The Assistant

Chapter Two

She swung herself around in her chair, arms crossed, trying to stare a hole through Namjoon's computer.

"Are you ready to leave now?" She asked.

"I told you I'm not leaving. It's getting dark, so please get home before then, because I don't want you walking home alone after dark. If you don't get to moving soon, I will be pushing you out that door and locking it until 8 am tomorrow morning."

Morrigan knew he was joking, but he almost looked serious.

"But I get here at 7." She whined.

He shook his head in response, making her go back to being stubborn. She made a commitment to Namjoon when she took this job and now it was her responsibility to care for him for all Armies. He looked over his computer at her with a pointed eyebrow. She crossed her arms tighter and stared back at him. Silence blanketed the room and the staring contest went on for some time until the door to the studio was thrown open and Tae appeared. Morrigan flinched at the change in the atmosphere and again when Tae shut the door a little too hard.

Namjoon noticed this as he did everytime. He always worried about her and wondered but thought it was none of his business and refused to ask.

If she wanted him to know she would tell him.

Namjoon turned his attention to Tae, who abruptly interrupted their staring contest.

"I have interrupted and I will now leave." He said, slowly exiting and propping himself against the door outside.

His outlined figure shadowed against the frosted glass. Namjoon's attention drew back to Morrigan, who hadn't moved, even her gaze locked on him when he faced her once again.

"I'm not moving from this spot until you agree that I'm staying with you tonight or that you'll go home." She said.

He thought for a moment. Maybe it would be okay if she stayed for one night. It would give him some company and maybe she would open up to him more.

"Fine," he groaned, pretending to not be okay with it. "You can stay."

Morrigan did a victory dance as Namjoon called for Tae to come back into the room. When he entered, he gave a weird look to the pair.

"I'm not going to even ask but everyone's going back to the apartment but Hobi hyung and Yoongi hyung. Are you staying here?"

"I will be staying for the night. I have some things I still have to take care of. Tell Jin hyung to drive safely." Namjoon replied.

"Okay see you tomorrow! Bye Morrigan noona!" Tae said as he left, making sure to close the door softer this time.

Tae was one of the only other member Morrigan was close with. He would come into Namjoon's studio and sit with her when everyone else was busy. She didn't really know why, but she didn't mind, he was good company. She usually spent the time helping him translate messages from English speaking Armies and reading things he found that they had posted. Namjoon also didn't seem to mind because it was what she did for him anyways.

Most of the other assistants spoke only Korean except for her, Dae and Hobi's assistant who spoke Japanese as well. The other assistants knew other languages but Morrigan could never remember who knew what.

Morrigan continued to reply to until 9pm, which was the time she gave herself to stop answering, even when she was home. She was still learning to set healthy boundaries, due to being unable to have them in the past. This was only the beginning to the long recovery she had to go through.

Namjoon continued to yell Morrigan's name until she finally came back from her thoughts.

"where did you go? I've been trying to tell you to stop working for about 15 minutes now."