Encounter | MYG & KTH

Sacrifice

"Did you hit on girls all night?" Taehyung teased with a laugh, sitting up as he pointed at the piece of paper crushed in Yoongi's hand. "I'm surprised hyung. Maybe you are going through a crisis."

Yoongi slowly lowered himself down on a chair next to his bed, burying his head in his hands.  How could he have forgotten to put the note down? He wanted to punch himself in the gut.

Then a sudden realization drew his breath out of his lungs. Leila would misunderstand! She'll think he used her and just left... Shit, this was not good.

Yoongi stood up. All he wanted was to run to her. He took fast strides to the door without answering Tae and swung the door open.

"Where you going?" Tae called after him, suddenly concerned over Yoongi's out of character actions.

His manager stood on the other side of the door, stopping Yoongi in his tracks. The middle-aged man's eyes were wide in surprise, his hand raised in a knocking gesture. The manager, standing a few inches taller than him, cleared his throat and lowered his hand. Although the man was much older, his face hardly had a wrinkle. He eyed Yoongi cautiously with clear dark brown eyes that radiated warmth at times or intimidation other times. This time it was the latter.

"The production crew has already packed their equipment in their cars and left for the airport. You guys should load your stuff into the SUVs and head out as well," he advised firmly and then paused. "Going somewhere again?" he asked, almost mockingly.

It wasn't that Yoongi was scared of his manager. The man was very kind and good natured, but had a strict side that should never be crossed. And Yoongi had worried him enough in one day. Not just him, but the entire crew plus the members.

Yoongi cursed under his breath. If he had learned anything within the past 7 years in this industry, it was to put BTS first. To push aside selfish desires and prioritize the reputation of the group. He had so many people relying on him. Yoongi had to make this sacrifice. He had no choice.

Yoongi sighed. Why was he acting so erratically over a girl? This wasn't the first time he'd had to forget a girl for his work. He should be used to this; Yoongi felt childish.

"No, I'm not going anywhere." he answered slowly, putting the piece of paper he'd been clasping onto in his pocket.

"Good," the manager smiled and peered past Yoongi to look at Taehyung. "I'll see you both outside in twenty?"

Taehyung nodded with a smile, standing up. He walked to Yoongi putting a hand on his shoulder. "Take it easy, hyung," he said with a soft look in his eyes. "I was only teasing you. It's just that you never disappear like this so we all were worried."

Yoongi gave him an apologetic look. "I'm sorry about worrying you, I'll tell you guys about it later."

Tae smiled, dropping his hand from Yoongi's shoulder. "Okay, I'll see you outside," he said before walking past Yoongi and heading towards his room to get his things.

Yoongi stood silently at the door frame, playing with the paper in his pocket for a while before he turned around and walked back into his room.

The car ride to the airport was surprisingly silent. Namjoon was driving with Hoseok in the passenger seat, sitting with his eyes closed. Apparently Hobi had been feeling ill all day, probably still hungover from how much he drank last night. Yoongi sat alone in the back seat with their numerous suitcases stacked like tetris beside him. Tae had probably told everyone Yoongi would talk to them later, which he was grateful for.

He didn't want to talk about it at all right now. Yoongi struggled with thoughts he didn't want to think about. Thoughts like: 'What was she doing right now?' 'Was she upset?' 'Did she even care?'

Yoongi hoped she didn't, for his sake. It would make him feel less guilty. The rapper shook his head, turning up the volume of his airpods to rid of his thoughts.

Soon they were at the airport at the check in line. Yoongi hauled his carrier on the scale and waited for the woman behind the desk to give him his boarding pass.

Yoongi looked around the airport as he waited. His gaze froze as he caught a sight of a woman in a red dress. Yoongi felt his heartbeat quicken. Was that her?

The woman turned a corner and Yoongi caught a glimpse of her face. No, it wasn't.

Yoongi frowned. This was bad. He needed closure. He needed to see her again, just one time. But the chances of seeing her ever again at all seemed so slim right now. On top of it all, he didn't even know her last name. He wouldn't be able to find her even if he tried...

Yoongi felt his heart clench. What did she do to him?

"Here is your boarding pass sir, have a safe flight," the attendant smiled holding out Yoongi's pass for him. Yoongi took it without smiling back and walked towards the members waiting for him; his mood completely ruined even more from before.

The wait in the VIP lounge felt like a blurr and now they were boarding the plane back home. Yoongi was directed to his business class seat by a flight attendant. He put his carrier in the overhead compartment and plopped down in his seat. Yoongi leaned back, closing his eyes with a long sigh. He was starting to get a headache.

"Holy Fuck!"

Yoongi opened his eyes to the sound of Jimin cursing in the seat beside him. The rapper looked over in concern. Jimin never curses like that.

The lead dancer gawked at his phone and looked over at Yoongi like he'd seen a ghost.

"What?" Yoongi asked, unnerved now.

Jimin handed Yoongi his phone. It was opened to an article on Twitter headlined, "BTS SUGA FOUND ENTERING A HOTEL WITH A GIRL"