Last Girl Alive | Bangtan

138: Worldwide Handsome

There was basically no one else around. The only people the charging woman could be addressing...was the eight of you.

You feel Hoseok jerk awake beside you, pressing the edges of is fingers into your skin as you lean backward in fear, double-folded by Jungkook's own startled reaction. Your eyes observe curiously the middle-aged woman quickly making her way towards you, eye sparkling in their own amazement. Her body almost brims in shock, as if she was hallucinating, jaw wide open as she stares directly at one figure in the group.

"Huh?!" Jin sputters as she stops to stand right in front of him, almost towering over his weakened form.

All eyes whirl onto Jin's, in great surprise. Even Hoseok lifts his head to look at the new female figure before them, confused. From the way she's looking right at Jin it's obvious that he's the reason she's here.

"D-do I know...you?" he asks, with mixed feelings. Did he know this woman? Was she some family relative he'd forgotten? It would be awkward if she remembered him but he had nothing to say about her.

"Oh my my my," she breathes, her expression melting from one of disbelief to happiness. It was the face of someone who found gold. "It really is you!"

"Huh?" is all Jin can say as she goes through it. You all look at her, dumbfounded. 

She attempts to speak but then she blushes, lowering her head as if in embarrassment. She seems to shrivel up, the previous confidence dissolving into sudden nervousness, sheepishness, shyness. As if she suddenly realised who she was speaking to. Having eyes for no one, she just can't stop staring at Jin. 

"Uhm...who are you?" Yoongi asks, almost rudely.

She goes even redder at that, lowering her head further as she looks at Jin shyly. "Oh I- I'm uh...I'm a fan," She stammers as she speaks.

A fan?

"Wait," Namjoon moves forward at that with sudden curiosity. "Y-you're...Jin hyung's fan?"

Wow, after all these years?

"Oh," Jin's face breaks into a polite, nervous, uncomfortable smile as he nods along, a little uncomfortable because he didn't really know how to respond. He seems completely unaware of the fact that the seven of you are now staring at him, waiting to see if he was going to reply. I mean, what could he possibly say? He hardly even remembered himself.

None of you say anything, however, Yoongi is the first to let out a little laugh out of nervousness. "Ah ha ha..." he says, clearing his throat to break the much too long silence. It was getting awkward. Looking at the woman again, suddenly at a loss for words he tries to think of a way to break this interlude. It was then, he realised that this may the way of getting answers. 

"Do you know this person?" he asks more postively.

She turns blankly to Yoongi and for a second you think she hasn't understood him. However, after a few seconds delay, she doesn't hesitate to respond.

"Of course," she replies, a little confounded by his question, as if it was the answer was evident. "It's Kim Seokjin. He was South Korea's most high paid actor."

oh damn.

Gasps, oohs, aahs, and a rapidly rising respect bubbles amongst the rest of you. Jin had always seemed young, boyish, fun, yet responsible and mature at the same time and despite knowing his past none of you had ever thought much about the responsibility that came with it. He always felt like the same person. However, hearing his introduction from another person was mind-blowing. He felt like a different person, like someone who neither of you deserved to be sitting here with. Someone of high quality, of great respect, hard-working and rich.