What was I so afraid of
That I had to hide my true self

The concert in Chicago was a great success. Finally, the group could recoup until it was time to go to the much-anticipated show in Los Angelos. The maknae-line was particularly excited about the sights that they dreamt of seeing.

BTS was wrapping up the U.S. leg of their Episode II: The Red Bullet world tour at their home-away-from-home - Los Angeles, CA. Suga called LA his second hometown.

Eager ARMY fans queued up outside Club Nokia as early as 10 PM the night before to guarantee a great spot at the sold-out show. By the time the hot summer's sun reached its peak the following day, hundreds of LA ARMY were camped out and sprawled across the Nokia Plaza, as far back as the neighboring Microsoft Theatre.

There were such a lot of excited ARMYS that it confuse passersby who asked what the huge line was for and was surprised to learn that it was a "Korean hip-hop group." A priceless reaction.

Some of the young girls found out that three of the Hyung lines received their Soulmarks. How they found out remains a mystery. Some even hope to bond with one sometimes during ARMY meets.

The whole concept of the RED BULLET TOUR- was standing up or rebelling against the authorities that restrict your freedom. It started with a revolt in a dystopian classroom.

The message of BTS is about not conforming and expressing your individuality.

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Even with their tight, exhausting tour schedule, the boys were nothing short of outstanding, and their dance breaks were perfect... Once the show began, the whole venue was lit up by the sea of official Army Bomb light sticks.

The members showcased their unmatched teamwork and professionalism as they sang, rapped, and danced almost non-stop. They kicked off the night with "N.O" and "We Are Bulletproof Pt. 2," both ARMYS were jumping up and down, literally shaking the floor of Club Nokia. They continued with their hip-hop streak and performed "We On" and "Hip Hop Lover."

It was indeed an emotional time for the Bangtan Boys. The ARMY was full of energy and cheered and showed them high support.

The crowd sang excitedly along and cheered constantly. The vocal line was magnificent, and the Rap line blew the American public away.

Jhope was his happy and cheerful self. Indeed a ball of sunshine. They even let the crowd be involved by talking to them.

They played rock, paper, and scissors and Jungkook lost. He had to show the crowd his" AEGYOS" cuteness. Suga showed his cuteness, adding another light-hearted moment.

Rap Monster was his charismatic self and spoke fluent English, making the crowd goes wild. He had a phenomenal stage presence, and he knows how to work a crow.

Jimin even showed his abs. Jin was just laughing softly, keeping his discomfort in his freezing fingers. The pain was somewhat unbearable, but as a true professional, he kept it in.

V -Taehyung would ask him now and then if he was ok when he saw how Hyung would rub his fingers in discomfort.

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The group was so cute when they closed the concert speaking English. The crowd found it endearing.

It was a happy group who went back to their hotel after the best moments on stage. They love their LA ARMY who made them feel so welcome.

Management booked the boys and their crew in one of LA's best hotels, The BEVERLEY WILSHIRE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL.

It was one of the most luxurious hotels they have stayed in. They will leave for home for a few days and had then back to Mexico.

When they entered the reception hall, they received a lot of attention from the guest, looking excitedly. The boys were friendly and smiled and were polite to the guests.

Jungkook and Jimin were just amazed at their hotel and were bickering and battling until Namjoon told them to stop being like 3 years old; the older and youngest maknaes just roll their eyes at their leader Hyung.

Jimin chuckled." The American girls are scorching...like their summers."

Taehyung shook his head," Typical Jimin behavior...stop checking out the guests."

Jungkook, with a dry voice," What's new V-Hyung? Jimin, small eyes always get bigger when girls are around."

Jimin shoves Jungkook and he almost toppled over Jin, who looks a bit peeved at the chaotic group," Stop it, you two...where is Sejin...what are we waiting for?" They all sat around the reception lounge chairs. Only the three maknaes are standing and laughing.

The management checked out their rooms first to see if no overzealous fans are hiding in their cupboards, under the beds, or bathrooms. They had a lot of scary close encounters with Saseang fans. So they want to make sure there aren"t any in LA.

Taehyung and JHOPE had a scary encounter when they saw a video of them with a saseang lurking in the background.

