Chapter 22 – Beautiful Stars

Chapter 22 – Beautiful Stars

Jungkook stirred Jimin early the next morning.

"Hey, wake up sleepy head. We have a date today. You promised."

"Babe, what?" Jimin looked at the time on his cell phone, "It's 6am, get away from me please."

"Noooo, I can't do that. You need to get up now." Jungkook pulled the covers away from Jimin's naked body.

"Jungkook-ah! We're not going on a date at 6am. Movies aren't even open. What's wrong with you brat? Go away!" Jimin grabbed the blankets and pulled them completely over his head.

Jungkook pulled the blankets away again and climbed on top of Jimin and began biting his nipples very hard.

"Stop!" Jimin burst into laughter. "That hurts, stop it." Jimin punched at Jungkook to no avail.

"I won't stop. You need to get up now." Jungkook was laughing so hard that he could barely speak.

"Crazy person, what's going on? Why are you acting weird?" Jimin lifted his head and stared at Jungkook who was still assaulting his nipples.

"Our movie starts soon. It's an earlier showing. We need to go now. Get up or I'll start biting you again." Jungkook kissed Jimin's chest.

"I actually like the biting, BUT, I'll get up because clearly you've gone crazy." Jimin said lazily as he pulled himself out of bed.

The two got dressed and ready to go in less than an hour. Jungkook led Jimin outside to a waiting Uber.

"Jungkook, why are we going in the direction of the airport?" Jimin was growing a little anxious because it seemed like they weren't going towards any of the theaters.

"Because we won't get to the movie on time unless we fly." Jungkook said while fiddling with his phone.

"Fly! What the hell do you mean FLY? The movie theater is ten minutes from our apartment." Jimin was getting very antsy.

"Not this one. This one has a special showing that you're going to love." Jungkook shrugged his shoulders and held them while he crinkled his nose at Jimin.

The two arrived at the private jet terminal of the airport.

"Jungkook what is going on! Why are we boarding a private jet? And is that my luggage? Did you pack for me?" Jimin stood still refusing to move any further until Jungkook gave him answers.

"Yes and Yes, now move before I spank you." Jungkook laughed much too hard at himself. He was so pleased with Jimin's confusion that he couldn't hide his excitement.

"Jungkook please, tell me what's going on." Jimin began to pout.

Jungkook placed his forehead against Jimin's forehead and spoke to him softly. "I need you to trust me. Do you trust me?"

"With my life." Jimin leaned into Jungkook.

"Then go. You can take a nice long nap once we're on the plane. Once we get there, I'll wake you." Jungkook pushed Jimin along to get him moving again.

Jimin clammed up and boarded the jet without saying another word. It didn't take Jimin long to fall asleep. It didn't hurt that Jungkook had pumped him full of liquor to get him tipsy and help him sleep. Jungkook laid next to Jimin and they both slumbered for the entirety of the eleven- hour flight.

The Captain came over the loud speaker and spoke gently to Jimin and Jungkook to wake them and let them know they had arrived. Jimin was the first to stir. He looked out of the window and saw a glimpse of the Eifel Tower. It was 6pm Paris time.

"WHAT THE FUCK? JUNGKOOK! Wake up you brat. What the fuck are we doing in Paris?" Jimin was screaming. He was smiling like a swollen canary and bouncing excitedly in his seat.

Jungkook spoke groggily, "Nice, we're here. We should have just enough time to get to our hotel, change and shower before heading to our movie."

"You picked a movie theater in PARIS? What's wrong with you? You do realize that in less than five days we have to be back in Seoul to meet up with a bunch of blackmailers?" Jimin's smile was so bright that Jungkook could see every tooth in his mouth.

"I am well aware. Sergeant Kwang knows exactly where we are. If anything changes, he'll contact us." Jungkook was smiling from ear to ear. "I thought we needed a break. There was too much pressure in Seoul. It was nice going to Busan, but we needed a real break. I thought it would be fun to simply watch the movie here."

"How did you arrange this? How long have you been planning this? I'm amazed. You're fucking amazing and I love you." Jimin rattled off a bunch of rhetorical questions that he really didn't want the answer to.

"See, I can do stuff," Jungkook gloated.

Jimin and Jungkook checked into a small quaint B&B in the heart of Paris. They ate a beautiful candle light dinner in front of the Eifel Tower and then they headed to the movie theater which was a short walk away.

