"Joon's Dia"

(Chapter 53: They're Here For You)

It was really nice to enjoy the show especially as a fan and as a girlfriend. I was so proud of Namjoon and the entire band as a matter of fact. I would see them watching me and smiling. Especially Jimin and Suga. I think I made a positive impact on them too. But I remembered Yoongi's words about influencing Namjoon concerning his work. The guys trusted me but I still didn't know his manager or CEO. I thought about his staff and when I thought I could've trusted T, I realised I was just a passing leaf for her. Well at least she thought so.

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We were backstage a few hours before the show was about to begin. I looked at T. She was busy doing her job making sure everything was right for not just Namjoon but the other guys too. What I liked very much was that none of the members treated her differently and just continued as normal.

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Jin came and sat next to me and gave me a hotdog and a bottle of juice. "Thank you," I told him.

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He smiled at me, "Sorry it isn't a fancy dish like what you're accustomed to."

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I smiled, "No this is fine. I've made quite a good few hotdogs, hamburgers, pizza and lots of junk food in my time. My brothers are junkies for junk food."

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He smiled, "I can see how important family is to you. Condolences on losing your nephew. I only recently heard."

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"Thank you. We miss him so much but thankfully we have a lot of memories of him. His mom is just trying to keep busy to not keep thinking about it."

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"We all deal with grief in our own way."

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"Speaking about dealing with things, how's the plans for the enlisting going?"

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Jin sighed, "Well, I will certainly miss all of this and being with my family but I'm ready to serve. Actually I was ready a long time ago but when we came out with 'Dynamite' our international popularity soared and they thought it best not to do anything to part the group."

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"Hmm... I thought with the COVID outbreak that you guys might've gone in then. You know to serve during a time when there was less things to do."

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He shook his head, "Nah. That time was when we released 'Dynamite' plus my friends who served during that time said it was actually more work for them. Soldiers are front-line workers so they were assigned all over the place and that made them more susceptible to getting sick. The virus hit us pretty hard here. What about your country?"

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I nodded, "We were fine at first because we had closed our borders early but when the opposition leaders complained and tried to make it look like our government was putting our country in prison, that's when the virus started to spread. It was really bad and many people died, especially our elderly. It was a scary and sombre moment. I'm thankful that we're sort of living a normal life again. My family prayed for this."

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"Do you all do that often? Pray, I mean." He looked at me and I held his hand.

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"My family and I are devout Roman Catholics. Before COVID, we met once for the month at the different family households. When we were on lock-down we met online almost every day. So now that things are a lot better, we meet once a week both online and physically. A lot of people would ask us to pray for them too. It's a wonderful tradition that my family developed and I hope it will continue for our future generations."