Oh my god! I am so nervous. I'm gonna meet Yoongi's parents today. How should I introduce myself? What should I wear?

Genius-Yoongi: I'm waiting downstairs.

Oh no. They've arrived. I quickly grab my bag and gave Seol-tang a kiss before leaving the house.

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Yoongi is in the agency's car. He opened the door to let me in. A Bighit staff is driving us to the destination.

We arrived at Dr. Kwon's Clinic. Yoongi's parents are already in the room. Yoongi's parents look a little puzzled of my presence, so Dr. Kwon introduced me as Yoongi's good friend.

I moved to the back of the room to allow Yoongi's mum to sit beside Yoongi. During the entire session, Dr. Kwon helps to facilitate the discussion between the three of them. I can see the effort from Yoongi's parents to try to understand from Yoongi's perspective despite their lack of understanding of mental health. I believe Dr. Kwon had probably briefed them so that they can build a better connection with Yoongi.

Yoongi also looks much more soften up, with his mum occasionally hold his hands and pat his shoulders. Yoongi's dad still look pretty tensed up.

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After the half-hour counseling session ended. The four of us went for lunch nearby. Yoongi has to leave for a schedule at 2 p.m. I introduced myself again to his parents.

🦉 Jihye: I'm sorry that I couldn't formally introduce myself earlier. My name is Kim Jihye.

Yoongi's mum: Are you his girlfriend?

I blushed and replied: "Omonim, we are ... just good friends".

Yoongi Mum: Don't be shy. He's just like his father. Till now, his father had never said a word of 'I love you' before.

Yoongi Dad: Ehem... We are in a rush. Why is the food not served yet?

The whole lunch conversation is just between Yoongi's mum and me, talking about how is Yoongi doing over these 3 years in Seoul and his achievements in BTS. Yoongi and his Dad are just stingy in words. But they show their concern for each other by serving each other the side dishes and helping to get things and ... fighting to pay the bill. (っ- ‸ – ς)

In order to fight for more time to allow Yoongi and his dad to converse more. Yoongi Mum asked me along to run an errand and request Yoongi's Dad to send Yoongi to the SBS building for his schedule. Despite all the verbal rejections, Yoongi's Dad still hopped on the car with Yoongi.

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Yoongi's Dad: Yoongi-ah. Don't live like me.

Yoongi looks at his father. The man he always looked up to. A person who always makes a rational decision in any situation is telling him not to live like him.

Yoongi's Dad: I made a lot of bad decisions in the past that brought a lot of hardship to the family. The reason that I want to stop you from your music dream because Dad does not want you to repeat my failure. But apparently, you are doing a lot better than what I've thought.

Yoongi's Dad: Do what you like. Do what you believe in. Son, I want you to be happy too.

🐱 Yoongi: Abeoji(Dad)...

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Yoongi's parents have invited me to join them for the last dinner before they head back to Daegu the next morning. I meet Yoongi at Bighit building to send my birthday wishes for Taehyung before setting off with Yoongi for the dinner. I was shocked to hear that Namjoon hurt himself during the rehearsal. He is still in the hospital for a checkup.

Yoongi's older brother, Junki also came all the way from Daegu for the dinner. Yoongi made a reservation at a nice Hansik restaurant. Everyone had some makgeolli and cheer up the atmosphere.

Could it be the effect of alcohol? Yoongi and his dad seem to be much more comfortable with each other. They shared a lot of their family stories of the young Yoongi and his brother. Everyone was in a good mood and drank a lot. Even I got a little tipsy despite I only drank a little.

It is almost midnight. Yoongi is asked by his mum and dad to send me home, and Junki alone is enough to send them back to the Hotel. Yoongi and I make sure that they hopped on their taxi before we leave for ours.

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Yoongi and Jihye seated at the back seat. Unlike himself, Jihye is not a good drinker. Her face is all red after two bowls of makgeolli. Yoongi holds her hand while Jihye dozing off to sleep. Yoongi can never forget the first time Jihye held his hand at Dr. Kwon's office, that gush of warmness carved deeply to his heart. He never felt so reassured and protected in his life. He knew that he can never let go of this girl in his life now.

Jihye is still asleep when the taxi arrived at her place. So Yoongi piggybacks her up all the way to the doorstep. Despite panting, Yoongi never gives up. After today's piggyback, he is determined to start working out to buff up some muscles.

