Taehyung was standing on the balcony. Winter in Helsinki was already at its peak. It was only afternoon, but it was already dark outside. The short window of daylight in Scandinavia in winter has already passed.

They finished their world tour last week.

And here they are, on Bon Voyage, ready to take a break in this ice world in winter.

The roads were clean, snows were piled to both sides of it, trees were leaning down with the extra weights of heavy snow, spikes of ice coming down from the branches were glistening in the yellow sodium street lamp and the floodlights around.

The fog was thin, the conical tower of the Uspenski cathedral was still visible.

Taehyung sipped the hot chocolate in his hands, Jin was cooking inside, everyone was trying to help but nobody dared to let him or Namjoon work.
He smiled mischievously, sometimes it's great to not being an expert to do anything!!!!

Esplanade Park was visible from his balcony. It was on the southeast side of Mannerheimintie.
It was a long park lying in between two rows of residences. Now, in winter, this park turned to the heaven of artists of different ages for an open exhibition of snow sculptures. Scenes were made sculpting ice and fresh snow.

The views were mesmerizing in the colorful lights in the night with the sparkling icy edges of the statues. Statues of couples, dancing ballerina, captain on the bow of a pirate ship, horseman......everything was perfectly perfect. People covered in fur were working or wandering around the statues. In the middle, there was a simple statue of, couple hugging. It was intimate, hugging in such a way that seemed like they will only separate when spring days would come.

Taehyung smiled at this sight.

"Tae, come inside, aren't you cold?" asked Jimin from inside.

Taehyung went in. Dinner was ready. There was no camera or crew today. It's only them now.

Taehyung took a pair of chopsticks and picked up some tteokbokki.

"Hold on," Hoseok stopped him.

Blowing on the food in his chopstick and cooled it down a bit, "it's still hot. Be careful, you will burn your mouth."

Taehyung flashed his boxy smile,
"you are great, hyung!"

"Ah....just eat it up already," Yoongi mumbled in cringe. Already sleepy from his trip around all day.

"It was fun on the ship," said Jimin, watching the videos crew made on the first day on their way to Helsinki port from Norway.

"Play it on tv," said Namjoon.

They finished the dinner in no time. As always, Jin is the only cook they look up to whenever they are on tour. It's hard to find out Korean cuisine everywhere.

Taehyung sat on the floor in front of a sleepy Yoongi on the couch. The video was continuing on tv.

Jin and Hoseok were laughing on some silly matters. Jimin was chasing Jungkook once again for calling him small. No one was concentrating on the tv.

"Stop, you two brats," yelled Yoongi.

They stopped running, Jimin joined Taehyung on the floor. Jungkook maintained a safe distance from Jimin hiding behind Jin, still smiling teasingly at Jimin.

"Oh...Tae spilled her coffee!!" Namjoon laughed spanking Taehyung.

Taehyung tried to defend himself, "it was an accident!!"

He remembered colliding with a girl on the ship, he was in hurry to see seagulls out on the main deck and collided with a girl with a coffee cup.
He repeatedly bowed to say sorry, but the voice that came out from his mouth was barely audible, curses of catching a bad cold and having the worst hoarse voice ever.

Unfortunately, his continuous bowing like a puppet with an inaudible apology made the funniest view the members had not seen in a while.

Jimin melt on Taehyung's shoulder, laughing. And the screeching sound of Hoseok's and Jin's famous laugh with Jungkook's clap made Taehyung turn pitch red.

"Just see her face, hyung!" Yoongi pointed at the girl on the screen to Jin, trying not to flash his gummy smile.

"Oh!" suddenly Namjoon straightened his posture who was leaning against the couch.
He looked at Taehyung who was already pale and frozen in his place. The rest of Their laughing slowly faded seeing the sudden change in both of them.

"What?" Yoongi asked, confused.

"It's her, hyung!" Taehyung whispered.

"Ashley," added Namjoon.

Pointing at a girl caught on camera behind the coffee girl, sitting on a deck chair, looking at the sea.

