Before I start, I want to say thank you to everyone who took our time to read this book🥺 I know that for some of you it wasn't up to your expectations but you still carried on.First I'm saying a very big thank you. And to those who treasure my book, I love you and I hope that these last chapters will help you love it more. Thank you everyone🥺🥺🥰🥰
Ese sat impatiently as she waited for her friend Abby to come back from wherever she went.
"Did her brother call to pick her up?" She thought as she opened another drink that belong to one of her friends. Suki too is yet to arrive and the whole thing is begining to scare her. She wonders how she'll ever get home as all the people she knows are gone.
Or so she thought...
Beep! Beep!
"Hey Ese get in!" Abby said with her head stuck outside the window. Ese noticed the remaining occupants of the car but felt too tired to say anything, so she went in quietly.
"Everyone, this is my friend Ese"Abby said smiling as Ese whisper "Hello" in greeting
"You look really tired"J-hope said
"Yes I am but not only that, I'm hungry too" She said tiredly
"We have a bag of food
"Hey Ese get in!" Abby said with her head stuck outside the window. Ese noticed the remaining occupants of the car but felt too tired to say anything, so she went in quietly.
"Everyone, this is my friend Ese"Abby said smiling as Ese whispered "Hello" in greeting
"You look really tired"J-hope said
"I am. I'm really hungry too" She said tiredly
"We have a bag of food here, you can make your choice" Jisoo said smiling as she passed to bag to the giddy Abby.
Not be rude, Ese took the bag from Abby and searched through it. She settled for pack of cherries she found inside.
"Can I have this instead?" She asked the group
"Yeah.."
"Sure..."
"Go ahead.."
And she did, finishing the pack of cherries in a short time to the surprise of the others in the car.
"She must've been really hungry" she heard someone say but she couldn't identify them cause she was falling asleep.
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"Ese wake up!" Someone buzzed in her ear and she swatted her hand to chase the person away.
"Come on Ese, they may leave us behind!" the voice said again
"Allow me complete my dream first" She says absentmindedly
"What dream?? look, If you don't get up right now, I'll put this ice cream on your body"
"You wouldn't dare!!" She sits up to find the person bold enough to do that
"Good you're awake. You should get changed quickly, we're going in soon" Abby says and hands her a bag of clothes
Ese was confused but still took the bag. She look inside and saw a Tshirt and shorts inside.
"Why would I need to wear this?" She asks Abby
"Jisoo invited me to join her in a sauna and I figured you'd want to come too" Abby said
"oh..ok.. thank you " Ese took the bag and went into the spa with her.
"Where are the others?" She asked when she noticed the absence of the others.
"The ladies are inside already but the guys went back" Ese nodded as Abby explained
They got into the spa and tried to locate Jisoo and her friend. They sat on the lounge chair for a while, before Jennie came out and took them into the room.
5minutes later, Ese left the room because she couldn't stand the heat and was told to go for a massage instead. When she was done, she found out she was the last one out and that they were going out to "play".
"???"
Ese was refreshed from both the massage and the five-minute sauna so she allowed Abby to drag her along into the car to "play" with the others.
Jennie drove them to another city that's foreign to Ese but according to them, was close to Seoul, and stopped at a zoo. Ese's eyes shone brightly at the different sounds of so many animals. She and Abby got out—with Jisoo following closely behind them—and registered themselves then ran into the zoo like kids.
Abby is a huge fan of almost every small animal I know of —except insects—while Ese generally loves wild cats! So after a little talk with each other separate to see their various likes.
Ese was so excited staring at the other animals on the way to the wild cats and found the leopards more fascinating. She took a lot of pictures and suddenly began to feel thirsty.
She got to the snack shop and ordered a can of Sprite.
"This picture is perfect! Though I may have to blur the background" She said someone close to her say.
"V??" She thought as she paused her drinking.
"Yes?" the boy answered and looked up
Ese was so stunned, she couldn't react. "Did I say that out loud?" she thought to herself as she looked at Tae hung in panic.
"Are you alright?" He asked taking her nearly spilled from her,
She nodded. "Wait! Where have I heard that before?" she thought and remembered
"O my God, I can't act the same way to V so they won't conclude I'm a weirdo!"
"Hi, I'm Ese... you're V right?" Ese asked with fake confidence
"Of course he's V! Everyone here knows who he is! What a dumb question!" Ese scolded herself
"The one and only" He smiled and she nodded not knowing what else to say
"I saw something that reminds me of you today. You want to see?" Ese waved her phone at him with a smile. He looked surprised but still nodded
So, Ese quickly—before he realizes how weird this is— took out the picture of the tigers she saw few minutes ago. "Here.." she said as she handed the phone to him
He took the phone and looked at the pictures, then he laughed. "I get it now.... Thank you for showing me this" He said smiling and handed her phone to her
Cough! "You're welcome" Ese said
"If you know who I am why did you try to confirm my identity?" He asked after few minutes of silence. Ese was done with her drink already and was ready to see the other animals but stopped when she heard his questions.
