HYBE's new intern

Chapter 34

June 1st, 2021

Maia's POV:

I had a very early morning meeting with my team to discuss new products for 2022. My day was packed, right after the meeting I had a class to teach for a 'secret talent'. I didn't know what that meant, I just got an email from the Big Hit Music department with the subject: special request. 

This session was requested to be done in one of the recording studios. I recognized the name of the studio right away: RKive. It was odd that I had gotten an email and that I was asked to go the studio, but I did it anyways.

I knocked on the door, Namjoon opened his studio "Welcome to RKive" he opened his arms to show me the studio behind him. Jimin was there too, he stood up to greet me. "It's not finished yet, but I'm so glad you are here" Namjoon said as he closed the door.

This is so confusing. "Hi guys, thanks!" I took a seat on the brown leather couch agains the wall. "What am I doing here?" 

"We have a special request we need your help with, but it's a surprise for ARMY so you can't tell Sophie or Anna." Jimin said as he took a seat next to me.

"But I'm ARMY too.... is it not going to be a surprise for me?"

"It can, so before I tell you details, I'd like to ask you if you are willing to help me practice a song?" Namjoon asked.

A song? "mmmmm" 

"It's ok, we just need to learn the correct pronunciation of certain words and we need someone who can tell us if they are able to understand what we sing." Namjoon continued

"Ok, I guess that being close to you guys means  I won't be surprised all the time" 

"Awesome!!!" Jimin clapped his hands.

"We decided that we are going to sing Chicken Noodle Soup, but we need help with Becky's rap" Namjoon added, he grabbed a bunch of papers with the lyrics on them and gave them to me.

THEY.ARE.DOING.CNS. My jaw dropped as the words left his mouth. "YOU ARE RAPPING IN SPANISH!?" My eyes widened, I covered my mouth with both hands, dropping all the papers on the floor. "AY MAMÁ ARMY SE VA A MORIR (T: OH MY, ARMY IS GOING TO DIE)" 

"So, you'll help us!?" Namjoon asked me. This man wasn't even aware of the fact that ALL latin-army was about to have a heart attack the moment he starts rapping in spanish. They were also ignorant to the present state my brain was on. I AM TRYING TO PROCESS THIS. 

"YES! ABSOLUTELY!!" I screamed!

"Ok, good, do you think we could start right away? we have a tight schedule this week" He continued. "Jimin why don't you call Hoba to let them know Maia will help us?" 

Jimin nodded and texted Hobi the news. After almost two hours of practice, they had to do the final fittings of their outfits for the concert. 

"Thank you so much for helping us, can we meet everyday until the concert so we can practice again?" Jimin asked me. 

"Sure!" I collected my bag and was ready to leave. I heard a loud noise coming from the hallway, It was the rest of the group who where coming to the RKive studio to hang out with Jimin and Namjoon. 

Jin opened the door and almost crashed into me, "Namjoonie, you've changed man! your hair is longer and you are shorter now!" He chuckled at his own joke. 

"Hi Jin!" I said. Jungkook rushed through the boys, getting them out of the doorway.

"Babe!!!" He came, full force, almost making me fall, hugged my waist tightly and lift me up just enough so my feet stopped touching the ground. "I didn't know you were going to be here, I've missed you so much" he said, putting me down, cupping my face in his hands gently kissing my lips. 

"I didn't either" I felt a little embarrassed that the rest of the group was there, too. "I'm helping them learn the spanish part of CNS" I explained. 

Jk's face lit up by his beautiful smile, "It sounds great, who better teacher to help them than you?" 

"Thanks" I smiled, "I need to go now, you guys have a meeting soon and I don't want to disrupt it." 

I walked out of the studio, grinning because I had seen my boyfriend. I wanted to text the girls letting them know that our theories of them performing CNS were true, but I wanted them to be surprised. Because of the new badge we got, Anna was allowed to come use the co-working spaces in the upper levels of the building. She had texted me earlier to grab lunch together since Sophie was crazy busy with TXT. So I just texted Anna letting her know that I was already on the lower levels and I could wait for her at the Lobby. 

I sat down at one of the white round arm chairs near the entrance of the office building, facing the large windows where you would see the terrace. I was scrolling through instagram when I heard someone screaming and people gasping. I turned my head to see what the commotion was about. It was Lana, she was being carried by one tall security guard who was grabbing her by the arm and another guard following them with a box full of her things. 

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!" she screamed at them, "LET GO OFF ME YOU BIG IDIOT!" she yelled at the guard who was grabbing her by the arm. 

"Lana-ssi, you don't have to make a scene. Please just grab your things, return the badge and you may go" from behind the guards, walked a tall slim lady with black short hair that ended at her chin. Her pink pant suit and white sneakers made her look effortlessly styled. I recognized her face quickly, she was the lady from Human resources that I had seen at the office before.

"No! WHY DO I HAVE TO GO!? THAT BITCH, MAIA IS THE ONE WHO IS LYING!!" Lana hadn't realized I was watching the drama from afar. I could sense the looks switching between her and me now that she mentioned my name. For the first time ever, Lana looked disheveled; her lipstick was smeared on her cheek, her white button up shirt was wrinkled. You could tell she had tucked her shirt in her shorts this morning, but at this point she looked like a hot mess. Her hair was so tangled and frizzy, it seemed like a bird's nest. 

"Lana-ssi, please stop. If you continue, the lawsuit against you could be worse than it already is" The lady spoke calmly but firmly, her face didn't even flinch when Lana grabbed her black shoe and threw it at her. 

Everyone was shocked by her behavior. The guards escorted her out of the building, as she continued to scream at them. Anna arrived a few moments later, just when everyone else was trying to understand what just happened. 

I waved at Anna as soon as I caught her eyes. "Did you hear what happened to Lana?" She asked me.

"I didn't but I saw her exit scene" I said. "She DID NOT look happy"

"I heard some people talk about it earlier." We both walked out of the building to get to the restaurant we were going to have lunch at. "Apparently, she got fired but she's also getting sued because of defamation of a public figure's personal life" 

"What!? That's crazy!" 

"I know" We arrived at the restaurant and sat down to have lunch, "she refused to be fired and to give up her badge, and that's when they called the guards on her" Anna continued telling the story. 

"WILD!" I was shocked, we ordered our food. "I'm so happy she's not at HYBE anymore, but I hope she gets a job somewhere else, because I'd feel guilty if she couldn't find a job elsewhere" 

"Maia, what are you talking about!? That girl has being using your profile to leak false information about BTS and making ARMY be against you..." 

Anna was right, I shouldn't feel guilty about this. Plus, it's not like I asked HYBE to fire her. 

The next few days were full of spanish practice with Namjoon and Jimin, BTS festa content that we watched and fangirled about in our group chat or when we got home, more facetime dates with the boys, and lots of work related meetings. We couldn't wait for the concert, we were excited to see them live, after so long!

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