"Oh!" it was Jin this time, looking excitedly at Jungkook.

"This Noona? We know her!" Junkook said excitedly.

"Huh?" Taehyung looked at them with confusion.

"She was sketching on the ship. It was so impressive that I ended up talking to her then."

"We saw her this morning too!" Jin exclaimed, "JK knew her, so he approached her in the coffee shop!"

"Huh?" Taehyung was still processing what just happened.

"Hyung, I met this noona on the ship. We talked back then...remember, I was gone for some time? I asked her to teach me some techniques, she was a really good artist!" said Jungkook.

"And this morning, I and JK went to the coffee shop together, remember? The staff at the shop were not understanding our English, suddenly she approached us, asked if we needed help and ordered for us. She was about to leave, but JK remembered her and called her back. We had coffee together!!!" Jin exclaimed.

"It's really her hyung!" Taehyung mumbled in a low voice.

"She came to see the northern lights but decided to stay for months to learn ice sculptures and stuff in Scandinavia.....she is going back today. She had a night plane to catch," said Jungkook.

Yoongi looked confused still.

"Let's go, hyung!" suddenly Jungkook approached Taehyung, "You need to meet her before she leaves!"

"But the crews? They won't agree. And the fans? If someone recognizes him, it would be a scandal," said a worried Jimin.

"Go," Namjoon stood up, "Use the back door. I will manage the staff if they make any problem."

Taehyung got up.

"Why are you still standing there like a fool?" groaned an annoyed Yoongi, "Move those annoying legs of yours and get the hell out of here."

A smile slowly lit up on Taehyung's face, "Kookie, let's go."

"Is it the right time, Kookie?" Taehyung asked. He was tensed.

Jungkook told him that Ashley mentioned she had to catch the flight at 7 PM. It's almost 6:30. Was she already in? Or was she yet to come? Where was she going?

Jungkook didn't answer, rather he made his way to the nearest counter.
He came back, "There are 16 flights at 7, to different countries around the world. I think we have to check the lounge if she's still there."

"Where do you think she's traveling? Business-class or the economy or first class?" Jungkook said with confusion.

There will be a problem if she was in first-class or business class. Every airline had different lounges for them, which makes lots of lounges to check, and that's impossible to enter without a passport and ticket.

"Economy I guess. She lives simply, no luxury," answered Taehyung.

"At least let's check the economy lounge, that's a common terminal I guess, shall we?" suggested Jungkook.

"Did you bring your passport? Cause I didn't," suddenly remembered Jungkook.

"I did," replied Taehyung.

"Then buy a ticket if available, go into the lounge after checking in, and pray that she is in there and did not pass the immigration or didn't finish boarding yet," Jungkook suggested,
"hurry up."

Taehyung went towards the nearby counter to check if he could buy any available ticket. Jungkook watched him checking in and went into the lounge.

The lounge was almost empty as most of the passengers finished boarding, few of them were near the immigration booth of the respective flight. Taehyung thoroughly searched around, no, there was no sign of Ashley.

He decided to search the counters. He had to come out with a reasonable explanation to convince them to show him the passengers' list.
He prayed that his acting skill comes out in handy this time.

"Yes, she is on the list," said the woman behind the fourth counter, it was a flight to Montreal, Canada.

Taehyung sighed in frustration. He bought the ticket to the States.

"I am sorry to say sir, but your friend already boarded the plane. It will take off any minutes now. But you still have some minutes, you can still board your flight if you don't want to miss your flight."

Taehyung didn't respond. He slowly came out ignoring her calling him. Jungkook was waiting for him, "Did you find noona?"

Taehyung shook his head, "She is going to Canada."

Jungkook suddenly pulled him into a warm hug, "Don't know why, but I think you will meet her again one day. And if it comforts you, I had a selfie with her on the ship."

He chuckled, "unlike yours, she is visible here."

[ well..... it's kinda biased description of my hometown...😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😆😆😆..... pictures used were taken by me last winter..........
Thank you all for your endless supports and love💜💜💜💜]