In front of the door, Yoongi is trying to recall the pin code he saw last time. He saw 3 out of 6 numbers. It was made up of '0', '3', '9'. He first tried to enter Jihye's birthday on 13th September 1993. It failed. Then he tried a second combination. It worked!

Seol-tang is waiting at the door meowing non-stop. Yoongi carries her back to her bedroom and lies her down on the bed. Seol-tang follows them to the bedroom and keeps meowing and starts nudging Yoongi's leg.

🐱Yoongi: Ya.... Seol-tang. Shhhh~ Your mum is sleeping.

🐱Yoongi: Are you hungry?

Seol-tang: meow~

🐱Yoongi: Arasseo (got it). I will give you food.

Yoongi goes to the living room and searches for the cat food. He found stacks of canned food and opened one and give it to Seol-tang.

Yoongi is sitting on the couch watching seol-tang munching on his food. The cute expression reminds him of Holly. Not long after Seol-tang is done with his food, he jumped onto Yoongi's lap and asked for some petting.

Under the dim lights and sound of Seol-tang's purring, Yoongi found some peacefulness in his mind. The little happiness in life probably means these. He slowly closes his eyes and fell to sleep.

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Jihye woke up and found herself in her bedroom. Her last memory was her sitting in the taxi with Yoongi. So it was Yoongi who sent her back. She went to the living room, but Yoongi is not there. Neither in the kitchen or bathroom.

Maybe he left.

All of a sudden, she hears the sound of the front door's magnetic mechanism click. The door opened, it is Yoongi!

🐱 Yoongi: Oh! You're awake. I bought some blood sausage soup rice for the hangover. Let's eat it when it's still hot. We got to leave at 9 a.m. to send my parents from the train station.

🦉 Jihye: Let me wash up first.

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🦉 Jihye: Thank you for sending me all the way back. Sorry I dozed off and slept like a pig. How did you get me back?

🐱 Yoongi: I piggyback you. You are light as a feather, so eat more. Here! Eat the blood sausage.

Yoongi started to pile more food on my bowl.

🦉 Jihye: But how did you get through the door?

🐱 Yoongi: I succeed in the second trial for the combination guessing.

I covered my face with my hands. It is so embarrassing to let Yoongi found out my house Pincode is his birthday. He must be laughing at me inside about my infatuation of him.

Seol-tang walked to Yoongi and meowed.

🐱 Yoongi: Oh? You said you pooped? Alright, I'll clear it later.

🦉 Jihye: ...

I am totally puzzled by this scene. When did Yoongi and Seol-tang got so close?

🐱 Yoongi: Seol-tang and I became best friends last night. He's so easy to bribe. Just one canned food and tummy rub.

🦉 Jihye: Did you had any rest? You woke up so early to get breakfast.

🐱 Yoongi: I slept for 4 hours. Then I went out to the AX Hall for a walk and did a lot of thinking. I remembered my father once told me to look around when there is something to be happy about. I did that when had the first win for . So this time, I want to remind myself of the happiness I had during the first concert.

🦉 Jihye: I was there too. The Red Bullet Concert. Although it was really far away, I can remember the joy of performing on your face. A nervous but confident and happy Min Yoongi.

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We bid goodbye to Yoongi's parents and his brother. Yoongi mum came to me and thank me for staying by Yoongi's side. She also invites me to visit them in Daegu with Yoongi when we are free. Yoongi gave a hug to his everyone before they cross over the gantry.

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Because of the unexpected events that happened during the last few days of the year 2015. I could only rush back to Ilsan to celebrate New Year with my parents on the 1st and 2nd of January. Yoongi spent his New Year Day cooping in the studio. The next two days there is a fan sign event but Namjoon is absent due to his injury.

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🐱 Yoongi: Are you free for the today and till the 8th?

🦉 Jihye: What's the matter?

🐱 Yoongi: I ... want to go back to Kobe Memorial Hall. But everyone says no to that idea. I know they are worried about me. But I don't think I can face myself if I don't go there.

🦉 Jihye: Let's go together. What time are we flying?

🐱 Yoongi: I am thinking of a flight at 9. 30 p.m.

🦉 Jihye: Okay. Let me re-arrange my schedule and pack my stuff. I'll meet you straight at the airport at 8 p.m.?

