Love Maze | BTS 8TH Member

Skit: One Night In A Strange City

The members were excitedly chattering in the van. "Yah Jungkook-ah! I trust you here, okay?" Hoseok told Jungkook as he had been to America before for a month during their trainee days so he could learn to dance.

"Jungkook-ah, can you be our guide? You have experience in America," Jimin asked jokingly. 

"Ah, no, no, Rapmon hyung and Arin noona can be our guides," Jungkook replied humbly.

Just then, Sejin, their manager, looked back from the front seat, a golden envelope in his hand, and said, "This is the allowance given by Bang Shihyuk back in Korea. You must spend it wisely." He then handed it to Jungkook. The members cheered.

The first stop of the group was at the LA Dodger's Stadium, where a baseball game was taking place. "Woah, will we see Hyunjin hyung here?" Namjoon asked as everyone got into their seats in the stadium. 

"It's huge!" Taehyung exclaimed.

After the game ended, the next stop was the Santa Monica beach. "Beach...the beach is very big, wow," Yoongi exclaimed in awe. 

Later, the members walked through the lively streets of Santa Monica, where numerous street performances were taking place. They came across a break dancer, and Hoseok began to battle him. The dancer broke his stance first, laughing as he caught his breath. "Nice to meet you!" he called out. Hoseok saluted him in return.

After a lot of exploring and playing around, the members got back into the van, ready to go to their hotel. But before that, they had to stop by the office. "Ah, there is a...a need to sign...because of visa problems," Sejin said, trying to come up with a lie because there was a little surprise for the members. "If you don't do that, you're going to be an illegal alien."

Sejin and the driver (local coordinator) left the van, while the members sat alone in silence, patiently waiting. Suddenly, three black men dressed in black entered the car, with one sitting in the driver's seat and the other two sitting beside the members, who were visibly freaked out and scared. Hoseok panicked and flailed his arms when one of the men sat beside him. Taehyung, Namjoon, Yoongi, and Arin, who were all sleeping earlier, woke up startled.

"Give me your phones!" Kidnapper #2 ordered the members. 

"Why...?" Jungkook asked, his voice quivering. 

Everyone's phones were taken away. "We'll take you to your hotels," the kidnapper in the driver's seat said gruffly.

"Hotel?!" Jungkook asked. 

"Just relax," Kidnapper #1 said, but his tone contradicted his words. He began driving. 

In the backseat, Arin was having a panic attack. She had been kidnapped before, but now history was repeating itself differently. Right now, the whole group was kidnapped by unfamiliar men in this unfamiliar country.

Arin's heart was pounding, her hands were trembling, her body was sweating profusely, and she was having shortness of breath. Yoongi, who was sitting beside her, noticed and took her hand in his and clasped it tightly. "Take slow breaths, calm down, calm down....it's okay...it's okay," he said, trying to stop her panic attack. Eventually, she calmed down as she obeyed and took deep breaths.

Meanwhile, Jungkook was still protesting in the front. "No, no, no! Hyung, say something!" he told the others. 

"Sit back!" Kidnapper #2 said. 

"Jungkook-ah, sit quietly. Don't create more trouble," Namjoon told him. 

Jungkook obeyed, his movements stiff, but his face was contorted, drained of color, betraying the terror he tried to conceal. His parents' faces kept flashing in his mind. All his thoughts were about how he was going to be sold to a stranger in an unknown country, far from his family. Didn't the others feel scared and miss their home and parents? He couldn't understand why the members weren't trying to escape or fight back against the kidnappers. They were eight people against three. Wouldn't they win easily if they just tried?