RAE : AE RA Eonnie?! (-eyes wide-)

Rae and Ae Ra were cousins of their sibling Mom and Dad respectively. Ae Ra's Dad was the first adopted child of his Canadian parents who later were blessed with a daughter. She had very less chance of being conceived, ultimately having their parents adopt first.

Reasonably which satisfies both Rae's mom being pure Canadian and Ae Ra's dad, a pure Korean blood.

Her dad, when he grew up went back to his hometown in Korea where he married Ae Ra's mom and later settled in South America.

Ae Ra was also the friend she mentioned to Taehyung about, but didn't get into the details with him.

Rae was met with unbounded joy seeing it was her sister whom Jin came to meet.

But the actuality of the situation was, Jin just casually visited here not knowing he would meet Ae Ra as one of the curators at the exhibition.

She came here for a one-day Art exhibition for which there was the emergency interview held by a renowned Art Gallery in Venezuela. The gallery where she got selected fortunately with Jin's explicit lessons and words of wisdom.

Rae continued to wait till Jin went away so that she could go to talk to her sister.

The couple's talk was interrupted by a ring on Jin's phone. After the call, she noticed Jin taking his leave.

Although she didn't expect their talk would end that early, she rushed to Ae Ra as soon as Jin left.

AE RA : (-talking to a/an client/emptor-) That's the artist's hidden message through this painting.

She had her back facing Rae, so she didn't see the latter coming.

RAE : Eonnie!

AE RA : (-excusing the client, she turns-) Rae! Weren't you at your friend's place?

RAE : Yes, but can we talk somewhere private? I have something to ask you.

Ae Ra asked one of her colleagues to cover for her and took Rae to a side which gave them enough privacy to talk.

AE RA : So. What is it?

RAE : Before that, lemme ask you one thing. Is Jin-ssi the one, you said, helped you get this curator job in Venezuela?

AE RA : (-shocked-) You saw him?!

RAE : Yes, and I am currently coming from the farm house he is staying at.

AE RA : DON'T TELL ME YOU-

RAE : (-in a whisper shout-) Keep it low. Someone might hear you.

Rae walked her through everything and also about their plan of how they want to surprise BTS, to make them recall those moments that they once had together.

RAE : So, I am here to ask you to join our squad. The more the merrier. Although, we cannot reach 7 but 5 is also not bad. (-persuading her-) Please, eonnie?

AE RA : I would definitely help but I can't do what you are asking me of. I am not good at it. Besides, you already know I am going back to Venezuela by tonight.

RAE : Ah, eonnie. Can't you go tomorrow night instead? It's just a matter of one day. And moreover, Jin-ssi helped you so much with your dream job, won't you delay your flight just one day for his sake?

AE RA : (-sighs-) It's hard to win against you.

RAE : (-hugging her-) Thank you, thank you thank you, eonnie!

Their moment was interrupted by Taehyung's sudden call on Rae's cell.

She recieved it releasing the hug and agreed to go to the farm house as he asked her to.

RAE : Eonnie! I will call you and say where to meet once it's decided. I will have to leave now.

Ae Ra nodded with an uncertain smile worrying about how she would cope up with the surprise they were planning.

○Present time

In the farm house, all the boys were lazily tossing here and there having nothing to do.

Serah was exasperated by the seven pandas who were forgetting the reason they were on this trip in the first place.

She then rang a bell making everyone gather around the hall.

SERAH : Seriously, what are you guys doing?

The shared a look at each other- some waking up from their naps, some scratching their necks and some just seated like dead on the couch out of boredom.

NJ : What do you mean? (-scratching his neck-)

SERAH : Why did you all come here? (-answering herself-) To boost yourselves, talk and make the bond between you alive once again. To play around, have fun and just spend time with each other; not to sleep at your respective rooms. If that was what you wanted to do, you would've better stayed back in Seoul.

They felt bad now that her words prompted them with the realization of their unproductive behavior.

NJ : What do you want us to do?

SERAH : The beach is there, might as well travel there and just hang out? Don't just sit in the house.

NJ : Boys, down for it?

Everyone seemed to get the perception and agree to the suggestion but didn't show much enthusiasm and were still unsure.

Serah dialed somewhere and got them a rented car within minutes.

SERAH : There you go; your vehicle will be here in thirty minutes. So, anyone?

J : I will drive!

Serah smiled seeing atleast one of them showed interest.
Well, it was just the need of one person taking the initiative, everyone would by default follow the lead. That was BTS, for they believed and could blindly trust the one leading, just like they did with Namjoon during their debut days.

Jimin and Taehyung had bright smiles upon hearing Jin's remark which clearly said they were going too.

