Grace Xiu

"Don't let him woo you, Grace. Remember, he was exactly like that to you in the beginning of your relationship." Jasmine advised, shaking her head. "He fooled us all."

My gaze lowered, feeling some disappointment in me.

She was right, though. He was like that in the beginning of our relationship. He was sweet, kind, caring. All that and that's why I fell harder and harder for him.

He really did fool us.

Is he trying to fool us again?

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The tour went on as usual.

Looking at pretty flowers, looking at big statues, listening to heartwarming back stories, watching butterflies and bugs fly around.

"Look how beautiful these flowers are." Namjoon commented while closely staring at each petal. "Just think, this amazingly grown flower started as a small, tiny seed that looked nothing like this..."

"He's so pretty." Ashley snorted.

I was furthest from where the flowers were, so I couldn't really see what they were raving about.

"Could I get off to see them?" I asked Levi.

"I would let, but we running out of time. We have to move on." He said.

I sighed. "Alright."

"Photosynthesis. A beautiful process with such natural things. Just like humans, flowers need many things to grow up. They all need similiar things, but they grow up to be so different. Just like us. Levi, who created photosynthesis?" Namjoon turned to Levi.

"Oh, how would I know such thing?" Levi scoffed.

"Here, Grace."

I turned around and saw Jimin smiling up at me.

"Jimin?"

"Shhhh." He held a finger to his lips.

He held up a flower and handed it to me.

"Awh, this is beautiful." I quietly gasped.

"They were the flowers over there. I thought I'd give you something to pay you back for making me feel better earlier." He smiled brighter. "I wanted you to see them."

"Awh, you don't have to repay me." I reached down and ruffled his wet hair like he was small puppy. "Um, are you allowed to pick flowers?"

He shrugged, making me giggle.

"Alright. Let's move on." Levi announced and the horse started moving.

"I'll catch up with you later." I waved to Jimin.

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I took a shower and changed into different clothes. I redid my face and hair and met up with the rest downstairs.

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I found my friends standing outside, gawking at something.

"What are you guys staring at?" I asked, giggling at their serious faces. "Hot girl?"

"More like hot guy." Jasmine pulled me to her.

I stood by them and followed their eyes.

"Oh. My. Seokjin." I gasped.

My boyfriend. The manly, rich character. The sweet one. The one who can rock the Prince of a Kingdom in the 1700s look. The one who can eat like a pig, but still look like a Victoria Secrets model. The one whose shoulders are broader than the horizon.

Seokjin Kim.....was pole dancing.

Straight up spinning around the pole with only one hand.

My jaw hit the floor with a thud.

He was shirtless too.

People are gathered around him, screaming and cheering. They were throwing money, coins, and some were taking their shirts off to throw at him.

"That's your boyfriend." Ashley pointed out.

I sighed. "I know."

"He's.....He's....breaking stereotypes." Namjoon smiled. "What a man. He's really showing all those girls how to do it."

Jimin looked at him with his eyebrows furrowed. "What have you been smoking?"

I rolled up my sleeves and grabbed a drink from a passing tray. I gulped it down and placed it back.

"Feels good." I wiped my lip.

"Grace, what are you-"

"I'm joining my man." I winked at my friends.

I ran over and jumped onto the stage with Seokjin.

He saw me and slid down the pole.

"Grace, I-I-"

"Let me show you what I can do." I challenged, shoving him out of the way.

I grabbed onto the pole and spun around.

The crowd got louder and I felt the alcohol overcome my blood.

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"I don't care what he did. That is not pole dancing!" Jasmine argued with her hands moving around.

"He danced on the pole. What more do you ask!?" Ashley exploded.

"Dancing is not just spinning and blowing kisses to the crowd." Jasmine crossed her arms. "He just did that. There was no technique!"

"You're just jealous because he could spin faster than you." Ashley snorted.

"HIS LEGS ARE LONGER!"

"YOURS ARE TOO!"

"Grace, you better control your man." Jasmine rolled her eyes. "I'll beat him sometime."

"He was drunk. He probably never knew what pole dancing was." I shrugged.

We arrived at our hotel rooms and saw Jimin and Namjoon chatting with their phones out.

"How was the pole dancing?" Namjoon asked, wiggling his eyebrows.

Jimin chuckled.

"I could've done better if I had time to stretch." I rolled my shoulders. "It was kind of stiff. I didn't drink enough..."

