Her Astronaut

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Seokjin let out a loud audible sigh as he plopped his body down on the leather couch in their artist lounge.

The last thing he wanted to do was come into the company today, especially with the current mood he was in. It was that type of day in which he just wanted to be left to his own vices to mope and distract himself at home.

Lo and behold, his morning gaming session was cut off by messages from Namjoon and Soo-Young, along with a phone call from BangPD requesting all the members come to the company for an urgent meeting.

He decided to show his displeasure by not properly dressing up. He proudly walked in donning his bright & bold Louis Vuitton jersey ensemble, his FILA slides, and his hair messy - as it was when he rolled out of bed.

His current mood was IDGAF, aka JinHit.

Although FESTA was officially over and they had filmed all the comeback stages, their promotional schedule for PROOF wasn't fully over as the performances had yet to be aired. It was agreed for them to hang tight until Friday, then they could disperse and fully begin chapter two.

Namjoon was planning on leaving for Europe over the weekend, Hoseok was in the process of preparing for the promotions of his solo album and the upcoming announcement, Jimin was planning to work with PDogg to get his own solo project off the ground, Tae was getting ready for his Paris trip, Yoongi's focus was completing his album, and Jungkook was enjoying downtime with no schedule.

Seeing that at the moment Jin did not have anything in his own schedule, he was enjoying the time off.

This meant he was going to game until his body gave out. Although he did have some golf sessions with some of his actor friends and dinner plans with the celebrity chefs he had been collecting recently.

He just wanted to take it easy until he could figure out what to do next.

Initially, his plans were to begin the enlistment process as soon as the PROOF comeback promotions had finished. Since they had just announced this next chapter as a group through their FESTA dinner video, he felt it would be a good time to fulfill his military obligations. Especially since he would prefer to enlist in the warmer summer months.

Even though they had already announced plans for the Busan concert for the World Expo Bidding, Jin still planned to enlist that summer.

This knowledge hung like a dark cloud over the group. Each of his younger members constantly trying to convince him to hold off since the concert in Busan would give them one last chance to perform in Korea in front of ARMY. Especially since PTD Seoul was heavily restricted in every aspect.

As he had to enlist by the end of the year due to the current law, Jin was resolute in his decision.

If he held off enlisting until after then, it would push his enlistment date to early winter since it wasn't scheduled until late fall. He wanted to avoid that at all costs. The last thing he wanted was to undergo basic training in the frigid winter months.

After the FESTA dinner was filmed, he slowly began to second-guess this decision. A large part of him wanted to avoid a winter enlistment while a small, yet convincing part of him felt he should reconsider. Jin knew how much it would mean to ARMY to have all seven BTS members together again. Although ARMY didn't know it yet, it truly would be the last time all seven of them would perform together on stage until after all their military obligations were complete.

Most of all, it would give him extra time with Nova before he left.

Unfortunately, that in itself was a double-edged sword.

Jin desperately wanted to take advantage of all his remaining time as a civilian by spending it with Nova. However, she was currently in the process of seeking treatment from both Dr. Choi and Gavin. One helping with her ADHD and the other working with her to properly grieve Jenn's death. She had even gone as far as to take a leave of absence from work in order to focus on her mental health.