Fixing Us

Chapter 17: Lies

"I see someone's gotten into my hoodies." I hear Jiminie's teasing voice as he walks into the practice room with a smile. Turning back to look at him, I give him a smile as I shrug.

Turning my attention back to the music I have playing in the room, I go back to focusing on coming up with choreographies. I had managed to finish up writing all of the songs for the bands full album last week and I've got two weeks to have choreography ready for all of them. I still have another week and a half to finish up my solo album, but I'm way behind on coming up with songs for that.

"How were the meetings, butterfly?" He asks after the music ends, taking a seat in the corner of the room. I've already had to take the first dose of the chemo a few hours earlier, and I've never understood till now how quickly it works to zap your energy.

"Boring as always. Would've rather been at school with you." I half lie with a small smile. He just smiles and rolls his eyes in response.

"You always say that." He chuckles as he pulls out his textbooks. I merely shrug in response as I think over the dance that I'd just completed. Shaking my head with a frown as I look over the lyrics I'd written, I don't like some of the moves I've put in.

"It's true." I tell him as I turn to give him a smile before starting the music.

"How's your shoulder feeling?" Jiminie asks, entwining our fingers as we walk up to the house at the end of the night.

"It's okay. A little sore from yesterday's fall but nothing too terrible." I lie with a small smile, holding back a yawn. It feels like the millionth lie I've told him today along billionth fake smile.

"Hey guys!" Kookie greets us with a smile when we walk in. Smirks appear on his and Tae's faces when they realize I'm wearing Jimin's hoodie.

"I see someone's began to raid your hoodie collection, Jimin." Tae says with a giant smirk. Jimin just chuckles, nodding his head as we join the boys in the living room.

"Your dinners are in the oven, you two." Jin informs us just before we sit. Namjoon gives me an ever so slightly worried glance at his words, now knowing some of the effects of chemo. Jiminie gives me a kiss on the cheek before speaking.

"I'll go get them, butterfly." He tells me happily before walking off. Sighing, I just nod my head and sit down.

"How're you doing with missing out on school so much?" Yoongi asks curiously.

"Just fine. It's all quite easy stuff so missing classes hasn't really caused any issues with the work that I've been making up." I answer, crossing my legs as I sit down on the couch. Just then, Jimin comes back in with two plates, handing me one.

"Thank you." I tell him with a small smile, swallowing hard as I look down at the food. My naturally small appetite hasn't diminished or disappeared yet, though I fear for the moment it does.

"How's work been going for you guys so far?" I ask, attempting to get the attention off of me.

"It's going fairly well so far. We want to write up a couple more songs before we call the album finished, and we need to record stuff still. Other than that though, it's going well." Jin answers happily.

"I think Yoongi, Jungkookie, Namjoon, and I still want to work to write up our own mixtapes again too. Right? Yoongi hyung, I know you've been working towards that, and I know I have been. I thought I'd seen the two of you writing as well though, right?" Hoseok speaks up. All three boys nod their heads.

"I think we all are going to end up being ready to release those by the middle of next month, if I don't miss my mark." Namjoon answers.

"What about you, Jing? How's things going for you?" Jiminie asks with a smile, looking over at me. Looking at the others, they all nod, seemingly interested in what my answer is.