Sam's P.O.V
Just as Taeyang and I were about to get out of the car, Daesung and Seungri appeared, coming out of the apartment building. I called them a few minutes ago before we parked outside telling them to come help us out with the groceries.
"Hey, guys," said Seungri, cheerfully as we got out of the car. "Did you guys get a lot of stuff?"
"Ummmm, we did, actually," I answered as I tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear and closed the car door.
"We better start taking these things up," said Taeyang as he went to get some of the grocery bags at the passenger's seat.
"You don't worry about the bags, Sam," said Daesung. "We'll take care of it from here. You must be exhausted."
"Oh, no, it's fine," I said. "I wouldn't mind carrying some at all."
Seungri went to open the other side of the door to the passenger's side and found Christine seated there staring at her phone.
"Oh, I completely forgot that Christine went along with you guys," said Seungri.
"Christine," I called out to her. "Can you please get out of the car so that we can get the groceries?"
Christine didn't respond and kept on looking at her phone as though I hadn't said a word with a weird crazy smile on her face. She had been like that for a really long time now. Seungri and Daesung looked on at her while I rolled my eyes and Taeyang on the other side had already carried some grocery bags in his hands and was ready to go up to the apartment.
"What's wrong with her?" Seungri asked.
"She's been like that since the whole way here," Taeyang answered.
"Mind telling us why?" Daesung asked.
I looked over at Taeyang and he also looked back at me. I didn't know what to say about what happened at the store. Although it was easy enough to spit it out, for some reason, I couldn't.
Seungri and Daesung looked at the both of us, wondering what was going on.
"Aren't you two going to say anything or are you going to just stare at each other?" Daesung asked.
I scratched my head. "Well, it's complicated."
Seungri looked on at Christine and bent over to stare at her more closely. He waved a hand across her face. She didn't budge or react at all. She was as still as a statue.
"What's wrong with her?" Seungri asked again as he looked at me. "Because right now, she's looking like a lunatic and that worries me."
"Sam will tell you," said Taeyang. "She'll explain it better than I ever will."
"Tae, but...."
I soon realised that it was no use stopping Taeyang as he walked up the stairs to the entrance and entered the lobby. I looked on as he went. Now, I was all alone to give an explanation to Daesung and Seungri. A pretty dumb one if you ask me.
"What's going on, Sam?" Daesung asked. I turned to look at both him and Seungri. "One thing's for sure, something happened to Christine for her to be in this state and you're going to tell us why."
I opened my mouth to say something, but I couldn't. I went on to look at Christine and she was still smiling like a fool, staring at her phone and tapping on it, doing whatever. Only Taeyang and I knew why she was behaving like this. It seemed unfair to keep the others in the dark. They were bound to find out eventually.
"Okay, fine, I'll tell you," I said. "But can we get her out of the car first?"
"Christine?" Seungri called out to her as he held her shoulder and shook her.
"Mmmmm," Christine muttered as she finally took her eyes off her phone and stared up at Seungri.
I folded my arms. "Well, that was easy," I said. "She wasn't responding to either Taeyang or me the whole way back here."
"Wait? We're here already?" Christine asked as she looked at her surrounding outside the car. She seemed very surprised.
"You never noticed, Christine?" Daesung asked, with a surprised look on his face.
"How could she notice where she is if all she could ever look at the entire time on her phone was BTS?" I said.
Seungri and Daesung both turned to look at me at the same time, taking in what I said. Christine sighed at the mention of BTS and went all dreamy eyed.
I didn't want to say it out in a rude way but I just couldn't stand the sight of Christine looking like a loony any more. Getting her into the car the time we were done with grocery shopping was more than enough to put me on edge. It was worse off when she didn't say anything to either Taeyang and I in the car.
"Ooh," Seungri gave a small laugh. "So, she met BTS. That explains everything."
"Sorry, if in any way I sounded a little rude," I said.
"No biggie," said Daesung. "At least you don't look as stupid as Christine is right now."
