The Namjin Project

Eight

With a comeback quickly approaching, Bangtan was in full preparation mode. Long recordings sessions and even longer dance rehearsals. The honeymoon phase with Hyun had come to a close. As much as they hated it, Hyun began to spend most days with either Jin or Namjoon's parents. Jin and Namjoon had as much of a hard time separating from Hyun as she did from them. She had grown to love her grandparents but they weren't as good as her parents.

About a week from the album release, neither set of grandparents could watch the four-year-old. The cancellation happened last minute and Hyun was forced to come to rehearsal. She had been to Big Hit's building before but never for a full rehearsal.

"And you have to stay where we can see you at all times." Jin and Namjoon gave Hyun a list of rules to follow for the day.

"You have plenty of toys and things to keep you busy. I'm going to remind you again that we're all going to be very busy today so we will not be able to play." Jin had repeated this many times throughout the morning so she wouldn't disrupt dance practice.

"I know, Dada. You've told me lots of times now."

"Okay princess, I'm sorry this day isn't going to be super fun. But we both have to work so we can perform really well."

"I can't believe my daddies are gonna be on TV!"

"I love how that's what she got out of this conversation."

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"Tae Tae!" Hyun yelled as she entered the room, launching herself onto the boy sitting on the floor stretching.

"Woah, hey Hyunnie. How're you?" Tae asked, opening his arms wide to engulf her into a hug.

"You're gonna be on TV!" Hyun yelled directly into his ear, almost breaking his ear drum.

"Hyun indoor voice, please. She won't let the whole TV thing go." Namjoon shook his head.

"Well, it is pretty cool if you think about it. Basically, all of her family is going to be on TV. I'd be excited if my parents were on TV. Actually, I think I'd be concerned if they were since it would probably be to embarrass me." Taehyung shuddered at the thought.

The rest of the group straggled in, each getting the same enthusiastic greeting from Hyun.

"She should be here every day, I'm pumped to practice now!" Jungkook began to stretch out enthusiastically.

"I'm mildly afraid that one of you is gonna take her out by accident." Jimin motioned towards Jin and Namjoon.

"I'm not going to bulldoze my own child over." Jin crossed his arms in annoyance.

"I wouldn't count it out." Yoongi piped up from the other side of the room, getting a water bottle chucked at him.

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Practice was going relatively well, the boys working hard as ever an hour in after their lunch break. Hyun had been really good all morning, even helpful at times. Both Jin and Namjoon had been pleasantly surprised and hoped the positive attitude carried through all afternoon.

But that was wishful thinking.

Around two o'clock, Jin saw Hyun fidgeting out of the corner of his eye while they were running through a song. He brushed it off, figuring she was just getting bored of what she was playing and would move to something else. Instead, she began questioning when they were going to be done.

"Hyun, we told you it was going to be a long day." Jin reminded.

"But I wanna go home."

"And in a little while, we will."

"I wanna go home!" Hyun screamed at Jin.

"Excuse me, young lady did you just yell at your father?" Namjoon stepped in. Hyun was typically well-behaved but every once in a while a tantrum would occur. This was about to be one of those moments.

"I wanna go home." Hyun pouted, her eyebrows furrowing in anger. Namjoon walked over to the angered young girl and kneeled in front of her so he was on her level.

"Dada just told you, we're not done. We can't just go home whenever you want. You were told many times this morning how our day was going to work. We would go home at dinner time, just like how we pick you up every day at the same time. There are only a few hours left which is not much longer. Until then, you're going to have to continue playing like you have all day. You've done such a great job this morning. I know you can do it, sweetheart."

"I. Want. To. Go. Home." Hyun said once again, looking Namjoon angrily in the eyes.

"You have to wait, I'm sorry."

Hyun's bottom lip began to quiver, the six other members preparing for the scene that was about to unfold. The four-year-old began forming tears, loud wailing sounds being thrown in Namjoon's face. Before he knew it, Hyun had thrown herself onto the floor and was now thrashing her limbs around wildly.

Namjoon stood up, taking a few steps back. Jin stood beside him, staring down at the hysterical child on the floor.

"Is it broken?" Yoongi asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"Yoongi, she's a human. Children cry, idiot." Jimin sighed in annoyance.

"Wait, why are you just looking at her? Aren't you supposed to like make her happy again?" Jungkook questioned.

Hoseok shook his head, "If you acknowledge her you're just playing into her. If you ignore her and let her cry it out, she'll calm herself down eventually."

"How on earth did you of all people know that?" Jimin asked.

"I read a book once." Hoseok shrugged.

"She's flipping out because she's over tired. There's not really anywhere quiet enough to take a nap in here." Jin explained.

"So it's like when Yoongi stays up too late and swears at everyone the next day?" Taehyung asked.

"Exactly like that."

"I could be a damn parent." Jimin grumbled.

"Hey! I'm nothing like that thing." Yoongi pouted, his face matching the expression Hyun had made minutes before.

"Are we still ignoring her?" Jungkook asked, realizing Hyun's cries were now down to a dull roar.

"Give it a few more minutes."

The group sat on the floor in a circle and discussed their upcoming comeback. Hyun realized that nobody was going to pay attention to her while she was having a meltdown so she calmed herself and walked over the circle, sitting in Hoseok's lap which was across from Namjoon who she was still mad at.

"How'd I get this lucky?" Hoseok beamed, wrapping his arms tightly around Hyun.

"Because she's still mad at me so she picked whoever was across from me." Namjoon shrugged, causing Hoseok to glare at him.

"I want a turn with her!" Taehyung whined, making grabby hands at the child who happily crawled over to sit with Taehyung who stuck his tongue out at Hoseok.

"We should just make her an official member." Jimin suggested.

"She'd definitely be the most popular." Jin laughed.

"No!" Taehyung and Jungkook yelled at the same time.

"Jeez, your egos are damaged easily." Yoongi joked.

"Hyun, do you want to sit with Uncle Yoongi?" Taehyung suggested, causing the group to erupt into a fit of laughter.

"No thanks, I'm good." Yoongi answered before Hyun could say anything.

"I don't want to sit with him either. He's not very nice." Hyun commented.

"I'm pretty sure that just confirmed that nobody likes Yoongi." Jungkook said.

"Not true. Jimin likes me." Yoongi shot back.

"Do I though?"