The Assistant

Chapter Eight

Namjoon took Tae's intuition as a warning, picking Morrigan up the next morning. Morrigan was happy to see him as always, but the sudden change of pace made questions come into her line of thought, distracting her, which Namjoon picked up on.

"Something troubling you this morning?" He asked.

Morrigan took a pause before answering, "You're picking me up in the mornings now, why?"

Namjoon had to think of a reason, and not the real reason, he didn't want to worry her.

"I can handle myself against anyone trying to hurt me, I hope you know this." She said,

"What are you talking about?"

"Some of the other assistants have been followed home."

"No trust me, that's not the reason."

He could say his second reason even though he didn't want to admit it yet.

"What is it then?" She asked.

He paused. "Well you see, I wanted to get to know you better. In the studio we're both very business focused, which is nice, so I wanted to have this time to get to know you, who isn't always stressed over my schedule."

She laughed. "Namjoon I'm constantly worrying about everyone and everything."

Namjoon didn't know if he should take that for what he wanted or just accept the general comment. He thought the conversation dropped until they were inside the studio.

"Besides my sibling and the rest of Bts, you're the thing I care about the most." Morrigan said.

Namjoon blushed. "What about yourself?"

"Of course I care about myself, but I don't love myself yet. I'm just very content with my own presence."

Namjoon knew the feeling of just being content with yourself and nothing more. As Army grew, like they were doing rapidly now, he grew to love himself more seeing how much they loved him.

"Come here." He said.

She finished what she was writing and walked over to his desk. He turned, opening his arms, still sitting. Without thinking, she gladly curled up in his lap. His mouth came close to her ear.

"I care about you as well. I want to show you the love and care you bring into this room, into mine and Dae's lives, because I know you mean the world to them."

Morrigan hid her face in his chest to conceal the red making its way across her cheeks.

Wait. I'm in Namjoon's lap.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" She asked with concern in her voice.

"You? Yes, if you're comfortable please stay."

Morrigan snuggled in and Namjoon started to work again. He worked without headphones because Morrigan was sitting with him. The only word coming to his mind was

Finally.

Finally she was sitting with him. Finally he was holding her in his arms. Finally he came to terms with his feelings. Finally he realized that he might be in love with her.

Namjoon didn't realize Morrigan had fallen asleep until the door to his studio opened. Jin and his assistant Jae entered, quietly.

Jae's eyes landed on Namjoon's lap where Morrigan was sleeping. Jin followed the gaze and his eyebrows raised.

"First I see Yoongi and now you, why can't any of you listen? Namjoon you're supposed to be the leader of this group and here you are acting out? On the other hand this is very cute but you have to understand how unprofessional this is!" Jin shouted.