"We're still going to see "Beautiful Stars" right? Jimin asked.

"Yes, that was my promise. Seems like it's boring as hell though. No explosions or anything." Jungkook shook his head.

Jimin crinkled his brow, "It's a romance about two astrologists. No explosions."

"Yawn!" Jungkook stretched his mouth into an over exaggerated yawn.

Jimin paused for a moment and smiled at Jungkook, "You flew me all the way to Paris to watch a movie that you don't even want to see?"

Jungkook was quick to respond, "I flew you all the way to Paris to watch YOU, watch a movie that I don't want to see."

Jimin felt his knees buckle under the intensity of the romanticism. So much love was exuding from Jungkook. It almost felt surreal. "Oh my God. What did I do to deserve you?"

Jungkook had no answer. Instead he held Jimin's hand and they walked into the movie theater. The theater was absolutely packed. Jungkook apologized.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't think that this boring ass movie would be sold out. Is it really that popular? There are no seats." Jungkook said sadly.

"We didn't come all the way to Paris to stand during this movie. Look! There are two seats up front. Come on. It's in the second row, but we'll still enjoy it." Jimin grabbed Jungkook's arm and pulled him.

"Baby, this is too close." Jungkook whined.

"We're sitting here. Besides, there's nothing else. Now sit down and eat your French popcorn." Jimin was so happy.

The movie began and Jungkook immediately started to play on his phone.

"OH, did you see that? When they touched the rock, their hands touched too!" Jimin was misty.

"Mm-hm, lovely, just lovely," Jungkook said completely uninterested.

Another hour went by. Jungkook had fallen asleep and was snoring loudly with his mouth gaped open and head tilted back.

Jimin jabbed him in the ribs. "Wake up! You're missing the best part. They're about to get stranded on Mars together."

"Do they blow up? Does Mars blow up?" Jungkook stirred lightly at the possibility of an explosion.

"Sweetie, nothing is going blow up." Jimin was a little disappointed that Jungkook wasn't enjoying the movie with him.

Jungkook tilted his had back again and pretended to continue sleeping. Jimin continued watching. It was near the end of the last scene when something strange happened. The movie seemed to glitch briefly. It went from a full color picture to a strange black and white scene. Jimin stared in bewilderment. He looked around to see if anyone else noticed. No one else seemed phased. He continued to watch. The movie returned to normal. The next scene over, it happened again. The regular scene was interrupted by a black and white clip that had been inserted over the movie. Jimin saw his face flash across the screen. He let out a horrific scream.

"Jungkook wake up! Oh My God. My face just flashed across the movie screen." Jimin said in a panic.

"Jungkook moved a little, "What? What are you talking about? You're seeing things Jiminie. Clean your glasses please." Jungkook closed his eyes again.

"I know what I saw. Oh My God, what's happen…" Before Jimin could get the words out, his face was on the big screen again. It was a scene of him walking through the botanical gardens in Japan. Large blossoms from a Japanese maple were falling into his hair. Jimin screamed again.

"Did you see that?" Jimin hit Jungkook as hard as he could. Jungkook jumped up. The scene was back to the regular movie again.

"Jungkook, something is happening, we have to get out of here," Jimin was in full panic mode.

"Baby, you're freaking out. What's wrong?" Jungkook was growing concerned.

Jimin began to stand up, "My face keeps popping up on the screen."

The screen began to glitch again. This time the screen never returned to normal. Jimin was standing at the top of a mountain in Dubai. He stood there stoic as he watched the swirling sand dunes. The next scene, Jimin was standing in the snow and large snowflakes were falling on his face and into his mouth. The next scene, Jimin was laughing as he walked down the beach in Saipan. The next scene, Jimin was on stage dancing to "Fire" with explosions all around him. The next scene, Jimin sat meditating on the beach under the full moon.

"You see this?" Jimin was yelling, "Why am I on screen?"

"Because it's where you belong," Jungkook said calmly.

"What?" Jimin was in full melt down mode, he couldn't understand why Jungkook was so calm.

"I said, it's where you belong," Jungkook smiled wide and bright.

A quartet arose at the very top of the theater and began to sing. Jimin spun around to see them all huddled together singing, "I need you". The choir sang another two versus until they were replaced with another group. This time, twenty more people were standing, facing Jimin and singing "Ocean Eyes". The second group continued to sing until their voices were drowed out by a third group of about seventy-five people who sang "There for You". The different choirs were now all singing together. Jimin looked around and over 150 people were standing and serenading him. His video continued to play on the big screen in the back ground.

