Forever Young 영원히 젊은 Park Jimin

Chapter 25: Back to Korea

The next few days were a blur. BTS became busy with filming Bon Voyage so I haven't seen them that much lately, aside from bumping into them in the hotel every now and then. Instead, I've been hanging out with my girls, going to different beaches and neighboring islands, and of course, shopping. But before I knew it, it was time for us to go back home- BTS to prepare for their anniversary special, and us for our comeback.

I put the last of my stuff in my luggage, asking Lisa to sit on it while I tried to zip it up. I bought so many things that I was sure I was going to have to pay a fee for exceeding the allotted weight for my luggage.

"Girls, are you ready?" Our manager asked, peeking his head from the doorway. I put on my backpack, grabbed the stuffed bunny that Jungkook gave me from my bed, and pulled my luggage towards the door. I was going to ride in a van with my members to the airport. BTS will follow us after a while since they were still filming. We gave our bags to the bellman, who put it on the luggage cart, and made our way to the lobby.

"What?" I asked our manager, noticing that he was looking at me funnily.

"That toy you're carrying. It's a bit big, isn't it?" He said, referring to my bunny. "Was it given to you by one of those boys?"

"Yeah. Jungkookie gave it to me." I answered, hugging the bunny tighter. It was so big that I had to use both of my arms to carry it.

I was going to look so funny carrying it at the airport.

"Gale-ah, you do remember that you're not allowed to date yet, right?" He reminded.

"Oh no, it's not like that." I defended. "He was just being sweet."

Our manager gave me a look which told me that he didn't believe me.

"I was just being sweet to you know, and then the girl ended up marrying me." He replied. I pressed my face against the toy, hoping to hide the blush that formed in my cheeks. When I didn't respond, our manager burst out laughing.

"Relax kiddo, I was just teasing. Just make sure to walk with your bandmates when we land in Incheon Airport, or else the dating rumors will start again."

"Did they ever even stop?" I groaned.

"Actually, I think that last week you were dating that boy from that NCT band." He joked.

"Oh my gosh how do people even come up with this stuff?" I asked, exasperated. Seriously, I didn't even know anyone from NCT!

"Don't worry about it. That's my job." He comforted,  patting my back.

We waited in the lobby for a while until the van that was going to take us to the airport pulled up in front. The entire ride was silent, each of us lost in our own thoughts. We had a lot of fun during our vacation, but now it was time to go back to reality- which wasn't bad since I was literally living my dream, but it was nice to have had the time to recharge and just be with my loved ones.

We checked in our baggage and went through immigration. As expected, I got funny looks from people because I was carrying a giant stuffed rabbit, and, you know, I wasn't five years old.

BTS arrived about an hour later and joined us in the waiting area near the gate. I was so happy to see my girls talking comfortably with the boys while waiting for our flight to board. When the gates were opened, we all stood up to fall in line.

"Cheonsa," Tae-oppa called. I slowed down to let him catch up to me. When he did, he slung his arm around my shoulder. "Will you sit with me?" He asked, grinning.

"I'd love to, but I promised Jimin-oppa I'd sit with him, remember?" I replied regretfully. The smile slowly slipped from his face, which shot a pang through my heart.