Next morning, Sayesha was in her office when she got a text from Son Sungdeuk, BTS's performance director. The boys had a practice session at the venue. It was BTS's first international project under Sayesha's supervision. The performance was going to be telecasted globally and Sayesha endeavoured to make it a bop! She thought of going to the dorm to inform them.
11th floor, BTS's dorm:
Sayesha could hear the chaotic noises, some yelling, some laughter and a lot more from the elevator itself. She wasn't surprised. She was accustomed to the mayhem now. She reached the dorm door and rang the bell.
Taehyung opened the door and his eyes brightened. They looked at each other having flashbacks of yesterday. He smiled and said,
"Hi, what's up?"
Sayesha couldn't answer because apparently, somebody was getting scolded by Jin in the background.
"Seriously! How old are we?! I've told you a bazillion times that NO SOCKS ON THE COUCH! Park Jimin if I find your filthy socks on the couch one more time..."
So, the scene was like,
Jimin was standing in the middle of the hall pouting like a 10 year old while Jin continued to scold him like there's no tomorrow. A mild sound of piano could also be heard coming from one of the members' rooms.
The sight of the entire dorm was rather comical. Again, comical but not surprising.
Meanwhile, sitting on the kitchen counter, Jungkook was whining for a piggy back ride from Hoseok, who was trying to make coffee looking 101% done with Jungkook.
"Hyung pwease!!?," Jungkook said doing the biggest aegyo.
"Still no, Kookie..," Hoseok said sighing.
Taehyung and Sayesha looked at them, then looked at each other and laughed.
"This house is full of clowns," Sayesha said
"Yeah they do questionable things sometimes," Taehyung said.
"Sometimes? I'd say all the time!" "Wait, who is playing piano in this noise?" she asked.
"Oh that must be Yoongi Hyung. Such noises are normal for us so he is least bothered as always," Taehyung said ruffling his hair.
Just then, another voice startled both of them.
"Guys I lost my earpods again! This is the 3rd time in a month! Which one of you assholes took it!? Because I remember I didn't step on it like the last time!" Namjoon screamed coming out of his room.
He saw Sayesha standing at the door and stopped feeling embarrassed.
"Uh hey.. what are you doing here?," Namjoon asked as his raging eyes softened.
"Just watching my favourite circus," Sayesha said.
This made Namjoon laugh. He didn't mind being the clown if it made Sayesha laugh.
"Come in," Namjoon said.
Sayesha looked at them and went to the hall.
"Hi guys!," she said.
Taehyung and Namjoon were standing beside her relishing the sight of her face.
Jin and Jimin saw Sayesha and thankfully, Jin stopped scolding Jimin and his expressions changed.
"Oh gosh! Dumbo you're a saviour!," He quickly ran and hid behind Sayesha.
"Oh! My little one is here," Jin lovingly said. He gave Sayesha a side hug and both of them sat on the couch.
"Jin Hyung can compete with a chameleon when it comes to changing colors I swear," Jimin whispered to Taehyung. Taehyung tried to hold his laughter but failed.
"Oppa I need to talk to everyone about the shoot," Sayesha said.
Hoseok and Jungkook also came from the kitchen.
Sayesha saw Jungkook and smiled at him.
"Hey Jungkook, how're you doing?," she asked in an eager tone.
"I'm good, Noona," he replied.
"Let me call Yoongi Hyung too," Namjoon said.
"But his phone is here on the table," Taehyung said picking it up.
"Joon, shall I go and call him?," Sayesha asked.
"Yes yes of course, monkey. He is in his room. You go. We're waiting here," Hoseok said intervening.
Sayesha and Hoseok exchanged looks. Hoseok finally nodded and she went to Yoongi's room.
The door of his room was open and he was engrossed in playing "I need u" on the piano. The melodious tune had the entire dorm in its embrace. Sayesha was awestruck.
"An artist really finds true solace in his muse," she thought.
Yoongi looked so calm. He had a peaceful smile on his face. Sayesha didn't want to perturb him but didn't have a choice. She cleared her throat and said,
"Ahem.. Hello Oppa."