"What are you all up to?" Ashley asked.

"We managed to get Seokjin back into his bed to rest. He gets really talkative when drunk." Namjoon scoffed.

"He insulted my height!" Jimin grunted.

"Yeah, well, now we're heading to the pool. Girls wanna join?"

"Oh, my gosh, yes. I need to cool off." I sighed. "I need some relaxation after EVERYTHING!"

"Same. My fingers are still aching from pounding Cathy." Jasmine cracked her fingers. "It was worth it, though."

Namjoon looked at her in fear.

"Anyway, yeah, we'll meet you down there." I pulled Jasmine away from Namjoon.

"Great."

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Ashley ↓

Jasmine ↓

Grace ↓

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My girls and I headed down for the luxurious pool on the middle floor.

There were 3 pools and 2 hot tubs in the area.

One pool was huge and had a waterfall, the other one was big and looked like it was for diving, then the last one was a smaller pool.

There wasn't that many people, but it wasn't empty.

Most of everybody was probably drinking and dancing still. The ACTUAL strippers came not too long ago.

We found Jimin and Namjoon in the big pool that was empty, splashing each other and throwing an inflatable ball around.

"Like father and son." Jasmine joked.

We approached them, lowkey feeling ourselves and walking like models down a runway.

The breeze didn't help because my hair straight up slapped Jasmine and Ashley in the face.

"Really?" Jasmine coughed.

"My eyes are sliced!" Ashley yells.

"Grace, watch your hair!"

"I don't control winds!"

We turned back to the pool and found the boys gawking at us.

"You wish you had vaginas like us, huh?" Jasmine said, playfully flipping her hair.

"No, we're glad we have penises." Namjoon said back.

"What the hell." I grimaced.

I saw Jimin staring at me and I waved to him.

He coughed and swam to the ladder. He climbed up, exposing his bare upper body with the water dripping from him.

I was staring, then I looked away without seeing if Jimin caught me or not.

I set down my towel and bag, feeling tingly inside.

Where's Seokjin?

"Wishing Jennie was here, aren't you?" Ashley sat down on the ledge with her feet in the water.

Namjoon sighed. "She looks bomb in a bikini."

"What a loyal man." Jasmine sat by Ashley. "Men nowadays just can't stick with one. They just always have to cheat. They always have to have someone else on the side. Does trust mean anything to them?"

I joined them, wanting to rant too, but couldn't bring myself to.

I turned around and saw Jimin sitting on the lounge chair. He was messing with his hair and sweeping it back repeatedly.

He seemed to want to stay out of the conversation.

"I would say you're making an assumption and that not ALL men are like that, but...you're not completely off. Yes, not all men are cheaters, but a good amount of them just...keep taking trust as a word with no meaning." Namjoon shook his head. "Jennie is so lucky to have someone like me."

"I wish I had someone loyal." I said.

Their heads turned exactly at the same time to focus on me.

"I've had my deal with crazy men, cheating men....I think I'm in a position to lose hope in finding the 'right guy'. I just don't want to. I want to marry someone loyal and just knowing they're not going to cheat on you is so....assuring." I sighed, feeling some sadness boil in me.

"You really deserve someone that's going to stick with you no matter what." Jasmine says, swinging and arm around me.

I smiled. "I know."

Jimin sat by me on the ledge and his face wasn't as bright as before.

"Doing alright there, Jimin?" I asked him.

"Not completely." He closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "Grace, I need to tell you something."

"Yeah?"

Jimin was about to say something, but his gaze was caught onto something behind me.

I turned around and saw Seokjin entering the pool, shirtless.

"Seokjin!" I gasped and scrambled to my feet. "Baby!"

"Hey, gorgeous! Looking beautiful as always!" He laughed.

I ran to him for a hug. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my lips.

"How are you feeling?" I whispered, our lips still super close.

"Wonderful." He smiled.

I kissed him one more time.

He grabbed my thighs and lifted me up, so I was straddling him.

"LET'S DIVE!" He screamed and started going for the water.

He jumped in as I screeched.

We both land in the water and rise to the surface at the same time.

Namjoon got up and shoved Ashley into the water.

He tried to run away from her, but slipped and fell into the water.

Jasmine laughed so hard, she fell into the water too.

We were having fun in the pool, just with ourselves.

I was having a ton of fun.

Until I noticed Jimin....

Sitting out.

Shaking his head.