"They're singing all of my favorite songs." Jimin said absent mindedly.

The last group of about one hundred people stood up and joined the rest. They began singing Serendipity. The song was broken perfectly into five harmonies along the pentatonic scale. All of them, now over two hundred people, were serenading Jimin.

Jimin's head was cloudy. He couldn't process what was happening. How did a full chorus of over two hundred people end up in a movie theater? Why were they singing to him? Why was there a video of him playing on the movie screen?

"Jungkook-ah, do you see this?" Jimin turned around to fetch Jungkook. He froze. Jungkook was knelt down before him on one knee holding a 5ct diamond ring. The entire choir crecendoed to "Just let me looooove yooooooooooou". Jimin's mouth dropped open. He stared down and Jungkook. His eyes bulged widely and he stumbled back and fell into his seat.

"oh baby," Jimin whispered as he put his hand up to his mouth. The choir had stopped singing.

"Park Jimin," Jungkook said quietly.

Jimin popped up from his seat and whispered to Jungkook. "Oh baby. Oh baby say it. SAY IT!" Jimin began bouncing around excitedly watching Jungkook's face.

Jungkook smiled and began to laugh, "Park Jimin. Will you marry me?"

Jimin screamed, "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!" He launched himself full speed into Jungkook's chest knocking him completely over. The entire movie theater erupted into cheers and applause. Jungkook righted himself and got back to his knees. Jimin dropped to his knees in front of him. Jungkook removed the boyfriend ring that he had given Jimin five years earlier and replaced it with his new engagement ring. The theater erupted into cheers again.

"I love you, I love you, I love you, I'm so happy and I love you." Jimin was showering Jungkook with kisses.

Jungkook stood up and spoke to the crowd, "And thank you to all of you, the Claye Vocale Choir of Paris. I couldn't have done this without you."

The choir erupted again and gave themselves a round of applause.

Jimin stood in absolute astonishment, "You hired all of these people?"

"Yes. I needed some props to fill the movie theater. Why not use a choir?" Jungkook was so excited.

Jimin continued, "And what is this movie?"

"It is the ultimate GCF. It goes on for another two hours. It's ten years of your footage that I felt was most beautiful. Thank goodness I had already finished it before my memory card was stolen. I paid the movie theater owner to let me play it towards the end of the film. I rented out the entire place, so he didn't care. Now enough of your questions. Let's go." Jungkook grabbed Jimin's hand.

"Now what? I don't think my heart can handle any more Mr. Fiance." Jimin grimaced as the words Mr. Fiance came out of his mouth.

"Mr. Fiance? That's terrible, let's work on that. We're on our way to do some sight seeing. We're here for another two days and we're going to make the most of it. We're going to see Paris as an engaged couple. The fun is just beginning. HEY!" Jungkook yelled to the choir. "I think we need one more song. Make it special." The choir immediately broke out into an acapella version of "Euphoria".

Jimin laughed and laughed. He held on to Jungkook's arm tightly as they exited the theater to begin their Paris adventure.

The engaged couple spent two days in Paris sight seeing, shopping, eating and making love. They celebrated their engagement sparing no expense. On the morning of their scheduled departure, Jungkook had the private jet, fueled and ready to go. They boarded as they prepared to travel back to Seoul.

Jimin could tell that Jungkook was feeling anxious about going back home. He held his hand.

"This was amazing Kookie. I will never forget this."

Jungkook smiled and gave Jimin a kiss on the forehead. "I'm so happy you enjoyed it Jimin. All I wanted was for you to have a good time…and be my fiancé of course." Jungkook smiled but there was emptiness behind it.

"Jungkook-ah, I need you talk to me." Jimin braced. He knew what Jungkook was going to say.

"I'm nervous about making the drop tomorrow." Jungkook admitted.

Jimin looked firmly in Jungkook's eyes, "I'll be right there beside you. We're doing this together. You said yourself, Kwang has this under control. It's going to be quick and easy and then this will all be behind us. I'm sure Jackson will be texting us the time and drop off location any moment now. We got this."

"We got this." Jungkook repeated.

Jimin held Jungkook's hand and kissed each of his fingers. When he got to his ring finger, he said, "Oh, I get to chose a new ring to go here, don't I?"

"You do." Jungkook smiled. "I DO." Jimin said as he smiled back.