Chapter 19

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When Tae sends me that private message I almost feel guilty. I'm not up for explaining it right now, and I am definitely not removing myself from the comfort of this bed. The heating pad I purchased was pretty basic, but it is doing wonders for the cramps that already started kicking in. They started making their presence known while we were still in traffic. So I was hella uncomfortable and stiff from the tension caused by how worried I was that I would have a personal situation to deal with while in the vehicle. Luckily I didn't start until I actually made it to the bathroom when I got back.

A knock on my door surprises the crap out of me. "Go away." I mutter unenthusiastically. There's no way that whoever is on the other side could hear me through the dense wood of the door. Plus, I barely breathed the words let alone shouted them. I roll my eyes at the alert that comes from my phone. Despite my annoyance I pick it up to view the received message and respond accordingly.

Hobi: I'm not going away, Daisy. Let me in.

Me: No

Hobi: I have ice cream.

Shit! Ice cream?! That's what I forgot to purchase! Then I reconsider my self reprimand. That's actually probably a good thing since it would have melted before making it back.

Well, I can't let that ice cream melt and go to waste. I get up and open the door. Hurrying back to my bed of plush comfort and warmth as he comes in.

"Don't worry it's not chocolate. I got you strawberry instead." He hands me the pint and a spoon.

I frown at the fact it's only a pint. I guess it's okay. I doubt the freezer part of the minifridge could hold much more than that. He sits beside me. "Did you find everything you need?"

"Everything I need?" I arch an eyebrow at him. I take slow bites of the ice cream. It's delicious, but somehow doesn't manage to quite quench my cravings. That doesn't make me any less grateful for the gesture however.

He reaches over and starts massaging my neck, and I immediately become putty in his hands. "I know what's going on, Daisy. There's nothing to be embarrassed about." I drop the spoon into the carton.

Oh. "Telling me not to be embarrassed, and being embarrassed are two different things." I sigh. I pick back up the spoon and stare at it, beginning to wonder if ice cream is what I want right now after all. Maybe that's why it's not quenching the cravings.

"I have an older sister. It's not something I haven't been around before. Taehyungie and Namjoon also have sisters, although they are younger, and of course, we all have mothers. It's not something we are completely unfamiliar with." He turns to me. "I realize you were dealing with your own stuff today, but we all were worried because instead of communicating with us you shut us out."

I wrinkle my nose in distaste at my own lack of senses. "I'm sorry. I was acting on impulse and mood swings instead of thinking rationally."

He nods at me. "It's totally understandable. Now, I think you should at least text everyone to apologize for shutting them out."

I sigh. "I need chocolate therapy first." I hand him back the pint of ice cream and indicate the freezer. "Can you get out one of the blue boxes from the fridge that says 'Terry's' on it?" The confusion is adorable on his face, and if it wouldn't cause me pain I would totally be belly laughing right about now.

"You keep your chocolate in the fridge?" He arches an eyebrow.

"Yes, I hate melted chocolate. Plus, at least for me, it adds to the flavor." That honestly might be a fact that I somehow convinced myself of over time.

"So educate me in the kind of chocolate you like." Hobi smirks at me and sighs for just a second. "Truthfully this is why I asked you to begin with. So I could be prepared when you needed it."

My mouth drops in an o. Damn, he wanted to buy me chocolate to pamper me? That kind of thoughtfulness deserves a reward. I indicate the box as I open it. "Have you ever had this before?"

"No. What is it?" I can see the genuine curiosity on his face.

"This, dear Hobi, is a chocolate orange." He wrinkles his nose in distaste. "Not a real chocolate orange. It's chocolate that has an orange flavor infused into it, but part of the enjoyment of eating it is this." I show him the sticker on top that says 'whack and unwrap.' Then I lean over to the nightstand and slam it against the wooden piece of furniture. There has always been a sense of satisfaction in whacking it against a hard surface. I'm not sure if the person who created them was thinking of premenstrual women taking out their aggression on the chocolate delicacy, but hey whatever coping mechanism works I guess. I peel back the aluminum wrapping after that, opening it, and handing him a piece. "Try some."

He looks at the orange shaped chocolate wedge skeptically. Then tentatively takes a bite. I find myself smiling despite my pain when a look of wonder crosses over his face. "Okay I see why you like this so much. I'm honestly partially glad you didn't tell me about it too. I wouldn't have thought to put it in the fridge."

I wince. "Yeah, we are going to have to eat all of the chocolate before we leave for Brazil, otherwise it will melt. I didn't really think about that before I purchased it."

I hear a notification pop up on both our phones. That immediately tells me it's group chat so I reach over and grab it.

Jin: It's nearly supper time. Have you eaten yet?

Crap, where did the day go? Oh yeah it went to hellacious traffic and mood swings.

Me: I haven't yet. No. Truthfully, I'm not very hungry but I do need to order something. Did everyone want to come over and eat with me?

"I give it three seconds." Hobi says and starts counting down with his fingers. He frowns when all his fingers are bent forward into a fist, and there is no expected knock at the door. "Oh, they are slow." He mutters just before the knock he had foreseen resounds from the door. "You stay put. I'll let them in."

I put a wedge of chocolate in my mouth as the others trickle in. They all have wary looks on their faces, and I frown at myself. I did that. I put those looks on their faces. "I'm sorry I've been distant today."

