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"Just... how many times did you-"

"You heard the doctor," Hyun Ae immediately answered Jungkook's question in a deep voice before he could even finish it.

Ever since they left the hospital after Hyun Ae got herself treated, Jungkook went quiet as he found out that she never go to the doctor whenever she got wounded during work time.

"You should've gone to the doctor once it got worse. You got stitches now!" he continued, trying not to raise his voice. The rest of the boys could only be quiet, not wanting to interfere even though they wanted to.

"So?" she said, crossing her arms as she looked out the window, trying to ignore him who was sitting next to her.

"I know you're afraid of needles, but not having your open wounds getting stitches then letting your clumsy self hurt you all over again?"

"So?!"

"Wah, this person..." he let out an annoyed sigh, leaning his body back into the seat with disbelief. "And why did you never do anything about that corner?"

"Why would you care..."

"To prevent you from getting hurt again! Do something about it! You're a clumsy person, I knew that because I grew up with you-"

"For only thirteen years of your life."

There was a sudden long silence. All the members except Jin who was driving the vehicle glanced at the reflection of these two friends in the back mirror. While Hyun Ae still looking out the window, Jungkook stared at her with his widened eyes, a bit shocked actually when he heard it, and then he sighed, clearly done with the fight.

"Why are you like this?" he muttered, loud enough for Hyun Ae to hear.

"Sorry," she whispered, somehow regrets started to fill her, and she hung her head low as she buried her face in her hands.

Sighing, Jungkook put his right arm around her and pulled her closer, resting her head on his shoulder as he patted his hand on it.

"We're here," Jin said, breaking the silence when he pulled up the vehicle at the end of a hill road with lines of houses on each side. "And we still couldn't see your house."

Quickly, Hyun Ae picked up her handbag and patted Jin's shoulder from behind. "It's okay, I'll walk-"

"No," Jungkook snapped, grabbing her arm. "With that stitches, you expect us will let you walk by yourself?"

"I'm not a baby."

"Me neither. And I'm here as a friend who worries about you now."

"Now not only him," Jin said as he turned around at her and continued, "but all of us too."

"But I have been a burden to you guys."

"Nope. Plus," Jungkook chuckled as he poked her cheek with his finger as he proceeded. "I don't want to look for you again. I don't want to spend days, weeks, and months looking for the place where you lived. So now, we will know where you lived."

"What..."

"He's right," Jin smiled, as he began to drive the car slowly, entering the road section, which actually ascended up. "Now, tell me. Where should I go next?"

"Just go straight. After a few houses on this left side, you'll see the white and grey concrete walls and the orange door," Hyun Ae described and turned to her friend. "And I'm sorry, Jungkook ah. I'm so sorry for being such a selfish person."

"It's okay noona, it's okay..."

"No way," Jin suddenly blurted out, his eyes widened as the car slowly pulled in front of the orange door that Hyun Ae had told him. "Please tell me you're kidding me."

"What?" Hyun Ae asked, popping her head next to Jin's shoulder and following his eyes, in confusion.

"THIS. NOVA HOUSE. IS NOT YOURS," Jin said, fingers pointing to the house behind the concrete walls as he stared at the girl.

"It is. Nova House. It's my house," she said, chuckling a bit because she was a bit surprised by his reaction.

"Why, Jin hyung?" Yoongi who was sitting in the front passenger seat next to Jin asked.

When Hyun Ae noticed that Jin wanted to park the car, she guided him to park on one side across the house. As the car had parked, all of them got out and stared at the big house, standing elegantly before their eyes. Hyun Ae scrambled through her bag, looking for her keys as she walked towards the door.

"Guys?" she called out as she turned around, just to realize that the boys were still standing at their spots. "GUYS! FOLLOW ME!"

"This is the most expensive house in this area if you guys wanna know," Jin began to explain to his friends as they approached Hyun Ae, who had opened the door and led them in.

One by one went into astonished mode at the sight of the house's surroundings. It was way too big than they had ever imagined because they had noticed a walkway towards the backyard, and a big swimming pool area by the side of the house, fenced with sets of high wooden fences.

