”

“Are you ready to win!?”

“Yes, ma’am!”

“One, two, three, BANGTAN!” they all shout, throwing their hands up in the air.
Jen leans forward, behind the line, anticipating to run. If all goes to plan, they’ll definitely get the boxes in no time.

‘Will the members with a lot of experience win? Or will young BTS win?’

Once the whistle blows, everyone begins dashing forward to one of the five spots of boxes.

“Suga where the heck did this speed come from!?” Jennie exclaims as she watches him dash over to the boxes. “Never mind, run! Keep running!”

They all scatter around while Suga picks up some boxes before the handcart arrives. He was the first person to place a box of ramen on the truck. Jennie grabs two boxes and begins dashing towards the truck, evading the chaos around her. Jimin, Rapmon and J-hope were placing as many boxes on the cart as possible.

While J-Hope runs the cart over to their truck, he pants, “This is heavier than I thought!”
Kwangsoo pops out of nowhere. “Ahhhh! Stop it!” J-Hope yells.

Suga, V and Jimin try to get him away and Jimin remembered what Jennie had said and decided to hug Kwangsoo from behind along with V, pushing him away from everyone.

“No!” Kwangsoo exclaims.

J-Hope screams and yells kept making Jennie laugh as she ran over to their cart and unloaded the boxes on the truck with him. But then Sukjin begins to try to take their cart away. Jin stops him and starts moving him away but Sukjin still had a grip on the cart and it began to move away from the truck.

“Seokjin, no!” J-Hope whines.

“Jin! The cart!” Jen shouts. “The cart!”

She runs back to him and manages to help him push Sukjin away. He runs away while she and the oldest member push the cart back to J-Hope so they can continue loading the boxes on the truck.

Later, Jen met up with Jungkook to help attack Running Man’s cart, taking boxes out of it.
“Hey!” Haha tries to stop them with Jaesuk.

He manages to grab onto Jungkook but Jen succeeds to stop Jaesuk from moving the cart even further. That is until Gary came into the frey to hold a strong grip on Jennie.
“Keep getting the boxes! We have the Golden Duo!” Gary shouts to his teammates while Song Jihyo holds onto Jungkook as they laugh.

“Hey! Get off!” Jen tries to wiggle her way out of his grip.

Suddenly, Jennie tickles Gary which makes him loosen his grip and she escapes his hold. She ran straight after Song Jihyo to pull her off of Jungkook.

Jaesuk accidentally pushes the cart to BTS’ truck, so the members began to grab all the boxes. Jaesuk did the same thing, unaware that it wasn’t Running Man’s truck.

“Thank you, Jaesuk!” Suga speaks.

“What? It’s not our truck?” Jaesuk asks, bewildered.

‘Thanks to Jaesuk, BTS is winning by 14 points.’

“Let’s ambush them,” Jen suggests to Suga as Jongkook and Gary were carrying a large load of boxes to put on their truck.

They run straight up to them to smack the boxes out of their hands.

“Jongkook!” Kwangsoo yells while Jimin seals his arms and legs around him.

“Good job, Chim! Keep it up! I’ll bake you cupcakes, tonight!” Jen praises, running past them to grab more boxes.

“Just keep holding him.” Jongkook walks past them while Jimin jumps on top of Kwangsoo, making it harder for him to move.

As the game went on, everyone was out of breath from running as they continued to race all over the place for the boxes. Following Jongkook throwing another box of ramen into his truck, he turns his attention to BTS.

“I can’t stand it anymore. That’s it.” he marches right over to Suga and Jungkook

“Oh hell no!” Jennie scurries away from him when she witnesses him grabbing onto her bandmates. She was just inches away from getting grabbed by him and she was not having it.

“Got you!” Song Jihyo grabs her before she could get far.

“No! No! Come on! I’ll pay you in cookies!” Jen whines.

Gary joins Song Jihyo, holding Jen hostage while Jongkook holds down Suga and Jungkook. Jungkook’s shirt began to rise as they all started laughing. It looks like this was the end of the road for these members.

“Jongkook, help me!” Kwangsoo walks over to him with Jimin still on his back.

Jongkook grabs the back of Jimin’s shirt and pulls him off effortlessly, tying down three boys on his own. During this, Jen was now on the floor, laying on her stomach and Song Jihyo laid on top of her while Gary monitors her to make sure she doesn’t escape.

“This is not faaaaaaaair~!” Jen yells, defeated.

“What’s happening here?” Jin kneels before Jungkook, puzzled.

“I want to get out.” Jungkook laughs.

But then Jin gets grabbed by Jongkook too and he begins to panic, exclaiming, “Please, let me go! Please, let me go!”
Jin tries to pull away but with no avail as only three members of BTS were free and had the final verdict.

“Somebody get the Monday couple off of meeeeeee~!” Jennie yells. “For the love of pickles! Somebody! Anybody! Hello!? Help! Help~!”

At the end of the game, Gary had managed to steal a box from Jin and placed it on the truck and congratulated each other on doing a great job.

‘The 7 vs 300 Boxes game is over’

Both teams stand next to each other, waiting for the results.

‘Let me announce the result. It’s 157 boxes to 143 boxes. BTS won.’ It was announced as bright cheers came from them. They jumped up and down to celebrate while high fiving each other. Now the members of Running Man would have to pay for another 300 boxes of ramen to donate.

When the announcer told them it was 5,000 dollars for 250 boxes, the cast did a double take which made Jennie look bewildered with the rest of BTS.

“Oh boy.” She murmurs.

“Really?” the cast stare in disbelief.

“Did you just say 5,000 dollars?” Sukjin asks

Someone will pay for 200 boxes, 50, 30 and 15. The members were chosen to give them a card at random. So for a random donation segment, the members handed each Running Man cast member a card to figure out what they will pay.

Haha opens his card and will only be paying 50 boxes. Gary has a dance card and was spared so he danced around, celebrating with Rapmon who was the one that gave him the card. Song Jihyo’s fate got her 15 boxes. Jongkook got zero boxes and he celebrated with Jungkook and gave him a hug.

For the final three, it was between 200, 30 and 5 boxes. They were offered to dance around and switched cards three times. And unfortunately for Kwangsoo, who had the 200 card first and switched it, got the card again when switching for the third time.
Kwangsoo is thrown water on him and dances for the 5,000 dollars he’ll have to spend on the 200 boxes while everyone laughs

“Congrats Kwangsoo! You’re the unluckiest person.” Jaesuk says as he stands there, accepting his fate.

