a new beginning; j-hope

Prologue

It was exaclty 14:56 on a particularily rainy Friday when she got the e-mail.

The e-mail that said, specifically, that she was wanted back in Korea to work as a professional (!!!) choreographer for an entertainment company. Having grown up with k-pop all around her, she had many times caught herself wishing to be involved in the industry, although she but the dream away once she realised she was terrified of auditioning.

For the past three years, she had been uploading tutorials and choreographies to YouTube from her small apartment in Tokyo, where she had spent the past five years of her life studying. She had made a name for herself in East Asia as one of the biggest YouTubers, a titles she was extremely proud of. She had worked hard to get to where she was, and now she was finally going to realise a childhood dream while also getting to work with what she was passionate about...

That was, if she could move enough to answer them. After several minutes of staring at the screen in shock, a small shriek escaped her lips before she respectfully accepted the offer and promised to be there by the end of the week.

Big Hit Entertainment had better watch themselves - Jeon Eunmi was going to rock their socks off.

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No more than three days later, she had arrived in Seoul, South Korea. Having sold all her furniture and cancelled the lease on her appartment, she was currently sitting on a small amount of money, just enough to pay half of her aunt's rent in return for her being allowed to stay there until she could afford her own place.

She was supposed to meet the executives of Big Hit Entertainment at their building in about ten minutes to be showed around and given a key, but per now she was unable to find the way to the building. She hadn't been in Seoul in years, and even then she hadn't been in this part of town.

After few minutes of searching, she finally found what she presumed would be the correct building, a relieved sigh escaping her lips as she crossed the road.

If she was bein completely honest, she hadn't ever heard of the company before she searched them up. They had two active groups - HOMME and BTS. She did, however, have no clue as to which group she'd work the most with, so she had decided not to look to much into either of them and instead go in more or less blind. She'd found a few of their songs on MelOn and listened to them on the plane to Seoul, but she wouldn't say that she was well-prepared for her job. She'd never been the type of person to do a lot of preparation anyway.

A security guard let her in, apparently reckognizing her face. Inside the lobby, a slightly large, middle aged, who introduced himself as Bang PD, greeted her.

"We're incredibly happy to have you here," he said as he led her down a corridor. "Ever since our last choreographer quit, we've had quite the trouble managing the boys. We mostly let them do their own choreographing, or at least help out, but you'll find they'll be incredibly co-operative." She nodded, too nervous to open her mouth to speak.

"They should be in here," said Bang PD and opened the room to a dance room. Two boys were practicing some dance with their backs towards the door, while the five others were either relaxing or frolicking. "Boys," he said, earning their attention in a matter of seconds.

They all stood up and turned towards the door.

"This is the new dance instructor I've told you about." She stepped forward and smiled, bowing and muttering a polite "annyeonghaseyo". "Her name is Jeon Eunmi, she'll be here on all weekdays and some weekends."

She noticed one of the boys freezing at the sound of her name, but thought nothing of it and instead stepped further into the room, reaching out a hand to one of the boys.

"Jeon Eunmi, it's a pleasure," she said and bowed as she shook his hand. "Kim Namjoon. It's great to have you here."

She continued to greet each of the boys individually, trying her best to remember their names as she went down. Namjoon, the one with full lips and intelligent eyes, Jin, the incredibly handsome one, Jungkook, the one with the youthful smile and gleam in his eyes, Jimin, the one with the soft smile and round face, Taehyung, the one with the deep voice, Yoongi, the one with the heavy eyes and smirk, and...

"Jung Hoseok." She immediately froze as his hand wrapped around hers.

She looked up, and was instantaneously thrown back eight years into the past, to a boy with a wide smile and black hair, lively eyes and a huge passion for dance almost competing with her own. Picnics by the water in her hometown. Carving their names into the old cherry blossoms at her old school. Soft, shivering lips pressed against each other in stolen moments behind a shed during recess.

"Oh," she whispered as she let go of his hand, shaking her head ever so slightly. "I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else," she laughed.

She couldn't possibly reveal how she knew him. She wanted to keep her job for more than ten minutes, preferrably.

He seemed schocked at her reaction, but didn't say anything, instead he forced a smile and took an almost unnoticeable step back. She returned to Bang PD's side and bowed once more to the boys.

"I'm looking forward to working with you," she said before she was led out of the room, continuing the round.

As soon as the door closed, she heard several muffled voices, some laughing and someone plain shouting. Hurriedly, she continued down the corridor.

Of all people, she had to work with him.

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