Chapter 8

As soon as YN's mom entered the apartment, everyone seemed to freeze. YN looked towards her mom and caught her staring at JK with a shocked expression on her face. "Mom, um this is Jungkook. JK, this is my mom, Lillie."

JK bowed his head and reached out his hand "Good afternoon, it's nice to meet you."

This seemed to snap Lillie out of her daze "Yes, yes, nice to meet you too. But if I remember correctly you're not the man who called me. He had a different name I believe it was Namjoon or something like that. It sounded peculiar but after meeting you, I assume that you're a foreigner correct?"

"Yes, my friends and I are from South Korea ma'am."

"Oh! YN you like that music from there right?" She says as she turns to look at her for the first time "Oh honey, you look so pale. Is your heart rate coming down at all?" as she rushes over to the fridge to grab an ice pack.

"Here, put this on your chest and lay back. I'm going to go get your monitor so we can see where you are at."

Standing off to the side so he wouldn't intrude, JK quietly observed the interactions between YN and her mom. He was surprised at how much they looked alike. YN was almost a copy of her mother besides the nose. He watched as her mother put the pulse monitor on YN's finger and starting firing off question after question about how she was feeling.

"Have you had enough electrolytes?"

"Yes mom"

"How long were you in the heat? How much water have you had today? Did you sleep enough last night?"

"Mom, I'm ok, I just need to rest. I promise I'm fine."

"Ok, if you're feeling better, then what the hell is a man doing in your apartment without you so much as mentioning anything to me? We talk twice a day, this isn't just something you would leave out. How did you guys meet?"

"Mom can we please talk about this later. I'm sure Jungkook doesn't want to hear a recap."

He chuckled softly "How about I step outside and give you guys a few moments. I need to make a quick call to the other guys." He walked out the door and closed it softly behind him.

"Seriously YN, he's very pretty. But why didn't you say anything? Why was he here?"

With that YN launched into the story about how they met only yesterday during her morning run. She recapped how he handled the situation with Mark at the restaurant and how he passed Lola's vibe check. She left out the part where they slept together, however, knowing under the circumstances she was sure her mother would pop a gasket. Her mom wasn't a fan of casual sex or one-night stands, she was more old-fashioned that way.

"That's all well and good but do you like this man? Most men wouldn't stay around after dealing with an episode like that. Hell, your father still gets uncomfortable when it happens but he at least knows what to do. You probably scared that young man to death."

"I know mom, but he's really sweet and he took very good care of me. His friends even came to help and no one was mad. I think they are great people."

"Mmmmm that remains to be seen, I don't trust anyone after what Mark did to you."

"Hey, we said we would never discuss it again mom, just leave it."

"Fine, but you should come home with me for tonight. This episode was worse than the others, you were out for a long time."

"I'm going to live mom I promise, now stop your pacing."

Her mom sat down heavily on the couch "I don't want you to be alone."

"I won't be, JK will stay the night if I ask him."

Just as her mom was going to fire off more questions the door opened again and JK walked back inside. He made his way over to where YN was sitting and sat down next to her. Gathering her into his arms he adjusted her position so she could comfortably rest against his body. He leaned down and kissed her head and looked towards Lillie.

"I'll stay with her, don't worry. If anything happens again we will call you."

"Alright, well I can see that you two will be fine. I'll call you in the morning YN, I love you."

"Love you too, mom," YN replied as she shifted closer to JK. She savored the feeling of his body next to hers and the tension began easing from her body. She heard the door close and looked up at JK.

"Will you really stay?" She asked

"Of course, I forgot to bring some extra clothes so I asked Yoongi if he could drop some off for me. He'll be here in a bit. But for now, you should rest. I just want to stay like this for a while. Now close your eyes and get some sleep."

It didn't take long for YN to fall asleep. After an episode, she could sleep for hours while she recovered. As she slept JK held her and ran his fingers through her soft hair. Lola was asleep in the chair next to the couch, everything was calm. It gave him the opportunity to really think about how he was going to tell her about being a K-pop star. He didn't want to stress her out but he knew he needed to tell her. When he had stepped outside earlier to call Yoongi for some clothes, Yoongi told him that the link for their concert had been up on her computer. Yoongi admitted to exiting out of the link just to buy JK some time to tell her, which he was especially grateful for. As he was silently debating his phone began to vibrate.

Suga: Hey, I'm outside with your stuff. I brought food too.

JK: The door is open, she's asleep. Just walk in.

Suga: K

Yoongi entered the apartment and immediately Lola woke up and walked up to him. She sniffed at his hands and the bag, deemed them worthy, and went back to her sleeping spot on the couch.