"Did we do something wrong?" Tae asks.

"No, not even remotely." Then I reconsider that. "Well, Namjoon sort of did, but not intentionally."

Namjoon's face registers shock. "What was it that I did?"

I twist my face in, what I can only hope reflects, comical discomfort. "You said something, most likely sweet, in Korean and made me exceptionally frustrated at not understanding the language." I tack on a laugh at the end of the statement so he understands that I am mostly teasing.

He smirks at me. "Oh. Yes, I did do that. But the sentiment comes from us all."

I wait a second for him to elaborate but when he doesn't I reach beside me for a pillow and fling it at him this time instead of the television. My accuracy kind of sucks seeing as I was aiming for his face, and it hits him in the chest instead. "Tell me already!"

Hobi goes back to massaging my neck and whispers in my ear. "It means, 'I can't live without you.'"

My eyes immediately brim with tears. "You said that?"

He nods. His smile wide. His dimples showing. I peel the covers off of me and crawl to the end of the bed where he is standing. I wrap my arms around him. "Thank you." When I look at the others and repeat the sentiment I see that they are staring at the heating pad I unveiled.

"Are you hurt?" Jungkook asks.

"Um. I didn't have an accident that caused injury, or overexerted myself physically and cause myself pain that way." I glance at Hobi as if he can help me, but he merely shrugs. I almost stick my tongue out at him. I sigh. "I got my period."

"OH!" I hear the exclamation from several voices. I know without looking at each of their faces that some of them are blushing.

"You should lean against the heating pad some more." Jimin tries to usher me back to my spot.

When I am back in my nest of blankets and pillows Namjoon asks. "Is this why you were so cold with us? Were you embarrassed?" I bite my lip to keep the frown from forming on my face and nod. "We were worried you hated that we changed 'Rainbow Connection' for you."

"Oh no. I definitely didn't hate it." I shake my head and a tiny smile appears on my face.

"So, is it your new favorite then?" Tae asks me with a wide expectant smile on his face.

"I mean..it's hard to replace Kermit." I tease them. "But you were exceptionally successful at your attempt. That version will always be exceptionally close to my heart."

"We plan on seeing if we can get permission to record it and release it when we get back to Korea." Namjoon smiles and pulls up twitter on his phone. "It's trending on twitter and a lot of people are asking where they can get a copy."

"Was there a negative reaction to it from Army?" I ask.

Jimin responds. "Not much of one. Most of them just want a copy for themselves, or are thrilled for you. A lot of them are also saying that it was a great song to begin with and we just made it that much better."

"Is it bad that I worried people would think it juvenile and childish that it's my favorite song?" Honestly I didn't even realize that was a concern until I had vocalized it. I had been too wrapped up in other shit today to really register much of anything.

Jin sits beside my leg and caresses it. "I like that song too."

Yoongi rolls his eyes. "We all like the song. We just never really thought about it before."

"I bet someone in Disney is going to insist that you sing it with Kermit or something." After I vocalize it my brain catches up to logic regarding the situation and I begin to worry. "Wait are you going to get in trouble with someone for changing it like that? Hell, are you going to get in trouble with performing it nationally on television?" That thought truly terrifies me.

"First of all, Manager Sejin told us just a little bit ago that yes Disney has reached out to us. That yes they want us to do it with Kermit sometime in the near future. If we agree to it then there won't be any backlash or repercussions. That still doesn't mean we can record it and sell it though." Namjoon responds.

"We will still record it though. At least to have a permanent copy for you." Jungkook is quick to add.

"Can I get a live performance of it since I wasn't there to see it myself?" I cheekily ask.

Jin scolds me. "After supper maybe."

I grab another wedge of chocolate. Then I turn to Hobi and ask him to put it back in the fridge. "What is that anyway?" Jimin asks.

"Ambrosia," Hobi enthuses.

I laugh at that response. The word meaning seems to confuse most of them except, surprisingly, Tae who connects it with the Greek Mythology reference that Hobi intended. "How about I show you what it is after supper?"

While we are waiting for the food I ask for the remotes. I want to watch old movies. I get comfort from Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, and Doris Day. I soon find my favorite Audrey movie and start watching it. I have Hobi on one side and Jimin on the other. Tae, Jungkook, and Namjoon are on the floor. Jin and Yoongi are seated at the table beside the window. None of them seem distressed by the movie selection, but I almost guarantee that none of them have seen it.


"Oh, Fred Astaire!" Tae cries out. "Do you also like Frank Sinatra?"

"'Anchors Aweigh' and 'Take me Out to the Ballgame' movie wise, but I mostly like him for his music." Then I remember a movie I forgot all about. Damn, that is one thing I should have kept. "If we can find it, I just thought of another movie you guys might enjoy. It's exceptionally underrated. It's called 'Dream for an Insomniac' and most of it takes place at 'Cafe Blue Eyes.' Jennifer Aniston is in it, but she doesn't play the main character."


"The actress that played Rachel in 'Friends?'" Namjoon asks.

I nod. "The one and the same."

Once our food arrives we become mostly focused on the movie. I'm glad the guys seem to be enjoying it. I was worried that they would only humor me, but they seem to be completely enthralled in the storyline too.

Once the food is gone and the movie has ended the guys perform the song for me again. This time they get to see my reaction for themselves, and the tears aren't any less abundant than they were the first time. 









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