“Thank you for your hard work. Thank you all.” the members clap and bow at the cast.

“I hope to see you and Jungkook back on the show for another couple’s episode.” Song Jihyo smiles

“Absolutely. We’re ready. Just let us know and we will attend.” Jen confirms.

---

Back at the dorm, Jen decided to make a strawberry shortcake because she was bored. She had already finished packing and looked over her schedule for when she touches down in the states.

"Can I have one?"

A bright voice interrupted her thoughts as she looks up to see Hobi smiling kindly. She noticed he was referring to the fresh strawberries she had just cleaned.

"Yeah, knock yourself out." she grabs one and feeds him. His smile got brighter as he savored the sweet fruit. "Is it good?"

"Very delicious. What are you making?"

"Ah, I would call this bored baking. I just wanted something to occupy myself before I go for my flight."

He places a soothing hand on her back and rubs it. "You a little nervous about the show?"

"I think I'm more nervous about making sure I put in a good word for BTS."

"Munchkin, you'll do just fine. Come on, I'll help you."

"Thanks. You can start by cutting the strawberries and then adding sugar." she points over to the materials while she handles baking biscuits. What she planned on doing was making it look like biscuits with layer strawberries and frosting.

As they baked together, Jen began to notice that whenever she glanced over at Hobi, he'd look like he was caught doing something he shouldn't.

"...are you eating more strawberries?"

"No?" he replies with a mouthful in his mouth.

"J-Hope!" she scolds and tries to hit him but he jumps away. After pulling themselves together, she says, "All right, let's put on some music while we do this. You can just grab my phone and press shuffle."

"What's the password?"

"Jungkook's birthday."

"Awwwww."

"Shh."

"I see that you two have each other as your lock screens and now your passwords are each others birthdays. Did you know that Jungkook's notification tone for you is a bell?"

"Oh yeah, from the anime? It’s so cute. Haha, remember when one of y'all almost leaked our relationship on V-Live? Thankfully Kookie’s smart thinking saved us all," Jen playfully scolds.

---

It happened a few days ago with Jungkook, Yoongi and Hobi spending lunch together. During the live, Jen had messaged Jungkook in response to his question on if she could pick up some banana milk while she was out. His phone sounded like a loud bell once she texted him and he had looked down, smiling brightly.

"Goodness, you're whipped." Yoongi blurted out.

"He is maturing a lot because of Jennie," Hobi adds with a chuckle.

But they had almost forgotten that they were still on the air as Jungkook had blushed,
"Jennie is my best friend and has helped me a lot with this comeback. She's the best and I couldn't think of any other best friend."

---

"My gosh, I'm just thankful it wasn't anything worse." Jen mentions

"Sorry, sorry. We'll be more careful," he replies and presses shuffle as My Own Worst Enemy by Lit comes on.

"Ooh! I was just working on this song on my guitar!" Jen beams and starts throwing her head around, dancing around. Hobi laughs and joins her. He grabs her hands and moves around the kitchen with her.

"My car is in the front yard and I'm sleeping with my clothes on~!” she sings. “Came in through the window last night and you're gone! Gone~!"

"How many rock songs do you have on your phone?" Hobi asks

"A lot. I have a lot to study from. It's so fascinating how complex you can make the chords. Soon I want to try playing some of the hardest chords when I increase my skill. But let's get back to work. I like to make my biscuits from scratch. So, as you can see the dough is fine. Now we just need to cut them into small circles."

She rolls the dough out and hands him one of the circular cutters as they both make a number of circles. Then, they spray two pans and places the dough on them. Hobi opens the preheated oven and lets them in so it can bake.

"Awesome, thanks for helping!" she high fives him. "We'll continue after I wash my hair real quick. Just please keep an eye on that. It should be done before I finish."

"No problem, munchkin."

She goes to wash her hair and then goes to blowdry it in her room but as soon as she turns the dryer on, a big mess of flour popped out, causing her to scream.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" she yells, making Hobi yelp. "WHO PUT FLOUR IN MY DRYER?!"

After ten minutes passed, Hobi saw Namjoon walking into the kitchen to grab a water. But from the look on his face, the leader had a mischievous smirk on his face.

"No way, man. It was you? She is going to pulverize you." Hobi chuckles.

"Not if she doesn't find out~." Namjoon smiles innocently.

"Well I just did and I hope you watch your damn back because I am going to make sure what you get is ten times worse," Jen responds, causing him to turn around in fear.

"Nie nie, hey, how are you?" he laughs nervously as he sees that she had managed to clean up her face and hair so that there was no more flour.

"Don't talk to me. I'll deal with you when you least expect it. Let's continue finishing this shortcake." she resumes with Hobi after creating 14 shortcakes for everyone.

"Thanks for the treat." he kisses her temple.

"Guys! I baked!" she announces. Soon as she said the word baked, they ran to the kitchen, shoving each other away to try to be the first to get a taste. "Whoa, relax. I made plenty so you all can have one."

Later that evening, Hobi and Jen hang in her room for another edition of putting makeup on Smartie. Setting up the camera and finishing up their strawberry shortcake, Jen calls the program, ‘Lets Put MakeUp On Smartie Featuring J-Hope~’

"Hey, hey! What is up ARMY!? Jennie is back with another episode of Let's Put Makeup On Smartie! And with us today is my hope, your hope, J-Hope!"

"Hi!" Hobi beams and dances in his seat in excitement.

"I'm sure you've seen the previous videos of the guys doing my make up. What do you have planned for me, today?"

"I've been thinking of what you'd look like as a vampire. So to prepare, I brought fangs, blood, and some other materials."

Jen gulps loudly which causes Hobi to cackle and clap his hands. "Oh God...help me." she murmurs.

"It's going to be fine. Trust me. I made sure to learn what to do. I won't mess up your face. I got this handled, munchkin."

"Mm-hm," she replies. “But before we started, I have a big announcement to make.”

“Oh yes! Can’t wait for this!”

“So, as you know, for a while now the idea of Jungkook and I creating a Twitch Channel has been up in the air. Well, I want to confirm that our Twitch Channel is coming and it is called The Golden Duo! You can sign up for free and make sure you’re subscribed to us. And good news, our first stream will be during BTS Festa this year!”

“Wooooo!” Hobi cheers with Jennie. “Make sure you let us play too!”

