This is a long chapter.

It's been a couple of months being on tour with Yoongi as you pet-sit Tannie for Taehyung. The guys are out for a public appearance, and afterward, they plan to go out for lunch. Yoongi has a car coming to pick you and little Tannie up to join them. Leave it to Tae to choose a pet-friendly restaurant.

The car arrives at the hotel, and you are escorted out carrying Tannie in his Gucci pet travel bag. When the hotel doors open, the flashing lights of the paparazzi blind you. Yoongi made sure you were provided with bodyguards of your own.

As you are escorted to the SUV, photographers and reporters shout questions at you, and haters yell slurs and insults.

"Are you really a pet sitter?"

"Are you dating Taehyung!?"

"I've seen you with Yoongi are you going to marry him?" This question made you blush.

"I heard you have been arrested in your past for animal abuse. Is that true?"

A group of girls start shouting, "We hate you! We hope you die! Taehyung is mine!! No he is mine!" They start fighting amongst themselves over who Taehyung belongs to and police step in to break them up and drag them away.

A reporter asks, "Are you and the boys lovers?"

"Are you pregnant? Is it Taehyung's?"

"Are you their eight member!?"

The rapid fire of questions and cruel comments wouldn't stop, even after you were safely inside the SUV. One bodyguard stays outside to remain behind while the other, Mr. Seo, rides up front in the passenger seat.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that, Miss Joy. I should have warned you, but I didn't think they would even know about you, in all honesty."

You put your seatbelt on. Some of their rude questions and vulgar name-calling are still bouncing around in your head, causing you to blush. You secure Tannie in his pup car seat and give him little kisses as you hold his cute little face. "You are such a good boy. Yes, you are." You nuzzle close to his face, and he gives you doggie kisses. You sit back laughing.

Mr. Seo is still apologizing to you.

"It's okay, Mr. Seo. This isn't the first time, but it is the worst so far. I guess the longer I am with them the more I will be noticed." You didn't let him know how much some of the comments shouted from the crowd cut like a knife.

He nods, saying, "That's right. But like the hater comments, don't pay any attention to what the photographers or reporters say. Many of them are just trying to get a reaction out of you, whether good or bad, preferably bad. It gets them more attention."

"I understand. But sometimes it's embarrassing." And sometimes it hurts.

"I wish we could spare you that part. I must commend you and Yoongi on keeping your true relationship out of the gossip mill. If one didn't know better, they would think you are just another staff member."

I am just another staff member. I'm Tannie's pet sitter. That is how you have been feeling lately, but it's not Yoongi's fault he can't spend as much time with you as he had hoped. You spend more time with Tannie and Taehyung than Yoongi. Well, duh, silly, you ARE the paid pet sitter.

You sigh-I'm just a paid pet sitter. You look out the window silently for the rest of the way to the restaurant as Tannie naps.

You and Yoongi haven't had any time, just you and him. At the hotel during the evening, when not performing, the maknaes are constantly in and out. Namjoon frequently needs to discuss something with Yoongi, and Jin accompanies him. You are lost in your thoughts when you hear Mr. Seo speaking.

"Miss Joy, we're here." You lift Tannie into his carry bag and prepare to exit the vehicle. Mr. Seo gets out, opens the sliding door, and holds a hand for you to take as he helps you step out. He walks with you into the restaurant while the driver goes and parks the SUV around the back.

He spots the group first, and you go with him. You see Yoongi and smile, eyes only for him. As you near the table, Mr. Seo holds your arm and leads you away from Yoongi so that you can sit beside Tae. You frown at him.

"What are you doing? Why can't I sit by Yoongi?" You keep glancing at him, but he doesn't even look your way. Your heart shudders at the coldness.

"Miss Joy, you have Tannie." He looks casually around the restaurant. "People know you are Tan's caretaker while they are on tour. If you sit with anyone other than Taehyung, people will talk."

You sigh and realize that he is right. Sitting beside Yoongi would raise suspicion if you had Tannie. Hell, it would raise suspicion no matter who I sit beside, even Taehyung. You sigh in resignation and accept your fate.

He pulls out the chair for you and holds the bag with Tannie while you sit. Tae gets up, lifts Tannie out of his bag, and nuzzles with his baby boy. You smile as you hear him talking baby talk to Tannie. Mr. Seo sits with the other staff at the end of the table.

"Hi Tae. He was a very good boy today." You smile, but it never reaches your eyes as you glance across the table four seats down. Yoongi is looking away from you as he talks with Jimin.

Tae asks cheerfully, with his signature boxy smile, "What did you two do today?"