Yoongi got startled by a female voice. He stopped playing and turned around only to find Sayesha standing at the door.
"Sayesha? You.. here..is everything okay?," Yoongi asked standing up.
"Yes oppa. I just came by to talk about the rehearsal with you all. Can you please come to the hall?" she asked.
"Oh sure but anybody could've come and told me. Why did you take the trouble?," Yoongi said.
"Its okay, oppa. I wanted to come," Sayesha said smiling.
Yoongi didn't quite understand that statement.
"Umm okay? I'll be there in a minute," he said.
Sayesha nodded and he went to the washroom. Sayesha was about to leave when she saw a guitar kept on Yoongi's bed. The glistening black color of it looked really pretty. It looked new and untouched. She went close to the bed and moved her fingers through the strings.
"Owww! Ohh shit!!," Sayesha gasped in pain.
Since it was a brand new guitar, the strings were sharp and not to be touched without a pick.
The tip of Sayesha's all 4 fingers started bleeding. She got scared because she wasn't supposed to touch anything like that. Hearing Sayesha, Yoongi came running from the washroom.
"What? What happened? Are you alright?!," he asked but then he saw her bleeding fingers and panicked. His expressions changed to the ones Sayesha had never seen before.
"Oh my god! Baby what did you do?! Fuck it's bleeding! Come sit here. Try to press your fingers. I'll be right back. It's gonna be fine baby. I'll be right back!!," saying this Yoongi ran to the chest of drawers looking for the first aid kit.
"Where is it? I kept it right here! Oh god!," he was mumbling to himself.
Although it was paining, there was blood all over her fingers, Sayesha wasn't bothered about the wound. She was shocked by the fact that Yoongi just called her "baby." Sayesha had never seen him so worried for anyone expect for the boys. She couldn't believe the fact that the man who claims to be emotionless, has faced so many hardships without trembling, was right here, freaking out over a minor cut.
Yoongi finally found the first aid kit and ran back to Sayesha. He went on his knees, held her hand tenderly and started cleaning the blood with cotton. Not to mention, while doing this, he didn't stop ranting for a second.
"I don't understand you kids. Why do you have to meddle with things that shouldn't be meddled with?! Now see what happened! What if it had been worse?! You should be careful. God knows what made them give a baby such a tedious job of managing a freakin band...," he kept ranting.
Sayesha didn't realise but a tear rolled down her cheek. Hoseok was right. Yoongi had the warmest heart. She quickly wiped it off with her left hand. Yoongi saw this and spoke softly,
"Hey hey it's okay. Don't cry, kiddo. Tell me, does it really hurt that bad?"
There was concern in his voice.
Sayesha smiled sniffing.
"No oppa. It's fine."
"Then why are your eyes wet?," he asked still holding her bandaged hand.
"I uhh.. Oppa I bonded with everyone here except for you. I really wanted to know you so that I could be of some help. I tried a lot but...," Sayesha looked away.
Yoongi sighed and sat beside her on the bed.
"I know what you're talking about. I'm sorry, kiddo but I have always been like this. I don't trust people with my emotional side. I have a hard time speaking about what I feel. Trust me, it took me ages to get comfortable with these dorks! But I did. I'm sorry if I made you feel unwanted or unworthy of my attention but there's nothing like that. When I first saw you, you instantly reminded me of Jungkook, when he joined Big Hit as a kid. I wondered how could they give such a big responsibility to someone so young. Then I saw how exceptionalIy talented you were. I couldn't be vocal about myself and my issues because I didn't want to bother you. You already have so much on your plate."
"Oppa, if you really want to lessen my burden, please talk to me more often," Sayesha said.
"I will. I promise," Yoongi smiled and patted her head.
"And kiddo, next time if you feel like playing with random instruments, please tell me. I'll get you the toy ones!," Yoongi said chuckling.
"Oppa I'm not that small!," Sayesha said.
"Really? Doesn't seem so," Yoongi said looking at her bandaged hand and they started laughing.