“We will! The first game we will be playing is The Impossible Game. We have so many games we have listed to play. Bunch of online games and console games. And more to come. This channel’s streaming times will vary due to our schedules but best believe we will stream at least once a month. No doubt about that. Jungkook and I are very excited about this. You are going to see just how intense our friendship can be when gaming. And for a warning, there will be rage quitting and you’ll see a side of us you haven’t before.” she adds.

Fans were extremely excited about the news, commenting,
‘JENKOOK SHIPPERS ARE GETTING FED!’
‘YES!’
‘FINALLY!’
‘OMG YASSS, THANK YOU!’
‘Please play Overwatch!’
‘Can you play The Sims?’

“We’ll play those games. Don’t worry. Now any donations we get for the stream, we are donating to charity. We are not keeping the money. We plan to split the money equally and give it to the charity of our choice. I will be donating to domestic violence survivors. I am very passionate about that subject. Jungkook is still figuring out where he wants to donate. Okay, now without further ado, let’s do this!”

Letting him get right to it, he puts her primer on and then the foundation.

"Army, Jennie baked today. I helped her out. We made strawberry shortcake." he says and goes to work on her eyes by using black and purple.

"I thought it turned out pretty well, how about you?"

"I want more. But you're about to leave. So, next time when you get back to Seoul."

"Sounds like a plan. I'm glad you liked it. Oh, Army, you guys are wild for your choice on what you want me to do for our upcoming Festa." she brings up and pauses as he focuses on placing black lipstick on her. He puts the two fangs on her teeth and goes to focus on putting blood around her mouth to go with the look.

"If some of you aren't aware, Big Hit put up a poll a few weeks ago for you guys to choose." Jen continues. "I will be dancing solo and you had to choose between a cute concept, a sexy concept or a badass one. And since somehow, someway you guys like me being sexy, you chose the sexy concept and now I am going to be performing Sunmi's Full Moon. Oh my gosh. Wow. I'm not ready. I can't believe this. I was striving for the badass concept. But it'll be fun."

"We are currently making preparations for it now," Hobi adds. "We are eager to show you in June. And...done!"

Jen checks her face out in the mirror. "Oh...oh! Whoa. I look demonic." she chuckles and checks out her eyes. "I like it. I like how slightly messy it looks. This is good, J-Hope!"

"I knew you would! Aren't you glad I didn't mess up with face?"

"Very. All right, well thanks for watching us, today. Stay tuned for the next member of Bangtan to do my make up. Who do you think is next? Find out soon!"

"Bye Army!" Hobi waves.

After they turn the live off, Jen takes selfies with him, tweeting, 'Wonder if I should be a vampire for Halloween. Thanks for the makeup! I look great! #Jen'

---

The next morning, Jen pondered about how the guys would look great for their airport style but she’d just wear something simple and comfortable. She was already tired as it is and looking at her hoodie and jeans with a messy bun, she did not feel like wearing some top-notch outfit for an airport. And knowing the fans loving airport pictures, she decided to tweet about it to not get their hopes up.

‘I know how much you guys like airport pics. But my outfit isn’t going to be all that. Sorry to disappoint you guys, haha. #Jen’

Looking at some of the replies made her feel better:
‘You could wear a trashbag and we’d still think you’re beautiful’
‘Doesn’t matter! Still taking photos of your cute self! Stay comfortable!’
‘It’s OK queen. We still gonna see you when you arrive home.’

When she arrived back in America, a big yawn escaped her and her stomach leaped with joy to find that she was finally home. Carrying her bag along with her manager Diana and some security guards with her, Jen walked off the plane.

But little did she know, a large turn out of fans, fansites and paparazzi were waiting for her. And when they saw her walk out, cameras began to flash and the pandemonium rose, causing Jen to look up in astonishment

"Oh my God, she's coming! She's coming! I hear screaming!" A fan squeals while recording and begins screaming with everyone else once she saw her.

“No fucking way.” a curse escaped her, making her fans laugh as she takes off her sunglasses. “Who sent y’all? Y’all not here for me. I know y’all not here for me.” she says in disbelief while the cheers and laughter get louder.

"Dispatch is here. They're going to want you to stand and pose." she was advised and followed suit as loud clicks of cameras and flashing lights appeared in her view.

The screams were high pitched as she tried to get a good look at all the fans here to see her.
"Hi, Jennie! Hiiiii~!"
"I love you!"
"Jen! Jennie! My friend loves you so much!"
"YASSSS GIRL! WORK! MISS BANGTAN!" a fan screams, making her cackle.

After photos, she begins to walk with Diana and security while others were rushing away to get a better view for photos and video. Security did a good job keeping fans away from being too close to her.

“Jennie, I’m proud of you.” she hears a fan say while recording her.

She turns to have eye contact with her for a few seconds and smiles. “Thank you.”

“Jennie, welcome back!” someone else speaks

“Thanks, good to be back home."

“How was the flight?"

"Not too bad, actually."

Jen turns to see a guy smiling shyly and waving right next to her outside the airport.

“Hey! Thanks for coming to see me. How long did you wait?" she asks.

"Hours. Worth it to see you in person. Here, this is for you. My cousin makes earrings and wanted you to have this." he gives her a small gift bag

"Oh wow, thank you! I can't wait to wear it." she beams.

On Twitter ARMY was freaking out and trended #WelcomeHomeJennie worldwide:
'Our beautiful Miss Bangtan has arrived safely in America! #WelcomeHomeJennie'
'Ah she is so cute! Looking like an adorable hamster in that hoodie #WelcomeHomeJennie'
'My baby is back in the US!'
'Our girl has arrived!'
'Jen is back! I repeat! Jen is back! Back in America!'
‘SHE LOOKED AT ME! OMG SHE SMILED AND LOOKED AT ME!’
'Of course, she's decked out in Nike, what a cutie'

---

Soon as she went to her hotel room, she ate and rested before it was time to go straight to interviews. This was going to be a busy day, starting off with radio to help talk about BTS’ new album and hoping that K-Pop can be more recognized in America just like PSY did years ago.

Then it was time for her interview with iHeartRadio.

Smiling for the camera, iHeartRadio takes a photo of her and tweets, ‘K-Pop’s own Miss Bangtan of BTS is here with us!’

Getting comfortable with the interviewer, they begin filming as she listens to the interviewer greet the fans and gave background on K-Pop and BTS.

"Here on iHeartRadio, we have the one and only Miss Bangtan, Jennie of BTS! How are you doing?"

"The adrenaline is pumping.” she beams. “I’m so happy to be home for a little bit.”

“Any jetlag?”

“A little. It’ll take a while to get used to it.”

