The Dream

The Confession

It was a busy day for Criss. She had 4 online meetings, lots of work from the firm, and also dance practise for the upcoming live performance.
She was packed for the day, and the mess the boys were making, didn't help, at all!
She was working at the dinner table, because she didn't feel like sitting alone in that big house.
She was doing a serious work. She was typing an email to the judge. The boys were busy in their own worlds. Tae and Hobi were in their phones, and they were talking in between. JK and Jimin were watching some K drama on TV. Suga was in his phone, trying to listen to the music he had been working on, for the past couple of days. He was planning to release a new song as August D. RM was petting Brook, and Jin was looking after his Sugar gliders.
After sometime, Tae stuck his hands inside the bowl from which JK was having his nachos. His eyes were still fixed on the phone, but his hands were busy going through the bowl. Kookie smacked his hands. 'Ouch! What was that for? ' Tae asked, hurt from the smack. 'You can't take from my bowl! ' kookie exclaimed. Jimin agreed to it, and he took nachos from the bowl, while nodding his head. 'What about him! He is also taking from your bowl. ' Tae asked shook. 'Well, because, he accompanied me for watching TV. When I asked you to join us, you said you are not free right! Well, were you not free to scroll through Instagram? ' he mocked him. Jimin and Hobi laughed while hearing this. Tae felt betrayed by those two. 'Hey! I don't like this K drama. That's why I said I'm not free! ' he tried to explain. 'You could have said so. We would have changed it! Right Jimin-ah? ' kookie asked jimin. He was busy stuffing his mouth with nachos. He nodded in agreement. 'See! ' Kookie said. 'Ahhh!!! Why would I say it! I thought you guys should watch whatever you liked. I didn't want to disturb.. ' They went on arguing, in a funny way, not seriously, and they got louder and louder. The others joined in, and within a few minutes, it was utter chaos.

Criss couldn't focus on her work anymore. She as already stressed with the handful of work she had to do that day. And the boys, and the chaos weren't helping either.
'Yah! Shut it people!! I'm already having loads of work, and you guys aren't helping me either! ' She shouted at them, and stormed off to her room. The boys sat there, in utter silence. They didn't know what to do next.
After sometime, Criss felt someone knocking on the door. She looked at the door, and saw the boys, standing there, with arms tied behind their backs.
'We just wanted to say sorry.. ' Kookie said. They looked like toddlers, being caught after stealing from the cookie jar. They looked really cute.
She smiled at them, and hugged everyone.
'I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have shouted at you. At least you guys are older than me right. I'm sorry. ' she apologized.
' Yah! Haenbog-ah. You don't have to apologize. We are the ones who should apologize. We know how much stress you are going through. Like, seriously! We haven't seen you relax, or take sometime for yourself. Don't you think this is a bit too much? I mean.. Why can't you drop your job at the firm. It's just a suggestion. We know how much you love your jobs. We really do! But, we love you more than that. Just think about it. Ok! ' Hobi said. She smiled, and nodded her head in understanding.
She loved doing different jobs. Being busy always was fun, for her. But sometimes it can get really stressful. But, as the saying goes, no job in easy. So she decided to think about what Hobi said, for later.
It seemed like her day was just getting worse. She had her online meeting with her staffs. She had to look presentable, even though only up to her stomach was visible.



