Blood Sweat & Tears: A BTS Story ✅

Chapter 6: The Sister

I always knew Tae had a sister but I had heard she lived in the states in order to remain anonymous. With her standing in front of me it seems that was just a ruse.

"Li Li," Jin calls her, "we need your help. Tae is missing and we can't get ahold of him."

She looks slightly dazed but invites us in. Her apartment is huge the living room in the center, kitchen to the left, and bedrooms to the right with an entirely open concept. She plops herself down on the emerald green velvet couch, her silk robe revealing her smooth, thin legs. Jin sits down next to her and I take the chair across from them.

"Why does he keep doing this? I thought his wild stage was over," Li complains, setting her head in her hands. Jin rubs her back is soothing circles and she lets him.

"Can you try calling him for us?" Jin asks.

His use of the word "us" jogs her memory that I am here too.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I forgot you were here. Jin said your name was Rosie?"

"Just Rose," I tell her, nodding.

She leans into Jin, "and you are..." she trails off waiting for me to fill in the blanks but Jin beats me to it.

"She's our new assistant and I don't want her to get in trouble for Tae going off on his own again."

Li leans over and starts crying, wrapping her arms around Jin's massive shoulders.

"How can he do such a thing! We were raised better than that."

She continues to sniffle.

"I know, Li Li. That's why we need you to call him and ask him to come over."

She wipes her tears and nods, getting up to go search for her phone.

When she's out of ear shot, Jin comes over and sits on the arm rest of my chair, "Sorry," he says, "I know she can be a little much."

I nod slowly, "But I still don't understand why I had to wear a disguise."

He takes the hat off for me, putting on his head instead. "The building has facial recognition and I would rather it think I'm taking a stranger here than someone that works with us."

I try to brush out my hat hair, "I still don't understand."

Jin pulls the bill of the cap down to cover his eyes, "we have a joint apartment here that all seven of us can use at any time for anything...if you catch my meaning..."

The realization dawns on me. "Oh."

"Since it's against the contract to be intimate with anyone in the company, I'd rather the cameras not be able to recognize you. I don't want to have to explain to Geoffrey why I brought you here."

I nod my head but remember he can't see me, "that makes sense."

The sound of Li's slippers shuffling across the tile floor jolts Jin away from me and back to his original spot on the couch. She sits down next to him and calls Tae, holding the phone up to her ear as it starts to ring. I'm about to ask her to put her phone on speaker but Jin holds his hand up to subtly motion for me to stop.

I can hear the phone ringing and ringing and I start to worry that he won't pick up and we will be out of options, but then I hear the sound of music thumping.

"Tae Tae, what are you doing? Can you come over please?" she whines into the phone. I can't hear his response over the thrum of the music, but Jin grimaces.

He then puts his hand on her knee and she puts hers over it. The gesture seeming wholesome but feels...intimate.

"No, no, I need you to come over now," she starts to cry again and I try to contain my knee jerk reaction to roll my eyes.