Cotton Candy ~ PJM (BOOK 1)

04

Jimin pulled her to the other floor, where the food space was. Reaching there, the first reaction of her was a gasp, seeing how wide it was in real life. She had seen it through video calls with Jimin, but that did not show the wideness of the space. 

"Guys, my friend Choi Yurim." Jimin introduced her, taking the attention of his members, who were seated around a rectangular table.

Suddenly all the attention was on her as she firmly stood a little far, trying to match eye contact with them confidently, which she found very challenging. She lifted her hand up and waved, "Hii."

She was not sure how they would react. She had seen them in concerts and on video calls with Jimin, but never had a perfect interaction in person. Her stress relieved a little when Taehyung waved back at her cheerfully before getting up from his chair and making his way to her.

"Hello." Taehyung greeted her, and the next moment he was in front of her, staring at her intensely. Yurim noticed Jimin had already gone alone, taking a seat beside Jungkook, leaving her there to fight alone.

"Come join us." Taehyung said, holding her hand and pulling her to the table and making her sit beside Jimin, and took a seat beside her afterwards. 

"Hello Yurim." Namjoon greeted, showing a smile. His tone and smile were both gentle and polite.

"Hello, sunbae." Yurim stood up firmly, bowing immediately, showing her respect towards the older not only by age but also by the field of their work. He was an experienced songwriter while she was an intern in the same office.

"No need to be polite," Namjoon chuckled, waving at her and indicating for her to take her seat. 

Others greeted her as well, and she proposed the same respect towards each of them, specifically to Jimin's hyungs.

"Yurim, I hope you enjoy working in our company," Yoongi said from the other edge of the table. His tone was gentle but lazy. "You know, you can get promoted and work with us if you're good enough."

"Yes, sunbae." She immediately nodded. "I'll look forward to the day when I work with you."

"A very warm welcome to our workaholic world." Yoongi flashed a smile to the younger girl to make her feel at home and comfortable. He definitely noticed the stress in her actions; she seemed very firm about her body language, probably thinking of working with the best song writers and music producers in Korea.

"Thank you, Sunbae." Yurim smiled.

"Jimin, why didn't you bring her before to us?" Taehyung whined, scoffing at his soulmate. "She looks perfect for me."

His sudden remark made Yurim blush for a second. Kim Taehyung just called her perfect. That's something that could snatch someone's sleep, but that was not going to happen in her case. She knew how playful Taehyung could be sometimes since he was after all Jimin's soulmate.

"Tae, she had a boyfriend." Jimin said, lifting his head up from his phone and giving his soulmate a pitiful look.

"Is that so, Yurim?" Taehyung widens his eyes at the girl beside him.

She nodded awkwardly, "Yes."

"No wonder you're perfect to have a boyfriend." Tae complimented, grabbing his chopsticks back, which he had left.

"Yurim, how was work today? You like our company?" Seokjin asked, with a smile on his face.

"It was amazing, Sunbae." Yurim replied.

"Let me get food for you." Jimin said, patting on her shoulder for a second to grab her attention as he stood up. She gave a nod of affirmation as he walked to the food counter.