"You guys want to see my favorite view in this world? Come," Hyun Ae urged, entering the swimming pool area followed by them. She walked around the pool, showing them the skyline view of Seoul at night. "This is what I love about living on hills."

"Wah, I can't believe you live here," Taehyung said, as his eyes kept scanning the view of the blinking lights from the city.

"Well, my parents bought it for me, so I live here."

"YOUR PARENTS BOUGHT IT- WOW," Jin suddenly chuckled in disbelief, eventually getting their attention. "You guys will know why I'm shocked. Because when the house was first built and finished around 2008 or 2009, I was here with my parents, because supposedly our family buy the house, but my mom said it was kinda far from where she works, and since it was located in an uphill area so... What year did you start to move in?"

"Um... 2015? Or was it 2014? Oh, by the end of 2013," Hyun Ae answered. "Before I came here, my dad had bought it for me so that I have a nice place to stay. It was rented since the house existed by a woman, and since she's already married, she moved out my dad happened to book it before she left, so yeah. And it's not haunted, so I have zero worries."

"Is your parents home?"

"Nope. Before I moved here, they already moved out of Korea, to Malaysia due to business. Dad got a new branch there and he must stay there. And it's 2018 now. Let's get in," she said, now leading them toward the main entrance.

"You're a daughter to one of the richest people in Korea, and you have a small coffee shop that has few customers? I don't get it," Jungkook asked out of curiosity as they approached the front porch.

"I just don't want to stand out too much. Whether there are customers or not, I just need something to do in life. The coffee shop is just a thing for me to spend my free time. But I really love the shop since I built it with my own money," Hyun Ae explained, before entering the passcode and unlocking the door. "Welcome."

"LOOK AT THIS HOUSE! No, IT'S A MANSION," Jin pointed out as they entered the big house. Wows could be heard in the big place as Hyun Ae locked back the door and threw her bag on a big sofa in the living room. "You really live alone?"

"Yeah," she answered, walking toward the kitchen area that was shared with the big living area. She was pouring herself a glass of orange juice when she continued. "You can go around the house if you want to. There's the rooftop area-"

"Can you guide us throughout the house? Please noona, please..." suddenly Jungkook requested as he turned at her with his big significant doe eyes.

"Huh. Look at you," she sighed, quickly finishing her drink before walking back to the entrance area. "Fine. Wait for a moment."

"It's a smart home," Namjoon concluded when he stood beside her, who was swiping her fingers over an electronic device with a big touchscreen attached to the wall.

"Since I live alone, I always put on some music-" she stopped as she accidentally resumed the last song played and stopped it. "Just... maybe not now-"

"What, are you feeling shy now to play our songs while we're here? Just let it be," Namjoon chuckled, pressing 'Play', resuming their song 'Rain'. Hyun Ae bit her lip before she cleared her throat and began to walk toward the others.

"Um... okay. So, as you can see, this is the living room. This room here," she began, opening the first door at the corner of the house, revealing a big room as she proceeded to explain, "is the entertainment room. Games, movies, karaoke, whatever entertaining is here. Obviously."

They left the room and moved to the next door. "Next, the dance room," she said, opening the room, and revealing a dance studio with the usual big mirrors.

"Just as big as the one we always use at Big Hit," Jimin compared, as he walked into the room followed by others. He began to dance randomly in front of the mirror, laughing. "Really like the one we had!"

"This is the standard size, so yeah," Hyun Ae chuckled, walking towards another door at the end of the studio. "A connecting door to my favorite room. The Galaxy."

She opened the door, showing her large recording studio to them with a view of a full band set sitting at the corner of the room, and across it, a usual recording room with mics and all were sitting there.

As expected, the rapper lines went in first with excitement as they approached her work area.

"WOW. Everything is here. The types of equipment, recording studio, equalizers, and all. This is way too complete!" Hoseok said in astonishment, agreed by Namjoon and Yoongi as they nodded their heads.

"I'm expecting such reactions from the music producers."

"You produce songs too?"

