archetype | kth.

twenty three.

When Nichole woke up that morning in Taehyung's bed, he was already gone. It was his big day, runway time. Nichole made up the bed and noticed that he left his keys on the table. Right on top of his keys was a note.

I had to leave early but I left you the key to lock up. You need to remember to eat something for breakfast.

Nichole placed the note down and decided to straighten up the room before she gathered everything and left. Nichole called a driver and got picked up almost immediately after to get to her hotel. Nichole expected for Mina to be at the place for the runway but she was shocked to see her, laid out on the couch.

"Shouldn't you be at the venue?" Nichole asked Mina as soon as she got inside the suite. "Aren't you working today?"

Mina's eyebrows shot up as she sat up on the couch. "Aren't we- you mean? Also, interns work today for us."

Nichole totally forgot about telling Mina that she had decided to quit. "Actually about that..." Nichole plopped down on the couch beside Mina. "I had decided to leave the establishment."

"Please say you're joking." Mina's reaction wasn't mad or disappointed. Mina looked a bit happy. "If you really did leave, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to try to run my own photography business." Nichole smiled lightly. "It's going to be hard but worth it."

Mina playfully poked Nichole's sides which caused Nichole to laugh and capture Mina's hands. "I'm super proud of you and I know that you're going to do amazing. Now we have an hour before Taehyung walks the runway, wanna still go?"

"Of course!" Nichole exclaimed with a wide smile. "I'm so excited and plus, I get to practice my camera skills."

"As if they need any improving," Mina waved her off but stood up from the sofa, "get ready. I wanna travel around Oia before we go to Santorini."

Nichole nodded and got into the bathroom. Nichole played Mariah Carey's album, Daydream, before she got into the tub. Nichole spent about thirty minutes before she got out and got ready.

Nichole brushed up the edges of her hair and put her box braids in a bun. Grabbing her camera, phone, and handbag, Nichole left with Mina. Nichole and Mina grabbed blueberry bagels before they caught a ferry to Santorini.

"You're taking a lot of photos." Mina said to Nichole, snapping pictures from her camera. "I wonder how you never run out of space."

Nichole took one last picture of the sky before she put her camera down, "I have a memory card and I also transfer the photos to my laptop. I usually delete photos from this camera after I copy them to my laptop."

"Smart."

By the time they arrived at Santorini, they had to go straight to the venue. A driver was already waiting for them once they got off the ferry. As Nichole and Mina climbed in the backseat, Nichole's phone started to ring. Nichole scowled at the contact which was Selena but she pressed to answer it and put it on speaker.

"Hello-"

"- please tell me that you're coming."

Mina ended up taking the phone from Nichole's hand, "We'll be there, why?" Nichole silently gasped and tried to take her phone back.

Selena stumbled on her words, "Um, I, well, Taehyung really wants Nichole to be there. He's speaking nonsense."

"Huh?" Nichole leaned close to Mina to speak through the phone. "We're going to be there and Taehyung is going to be fine."

"He's saying that he won't walk the runway unless you're there. I've never seen him in such a panicked state."

Nichole and Mina shared a crazed expression between each other then Nichole took the phone back, "Okay, I'll be there."