WALK THROUGH WALLS

FOURTEEN

" So Bambam, you know that Jackson is right. How could you have forgotten the only Kenyan Korean girl in your life?" Felix asked after a long silence. All this time, he was grilling the duck and fish. He was in charge of the grill.
" It was not in bad faith. I was just afraid to tell her that my manager requested me not to show any connections to Saint. Being that I was the one who introduced them, how could I tell Lensah that I can not communicate with Saint again. I know that she adores him so much and so I decided to cut connection with the two of them. That day after the recording when he came to terrorise Jackson and spoke to me in Thai is when I remembered her again." Bambam explained.
" Wow siz, your life is so eventful I think you should write a novel about it." Kai said.
" And I will be your manager." Tuan added.
"And name it, WALK THROUGH WALLS. Your life is like walking through the wall Lensah." Bambam commented.
" So, why did Jackson run away from you just now?" Felix asked while Tae stopped doing what he was doing and looked at me keenly. I just looked at them, smiled and continued slicing the tomatoes that Jimin as eating secretly.
" She is the only person who can make Jackson scared that's why when he commented on the Bambam issue and said a negative description of Lensah, he ran away because..."
" He thinks Lensah will hit him. Now I understand of course. Anybody who has leaved with Lensah knows that. " Tae cut in while Mark was explaining.
" True. Quick thinking Jackson but it seems you have forgotten how she knows how to keep a grudge and her pay back strategies. Also, she is back in the country so you have nowhere to hide." Kai added while laughing.
" Indeed Jackson. I pity you already man. " Jimin said.

At this moment,Jackson started panicking while the rest continued with the cooking. All the food that were ready were being put in hot pots and being taken to a central table that was to serve as the buffet table. We prepared food like tteok( rice cake), guk (soup) this was tomato soup to be the appetizer. We also had malgeunguk. We had different jjigae like kimchi jjigae, japchae, dak galbi, bulgogi, saengseon gui, oijeon, snacks like kimbap and buchimgae that were to act as desserts and we had makgeolli (rice wine) and sikhye. Felix was in charge of grilling, Kai and Jimin worked on the soups, little Cai and Jackson were in charge of the drinks, mark and I were in charge of deserts while Tae and Bambam were incharge of the main dishes. With the distribution of roles, the work went smoothly and we finished by one o'clock sharp.

This meal was fit for a royal court. All the hard work that went into it was just incredible. It was one way of bonding between us. By this time Jackson had even forgotten about the earlier incident and he was joking as if nothing happened. This is one attribute I admire about him, so forgetful and he never stays angry for too long. We decided to eat at the pool area because we had been cooked up in the kitchen for a long time.

There was a lot talking while we were eating like the K-pop industry, the challenges they faced, the places they went, their crazy fan of which the BTS fans, the army were the craziest, their dating dilemmas, everything and anything, we talked about them all. I learnt a lot from this discussion. It left me with a lot of puzzling question of why I wanted to be  K-pop artist anyway. After the meal, we decided to take our drinks to the sitting room. This was after doing the dishes together, being that we had so many dirty dishes.

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When we had finished and were inside the sitting area, a call from Kenya came through. I had to put it on the screen that was connected via WiFi on the TV because it was my daughter calling and knowing her, she will want to speak to his father Jimin, then Cai his brother and then his uncles thus forgetting me.
" Hello, Shikamoo mama?"
" Marahaba Senah. How is school?"
" It's ok, boring as usual. Aunty Stacy told me that you are in South Korea. How is everybody there? "
" They are ok. We are all here today. You can see them."
"Oh yeah. Hi everyone. Dad,I have missed you. Wow bro, you are also there . Even uncle Tae and Kai and wow uncle Mark and Jackson are also there. This is not fair mama. " Asena complained
What is not fair. Soma kwa bidii first and then we see how you will come to visit Korea. Sawa Sawa?"
" Ok mama. By the way is that Stray Kids' Lee Felix there? Mama you never told me that you are also friends! Wow hi uncle Felix, I am a big fan of yours I..."
" Hey young girl, you should be looking for ways to talk to you dad, not flatter other men before your uncles." Jimin complained.
" Sorry dad, I was just excited to see him . I also see wow mama you also know Bambam of GOT7. I have a very..."
" PARK ASENATH!!!!"
" oh, sorry dad."
After that, Jimin disconnected the phone from the screen and took the handset to talk to Senah personally while heading to the kitchen

" Is he that angry that he will be hard on her?" Felix asked looking sad.
" No, he is just jealous that's all. You will get to understand BTS's Jimin. He adores his daughter so much that he get jealous of Tae and I when we talk to Senah for a long time." Kai answered
" So if he is that way with the daughter,what about Lensah?" Bambam asked
" Now there, you should have met him back in middle school. Although he was younger than all of us, he was like a hen it's chicks." Tae said while laughing.

Jimin was very protective of the people around him. For him, Asenah was his life. Although the distance was long, he made sure to follow up his growth. I remember a day when Asenah was sick, Jimin made sure that we slept with the laptop on so that he could monitor her at night. I don't remember when he slept because when I woke up, he was still watching upon us.

After sometime, Jimin came back and handed the phone to Cai. Apparently Asenah wanted to talk to her brother. As he sat down next to me, he looked at Felix and then Bambam for sometime and then he picked up his drink and continued to drink. At this time the whole room was silent. The only sound that could be heard was the laughter by Cai  that came from the kitchen.