Chapter 2

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Tori stood hand in hand with the 3 year old in front of the new Big Hit building, well new to her. The trip to Korea was planned but rushed so Tori hadn't found anywhere to stay yet, so she was also dragging along a big suitcase and a couple bags.

"Let's go MJ" Tori said excitedly to the little boy, swing his arm as they headed into the building. The little boy smiled brightly as he ran slowly towards the door.

Once inside Tori started feeling nervous. She was going to come face to face with BTS again, more importantly Jimin again. She didn't know what she wanted to happen between them.

Half of her wanted Jimin back in her life romantically but the other half was telling her she would get hurt again once she left, because yes, she wasn't planning on staying in Korea for longer than a few months.

"MJ, can you sit on those seats over there for a second" Tori asked, giving the boy a smile.

"Okay mama" he said and returned the smile.

He then turned and ran over to the seats. Tori had to make a call and she thought it would be easier if he was occupied by climbing on the few chairs that were in the lobby.

While keeping a watchful eye on MJ, Tori pulled out her phone and searched for the contact she was least nervous to dial; every so often lifting her gaze to the little boy trying to climb onto one of the chairs.

A smile formed on her face as she watched and pressed the call button on the number. It only rang a couple times before the person picked up.

"Tori!! Where are you? Are you here yet?" Hoseok said excitedly and loud on the other line.

"Ow, you hurt my eardrum. But yes I'm here, I'm in the lobby... does someone want to come get me?" Tori asked kindly into the phone.

"Tori's here" Hoseok said obviously to other people in the room he was in. Tori then heard some mumbling, before he spoke to her again. "I'll be down in a minute."

"Okay" Tori said and hung up the phone. She had a smile on her face even though she was nervous to see everyone. Also MJ looks really cute climbing on and off the chairs.

Within minutes of Tori watching MJ she heard the elevator doors open.

"Tori!!" Hoseok said excitedly running over to give her a hug, which she gladly returned. Hoseok was always so kind to Tori no matter what.

"Aw and Min Jun, how could I forget you" Hoseok said after the hug looking over at MJ.

BTS all only know MJ as Min Jun, his full name. Tori shorted it to MJ as his nickname; it's also easier for Australian people to say.

MJ offered Hoseok a small smile before getting shy.

"Aw MJ... don't you remember Hoseok?" Tori said to the little boy as he walked over to her. MJ looked back at Hoseok only to become shy again and look away.

Tori of course watches BTS's performances and is trying to teach MJ each member's name; Tori also very rarely video chats with Hoseok.

"It's okay, he'll warm up to me soon" Hoseok said, "We should probably go see everyone else anyway."

Tori nodded and lead MJ to the elevator. Hoseok was kind enough to grab their luggage for them and bring it with them.

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They were moments away from entering BTS's practice room. Tori and Hoseok had small conversations in the elevator but all Tori could think about Jimin. He was the person she was most nervous about seeing.

Hoseok pushed open one of the doors and it opened up to an amazing dance studio. Mirrors lined one of the wall, while a bunch of people were scattered around the room; most of which Tori did recognise.

"Tori!" some of them exclaimed seeing her enter the room. Tori smiled at them as some came up and hugged her.

MJ hid behind her, hugging her legs. He always gets shy in front of new people, but after 5-10 minutes he'll be trying to chat with all of them.

The BTS boy's all came up and welcomed her back to Big Hit. Namjoon still holds a slight grudge towards Tori because of the baby; she couldn't really blame him though since she understood the risks. Some of the staff left before Jimin approached her.

He seemed cold towards her which she found strange. She thought he would hug her and be all chatty but no... he just gave her a small smile and nod. He then knelt down so he was level with his son. (like the picture for this chapter)

"Hello Min Jun" Jimin said to the little boy, brushing a finger over one of MJ's hands to get his attention.

MJ looked at Jimin from behind Tori's legs and smiled. He then got shy again and hid his face. Tori watched the exchange and smiled. She knew MJ needed to get closer with Jimin but truthfully MJ didn't know Jimin was his dad. She was worried that the 3 year old would blurt it out in a situation that wasn't appropriate.

"Min Jun... Why are you being so shy?" Jimin asked trying to get him to look at him.

Tori detached MJ from her legs and picked him up.

"MJ don't you remember Jimin?" Tori said quietly to him but loud enough for Jimin to hear.

Tori then looked over at Jimin who seemed to be slightly annoyed by how his son only knows him by his name.

MJ looked over at Jimin again; Jimin pulled a funny face which made MJ laugh before he hid his head in Tori's neck.

"He's just shy" Tori reassured Jimin.

"Yeah... he'll get use to me soon" Jimin said rubbing the boys back lightly, showing Tori no emotion.

Tori felt hurt by that. She was here so Jimin had time with his son; he could at least be friendly toward her instead of making her heart hurt more.

"Hey Tori, where are you staying?" Taehyung asked looking at her luggage.

"Um... I'm still working that out" Tori said awkwardly. It probably doesn't look good that she didn't have a place to stay with her child.

"You could always stay at out 'dorm'" Hoseok suggested, putting quotation marks around dorm.

"Dorm?" Tori question not understanding what he meant.

"Well we've upgraded dorms to a point where we have a whole floor of an apartment building to ourselves" Taehyung said acting all cocky but ended up laughing.

Tori giggled at him, "I mean if you guys are okay with it..." she said cautiously looking over at Jimin.

Jimin was looking at the ground with his arms crossed over his chest. He didn't seem to really care at all. Tori furrowed her eyebrows slightly because of this but looked back at the others.

"Yeah should be fine" Jin said happily.

"Yeah you can stay in the spare room in Jimin's apartment" Taehyung said.

That certainly got Jimin's attention. His head shot up to look at Tae, and then he looked over at Tori, annoyance in his expression.

'Well this is going to be fun.'

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