Whiskey and Tangerines

Please Remember Me

You enter the lobby of the building and notice, that like the people on the bus, these people are looking at you strangely with frowns of disapproval. 

You caught sight of yourself in the reflective glass. Your face is bruised, your lip swollen, and your hair a mess. You hurry pulling your hoodie lower over your face as you rush into the lady's room.

You try to make yourself more presentable. You wash your face with the soap at the sink and paper towel your face. You were able to comb your hair with the fold-up comb you kept in your hoodie pocket.

 You look in the mirror straightening your dress and then try to clean the scraps on your knees when several security staff come in.

The bigger of the two asks, "What are you doing here?" 

The other one frowns as he looks you over thinking you are homeless, "You can't stay here, this is a place of business."

They both step closer to you. Afraid they might send you back to your mom, you lie, "I, I'm sorry I know I look a mess, I took a tumble getting off the bus." 

 You dig in your pocket and pull out Yoongi's card. You hand them the card, the writing now practically illegible. 

 "I'm here to see Min Yoon Gi." 

The other one looks at it and then laughs, "Good try little girl."

They roll their eyes at you and the bigger one says "Here we go again, another sasaeng." They go to reach for you and you drop everything and run.

They give chase demanding you stop. You know where Yoongi's Genius Lab is and are heading there. Tears streaming down your face at how things were turning out, you hope with all your heart that Yoongi remembers you. It has been a year and a half now since you last saw him.

Desperate to get to Yoongi you didn't hear Jungkook, Jimin, or Taehyung calling to you. You just kept running.

Security caught you just as you reached Yoongi's studio.

Yoongi was working on a new song when he came across the one he was making for you before they went on tour. 

He was sitting there listening to it trying to keep from crying. He was thinking of you and how happy you made him when you agreed to be his girlfriend and how good you felt in his bed that night.

He is broken from his thoughts of you when there is a commotion outside his door. Rolling his eyes he yells, "Quiet down, not now guys!" 

He turns towards the door as the noise continues. He thinks he hears a girl crying, 'Well that's not Jimin.' 

He gets up and goes to open the door ready to scold whichever member it was.

Instead, it was two of the security staff wrestling a young lady trying to get her away from his door. He can't see her face but something is familiar about her.

"What the hell is going on here?"

 Security stops struggling with the young lady and the three of them turn to Yoongi. Surprise shows on his face. He can't believe it.

 Relief and grief almost overwhelm you seeing him again, "Yoongi!" You cry in desperation.

He tells security "Let her go!"

They start to argue but he gives them a look that brooks no argument.  As soon as they let go you run to Yoongi's open arms and he holds you close. You cry with relief, you have your Yoongi he did remember you.

Security says, "Mr. Min, she was hiding in the lady's room and when we confronted her she took off and we gave chase, we caught her here trying to get to your door."

You tearfully glare at him, "I was not hiding." 

You bury your face back into Yoongi's shirt crying.

The bigger one says " We tried to stop her. Do you know her?"

Before Yoongi could say anything Jungkook came careening around the corner followed by Taehyung and Jimin.

"There she is!" Jungkook says as he skids to a halt next to Yoongi.

Stopping and panting with his hands on his knees Jimin looks up "Thank goodness Al found you."

You missed them calling you by the nickname they gave you. You haven't heard it in so long it makes you cry even more.

They surround you and Yoongi smiling.

Yoongi asks, "What is going on?"

He keeps an arm around you as he leads them all into his studio. Before shutting the door he looks back at the two security staff members.

"You can go, she is a friend of ours."

They turn to leave and Jimin pushes the door closed.