i'm yours

twenty five

four months later

Minduelle walked into HYBE, a big backpack on her shoulders, an even bigger bag in one hand. She held up her ID badge to the front desk man, him smiling as a warm greeting, already recognizing her.

Minduelle hummed to herself as she walked to and then up the stairs, taking her time, enjoying the music in her earbuds. Some lovely orchestra music from Tchaikovsky. It was a wonderful way start to her day.

Immediately after she wakes up, she plays orchestra music throughout the Alexas in her house. She opens every blind, makes her bed, washes her face, feeds Deiji, and eats breakfast without skipping! It was this lovely little routine she had developed for herself. And after all the selfcare at her house, she went to work.

"Good morning everyone!" Minduelle sang, putting her earbuds in their charging case, a big smile on her face.

"Noona!" Soobin announced with a laugh, raising in arms in joy. "Did you enjoy the weather this morning? It's perfect!"

"I did!" Minduelle replied, giving Taehyun a quick hug before he ran back to continue his stretches. "I also had enough time to make everyone some protein shakes and lunch when that comes around."

"Oh my god Noona, you're the best." Beomgyu laid back on the ground, holding an arm out towards Minduelle. "Must, get, the, shake."

"There there." Minduelle chuckled, walking over and handing him his shake from her bag. "Here you go." Minduelle passed them around to everyone, TXT taking a break from their stretches to drink their protein shake. Minduelle looked down in her bag to zip it up after passing out the five shakes, but stopped, staring down in the bag.

Two shakes remained.

"You okay Noona?" Taehyun asked, lowering the straw from his mouth.

"Yeah, yeah of course." Minduelle smiled brightly and zipped the shake up, getting that number out of her head.

She was on auto-pilot this morning while she made the shakes and listened to her music. Her body must've just gone back to its roots. BTS. Seven.

Not TXT. Five.

"So what's on the schedule today?" She asked them, sitting down on the ground with them.

"I dunno." Beomgyu shrugged, pointing at Soobin. "Ask him. I just show up."

"Mhm." Minduelle chuckled, looking over at their leader. "What's on the schedule today?"

"Dance practice, overseen by you. Then you're heading over to meet with Pdogg, Bang, and Yeonjun and I to talk about our next album while the other three do endurance training. Then you'll work with the other three with vocal practice and Yeonjun and I'll do endurance and then join you guys. Then lunch. Then we have a photoshoot and some other stuff, but I think you're off the hook for the rest of the day."

"Okay." Minduelle nodded, stretching a little, encouraging the others to multi-task. "What are we meeting with Pdogg and Bang about?"

"Beats me." Yeonjun shrugged, putting his protein shake in front of him, so he could stretch his legs, sneaking some sips every so often. "Probably about producing."

Minduelle nodded a little, staring at the ground, zoning out, thinking about Bang. She hasn't spoken to Bang since BTS left for tour. Admittedly, he did reach out to her a few times to ask how she's been doing, but... she ignored him.

Like she's been ignoring BTS.

Minduelle jumped slightly as a head landed on her shoulder. "You okay Noona?" Taehyun asked, Heuningkai giving Taehyun a thumbs up, the person who told Taehyun to comfort Min. "You seem distracted."