BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 83: fondness, affection, liking

<OST: Orbit - Hwasa>

Yoongi was getting more and anxious and worried as time passed. Before he knew it, 15 minutes had already passed, yet Jennie still wasn't back yet.

"PD-nim!"

Yoongi tried his best to filter out his thoughts and focus on filming as Jimin, whom Yoongi knew as Jennie's manager slid past him to speak to Kim PD, not forgetting to give Yoongi a dirty look before doing so... because why not. But that was alright, because Yoongi was used to people giving him dirty looks all his life.

"Kim PD-nim, where's our Jennie?"

"Hm?" Kim PD spoke nonchalantly, keeping his eyes glued onto the trio who were busy preparing dinner. "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Jimin raised his voice, his face getting more and more worried by the second. "How can you not know? Didn't she go catch fish with V-ssi earlier? Why is he back while she isn't?"

"Ah, um..." Kim PD shook his head. "Hey, I don't know. V-ssi mentioned something about her going back to retrieve a bucket or something? Just wait it out, she'll be back in a couple of minutes or so."

"No, what on earth are you talking about?!" Jimin was freaking out at this point. "You're telling me you let a young woman like her, go through the dark forest all alone, and you're expecting me sit back and relax? Kim PD-nim, what are you even saying?!"

"Tsk-" Kim PD finally ripped off his headphones and glanced at Jimin irritatedly. "I'm trying to film here, Jimin-ssi. I know you're worried about her, but she hasn't even been gone for that long."

"How long has she been gone for?"

16 minutes and 38 seconds.

Yoongi knew exactly how long she had been gone for because he was worried too. But he couldn't simply dump everything and look for her without Kim PD's permission - that would blow everything Jennie herself had fought to get for him. Also, maybe she was just taking a little longer for some reason.

"Huh?" Kim PD glanced down at his watch. "Well, not too long ago... maybe about 5 to 6 minutes...?"

"5 to 6 minutes is long enough-"

"Calm down, Jimin-ssi," Kim PD said nonchalantly as he put on his headphones. "I'll send someone to look for her in about 5 minutes. She'll be fine. She has her phone with her so she would have called if she had gotten into any trouble. Besides, this area is safe, so you really have nothing to worry about..."

"Our Jennie..." Jimin's eyebrows were furrowed in worry as he dialled Jennie's number into his phone and held it up to his ear. "Our Jennie is bad at directions... She has always been bad at finding her way around places... Please pick up... Jennie-ya... Please..."

Yoongi glanced back at Jimin.

Jimin chewed on his fingernails nervously as he redialled again and again. "She's not picking up..."

"She's not picking up?" Yoongi asked, his face filled with concern.

Jimin eyed Yoongi suspiciously.

"She's not picking up?" Yoongi repeated, his tone even more concerned this time. "Tell me!"

"Yeah, she isn't but-"

Without another word, Yoongi yanked off his headphones, threw it down and grabbed a flashlight instead. And then, with no turning back, Yoongi bolted towards the forest - the direction in which Jennie had left with no return, more than an hour ago.

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"For... For me?" Namjoon raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Why are you doing this for me? I don't even-"