"How else will I cover my embarrassment?" She asked shyly
"But you called my name first" He says, staring at her knowingly
"Ok! Is this a thing that BTS love too do? This is the third time now guys, come on!" Ese whine in her head
"That wasn't supposed to happen. I just saw someone with a similar body structure also, your hair looks a bit different today so I wasn't sure it was you till you turned around" She explained. He nodded in understanding then smiled
"Can you take me to the tigers?" He asked
"Sure.." She said and trashed her can as they both walked out
"Tae! Tae hung-ah!" We both looked around to find who was calling him so loudly making Army around us screams in surprise and happiness.
"Thank God I didn't scream at his face when we met just now" Ese thought as she wiped imaginary sweat from her brows and semi ran to catch up with V.
"Ese?"
"Huh?" She looked up and saw jk and Jimin standing together and couldn't help the huge smile on her face
"Hello" Jimin said waving to her
"Hi" She said a bit shy
"Everyone! this is Army Ese, Ese these are my group members" V introduced
"Nice to meet everyone" She said smiling
"This is really a dream come true! I finally get to meet all of them at once" She cried joyfully in her heart
"I know Ese, she and I are buddies" Jk said
"We are!? I mean, yes. I've actually met the others before" Ese said to V
"Really? Where?"
"I met Jin and jk at the resort, then I met Jimin and Suga at the backstage of your fan signing hall then I met RM and J-hope in a car my friend that brought me here was in, along with Jinnie and Jisoo" Ese counted with her fingers. She truly had met them all—including Black pink—except V.
They were all surprised at how she has been able to meet every single one of them in barely a month.
"Wow... Not many army's or crew members can boast of that" J-hope said getting nods from the others and Ese just smiled and thought "Abby". She was the only other person that got to see every single on of the artists she loves, even before Ese
"So, I was the last one you met?" V thought annoyed.
"Um... I was saving best for last actually. I was really sad when I thought I may not get to see you before I leave but look at us, going to see the tigers together" Ese's words and outstretched hands like she wanted to hug him, made the others laugh.
"I won't call what happened with us a meeting though, you slept through out the car ride" RM said and J-hope nodded
"She was so hungry she ate a pack of cherries alone then dozed off" Ese blushed at his reminder
"Well, thank you all for letting me know. Ese, we should leave now or the zoo might close before we get there" V said and Ese nodded. She waved bye to the others and led v on the path of the wild cats.
V stopped a lot on the way to take pictures of some animals and comment on their behaviors, making the journey slower than before, but Ese wasn't complaining because she gets to spend time with V.
"Announcement animal lovers, the Zoo will be closing in 10minutes! Please...."
"We should get back to the others" V said to Ese that was still trying to pet the baby tiger
"Just a little more.." Ese said, stretching her hand towards the baby tiger discreetly
"Get your hand out of there now!" one of the zoo keepers shouted making Ese removing her hand in shock and fear and the mummy tiger was already were her hand was before, seething!
"That was dangerous, don't do that next time" The boy said and she nodded still recovering from the shock. V placed his hand on her shoulder and stared at her worriedly. She was crying and shaken and V was at loss for what to do.
"What happened!" Jimin asked as he and Jk approached them. Ese couldn't speak, so V helped her explain what happened
"Hmmm.... that was really a close call, you could've lost your hand" Jimin said frowning
His words made Ese cry more furiously and Jk chided him for saying it out loud and went to hug Ese.
"It's okay, you're safe now. Just don't do that again okay?" Jk said abd she nodded. She didn't even need him to tell her twice!
Jk held her hand as they all walked back to meet the rest so they can leave.
"What happened?" J-hope the first to notice them, asked
"She nearly got her fingers chopped off by a tiger" V said.
"Wow..."
"What kind of boldness made you put your hand there in the first place?" Jin asked concerned and Ese hid behind Jk, embarrassed
"Alright we know she's wrong, no need to make her feel worse" Suga said tapping Jin on his shoulder.
"Do you want ice cream? we could stop to get it on the way" Jk said to her
"I'm not a kid though...." She thought but outwardly, she nodded.
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Ese held her ice cream as she followed the others into a place that was very familiar to her. It was a room they had used for an episode of run BTS.
"Does this mean I'm in their dorm?" Ese thought as she walked in slowly, looking around the house. There were few pictures on the wall and what looked like studio on one side of the sitting room. it made the interior a little different from what she has seen before.
Everyone was seated now and was either on their phone or talking. Only Ese was eating ice cream quietly as she observed everyone of them carefully.
"Hey ese you hungry? " V asked
"Yeah just a little bit " she said. V pulled Jk along with him as he walked out
"What are you doing " he asked
"Come on, you know I can't cook " V said smiling
"Then why did you ask her? " They kept whispering like they couldn't hear them.
