The collaboration is a resounding success, and afterward, life settles into monotony without any promotions to lift it up.

Jennie spends most of her days practicing her routines, and binge-watching videos of Yoongi’s performances. She still watches a lot of Jimin’s dance videos too, but less often than she used to. She doesn’t think about why that is.

Yoongi isn’t a bad rapper; not as polished as the rappers in her company, but not bad considering he hasn’t had to undergo the same brutal training as them. She finds herself watching and re-watching his videos, wondering how he would have sounded if he had been YG to start.

She puts her fascination down to curiosity—that’s all, she’s just curious. She’s a hip-hop-biased idol in a pop-flooded industry, of course she would be curious about any other idol rappers besides herself.

So when YG mentions the possibility of a rap collaboration with Bangtan’s rappers, she immediately agrees. She tries to look innocent when he studies her with a beady gaze, and sweats when he reminds her of the company dating policy.

But despite his suspicions, the old man sets up another collab between Jennie and one of Bangtan’s rappers. Jennie nearly screams when she finds out Yoongi has accepted the position.