The three of us both stared at Christine hoping she would react to the comment but she didn't say a word. This time, she was up in the clouds and smiling to herself. Well, her beautiful utopia was about to get ruined and I was glad that I would be taking the liberty of doing so.
"Come on, Christine," I said as I grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her out of the car. She almost fell to the ground but she was quick enough to balance her body with her legs.
"Whoa, Sam," she said looking a bit surprised at how much strength I put in to drag her out. "Be gentle, please."
"You should be glad I didn't slap you in the face because that wouldn't be as gentle as what I have done now," I said.
"I never knew you had that much strength, Sam," said Seungri with a grin on his face.
"She should have been a boxer if you ask me," said Christine as she sulked.
"Then I would just knock your teeth out so that you wouldn't be able to smile for BTS or for anyone for that matter, ever again," I said.
"I'll keep my mouth shut," said Christine as she covered her mouth with her free hand.
"Okay, let's go," I said still holding her elbow. "I'm afraid if I leave you alone, you might just head to someone else's apartment."
"I'm fine, Sam. I swear. You don't have to drag me around like a little kid, you know?" Christine protested.
I didn't listen to her as I dragged her with me anyway. I could hear Daesung and Seungri chuckle to themselves as Christine and I went up to the entrance and found ourselves in the lobby, heading for the elevator.
The two of us entered BigBang's apartment through the already open door. Taeyang was in the kitchen packing what we bought while my brothers and TOP were in the living room like I expected they would. My brothers were still playing video games as TOP watched them play.
TOP looked our way as he noticed us come in and so did my brothers who soon paused the game.
"What took you girls so long?" TOP asked. "Taeyang said something was wrong with Christine." He looked at Christine. "Are you okay?"
"I wouldn't be asking her that question because she's not," I said as I let go of her elbow. She winced and held it dearly.
"You really hurt me, Sam," Christine whined. "If you weren't my cousin, I would sue you."
"Well, I wouldn't be the one getting sued today after what you just did at the grocery store," I said with my hands on my hips.
"What did she do?" Daniel asked, turning his body fully to look at us.
Taeyang laughed behind us in the kitchen. "It was so funny," he said.
"I'll let Christine tell you," I said as I turned around to head towards the kitchen. "All this has made me pretty thirsty."
"So, what happened?" Mike asked Christine as I went to the fridge and took out a jug of water and went to the cabinet to get a glass.
"Please, don't ask," said Christine. I saw her join the others in the living room and slept on the couch opposite from where TOP sat with her hand covering her eyes. "It's so embarrassing now that I think about it."
"You can never do anything embarrassing," said TOP. "You, Christine are too sweet for that."
"I beg to differ," I said, the glass close to my lips as I took a sip of water. Taeyang who stood beside me laughed even more.
"Ya, there are times when Christine could be crazy," said Daniel. "But not as much as Zoey, of course."
"This time, she went overboard," I said.
"Almost like Zoey?" Mike asked as he looked at me.
"Yep. But not as much as Zoey of course."
Mike looked at Christine who still slept on the couch like some person who had had a long night of partying and was completely wasted.
"Tell us, Christine!" Mike insisted. "Now I'm curious."
Just as Mike was insisting, Daesung and Seungri came in through the open door carrying grocery bags.
"Hey, Christine!" Seungri called out to her as he came into the kitchen with Daesung. "Tell us what happened when you met BTS?"
"Oh, goodness," said Christine as she sat up to look at Seungri. "Seungri!"
"What?" Seungri had already put the grocery bags on the kitchen table and shrugged his shoulders. "I was just asking."
Christine groaned out loudly in frustration as she fell back onto the couch. Mike and Daniel looked on at her, both their mouths agape.
"You met BTS?" Daniel asked not believing it.
"Oh, now I see why she's so upset," said Seungri. "Hope she isn't mad."
