2025

Lisa drove to the familiar four-story building, Sub Rosa. True to it's name, the place is a famous, albeit secret hang out area only known to idols and celebrities alike.

Each floor can be rented privately that's equipped by variety of entertainment options, from different arcade games to pool tables, wii, karaoke, screen golf, mini bowling, etc.

Security surrounding the area especially it's entrance is pretty tight. Each floor has it's own entrance, parking area and private elevator.

A desk staff is assigned to check through the profile list submitted by their client. Once verified they would give the guest a keycard that they can use to activate the elevator.

As the establishment prided itself in their squeeky clean record of protecting the privacy of their clients, Lisa had been briefed that only her car would be allowed in. With her was one PD and one camera director.

They arrived inside and she could see the awestruck look of her companions. It's colorful interior was such a contrast to it's monochrome and tinted exterior. She approached the desk staff and was given the keycard after the ahjussi checked that the camera director's lens were covered. Yes, not only were the number of people allowed in limited but the filming can only commence once they were inside the elevator.

Still clueless about what she would be walking into, Lisa swiped the keycard with the embedded number 4 to open the elevator.

When she heard the sound that indicated their arrival, Lisa heard a familiar beat and couldn't help but grin when she finally realized what was going on.

August 2016

Jungkook was on his way to the fourth floor. When the elevator doors opened, he could faintly hear Bambam singing to one of their songs "Fire".

He followed the sound until he saw his friend, alone doing the ending pose of the song.

"Hey Bam!" greeted Jungkook.

Bambam turned his head and saw Jungkook with his bunny smile. "Yow Jungkookie!"

"Where's your friend?" Jungkook asked, looking around the room for Bambam's friend.

"Ahhh. Pokpak got a phone call and headed to the restroom because I was being loud."

Jungkook nodded and didn't think much about it. He sat down and took the controller to browse through the top hits. He paused when he reached Boombayah. It was their debut song.

He and his hyungs had watched their MV together. Namjoon hyung, Taehyung hyung and he suffered some serious case of last song syndrome to the amusement of their members. They even learned the choreography just for fun.

"Hey Kookie, did you watch it?" Bambam asked when he saw Jungkook pausing on the song.

"Yeah, all of us did. They were good man! I wouldn't be surprised if they win this year's best rookie award. That group is gonna go places. Tell your friend congrats from us!"

"Wow! Thanks dude. She and her members are big fans of yours so they'll definitely be happy when I tell them that."

He now knew that the blonde wearing Timberlands was Lalisa a.k.a Lisa Manoban. When their MV dropped, he had wanted to ask Bambam for her number to congratulate her group but hesitated since he might come off weird. But if what Bambam said was true that they were a fan, he wondered if it would be less creepy if he asked for it now. Or maybe he should just remind Bambam to add her to the group chat. After all, it had been three weeks since their debut.

"So you gonna choose the song or what?" Jungkook did not realise he had been spacing out. He had been startled by his friend's question that he accidentally pressed the reserve button.

Ohhhh.

Contemplating about canceling it or not, the intro to the song started and Bambam immediately grabbed the mic and chanted, "Blackpink in your are-ya!"

He shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the other mic. He had wanted a distraction anyway so why not jam to Boombayah? He practically knows the whole song by heart.