The Assistant

Chapter Twenty Two

Today was the day of the VLive. Morrigan was sweating. What if they hated her?

She was going to be watching social media like a hawk after this live and wouldn't stop watching it until the popularity died down.

Namjoon had kept her thoroughly distracted last night with the movies and cuddles, but now she panicked, checking her outfit in the mirror for what felt like the millionth time.

"You look beautiful, don't worry." Namjoon said from behind her.

His hands found her shoulders, gently rubbing her for her, relaxing her slightly.

Everyone met in the living room and took two big vans to take everyone altogether. When they got to BigHit, they entered the same conference room they were in yesterday. This was going to be a quick VLive, the guys could choose if there would be a more personal one on their solo accounts if it was demanded by the fans. This was to strictly show faces and say names. Everyone was instructed to not give out any information about the work they did, because it wasn't allowed and went against their contracts.

Conveniently, those contracts were being resigned soon, which Morrigan just went along with even though she knew it wasn't even close to the time they would be needing to resign. Something else must be happening and she was going to make sure she read through the whole thing before agreeing to sign. even if it meant losing her job here due to something being in there she didn't like. She was sure this thing she and Namjoon had going on wasn't strictly because they worked and lived together. No, not anymore this was definitely more than that.

She brushed aside the stress of going over the new contract and focused on the live. The assistants were pulled away after about 15 minutes to give the spotlight back to BTS. It didn't matter, the fans were obsessed with the idea that there was a possibility of getting close to the guys, if one of them for whatever reason needed an assistant again. Which Morrigan didn't see happening. Everyone seemed to love their jobs and nobody ever seemed stressed at all.

The live went on for about another hour, before ending and Morrigan was immediately refreshing the trending tabs. Everyone was. They were all desperately searching for a positive reaction to the news.

They thankfully received just that.

'Welcome to BTS' became trending seconds after the live ended, featuring bloggers posting every assistants face, next to a little bit about them including their name, age and who they worked for. Other hashtags were also trending, taking over platforms with content. Fans were demanding more lives with the assistants.

Morrigan quickly put together a VLive schedule for each member and their assistant to have some time to further introduce themselves. Things seemed to be turning around for the better and she couldn't have been happier in this moment.

She scheduled Namjoon's VLive last and had one going on each day, so she could rest more which Namjoon would be very happy with. The fans were concerned with her condition and happy to see she was okay, since the media hadn't been able to get to her.

Namjoon and Morrigan went right back to her bed as soon as they got back to the dorms to finish the rest of the twilight movies.

"What did you think of the movies?" Morrigan asked as the end credits scrolled by on the screen.

"I don't know if I have any words just yet." Namjoon replied.

He gave her a kiss gently on her forehead, which she returned but to his lips. Their kiss deepened a bit before Namjoon pulled back.

"You're supposed to be taking it easy." He frowned.

"The doctor said for the first few days, it's well past that." She frowned back.

"I'm serious."

"Me too."

He looked at her with a pointed eyebrow, sighing and kissing her lips less gently than before.

"there you go, no more." He laughed.

"Namjoon!" Morrigan scolded.

She knew he was hesitant not only because of her injury but because they agreed to take things slow. She couldn't help but push him. He ended up giving in and kissing her again.

"Not yet, okay?" He asked quietly.

"I agree." She smiled at him.

They went to bed the same as they did last night, in each others arms.

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The morning came and Namjoon woke before Morrigan. He decided to sneak out of bed and make breakfast for her. He made a spread that his mom would make him when he was a kid. He hoped she liked everything and that it tasted good.

He saw her finally deciding to make her way into the kitchen, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Morrigan has never been a morning person, but she always committed to being at the studio early, just like him. He appreciated things like this even more knowing she did it just for him. All he was thinking was he couldn't wait to continue growing with her.

He made her a cup of coffee and they sat in silence eating together. He watched her carefully and listening to her noises of approval. He felt a sense of accomplishment swelling in his chest.

After breakfast they went to their separate rooms to get dressed for the day. Namjoon wanted to go to the studio and go over his next album one more time before approving it to be released.

They climbed in Morrigan's car and Namjoon queued up his new music. He heard a few things here and there he wanted to fix and made note of them as Morrigan drove on.

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"Would you want to try to have that picnic again after our live?" Namjoon asked.

He had just finished his final run and set it off for approval.

"Would it be safe for us to do that"? Morrigan asked.

She was looking over her planner.

"I would make it safe." He said with an smile.

"And how would you do that?"

He thought for a moment before replying. 

"Well, I would have at least four bodyguards with us. They would be hiding and just keeping an eye on our surroundings and our safety, they wouldn't be reporting back to anyone at BigHit. It would have to be later in the evening and not around lunchtime like we wanted originally, at a time when the park isn't as busy."

"You really did think of everything." Morrigan smiled. "Sure I would love to have an after dark picnic with you." 

Namjoon smiled to himself and waited patiently for Morrigan to finish her work so they could head back home.