The Assistant

Chapter Four

It had been a bit since Yoongi and Dae left the studio and Namjoon looked over to see Morrigan curled up in her office chair fast asleep. He found a good stopping point and went over to her. He gently nudged her and picked her up carefully. She stirred a bit and mumbled something Namjoon didn't understand. He just assumed she was still sleeping and laid her on the couch. It was only until he tried to pull away that he realized her fingers were intertwined behind his neck.

"Morri.." He said.

"You need sleep." She mumbled.

"I will later."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

She released him and he grabbed a blanket to cover her with. He glanced over every so often to make sure she was still sleeping peacefully. She had a small smile on her face so whatever she was dreaming had to be good.

Morrigan's dream started out with the second plane ride over. Everything from that day was sped up, like watching a movie at times the speed. In her dream, things slowed down at her first Korean job, a small coffee shop. The dream continued at normal speed, going in slow motion towards the end.

She was working at the register when a man slightly taller than her appeared.
"That was a very bad thing you did. Locking me in jail for just playing with you."
She let out a scream with no sound, because in Morrigan's dreams she never dreamt that she could speak, in her dreams she was mute.

The man continued "You signed a contract Baby girl, 'I can do whatever I want to you'. Don't you remember that?"

The man reached out a hand for her throat and she slammed her eyes closed.]
When she didn't feel a hand she opened her eyes to find Namjoon staring back at her.

"Oppa..." she whispered. 

"It's okay, I'm here." he said, shushing her.

Namjoon picked Morrigan up and placed her on his lap. She curled up and tried to come up with something, anything to make that worried look go away. She was left speechless.

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to but I'm here to listen if you need to talk about it." He said quietly.

You know k-pop idol Kim Namjoon. She reminded herself internally. You don't know the real Kim Namjoon. They could be two different people.

Then without realizing, she had made herself go completely numb to her emotions. It was a defense she learned while living in America. She looked up at Namjoon and smiled.

"Just a silly dream. I'm okay now. I'm sorry for disturbing you." she said.

He brushed off his emotions as well and tried to match her smile. Something seemed off, but he decided it was best to not question it and he would know if he was meant to know.

"You didn't disturb me, I was just about to sleep." He said.

"You can sleep here then, I'll be up for a bit."

"Are you sure?"

He fought the urge to ask her to lay with him. He didn't want her to feel stuck if she actually couldn't sleep. They sat for a moment, until she started to slowly wiggle away.

"If you do get tired again, please tell me to move over." He laughed.

She giggled and responded "Okay."

Morrigan got up from the couch and flipped the rest of the lights off. She turned on some colored lights that were wrapped around her desk, looking around for approval. Morrigan was scared of the dark.

"If you need a light to be on, that one's good." Namjoon nodded.

When Namjoon finally got comfy and his eyes closed, Morrigan grabbed her phone and searched for Dae's dm.

'I know you're probably sleeping but I just had another nightmare about him'

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Yoongi sat with Dae cuddled against him. They had finally gotten to sleep and Yoongi was still working. To Yoongi, he didn't mind Dae sleeping like this because she took up less space than Jimin who would do the same thing from time to time. Yoongi knew that he had to continue to get this song done.

Dae slept through 99% of the production process with only a few noises waking her. Yoongi had done a test of all the noises and had a sticky note on his computer of which to avoid while Dae was asleep.

One of the phone screens lit up beside him and out of confusion, he instinctively grabbed it and read the message. Guilty, he looked down at Dae to find them snoring lightly. He shouldn't have read that.

'I know you're probably sleeping but I just had another nightmare about him'

He observed Dae's phone more as the words ran through his head. Of course this wasn't his phone. The lock screen photo was him at a fan signing. Why would that be his lockscreen cover? He thought for a moment about what to do, knowing it was none of his business but this was a cry for help.

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Namjoon's phone started buzzing and Morrigan looked up with wide eyes.

"It's okay I wasn't sleeping yet." He said, calming her.

When he got to his desk the caller ID made him pick up immediately.

"Hello?" He said into the phone, while giving Morrigan a 'it's okay' smile.

"Hey, is Morrigan with you?" Yoongi asked quietly.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well don't make it too obvious, but is she okay?"

"I think so, why?"

"You and I need to discuss a few things, not now though. Please check on her again. Trust me."

Namjoon gave a confused look as he pulled the phone away and saw Yoongi had hung up on him.

"Yoongi. I get random calls like that sometimes when he's lacking inspiration. When he finds it, he hangs up."

Morrigan laughed slightly which quickly turned into a yawn that she tried to cover up.
"Come sleep next to me, you're tired."

Morrigan sighed. "But this is your space, I can't just take it over."

Namjoon laughed and stuck his hand just below his collar bone on his chest.

"You take up this much room." He said motioning with his other hand the space between the hand on his chest and the floor.

"Please come lay down with me." Namjoon asked.

His face turned into a pout and he stared into Morrigan's eyes. Morrigan ground and tried not to look back at him. His dragon eyes almost seemed to be staring straight into her soul. She growed a second time and did a slight bratty stomp to the couch, plopping down hard.

"Fine, I'm here." She said in a bratty voice.

He raised an eyebrow but ignored her tone.

Do not react. Do not react. She's your assistant.

Namjoon swallowed his current feelings and walked over to the couch.

"Here I come." He said as he tackled her into cuddles.

She giggled and he laid his head on her chest. She stroked his hair as both quickly fell asleep.