I patted Seungri on the shoulder. "No, she isn't. Don't worry about it," I said. I went to rinse the glass in the sink.
"Christine, come on," said Mike. "Say something. How was it meeting BTS?"
"Don't ask," she said as she stared at the ceiling. "It was embarrassing."
"Really embarrassing," Taeyang and I said at the same time.
"Please, not another word," said Christine as she sat up and held her head in her hands.
"Why?" I asked. "As much as it was so embarassing, you would have been in serious trouble with what you did."
"What did she do?" Daesung asked.
I went to join the others in the living room, sitting next to Christine. I started to tell them how I unexpectedly bumped heads with Jimin, in the process, meeting the rest of BTS who also came to do some shopping.
"Let me guess," said Mike. "Christine screamed like a lunatic and ran towards BTS, right?"
"Yep, but in the process, she caused quite a havoc," I said as looked at Christine.
"Don't say anything more, Sam," said Christine as she clapped her hands together. "I beg you!"
"She almost killed a few people, if that's how I can put it," said Taeyang.
"How?" Daniel and Mike asked at the same time.
"I bumped into a lady while I was running and she ended up hitting a guy with her cart. The cart pushed the guy and he almost found himself in those refrigerators," Christine answered.
"Well, I'm glad you admitted what you did," I said with a smirk.
"I wish I was there to see that," said TOP with a smile.
"That's not the only thing she did," said Taeyang.
"What else did you do, Christine?" Daesung asked sounding surprised.
"Let's just say, the guy in the refrigerator wasn't the only havoc I caused," said Christine with a wince afterwards. "I kind of got everyone in the aisle all pushed aside and trolleys bumping into each other causing some kind of trolley traffic."
"All that, just for BTS," said Daniel rolling his eyes.
"Hey, if you were in my shoes, you wouldn't be saying that!" Christine snapped at him. She closed her eyes and cried, "it was so embarrassing! I bet they think I'm some crazy person."
Christine wailed out loud as though she was about to cry and leaned on my shoulder to fake cry. I shook my head and patted her on the back.
"Well, at least no one got hurt," I said. "Though she would've been sued if it wasn't for Taeyang. And BTS themselves."
"She's one lucky girl for sure," said Taeyang. "I bet that is all over entertainment news already."
"Collins is so going to kill me," said Christine as she stopped leaning her head on my shoulder and looked at me.
"It was nothing but an accident," I said. "A horrible one for that matter."
"You see! I can't even go on social media because everyone is probably talking about it."
"Christine, it's okay," said Seungri as he came to the living room and sat next to Christine's other side. "People are bound to talk anyway. Besides, who wouldn't notice BTS, Sam, Taeyang and you all in one place?"
"If you put it like that, it sounds fine. But I caused a pandemonium. Do you know what that's like?" Christine asked as she looked at Seungri.
"And it was in front of BTS for that matter," said Mike as he started to laugh. "I better check what people are saying about this." He pulled out his phone from his pocket.
"Ooh, this is so bad," said Christine. "Now that I think of what I've done, BTS would probably never want to see me again."
"With all those selfies you took and exchanging phone numbers, they would want to see you again," I said with a smile.
"You think so?"
I rolled my eyes. "You worry too much. All they did was laugh at the situation. And the customers you bumped into weren't as angry as the manager of the store, who of course wanted to sue you."
"I should have gone with Zoey shopping instead." Christine sulked.
"Then you wouldn't have met BTS," said TOP. "You're a lucky girl because not every fangirl gets to meet them face to face, you know?"
"I bet Zoey and G-Dragon had a smooth time. Unlike us."
"Something tells me they are also in for a wild afternoon," I said. "Remember when I was acting all nervous and jumpy and said that something was going to happen on our way to the store?"
"Yep," said Taeyang as he and Daesung came into the living room area. "Must have been your intuition talking."
"And you just gained another ten points on your intuition, Sam," said Mike as he was staring at his phone. "Guess who Zoey met at the mall?"
