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[ recording ]

[ camera fades in to a small living room with a man looking straight into the camera, and very close up ]

0:43
[jungkook] hello? is this thing on?

[ muffling and fiddling with the camera ]
[ man sits on sofa in front of camera ]

1:07
[jungkook] okay, well, i'm not really good at talking to cameras. i'm mostly just behind them taking pictures, but i thought i'd give this a go.

[ adjusts camera one more time ]
[ sigh ]

1:53
[jungkook] i decided to make this, maybe because i was lonely, or i felt like i needed to talk to someone other than my customers.

[ strained laugh ]

2:14
[jungkook] maybe i'll show this to my kids one day.

[ another strained laugh ]

2:24
[jungkook] they'll like that, i think—if i ever have any. who knows, maybe it's not in the cards for me.

2:39
[jungkook] i never used to consider myself a sentimental person. but as i've moved countries, i've began to grow. at least i hope i have.

2:55
[jungkook] i had sacrificed a lot to move here, and that made me realize all the things that were awry in my life. maybe that's why i found it hard to express myself.

3:06
[jungkook] paris is different, man. it's a whole other level of the world that everyone deserves to see.

[ a sip of coffee is taken and the man moves, letting the parisian light shed in from his balcony window before sitting back down ]

3:19
[jungkook] i hope they remember me here. i hope they remember my flowers.

3:30
[jungkook] kids—

[ a laugh ]

—if you're watching this, please tell me my shop did well. god, i just want something to go well. that'd be nice.

3:41
[jungkook] if my wife or whoever is watching this with me, please don't ask about the name of my shop. it was a time of... weakness? i don't know...

3:53
[jungkook] fleur sounded like a stupid name for something, so i had to chose elise, alright?

[ through the open balcony doors, a pigeon flies in, disrupting the man's perfectly styled hair ]
[ scream from the man ]

4:14
[jungkook] shit! bird—get away!

[ pigeon flies around apartment until an angry 'jungkook' grabs a pillow to get it out of the room ]
[ a look of victory as the man sits back down in front of the camera ]

4:48
[jungkook] paris... has a lot of birds. it also has a lot of people. a lot of women. it's hard not to feel in love when you're in the city of love.

[ bird caw in the distance ]

5:05
[jungkook] i better go. that damn bird likes to attempt to get in here more than once... whether the balcony's open or not.

[ man approaches camera ]
[ doe eyes look in to the camera ]

5:09
[jungkook] au revoir

[ small wave to the camera ]
[ black screen ]