Danielle's POV

My phone vibrated, a new message came in.

From: Lilian

We all agreed to go for dinner at an Italian restaurant. You good with that? Oh and wear something you could actually run in.

"Hey V, you hungry?" I asked sweetly.

He rubbed his growling stomach and nodded, his cheeks with a hint of pink.

"How about we go an Italian restaurant to meet up with my friends?"

Needlessly to say, V fell right into my trap. I couldn't help but smile, not truly knowing the reason whether it was from V's foolishness for trusting me so easily, or that I would finally be with my friends again even for a wrong cause.

We got dressed. V borrowed some of my father's clothes. Surprisingly they fit him quite well. V was in a white button-up shirt and black slacks. I wore a blue dress that went down mid-thigh with black flats.

Heels might not be best if I have to run suddenly.

My dad's driver took us there. I was rather silent the whole ride, lost in my thoughts. V noticed this and tried to lighten the place up. When I didn't reply, he just gave up and enjoyed the view. I gripped on a handful of my dress until my knuckles turned white. Sweat was slowly forming on my forehead and my lips trembled.

I'm doing the right thing. Right? Yeah. Of course it is. I'm saving my friends.

I shook that though away as the car was parked in front of the restaurant. Seeing five figures, all dressed to impress, my lips tugged into a smile. I quickly got out and greeted my friends, the ones I missed so much even though it hasn't even been more than a day. V slowly made his way beside me, and scratched the back of his head, clueless and awkward. He flashed a smile to them before we were dragged into the restaurant, making way to our table.

"So Dani, who's your new friend?" Elizabeth wiggled her eyebrows.

All of my friends had this creepy smile that said 'Our little Dani is all grown up now.' V must have noticed it too and he let out a small chuckle while my face warmed up. I glanced at V and he had a toothy smile on his face.

"What's your name by the way?" Lilian acted clueless.

The hell with the question? You guys obviously know him!

"Kim Taehyung, but people call me V," he said casually.

All my friends gasped. Some had their hands over their mouths and others had on their heart. I rolled my eyes at them.

"As in, V from BTS?" Tiffany asked.

Jeez, these girls are taking acting to a whole new level.

V nodded and gave a smile.

"So where are the others?" Catherine questioned.

She gave me an innocent look but I knew what that meant. I looked at V, and sure enough his smile was gone and was replaced with a frown. Instantly my heart shattered. I gave a death glare to Catherine but she just shrugged.

V continued to look down, not making eye contact with any of us.

"I don't know..." V's voice was like a whisper, we barely heard it.

And once again they all acted surprised. I patted his shoulder, hoping it could be a bit comforting to him. I continued glaring daggers to the actresses in front of me, and thankfully V never noticed.

The others just shrugged their shoulders and continued giving pity looks to V.

"Don't worry, V. I'm sure you'll reunite with them soon enough." Catherine patted his shoulder.

"Yeah, I hope so too..." V sounded so broken and didn't dare to make eye contact with anyone.

I clapped my hands and plastered a big smile on my face.

"How about we talk about something else? Oh. I just realized we never ordered anything!" I quickly distracted everyone.

I couldn't bear to see V this broken because they were talking about the other members. I called a nearby waiter. The others were busy telling the poor waiter their specific as hell orders even though it's just salad and water. Typical girls.

The waiter, who I swore was sweating from being nervous, finally looked at me.

"Your order ma'am?"

Geez, the poor dude had pleading eyes. Probably tortured from having to serve my other friends. I gave him a sweet smile.

"Well, I guess I could go with the lobster set and a strawberry milkshake with whipped cream.." I scanned the menu while I ordered, who knows if I might want to change my mind.

The waiter actually looked shocked for a second but quickly back to his previous nervous composure. I took a glance at my friends, who all had their jaws on the floor, all shocked from my choice of food. I heard a faint laugh and turned to see V laughing from everyone's reactions.

"Erm... Could I get you the buttered one with 3 side dishes. It's one of the chef's recommendations." He said.

"Sounds good. I'll take that!" My smile grew wider. The waiter smiled back and went to take V's order.

"I'll have whatever she's having." He closed the menu and smiled at me.

I had a faint blush painting my cheek when I saw his smile. The moment was perfect, well until my friends decided to interrupted it because of my order.

"Why did you do that?" Elizabeth asked.

"What do you mean?" I acted all innocent. I'm fully aware of what she's talking about.

"You know what I mean," she said through gritted teeth.

"Oh!" I tried looking shock. "Is it because of the lobster? Well, you can't blame me. I was getting tired of just salad and water." I bat my eyelashes.

You could practically see the smoke coming out from their ears. It was hilarious, and I could prove it because V was laughing like crazy.

"You're gonna ruin your diet!" Tiffany almost yelled.

"I'm pretty sure a bit of protein won't make me an M-sized though. Don't you think, V?" I turned to V with a mischief smile.

"Relax girls. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about," V totally agreed with me.

The girls went silent, but their faces were still red from anger. They had their lips in a thin line while they just glared at us, laughing at this stupid situation. Soon after, our orders arrived. The girls ate in silent while me and V exchanged corny jokes, something I would never able to do with my so-called friends.

Food was eaten, okay lobsters were eaten but salads were mostly shredded into pieces from pure anger, and the bill was paid so we all went outside in one big group. Elizabeth already had her phone out, dialling her chaperone to come pick us up in her limo.

"Why are we riding in her limo? Don't you have one?" V whispers to me.

"Well, I do, but Lizzie likes bragging and she wants to show you her personal cinema her daddy got her." I shrugged my shoulders.

V just nodded. We all waited in silence for limo. There really wasn't much to talk about, especially since the girls were still fumed of me 'ruining my diet' and all. The limo arrived, saving us from the awkward silence and we all climbed in. V sat beside me, considering he still wasn't comfortable with the others.

"Hey, anyone want some juice?" Lizzie held up a bottle of juice, showing it to everyone.

The others nodded with a smile while me and V just shrugged. I do feel suspicious though about their smiles. It was the kind they wore every time they were lying to me. I just shook it off and took the glass of juice Catherine held out for me.

"Thanks, Cat," I smiled.

"Drink up."

I did as she said, and downed the whole thing. V did the same, but almost choked in the process.

"What kind of juice is this!?!" V almost spit some of it.

"This? Cucumber and asparagus with a pinch of cinnamon," Lizzie replied with a sweet smile.

"Are you crazy, girl!?! Who drinks asparagus like juice!?!" V dramatically wipes his mouth with his sleeve. I couldn't help but laughed at this.

"Omigosh, V! This is normal for girls who look after their weight. It's all veggies and fruits!" I said between my fits of laughter.

"Then it's settled. I don't want a girl who freaking looks after her body sooo much!" V crossed his arms over his chest while I continued laughing.

I was busy laughing, until V complained he was getting dizzy. He looked rather drowsy and his eyelids were barely open. I let out a yawn and struggled keeping my eyes open.

"You two okay? You look a bit sleepy." Roselyn sounded worried.

"I told you shouldn't have ordered the lobster, but did you listen?" Lilian ranted.

The girls kept on rambling about how it was the lobsters' fault the both of us were sleepy. I couldn't care less though. I rested my head on V's shoulder and he put his head on mine. I let out a yawn, followed by V before we both slowly closed our eyes.

Falling into deep slumber.