freckles

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"Author!" Jungkook breathed as he ran down the hall, seeing her office at the end of the hall. "Author-oh." He stopped after he opened the door. Claudette, Jin, and Hoseok looked over at him.

"Oh hey Kook." Claudette smiled. "Come join us."

"Author isn't coming?" Jungkook asked, walking over to the couch as told.

"I'm sorry Jungkook," Hoseok said softly, wrapping his arm around the youngest's shoulder. "It's... complicated."

"I'll explain more once everyone gets here." Claudette looked down at her tablet. "She put me in charge for today."

"Having off days has been weird." Jungkook sighed, putting his feet up on the coffee table. "I loved filming the chapters."

"I miss it too." Jin agreed, his arms crossed, sat beside Claudette.

"She kinda just, disappeared," Hoseok mumbled, looking off to the side.

"Sorry I'm late guys." Namjoon walked into the door, tossing his bag onto the table before joining everyone on the couches. "Author coming?"

"I'm afraid not." Claudette sighed again, gesturing to the couch. "We're just waiting for everyone else at this point."

Namjoon didn't say anything, just doing as told. Everyone came fairly quickly, sitting on the couch, waiting impatiently for the last of them all to come.

"Listen!" Jimin announced, the last one. "I got stuck in traffic!"

"You used that excuse last time Park!" Yoongi exposed him, Jimin laughing.

"But this time is true!" Jimin jumped onto the couch beside Taehyung. "Why would I purposefully be late for this meeting?"

"He has a point." Jungkook whispered, Jimin nodding with a smile.

"So," Taehyung clapped his hands. "Where's Author at?"

"Yeah," Jimin nodded, looking at everyone. "I miss her."

Everyone looked towards Claudette, the one Author put in charge for today. "Well, where do I start?" She rubbed the back of her neck. "She told me everything kinda just went in slow motion for a while. And then all of her friends kinda left her. And then her depression spiked up a lot." Claudette read off the tablet, no smile on anyone's face. "She said she's been trying, but nothing is really helping. But she did say she got a really cool box... That, was her highlight since she stopped writing."

"Well then we should be with her!" Hoseok exclaimed, raising his hands. "We should be cheering her up and helping her through this all!"

"Oh, about that." Claudette looked down. "Her parents are like, really bad right now as well. Like... I don't even want to say what they've done." No smile, again.

"Well that's just another reason why we should be with her." Jungkook narrowed his eyes. "I already hate her father enough as it is. We shouldn't leave her alone with him!"

"She said things will only get worse if we go over." Claudette sighed softly, turning off the tablet. "But she said she really wants a chapter out, just a little something." Claudette held out the tablet. "Who wants to write?"

Taehyung's hand shot up, Claudette narrowing her eyes.

"Not you."

Taehyung's jaw dropped. "Why not??"

"I don't trust you." Claudette chuckled, looking to everyone else. "You told Author to shave my head!"

"As a joke~" Taehyung sang, batting his eyelashes, Claudette unimpressed.