🐱 Yoongi: Thank you.

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Yoongi had booked the tickets online 1 hour before. After we got our tickets through the self-service machine, we passed through the immigration counter and have our dinner. Yoongi wears a bucket hat to cover his mint green hair and cover his face with a mask. I can feel that he is nervous.

We got on the plane, I let Yoongi take the window seat to reduce the chances of him being recognized. We are lucky to have no one sitting at the aisle seat. After the plane has taken off, he is much more relaxed. The flight is 2 hours to Naha and another 2 hours flight to Kobe.

While Yoongi is staying up to write his music, I'm working on my webtoon. Something struck my mind.

🦉 Jihye: Yoongi-ah. Do you think you will be free on the 16th of February? It is my Graduation Ceremony. I know it would be too risky to ask you to come. But I thought I would just try my luck.

🐱 Yoongi: I will check the schedule with the agency. I will try my best to come, maybe I might not be able to join the convocation, but lunch together shouldn't be a problem.

🦉 Jihye: Really? If so, that would be great!

🐱 Yoongi: So what is your plan after college?

🦉 Jihye: Actually I was offered a few placements locally and overseas. I have not decided yet. I would prefer a placement that allows flexible time for me to work on my webtoon as well. But all the placements require a huge commitment of time. I might just stay jobless, hahaha.

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We finally arrived at Kobe Airport. We called for a Taxi to drive us to our hotel. We checked in to our hotel. We got one room each, next to each other.

We made a room service call for some midnight snacks. After that, we decided to take a rest in our own room before visiting the Memorial Hall at 12 p.m.

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Yoongi said he wants to stroll around the place to feel the emotions of ARMYs during the day of the concert. Despite I was not present for the Kobe concert, but I offered to narrate how an ARMY would experience during the concert.

🦉 Jihye: Early in the morning, we would have queued for in lines for the official merch. Looking through the pamphlet and getting in a dilemma on whose item shall we buy. Everything just looks so good.

🦉 Jihye: Here would be the lightstick synchronization booth. We would get the ARMY Bomb to be synced. A sea of Army Bombs shining in the dark is the most beautiful thing of all time.

🦉 Jihye: This area would have many fanart creators selling or giving away their fanart. Everyone loves to collect fanmade photocards.

🦉 Jihye: Everyone would be queueing to take a photo with the big poster. There are also some fans doing dance covers of the songs.

🦉 Jihye: After getting merchandise and fan-arts, we would sit around freely. Maybe make some new friends who have the same bias. Or simply just helping each other out to take care of the belongings while someone runs for the bathroom.

Yoongi listens to it deeply, visualizing the happiness and excitement of the ARMYs. We walked through every corner of the concert venue and kept strolling until the exact time the concert starts.

We entered the hall and walked down to a random seat.

Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin, Min Yoongi, Jung Hoseok, Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung, Jeon Jungkook, BTS.

Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin, Min Yoongi, Jung Hoseok, Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung, Jeon Jungkook, BTS.

🦉 Jihye: Fanchants would be filling up the space of the concert hall. Everyone will be waiting for the moment that the concert starts. The cheer would be the loudest when it begins.

I showed him one of the fan videos recorded on the day of the concert. Fans broke into tears when they heard the concert got suspended. The five other members look distraught on stage.

🐱 Yoongi: I'm sorry.

Yoongi can no longer control his tears and started weeping. I bury his face against my shoulder.

🐱 Yoongi: I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

I comfort him like a child, patting on his back and hair. Yoongi is finally able to let go of all the suppressed emotions he had for so long.

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Finally, I play another fan video during the HYYH concert in Seoul. A video of the members playing around and interacting with the ARMYs. And the twitter comments on the day of concert suspension. Most of the comments all wish for a speedy recovery for SUGA and V and ARMYs still love them no matter what.

🦉 Jihye: This is our true wishes as an ARMY. Our love for the Bulletproof Boy Scouts.

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We went back to the hotel. Yoongi received a call from the agency that there is an unexpected Music Bank Performance on the 8th of January. So we got to end our trip earlier than expected and catch the flight back tomorrow afternoon.

To leave a good note for this trip, we decided to head for some yakisoba and warm sake for dinner. It is 5-degree Celsius outside, we walk down the streets like a regular couple, enjoying the precious freedom we have.