Jk prepares food for them and Jin ended up joining them in the kitchen.
They where done eating when RM asked,
"Hey ese what's your fav BTS song "
"Spring day" She says automatically and blushed
"Why?" J-hope asked with folded arms
she shrugs "It was the second second I heard from you all so after switching from DOPE to SPRING DAY I decided to settle for Spring day. That was way before I found out it hidden meaning though" she clarified and most nodded in understanding
"It was a really sad time in Korea that year" J-hope said
"Yeah"
"A lot of kids died"
Ese felt bad for bringing up the topic unconsciously.
"Let's sing the song together!" She said looking at them
"No no, no singing! I'm already tired from all that filming" Suga said and put his hat on his face
"Kim Nam Joon! Kim Seok Jin! Min Yoon Gi!Park Hoseok!"
"Aaahhhh" The members laughed as she did the fan chant
"I'm gonna keep chanting till you start!" She said and resumed her chant. BTS could not win under such determination and began to sing.
Bogo shipda
Ireoke malhanikka deo
Bogo shipda
Neohi sajineul bogo isseodo
Bogo shipda
Neomu yasokhan shigan
Naneun uriga mibda
Ijen eolgul han beon boneun geotto
Himdeureojin uriga
Yeogin ontong gyeoul ppuniya
Palworedo gyeouri wa
Maeumeun shiganeul dallyeogane
Hollo nameun seolgukyeolcha
Ni son jabgo
Jigu bandaepyeonkkaji ga
Gyeoureul kkeutnaegopa
Geuriumdeuri
Eolmana nuncheoreom naeryeoya
Geu bomnari olkka
Friend
Heogongeul tteodoneun
Jageun meonjicheoreom
Jageun meonjicheoreom
Nallineun nuni naramyeon
Jogeum deo ppalli nege
Daheul su isseul tende
Nunkkochi tteoreojyeoyo
Tto jogeumsshik meoreojyeoyo
Bogo shipda (bogo shipda)
Bogo shipda (bogo shipda)
Eolmana gidaryeoya
Tto myeot bameul deo saewoya
Neol boge doelkka (neol boge doelkka)
Mannage doelkka (mannage doelkka)
Chuun gyeoul kkeuteul jina
Dashi bomnari ol ttaekkaji
Kkot piul ttaekkaji
Geugose jom deo meomulleojwo
Meomulleojwo
Niga byeonhan geonji
(Niga byeonhan geonji)
Animyeon naega byeonhan geonji
(Naega byeonhan geonji)
I sungan heureuneun shiganjocha miwo
Uriga byeonhan geoji mwo
Moduga geureon geoji mwo
Geurae mibda niga
Neon tteonatjiman
Dan harudo neoreul
Ijeun jeogi eopseotji nan
Soljikhi bogo shipeunde
Iman neoreul jiulge
Geuge neol wonmanghagibodan
Deol apeunikka
Shirin neol bureonae bonda
Yeongicheoreom hayan yeongicheoreom
Malloneun jiunda haedo
Sashil nan ajik neol bonaeji mothaneunde
Nunkkochi tteoreojyeoyo
Tto jogeumsshik meoreojyeoyo
Bogo shipda (bogo shipda)
Bogo shipda (bogo shipda)
Eolmana gidaryeoya
Tto myeot bameul deo saewoya
Neol boge doelkka (neol boge doelkka)
Mannage doelkka (mannage doelkka)
You know it all
You're my best friend
Achimeun dashi ol geoya
Eotteon eodumdo eotteon gyejeoldo
Yeongweonhal sun eopseunikka
Beotkkochi pinabwayo
I gyeouldo kkeuchi nayo
Bogo shipda (bogo shipda)
Bogo shipda (bogo shipda)
Jogeumman gidarimyeon
Myeochil bamman deo saeumyeon
Mannareo galge (mannareo galge)
Derireo galge (derireo galge)
Chuun gyeoul kkeuteul jina
Dashi bomnari ol ttaekkaji
Kkot piul ttaekkaji
Geugose jom deo meomulleojwo
Meomulleojwo
"That was awesome!" Ese squealed making everyone laugh.
"I also love you guys solo songs. For suga its DAECHWITA... V; Winter Bear... Jk; Euphoria.... Jin; Epiphany... J-hope; Chicken Noodle Soup and then RM.( Moon child)" She said
"I know you love winter bear more.. hmm? hmm? " V said smiling and wiggling his brow making her laugh
"I actually prefer epiphany" I said awkwardly
" Aha! I knew it! im always their favourite " Jin said making v pout
She chuckled at how they kept acting like kids over a small matter like this. J-hope suddenly ran out of a room chasing Yt for some odd reason, yelling
" if you don't come back here I'll cut your fur and give them as gifts to army " he said making V run after them. They laughed as V caught J-hope's hand and "advices" him against the idea of actually giving an army Yt's fur.