Behind the Mask

~Chapter 13~

So I just wanted to thank you all for making my story reach 300+ readers!!!! It honestly means so much to me since writing has become one of my biggest passion. I could probably write everyday for the rest of my life without getting bored, but I only got the courage to post any of my work merely a month ago. Since then, my confidence has been boosted a lot seeing how many people are reading my story, made me think it genuinely worths something.
I love you forever, lovelies!
You make my day, everyday.

-Author-nim :)

Stepping onstage felt pretty natural by now, and I loved the feeling of spotlights shining on my face, on my body, presenting me to the world. 

Today's outfit was pretty bold too, but I freakin loved our designer so much. Her ideas would always improve our style, and this outfit made no exception. 

I especially liked the black ribbon on my crop top, making me look like a not-so-innocent schoolgirl. Maybe I could wear it when I met Yoongi tonight.....ANYWAYS.

Back to the concert.

(Thank you @blackpinks_heartbeat for the amazing photo here!!) 

The lights turned off soon, giving us precisely fifteen seconds to get in position before the music started. 

This time, as well, our first song was the one and only Boombayah, which had, in my opinion, an absolutely mind-blowing, show-stopping, wig-snatching choreography. Even though Lisa was at the center of the dance in the beginning, that was also my favorite part. I loved waving my body along to the beats of the song, and people seemed to love watching it.

As I looked down to the crowd, I noticed the boys in the front row, waving and whistling towards us, some of them even dancing along to our moves when the chorus hit. They really were something. We had met a few minutes ago and yet I felt like I couldn't do this without them cheering for us. 

They had strong power, thank you.

•time skip until the end of the show•

Soon, the performance was over, as we were getting more experience and time would just fly by during concerts.

We went backstage after thanking the fans properly for coming to see us, then changed into more casual outfits, and I put on a black, oversized hoodie and a pair of jeans.

The seven boys quickly approached us in awe, admitting that the performance had gone beyond any of their expectations. 

I was feeling pretty exhausted so,
after thanking them for their encouragements, I retrieted to a corner of the room, away from all the noise and motion around me. I would've loved to get to know the boys a bit better, but something was telling me that this would not be the last time we met.

So I not-so-gracefully plopped down on a sofa, yet quickly jolted back up at the sight of Namjoon approaching me quietly, sitting next to me.

"Hi, Jennie-yah! I just wanted to say that you all did extremely well tonight, I don't doubt you will soon become legends in the industry, and I just....I wanted to apologize for earlier, I can be a little overprotective when it comes to my band mates...as you may have noticed already. Still, you are very talented and I'm sorry for underestimating you. Yoongi was very smart to make you his. 
Also, you should watch out for Jungkook, he wouldn't shut up about how cool and talented Jennie noona is during the entire performance. He seems to really like you, so you'll probably be hearing a lot from him in the next few days. Just a little heads-up. 
I know you're tired, so I'm gonna let you rest now, but it was nice to meet you and I hope we can get along well from now on. Good night!"

He left with a warm smile on his face, a smile that got straight to my heart, knowing that I had managed to earn his trust. I was a little scared of him before since he could be pretty imposing if he wanted to, but turns out he was, in fact, very nice once he decided you were trustworthy. And I was hoping we could get along well too, since he seemed like a very intelligent person and someone I could always rely on if I needed some help. 

But soon, Lisa came over to me and hugged me briefly after finishing a conversation with Jimin about God-knows-what, and we joined Rosie and Jisoo as they were saying goodbye to the boys, all four of us ready to plop onto bed as soon as we got home.

We arrived at our residence at the same time with the boys, which triggered some laughter and short good nights from both sides of the street before we all got inside.   

It had been a really nice ending for a beautiful night, but I was tired as hell and, if I didn't hurry, I would have to drag Lisa out of my shower in order to get in. It had happened before. 

I locked the door and headed towards the bathroom when, suddenly, my phone beeped as I got a new text. The number was marked as unknown, but my curious little ass figured reading it would be a good idea.

Hey, it's Taehyung. 

I got your number from Yoongi, don't worry, I'm not some creep. 

I didn't get to congratulate you for tonight's performance, which was indeed a blast, so great job for that! We'll be expecting great things from you all. But I also wanted to say something else.

I don't know what you said or did to Jungkook, but he won't stop talking about you, not even when Jin hyung threatened to send him to bed earlier, and it's starting to piss me off. 

Can you please tell him you're not interested or something? 

Thank you.

Damn. Was Taehyung being straight-forward or what?? Also, jealous much. The kid had nothing to worry about, Jungkook and I weren't like that, but whatever. They say love rends you blind, so I couldn't exactly blame him, I guess. 

Still, I decided to reply to him quickly since Yoongi was supposed to be here in five or something. He literally just had to cross the street, after all. 

Taehyung, hi. Thank you for saying that, you appreciating our performance really means a lot to me.

Now I don't know what Jungkook told you, but all I did was give him a small hug since he seemed pretty uncomfortable around me and the girls and I thought it could help him loosen up a little. 

Something you could've easily noticed if you paid a little attention to him, but I guess you didn't. How is that my fault?

Anyway, me and Jungkook aren't like that, he's like my little brother, and if you would've bothered to talk to him instead of texting me right now, he would've told you the same thing. You have nothing to worry about. Really.

I was hoping we could get along well, but apparently you have already formed a pretty clear opinion about me. I'm sorry to hear that. Still, if you ever drop this attitude of yours and decide you wanna try again, I'm here. 

Good night.