I Work For Who?!

Dance Practice

It's been a couple of days since I became the assistant manager for BTS. I'm still totally in shock about it. My father and I talked about it last night and he said it was amazing, and that he also thought I'd be running around trying to remember everyone's coffee orders. I was sitting on my couch eating a sesame bagel with butter looking out at the city. I finished the last crispy bite of my bagel and headed to my bedroom to get ready for my new day with BTS.

I looked out the window of the bus at the kids in their school uniforms headed off to school, sometimes skipping, there was one girl running. One more stop. I zipped up my jacket. I always thought that when it was summer back home it was winter here and vise versa. I couldn't have been more wrong. It was March and I was absolutely freezing. I already felt as if I stood out, but with the puffiness of my jacket, I probably stuck out way more now. When the bus reached my stop I stood up and pulled the loop above my head to indicate I was getting off here. I thanked the bus driver and carefully stepped off the bus.

I pushed the familiarly large heavy glass doors into the main lobby. The sounds of people's voices filling the high ceilings and the wearing of computers and printers. I smiled at Su the girl at the information desk and continued to the third floor.

Walking down the large tiled hallway always give me some kind of weird tunnel vision and all I could focus on was the window. Hmm, I've never actually looked out the window before. I reached the end of the hall and leaned close to the window looking at the city.

"Wow." I said under my breath. It seemed like the city just went on and on, except for the mountains on the horizon. I put my hand on the glass, a small bit of condensation forming around my fingers.

"Selly? Oh, Selly! I thought you had walked by!" Jimin said dashing out of one of the dance studio doors.

"Oh, hello Jimin." I said bowing slightly. He walked over to me and looked out of the window with a small smirk.

"So, Selly. As you know today everyone is doing their own thing. I was wondering if you could help me rehearse?"

"M-me?! I guess I could help. I'm not a professional dancer, but I did dance a bit in high school."

"Wow! Selly, you're so talented for being so young!"

"Thank you." I said blushing slightly. We walked in to a medium room with shiny wooden floors and a mirror from one wall to the other. There was a small CD player in a little corner and we walked over to it.

"We have a concert coming up soon and we're dancing to 'Blood Sweat & Tears' and I need you to make sure I do the steps right." Jimin said going to the middle of the room, and facing the mirror. He was wearing a lose black t-shirt, and gray sweatpants.

"Alright! Are you ready?" I said hovering over the play button. He nodded biting his lip slightly. I pressed play and the room filled with music. The longer the song went on the more I liked it. My foot began to tap and I closed my eyes so I could hear the music more clearly.

"Selly?" Suddenly the music stopped and Jimin was crouched down in front of me. I quickly opened my eyes.

"I'm so sorry Jimin. I was feeling the music and your lyrics are amazing." He smirked slightly and patted my head.

"Pay attention to me Selly." He walked back to the center of the room and I pressed the play button again. The music filled the room again, and Jimin moved swiftly along with the music. I don't think I blinked for the entire song. I was so taken back by how well he moved and the lyrics of the song. The song ended and I was left with the silence and Jimin's heavy breathing.

"Wow Jimin. That was amazing!" I couldn't help but clap, which caused him to burst out laughing.

"Sorry..." I said sheepishly.

"Okay, now watch it on YouTube and compare it to my dancing now. I absolutely don't want to get it wrong during the concert next week." I nodded and opened my laptop and went to YouTube. I gave him a thumbs up and pressed play on the laptop and CD player. My eyes darted from the laptop to Jimin and back. His moves were absolutely identical, he was spot on.

"How was it?" He said sipping from a water bottle.

"It was great! I saw no mistakes and you were spot on during your solo parts." He smiled confidently and collapsed on the floor next to me. He ran his fingers through his hair.

"Okay, mind if I go again?" I shook my head. He went back to the middle of the room to continue dancing.

About an hour passed before Jimin laid down in the center of the room.

"You alright?" I said walking over to him, handing him his water. He nodded panting.

"You shouldn't push yourself so hard Jimin. You're doing really well." He smiled and whipped his face on his shirt.

"Thanks Selly. You must have worked very hard to be able to get here to work with us, huh?" He sat up slowly and patted the floor next to him.  I sat down next to him my legs slightly stuff from the folding chair.

"I mean I've always been hardworking. I wasn't expecting to get a letter of hiring from Big Hit. I hadn't really applied, but I did email the manager. I think he took a likening to me." Jimin laughed and took a sip of water.

"I think you'll fit in perfectly in the BTS family Selly." I smiled sheepishly.

"Thank you Jimin, I plan on working very hard to do the best I can for you guys." We looked at each other and smiled.

"I'm going to practice a bit more!" Jimin said standing up grinning.

"Fighting!" I said going back to my reserved foldable chair.