"Don't you think everyone is acting strange lately?" asked Hobi as he sat against the wall, pausing his flicking through his phone. He was still waiting for practice to resume since more than half of them had rushed out of the room.

Yoongi - who was sitting near Hobi with his notebook - looked over at Hobi as he tapped his pen rhythmically against his notebook.

"They are, but when aren't they?"

"True, but I mean they've been acting stranger than strange."

Namjoon stood leaning against a nearby wall; one of his feet pressed behind him and against it. He looked at the wristwatch on his wrist, wondering if he had to go search them all out when the practice room door opened. Namjoon, Hobi, and Yoongi all looked towards the door as two women they had never seen before entered behind Jin, Taehyung, and Jimin. Walking beside the two women was the trainee that Jungkook kept bringing with him to practice; his disguise still on.

"Someone needs to start talking," said Namjoon. "And where is Jungkook?"

"We can explain," said Jin, looking at Namjoon. "But you're not going to believe any of it."

"Just start talking and we'll be the judge of that," said Namjoon.

So Jin did. He started to talk and explained everything to the remaining three members that were still in the dark. By the time Jin was done, there was silence. Namjoon was scanning all of them before looking more closely at the trainee that seemed to be shrinking back behind the woman that had been identified as Rai and Ava. Rai was holding Seol's hand tightly in hers. Namjoon moved forward until he was just a few inches away from Seol.

"Can you take the disguise off? Please?"

Seol nodded, reaching up to remove his disguise until his face was in full view of the other. Namjoon could tell clearly who this child belonged to. As remarkable as it was, he could tell immediately that it was Jungkook's son. Namjoon moved to hug Seol, taking him by surprise as a look of shock came over his face. Eventually Seol moved to hug him back.

"I was always wondering if Jungkook would end up having a family of his own someday," said Namjoon as he pulled back, "And he did. I should have caught on sooner when you did dance practice the other day. You're so much like him."

Hobi and Yoongi had gotten up from where they were sitting on the floor, moving over to stand near Namjoon as they looked at Seol clearly for the first time. It was like taking a look back into the past in so many ways.

"Well, it's all nice and dandy that Jungkook is off on a love crusade, but what do we do about the comeback?" asked Hobi. "It's only a few days away, and we can't afford to lose him right now."

"I thought that Seol could maybe fill in for Jungkook," spoke up Jin, placing a hand on Seol's shoulder. "After all, even you Namjoon just admitted how much Seol was like Jungkook the other day at practice."

"Seol does pick up routines quickly," said Namjoon. "Do you debut in the future?"

"Oh no," said Seol with a blush to his cheeks. "My nerves always would get in the way. I just practice at home with some YouTube videos."

"I'm impressed," said Namjoon. "I'm sure your father is too."

"I can only hope he is," said Seol. "I always strive to make both my parents proud."

Rai - upon hearing this - moved to hug Seol from behind quickly.

"You always make me proud," said Rai as she dropped her hold away as Namjoon grabbed one of Seol's hands.

"Come here," said Namjoon. "You're part of the fold now. A part of this family, and as part of this family, we will have your back and be with you every step of the way. Don't let the nerves get you down. Just be you and believe in yourself."

Rai and Ava stood off to the side as they watched them all take Seol in like family, watching as Hobi flitted about Seol with a hundred and one questions only for Yoongi to shoo him away like some sort of human fly whacker.

"Our future is amazing, isn't it?" asked Ava as Rai nodded her head.

"Yes," said Rai. "It really is."

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