"We're going to have some fun today, with various questions. We even asked ARMY to submit some questions for you. Are you ready?"

"Let's do this."

‘First time you knew you loved playing the guitar?’

"After listening to rock music. I'd say that Unretrofied by The Dillinger Escape Plan was one of the songs that influenced me to play the guitar more. When I practiced that song, I fell in love with it and I told myself that this was what I wanted to do. And I liked the synchronizing sounds with the song. I'm not going to lie, I really enjoy the heavy stuff with the guitar, too. How intense it is. It just makes me emotional because you can just hear how passionate the music is.”

'Artist you want to collab with?'

"I would love to collab with a rock band, to be honest. Even if it's just playing the guitar. I'd love to perform some rock songs. Not every day you see a black female rock out. But we're out here in this world. I honestly do not care which rock band it is, I will be grateful for whatever opportunity comes. Right now I am studying different rock songs and learning them on my guitar. I want to learn different styles and techniques. It's pretty fun."

'What song are you studying right now?'

"Wake Up by Rage Against The Machine. It's heavy and I enjoy the instrumental. I can't explain it but ugh I love it. A funny moment happened a few days ago, so I was playing my music really loud and the guys got so concerned by the intense vocals. The guitar solo is still messing me up a bit, so I'm still practicing. Maybe one day I should release my covers for the songs I'm studying."

'You think you could ever do acting?'

"My sister is the actress. But if an opportunity comes up and I need to prepare for an audition, she's my go-to person. Acting isn't something that is on my radar right now but I think it would be fun to do one day. It’s nice to branch out and try new things.”

'What are some nicknames people called you?'

"Oh gosh, well Namjoon calls me Nie Nie. I also get called Munchkin, Smartie and Ennie”

'Okay, we gotta know, are you still keen on wanting to work with Nike?'

"Oh absolutely. I am still patiently waiting. I know they're watching me. I am here Nike. Come on, please! I will bring you so many sells. I am so passionate about your product. Hit me up!”

'Any tattoos in the future?'

"Yes, I have something in mind. You'll see."

'What is your ideal date?'

A bright smile came across her lips as the interviewer gushed over how big her smile gotten. Truth was, she was thinking about Jungkook.

"Ah...well, I love mini-dates. Like the simple things are more than enough. Even if it's just walking and looking at the sunset or stars. Eating smarties and snacks." she gets a little giddy and her face began to warm up as she thought about her boyfriend. "I guess I'm a little bit of a hopeless romantic.”

'What about your solo work?'

“BTS’ work.” she corrects, smoothly moving the conversation her way. “Everything is going great with our work. Our album is doing so well, please stream and buy our album. It's called The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever. The album with the colorful hot air balloon. You can't miss it. I also helped create track four. Autumn Leaves. Give it a listen. We're proud of it."

"Well, that is all the time we had for today. We are going to see you at the Billboard Awards right?"

"Yes, you are! I'll be supporting my girl, Angelina. I am so stoked to be a part of it again. Thanks for having me!”

---

With Buzzfeed, Jen was filmed to be a part of their Thirst Tweets segment. Sitting down comfortably on the floor, Jen gets handed the LOL bucket and prepares for her cue to start speaking.

“Hey! It’s your girl Jennie from BTS and today I shall be reading some thirst tweets!” she announces. “Disclaimer, I am fully aware of how thirsty you fans are. Remember that I do have a Tumblr and I see everything. I can tell that this is going to be very interesting so let’s get to it.”

Grabbing the LOL bucket, she digs in and pulls out a slip of paper. Reading it in her head, she starts to chuckle.

“Whoa. Okay. This reads..."

'I hope Jen gets eaten out every night since she deserves it.'

Jen looks directly at the camera with a laugh. “Sadly, I don’t have that luxury. Maybe a certain someone should change that.” she teases and raises a brow.
Digging in again, she reads,

'Imagine getting a lap dance from Jennie.'

"Hm…you know I never gave someone a lap dance before. I should start practicing. Want to be my first?”

'I just can’t stop thinking about Jennie’s ass. I want to smack it and eat-'

She couldn’t finish as she starts laughing again, covering her mouth.

'...I want to smack it and eat her booty like groceries.'

“Y’know I get this a lot actually," she admits. "It’s okay to stare, though. Look but don’t touch.”

'Jen could blow my back out with a strap on if she wanted to.'

“Ah…" Jen lets out a sigh. "I wonder if it was a mistake to admit I switch. Been seeing a lot of this type of stuff on Tumblr. Oh boy. Well, thank you for the offer. I don't know my own strength so I don't think you'd want me blowing your back out."

'Watched a compilation of Jen’s sexiest moments. I want to fuck her so bad'

“You want to have sex with me, too? Get in line,” she replies.

'BTS’ Jennie is a fine piece of ass. I want to bite her booty and give her a butt massage'

"A butt massage? Interesting..."

'Jennie sitting on my face is a nice concept. I would also love to eat smarties all over her naked body.'

She snickers and rubs the back of her neck. "I wouldn't want you to get suffocated. It takes a special person for that. I don’t think so. And let’s eat smarties from the wrapper, not on my body.”

'A concept: sucking Jen’s toes'

That made her widen her eyes, "Why is everyone talking about my feet these days? Did I miss something? Was it something I wore?” she asks, genuinely confused

'I’d pay so much money to drink Jen’s bath water'

She looks up at the camera and the caption, '#Jennie.exe has stopped working' appeared on the screen, causing the staff to laugh in the background.

“That’s…not sanitary.”

After finishing the tweets, Jen says, "Well, that's all the thirst tweets for now. That was eventful. I wouldn’t mind doing this again. I’m Jennie from BTS and I will see on you the flip side. Stream BTS and other K-Pop groups! Our album. Right here.” she presents their latest album in front of the camera. “Track four. I helped produced it. All the songs are good. It’s lit.” she giggles as they sign off.

Meanwhile, a Shawn Mendes fan tweets him about Jennie later on that day, ‘Shawn! Did you know that the girl with the guitar is going to the Billboard Awards!? She really wants to meet you!’

Replying to the fan, Shawn tweets, ‘Yes, I do! I’m happy that she is going to be there. I hope I can see her.’

For the last segment of iHeartRadio, some lucky fans of Jennie were brought into the studio and asked to stand in a room alone, one by one.

The question was simple. Why do you admire Jennie?

And while the fans spoke highly of her, Jen was watching in the background.