People said that she wore all black outfits, when she is angry. She always denied that, but it turns out to be true. People would be more careful not to piss her off, when she wore all black outfits. Especially her staffs.
And ,it turns out that she wore her all black pant suit that day for the meeting. The staffs were visibly scared, and they were even stuttering when they spoke. That pissed her off soo much. She hated when people spoke in a stutter. It made them feel not so confident. And, being a lawyer, when her staffs did that, she found that unreasonable.
One of her staffs was explaining something, and unfortunately, he was stuttering like hell.
'Wait, wait! ' she cut him off while he was speaking. All of them stopped what they were doing, and now they knew something was about to happen.
'Why the hell is he stuttering so much? Why are you stuttering like this? Huh? Are we gonna eat you up or what? Huh? ' she waited for him to answer. He was a new staff, and the rest of the staffs had already warned how mad she could get. But right now, he was gulping so hard, and he didn't know what to say. 'I'm asking you! ' she shouted, slapping her hand in the desk. Suga was with her in the same room with her, and he was actually watching her. He knew she wasn't in a good mood today, so he was watching her from time to time. When she slapped her hand on the desk, and shouted, he was shook. He looked at her with a very scarred expression. He wanted to make her calm, but he couldn't even move a bit.
She didn't even see him sitting in the same room, since she was busy concentrating on her staffs.
'Why are you so scared? With this stutter, and such low confidence, how are gonna present a case on the court? ' she asked him, still fuming with anger. 'I'm sorry ma'am. I'll try to be better. ' he said looking down. She pinched her nose bridge, because she was trying to calm herself down. After a few seconds of counting from 1-10, she calmed down, and said, 'You should focus on your confidence level. I know you are new at this, but that's not an excuse. Because, when you present a case in the court, it doesn't bother the judge that whether you are new at this or not. Understood? ' she asked him calmly. 'Yes ma'am, I'll work on my self confidence. ' he answered, confidently. 'Ok. Good for you. ' she answered back.
After her meetings, she threw of her earphones, and lied on her bed. She was exhausted. But when she saw the time, and she tried to remember what was next.
It's time to practise. She remembered. She quickly changed her dress, and went downstairs. She saw the boys getting ready. 'Hey guys! Why didn't you tell me it was time to practise? ' she asked them, while getting down from the stairs.
'We were going to come up there. But right then you came down. Cmon let's go' Kookie said, while rushing out of the door. She was about to follow him, but then Tae grabbed her hand. 'Hey, are sure you wanna come. You've been working since morning, and you look really tired, and exhausted. You can skip today's practise if you want. ' he told her, visibly worried of her health. 'Hey. I'm ok. I can do it. And I really love to do the dance practise. It actually relaxes me. You know I love to dance right!' She said. 'Ya! I know you love to dance. ' he paused for a second. Then asked, 'are you sure baby? ' he asked, worried. 'Yes of course TaeTae' she pinched his cheeks. They smiled, and went outside.

After coming back from practise, they were all drained of energy.
'I'm gonna take a wash. You wanna go first Yoongi? ' she asked him. 'No Haenbog-ah, you go first. I'll just.. ' he dropped himself on the couch, 'rest for a while. ' he nodded of within seconds. 'Ok, cool' she told herself. She took a relaxing bath, and after a few minutes, she came out of the washroom. She wore something comfy, and warm, since she was always cold at night. Kookie and Criss had a lot of similarities, compared to others. But, JK liked to sleep without much clothes, while she liked to put on more clothes while sleeping.
She went through her messages she got while practising. She didn't get enough time to check her texts she received.
Right then, she saw 2 missed calls from Akshaya. She called her back. Right then, Jin came by to tell her that dinner was ready. She showed him, not to wait up for her, and to start eating. He said they are gonna wait anyways, and left without saying anything. 'Uh! These boys! ' she sighed. After a few rings, Akshaya picked up at last. 'Hey bud! I'm sorry I didn't pick up your call at first. I was practising. ' she explained. 'Ya, I knew you were busy with something.' She replied. 'Mm, ya. Why did you call anyways. Any particular reason, or just like that? ' Criss asked her, while feeding her guinea pig, Coco, with one hand. 'Yeah.. I had to talk to you about something.. ' she trailed off. 'Yaa.. I'm listening.. 'Criss replied calmly. She knew it was something big. Because usually Akshaya doesn't beat around the bush. She is straightforward. And she loved that trait about her. But whenever she trails off, it could be something a little bit serious. So she didn't wanna rush her into saying it. She waited patiently, until Akshaya said. 'Actually, you know,... You told me before I should say this to you first right? ' she said, really fast. 'Umm, say what actually. I really can't understand you when you talk so fast. ' criss tried to reason. 'Um.. Ok. I'm gonna say it! You told me to say whether I feel something for Hobi or not right. And if I feel something for him in the future, I should tell that to first right! Well, I think I do kinda like him. That's what I've been trying to tell you. ' she said all of this in one breath, but easy enough for Criss to understand. Criss almost dropped her phone, and she had a shocked expression. Brook was looking at her confused. 'You like him! ' she almost screamed through the phone. 'Yeah. Not so loud! You almost broke my eardrum. ' akshaya complained.
'I'm gonna say this to him! ' she said excitedly while running downstairs. 'Wait! Noo!'