The Arrangement (BTS MYG x ofc, complete!)

The News

Hours have past since she returned from the museum, and it's hours after the breakfast she ate alone in her room. It's closing in on the time she knows he needs to leave for the stadium for sound check. He will be awake soon, if he isn't already. In her mind, he could be pacing the floor trying to figure out how to get rid of her without confrontation, or he might have already planned everything so he can just disappear to the stadium and not see her ever again. Her heart sinks at the idea of it.

Her luggage- his luggage she borrowed- is still packed and leaning against the empty wardrobe, just in case. She packed and unpacked her bag to find her Grandmother's locket, but had no luck. She thinks she may have left it in Yoongi's suite when she was there before he arrived to read and have some tea. She doesn't want to disturb him to ask to look for it, but she is not going to fly home without it. He has to understand that much. Maybe, she can look for it after he leaves for the concert.

Her phone alerts on the nightstand behind her and she reaches across to get it. Yoongi is awake, and sent a text with two simple words, absent of any hint of emotion.

'come over'

She frowns, wondering if this is it, if this is the moment he tells her she's going home. If it is, at least she does get to see him one last time, and she knows that Namjoon knows how she really feels about him. She never said those words to Yoongi, but maybe someday, Namjoon will tell him. Maybe he'd tell him he missed an opportunity to connect on a deeper level, and have more than just a 'once in a while' thing, a general release of tension, before he scurries away to avoid facing any real feelings. If she's going home, she's going to tell him that's it for them, she will forget him. She sighs heavily, thinking of how difficult that will be.

If she's not going to be sent home, and he wants her to continue the arrangement, then, she has to have the conversation, the one she's been rehearsing all day. She can't go on as before, she can't deny how she feels. She stands up, straightening her clothing, and her hair, suddenly feeling uncomfortable in her own skin at the idea of seeing him again, of facing what happened yesterday, and of saying those words to him, words she has never said to any man. She's not sure if she can bring herself to do it.

Rather than enter the suite, as she always had done, she knocks, softly, feeling awkward as she glances behind her to the two doors to the rooms of his security team. She wonders if they're inside the suite already, waiting for her, in case things get heated and they need to make sure she leaves him, quickly, with as little emotional pain to him as possible. Her security, Jongdae, is really his security after all, and he would always look out for Yoongi's best interest. She isn't naive to that even though she feels close to Jongdae, she knows he will protect Yoongi. She listens for voices inside, but can't hear anything through the heavy door.

He pulls open the door, but he doesn't greet her in the doorway. He turns immediately and walks back into the suite with the phone against his ear as he speaks to someone. She closes the door quietly, feeling like she's definitely been called to the principle's office, and she stands still, waiting to be invited further into the suite. He sits down on the couch, and looks over at her, surprised at noticing that she's still standing at the door. He looks up at her curiously, pausing his conversation a moment, as she tries not to meet his eyes.

"I'll call you back later, but I want it done quickly," he says to the mystery person on the phone before he sets it aside.

Soo Ah is sure now that this is all part of his plan to send her home, with no time to argue. She glances around the room but realizes that they are alone, no security waiting to escort her out of his life. Yoongi puts the phone down, setting it aside on an end table. He watches her, shifting her weight uncomfortably, and, he wants to say more, but he holds back, and keeps his words direct, to the point.