“My big cousin got me into K-Pop a few years ago,” a little black girl cutely says. “When I saw Jennie, I told my parents, ‘she looks like me! I hope I can dance just like her. And she’s so pretty!”

Jen holds her heart as she watches her speak.

“Can you perform some of BTS’ choreography?” she was asked and performed like Jennie for the Fire MV.

“Wow~! You dance so well!” Jennie praises, walking into the view.

The girl’s eyes widen, “Jennie~! Oh my gosh!”

“You were amazing. I’m so happy to meet you.” she gently hugs her. Pulling away, she sees tears developing in the girl's eyes.

“I love you so much. I want to be a dancer just like you.” she hugs her again as Jen’s heart soars.

“Aw...I love you too.”
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“That’s my girl, right there!” a male fan enthuses when it was his turn to speak.

“Yeah! Like I love how she sticks to her roots and doesn’t change who she is in another country.” his guy friend adds. “Jennie, thank you for representing us. And she is so beautiful. Like wow.”

“Aw...that’s how you feel?” she walks out.

“OHHHHHHHHHHHH~!” the first guy yells and back up, causing her to laugh.

“Oh shit!” the second guy falls to the floor. “No way!”

“Yes, way! What’s up!?” she giggles and helps him up. She got a kick out of when fans stumble when they see her.

“This is not real,” the second guy embraces her and then watches his friend hug her next.
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“She’s SO cute. Like an adorable hamster.” another fan says

“Yeah! And the cute thing she does with her nose. Sooo adorable. Her in the fire music video was a rude awakening that she is Miss Bangtan and here to stay. We’re just so proud of her and-” the second fan squeals when she sees Jennie standing there, amused.

“Hey, I am a human being.” Jen teases, watching the girls squeal and jump around

“Oh my God~! Are you real!?” they ask before hugging her again.
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“It’s nice to see someone that looks like me in a genre that is Asian dominated. She has remained strong in that industry and there were lots of high expectations for her debut. She exceeded them.” another black female proudly says. “I just auditioned for a few K-Pop companies because of her. I was moved to see someone like her break barriers. Her passion is undeniable. Jennie, thank for you being an inspiration to us people of color in K-Pop.”

“You are very welcome~! I’m looking forward to your debut one day.” Jen’s voice was heard, making the girl freeze. Once she skips out, a scream escapes the girl's lips and she kneels down, covering her head.
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“Her relatable personality is what gets me. I love that she is not afraid to speak her mind. She also replies a lot to her fans. She’s like the most active BTS member on social media. I love that. She never forgets her fans.” another male fan mentions.

Cartwheeling into the room, Jen lands on her feet and poses, “Hi! Surprise!”

“Oh my God! Hi! Hello!” he stammers and embraces her. “You smell good!”

Jen cackles, “Thank you.”
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“This girl can get down! My daughters got me into K-Pop and when they showed me BTS and explained what a bias is, I knew miss Jennifer would be mine. Watching a black girl thrive and make a name for herself in another country, proud of her dark skin, beautiful as ever, I get emotional about it.” an older female fan says.

“Yeah, we record our mom turning up to Jennie’s verses in BTS’ songs. It’s hilarious.” her oldest daughter says. “Jennie made me love Nike. Like the girl makes the product look good. Nike, what are you waiting for!? Call her up!”

“Yeah, and I got into smarties because of her. She should really be in a Smartie commercial.” the youngest daughter mentions.

“Sounds like a plan!” Jen happily says, walking out.

“Oh my gosh,” the mother laughs, looking amazed while her daughters jump in excitement.

“Hi! It’s very nice to meet you! Thank you for supporting me, BTS and K-Pop as a whole,” Jen beams and embraces them.

“Oh my God, you’re touching me.” the youngest squeals. “Thank you for being you, Jennie.”

“It’s people like you who got me here today. So thank YOU for supporting me and the rest of BTS. ARMY is the best.” Jennie beams.

---

"Are you serious right now?" a loud irritated sigh escapes Angelina's lips while Jen walks inside the hotel she was sharing with her. "What is the issue? It is not that big of a deal. Who cares what these stupid fans say? I love you and I'm tired of keeping things quiet. You know what, I'm done talking to you. Talk to me when you realize your stupidity." she hangs up and tosses her phone on the bed.

"Hey," Jen speaks up, making Angelina took her way.

"Hey..."

"So, what was that about?" Jen sets her bag down.

"Namjoon's annoying ass."

"What happened?"

"I'm really tempted to break up with him, right now. Like I am so done with this."

Jen was used to this type of behavior from her and remained calm, "Slow down. What do you mean by that?"

"We had a disagreement. And I'm just becoming so fed up about all this."

"Fed up about what?"

"I just want our relationship to be public. But he doesn't want it public. He wants us to remain private. And when I asked why he was all about my safety and bullshit. I wasn't even listening, I was just so mad. Like nobody gonna touch me. I'm no thin-skinned person, I can handle the hate, I can just ignore it, easy. I just feel like the man is ashamed of dating me and that's why he doesn't want to go public."

Jen frowns. Angelina had a bad habit of attempting to make drastic decisions when things go south. One time when she was working on a song with an artist, she was fed up with her rap not going as planned and wanted to give up on it until Jen talked her out of it. And thankfully she did because that collab with The Weeknd will be performed at the Billboard Awards and is still high up on the charts. Now, what if she gave up on it? Then what? Angelina still thanks her to this day for snapping her out of it.

"I understand both sides to this. I understand that here in America, it probably isn't that much of a big deal. Everyone loves their celeb couples here, always wanting the details. But with the K-Pop fanbase, it's much worse. Possessive fans, people having a harder time with accepting relationships, it's scary. Like you remember that whole mess with Kai and Krystal. And then Baekhyun and Taeyeon. Namjoon means well. He is just trying to think logically about it. I think he is planning on a way to announce your relationship but for now, he just wants to remain private. You see, you, you are impatient."

"And what about it?"

Jen chuckles, "You want things to go your way and you don't think sometimes before you make a decision. Namjoon, he plans and thinks carefully. He knows what he's doing. I bet he's even going to make a song for you too. Ang, I feel like your relationship will be public but just not now. I know him. He is not embarrassed to date you. Trust him. Okay?"

Angelina sighs. "Yeah...I guess."

"Good. How was your dress rehearsal? Sorry, I couldn't make it. All these interviews they want me in."

"I am so happy that things are coming together. Huge honor to perform with The Weeknd. Like damn, what was I thinking trying to give up on the collab when my rap wasn't working?"

"Yeah, what were you thinking? You were out of your mind when you told me that."

