I wish sex was like how they portrayed it in the movies. Everything is clean, fluffy, and the actors fall asleep in each other's arms without a care in the world. How some people can be lulled into sleeping covered in sweat and goop will be one of the many mysteries of life. I; however, had no time to be sugar coating any of Hollywood's best kept secrets as I made my way into the spacious bathroom. First and foremost, I patted myself on the back for diligently taking birth control for all these years, finally having it pay off. After some casual graphic maintenance cleaning God knows what off of you know where, I decided to reassess my clothing situation.
Cold fabric laced its way through my veins as it was placed back onto my body in the freezing room. Suddenly aware of how cold I was now, my waterproof makeup just needed a touch up, hair brushed. Good enough. The open living room greeted me as I spotted Jungkook pulling on a pair of black skinny jeans. His smile took my breath away as he flung on a black and white striped button up shirt eyeing me curiously. Inspiration hit me like two giraffes fighting with their weird long necks. With excited eyes I grabbed onto his arm lightly tugging him towards the door, "let's go on our own 'grand adventure city tour' right now!"
In agreement we made our way out of the hotel arm in arm giggling like high schoolers on their first date. Huge skyscrapers and buildings surrounded the street on each side as we strolled down the chilly darkening sidewalk. We passed the time trying on goofy outfits in obscure clothing stores, sampling tasty food at different street vendors, and riding a giant Ferris wheel overlooking the pier. An item in a small specialty boutique store caught my eye as we passed by its decorative glass case. A red fluffy scarf with pretty stitched calico koi fish brought me inside out of curiousness.
A middle aged shop keeper started her spiel offering me all of the reasons why I should purchase it. "It is one of a kind, handmade, and really sharp looking. Perfect for that special someone!" Her voice echoed cheerfully as I had already made up my mind. With one stunning present wrapped with ornate gold wrapping paper in tote, we made a stop at a cute ice cream shop. Far too many ice cream choices were splayed all over the wall and white boards surrounding the long counter. I read a few of the flavors off to Jungkook, trying not to make him feel awkward for not knowing the thousands of random English words jammed together in a short space.
Finally deciding on black raspberry with dark chocolate chunks and double chocolate chip for Jungkook, we took up residence at one of the small white tables in the front of the shop. Ice blue eyes met mine from across the street through the store window almost causing my ice cream cone to end up in my lap out of shock. "That's the man from earlier… from the alley." My mind raced trying to psych myself up looking for excuses as to how it couldn't possibly be him.
"It is dark and the man is far away, maybe they just look alike?" I tried to convince myself looking into his too big toothy smile and widening creature-like eyes. "Not just the alley… but from that dream I had last night too." Sensing I was having a full blown public panic attack, Jungkook used his free arm to wrap around my back softly. "Are you okay?" His worried eyes scanned my face trying to procure an answer. "I'm fine, just thought I saw something is all", came out of my mouth almost automatically from looking at how upset he was.
Glancing back in the same illuminated spot where I had just been looking, the man had disappeared without a trace. "Do you want me to take you home?" Jungkook chimed in dejectedly assuming it was his fault I was upset. "NO!" A few of the people sitting around us turned to look from the sudden outburst. "I mean… no. Sorry I just thought I saw the man from before… from the alley." My eyes trailed off in the direction once more.
"Um let's head back!" He exclaimed grabbing my hand as we stood up. "It is getting late and the hotel staff makes some amazing dinner. That is if you want to eat with us." Jungkook blushed again as if he was getting a head of himself in his requests. Quiet whispers and the clacking of heels filled the shop as I finally started to notice the large amount of people (specifically girls) occupying the space. "That is definitely Jungkook from BTS." "What no way!" "Where are the rest of the boys then?" "Who the hell is he with?" Questions from all different people swam their way out of the crowd.
"Are they holding hands?" "Quick take a picture." The situation continued to escalate as my stupid self couldn't do anything but gawk at them, unsure what to even say. "Annyeonghaseyo! I am Jungkook it is nice to meet you all", rang out from beside me as he bowed to the growing mass of people. Shrieking ensued with the newfound confirmation as the responses were almost split evenly with, "I knew it" or "I told you so."
"ARMY this is girlfriend and we are on date. Please keep secret or I will get in trouble!" He spoke in a cute broken English, leading us straight out the exit in a smooth calm motion. Luckily BTS has some of the most understanding fans in the world as discreet hurried voices echoed, "Every one delete your pictures!" "Come on leave them alone." "Aww how adorable". We laughed the whole way back to the hotel as Jungkook slung me onto his back insistent that I had been walking too much so I should let him carry me.
The rest of the boys had already made it back before us as loud shouting and squealing seeped out from under the door into the serene hallway. Upon entering the room Jin and Rapmonster were already in the kitchen area, counters covered with plastic bags and ingredients. Jin was attempting to make some kind of smoothie with various fruits while scolding Rapmonster for not knowing how to cut a strawberry.
J-Hope, Jimin, and V were playing some version of Mario Kart on a giant TV focusing more on trying to hit each other with power ups than finishing the race itself. Suga had sleek black headphones on attempting to drown out all the noise as he diligently worked away at a new song in a plush chair adjacent the couch. I slid the gold wrapped present out of my pocket and tussled the bow to perfection while the others paused their activities to playfully tackle Jungkook to the ground.
Questions, laughter, and curious accusations left their mouths as Jin's eyes lit upon seeing me. "Oh wise and handsome Jin please accept this gift as tribute for your blessing tonight!" We laughed as he graciously accepted the offering. "It's a shame the wrapping is so nice I almost feel bad opening it." Jin twirled the box around in his hands carefully unsticking the rectangle pieces of tape holding the paper together without having to rip a single piece.
The ruby red scarf laid on his body perfectly looking like he just got off the runway or out of a photo shoot. Excitedly yelling, the door slammed as he sprinted out of the room back to his own. Rapmonster rolled his eyes doing a 3, 2, 1 type of countdown out loud as our phones went off. "BTS uploaded a new photo!" scrawled onto the top of my notifications from Instagram. The new upload consisted of Jin blowing a kiss at the mirror wearing the pretty red scarf captioned: Got a present from a new friend today! #worldwidehandsome.
I couldn't contain my laughter as V sprinted out next yelling something to the effect of, "not without me he doesn't!" Seconds later another picture appeared showing V in big rimmed red sunglasses mocking Jin's pose in the mirror labeled: #lookalike #minesbetter. "Are they always like this?" I questioned as Rapmonster was jamming all the fruit into the unwilling refrigerator. "Absolutely", everyone replied in unison as the two rejoined us in the massive hotel room.
"Enough about me though..." Jin trailed off glancing at Jungkook's disheveled bed sheets, "what were you guys up to while we were gone?" We both immediately turned bright red as Rapmonster playfully shoved Jungkook, "Our Jungkookie is all grown up!" Lightbulbs started appearing as each member finally figured out what he meant. "How was it?" "Give me all the details later!" "Teach me your secrets!" barraged out from different directions not helping to make the situation any less embarrassing.
A loud crash emanated from the living room as Suga finally tuned into the conversation. A small end table was flipped over, spilling the contents all over the hardwood floor. Broken glass and loose pieces of paper settling filled the silent air as the room was rendered speechless. "Dude what the hell?" Rapmonster questioned right as Suga stormed out of the room into his own across the hall.