Wanting and Having

Ten: Reaquainting

~ Taehyung PoV~ 

Seokjin hyung had managed to have the documents drafted up in an hour or so. His office in California was already brokering a lot of the bookings and visas for this trip, so it was easy to draw up something with specific enough language that a disclosure release would hold up. 

It's not that I didn't want us all to have more agency and freedom, but I had been blackmailed, harassed, and threatened and watched each of us go through the same enough to really depend on the accountability of a well-constructed contract to keep my family and me safe. I would do anything to keep us safe. 

I found that I was tense, and my shoulders and neck were incredibly tight from all of the travel, stress, and confrontation of today. Jimin and I had rested okay, but he woke up restless and has a way of filling the room he is in with his feelings until you are overwhelmed. When I came out for breakfast and Namjoon had barrelled in, we had just been waiting for him to eat. 

Now that everyone had eaten and Jin and Yoongi had gone to explain the plans for our temporary stay here to the production team and smooth over the mess Namjoon had left in his wake, we all broke away to shower and get ready to leave and explore the tiny village. 

Hoseok had managed to get Charolotte's personal messaging information from her when he walked her out this morning, and apparently had a standing invitation to join her this afternoon for a class she was teaching at her place of work - Sigma Lodge -  or something like that. This caused its own stir. It wasn't that he had messaged her, it was the reactions of the others that made for entertainment. 

"Could you ask if we could all join her there for whatever she is doing? I'm feeling really caged up already and need to leave this room or I'm going to start climbing the walls" Jungkook asked earnestly.

Hoseok wasn't going to gatekeep anyone from joining, he wasn't the type to exclude us to get something for himself, but no one seemed to feel like pressing him since he told us he was going to contact her to make plans. The look on Namjoon's face was one of appreciation and a keen interest in Hobi's response.

Yoongi and Jin had her business information, email, and cell number. But we were going to wait to send her an electronic contract until after Jin spoke with her in person. 

"So, should I drive us over to this place, or not?" I asked. I spent the most time driving in the mountains, and the weather had cleared enough for the roads to be plowed. I don't think I had ever seen so much snow in my whole life before. 

"Yea, that sounds like a good idea TaeTae." Hobi responded warmly. "Charlotte hasn't responded yet to my message, but she had invited me to meet her at 4 pm to do a class she's teaching. Why don't we get our luggage out of the trucks and set up our suites, and then we can head over after 330?" 

"I'll go get the luggage from my car with Jin Hyung, Namjoon and Jimin can do the car you guys were in?" I asked, intentionally giving Hoseok the option to go or not. He looked so green last night that I was bracing myself to catch him in case he passed out before we had checked in. He would have done the same if it had been me who spun off the road.  

Hoseok seemed unphased and leaped at the chance to help and we headed down to grab the gear. Yoongi took Jungkookie and went by the production suite to get them to help with their gear and to mitigate us having to connect directly after Namjoon's interaction earlier. Space was the best way to stay professional sometimes. 

We went to grab our jackets and headed down the elevator. When we stepped outside, it was like walking into a snow globe. Every surface was covered in snow, the light reflecting off it like millions of diamonds. The sky was deep blue and cloudless, like the storm of last night had never happened save for the enormous swaths of snow banking around the tiny village square. 

I pulled on my gloves and headed toward the first vehicle pulling the keys from my jacket pocket and unlocking it. The Lincoln was covered in more than 10cm of snow, and as I got close enough I began brushing it off with my arms, Namjoon and Hoseok doing the same on the other vehicle. I caught Jimin's eyes as we cleared the snow, and I could tell that he couldn't wait to get outside in snowsuits and play. We made light work of the group's luggage between the five of us. Leaving the production equipment for Yoongi, JK, and the team.