Forever Young 영원히 젊은 Park Jimin

Chapter 15: (BTS Cam) The 26th Seoul Music Awards

"The New Artist Award goes to...BLACKPINK!"

The seven boys of BTS rose up from their seats and cheered as loudly as they could when the five girls of BLACKPINK went up the stage to get their award.

"Thank you very much for this award, we're really grateful to be able to get a once in a lifetime award like this." Rosé said into the microphone. The boys sat back down to listen to the speech, however, Jungkook was staring intently at Gale.

"Hyung," he called, getting Taehyung's attention. "Look at Gale-noona."

"I know Jungkookie, she looks like an angel." Taehyung answered.

"No, I meant...doesn't she look a bit sick?"

Taehyung looked at Gale again. Yes, she looked beautiful, but Jungkook was right. She looked like she lost some weight and despite the smile on her face, she looked like she was going to pass out. He also noticed that Jennie and Jisoo were standing on either side of her, looking like they were helping her stand up.

"I think she is." Taehyung agreed. Jimin noticed that Taehyung and Jungkook were talking, so he moved his seat closer to them.

"What are you guys talking about?" He asked them.

"Galie..." Taehyung trailed off. Jimin looked at his dongsaeng in confusion, but when he looked back to the girl on the stage, he understood.

The last time Jimin saw Gale was Christmas night. It was now the 2nd of February. He hadn't had a chance to talk to her since then because of their busy schedule, but obviously something has happened between then and now.

"We need to talk to her." Jimin told the two, who both nodded in agreement.

"...and of course to our fans, BLINKs, we're always thankful. We'll work harder in the future to give back the love and support we've received." Rosé finished her speech. The members of BLACKPINK then bowed and waved as they started walking off the stage to prepare for their performance.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, BLACKPINK will be performing after a twenty-minute break." A voice announced. The maknae line of BTS looked at each other before standing up and walking towards the backstage.

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"Yah! Pali-pali! Jungkook-ah you're so slow!" Taehyung said as they ran through the craziness that was happening backstage, as Jimin was already far ahead of them. They only had twenty minutes before they had to be back at their seats, and they didn't even ask for permission from their hyungs that they were going to talk to Gale.

Jimin stopped when he reached the door with a paper that read BLACKPINK taped on it. He was about to knock when the door opened and Jisoo walked out.

"Ah, Jisoo-ssi! Is Gale inside?" He asked. Jisoo looked at him like she couldn't believe that he was there.

When Jisoo didn't reply, Jungkook spoke up.

"We just miss her so much and we were wondering if we could visit her." He told her. The girl's features hardened as she looked at the boys in front of her.

"I don't think she wants to see you." She replied. "Any of you."

"Huh?" Taehyung blurted. He didn't understand what was going on. He was about to ask her when Lisa came running.

"Jisoo-eonni, our manager wants to talk to you." She told her eonni.

"Thank you Lisa." Jisoo said. She gave one last, hard look at the boys before walking away. "Excuse me."

Lisa was now left with the maknae line, who were confused as hell. Why did Jisoo act so cold towards them? And why was Lisa avoiding their gaze?

"Excuse me also." Lisa said after a while. She started to turn away, but Jungkook grabbed her arm.