An Alternate Ending because you said no.

That night, New Year's Eve 2025, you ignored the whispered words, "I think we can do better. How about we try again?" as a figment of your melancholy state of mind and too much champagne.

You lost the love of your life, New Year's Day 2020.  A date in time permanently scared across your heart and seared in your mind. Burdened by grief, regret, and depression, you lived out the rest of your life alone in a small cottage in the rural part of France, far from the Eiffel Tower, and memories. Each day alone blurs into the next, leaving you hollow inside.

Though his friends stayed in touch with you, they never performed together again.

J Hope moved to America. He opened and was Head Master of one of Chicago's most prestigious universities for the performing arts, the Hope Professional School of Dance.

Jimin was desperately trying to get his life together after a heart-wrenching, painful divorce. He confided in J Hope that his life was dark, and he felt lost with no future to look forward to. J Hope was determined to help Jimin and asked him to head the Contemporary Dance and Ballet department. He hoped this would reignite Jimin's love for dance—and hopefully for life itself.

Taehyung moved to New York to follow a modeling career. Despite gracing the cover of many magazines worldwide with his handsome, boxy smile, no one notices the sadness behind his eyes. No one knows of the broken heart beating in his chest from the breakup with his girlfriend. 

The group's eldest member became the host of his own show called, 'World Wide Cooking with Jin,' which sadly lasted only one season. He found work in the kitchen of his brother's restaurant afterwards.

Their band leader was the second one to have tied the knot. He became the doting father of four children while writing and producing for other artists. Though it seemed to the others that at least one of them was happy, they weren't aware of the mounting pressure on Namjoon to support his family and meet the relentless demands of so many never-satisfied artists. It's all wearing him down physically, emotionally, and, worse of all, mentally.

The youngest member, Jungkook, changed the music industry around the world with his golden voice. But Fame and his notorious title of International Playboy came with a price; his one-night stands and fleeting romances frequently turned into scandals, leading him to be the center of several public lawsuits and child support claims.

To this day, on your right hand, you wear the ring from the little box Yoongi left behind that fateful night you told him no. A night that still haunts you with regret of not having said yes.

And in a small wooden box covered with stickers and childish drawings remains a picture of your parents, the broken stem from a flute glass, four tarnished silver rings, and a couple of yellowed newspaper clippings locked away at the bottom of a wardrobe.