biased || 방탄소년단

12. i'll work for free

After a successful class, I decide to go and watch Bangtan practice.

"No hyung. It's not like that. Like this!" Jimin says trying to explain a dance move to Namjoon. It's not going very well. Taehyung took a seat next to me on the floor.
"You were pretty scary back there in class."
"I can be scary, but I don't want you to be scared of me." Tae smiles.
"Of course not." He looks down at the book I am reading.
"What are you reading?"
I hand him the book, "my first assignment was to translate this book from English into Korean. I started this morning." He flips through my annotated and highlighted pages.
"You are already on page 200?! And everything is so neat! How do you understand this?"
I shrug and take the book from his hands, "English is my first language. I know other languages which allowed me to easily learn Korean."
"Hey Taehyung. Get off your nagwi-"
"AH LANGUAGE!" Jin screeches and the man scoffs and continues, "and come practice." Yoongi yells at the boy. Tae blushes, stands up, and salutes Yoongi.
"YES HYUNG!" He says and everyone starts laughing.

-

I was just about to start annotating again when, "do you know how to dance
Catti-ssi?"
I start laughing at Hoseok's comment, "not the kind of dancing you are doing. I took ballet when I was younger, though."
There are several 'ooooo's and 'aaahhh's.
"Show us!" Jungkook says, excited to see my "skill".
"I shouldn't. I'm very rusty...and that's an understatement."

Jimin takes his phone, which is hooked up to a speaker, and starts playing a familiar song.

"Can you dance to this?" Jimin asks shyly. The words to "Butterfly" gracefully dance through the air.
I nod, "I'll try. Don't laugh."
They all sit down on the sides of the room and I start thinking through what I'm going to do. I haven't done freestyle in a long time.
"Oh my..."

I hear the music die down and the realization hits me.
'I just danced in front of BTS...'

Everyone starts clapping and they stand up, walking towards me.
"That was lovely!"
"You weren't rusty that was BEAUTIFUL!"
"You should dance with us sometime!"
I wave my hands in front of my face, a slight blush creeping onto my cheeks.
"No no, I'm not that good to be dancing with you all."
The door opens, "can I borrow Catti-ah for a moment?" Bang PD Nim asks.

-

"I wanted to talk about your salary. I was thinking-"
I stop him.
"I say this with all due respect, but I don't want your money."
"Pardon?" He seems confused, as if he has never been turned down before.
"I'll work for free. You all are doing so much for me, and the experience is payment enough."
He smirks, "how will you pay rent?"
"I...I'll uh...get a job-"
"Another one? You already have school and I want you to really focus on the boys." He snaps his fingers. "I know!"

"You'll stay with the boys! You won't have to worry about rent. That way, your salary will be us paying for you to stay with them!"
My mouth is hung open, "I'm sorry...did I hear you right? You said..."

Bang PD Nim chuckles, "they have an empty room they were thinking about turning into their new game room. I'm sure they wouldn't mind, though, you would have to share a bathroom with Jimin, Hoseok, and Taehyung..."

I put my hand out, "Deal."