BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 43: psycho

"Ah..." Namjoon sighed disappointedly. "What a miss..."

"She said that based on what she saw, it looked like some contract from their company or something, but she's not sure-" Chungha shrugged. "It could very well be a contract for some advertisement or something, since it was chucked around so carelessly, according to her. She'll keep me updated about her progress when she eventually finds out what it is."

"Wah-" Namjoon nodded slowly. "She's doing a pretty good job though? It's her second day in his house and she already almost uncovered something? That's pretty remarkable. Either that, or JK-ssi is just bad at keeping secrets."

"He seems rather careful to me-" Chungha grinned as she glanced at Hoseok. "So Jieun-ssi must really doing a really good job-"

"Bujang-" Hoseok tried to interrupt. "Hyejin-ssi is doing a pretty great job too-"

"Hold up-" Namjoon held up a hand. "I have no idea what the both of you are up to... but stop it. Get to work!"

Hoseok snarled as Chungha stuck out her tongue in his direction.

-•-•-

Jungkook hiked up the mountain, his mind laden with memories of the past.

This mountain he was climbing was no ordinary mountain. He used to come here often on hiking trips with a very special person in his life, but that was a long, long time ago. And now he was back, but all alone this time.

"Ah! What's that?"

Jungkook looked up and spotted a group of girls chattering away next to him as they pointed at a group of people at a distance.

"What's happening over there?"

"A celebrity? I think I see some cameras!"

"What are they filming!"

"Omo! We're so lucky!"

"Let's go take a look, unnie!"

"Omo! If it's Jeon Jungkook, I will genuinely faint."

Jungkook hurriedly pulled his cap over his head once more and trudged along, trying to focus on working out instead of preoccupying himself with such useless thoughts.

"Ah-"

Jungkook lowered his head as he was swarmed from all directions, by curious onlookers wondering what was going on. He had no choice but to be pushed along, not wanting to draw any attention to himself.

"Kim Taehyung-ssi! It's a nice day today! Congratulations on releasing your album a few days ago!"

The sound of the name made Jungkook freeze in his tracks. He peeked out under his cap and caught glimpse of the familiar face he least wanted to see. Jungkook wish he could teleport elsewhere in that very moment... but he simply couldn't. At the moment, Jungkook was just focusing on filtering out the screams of the fangirls surrounding him.

"Ah, thank you-" Taehyung let out a chuckle. "Please listen to it! 'Inner Child' is out now on all music platforms."

"We'll definitely listen to it for sure." The emcee who was walking alongside Taehyung flashed him a pretentious smile. "Now back to our Guerrilla Date today, Taehyung-ssi. We asked you to pick a location that has a special meaning to you, why did you choose to come here, of all places?"