The artist and his muse (Namkook)

Chapter 2: Hectic

"Indian subcontinent??!!"

Jungkook exclaimed out checking the information on Google as it said that Indigo is cultivated widely in India, the original colour is available, but it will take a lot of time and money to purchase the same online.

"What's wrong?" His sister, Soyoon asked out seeing the questionable expression on her younger brother's face.
"Noona, the indigo colour shade that the stubborn artist wants is available in India!"
"Go to India and get it." She mocked at her brother's misery as her beauty sleep got disturbed.

"Noonaaaa! Please help me out!" That's Jungkook's signature line whenever he is in trouble, he knows his sister is there to help her out.
"I know someone from the quality department who's visiting India next week for an office trip. I can ask him if he can get it for you."
"Oh noona! You are the best sister in the world."
"Stop with the buttering. Let's come to the point, what are you getting me with your first internship stipend?"

"If you can bring me the indigo dye, I will give my entire stipend to you. I have been trying since two weeks, but he keeps rejecting every shade."
"How is he in real life? Never seen or heard of him in personal life."
"He looks like a giant. Tall, muscular body, his eyes are like what you can call dragon eyes. I get so scared when he looks at me if I didn't do the assigned work correctly."
"Does he scold you?"
"No, but still I get scared of his aura."

"I guess he is just a perfectionist, Kook. But why did the agency assign an intern as his helper? I mean you will get to learn a lot from him, but he might need someone more experienced."
"I don't know, but the stipend is not bad, so it's fine as of now, I guess."

As words were given by a responsible sister, Soyoon was successful in getting Jungkook the Indigo dye purchase all the way from the foreign land, the price would definitely be reimbursed by the agency. Jungkook went to the studio next day in a gleeful mood.

"Here it is Namjoon hyung. The Indigo shade that might give you the perfect strokes of the petal shadows in mugunghwa."
Namjoon took the bottle in his hand and started scanning it.
"Perfect! This is the one I need. Where did you get this from Jungkook? The bottle says it is manufactured in India."
"I googled it and found where Indigo is cultivated, my elder sister's colleague was visiting the country for work, so got it for me."

Namjoon was mesmerised to see the effort the young intern had put to get what his senior asked for.
"I really appreciate that! Please tell me how much I owe you."
"Your manager already took the bill, hyung."
"Oh, then fine. He will get the reimbursement."

Jungkook kept fiddling with the pencils kept on the table as he was hesitating to ask something. Namjoon noticed the light tension in his face.

"What is it? You want to ask me something?"
"Um- I was just wondering when you will start the painting of the mugunghwa."
"I will be going to the horticultural exhibition near Bukhansan National Park tomorrow."
"All the best, hyung."
"Do you want to accompany me?"
"Yes, please!"

Jungkook grinned at the excitement as this would be the first time he will witness an artist doing a live painting.

Yesterday was a hectic
There was nothin' romantic
If I can just find a reason
To keep this endless chasin'

-Kim Namjoon

There was nothing romantic about painting a bunch of mugunghwa flowers, nothing romantic about finding the perfect indigo shade. It was all part of the hectic schedule that goes around in their lives. But, finding a reason to keep this schedule going in a loop, was worth of the imaginary romance that was blooming inside the heart of an artist.