
Hurray! Chapter 17! For last chapter, sorry to have teased you. Not sorry I wrote it ;) But I hope you enjoy this next chapter.
Disclaimer: Many of the characters aside from BTS are made up. And, of course, I don't know BTS personally so their personalities are probably mostly fictional.
Character thoughts are in { } and words in English are bolded. Let me know if you would like to be tagged in future chapters. Please forgive me for any mistakes I make and I hope you enjoy!
Beginning: Chapter 1
Previous: Chapter 16
Word Count: 3134
Warning: May contain mild language
Narrator POV
The following week, Rose was needed for help with three other bands. Fortunately, BTS only needed her help with the maknaes for one day. That Saturday, Yoongi came over in the morning and slept until evening. Because of what happened last time, he decided to keep it strictly sleeping for at least the second time. This time, however, he stayed for dinner. He spent the next week trying to think of something to give her as a thank you for letting him stay there. He couldnât think of anything. Everything seemed either too romantic or not enough. Another week passed and this time, something presented itself. There was a small amusement park that always had one âcelebrityâ day. It was closed to the public, only celebrities and their invited guest were allowed in. He decided to ask her to come. He could always disguise it as an outing with BTS, but the invitation would come from him.
Yoongi: âHey, Rose. I was wondering if you were free on Sunday? Not for another sleep day, I promise, lol.â
He waited anxiously for her to reply. When his phone dinged, he picked it up excitedly.
Rose: âAre you not going?â
Y: âGoing? To what?â
R: âTo the amusement park.â {Dammit. Someone already invited her. It had to have been Namjoon}.
Y: âI am, someone invited you already?â
R: âYeah, Namjoon invited me this morning.â
Y: âThatâs good then. So youâre going?â
R: âYeah, I thought it sounded fun. I actually havenât been to an amusement park in Korea. Last time I went to one I was...15? So, Iâm looking forward to thisâ
Y: âWell, Iâm glad youâre going. I didnât know one of the other guys was going to invite you, so Iâm just glad youâre going. Itâll be fun. Soo...you going with Namjoon...is it a date?â
R: âWhat? No. Weâre not like that. He invited me to go with the group, not with himâ. Yoongi breathed a sigh of relief. Whatever Namjoonâs actual intentions were was irrelevant. He asked her as a friend. If he had asked her on a date, Yoongi wouldâve had to back off.
Y: âOh, sorry. I thought you two were...yâknowâ
R: âNo, weâre just friends...does everyone think that?â {Uh oh. Dangerous waters}.
Y: âI canât speak for everyone else. It doesnât even really look that way, itâs just you two seemed close. I thought you guys liked each other. But I guess thatâs good thenâ Yoongi realized what he texted too late. {Please donât think about it...}
When Rose received the text, she was taken aback at first. Then she composed herself and decided he was just talking about the park. {Thatâs all. He just wants to make sure all of us friends get to hang out...thatâs the only thing he couldâve meant}.
R: âYeah, donât worry. Iâll hang out with everyone. Though I may get pulled around a bit. GOT7 and EXO are going so I may chat with them a bit. But donât worry, Namjoon invited me for you guys just before Jackson and Kyungsoo could.â {Great. Now I feel like an idiot. Iâm probably the last to invite her. I really need to think of a good gift... At least she didnât catch on}.