"How is she?" Yoongi inquired as he sat everything down. He started to get the food out of the bags and look through the cabinets for plates and utensils.

"She's doing ok, Lola hasn't alerted again and I have been checking her heart rate with her monitor every thirty minutes or so," JK responded as he watched Yoongi move around the apartment with ease. "That's a lot of food man."

"Of course, you're a bottomless pit, and YN and I need to eat too." He said with a gummy smile. He saw his chance to crash dinner and he definitely took it. "Be glad it was me you called and not Jimin or Taehyung. I at least, won't razz you for the entire meal. Or make eyes and flirt with your girl the whole time."

JK just rolled his eyes at his hyung and placed a kiss on YN's head. "YN, it's time to wake up. Yoongi brought some food." He nudged her a bit more until she began to stir.

YN stretched and opened her eyes. Her gaze went to Yoongi who was smiling at her from the kitchen. It made her very aware of her position between Jungkook's legs and the fact that her hands were resting in his lap. Quickly shifting away from JK she went to stand up but JK grabbed her wrists and halted her movements.

"Stand up slowly, no one needs a head rush from getting up fast."

YN sat up first and slowly made her way to her feet. She had to admit to herself that she was still feeling light-headed and not the greatest. She knew part of that was from what happened earlier but also the fact that she hadn't really eaten anything today. She made her way over to the table and sat down with Yoongi and JK sat down next to her. They began eating in silence at first but being unable to take the quiet she started asking Yoongi questions.

"So Yoongi, how long have you and JK been friends?" She asked him.

Yoongi smiled at JK and shook his head "We've been friends for about 8 years or more now. We are more like brothers than friends. We all are in our little band of misfits."

"That's sweet, I bet it's amazing having a group of friends like that."

"So YN, tell us more about yourself."

"Sure, well I work with children who have been diagnosed with autism. I'm what you call a BCBA, it's short for Board Certified Behavior Analyst. I love my job and my kiddos. My family and I are all really close. As you saw earlier I have some medical stuff that's not always the funnest to deal with but it keeps things interesting."

"What do you like to do for fun? What are your hobbies?"

"Well, I grew up singing and dancing. Music is pretty sacred in our household. We all either play instruments, sing, dance, or a combination of the three. I also ride horses, well rode horses. I don't as much anymore with everything I do for work."

"It sounds like you do just a little bit of everything huh? What kind of music do you enjoy?"

"Almost everything, I was telling JK yesterday how I recently discovered K-Pop music. It's been my favorite recently. I haven't looked into it too much but I've downloaded some fun songs on my Apple Music account that I like to work out to."

"That's great, now the real question is, what are your intentions towards JK?"

The fork that YN had been bringing to her mouth slipped through her fingers. She looked at JK with an astonished look on her face. She caught him blushing and turned to look back at Yoongi after hearing him grunt.

"Um, well I like him, I like him a lot actually. I want to keep seeing him if he will let me." She smiled and looked back down at her plate.

JK was still embarrassed over what Yoongi had just asked and felt that the one kick under the table didn't suffice. He kicked his hyung one more time for good measure and turned to look back at YN.

"I do, I want to keep seeing you too" JK stated and leaned over to kiss her cheek.

"Well, you better be good for him. I know he hasn't mentioned this yet so I'll save him the trouble. The other guys want to meet you and we have a surprise for you tomorrow. Since it seems like JK is going to be staying here tonight, he can bring you over to meet the rest of the group and you can see what we do."

"Oh, sure, yeah that would be fun." She responded.

"Alright then I'll be leaving now, you guys get some sleep and I'll see you tomorrow. And YN, bring Lola with you, the guys will get a kick out of meeting her." With that Yoongi stood up and made a hasty exit before JK could get after him for embarrassing him and forcing his hand about tomorrow.

YN got up and made a move to clean everything up when Jungkook stopped her with his arms around her waist. He leaned down and gave her a slow kiss on the lips and whispered "I'll clean this up, go get ready for bed." She felt her face heat up at his words and rushed to obey them. She hopped in the shower and got cleaned up. Once she was done she walked out into the kitchen with her damp hair and comfortable sweats. JK looked at her and smile "You look beautiful YN." She blushed and gave him a quick kiss before gesturing towards the bathroom to let him know it was his turn.

She laid down on the bed and JK walked out of the bathroom shirtless and his sweatpants riding low on his hips. He walked over to the bed and laid down next to her, taking her into his arms once again. "I could do this every night." He said.

"Me too." She replied, and let the feeling of warmth and safety lull her to sleep once more.