It's The City Of The Flower

Chapter 1

"Rap Monster, you'll be in touch, right?" Taehyung says tapping me. "Yeah of course." I smile.

Which could possibly be untrue. Don't get me wrong. I loved being a rapper in BTS. The guys were great, and I now want to start a family. You know get a wife, and have kids.

"Yo! Chim Chim!" Jhope shouts.
"What?" He says.
"I can't believe we are done." Jhope says grumpily.
"It's not like we wanted to be!" Jimin sits down teary eyed.

Well Jimin wasn't speaking for all of us.
Ilsan is my childhood. I want to go back. See my parents. It gets hard dancing and practicing, hardly eating. Just to satisfy the fans. It gets tiring.

"I guess this is my last meal I will make for you guys before we head out" Jin hyung says.

I guess I will miss a few things... I look and see all of our luggage lined up by the door. That's when it hits me. I am leaving. No more bunk beds. I get my own room. Finally. I loved sharing a room with them, but here's the thing. Privacy. I craved it so much. I get it now. I am waiting for the first flight out.

"Daegu, man. It's a great place." Suga brags.
"Busan is so much better" Jungkook says. "Although I am staying in Seoul."
"Why?" Suga asks.
"Well, I guess it's time to tell you." Jungkook says. "I got an acting contract."
"Wahhhhh," we all shout.
"And" I say sarcastically.
"Namjoon? You okay?" Jin asks. Kookie sitting quietly.
"I have a bad feeling about us splitting up" I blurt out.

I didn't mean it. I really didn't. I want to go home.

"Dude, our contracts are done." Jhope says. "We are over."
"I know." I say.
"I too, have something to say." V says standing.
"Yeah?" Jin says.
"I am 24, and I have decided that I am going to propose to her." He says.
"V that's great!" Jimin yells.

V does that cheesy smile.

"Well V is, why aren't you Suga?" I ask.
"No need to rush it" he says nervously.

I haven't dated, only V and Suga have.
Now V is proposing. I guess they have their lives planned out.
I want to get a part time job, maybe. Go back to school? Nah.
I will probably listen to our old tracks. Like "Boy in Luv", although I don't really know the feeling.
We eat Jin's meal fast, and we kinda just sit there.

"Hey Rap Mon, what are your plans?" Hobi asks.
"Haven't really thought about it." I shrug.
"Oh come on." Jimin yells.
"Hey, I don't have a girlfriend, I'm not an actor, I'm not a chef. Overall, I don't know" I say.
"I'm not either" Jimin says. "I am single too."

"You don't get it" I mumble. "This is going to sound so sappy, but without you guys I don't know what to do. We are parting ways, and I will most likely live with my parents the rest of my life.
" I am getting an apartment in Incheon" Jin says. "It's a 2 bedroom, you could move in with me."
"Really?" I ask.
"Just pay half the rent" he says.
"I want to be home for a year though." I say.
"Go ahead, I will be in school for a while so there won't be much action.
" Wah! Jin hyung is so sweet!" Jimin screams.

I always took a liking to Jin. Not in a weird way. But rather, a respectable manner. I looked up to him. And to be able to see him often, will make me less upset. We can listen to our music and get drunk. What else is there to do?

"Yah, should we watch a movie?" V shouts.
" I'm too tired" Jungkook replies.

Still a fetus. I remember meeting him. So young. He was sixteen when we started, and he is now 22. Time really does fly. Little Kookie. So precious. He is much taller too. Even taller than my 180cm stance.

My thinking stops.

"Guys, let's do karaoke." I blurt.
"Wae?" Suga says.
"To look back at all our work, you know, memories.
" It's not a bad idea" Hoseok says.
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"Which song will it be?" Jin asks.
"Let's go back to 2015!" Jungkook yells.
"Baebsae?" I ask.
"I was thinking 'Ma city'" Jungkook says.
"That will do" Jin says.

"I will be right back," I say. "Just have to go to the bathroom, and refill my drink.

I am on my way to the bathroom and water fountain, as the news on a nearby TV catches my attention.

'Today in Ilsan, a lady was found dead. She was supposedly stabbed to death in her home. They took 3 suspects. Her husband, her brother, and her neighbor. Ms. Kim, had a loving child who hasn't been with her for a while now. They are trying to get into contact with him"

Jimin runs toward me.
"Hyung! Your phone, it kept buzzing. We didn't answer it though.

My heart sinks.

'Missed call from Ilsan police station'

" Is everything alrig..." Jimin trails off.
He looks at the TV.

"Her son is who we know as "Rapmonster" of the used to be band "Bangtansonyeondan". She will be greatly missed."

The news goes to commercial.

I drop my empty cup along with my phone. Jimin staring at me.

"Hyung, did I hear the news right?" He says nervously.
"I don't know Jimin, did I?"

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