It Happened In Seoul || JJK ✔

Chapter Eighteen

No one can pull off blue hair like Kim Taehyung.

Translated from Korean

Life never remained static maybe that was the beauty of it. What Jadeline was a few months ago is not the same as she is now. A few months ago, she was an American girl who was a fresh High School graduate planning to go to Columbia following the footsteps of her parents but now she was a University student in South Korea, studying her dream subject and an orphan. She never really understood the pain that came with being an orphan. It would hurt her when she came across them but she could never say she understood what they were going through and in a sense she still didn't.

Yes, her parents were no longer with her. Yes, she missed them every single day but she was grateful for the new additions in her life. Her cousin and his band mates were becoming more and more familiar with her every passing day. She spent a lot of her time after University at the Bighit building. She would study and practice questions in the 'Genius Lab' which was Yoongi's work space at Bighit, it was very appropriately named considering his producing skills.

He liked having a perspective of someone other than the members. Their quiet nature also mixed well together, there was no need to fill the silence with any words. They were just comfortable like that.

On weekends whenever the members would get free time, Taehyung and Jimin would play video games. She was not someone who played video games in her free time obsessively but she enjoyed playing it with them. At times when Jungkook would be there she would make some excuse to go to her room.

Her and Jin had the most fun equation. She loved hearing his dad jokes and he loved making them. Her Dad used to make those jokes as well and it always managed to bring a smile on her face. She had also introduced Jin to the meme culture. Suffice it to say, they are meme exchange buddies now.

Hoseok was busier than the others nowadays. He was working on his new mixtape, Hope World. And Jadeline may have told everyone she was Ot7 but even she couldn't deny how her inner ARMY could not keep calm whenever she heard snippets of music coming out of his and Jimin's room. He might be her Hobi Oppa but the music belonged to JHope of BTS. Her excitement made him excited as well. If she ever stayed up late to study she would always remember to make coffee for him as well.

With Namjoon things were different. He was her brother and now study partner. In his free time, which was very less to say the least, he would sit with her either with a book in his hands or solve equations with her. He was a Mathematics Geek himself, it sorta ran in the family. He would always remember to wish her good luck before any quiz or test she had. Also she loved him for Koya. Koya was the cutest, sweetest, fluffiest thing on the planet.

The one person whose existence she tried to ignore but whose presence was the strongest in her mind and heart was, Jeon Jungkook. The one man she was trying to figure out but couldn't. He showed like he acknowledged her presence day before yesterday in the Luke discussion but then that was it. He was back to ignoring her entire existence. But the worst thing was, even though he was ignoring her she still thought about him all day.

Going back to America was not as nice as it had seemed to Jadeline. They had to leave at 3 a.m. so that there would be less people at the street which meant less people taking pictures. Leaving on time with so many people was a hectic job. Namjoon, Yoongi and Jin's voice could be heard throughout the house.

"Don't forget warm clothes."

"Keep enough clothes."

"Don't forget any emergency medicines."

"For the love of God, don't forget your passports my handsome face cannot take that much stress people."

Jadeline had packed light. It was only a four days trip anyway. They all left for the Bighit building at the last minute. Some staff and crew members would be flying with them. They would all leave for the airport together in different vehicles with BTS members taking separate ones with crew and staff so that the chances of them being recognised and followed would be less. Jadeline was in a car with the camera crew, Sejin, Jimin and Jungkook.

"Does this happen a lot?" She asked Jimin.

"You mean all this secrecy for privacy?" He asked her back.

She nodded.

"Yes. It happens more than we would like. We have to give up a lot of comfort for trying to live lowkey." He explained.

In all honesty, Jadeline was terrified of the public life they had. They could not even go outside to do simple things like watch a movie or buy groceries without being recognised or photographed. She could never imagine giving up her life like that. The love given by ARMY compensated it in some way but still it was very scary to not have a private life.

"Is there anything I need to know regarding all this?" Jadeline asked Sejin, their manager.

"Well, just remember your cover. You are a part of the make-up crew and a distant family friend of Namjoon's." He told her.

Their luggage was checked in for them while they waited for the airplane. Jadeline was trying to stay away from Jungkook but it wasn't of any use when she got to know that she had to sit with him on the plane. Great, twelve awkward hours next to each other.

Jungkook was perhaps the most incognito out of all of them. He was wearing black trousers, grey full sleeves shirt, a bucket hat and a black mask. If Jadeline had not known who he was she would have never guessed it was him. His eyes were tired from being awake this late after having a long day at work. His head kept dropping on the chair at the waiting lounge. Taehyung was sitting beside him scrolling his phone. Jadeline texted him.

Jadeline

'Oppa, put his head on your shoulders or else he will hurt it.'

Taehyung looked up from his phone at her then at Jungkook and then smirked and started typing.

Tae Oppa

'You concerned about him ;P'

Jadeline read the message and shook her head. Jimin and Taehyung never missed an opportunity of teasing her whenever they were alone.

Jadeline

'Please Oppa'

"Fine." He mouthed the word and shifted Jungkook's head on his shoulder. Jungkook sighed and slept peacefully. Jadeline could not believe he was older than her by two years because he acted like such a baby with the members. Who was she kidding? The members loved babying him.

They boarded the flight together. Jadeline took the window seat and Jungkook took the aisle one. They were flying business class. Jungkook felt refreshed after napping for nearly an hour. The seats in front of them were occupied by Jin and Taehyung while behind them sat Yoongi and Jimin. Namjoon sat with Hoseok ahead of them all. The flight took off fairly quickly.

"We need to talk." Jungkook turned towards her and said.

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