For the Love of Joon

Chapter 3-Open Mouth, Insert Foot

When I am finally able to return to the dressing room, both Eunji and Joon are knocked out. They are cuddled up on the couch together. I pick her up, and Eunji wakes up immediately.

"I will get her things together and meet you at the hotel." She tells me.

I grab her Koya and head out to the hallway. Barry meets me.

"Here, give me your walkie and earpiece, and then go."

"No, I still have lots to do."

"No, you don't. I will take care of everything. We will miss you around here."

He reaches to touch my face, but I step back. We went on one date a while back, and it was just awkward. Well, for me, at least, he kept trying to get me to go out with him again. He drops his hand and sighs.

"I wish we had more time for us."

"Barry, don't do this. There was never an us to have more time for. I told you, I just can't think of you as anything more than a friend."

Someone calls his name from down the hall, and he turns and leaves. I turn to head to the car and see Namjoon standing at the doorway of the dressing room, having seen the entire exchange. I give him a tight smile and go to walk past him.

"Are you on the same flight in the morning?"

"Yeah."

"So you will be traveling with staff to the airport? Has Sejin assigned you security yet?" He asks, looking from me to her and back.

"No, we are actually going to go on our own and then just find our seats on the plane. I worry about the fans and the crowd with her. I don't want her to get scared or something happen."

"Ok, goodnight then."

I walk past him out to the Uber waiting for us and head to the hotel.

Namjoon POV

I take a seat in the dressing room and relax for a minute before I have to change. When Sejin comes in, I call him over.

"I want to talk to you about Mel and Joon."

"Namjoon, things are going to be fine. She can juggle both. She has been doing it here for years."

"That is not what I want to talk about. I watched her tonight, and clearly, she is good at what she does. I want to ask about security. Do you have security in place for them?"

"No, I haven't talked about that with her. Why?"

"We need to get some in place. Put one of our security or bodyguards with her until we get back to Korea and can hire someone. You know how our fans can be, and I don't want anything to happen to them, like at the airport or something. When it gets out that we have a female manager, things might get...you know how they can be."

"Alright, I will see who we can spare, but I am not leaving a hole in the security for you guys."

"We are grown-ass men. I think we can handle ourselves. Also, I want them with us on the plane. Manager Kim always flew in first class with us, and I want them to be treated the same."

"I will get their tickets fixed first thing in the morning. Anything else, oh powerful leader?"

I just roll my eyes at him and get up to change. Once we have all changed and are loaded up, we head back to the hotel. We pile in the elevator, exhausted, and head up to our rooms. I say goodnight to everyone and am just about to walk into my room when I hear a little voice. I turn around and see Mel and Joon turn the corner into the hall. Joon has on pajamas, and Mel has on a pair of baggy sweats and an oversized tee. Her hair is piled on top of her head and she has no makeup and glasses on. She is absolutely beautiful. Joon is carrying an ice bucket in one hand and her new Koya tightly in the other. Mel must sense me and looks up, pushing her glasses up on her nose.