You focus on Tae and fill him in on the adventure you and Tannie had at the park near the hotel. You make him laugh when you tell him that as Tannie was napping on the warm grass, a butterfly landed on his head. You pull your phone out and show it to him.

You have your heads close looking at the pictures you took of Tannie at the park.

Yoongi glances over at you and Taehyung. He is frustrated; nothing is working as he had hoped. He wants to be close to you, laughing and talking about the pictures on your phone. He needs to be close to you. Damn it, Lanne, I want you.

Jimin taps him on the shoulder. "Hyung?"

Yoongi pulls his gaze from you and Taehyung to Jimin, "What is it, Jimin?"

Jimin has noticed how being apart affects both of you, and he has a plan. "I have an idea. Come with me if you want to live." He grins at how perfectly the line from the Terminator movie fits in this situation. He stands, taking Yoongi by the arm. "Come on. Follow me if you want to spend time with Lanne."

Yoongi is confused about what Jimin could possibly do to help him spend time alone with Lanne, but he follows him anyway. Jimin enters the men's room, and Yoongi enters behind him.

"Jimin, what are we doing here?"

"Well, first, I have to pee." Yoongi rolls his eyes as Jimin enters a stall and closes the door.

"YA!!! I thought you said you had to take a wiz, not kill all the breathable oxygen in the room!"

"Sorry, I hadn't planned this, ya know."

Yoongi moves over to the restroom window, which, fortunately, will open, but only by about two inches. He leans his head close, grateful for the fresh air.

Jimin comes out and washes his hands at the sink. "I'm sorry, hyung."

"Yeah, yeah. Now what did you want to tell me?"

He whispers his plan in Yoongi's ear.

"No way! It won't work!"

"Yes, it will. Now, you go back to the table and tell Seo to have Lanne come to the lady's room."

"You are crazy, but this better work."

Jimin grins. "Don't worry, trust me."

Yoongi returns to the table and goes to the end, where some of their staff are seated. He talks to a couple of them before speaking to Seo. Seo nods, and Yoongi goes and takes his seat. He looks over at you and winks.

Did he wink at me? Why? He has avoided me since I got here.

A few minutes later, Mr. Seo is walking down the table, stopping to talk here and there. Then he reaches you and whispers in your ear.

After a few minutes, you excuse yourself from the table and walk toward the ladies' restroom. You enter, and it's empty. You walk further into the restroom when you hear the door open. You turn, and it's Jimin.

He shuts and locks the door. "Jimin, what are you doing?" You are baffled. You were told to meet him at the ladies' restroom, not in it.

"Lanne, Yoongi wants to spend time with you-just you and him. Here is the plan."

You listen very closely as he explains it. I can't believe it. This just might work.

About 15 minutes later, you leave the restroom wearing Jimin's clothes. Your hair tucked up into his bucket hat and pulled low. Instead of returning to the table, you walk right out the door with his stride and go around the back to the SUV you rode in.

The driver and Mr. Seo are leaning against the door, smoking and talking. They see you coming and open the door for you.

"Good evening, Mr. Park. Are you ready to head back to the hotel?" You nod, and the driver goes around and gets in. Mr. Seo tosses his cigarette to the ground and twists it out with his foot.

He goes back into the restaurant, and Yoongi comes out. They pass each other as Mr. Seo re-enters the restaurant, and Yoongi goes to the SUV around the back.

Inside, Jungkook has gotten a text from Jimin. He grabs his backpack and meets Jimin in the men's restroom. With a mischievous bunny smile, he says, "So far so good. I hope this works."

With a grin, he looks Jimin over and tells him, "Nice legs, by the way. Oh, and you look sexy, cutie, lovely in that dress."

"Oh, shut up and give me the bag." Jimin grabs the backpack from Jungkook, who laughs.

"Now I know why you wanted me to carry a change of clothes for you."

Jimin slips out of the dress and into lightweight workout pants and a long-sleeved T-shirt that matches what he was wearing before he switched with Lanne. He starts to look around in the bag frantically. "Shoes, where are the shoes?"

Jungkook looks at him with large doe eyes before saying, "Oops, sorry."

"What the hell. Where are my shoes?" He keeps looking in the backpack as if they would magically appear.

Jungkook shrugs. "I may have left them back at the hotel."

"I can't wear these!" he says, looking at his feet in strappy closed-toe high heels." Give me your shoes, Koo."

"What, no! You can't have my shoes." He steps away from Jimin.

Jimin advances on him. "Give me your shoes, maknae." With the look he was getting from his hyung, he knew he had better give up his shoes quickly.

They exchange shoes, and Jungkook's long, baggy pants make it impossible to tell if he has shoes on or not. They both return to the table just as food arrives.

A/N: But what of Lanne and Yoongi? Find out in the next chapter =D