AGAINST THE WORLD //JIKOOK FF

CHAPTER 1

Jungkook sat in his studio going through a song his hyung sent him. They were preparing a new album and he had about three songs he had to make a demo for. He massaged his neck and decided to take a coffee break.

He walked out of his studio and headed to the breakroom which was two floors down and got coffee. As he was heading back up, his phone rang from his manager's call.
"Come to conference room C. Emergency meeting."
"I'll be right there." He hung up as he waited for the elevator. He got in and pressed the 25th floor.

He found everyone else already seated. Bang PD was seated at the head of the table, their manager and another man next to them. He wondered what the meeting was all about as he sat next to Jin and placed his coffee on the table.

"Now that we are all here, I want to inform you about some changes in your upcoming Fila campaign. This is Choi Bin, he's a Chanel manager." Bang PD said pointing to the unfamiliar man. "Fila is partnering with Chanel for this project so they will bring two of their own models for it."
"We are collaborating with them? We've not partnered with anyone before." Namjoon said as he stared at Bang PD.

"I know but for this, we don't have a choice. It's a good change Namjoonssi."
"Our models are really good at what they do, you don't have to worry about a thing." Choi Bin said calmly.
"The campaign was moved to this weekend to suit the time frame of the models." PD Nim said.
"Wow. How arrogant can they get." Jungkook mumbled taking a sip of his coffee.
"You'll swallow your words when you meet them, Kook," Sejin said with a chuckle. Jungkook found that hard to believe. To him, models were so full of themselves.
"I kinda agree with Jungkook. I mean we have to reshuffle our schedule to accommodate them." Yoongi told them.

"You won't reshuffle anything, they didn't want that. They understand you are busy so the shooting will be after your schedules. My models aren't insensitive," Choi Bin said standing up, "I'll get going now. Thank you for your cooperation." He bowed and left the conference room. Jungkook stared at the door shocked, he didn't mean to sound rude or anything but it seemed the manager was offended.

"I'm sorry," Jungkook said softly. PD Nim raised his hand to stop him.
"Don't do that. I was sceptical about that idea at first but Sejin and I got to talk to the models themselves. We have to know who we let near you and they seemed like good people."
"It's fine. We trust you." Jin said.
"You can get back to work now." Jungkook still wasn't sure about them. He didn't like or hate models in general but his hyung, Jin, had dated a model before and it ended so bad. He'd hate to see any of his hyungs by these unknown models. He got back to his studio to work on his music.

The week went by really fast. He was busy with recording demos and so far he had about five of them. Every time he went home he felt so lonely. Being home was boring him to death so he mostly stayed back at the office till he was exhausted. They were currently with their choreographer doing some steps for their already completed song.

"Take a break, everyone." Hobi said.
"Oh thank God. Thought we wouldn't have one," Jin said with a huff. They sat on the floor taking their water.
"You always want a break."
"Cause I don't like dancing that much."
"It's because you are so old," Jungkook whispered.
"Aish this kid. I'm your hyung." Jin shouted popping some veins. The others laughed.
"That's enough. Whose schedule is packed tomorrow? Mine only has a mentoring session with some trainees," Namjoon said.
"Same here," Hoseok said.
"Kook and I have some production work but we'll be done by afternoon," Yoongi said.
"I don't really have much to do, I have a live to do," Jin said.
"I'll let Sejin know, he probably knows already."

"Are we really okay with working with these models?" Hobi asked them. He had worry lines etched on his face. It was understandable since the last time they all dealt with one, he had hurt their hyung so badly making him lose his confidence. Jin had fallen into depression for a long while and it had affected all of them.

"PD nim said they are good people so we have to trust him," Jin finally said. They were all looking at him.
"We thought San was good too. I don't know how I feel about this." Yoongi said suddenly.
"San was just a bad decision on my part. We are working with these models professionally, don't judge them before we even meet them."
"Okay hyung," they said in unison.

"Taetae," Jimin whined as his best friend finished packing his clothes.
"What? You need this stuff, what if you meet a hot guy to date."
"We are going to work."
"We are also taking a break over there. The fashion shows are next month so we have two weeks off."
Jimin pouted, "I don't want to date, you know this."
"Just because you got burned once doesn't mean everybody else is the same. You will find the perfect man for you and I'll be here for it."

"What about you?" Taehyung joined him in bed.
"Remember some time back I had a crush on this cute band member?"
"BTS? They are the only group you spend all your free time on. Was it Suga?" Jimin said rolling his eyes.
"Yes. So they are the band we are working with, do you not read your contracts?"
"You and Binnie hyung read them thoroughly."
"Minnie baby..."
"Baby bear please don't give me that talk now," Jimin whispered. Tae nodded and hugged him.
"Get ready then. We have two hours to be at the airport. Bin hyung will pick us up from the airport," Tae said as he headed to the door.

They lived together in an apartment in New York City. They hadn't always worked together, they were at different modelling agencies and Jimin had fallen into the wrong hands, the wrong manager. By the time his parents knew what was happening to their son, the damage had already been done. That was back in Seoul. They had cancelled his contracts and moved him to the States where he reunited with Taehyung. His parents didn't want to take any bets on his future so they partnered with Taehyung's parents to buy a modelling agency where their sons would be safe. It took almost a year to get Jimin to walk the ramp again.

He sighed and got out of bed heading to the bathroom to have a shower. He got rid of his clothes and got in the shower cubicle. He took a quick shower and dried himself. He walked out of the bathroom and entered his closet to find some clothes. He took a Chanel-branded white T-shirt and some black slacks. He dressed quickly and put on some boots. He took his phone, AirPods, charger and wallet and placed them in his small sling bag. He used his signature mild spray, took his green jacket and pulled his luggage out of his room. He took it to the front door. He heard Tae pulling his own luggage and saw him as he entered the living room walking to him.
"Ready?" he asked and Jimin just nodded. "Our driver is already here, let's go."