Persona

Chapter 25

JIN'S POV

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I didn't know what I'd done wrong, but I was alone. Yoongi, Joon, and the body guards. All gone. I was alone. Alone with no cell phone. In a country where I couldn't speak or understand the language. I was in trouble. I had managed to find a dark doorway to tuck myself into as I heard the fans coming my way. They stopped at the end of the alleyway where I was hiding. I didn't know exactly what they were saying but I heard BTS and Jin, so clearly they knew I hadn't been able to get away from them.

I at least hoped that the others were safely away from the overzealous fans that were following me. I kept myself unmoving in the doorway, hoping that I could remain hidden there until I managed to figure out a way to make it back to the hotel.

All I knew for sure was that we definitely should not have left the car when we'd stopped for gas. It had been a stupid move, but at the time we hadn't realized that we'd been followed by the fans that were chasing me right now. But, looking back made it easy to see your mistakes, and they'd been big ones.

I held myself completely still as the fans stayed at the end of the alley discussing where I could have gone. Those fans left but I remained in my hiding place afraid to move and be discovered. Soon another group paused a few meters away from me as I pushed myself back further into the darkness.

Another fan ran up to them, saying my name and pointing off in a different direction. I saw the group run off soon to be followed by several more. The only one still there was the one who had come up and said I'd gone off in a different way. She waited there silently as if expecting some other fans to materialize, no more did.

I studied her from my position in the darkened corner. She was slim with shockingly red curls pulled up in a long ponytail down her back. She'd dressed in one of our concert T-shirts and a pair of ripped jeans and well worn black Converse shoes. I couldn't see her face from where I was hiding though.

She looked down the alley. "You can come out, Jin. It's safe for the moment, but we need to get you out of here before they come back this way."

I froze. How did she know I was here? I didn't move, hoping she was just guessing at my location.

She sighed. "Jin, my name is Elizabeth, Andi's friend."

Those words drew me out of my hiding spot. She came toward me and pushed a ratty baseball cap on my head and shoved a pair of dark sunglasses on my face. She placed a finger against my lips as she turned her head toward the street.

"Shit." She cursed roughly as she pushed me up against the brick wall and plastered herself against my body. She wrapped my arms around her slender waist, and dragged my head down so our lips melded in a kiss. I can admit that it had been a long time since I had kissed someone, years actually. I'd been avoiding any relations with women since I'd had a stalker a few years back. I'd dated her until I'd realized she wasn't a person I could fall in love with. She hadn't taken it very well and had begun harassing any female she saw close to me. So I'd avoided dating until she'd gone too far an had been arrested for breaking into our dorm and been naked in my bed.

I shook that memory off and concentrated on the sensation of Elizabeth's lips on mine. It was amazing. Her lips were so soft and sweet and I couldn't remember it ever feeling this good before. My hands clutched her waist as I continued to kiss her.