Angelina laughs. "Yeah, yeah, well, again, thanks for being there for me and giving me that pep talk. I do need to lighten up. Oh and for our seats, I'm sitting with The Weeknd. You'll be next to me. And guess who is sitting behind you~?"

"Who?"

"Shawn Mendes~!"

Jen's eyes widen, "No way!"

"Yes, way! And he's pretty eager to meet you~! Jungkook about to lose his girlfriend~!" she teases

"No~! He's not," Jen covers her face.

"Shawnnie is the new ship name for you guys. It's so cute."

"Oh my goodness." Jen shakes her head. "Hey, so um...a little something happened when I was making out with Jungkook during prom weekend.”

"Oh, did you two finally fuck?"

"Not yet."

"Yet! Gosh, darn it. I want the dirty details."

"We're not ready yet."

"Fair." Angelina shrugs. "What happened?"

Jen pondered back to what happened. They had found themselves alone in a room for the time being. One thing led to another as their short, sweet kisses became longer and heated. And with him straddled by her on the bed, shivering in excitement, things got too carried away as she felt something poking her. And then she realized that he was hard. Jungkook was a little embarrassed about it, fidgeting and blushing. He quickly decided to take a shower afterward.

But it felt good. And there are days where Jennie forgets that she's a woman and he's a man and there are things that get him riled up more easily. She did have the urge to do it again

"I wonder if these urges are going to get stronger soon because the way that he’s been touching me makes me want to do more,” Jen adds.

"You think you two want to try some things sexually but not actually have full on sex soon?"

"Hm...we could do that."

Next, Jennie and Angelina head to Angelina's studio. They were working on a secret song together for the past few weeks. And Angelina was planning on it being on her new album. While she worked on the lyrics, she couldn't help but think that the song could use a vocalist to make the chorus pop. So, she thought that Jennie would be a great choice. What surprised her was how quick Jen was to say yes despite Jennie being the one to give Angelina the instrumental that she created.

Jen gets in the studio and places the headphones on. It would be Jen starting the song and doing the chorus. Then Angelina would rap her verse while Jen does the chorus again. Angelina will have a second verse and then the song would end with the chorus one final time. Simple and equal line distribution.

It was getting harder for Angelina to keep this as secret. But today, Jen gave her permission to record a snippet on what they were working on to hype up their fans.

So while she was singing the chorus for a second time, Angelina began to record herself listening to Jen sing in the studio and her reactions to her vocals were sure to make fans laugh,

"Always drunk on the phone when you call for me. Always say that it's love when it's not and they know what they doing is wrong. Never say too much, always play too much, always wait too long." Jen sings.

After posting it with the caption, 'Ugh, I can't wait to drop this!'

Fans were quick to comment,
'WHOSE VOICE IS THAT!?
'Is that Jennie!?'
‘ALREADY A BOP!’
‘I FW this’
‘DROP THE SONG NOW!’
'BRING THE HEAT!'
'SOMEONE CONFIRM IF ITS JENNIE!’

After getting out the booth, Jen sits with Angelina and notices that she was looking upset while scrolling through the comments on Instagram. Besides the happy, freaked out comments from fans asking whose voice that is and how great it sounded and if it was Jennie, there were some that already assumed it was her and was not happy.

"What's wrong?" Jen asks

"Ugh, why are they always talking shit?"

"Eh, I'm used to it. Just ignore it, don't even worry about it."

Reading some, they said,
'Here she go...using BTS and now Angelina for clout so she can have more fame.'
'Jennie don't associate yourself with Angelina. She does too much. Hang with better people'
'Jennie, why are you still friends with her?
'Angelina, I think you can find a better vocalist than that.'

Annoyed, Angelina begins typing,

"Whoa, what are you doing?" Jen asks, watching her type furiously

"Giving them a piece of my mind," she replies.

Angelina posts the comment which had lots of fans backing her up, 'First of all, stfu. Second, Jen created the instrumental herself and gave it to me and I wanted her on the song. Third, she's here to support me. Fourth, she can do whatever she wants. You don't have this energy for the rest of the BTS or Amity members now do you?'

"There. I feel better. Now, let's continue working on this."

"You're a mess.” Jen chuckles, “But, thanks for defending me."

"You do a lot for me. This song is going to blow up whenever we choose to release it. I know it will. With my amazing rap skills and your vocals, it'll be like another Ariana Grande and Nicki collab. Trust me. Plus, I really miss performing with someone so close to me. It's weird doing things solo. But with you, being here with me for this, to support me, I feel like I can continue to move forward knowing that you have my back."

---

The next day was finally the big day for Billboard. Jen was excited as her stylist, Janae came in with a few other stylists to prepare Angelina and her for the day. Both Jen and Angelina were in robes, vibing to one of Angelina's playlists. They just got finished eating breakfast and were now getting their make up done.

Jen browsed on her phone while her hair was getting done. She finds a tweet from Shawn Mendes,

'On my way to the Billboard Awards. I wonder where the girl with the guitar is.’
She smiles and playfully responds, 'I'm around. Come find me #Jen'

Jen checks out her dress in the mirror. The white dress had a V neck with a thigh-high slit. Exposing the middle of her chest.

"Okay! Talk nice!" Jen hypes Angelina up who spins around, modeling in her dress as she films her. "Work!"

Jen then takes a selfie in the mirror and then sends a photo to Jungkook,

Jennie: Like it?

With Jungkook, who was at dance practice, took a break to see the message. He instantly almost drops his phone, making Jimin notice and laugh.

"Jungkookie, you've been staring at the screen, motionless for the past five minutes. What are you looking at?" Jimin asks, peeking at his screen to see Jennie's dress. He ends up laughing harder. "She's so cute."

Jungkook: [image.jpg]
Jungkook: AGHGAGHAJFAHHBWIFA.

Jen laughs at the image of him on the floor looking like he fainted dramatically.

"Billboard here we comeeeee~!" Angelina shouts in a snapchat video with Jen yelling with her in the background as they sat in the van. The anticipation heightened once they arrived, passing fans waiting for the next celeb to walk out of their vehicle

"You ready?" Jennie asks.

"As long as you're with me, I'm ready for anything." Angelina holds her hand and gives it a squeeze, smiling.

Once the door opens, Angelina and Jennie walk out hand in hand as loud screams and flash photography was heard. The two friends glance at each other with a smile and walk to the magenta carpet, waving at fans who were shouting their names.