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After a shower, with my hair still wet, I sat on the bed and upload the work attachment that I need to email to the publisher by the next morning.

I opened the door. It's Yoongi.

Yoongi see that my hair is still wet but still courteously asked: "Sleeping?"

🦉 Jihye: No. I'm still working. But I'm going to sleep soon.

🐱 Yoongi: Can I join you?

I'm overwhelmed by his statement. My eyes widen and probably blink too many times that I can count. Hundreds of thought speed through my head in that milliseconds. What does his statement imply?

🐱 Yoongi: Don't get the wrong idea. I've been having nightmares since the Kobe incident and I keep waking up from my sleep. But with you around, I just feel safer.

How could I reject him? I can't deny I have an urge of motherly instinct to give him a hug right now. But at this solemn night at a foreign land, even myself can't resist the temptation crossing the line. But I must stick to my morals. But, in the end...

🦉 Jihye: It's okay. I trust you. Come in.

Yoongi is on the left lying on the bed, eyes closed. I'm on the right with my laptop, typing meaninglessly. My work attachment has already uploaded successfully, but I am still acting busy.

I stayed in a really stiff position for an hour and I couldn't take it anymore. I need to make a trip to the bathroom. Yoongi seems to be sleeping. So I carefully remove myself from the blanket and tiptoe to the bathroom.

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JungKook: Yoongi Hyung! Open the door!

Yoongi: Go away! Leave me alone!

The door burst open, Yoongi seesJungkook stood right in front of him, crying. Behind Jungkook, one by one appeared are the members, staff, and ARMY are looking sad. Jihye showed up in the front, looking disappointed. Then everyone started to burn away in flame.

Yoongi: Jihye, no! Everyone! Don't go!

Yoongi ran towards everyone and he fell into a void.

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Yoongi woke up with a jerk!

His head is full of cold sweat. He quickly turns to his right. Jihye is still beside him, sleeping.

Jihye is slightly awakened by the unstable breathing from Yoongi.

🦉 Jihye: You had a bad dream?

🐱 Yoongi: Sorry, I woke you up.

Jihye slightly shakes her head with a soft smile.

🦉 Jihye: I'm here with you. Let me enter your dream and defeat the nightmare monster. Hold my hands.

Yoongi grabs on to Jihye's hand firmly.

🦉 Jihye: Don't worry. Let's have a good dream from now.

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It is probably morning because I can feel some sunlight through my eyelids. I can also feel Yoongi's foot under the blanket. I slowly opened up my eyes.

🐱 Yoongi: Good morning.

Yoongi's face looking back at me with a distance of not more than 5cm.

🦉 Jihye: Good... morning.

🐱 Yoongi: I guess you are awake now. Can I have my arm back?

I then realized that I have been hugging Yoongi's arm all this time. I quickly let go and sit up on the bed. I quickly change my topic to distract.

🦉 Jihye: Did you had a good sleep?

🐱 Yoongi: Thanks to you. I did and did not.

🦉 Jihye: Huh? What do you mean?

🐱 Yoongi: I did have a good 6 hours of sleep after that. But I didn't realize you are a bad sleeper. You snore and you kicked me.

🦉 Jihye: Oh my god. Sorry, I didn't know I snore. Maybe I was too tired.

Yoongi looks at my worrying and guilty expression and break out laughing.

🐱 Yoongi: I was just kidding you. You were sleeping fine. But you did give me a hard time when you wrap my arm around.

🦉 Jihye: Sorry. Is it still numb?

🐱 Yoongi: It was just a little. The problem is ...

🦉 Jihye: is ...?

🐱 Yoongi: Why are you not wearing anything inside your t-shirt?

🦉 Jihye: ...

🦉 Jihye: I, I...was...just...

I'm totally stumbled with my words.

🦉 Jihye: You are so annoying~ Go back to your own room!

I grab a pillow and start hitting him. But he quickly turns the situation around hugs me tightly from the back. He pushes me down back to the bed and spoons me.

🐱 Yoongi: Just stay like this 5 minutes. No! 10 minutes.

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In the plane back to Seoul, he took out his earpiece and put one onto my ear.

🐱 Yoongi: This is one of the beats I'm working on for my mixtape. It's still pretty raw right now.