Intimately Enchanted → pjm ✓

Chapter 26

Lorraine was not usually a pessimist.

But she couldn't help but make the worst possibility in her mind when it came to officially meeting BTS. They had talked through video calls many times, she was well aware with their names and all. It was just the fact that she had practically ruined everything for them with her ego.

They didn't deserve to go through the criticism they went through because of the mess Jimin and Lorraine created.

Yet, when she met them, there was no sign of bare hate towards her. They were just as warm, just as radiant. There was no sign of guilt trip in their conversation and it made Lorraine feel even more bad than what she was feeling already.

They were so nice to her, even though she had ruined everything for them. Not directly, yes, but she was involved in the scandal that took place. It had drowned their reputation.

And they were still giving their hundred percent during the rehearsals. She couldn't believe someone could be so devoted to their fandom.

Being a thespian, Lorraine didn't have a fandom. She was just whole heartedly thankful to every person who had even watched a glimpse of her movies. She didn't have a bunch of devoted people who waited for her movie comebacks.

The passion in them was something different, and she could clearly see why they were what they were today. It made Lorraine remember her own passion, her own dream, her home, and the things she had gone through to reach there. How she loved every bit of it, she even welcomed the disadvantages of being a celebrity with wide arms. Up until recently when Jimin happened in her life and everything with him became intimate and personal. Not something that she'd let media make a show of.

The point was, their dedication made Lorraine feel inspired and she decided that she'd continue on the movie despite all the trouble. She had cracked her head for this particular movie, it couldn't be gone in waste.

They invited her in for a dinner, and one of the fellow members, Jin, couldn't stop chiming about how badly he wanted her to taste this delicious Korean delicacy he had discovered of some particular restraunt.

It made her happy - although she didn't quite know if she was deserving of this treatment - so she decided she'd make it up to them, in her own way. But she will.

Jimin notified that Mr. Bang si-Hyuk had called him and Lorraine during the evening when their photoshoots were over to discuss the rest of the deal.

So they left after everyone wrapped up.

Lorraine had no experience what so-fucking-ever when it came to dating, but turned out Jimin didn't have any as well, so they didn't have to follow the 'rules' of it. They could mold it according to their convenience. Also, they had already done a much lot to get their stomachs tingling with the idea of 'first coffee date'.

But they had to go on dates, is what Bang PD said.

He said that to overcome the sexual scandal, they'll have to prove that they are genuine and not just a bunch of morons. And they had to do it in a way in which public would find it cute so that they would get supporters.

Lorraine wanted to say that public opinion didn't matter, she really wanted to say that Jimin and her dating, were their choice and not the fans'. But she couldn't, because it wasn't the truth.

Yes, it was them who chose to date. But they couldn't let their careers go down the drain because of some people not liking who they were dating. So they had to prove that they really did like each other.