Jungkook looks apologetically at Hyung," So sorry, Jin-Hyu...." until his eyes grew wider when he saw one of the most beautiful girls looking at him a few meters away with a cute smirk on her face.

Jungkook blushed redder than ever and smile shyly at her until recognition took place. OH MY GOSH...It's her...

Everyone around Jungkook watches his eyes and face transformed into beaming sunlight.

Jimin frown." What's wrong with Kookie...he is stiff as a statue!"

Taehyung chuckled loudly," look at your 3'o clock."

Jimin was confused," Huh!"

Jin looks with interest at where his stunned maknae is looking. His eyes grew wider at the sight of his maknae, checking out a beautiful black girl standing a meter away from him. No one said a word. He and the girl is just looking with broad smiles at each other. No one of the other bodyguards notices the silent exchanges between the two.

Jin shook his head," OMG...kookie is falling in love right in front of us without a soul mark...?

Jungkook got to his senses and blush when he looks at his Hyungs, looking amusedly at him. After that, he just stood up casually and moved to where the girl is standing.

The other Hyungs took notice of Jungkooks antics. The maknae-lines jaws dropped. How in the world did Jungkook get the courage to walk up to a strange person and a girl? He is scared of girls. What the...

Yoongi looks at Jin-Hyung with wide, surprised eyes," please tell me I'm dreaming, or that fish I ate for lunch was doctored!"

Jhope laughs very loudly," No, Hyung...I think Jungkook was drugged...but I don't know the name of the spell or portion."

Namjoons jaw dropped when he saw Jungkook and the girl all smiling. She is beautiful. They can attest to that.

Jimin is too flabbergasted at this," Kookie...' he whispers yelling for his attention cause they saw Sejin and a few managers come out of the elevators.

Taehyung also got life," Jungkook!!!" he whispers yelling.

Jungkook frown and look at all his Hyungs, looking at him with shock and stunned eyes. They can't fathom or believe their eyes in what they are witnessing-the confidence of their maknae in the presence of a said girl who is silently beaming up at him.

Jungkook pov.

Jimin shoved him unexpectedly into Jin-Hyung, who was seated and candidly talking to Jhope and Yoongi -Hyung when he notices one of the guests a few feet away.

He looks apologetic into Jin -Hyungs irritable eyes and apologizes. Mid-sentence, he saw her...O MY GOSH...It's her. No, it couldn't be.... He stood frozen at the blatant beauty of the girl. Wow, she is beautiful, mesmerizing, and hot... He couldn't care less of the surprised gasp of his Hyungs.

Everything stood still. Time and space. And him...

She had her colored sunglasses on, smirking at him with sparkling eyes... Without any thought, he moves toward her, shocking the Hyungs around him. He couldn't register the shocked voices of the older maknaes. He wants to talk to this girl.

He stood in front of her, and both of them smile sincerely into eyes of each other.

"Hello Oppa! "she said with a big smirk on her face as she looks at the annoyance of hearing her saying that to his face.

"Hey, I'm not your Oppa"! he snapped back, smirking.

She chuckles softly," How so, you begged your whole ARMY to call you Oppa in Boy in Luv..." she looks at him amusedly through her colored sunglasses. Slowly taking it off.

Jungkooks eyes widen in recognition. His breath hitched in his throat as he locked his eyes on her mahogany brown ones. Forgotten emotions swirl between them as their souls bonded without the touch...or soul mark.

They smile and beam at each other.

Until a hand was grabbing his arms and dragging him back to the group with force...his eyes wide at the sudden invasion. The girl put her first in her mouth, giggling, and blow him a sweet kiss as her mom beckons her to join her. Jungkook deflates as he saw her give him a quick look, wordless mouthing something, and left the hotel with her mom, who looks at the group with a frown.

Back at the group, Jimin was berating Jungook," What the hell, Kookie...you know the rules you cannot just go up to any fan like that...here is Sejin and the other management. What if-"

Jungkook just smiles sheepishly and just waves Jimin off," Yeah yeah...I get it..point taken...move on."

Yoongi frowns," Don't disrespect your Hyung, maknae... Jimin is right...do you want to feature in tomorrow's tabloid?:

Jungkook looks at his Hyungs, "I'm sorry...it won't happen again."

