When Two Unlikely Worlds Meet, Seokjin x Normani

Chapter Seven

The atmosphere Normani walked into when she crossed the sliding doors into the backyard seemed a bit tense, Jin was seated on a garden chair looking pensive in thought while the other BTS members looked up and smiled almost embarrassed in their looks towards her. Namjoon and V quickly excused themselves reporting their need to complete the music they were attempting to work on together, whereas Jimin, Jhope and Jungkook mentioned wanting to take a walk around the neighborhood to work off some of the big meal they had just had for lunch and walked out the backyard gate on that note. Normani turned to Jin and asked, "Oppa, do you have minute to help with getting the rest of the BTS members clothes in the right rooms so I can head out to the airport to pick up my mom." He quickly looked up at her and then asked if her father would be coming as well, the question seemed odd but Normani still responded with a, "not today, but on Tuesday he will come over to take my grandmother to a doctor appointment scheduled on Thursday." At this point, she wasn't sure why she felt the need to go into detail when responding to his questions, but he didn't seem to mind and appeared to relish receiving any information that pertained to her family or herself.

Jin and Normani walked back into the house and after gathering the three baskets, him carrying the larger two, leaving the smaller basket for her to carry. He then showed her where each clothing item was kept for the other members while assisting with the process. He then complimented her laundry folding skills to with she laughed aloud to. He stared at her with a questioning smile hovering around his lips. Sensing the potential confusion as to the cause of her laughter Normani said, "I really haven't heard such a compliment before, its normally something I had sung, danced to, cooked or even said but not laundry folding skills." He then laughed at that along with her.

After completing the task on hand, Normani decided to make a quick Jambalaya dish for everyone to eat for dinner and bake some cookies to leave on the counter before heading home to prepare for her mom's arrival saying, "Auntie still isn't feeling well Jin Oppa, I need to get things in order so my mom won't have any reason to be upset with me when I tell her I had left the house with no dinner prepared with auntie still lying in bed sick." He asked what Jambalaya was and if it would be okay to watch as she made it. Normani nodded in agreement and made her way back to the kitchen, gathered the different ingredient items she would need to prepare it and started getting the meal ready. Normani noted the time on the wall clock that indicated it was almost five in the evening. Her mother's flight would be landing at eight in the evening so she needed to pick up the pace or speed with the meal preparation if she was to make it home to change and head to the airport on time.

It took less time to make the meal as she remained focused, Normani quickly got the cookies ready for baking asking Jin what toppings his band members would enjoy from the options they had that included chocolate chips, raisins, nuts and caramel. He suggested using each topping option on the cookies and letting everyone decide which to eat. By the time the cookies were done baking, the Jambalaya was complete. Normani fried some chicken Louisiana style as her grandmother had taught her, it was closing in on six thirty in the evening. She told Jin the meal was ready, just needed to be served when everyone was ready for it, collected some of the leftover salmon to fix her own salad for that evening, bade Khalid's mother goodnight and asked Jin for the same sentiment to be relayed to the other BTS members as she was now running behind on time. It must have seemed like she was fleeing a crime scene to Jin, who stood off to the side watching in amusement, as she ran out the door and started the car to speed out the gate heading home.

Several thoughts crossed Jin's mind as he stood at the door watching Normani's receding into the distance car view. The first was she was very pretty when flustered or rushed, second being she really had the most gorgeous smile, and thirdly how he was almost insanely feeling attracted to her mind, spirit, and flawless body. The most important point remaining was the shade of her skin especially as it was being reflected in the setting sun light as she had turned and waved hurriedly towards the door as she climbed into her car to leave. It was like seeing chocolate reflected by the sun and he found the view very appealing. Her yellow summer dress had hugged her curves in the just the right places as the wind had been blowing gently with every movement she made. It had been quite the sight to behold from the position he had been standing in observing from the door. Was this what it felt like to fall for someone he questioned himself as he walked back to call the BTS members to eat the dinner that Normani had prepared.

Everyone sat down for dinner as Jin laid out the meal, Khalid's mother had already received her plate in her room delivered by Normani before her quick departure from the house. Khalid and Shawn were not expected to arrive until eleven to midnight from their previous meeting. The guys looked to Jin with questions on what the food was called, and he explained like Normani had told him before that it was a common dish in New Orleans called Jambalaya. They all tried a few bites and instantaneously placed more of it on each of their plates. Everything she had prepared tasted delicious. "Hyung, is there anything your wife doesn't do well?" Suga remarked while reaching out for a second piece of fried chicken. Jin shook his head in response, grinning and attempted to create a mocking face of deep thought to his question. It was just them at the table for the meal and Khalid's mother had mentioned that the chef had stocked up on some Soju in the refrigerator if any of them had wanted some earlier in the day during breakfast.

Selecting some card games and a few of the soju bottles they retreated to the garden area to spend some time reflecting on recent events, everyone curious about any progress Jin had made with Normani. They also discussed their plans for their music going forwards. It was close to midnight, when they all decided to make their way to their respective rooms and turn in for the night. Once back in their room, Suga ventured to ask how he was really feeling about the whole dating an African American woman idea. Jin expressed having some concerns about it, but the biggest fear he had at the moment was that she would not feel any attraction towards him as she had given no indication as to how or if she felt anything other than friendship towards him. Suga then made a confession that he had felt attracted to an African American woman before. It had actually been during the American Hustle Life show they had done in LA years prior but being young and freshly debuting had stopped him from trying to entertain the thoughts for long. He admitted that the feelings had taken longer to dismiss than he had imagined and still wondered given Jin's present state what it would have been like had he done what his mind wanted him to do at the time. They then made small jokes about their relationship fears and soon turned in to sleep as the night wore on.