Just before I could ask any further, the door to the apartment flew open and G-Dragon came in. Surprisingly, he was carrying Zoey over his shoulder and Zoey was screaming and kicking her legs in the air.
"GD! Put me down! I'm not a sack of potatoes you can easily carry around, you know!" Zoey wailed. Her legs kicking frantically in the air.
"Can you shut up, Zoey!" G-Dragon also protested.
"Until you put me down!" Zoey started to hit G-Dragon on his back. "Who do you think you're!"
"Zoey!" I stood up from the couch. "What's going on?"
Zoey stopped kicking and hitting G-Dragon. "Sam?" She sounded surprised to hear my voice. G-Dragon made her feet touch the floor and Zoey quickly turned to stare at the rest of us in the living room.
"Oh, we're back in the apartment?" she asked with a surprised look on her face.
"Where do you think I was taking you?" G-Dragon asked with an irritated look on his face. "The mental hospital? Although that's one place you should be to be honest."
"I couldn't agree more," said Mike with a grin.
"Oh, keep quiet, Mike!" Zoey snapped.
"Why did you have to bring her in like that?" Daesung asked G-Dragon.
"You should have seen the state she was in," said G-Dragon. "I had to lift her up from the car because she wasn't responding to me the whole time. She was just staring at pics on her phone, looking all dreamy eyed."
My left eyebrow raised. That was exactly how Christine was the whole time we drove here. I turned to look at Mike.
"Who did Zoey meet?" I asked.
"I'm glad you asked," said Mike as he smiled at me. "EXO."
"WHAT!" Christine stood up from couch staring at Mike, looking all surprised, that she looked like a lunatic. I quickly held her shoulder and gently pushed her back down.
"Why didn't you ask me instead?" Zoey asked.
"Because just like you," started Taeyang, "Christine was also in the same condition you were."
"Really?" G-Dragon asked.
"Yep," said Daniel. "And guess who these guys met when they went shopping for groceries?"
"Who?" Zoey asked.
"BTS," Christine answered.
Zoey's mouth dropped. "You're kidding! For real?"
"You should check out the 'supermarket fiasco' online," said Mike. "It's classic."
Zoey screamed and went to join Christine who also started screaming with her and they held hands, jumping up and down in excitement.
"You met EXO?" Christine asked
"You met BTS?" Zoey also asked. "I can't believe it!"
"AAAAHHH!" They both screamed with glee and hugged each other.
"Gosh, my ears are about to burst," said Daniel as he stuck a finger in his ear and shook.
"Tell me about it," said TOP.
"Do you want to hear my side of the story?" Zoey asked.
"No!" most of us replied and I quickly took my leave with Seungri behind me. Daesung and Taeyang followed too.
"Now that I think of it, Daniel and I didn't get the chance to look around the apartment," said Mike.
"I'll show you guys around," said TOP.
Mike, Daniel and TOP got up and also left the living room, heading down the hall.
"Okay, you guys are missing out," Zoey called out to us.
"I think I've had enough drama for today," I said when I walked into the kitchen and started checking for strawberries in one of the grocery bags on the table.
Seungri came to stand beside me, bumping into me in the process. I looked at him.
"What's wrong, Seungri?" I asked as I went back to looking for the strawberries.
"How come you're not like them?" Seungri asked jerking his head towards the living room area where Zoey excitedly talked to Christine about how she met EXO.
"Trust me, I've no idea," I said as I smiled. "I was also as excited as Christine with meeting BTS. Am a huge fan."
"Hearing you say that makes me jealous," said Seungri with a frown.
"Me too," said G-Dragon, who looked irritated and tired as he went to the fridge to get the jug of water out. "At least you're not acting like a lunatic like they are or else I would've locked you up."
"In a mental hospital?" I asked not looking at him.
"In my room."
I turned to look at G-Dragon behind me and he smiled. I quickly looked away feeling irritated. I had to control myself from blushing as I continued to look for my strawberries. Even from his body language, I could tell Seungri was irritated too.
