a lesson in endearment | bts

010 - JK

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"I wonder what Yuri noona is doing right now. She's supposed to be doing a thesis on us but she's not even here to see what we're up to." Jimin said just after dance practice had finished a few days after Seong had joined them. Jungkook noticed Seong lifting her head from the corner of the room at the mention of another female's name but lowering it quickly afterwards. She's curious.

Smiling to himself, he moved from his spot to sit beside her, though he kept his distance so that she didn't have to cope with the fumes of sweat that were rolling off of him in heat waves. Also, she was a girl and girls kind of made him jumpy.

"Noona, do you know who Yuri is? She's on the staff member list while she's doing her thesis on us." He informed her. Seong shook her head slowly and brought a folder out of her bag. Curious, Jungkook leaned a little closer to look, trying to keep out of Seong's line of sight.

"If you want to look, you can come closer. I don't mind the sweat." She said gently without lifting her head, surprising Jungkook. Awkwardly trying to position himself so that he didn't infiltrate her personal space, he craned his neck and glanced at the staff portfolio. Right there, four rows down from Seong's own profile was an image of Yuri, with her name, Koo Yuri pasted beneath it.

Quiet for a while, Seong looked up, interested.
   "Did you say she's writing a thesis on you? How come?" Jimin and Jin approached, Jin seating himself beside Jungkook whilst Jimin stayed standing.

"Yuri-ssi said that her class is writing a mega thesis on multiple cultures worldwide and she was assigned K-Pop as her research topic for her group's sub thesis on music in Asia. Somehow she landed with us but she seems really quite nice, so I think her being around might give us some new outlooks." Jin explained. Namjoon made his way over, chugging down his water as he stood beside Jimin.

"The only issue is, we haven't seen her for near to a week since she came, and we've been doing a lot so she's been missing out on-"

"Sorry about that." Everyone in the room turned at the sound of a new voice. Namjoon rubbed the back of his head, mockingly puzzled.
"Ah, who are you again? It's been so long that I can't really match your face to what your voice sounds like." Yuri shot him a look and gave him a gentle shove with one hand, grinning when he gave her a smirk.

"Aw, you really missed me, didn't you?" Looking past him, she waved in greeting to the rest of the members.

"Sorry for disappearing, everyone. One of my project mates was thrown into the air by the company who was supposed to be taking him in, so I was trying to sort something out for him." The members were quick to assure her that it was no problem at all. After receiving this clarification, Yuri turned her attention to Seong, who was half hiding behind Jimin, having risen to her feet when Yuri came in.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't notice you there! I'm-"

"Koo Yuri sunbaenim. Jungkook-ssi showed me the staff list." Jungkook could see the exact moment when Seong regretted what she did. Standing firmly on her feet, she bowed in apology.
"My apologies. It was rude of me to interrupt you."