love me now, touch me now, just let me love you

section 3 - you're the truth and the reason

"Okay, from the top now everybody. Hana, dul, set!"

The beginning of the vocal part of Blood, Sweat & Tears player over again, and Jungkook slowly moved his palm over Jimin's eyes, following along with the choreography.

Two seconds later, Jimin grabbed Jungkook's wrist and pulled it away, starting to mouth the lyrics of the song.

"Cut!" the director called. "Jimin, that was a little to soft this time. Make it forceful when you pull his hand. And you have to pull it down next time around, not to the side." Jimin nodded. "Okay, break time."

Even on their break, Jimin didn't eat anything. He was starving himself lately, barely eating anything, working hard and trying to lose some weight, fast, and gain muscle mass. The boys told him that wasn't the way to do it, and it wasn't healthy, but he told him he was trying it out and it was different for everybody; the way losing weight worked.

He walked over to his mirror at the back of the room, away from all of the good smells of everyone's food, and lifted up the edge of his shirt until he could see his abdominal muscles. They were much more obvious than they had been before, carved out and no more extra fat anymore.

He smiled, proud of himself. This was his goal, and he'd reached it. The hardest part now was to stay on the same diet and not pass out during dance practices.

Bang PD Nim arrived moments later, calling all of them together. "Bangtan. I have something to announce," he called. They walked over and greeted him, then waited for what he was going to say.

"You will all be attending the M Awards this year, and performing Blood, Sweat & Tears. You'll be put as a group in categories for nominations. This is exciting and I am delighted to announce this to you boys."

They all smiled hugged each other, happy they got in for another awards show this year. Jimin stood there, happy as the rest of them, but by himself alone. Then he raised his eyebrows, eyes wide as he thought of something, and grabbed Jungkook and hugged him.

Jungkook stood there confused, then hugged his hyung back and patted him.

"Jungkook-ah! I just thought of the greatest thing!"

"What? What is it?"

"What if Seulgi's there at the awards. Seulgi, from Red Velvet. Remember Kang Seulgi, the girl I fell in love with when I was sixteen?"

Jungkook nodded, his eyes wide, trying to comprehend Jimin's excitement and hyper-ness. "Yah, of course I know Seulgi. You talked about her all the time when we were that age."

Jimin laughed, extremely hyper with excitement. He jumped up and down, grabbing Jungkook's shoulders. "Jungkook, do you know what this means? Seulgi will be at the awards! Wait, let's ask PD Nim," he said quickly as he rushed over to him. "Is Red Velvet going to be at the M Awards?"

"Yes, I believe so."

"Yes!" Jimin yelled, and then he covered his mouth. "Yah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so loud. But Seulgi is going to be there! Maybe our table will be near theirs. Oh, I'm so happy. I know then I said I wouldn't ask her on a date because we were becoming idols but I don't care anymore. I've changed my mind. She's worth it."

"Yah, yah, Jimin! Wait! Hold on. You're saying that you're going to ask her on a date and tell everyone and quit being an idol? No! If you really want to, tell PD Nim about it and talk to him, then ask her and date her in secret. You have to be very stealthy, though. You can't stop being an idol. This is what you love, Chim Chim."

Jimin nodded. "Okay, fine. You make a good point. And that's what I'll do."