Y: âOkay then. Is it still okay for me to come over Saturday?â
R: âOf course. But fair warning, Nina will be here. Iâll make sure she keeps it down, and keeps her mouth shut of course. She shouldnât be a problem, as long as itâs okay with you.â {As long as youâre there...}
Y: âThatâs fine. Iâll bring some chocolate, maybe thatâll bribe herâ
R: âPerfect idea. Dark chocolate is her favorite. And if you find those ones that have orange or strawberry flavoring, itâll definitely workâ
Y: âGot it. Well, I have to work on some lyrics again, but Iâll be on the lookout for that. Thanks. Iâll message you later, k?â
R: âSounds good. Fighting!!!â
Y: âFighting!â
Yoongi POV
I set my phone down and sighed. {Namjoon invited her. Yes, for all of us, but he had been the one to invite her. Thatâs probably his way of asking her out without actually asking her out... But since itâs not official, I still have a chance. I have to let her see that I donât have to be âjust a friendâ}. I put my head down on my desk and groaned. {What have I gotten myself into? I shouldnât like her for so many reasons. First, she likes Namjoon and Namjoon likes her, they just havenât gotten the courage to say anything. And now I find out that Hoseok likes her too, but I donât think heâd ever tell her. Second, sheâs definitely not the type of girl I ever thought Iâd fall for. Iâve always liked the quiet, sweet ones that were shorter than me...and younger...and Korean. Iâve always liked being the âoppaâ. Why would I fall for someone so opinionated, so closed-off, and so different physically than any other girl Iâve crushed on? Not to mention sheâs my noona. I always thought thatâd be weird...but now that I'm here, I donât seem to care about any of those things. And third, and most importantly, I should be focusing on my work, not some girl. I mean, we do end up working together, but sheâs got me so wound up that I canât think of the songs Iâm supposed to. I can only think of stupid, sappy love songs. And how to get her to see me}.
I mussed my hair, frustrated. I still need to think of a gift. {Maybe Iâll figure it out before Saturday. For now though, work}.
Namjoon POV
I paced back and forth in my room. Iâd been doing that almost all day since Rose accepted my invitation this morning. {I need to know how I feel about her. Maybe this will help}. Jin walked in.
âJoon, you okay? Youâre walking a hole in the floor.â
âHuh? Uh, yeah, fine. Just got a story for a song working through my head. Every time I try to focus on it, it just gets more confusing.â
Jin closes the door and sits on his bed. He patted the empty space next to him. âSit down. Maybe I can help.â
âUh, sure, hyung.â I sat down. It wasnât too strange for him to do that. Sometimes when I got stuck on a song, he would just listen to the story I had in mind and give me opinions on the direction. He didnât even have to say much, he had this uncanny ability to somehow know what I was trying to say, even if I couldnât find the words. {Heâs going to ask about the song. How can I tell him about my problem and make it sound like a song...}
âSo, whatâs the story base?â I looked at Jin, ready to tell him the story I had turned my problem into.
I furrowed my eyebrows. âWhat?â He was looking at my suspiciously. {Whatâs his deal?}
âWaiting on you.â
âHm. Well, the story. I donât really have it all together, but this is the gist. The story is about the feelings this guy has for this girl.â Jin smirked at me. I gave him a âwhatâs wrong with youâ look and he just shrugged his shoulders. âSo anyway. This guy likes this girl, or at least he thinks he likes her. But he canât figure out how he really feels. I know I want to say how he feels his heart race, but heâs confused. Like...how do I say it...like he talks to her and sometimes when theyâre together, theyâre close enough to touch. And he felt butterflies at first, but now itâs not quite the same. And it isnât like he lost interest, he just isnât sure how he really feels or even how he felt at first. He wants to be close to her, but he doesnât âneedâ to be, you know what I mean? He wants to be more than friends, but not...in that way. And sheâs definitely attractive. He finds her very attractive, but... ugh, you see my problem? I donât know how to write it.â I was rambling through most of it, but I just hoped that Jin took it as frustration, which it was, just not in the way he may think.
Jin was still smirking. âI get it, and I see the problem. The confusion, he loves her but he doesnât love love her. You should get this Namjoon, youâre a genius. That type of love, isnât really a typical love story right?â
âWhat do you mean?â He really was confusing me. {How does he see something I donât?}
âThereâs more than one type of love, right?â I nodded my head. âThen figure out the type of love. A man can love a woman without wanting to physically love her, contrary to pop culture. Thatâs something you said before. You just have to decide how you want the story to go. If you want to turn it into a song, you probably need to change the story. But for real life, you should probably figure out how you feel about her.â I nodded my head again. {Waitâwhat?}
âW-what do you mean? Of course this is for a song. I need to change the story a little, thatâs all.â I was so flustered. {I knew I was doing a bad job of covering it, but I just hoped he didnât pry}. Jin patted my knee and smiled encouragingly as he stood up. He walked to the door and turned around just before leaving.
