"Fuck, you taste so good," His lips left her flesh to whisper his message in her ear. Growling lowly he captured her ear lobe with his teeth giving it a slight tug. 

"I love when you quiver for me," He murmured taking another taste of her again. No doubt about it she was shivering from his throaty moans, his touch, his dirty talk. 

What can you expect from his lustful behaviour. 

If you can't beat em, join em.  As if she was hallucinating, the tempting words printed in front of her foggy eyes- clouding her vision of any rational thoughts.

"Ah we're here, we're here!" Hobi announced loudly, breaking her free from the trance-like state. 

Pushing Jimin away from her neck she jumped out of the car as it came to a park. Frazzled and dizzy her legs did their best to hold her up, composing herself before anyone saw her.

What had gotten into her? More important what had gotten into Jimin? He was never this blunt with her. It was only teasing and middling skinship with him but now that has escalated to something more.

"Hi, bts welcome to Billboard!" A man with bright blond hair, a clipboard and an earpiece greeted them.

"My name is Terry and I will walk you through your entrance for the awards,"

"Hi, nice to meet you! Thank you for having us!" Namjoon shook his hand with a friendly smile while the others bowed to him.

"We are so happy to have you all, now let's get started," Terry took them to the red carpet which was more or less deserted. The venue was huge, people are running around doing adjustments making sure everything was perfect for the award show.

"Are we the only performers here?"

"For now, we arranged for each performer to come in at a certain time for rehearsal, can't have everybody here at the same at," They obediently followed Terry along till they reached the stage. People were setting up lights, cameras and fixing the mics. A very professional atmosphere. Ash overlooked the thousands of empty seats, the thought of people staring at her overwhelmed her.

It's not like she was the one performing but she gave major props to bangtan and people in the music industry to do this. Cause it takes guts to stand there and sing and dance.

"Annyeonghaseyo Bangtan sonyeondan!" A pretty and preppy girl appeared. They were all taken aback by her perfect Korean pronunciation and the fact that she spoke in Korean. Since every person they meet spoke in English, this was a nice surprise. Excitement filled their bodies as if all the attention was on her.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Yoon Minseo," She bowed deeply.

Ah, that explains it.

"I'm the stage director and I'm happy to finally break out my Korean since you know not a lot of people speak it here,"

"Well, we are happy to hear that," Namjoon dimpled smiled.

"Shall we get started on rehearsals?" She showed them the way. Ash followed loosely behind then to pause at Minseo's hand gesturing her to stop.

"Sorry only performers on this area, ah who are you?"  Minseo eyed her up and down cautiously.

"Oh, my name is Ashley Park their translator,"

"Well sorry I'm gonna have to kick you out, or else I'm gonna get in real trouble,"

"That's fine I'll catch you guys later then," She waved at the guys who were unease.

"Sorry I have to steal them away from you," She smiled locking arms with whoever was by her side. 

Jimin.

"Ah no please look after them for me, but I should warn you they can be a hand full,"

"Oh I know how they can be, I have been a fan for years. If you want you can have a look around the place," Minseo left before Ash could get a word out. The last thing Ash saw before they disappear was her and Jimin side to side.

With a dull expression, she went on her way exploring the venue. Bopping her head to the beat and melodic voices of the guys singing Fake Love echoing thought out the building. 

She marvelled at a wall of signatures of famous singers, and musicians who have played at the venue. Some of her favourite artists and bands were there. Such as Green Day, Journey, Hall and Oats, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Rihanna, Michael Jackson just to name a few.

She hauled by a mirror as she walked by it when a pink spot peppered on her neck caught her attention. 

"What the?! Was that there the whole time?!" Her face bleached sickly, rubbing away the redness on her skin, though it only made it more noticeable. Slapping her neck to cover the kiss mark her cheeks burned with meekness.

Park Jimin was the embodiment of chaotic evil. 

Oh, you liked it.

Roaming around to wherever her feet took her, her inner self kept her company by arguing with her.

What was with that Minseo character?

What about her?

She was pretty touchy to Jimin?

So?

I don't like her

Why? She seems nice.

Too nice

We get too nice when we are ordering food what's your point?

I think she likes Jimin.

...

So do you think he is her bias?

And why should I care?

Cause we like hi-

No, I don't.

Denied it you admit it

That's not fair.

So is life

Whatever I don't like Park Jimin.

Uh-huh, just watch your back around that girl.

Ending her conversation she ended up back on the stage, where they were all sitting down eating hot dogs and chatting among themselves. Including her.

"Ah, interpreter! We were wondering where you wandered off to,"

"Yeah got a little lost," Taking a set next to Suga and Hobi she adjusted herself in the short dress, so she won't flash anyone, however, the dress hiked up a bit and the lack of fabric exposed her legs more than she would have liked.

"Wow, that dress is a little short isn't it," Minseo said, her preppy voice was replaced with a shrill undertone.

Did she just?

Looks like it.

Yah! I cannot believe she slut-shamed us! Out loud! This girl has balls!