Jin shook his head," Since when can you so confidently talk to girls...do you have a secret girlfriend at school that no one of us knows about?" he raises his brows at Kookie, who became instantly nervous at the piercing looks of the Hyungs and amuse one of the maknaes.

Jhope chuckled," he was entranced, mesmerized with that girl."

"I'm sorry ok,...here is Sejin, let's go to our rooms. I'm tired" Jungkook fakes a yawn.

Namjoon furrows his brows," This conversation is not over."

"Like hell, it is," Jungkook mumbles silently. Taehyung, who stood near him, burst out in laughter. Jungkook is a defiant little teen. They forgot that he is still 18 going for 19 . The Hyungs raised him; that is why,

Namjoons eyes narrow at their youngest," Repeat it?'

"Oh, nothing Hyung," he said, flustered, kicking himself mentally. Yoongi and Namjoon-Hyung don't take it lightly when he sometimes shows a little disrespect. He and Jin like to bicker a lot. Once a taxi driver was under the impression that Jin and Jungkook are twins because of their constant bickering,

"Who is she?" Jhope asked with interest; it makes it more interesting cause it's Jungkook.

"Umm, no one?' he said dismissively.

"She didn't seem like no one?" Jin retorted back.

"er..." Jungkook looks helplessly around for help...

Their bodyguards and management were immediately around them to take them up to the room floors. Jungkook was exhaling out of relief, but he knows Jimin and Taehyung will never let it slide, not even the Hyungs.

He will not break a branch...by letting them in.

They found out that it was the HOTEL where A movie shot a PRETTY WOMAN restaurant scene.

The oldest Hyungs. Jin and Namjoon Hyung shared a suite with an interlinked room. The group meeting always takes place in Namjoons' suite or his depending. These are all the Hyung- lines room.

Jin's hotel room.- Jin couldn't wait to go and rest. He told the Hyungs and Sejin to excuse him for the night, and He feels a little weary after the concert. So he'll just order something light, shower, and get ready for bed.

He quickly answered calls and text messages from his family and some idol friends back home who want to know how their show had played off.

J hopes' room

Suga "Yoongi's room.

Namjoons' room

The rest of the boys went for dinner. They are all very excited. The hotel management congratulates them on a successful US tour. Namjoon is a little concerned about Jin-Hyung.

He didn't look well after the concert. Yoongi informed him that Jin-Hyung's soul mark has started to act out, and Jin is very nervous and a little apprehensive about meeting his soulmate. He wants to please his parents but doesn't like them to arrange a marriage for him.

His older brother Soek-Joon called him and told him that his parents had dinner with one of the associates and their daughter and that his mom liked this girl. He is glad he got his soulmate before his parents got any ideas.

When Jin was still in high school, these girls gave him scary vibes with their open flirtations and clinginess. His parents even put him in an all-boys school for middle and high school away from his dad's business partners' daughters.

The boys and their management enjoyed a delicious dinner, and the maknae-line was busy interrogating Jungkook about his unexpected encounter.

Namjoon and Jhope wanted all the details.

'Spill the tea, Jungkook," Namjoon looks at their cute Maknae, who is fiddling nervously with his cutlery.

"Why do you want to know Hyung? She was pretty...I just wanted to greet them and ask her her name", said with a whiny voice. Jimin and Taehyung look surprised at him.

Jhope shook his head with an air of disappointment," You must understand our concern and shock, Kookie... you were never interested in girls. They made you nervous, and you usually ran away, so we are just surprised at this new development in your life."

"Yeah, Kookie, since when are you so free with girls...I honestly thought you were gay," Jimin says nonchalantly.

Everyone looked shocked at Jimin, wide-eyed and dropped jaws

Jimin looks innocently at the Hyungs and shocked maknae-line," What?' he throws his arms dramatically in the air.

Yoongi rolls his eyes heavenward," Jimin!!! Jimin", he clicks his tongue in his grandpa- mode as Jungkook looked narrowed eyes at Jimin, who ate some of his cheesecake as if he didn't utter any shocking statement.

"Urgh, come on! It didn't cross your mind?... Kookie's aversion to super sexy girls that want to rip his shirts off..." he waves his hands in the air gesturing the effects of a ripped shirt dramatically.

"Omg, Jimin," Jhope burst out in laughter.'

