BTS Kidnapped

Part Ninety-Three

Notes:

T/N: VOCABULARY LESSON!!! WOOHOO!!!!! Here are the new words we used in this chapter!

* cielo: (Spanish) Literally 'sky'. Term of affection or endearment translated as 'my sky'.

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 As she stepped into the studio, Kaelyn realized her boys had already started choreography run-throughs.

"Shit," she breathed in her mind.

If they were this far into comeback already...production meetings were probably being held later that day.

"All work and no play makes our men dull babies," she said as she sat next to her friend. "How long have they been at this?"

"Since five," Somang said. "We have a meeting in fifteen. PD-nim wants comeback to be March thirteenth."

"Is..." Kaelyn's eyes were wide. "That's like...three weeks!" She exclaimed.

"I know..."

"I..." Kaelyn looked around in desperation, wondering how she would make her excuses now. "I can't," she exhaled. "I...something...I have to..."

Kaelyn sank her head.

Stylists, being as important as they were to a group's comeback - crafting their image from the moment the group got the lyrics for their new songs - were expected to be at each and every meeting alongside managers, producers, and the group members themselves...

That's why this hurt so bad.

She was letting them down.

Kaelyn looked at the seven men before her, dancing hard and pouring sweat just to make sure they had the feel of the song. Like them, she knew this album would make or break them. For so long she had watched them struggle to succeed, or to be accepted. She had seen all the hateful comments by netizens, the rejection by the GP...her heart hurt for them. But by the same token, JYP had really hired them an amazing team this time. Kaelyn knew that she could trust any one of them to make these men shine. There was no one she could send to rescue the other seven men who needed her help. Two cases of life and death stood before her, one far more urgent than the other.

"Kae? Is something wrong?" Somang asked in concern.

"Everything," Kaelyn breathed.

"What?" Somang started as the music stopped.

"My brother," Kaelyn said when the guys had collapsed around her. "He..."

"You said your family..." Jinyoung started before being elbowed hard by JB.

Kaelyn nods at what Jinyoung said.

"I did," she said softly. "I said...that they died. Because...to me they did. But...most of them..." Kaelyn stopped and took a breath. "My mother died, when I was very young. And my father...turned into a monster. My brothers..." Kaelyn just shrugged.

"What's wrong, then?" Mark asked.

"My...oldest brother," Kaelyn said. "He...got in some trouble and...I have to...try and help him get out of it but...I have to go home...to..."