"It's pretty though," She squeezed out as if it would have made what she said better.

Ash's jaw clenched. "Thanks,"

"Want to eat something?"

"I'm not hungry," She pouted resting her head on Yoongi's shoulder.

"Are you sad?" He asked.

She shrugged switching her eyes to the ground.

"Take a bite out of my hot dog that always cheered you up when you were sad," RM smiled offering the hot dog to Ash when his face twisted in panic.

"..."

"I MEANT FOOD! FOOD ALWAYS CHEERED YOU UP! OH MY GOD!" RM yelled and they all burst out in hearty laughter.

"Thanks," She giggled champing into it.

"Oh, delicious!"

"Hey, Ash what's that on your neck? Did something bite you?" Hobi asked poking her undisclosed hickey. 

With that Jimin snapped his head up, his whole face brightened as he tried to muffle his simpers.

She paled at the attention, fixing her hair to cover it although it deemed useless now- she of course lied.

"Y-yeah I think so," Is all she said.

Meanwhile, Minseo collected every bit of information and pieced it together- down to Ashley's nervous behaviour to Jimin's sly smirk and potent stare on Ash. She wondered if something was going on between them. 

"So Ashley the guys told me you're in veterinary school, can you tell us a fun fact? If you can't remember anything that's okay no pressure," Minseo said again with that scornful overtone. However, her sugary sweet grin concealed the backlash of her voice.

The heck? What does she mean by that?

Ashley studied her actions before speaking. The questionable girl subtly took the water bottle that was distinctly in front of Jimin and guzzled it down. Ash lifted an eyebrow at that, in a shocking matter she reacted to her 'accident'. 

"Ah! Sorry, Jimin Oppa I thought this was mine,"

Jimin politely smiled. "It's okay, you can have it,"

"Thank you," Her shy eyes gleamed yet her mouth upturned into a sick, triumphant smirk.

Ash winced inwardly, her lips drew back in a snarl. 

Her inner self chuckled halfheartedly. 

Easy there, tiger.

Gulping hard her lips turned into a half-smile. 

"Sure, but how about a fun biological fact about the human body," Twisting her mouth slightly in thought she coolly said.  "The colour of a man's lips is also the colour of the head of his dick."

Craning her body forward on all fours her back arched lightly she snagged a quick peck out of Jimin's hot dog. Glimpsing up at him for a second to catch his awestruck face. Standing up she wiped her thumb across her bottom lip and processed to stroll away without another word.

Baffled and confused they all wide-eyed watched her go through backstage. 

"She's so cool," Jimin chuckled bending his head back while the other members still had their jaws to the floor.

xXXXXx

On their way home Ashley had kindly ask Namjoon for permission to sit on his lap instead of Jimin, to which he kindly agreed.

In the passenger seat, she sat in between his legs rather than his lap so her butt was still on the seat.

"Can I ask what made you say that today, miss?" RM asked.

She wasn't even sure why she said it. It was rather rude on her behalf.

Sure she was upset about the comment Minseo made about the dress but it wasn't like she actually called Ashley a slut.  Yet she was furious when she french kissed Jimin's water bottle as if they were his lips. 

Maybe Ashley took it the wrong way and lashed out too hard and too fast. Besides Minseo was a nice girl. She shrugged and pouted, the infamous humiliating feeling overcame her then. Thinking back it probably wasn't the most appropriate thing to say.

 Popping her head to the back she puppy-eyed. "Guys I'm sorry I said that stuff about...you know,"

"Why are you apologize it was really funny," Hobi reassured her.

"Yeah it did come really sudden," V wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

"Oh okay, I'll... just go now," Her cheeks became the colour of her kiss mark. "You all have pretty lips by the way, okay bye," She slid her head down and snuggled into RM's chest. Feeling his movements from his laughter.

"You're such a brat when you're ready," He hugged her closer patting her hair.

Back at the hotel, Gregory waved to her to come over to the desk.

"So how is it going? Did you patch things up with Mr. park,"

Leaning against the counter she rested her chin on her folded hands. "Yes and no? It's complicated and I know you don't want to hear that,"

 "Remember, love is always complex and hard to get right,"

"Yeah- no love? No, it's not like I love... him?" Her soft voice trailed off.

"In due time, oh here a guested checked out so a room is available," He handed her the key card. Moving his hand to the side of his mouth he whispered.

"Now I doubt you want to stay in there but I say take the key in case that Daejung fellow gets suspicious again,"

Ashley beamed at the older man. "Gregory you're a genius! Thank you so much!"

"Anytime, love, and it's number 1072, just a few doors down to your current room that way you won't have to go far," 

"Why do I feel like you planned this out,"

"I'm just that good." Chucking she hugged him before they both left the scene as if they had a drug exchange.

Checking into the room it was similar to the others except the walls were bright blue and added to the different bedding. She yawned out and slumped on the bed sleepiness heavy on her shoulders. The day's events playing over in her mind as REM settled in.