Rogue Hearts | PJM ✅

Chp. 17: A Cheshire Cat Smile

Dallia's POV 🌼

"Oh fuckity, fuck..." I cry when I start to trip, and the sheets of music slip from my fingertips as I reach the parking lot at work.

I'm able to straighten myself into an upward position before I hit the pavement. Although it's a beautiful summer morning, it is also breezy, and the wind picks up the sheets; white papers dotted with black musical notes begin to scatter in all directions.

"No, no, noooo!" I whine with a chuckle. I can't help but have a sense of humor about the ridiculous situation that is unfolding before my eyes.

I drop my bag on the ground as an SUV carefully navigates around me and into a parking spot, but I don't have time to look at who it is. I know it is not one of my students, for I don't have any lessons until later. I'm running around grabbing at pages while some slip away on whisps of wind.

"Dallia! We'll help you!" I hear a voice call out. Tae hops out of the driver's side of the car and jumps into action.

"Thank you!" I yell while running around like a wild woman.

"Ooooh, there are so many!" I hear a familiar voice yell. I look up to see Mr. Worldwide Handsome himself, joining in on my ridiculousness. I only have a moment to look at him, but he is even more handsome in person than he is on screen.

"This is insanity!" I laugh. "Thank you, Jin!"

I have no time to go through the pleasantries or try and pretend I don't know who Jin is. I resigned myself to the fact that I'll be meeting all of Jimin's members at one point or another, knowing they are Lily's close friends. Jimin told me that they were all like family and come to the Rogue Records building regularly.

Another vehicle pulls into the spot next to Tae's parking spot, and I hear Lily's familiar voice from behind me. "Oooh, what is this game? I'm in!" she yells gleefully, and she immediately joins the hunt laughing heartily the entire way.

"Darling, please be careful!" I hear a deep voice call out as an exasperated Yoongi jumps out of the driver's side of the SUV. He leans against the car for a moment watching the chaos.

"You know you all look like a bunch of idiots. Is this an episode of 'Run BTS'? The rules seem iffy enough to be..." he snickers while picking up a sheet that rolls by him like a tumbleweed.

After a short while of continued chaos, I finally stop to catch my breath. "Oh my goodness, I think we got them all!"

"Well, that was fun!" Lily laughs while handing me the sheets she has collected. Yoongi walks out into the parking lot, grabs my discarded bag, and carries it to me.

"This must be yours. I almost ran it over, but luckily I saw it at the last minute," he says matter-factly. "You must be Dallia. I'm Yoongi; my fiance has said many nice things about you."

I melt at how he says my fiance, it is so adorable how much pride I can sense in him. I've never witnessed someone beaming with this much adoration for another human being, and I love that it is for Lily.

"I am. It is so nice to meet you," I smile. "Sorry about the bag. I tripped, and my sheets fell out of my hands...and well you saw what happened," I laugh while I bow in thanks and take my bag off his hands.

Tae and Jin approach with amused looks and piles of paper in their hands. "Thank you both so much. I'm so embarrassed," I smile along with a chuckle.

"The music was dancing on the wind, wasn't it?" Jin smiles brightly, and I giggle in reply.

"It certainly was, and this definitely is not the way I thought I might meet you," I blush.

"It's okay, I'm Seokjin, you can call me Jin...well, you already did, but you can again," he laughs good-naturedly.