âYou should figure out how you feel about her, before you mess it up. For you, her, and you-know-who. If you want advice, donât be afraid to ask. I wonât tell anyone else. Just, donât say itâs for a song. I saw through that the last time. You didnât listen, and look how it turned out. Both of you walked away. If you do it again, thatâs not fair to any of you. But be sure first so you donât lead people on you donât mean to or give people the wrong impression. Okay? Iâm here if you need me though, Namjoon.â And he left, closing the door behind him.
I sat there in shock. {He knew. He knew everything, probably the whole time}. I laid back on the bed and groaned. {But heâs right. I need to figure out my feelings for her. I have to know how she feels. And Yoongi. I have to figure it out. It could be a disaster: if we both back off, if neither of us back off, if we donât really feel the way I think we feel...or if she doesnât feel the way I think she does. Itâs possible that she likes someone else, or no one else. UGH!!! This is a mess!!! Sunday. Maybe Sunday I can figure out my feelings, or at least start}. Suddenly I felt like Sunday was too close...and too far.
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Saturday
Narrator POV
Yoongi came over at the same time he always did and everything went the same as it had been. But this time, Nina was here. As soon as Yoongi closed the door to the guest room Nina dragged Rose downstairs.
âYou were being serious?â Nina asked incredulously.
âWell, yeah. Did you think I was making it up?â
âI just never thought Iâd live to see the day that youâd have a guy over to the house.â Rose punched her in the arm. âOuch!! Bitch!â Nina laughed rubbing her arm.
âItâs not like that, so stop it.â
âRiiiggghhhttt. You have your bias and crush over to the house how many times now and nothing has ever happened?â
âNo...â Rose trailed off, her mind wandering to the dream she had about him. She hadnât had one since, in fact, itâd gone back to the nightmares. But the dream still lingered in her mind. Nina immediately saw through the deception.
âLiar! Something happened, didnât it? What happened?â Rose hadnât told Nina about the dream. She wanted to tell her, Rose knew that Nina would be happy about her having a dream, but at the same time, she knew Nina would harass her about the contents of the dream.
âIt wasnât really anything...â
âBut it wasnât nothing, right?â Ninaâs eyes were full of excitement as she spoke. She pulled Rose to sit down on the couch. She grabbed Roseâs hands and stared powerfully into her eyes. âTell me everything.â
Rose wrenched her hands out of Ninaâs grasp. âFirst of all, that was super creepy. Donât do that again. Second of all, thereâs not much to tell.â Nina opened her mouth to speak, but Rose cut her off. âBut I know you wonât leave me alone until I tell, so just take a chill pill.â Nina straightened her back and put her hands on her lap like she was in a business meeting. âOkay, donât do that either.â They both laughed. Rose glanced at the second floor and lowered her voice. âLook, you canât tell anyone, ok? Not even Yoongi, ok?â
âNot tell Yoongi? Did something happen he didnât know about?â Nina looked confused. âPlus, I have to tell Julie. You know that, right?â Rose sighed.
âYeah, whatever. Just keep it quiet.â Nina nodded and then did a motion like she was zipping her lips and throwing away the key. Rose looked up at the second floor again. âWe accidently almost kissed.â
âWHAT?!â Nina screeched and stood up excitedly. Rose pulled her back down to the couch.
âShut up!!!â Rose whisper-yelled. She looked at the second floor again. âItâs not what it sounds like, though. I was showing him the room, I leaned in to check something, he turned to talk to me, and our faces were right in front of each other.â Nina was shaking excitedly. âBut nothing else happened. We backed off as soon as we realized.â
Nina had a smirk on her face. âAnd how long did that take?â
â...A...couple...a couple seconds...â Nina squealed and squished Roseâs face between her hands.