"Ah!" I said excitedly. "Found my yummy strawberries." I took the plastic lunchbox of strawberries.
"You really love strawberries, don't you?" Taeyang asked as he came to finish packing up.
"You've no idea," I said with a smile as I went over to the sink to have the strawberries washed.
"I bet your lips taste like delicious strawberries," said Seungri.
I paused by the sink, not saying a word and G-Dragon who was getting a glass from the cabinet next to me almost dropped it to the floor.
"Don't say that, Seungri," I said gaining my composure and turning to face him. "Speaking of which, I should have joined the others looking around the apartment."
"Want me to go with you?" Daesung asked.
"Yes, please," I said as I quickly went to join him standing in the hall, with the plastic lunchbox in my hands. I turned towards Seungri and G-Dragon who looked at me. "You two shouldn't follow me."
They both groaned and muttered "fine" at the same time.
I went down the hall with Daesung as I took a strawberry and put it in my mouth. We turned round the corner and we found a set of doors on either side of the hall.
"Want to check the bedrooms first?" Daesung asked.
"Ya, that's okay," I said with a strawberry still in my mouth.
He chuckled and I looked at him. "What?" I asked.
"You sound really funny with that strawberry in your mouth," he replied. "You also looked really cute."
If I hadn't swallowed my strawberry earlier, I would have choked on it. Instead, I stared down the hall, blushing.
"So, what's in this room?" I asked going to the nearest door to my right.
"Oh, that's TOP's room," said Daesung as he opened the door for me. I took a sneak peak of the room and we moved on to the next one.
After looking through all the rooms, we found TOP and my two brothers in the laundry room.
"You also came around for a tour?" TOP asked me as Daesung and I entered the room.
"Just like you, I'm not ready for Zoey's tattletales," I said. "Not yet, at least. I'll have to listen to her at some point."
"Tell me about it," said Daniel rolling his eyes.
"But all of this has happened so suddenly, don't you think?" Mike asked. "I mean, you, Sam, meeting BTS and Zoey meeting EXO."
"I've to admit, it's not all that strange but rather exciting," I said with a smile as I put a strawberry in my mouth.
"Don't tell me you're a huge fan of them both?" TOP asked.
"Well, ya," I answered, still chewing. "Is it wrong? I mean, they are all super talented. And cute too."
TOP and Daesung winced at the same time. I raised an eyebrow.
"I don't like it when you say that," said TOP.
"Ya," said Daesung. "I'm almost getting jealous."
Mike groaned. "Goodness, guys," he said. "Can't a fangirl like more than one k-pop group without the other getting jealous? What's weird is that you aren't even complaining about Zoey and Christine goggling over BTS and EXO."
"Is that a bad thing?" Daesung asked.
"No, that just shows how much you like my sister," said Mike with a smirk. "Not leaving out G-Dragon and Seungri of course."
"Just keep quiet, Mike," I said. I could feel my cheeks start to heat up but I immediately brushed that off as best as I could. "Can we please go back?"
"Do you think they are done talking?" Daniel asked referring to Zoey and Christine.
"I guess so. If I'm right, they are probably looking at photos again. Let's go check."
The five of us all went back to the living room and we found Christine and Zoey on the couch, with their heads touching and they were both looking down at Zoey's phone, quiet.
Taeyang, G-Dragon and Seungri were still in the kitchen looking over at the odd pair on the couch. The expression on their faces was one I couldn't discribe even from a distance.
"What's going on?" I asked as joined them in the kitchen.
"I don't know," said Taeyang. "One minute they were talking and the next thing I know, they were silent."
I watched the two on the couch and I could see my two brothers slowly approach them from behind. They were trying to scare them.
"What are you doing?" I whispered to them.
"What do you think we're doing?" Mike asked. "They won't even get spooked. Just watch."