"I can't believe you guys!! "Jungkook looked betrayed at Jimin.

Taehyung smirks," Jimin is a pervert, don't mind him, Jungkook. You surprise him today that you have more courage even than me to walk up to a stranger girl and talked to her without stammering and stuttering."

The Hyung line just smirks discreetly at the shocked face of Jungkook.

"Ok, first of all, I'm not gay, thank you, But seeing as you are dying of curiosity, I'll tell you. Her name is Zendaya Rhimes. Her mom owned a dance studio here in LA." Jungkook uttered in annoyance.

"So you do know her?" Namjoon looked peeved.

"Sorry, Hyung, yes, I do know her. Before I debut in BTS, I was supposed to be a dance trainee, so Bang Pd send me to the USA to train at a dance academy, remember?" he looks at the Hyungs for them to recall a time before his debut when he was away for a few weeks.

Jhope clapped his hands," Ok, I remember...but didn't something happen here in America about a dating scandal. Bang PD wasn't impressed. You making headlines before debut."

"We were both in the same dance academy. She and three friends of hers were training dance steps for a Disney pilot program called "Shake it up." we met at the workshop." Jungkook explained to the other clueless members.

Namjoon furrows his brows," Did you cause the dating scandal with her"

"Well, we didn't "date"...we just like to hang out. She was an up-and-coming actress, and paparazzi were starting to get interested in Disney actors' lives for dating scandals, etc...so they took a pic of us in an ice cream parlor. It was in the tabloids. Luckily management sorted it out, and Band PD brought me back to S.Korea to complete school. "Jungkook looked at all of them when realization sank in.

"Ok, so Zendaya is the girl who causes all those debacles in 2010", Taehyung smile teasingly," but the way you looked at each other seems you know each other more than just friends,"

Jungkook played with his tongue in his mouth," Er.. . we er... tried the dating game for a week...but I was too shy and awkward, so we decided just to be friends. We stayed in contact until that previous manager, we all loathed  confiscated our phones."

"That evil butt-head ruined my life..." Yoongi seethed softly as he thought back to his debut days.

Jimin pats Jungkook on the shoulder," Good for you, kookie, at least you got further than Taehyung, who couldn't have the courage to ask the girl he liked out on a date not even personally but on the phone"

The boys chuckle and tease a blushing Taehyung and Jungkook mercilessly.

Taehyung chuckled," Yeah, ok, no big deal."

The boys smile and reassure Jungkook that everything is ok. At least management didn't get wind of their encounter. The next day management arranged for the boys to go on sightseeing. Jin was very excited after a restful night. His soul mark didn't act out, and he could sleep well.

They went for an early breakfast on the terras and left afterward. They went on Rodeo Drive and bought cute stuff at designer shops. Jin and Jhope bought bags and purses for themselves and their family and travel bags as carry-ons at Louis Vuitton. Jhope also bought himself jewelry at Cartier. Jungkook and Taehyng bought platinum couple ring sets for themselves. They wore both of their new rings in both hands; Jungkook said one of the rings would be for his soulmate one day.

They walk around Beverly Hills. They went to BALENCIAGA and GUCCI, indulging themselves in new footwear, and clothing. Taehyung, Yoongi, and Jin love the brand. They also got clothing pieces for their siblings. Jhope wanted Alexander Mcqueen designer wear he bought a cute dress for Ji-woo. Jimmy Choo's sandals for his mother. Jimin bought clothing and accessories for all his family members and a Prada bag for his mom. Namjoon purchased a beautiful necklace and bracelets for his sister and mom an a dress ring and cufflinks for his dad.

They went to visit some signs at the Lilypond. They ate some sandwiches and good burgers at a GRILL AT THE ALLEY. Some of the fans were super excited to spot them, and numerous photos were taken by fans. Mature ARMY'S respected their privacy.

Jin was very excited to spot a Sprinkle ATM that sells cupcakes. He bought designer cupcakes for everyone. He took selcas and had an EATJIN segment telling ARMY about their exciting find.

Management took them to museums to look at a big Greystone Mansion and its Gardens. Taehyung took a lot of photos for his new account for his photography projects. He took pictures of Jungkook and Jimin.

A/N: Another update for my Jin-stans. Thank you for loving our fake maknae.

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