Photographers shouted their names so they could look their way and get a good shot. Jen hasn't been at this show since the Amity days and it was nice to be back.

ARMY found tweets from curious fans who had no idea who Jennie was or BTS when the broadcast announced that Jen and Angelina had arrived, giving background on the both of them.

'The girl in the white dress is cute af! Wow, is she single?'
'She is looking like a snack! Both her and Angelina are!'
'All that melanin!'
'Wait isn't that the baby from Amity!? She looks so good!'

It was crazy how all her favs were just walking around the carpet right in front of her. So many people she wanted to speak to and meet. It was going to be an interesting day.
E! started off their interview with them first,

"We are here with Angelina and former Amity member and member of a Korean Pop Group, BTS. Welcome ladies! How are you doing today?"

"I'm feeling less nervous now that my best friend is here with me." Angelina gratefully says. "She's holding me down."

"Aw. I'm really happy to be here and support her. I am so excited to see her and The Weeknd perform. She deserves this. She's work so hard for this moment."

"And the crazy thing is, he wasn't even planning on performing today but then asked me to perform this song with him instead of him performing one of his solo songs. I was so shooked."

"You two are definitely friendship goals. Angelina, anything to say about what to expect from your performance tonight?"

"Expect to let Angelina show you how it's done on the stage. No doubt about that."

"Angelina, we hear that you are working on your next album. Any word on when it will be released?"

"When you least expect it." she teases.

“Any boyfriends? Are any of you seeing somebody?"

“Actually, yes.” Angelina proudly says, catching Jen offguard

Was she about to leak her relationship on national TV?

Angelina smiles softly, “He’s a great man and he makes me very happy."

"Who is the lucky guy?”

"That’s classified for now.”

"And what about you Jennie? Any man in your life?"

“Nah, I’m not looking for a man.” She calmly responds. Although she was technically telling the truth.

After some more interviews, Jen spotted her fansites around and approached them.

"No way, what are you guys doing here?" she laughs.

"We came to see you!" they said

"Wow, and hey you got the braids I suggested. They look cute." she points out to one of her fansites. A few months ago she spotted her at the airport and she asked her about changing her hair.

"I'm glad you suggested the orange box braids. They're cute, I love it."

"Good." she turns to another fansite, "You. You're the one that told me about that test. Did you pass?"

"Yes, I did! I got a B minus. Thankfully I got the extra credit questions right."

"I knew you would. You make me so proud."

As crazy as it may sound, Jen had decided to get closer with her fansites, especially the American ones, having a close bond with them.

"Did you all eat? I hope so." Jen adds.

When she saw the fansite that was with her since the Amity Days, Jennie beams, "I'm glad you're here! I was hoping you'd come!"

"Wouldn't miss it! You look so pretty."

"I just want to thank you all for your dedication and hard work. You guys really didn't need to do this but the fact that you are all here to support me means so much. Want to take a selfie with one of your cameras? If you're comfortable with it."

They all happily agreed, and Jen let Diana take the photo. She loves them dearly. They are the reasons she is here today. Never forget those that have brought you to where you are today.

"Diana, can you make sure they get fed today? Treat them. They're probably hungry from staying out all this time just to see me and take photos." she requests.

"You got it." Diana gets right to it.

Angelina and Jennie did some individual interviews but remained close by to each other.
"Here we are with Jennie. It's been years since you attended the Billboard Awards. How does it feel to be back?"

"This is crazy. Although I'm not performing or anything, just being here to support my best friend is more than enough. I would say that I'm not nervous like I was when I was a kid with Amity."

"Do you think that one day you'll perform at the Billboard Awards?"

"That'd be cool. I'd like to if that's possible. Whenever it's featuring in a song or hey what if BTS could perform. I hope Billboard considers that, having a Korean act perform on their show."

"What did it feel like to get on that plane, without BTS to begin promoting alone?"

"Weird. Like wow, my boys aren't with me. I gotta do this by myself now. I like it although I do miss my boys. I know they’re watching so, hey guys!” she greets them in Korean.

"Is there anyone, in particular, you're looking forward to seeing?"

"Well..." she giggles nervously. "Shawn Mendes."

Later, Jen had a young male interview her as he introduced her to the camera. But once she looked directly at him, smiling charmingly, he began to stutter.

"So, Jennie y-you, I mean...I'm sorry, hahah." he laughs nervously, trying to remember the question he was going to ask.

It looked like he was thrown off by her smile for a brief moment and got lost in her charm.

'Cute,' she thought, amused.

"It's okay," she giggles.

"Sorry, this is my first time interviewing."

"I'm glad I get to have the honor of you interviewing me for the first time. Let's talk about how exciting the Billboard Awards are," she tries to calm his nerves as they briefly talk about what they are looking forward to.

Once he felt at ease, he began to ask her his questions, "You did a cover for Stitches a while back. How did it feel for Shawn to acknowledge that?"

"I remember running all over the place when I found out. Someone that I admire as a performer watching my craft. Surreal. I can't wait to meet him."

"Do people notice you easily in South Korea?"

"Oh definitely. It’s so obvious to notice me. If it’s not my melanin, it’s my hair. So, people are quick to want to get autographs. But I don’t really run away from the fans, I’m always happy to see them."

"I have to say, an African American woman representing in an Asian country is very impressive. Are you aware of the supporters you have?"

"It's very overwhelming for sure. Words can't explain how much of a blessing this is."

"And lastly, can you speak some Korean to the viewers?"

She nods and looks at the camera, deciding to give a message to the fans and BTS, "Thank you for always supporting me. Your Bangtan Girl is doing well and is happy. I ate today, don't worry. No, I am not dehydrated. Please look forward to Angelina's performance. I love you! Fighting!"

"I have no idea what you said but it sounded great." he chuckles with her as she translates her statement. She even taught him a few basic words before the interview was over which helped him relax even more.

After their interview, he went on to put out a few tweets about her,
'I just interviewed BTS' Jennie and just wow...her smile left me speechless.'
'I was surprised at how relaxed she is. This was my first time interviewing her and when I saw videos of her performing, I thought she was as hyper as she is on stage.'
'But here she has a calming demeanor. She is so chill. A very mellow and soothing person. Thank you, Jennie. And...I have to admit her beauty made me stutter a bit.'

Walking around with Angelina, snapping photos, Jen is nudged by her.

"Don't look now but a certain someone is watching you~!" Angelina whispers

“Who?” Jen whispers back.