âIt took that long? That means that both of you had to be thinking about something. I mean, you I understand, youâre crushing majorly on him. Him, though...maybe he feels the same.â
âThatâs not it. Heâs a guy, Iâm a girl, itâs got to be just a natural reaction.â
âWhile I wonât deny that fact, I bet thereâs something more to it. He sleeps at our house on Saturdays now. Heâs gotta be saying something with that.â
âYeah. Like heâs tired.â
Nina rolled her eyes. âWhatever. Youâd deny a guy liked you even if he straight-up told you he liked you. Youâd never believe him.â Nina dropped her smile. âI know Angie messed you up pretty good about trusting people, but not everyone is like her.â
âI know, itâs just...â Rose sighed. Nina patted her on the back.
âBut,â Ninaâs eyes lit up again, âyou still have to tell me whatever it is that Iâm not allowed to tell your boyfriend.â
âDonât call him that.â Rose smacked Nina on the shoulder.
âWhatever, you baby. Tell me what it is Iâm not allowed to tell your friend whoâs a boy.â Rose gave a playful glare.
âAfter everything happened, I worked for a bit and then went downstairs to watch some movies. And...I fell asleep...â Nina gave a âgo onâ look. âAnd I had a dream.â Nina looked at her confused. âLike, an actual dream, not a nightmare.â
âWhat?â Nina exclaimed excitedly. âWhat was it?â
âI donât really remember...â Rose trailed off. Nina gave her a look and Rose knew she wasnât fooled. âIt came off as a good dream though.â
âWas Yoongi in it?â
â...I...think so...â Rose said carefully.
âBullshit. You know so. Clothes on or off?â Roseâs face turned bright red. âBoth? One of those dreams where heâs already your boyfriend? Or a naughty dream?â Roseâs blush turned a deeper red and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat. âNaughty?! You actually had a sex dream? About him? How steamy did it get?â
âIââ Rose sighed in defeat. There was no more point in her protesting. âMy phone woke me up.â
âWhat? Really? That sucks majorly. Did you at least âget someâ in the dream?â
âNina!â
âWhat? Iâm just asking.â
âUgh, I knew this would happen if I told you.â Nina frowned.
âHey. I know that I tease you, but Iâm just happy for you. Youâre going through everything that normal females go through. Things you didnât get to experience because of...you know. Iâm just glad that after all this time...things are starting to normalize for you. Whether or not he likes you back, or anything happens, itâs good that you can experience something like this. You never had a chance. Those bastards took away too much of your life. And then that bitch...â Nina was getting pissed just thinking about what had happened. Then it was Roseâs turn to comfort her.
âItâs okay. What happened, happened. And youâre right. A lot of stuff was taken from me. Now, Iâm just taking it back. Even if... it doesnât work...I just want to live like everyone else. I canât go back in time, but maybe I can start overcoming it. I know Iâve been doing pretty good so far, but maybe this is the turning point. I mean, that was the only time I had a non-nightmare dream, but maybe Iâll eventually start dreaming like a normal person.â
âYou? A normal person? Not likely.â Rose pushed her. âBut I know what you mean. And who knows, maybe your Yoongi is your lucky charm. Too bad you canât just ask him to sleep with you. And before you hit meâI donât mean it like that. I just mean lying next to you.â
âYeah...too bad...â Rose mumbled. Nina smirked.
Nina sighed dramatically. âYouâve got it bad for him...â
âShut it.â Nina just laughed.
âIâm playing.â {But really, you do}. âNow, donât you have some work to do?â
âIâm gonna take a little break from it. I finally grabbed that book Iâve wanted for forever so Iâm just gonna read it in my study. Let me know when you feel hungry, you know Iâll be in my own little world.â Rose stood up and Nina shooed her off.
âGo, you bibliophile. I donât wanna catch your illness.â
âI think you did already. Using words like 'bibliophile'.â Rose laughed as Nina threw a pillow.
âAway with you.â
âYes maâam.â Rose headed to her study. She stopped in the doorway and glanced at the bedroom Yoongi was sleeping in. Her stomach did a small flip. {I do have it bad for him...} She grabbed her book and laid comfortably on the couch, turning to the first page.
Poor Yoongi just a step behind. And poor Namjoon being so confused, lol. Clue bus for everyone!
So, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thank you again for reading my story. Please don't hesitate to ask questions or comment. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Let me know if you would like to be tagged in future chapters. I hope you will continue to enjoy my story and I hope to see you next chapter!!!
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