The next morning, Yoongi woke up early and tiptoed out the door trying not to wake Alex. He had just shut the door and was turning to walk to his room when he ran into the guys. They stood there with raised eyebrows. Yoongi gave them a wide toothy grin.

"Morning."

Jin folded his arms across his chest, "Morning. And what have you been up to?"

Yoongi pointed his finger at his own chest questioningly, as if he didn't know he was talking about him, then turned and looked at Alex's door then pointed at the door. "Oh, you mean me coming out of Alex's room?" He put his hands behind his back and shrugged his shoulders. "You could say we made up last night, things are good now."

The guys continued staring at him as if he just admitted he was from outer space.

"Ya! No! Nothing like that! Get your heads out of the gutter. Aish!" He left them standing there and stomped down the hall to his room.

"So they're not fighting anymore?" Jungkook looked over at Namjoon.

Jimin shook his head, "He's got it so bad."

The door suddenly swung open and Alex stopped short when she almost ran into the guys. "Oh! Wow, you scared me. What are you guys doing here so early?" She peeked down the hall towards Yoongi's room.

Namjoon tucked his hands into his pockets and rocked back on his heels as he looked around the hall. Tae leaned his elbow on Jimin's shoulder, "We were looking for Yoongi hyung. We caught him sneaking out of your room." He gave her a sly smile.

"Oh, well," Alex's face was flush and she was running her hands through her hair nervously, "you see, he and I were talking last night, nothing happened, and . . . ." She didn't know exactly what to tell them.

"Is that Yoongi on your shirt?" Jimin was pointing to her pajama shirt and started laughing.

Alex lifted her nose in the air, "It is, thank you very much. Now, if you'll excuse me." She turned sharply on her heel and went back into her room and shut the door. The guys' shoulders were shaking from laughter as they headed to the suite.

Alex went and collapsed on the bed in a fit of laughter. The looks on the their faces had been priceless. She grabbed her phone to text Yoongi.

You were caught red handed

I bet you didn't get it like I did

No, but Jimin saw my shirt, I'll never live it down

LOL! Wanna have breakfast with us in the suite?

Yeah I just need to take a shower first

Me too

You know. . . .

I consider myself an advocate for preserving the earth's resources

. . . . Uh huh

We could conserve water . . . .

OK

Really?!

We'll race to see who can take the fastest shower

Annnd GO!

😒😒

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After breakfast, the group was sitting around the table talking to one another. Alex was playing footsies with Yoongi under the table when RM cleared his throat and leaned across the table to whisper to Alex, "That's my foot." Alex's face turned beat red as everyone snickered.

"So, I take it you two are good?" Ji-Hoon had been watching them all morning, relieved that the storm was finally over.

Alex looked at Yoongi and smiled, "Yeah, we're good."

"Good! I was getting upset enough that I couldn't eat." Jungkook looked relieved.

"Oh please, when have you ever not been able to eat?" Yoongi gave him a look while he slung his arm over the back of the chair.

Jungkook thought about it for a minute, "When I sleep?" He smiled at Yoongi.

Yoongi just rolled his eyes as he laughed. The guys were heading to practice soon so they started cleaning up from breakfast. Alex and Ji-Hoon were going to be editing all afternoon so they stayed in the suite as the guys were leaving. Yoongi came over to Alex and bent down to give her a kiss on the forehead, "I love you," he whispered by her ear.

"I heard that!" Jimin yelled from across the room.

Yoongi glared at him then turned back to Alex, "We're going to need to come up with some kind of hand signal for each other so we don't have to hear about it every time we say that. I'll come up with something."

"OK." Alex laughed as they walked out the door. She turned to Ji-Hoon, "So, what should we start with today?"

"Oh no, you're not getting off that easily. What happened last night?" He pushed his computer off to the side so he could lean onto the table.

Alex looked down as she smiled, "Basically, he called me out and made me talk. We both talked. Then he told me he loved me." She shrugged her shoulders and was still smiling.

Ji-Hoon nodded his head in approval, "Good, its about time." He slid his computer back over in front of him, "OK, let's work on the family episode."

"But, what do I do about the media stuff?"

Ji-Hoon looked up from his computer, he guessed they weren't done talking about her and Yoongi yet. "Well, try not to go out too much until the teasers drop. After that it won't be so bad, but, honestly, I don't think you'll ever get away from it, Alex. That will be your life from now on."

She nodded her head. She knew there was no way around it, despite her hopes that maybe, just maybe, they wouldn't care anymore once the trailers came out. This was her new world, and she was going to have to learn how to live in it.