"Well, free time only. But I most definitely love it here," Hyun Ae said when suddenly they heard a piano playing a beautiful melody. All of them turned around at one side of the room to find Yoongi playing a freestyle piece. "Wow, Yoongi-ssi. As expected from you. I always wished to hear you play on that piano."

"Well, now you can call me anytime to play this for you," Yoongi said with a smile when he looked up at her, then he stopped playing it and walked along with the others back to the outside.

"That corner is my room, and totally prohibited to any male excluding my family and my future boyfriend and future husband," she reminded them, pointing to one end corner of the house where a yellow door was.

"What?" Jungkook whispered, tilting his head to one side.

"Just a friendly reminder. Haha. Let's go upstairs now," she continued, walking up a set of stairs toward the second floor. When all of them had already been on the first floor she pointed her finger behind her. "This leads to my mini library," then she opened the oak door, revealing a not-so-mini library.

"This doesn't look mini to me, though," Taehyung claimed as his eyes scanned through the rows of books, stored on the shelves that were attached to the walls. He was walking towards a big table when his eyes caught something that had interested him at the corner of the room. "There's even an art corner?"

"Oh yeah. You like arts, right?" Hyun Ae smirked before she whispered to him. "There's a secret room. But I'll tell you later."

"Ah... why not now?" he whined, replied by her giggle as she left the room followed by the group. They all walked down the long corridor, passing a few doors on their right side.

"Next. Guest rooms. Kinda big yeah," she said as she touched each of the doors before they arrived at an open space. "Balcony here..." she muttered then finally they reached the end of the hallway. Another door.

"Another stair?" Jin asked before she opened the door, revealing a set of stairs going up.

"To my favorite part of the Nova House. This is the reason why it is called by the name of the star."

All of them walked up the stairs, and they arrived at another part of the house.

"Rooftop," Hyun Ae said, taking a deep breath of the open night air space. The boys began to walk towards the edge of the area, all scattered around the area, while Jin continued to walk by her side.

"This is another kitchen, for this rooftop area. So we can use this if we want to have a barbecue party, New Year's Eve party, etc..." she said, placing her hand on top of the only marble prep table in that area when suddenly Jimin appeared behind her.

"Please don't tell me that is an observatory," he asked her while pointing his finger at one small hut in the corner, that looked like a science lab from the exterior.

"Since I love astronomy... yup, you're right. It's unlocked," she said, smiling right away after Jimin ran towards the observatory hut and opened the door. Hyun Ae then turned to Jin who was still with her. "If you had noticed another balcony at the front side of the house, that's the stairs that lead to there," she explained, pointing her finger right behind him at another set of stairs that goes down, back into the house.

"This is a very big house. Like, REALLY, a big house," Jin pointed out, looking around the open space, then he let his eyes roam the elegant night view of Seoul city, spreading out in front of him like a tapestry.

"Yup. And it's kinda quiet too since it's only me here. You guys wanna hang out here whenever you guys want to?"

"REALLY? Like... REALLY?" the maknae line suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of her, kind of surprising her at first, but then she laughed.

"Yeah!"

"We would love to!!!" Jungkook shrieked, pulling her into a hug, before he followed both Jimin and Taehyung into the observatory, doing who knows what. Jin then joined Hoseok and Yoongi at one corner of the rooftop, when Namjoon walked towards her, smiling.

"It seems like you're good now," the leader said, standing beside Hyun Ae and turning around, facing the others who were busy with whatever they were doing.

"What do you mean by that? I'm always good, didn't I?" she mumbled, but still clear to his ears.

"What I mean is..." he paused, and then glanced at her as he continued, "you're good around us now. Comfortable, relaxed..."

"No, I was just..." Her words trailed off, scratching the back of her neck while smiling awkwardly at him. Then suddenly he held out his hand at her.

"Welcome to the Bangtan family. I'm the leader, Kim Namjoon."

"You're crazy."

"It's just my way."

Hyun Ae looked up at him, unintentionally locking their eyes on each other and both of them smiled. She then grabbed his hand, shaking it.

"Park Hyun Ae."


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