The next was Hoseok agreeing to the plan, following him were Namjoon and Jungkook.

Now all the eyes were directed at the only one left—Yoongi.

He looked at the faces desperately wanting an answer from him, and slightly nodded to which everyone loudly cheered on.

NJ : And are you both coming? (-referring to Serah and Aria-)

Serah passed on a constipated smile thinking of an excuse. The former reason to send them away was no doubt to bring them close. But the hidden reason was to have the house completely to them, so that they could freely have the space and time to prepare the surprise for them.

SERAH : Miss us on that. Actually, Aria is feeling a little unwell. So, I will stay back to take care of her.

Aria, getting announced on the sickness she didn't know she had until then, forced a laugh to cover her awkward face.

ARIA : Yes, feeling a bit off color. (-locking her arm to Serah's-) You guys carry on. We will be good here.

No one seemed to be skeptical about their small lie but the freshly raised love heat between Jimin and Aria couldn't slip Taehyung's witty sense. He smirked at the piquant thought that popped in his head, seeing Jimin busy in his sign language with her, completely unaware of Taehyung.

It was most probably a concerned 'Will you be okay?' to which Taehyung felt unfair to keep it away from the light of others.

TH : What is going on here? (-poking Jimin-) Jimin-ah, are you hiding something from us?

JM : (-throwing his hand away and getting shy-) Yah, it's nothing!

HS : I am getting the hunch too. Blurt it out, Jimin-ah.

Jimin couldn't help but say it now that everyone was expecting an acceptable reply from him.

JM : It's just... I and Aria started dating today.

Aria, being the shy fluff ball she was, hid her face hugging Serah's arm making everyone laugh at this timid couple.

NJ : (-smiles-) Congratulations, Jiminie!

JM : (-sheepish smile-) Thank you, hyung.

TH : Yah, congrats! (-tickling him-)

The girls couldn't help but have an infectious smile seeing them laugh and giggle like they once used to do. No pretensions, no fakeness, just the genuine and real BTS—without feeling the need to be "ideal" for the cameras.

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The maknae line had wide smiles exploring the small truck/lorry which they thought was a 'boring family car' until the moment it arrived.

The hyung line had smiles creeping up their lips to see the young ones climb up the trunk in excitement.

Especially, Yoongi seemed to be more at ease and actually happy that they were all going together.

SERAH : I hope you all have a good time. (-smiles-)

Hoseok and Namjoon nodded smiling back to her from inside the vehicle. Jin then, started the engine and drove their way.

As soon as they saw the boys off, Serah and Aria dialed different girls at the same time to be more productive.

Keiv Ya earlier left right after the lunch as she had her vlog video to shoot, which she said she would be quick with to join them later.

So, Serah called her first to ask if she could make it by then.

After all the calls, Serah and Aria united back to transfer the information they received.

SERAH : Keiv Ya-ssi will be an hour late.

ARIA : Rae-ssi said that she is coming with her sister who is apparently the one whom Jin Seonbae went to meet.

SERAH : Really? It must have been easy for Rae-ssi then. (-smiles-) Hope nothing goes wrong now.

ARIA : It will be fine, eonnie.

They went inside with hopeful smiles and did the beforehands until the others arrived.

Meanwhile, on the way to the beach, the boys were stopped at a signal.

Namjoon, who was seated next to Jin, noticed a pink Polaroid camera on the dashboard.

NJ : (-taking it in his hands-) Hyung, Is it yours?

J : Yeah, please spare that. Don't break it.

Namjoon chuckled but realized he was not wrong and kept it back safely before it turned into 2 pieces by his hands.

NJ : But, why a camera?

J : Actually two. (-showing a black video camera in the front store-)

NJ : (-chuckles-) Why though?

J : It's just... In the past months, I realized we mostly had memories(pictures) together from work and nothing solely to ourselves. So, I want to capture some today.

Namjoon nodded with a touched smile and look ahead.

Taehyung, in the back, very bored of the ride, noticed a "fun" place in the right side of the road. He instantly phrased his desire to go there before heading to the beach.

NJ : Taehyung-ah, it's just a jungle.

TH : Come on, hyung! It will be so adventurous!

NJ : It looks pretty wild and not saf-

Before he even completed, Taehyung got off the car and ran towards the wild grasses which roughly gave an entrance look to the viewers. Little did they know, it used to be a resort which was abandoned nearly a decade ago.

He stopped at the entrance and waved at them to join with such keenness that they finally gave in.

J : You guys go first, I will park the car somewhere safe.

Namjoon agreed to him and the five boys then followed Taehyung, who was already leading their way.

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Hope you liked today's chapter!
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