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xxvi: epilogue

jurnee felt an unexplainable feeling with her degree in her hand. she thanked god for gabriella because without gabriella she was sure that her makeup would be ruined. gabriella had good quality makeup that wouldn't budge as jurnee sobbed from the feeling of achievement that washed over her.

"we're so proud of you," luci cheered as she hugged jurnee, "you worked tirelessly for four years. you deserved this." jurnee sniffled as she held onto luci, "thank you."

a lot of things happened in four years. one was that yoongi was building a house with a lot of advice from jurnee. they were still stable in their relationship and jurnee knew that as soon as she graduated from university and got situated, that she was ready to go above and beyond with yoongi. damien, luci, ian, konnie, faith, and gabriella all graduated too. jurnee asked yoongi to take their pictures even if her eyes were bloodshot red.

"i'm proud of you," yoongi told jurnee once he was able to stand by her side alone, "you worked so hard. i'm so happy to experience this." he wiped her tears with the pads of his thumb and kissed her lips gingerly. she smiled into the kiss before she kissed him back too. "thank you for being here, i love you."

"i love you too," yoongi stated with a huge grin, "my baby has her masters now. gosh." jurnee laughed at yoongi's weak attempt to not cry.

"just cry already," jurnee said with a slight laugh, "i thought you were a king of embracing your emotions." yoongi lightly pushed her shoulder before a tear fell. "there goes the waterworks, aww." yoongi sniffled as he laughed. even more tears fell, "i'm just happy, stop. are you gonna be with your friends tonight?"

jurnee shook her head, "i already spent time with them all day yesterday, let's get back home." jurnee and her friends all had spent time at ian and luci's house. lots of food, karaoke, movies, and pictures as if they didn't have to be up the next morning for their graduation ceremony.

throughout her first two years of college, jurnee spent time in dorms until her third year. that was when she moved in with yoongi. taehyung was already living with frannie and even got married to her. they didn't live too far from them. gowon went to a college in london but occasionally visited. it was easier staying with yoongi since her classes were online for the final two years at college.

  yoongi and jurnee said goodbye to her friends before they left. jurnee felt like a princess at how yoongi opened the door for her and was very attentive. he was always a gentleman towards her even if jurnee insisted that she could open the door herself.

"you're acting weird," jurnee pointed out as he parked into the driveway of his place, "am i, hm?" jurnee squinted her eyes at him as they got out the car. once yoongi unlocked the door, jurnee gasped.

"mi bebé, mi bebé es una mujer con su título ahora," madre cried out as she hurried to huge jurnee, "mi linda bebe. mamá no podría estar más orgullosa de ti y sé que papá también está feliz." (my baby, my baby is a woman with a degree now. my pretty baby. momma couldn't be prouder of you and i know daddy is happy too.)

jurnee was sure that her eyes were gonna dry out if she kept crying but she was very happy. of course, madre cooked food, and they all sat the table to eat. "how did you even get here, did you drive?"

"yoongi picked me up last night," madre informed and jurnee looked at yoongi fondly, "he said you were at your friend's house though. i'm glad you remained close to them." madre had met all her friends before when jurnee visited for thanksgiving. she brought her friends and each of them brought a dish and they ate together. they all got along with her mom especially damien. jurnee was sure that damien was her mom's dream son.

"yeah," jurnee nodded with a smile, "definitely."

that same night when jurnee was dozing off, yoongi stopped her. jurnee frowned at him, "baby, i'm tired. i wanna sleep."