Make-Up ~ A Jungkook x Reader

~Part Sixteen~

All eight clamber out of the van, a swarm of press already hovering. The boys determinedly walk into the building, the prods and yells of the reporters not affecting them anymore, thanks to years of it. Y/N awkwardly jogs after them, bumped around by the press until stumbling inside as well. "Ah good, you're here," Sejin greets, nodding to the group. "Y/N, Chung Ho called in sick today, could you cover for him?" The manager asks, hesitant to have the make-up artist cover two men. "It's no problem!" Y/N smiles reassuringly, "I'll get started right away."

"Alright Kook, I gotta make this quick, so no pranks," Y/N jokingly threatens, dabbing foundation onto the Maknae's face. "I won't," Jungkook promises. "And Sejin threatened to make me clean the practice room if I did," he adds, pouting. "Serves you right," the make-up artist chuckles, smiling as she finishes the base. "Alright just some quick eyeshadow and mascara and you're done," Y/N informs, grabbing said products and starting. "Hey Y/N-ssi, want to play Overwatch with me later?" Tae calls, obviously bored with just playing with Jungkook. "Oh um sure, I could always use more practice on Widow," Y/N agrees, finishing JK's makeup. "Alright you're done, Namjoon are you here?" Y/N questions, looking around the room. "Over here!" He signals, sitting at his make-up artist's counter. "Alright, let's try and make you look better," Y/N jokes, already knowing all of the boys are like Greek gods.
"How you holding up?" Joon asks, looking up at the makeup artist with concern. "Well, pretty stressed," Y/N admits, "the whole 'press knowing my address' thing isn't exactly fun." The leader nods in understanding, knowing how awkward it is for the world to be able to find you easily. "Wanna talk about it?" Namjoon suggests, not wanting to push Y/N. "I feel bad about staying with you guys," Y/N sighs. "I know you're all fine with it, but I still feel like I need to be more independent, y'know?" She shrugs. "I was like that too for a while, didn't want to feel like I had to lean on the members for support, especially when we were all so young," Namjoon recounts, remembering the struggle of their debut years. "But you learn it's okay to need help sometimes, not everyone can always be strong by themselves," Namjoon reassures. "Thank you, really. I needed to hear that," Y/N smiles sadly. Seeing in Y/N's eyes her sadness, Namjoon pulls her in for a hug, which the makeup artist gladly reciprocates. "You got this, Y/N, you're amazing," Joon grins, Y/N returning one of her own as she finishes his makeup.

"Y/N, we need you to come to a meeting, to discuss what we're doing about the reporter's company," Bang PD announces when he enters the room. "Oh, ok," Y/N agrees, following the man out the door with JK yelling a 'good luck!' after the pair. "We have the company's attorney here to discuss what can be done," PD informs Y/N as they step into a small board room. "Hi Ms. L/N, I'm Uiloun Jeong-ui," the attorney introduces, adjusting his tie quickly before shaking Y/N's hand. The three take a seat at the table, with various higher-ups from BigHit there too, none of which Y/N knows. "Alright so this reporter is from the company 'Star News,' which is well known for seeking out private information of those they think have a story," Jeong-ui states. With hearing that, Y/N grimaces, knowing other have had to go through what she is. "We can sue them for invasion of privacy, seeing as they basically stalked Ms. L/N here. We could also tack on intentional infliction of emotional distress, since they revealed her address to the public." The lawyer states, looking around the room to see reactions.

"That seems like the right process to aim for," Bang PD agrees, Y/N nodding slightly too. "Alright, I'll discuss this with you later in further detail, PD-nim," Jeong-ui assures, collecting his things. "This suits you, right?" PD checks quickly with Y/N, who nods. "Yeah, they deserve this," she sighs, standing up to leave. "You're free to go back to the boys, they should be in the recording room," the CEO tells Y/N, who says a quick 'thank you' before leaving to go to said room.

After a long day of practicing vocals and rap, the boys wrap up their day, everyone leaving the room together. "So, what's for dinner?" Yoongi asks, voicing what everyone's stomachs were wondering. "I vote we check out that hotdog stand in the park, Chin Hwa recommended it," Hobi grins. "That sounds good!" Jimin agrees, stretching his arms. "Alright, I'll drive us all there, we can have a mini picnic," Seokjin decides. The group all gets into the car, the drive being peaceful except for JK's tickle attack on Y/N and Jimin.