FAME GAME || J.JK [On Hold]

13| Peppermint

End of Jungkook's POV

5 PM

They all exit the room, the managers and my assistant, and my personal bodyguard who was given to me for my safeguard doesn't go away from me, "miss kim, this way." This tall and muscular man shows me the correct way to exit the hotel, all the bright flashing lights making me a little intimidated and scared about this new journey I've chosen on my own.

I look down at the floor as I make my way into the black SUV which had been waiting for just me since all the members have went to the concert long ago already with mister baram and mister hada.

"Was is a little scary? It's okay, it's no problem. I'm here for protecting you against them." Taeju sits next to me, his smile melts my heart and I imitate his expression, "thank you. It was, only a bit. I think it'll take me long to be used to the cameras."

No matter how relaxed I'm pretending to be, my heart is pounding inside my chest too hardly and I feel somewhat like I'd faint because of breathing improperly.

"It sure does. But I hope it goes easy with you." He glances out the window which blurred due to the fog, helping me feel better about seeing no crowds as the car is taking us to the concert arena. "Have you ever been out of your country?" Taeju puts his eyes back on me but gives a soft look, contradictory to his siren eyes. "I haven't. I only travelled to one city from the other, sometimes."

"Hmm," he lets the peaceful silence surround us, successful in calming me down in his own techniques which I figured out just some seconds before only. His words really did happen to ease me.

Six months later

Jungkook's POV

4 PM

"Stop it, you asshole." Jimin pants, throwing the dumbbell down, "you've done enough, dude, stop!" He pulls me down the treadmill, switching the machine off and then walking right up to me. I lay down on the floor, my head spinning round and round, still comprehending if I should exercise more or take a small stretching break.

"You should also do more, make muscles like I've made. You look too slim to act this powerful." I lick my lips that are chapped and dried, and I get up, going to hada who gives me the bottle of mint flavoured water, not unbothered of the fact that his eyes aren't leaving me.

"Damn," giving my attention to the one who demands for it, I see his hands in his thin hips, but he shoots daggers at me with his gaze that isn't actually that intimidating, "you really have grown too big, uh? Is this the way to talk to me, your big brother, the one who always cared for both of you like you were my literal kids, eh?! Taehyung, this goes for you also!"

Not sure if I can laugh at this or not, I remain poker face and turn to check on the other dude who got scolded also because of me. "Man," taehyung stops doing his workout to sigh, "I just stepped inside and I've been scolded already...."

I stay on my spot but find it amusing how the oldest one and the middle one is now arguing while I'm out of the fight that started because of me. Once I find the opportunity to escape, I get out of the gym and go to the room where rumiko is, probably working again without taking breaks. "Hey, I hope I didn't bother you." I peek through the chink as I didn't fully open the door to let her privacy remain as such. She drags her gaze up from the computer screen, but a smile illuminates her small face, "no, it's no problem. I wasn't working anyways."

"Eh, then what were you doing?" Keeping a hold on my racing heart, I still pant but make sure to not seem restless, and I step inside the room which is our studio. "I was gaming for a while, before I start interpreting new ideas again."

She slides over to the left to let me have enough space to sit down on the other chair, "have you finished your gym time?" I focus on her face, noticing her eyes glancing down at my torso. "Yes, I was gonna go shower but then I thought to stay here for some time and discuss about the song." As soon as I mention this, she opens some files in her computer, getting me to look there at the screen without any effort. "Wow, the tone this has is beautiful. Nevertheless, it matches the idea of an eighties' romance. I like it."

More than satisfied on seeing the whole concept of our song brought into a single page, I smile to cheer this cute girl who still isn't aware of what wonder she has done. "Uh...what?"

"The mapping, you've marked everything and made important pointers for the ideas and the words, then the things to include in our music video; it's all so much easier now that it's this way. And that apparently wasn't your work, but you did it anyways, even if unknowingly, and it's going to help us be more sure of what we need to do and aim for."

She's a true artist, has every qualities of being one of a kind of director. "Really?" Some delight curving up her red lips, I find this heartwarming and answer her back with a nod of my head, "yes..."

"Well," rumiko shrugs, resting back and leaving a long exhale of relief I can feel in my chest too, "then I guess, I can rest now." Concurring to her own sense of achievement, she finally sees a way clearer, focusing back on me in a soft way. "You can, you deserve it. You've worked well." I put my hand on her face to cup the side of it gently, not touch her anywhere else, the soft glint in her eyes sparkle brighter now when I'm gazing back at them, she gives a sweet smile.

"You also need to rest, you must be tired from the exercises. Where's jimin and taehyung? Are they finished also? I kind of wanted to share this with them, but since you asked first, I show it to you."

I drift my hand off her, having liked the way it felt to good in my trembling hand as the rush of blood inside my body still hasn't calmed down totally yet, "they were fighting like cats and dogs the last time I saw them, now I don't know..." The heat controls me and rises the temperature of my body, making me uncomfortable and sick. I grab my bottle before having a look on rumiko, "I'll be back in an hour so open that presentation you made and be ready since jimin and taehyung will also be with us."

She gives me a confirmation through a nod, being obedient, still managing to melt me every time, "sure thing."

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