“You know who.” she teases. Her statement made Jen widen her eyes and she attempted to take a peek but Angelina stops her. “Girl, don’t make it obvious. But he staring at ya. Oh shit. He’s…walking over here. Oh my gosh, he’s walking over here.”

“What!?” Jen panics, grabbing onto her. “What should I do?

“Be calm. Be calm. Go say hi. I’ll be over there.”

“You’re leaving?!” she asks in a high voice.

Patting Jen’s back with a giggle, Angelina begins to walk away, “You got this.”

Jennie’s heart continued to race as she didn’t know what to expect. Her celeb crush was literally strolling right where she was. What would she say? She needed to control her nerves.

“Excuse me.” a gentle hand grabs hers, making her stomach flip. “Girl with the guitar?”

Turning around, she looks up to meet his eyes. Gosh, his smile was so cute. He looked pleased to see her, too. Why did he have to look this charming? OH MY GOSH!

When she found her voice, she broke out into a smile, “It looks like you found me.”

“Looks like I did.” he chuckles. “It’s nice to finally meet you. Wow." he goes to hug her as she eagerly wraps her arms around him.

‘Oh my God his hugs! He’s so warm! Lord have mercy he’s so cute.’ she squeals to herself.

Pulling away he asks, "What's your name?"

"My name is Jennie. To be honest, I was trying to act all confident in front of you but in reality, I was nervous to meet you."

He chuckles nervously, "You're telling me, I had butterflies when making my way over to you. Your cover for my song, I was blown away by your performance. I really love your voice."

"Aw really? I love your voice, too.” she feels her face heat up, “I'd love to make music with you."

"Yeah, I'd love that too. I'll see you at the after party?" he asks when he was told he had to go for another interview.

"Yes. I'll see you then."

"Good. Let's continue talking at the party. I'll see you at the show." he smiles and leaves Jennie with her face flushed.

---

Outside where all the production trucks were, Angelina and Jennie met up with Layla who wore a shirtless pink blazer and pink pants.

"Ooh! I see you. Look at you, exposing skin. This is a look," Angelina compliments and hugs her

"Had to pop out. You two look so goooood!" Layla beams. "Let's take some pictures."

Jen happily wraps her arms around her, pressing her cheek against hers as they grin goofily for the camera but in the background was Angelina photobombing with a meme face expression.

Jen posts the photos, 'I'm happy we got to see you! Looking forward to your solo music. Let's leave the past behind,'

The photo went viral as soon as it was posted with Amity trending. Fans replied,
‘Three out of five! Come on, I hope the last two can make amends!’
‘Why are you still friends with her?'
'They look so fake’
'Three queens!‘
'I'm not crying! You are!’
'JENLA STANS RISE!'
'Awww I'm so happy they reunited and showed love to each other'
'Finally! Now we need Hailey and Trinity'
'I hope Hailey and Trinity can work things out with these three'
'I still don't forgive her'
'This is the content I like to see. Positivity and uplifting each other’
‘People out here thinking Layla is some kind of demon. She apologized and they all made up. Let's hope Hailey and Trinity can do the same and we can get an Amity reunion’
'THERE! Now STFU about them all hating each other'
'CHOKE HATERS!'
'Hailey,Trinity WYA? Apologize and get back together!'
'I prefer it to just be the three of them. No need for Hailey and Trinity’
'I don't know how to feel about this. I just hope they're all on good terms'
'I wonder what Hailey and Trinity think of this'
'Is anyone going to talk about Angelina in the background tho? LOL'

When they walk into the venue, as soon as BTS fans spot Jennie walking, loud cheers were heard and she turns around to see them waving at her. She waves back and goes to follow Angelina to where they'll be seated.

Jen was starstruck when meeting Rihanna, talking about how much she loves her music and even impressed her with speaking in some Korean. Rihanna gave her words of wisdom and praised her for doing her thing in K-Pop. Jen even met DNCE and enthused about her love for the guitar, building a big connection with them. Pete Wentz had approached her first and asked her about her guitar passions. Jen even told him she would love to collab with Fall Out Boy and to check out BTS.

Fans quickly noticed that a few celebs have started following Jennie and BTS on social media,
'GUYS! Jennie is being followed by CELEBS! LOOK AT THIS! Fall Out Boy just followed her!’
'RIHANNA FOLLOWED JENNIE! RIHANNA IS FOLLOWING MORE K-POP IDOLS! GDRAGON, TAEYANG, CL AND NOW JENNIE! OMG'
'Rihanna liked a video of Jennie and J-Hope dancing to one of her songs!'

Jennie even met Justin Bieber and spoke on behalf of Jungkook of his admiration for him and that he covered a few of his songs. Justin personally asked for the links, promising to give them a listen.

When Jen went backstage with Angelina, that was when she officially took a photo with Shawn Mendes while Angelina took a few candids of them speaking and hugging. Posting them on Twitter, Jen tweets, 'Your girl met Shawn Mendes~! #Fangirling #HeCuteAF'

Fans trended #JennieMetShawn while tweeting,
'WE STAN’
'COLLAB’
'Oh my God!'
'A dream come true! I am so happy for her'
'BTS and Shawn fans, how we feeling?'
'SOBBING'
'YASSSSS'
'Wait isn't this the BTS girl? OMG’
'Yooooooo'
'Legends!'
'My favs finally met!'
'I SHIP!'
'Look at how cheesy her smile is. She is so happy. Awwww'
'You deserve this!'

From afar, keeping a keen eye on Jennie ever since she came backstage, the figure adjusts their cap on their head, "Enjoy your happiness while you can..." they murmur. "I'm going to enjoy making you suffer."

Notes

A/N- Yo, yo yo! I’m not dead! And I’m still writing! TO THIS DAY! TO THIS DAY!

I apologize for the long wait. I know I said I would update in early April but I guess I am boo boo the fool for thinking I would update during that time when I have been hit with all these last minute assignments from professors. And then I decided to take a brief break from writing the next chapter until I felt inspired again. But I only have one more week left of the semester and then I will be back home so I should be having faster updates now that I don't have to worry about school work.
I decided to split this chapter instead of keeping everything all together. So this will focus more on Jen in America and then the next time I update it will focus on the BTS Festa. Sound cool? Cool. Enjoy and have an awesome day. Let this be a birthday gift from me as I am now 21 years old!
More of show, the After party and Shawn Mendes scenes will be in the next chapter. Not done yet.
Also, the song Jen sings is by her face claim, Ryan Destiny! It’s called The Same :)
Lastly, it shouldn’t be a surprise who snapped those photos last chapter. :)