They soon got closer to Christine and Zoey and my brothers screamed "BOO!" so loudly they could even wake up a sleeping baby. But the two girls didn't jump in fright. In fact, they sighed in unison as they continued to stare at the photos.
"See, I told you," said Mike as he looked at he rest of us behind him.
"Forget it, they are lovestruck," I said, putting the last strawberry in my mouth.
"Lovestruck?" Seungri asked.
"Yep. Since meeting their idols, they aren't thinking straight and all they can think of is them," I said. "They love them as fans, but seeing them in person just made them deeply fall in love on a personal level. Well, that's how I see it."
"If they are lovestruck by their k-pop idols, I for one, am lovestruck by you," said Seungri as he came to hug me from behind me, leaning his head on mine
I rolled my eyes by his gesture. But surprisingly, I smiled and at the same time, blushed.
"Okay, you can stop hugging me now, Seungri," I said.
"I don't think I want to. You're like a stuffed panda that's so nice and comforting to hug."
Zoey suddenly turned to look at us and said, "awwwh! How cute! Just like you're hugging Sam, I want to hug EXO."
"Which one?" Daniel asked.
Zoey gave him a lopsided grin. To be honest, it looked really creepy. "I don't know," she answered.
"Figured," said TOP. "Are you two done lovey doving over those cute boys of yours?"
"Wait, hold on for a second," said Christine, still staring at the phone then she blacked the screen by pressing the power button and put the phone away. "Okay, done."
"Good," said Taeyang. "Now why don't we order pizza for lunch and watch a movie?"
"Great idea," I said.
"So what movie are we going to watch?" Daesung asked.
"I'm up for a romantic movie," said Zoey as she stood up.
"Me too," said Christine, clapping her hands with glee.
"Whose up for one of my action movies?" TOP asked.
Everyone else raised their hands except Christine and Zoey. The majority always wins.
"Come on, you guys are so unfair," Christine complained.
"Please, we don't want to watch a romantic movie when all you'll be imagining in those heads of yours are BTS and EXO," said G-Dragon.
"Fine," Zoey muttered as she fell back on her seat with her arms folded. I bet she had a scorn on her face.
"I'll order the pizza," said Seungri as he stopped hugging me and walked away from the kitchen heading down the hall.
"I'll go check for a cool movie we can watch," said TOP, as he also followed Seungri down the hall.
"Tae," I said looking at Taeyang who stood behind me. "Maybe you should invite Hyo-rin tonight for dinner. If that's okay. It will be so nice if she comes."
"Perfect," said Taeyang as he smiled at me and pulled out his phone. "I'll text her to see if she can manage to come tonight."
"I ordered for pizza and it will be here in ten minutes," announced Seungri as he appeared.
"I'll go try and freshen up," said G-Dragon as he rubbed his neck and groaned in frustration. "All this thing with Zoey was such a burden."
"Hey!" Zoey protested as she turned to look at G-Dragon.
"I'm not lying, am I? Besides, you're ten times heavier than a cow that I don't even know how I managed not to collapse onto the floor."
My brothers burst out laughing first, then Daesung, Seungri and I followed next. Christine who was next to Zoey tried her best not to laugh as she covered her mouth. Taeyang didn't laugh at all.
"You're so going to be sorry for this, GD," Zoey threatened.
"Okay, enough, you two," I said, a laugh still urging to come out of my mouth. "I don't want it to be like a usual 'Mike and Zoey' fight episode."
Zoey rolled her eyes at G-Dragon and he did the same to her and left for his room. The rest of us continued to laugh. Taeyang just shook his head.
As Daesung, Seungri and my two brothers went to the living room to settle down, I immediately received a message on my phone. Thinking that it might be Collins, I was surprised to see that it wasn't him. I checked the message and it sent me smiling.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Taeyang asked as he came to stand right beside me.
I gave him a smile and I showed him the message on my phone. He looked at it and then at me.
"Oh," was all he could say. He seemed as surprised as I was.
And this time around, I was the one who was lovestruck.