Namjoon's POV
The guys and I were on our way back to the villa from the dance studio. We had just completed rehearsal for the showcase and we were pretty beat, however, it did help to take my mind off all the drama back at the house. Right now keeping myself busy was really helping me not think about Zee, especially after last night's confrontation. I tried to call her this morning but to no avail. She was clearly avoiding me and wanted nothing to do with me. At this point I didn't know what else to do.
"Hey Namjoon, are you still with us?" Jin asked, bringing me back to reality.
"Mmhhmm, yeah I am," I said clearing my throat.
"Are you sure? You seem to be in your own world."
"Sorry about that, I have a lot on my mind. What's up?" I asked
"I was wondering if you also noticed a change in Zee this morning," he said leaning against the car seat.
I shifted in my car seat and faced Jin, "What do you mean?" I asked.
"She seemed so much more serious than before. Like a switch happened over night," he said.
"But Zee has always been serious. Her team had a presentation today, remember. I'm sure she was just gearing up for that," I said in response.
The guys all looked at me like in disbelief as if I had something on my face.
"RM, that person was not the Zee we met a couple of weeks ago. Her vibe was completely different. I mean she even gave you a task as well," Yoongi explained.
I lay back on my seat and tried to think back at what happened this morning.
Xxx
It was around 8:30am and the guys and I were having breakfast. Zee and Jazz were still upstairs but so far Danny and Jake where downstairs with us. They all seemed to be talking about something which I didn't really care about. I was more worried about wanting to fix things with Zee and I wanted apologise as well. What she said yesterday made sense and I couldn't imagine what she could be going through. I would do the same if I were in her shoes in order to protect someone I cared about. Hopefully this would allow us to move on and we could start over again.
"Heads up people, the workaholic is back and she is feisty," Jazz said plopping down on her seat and laid back.
She didn't really look happy; almost like she had a defeated looked on her face. I looked at her trying to understand what could be wrong and what she meant about her statement. Danny and Jake seemed to have understood what she meant as they had moaned and leaned against their chairs.
"Morning everyone!", a cheery voice came from the kitchen and it sounded like Zee, "I'm so glad to see the whole gang here, that way we can quickly talk business before we go to the meeting," she said handing out documents to her team.
"Um Zee, can't we first eat breakfast before preparing for the presentation?" Danny asked.
"Nope, the car is fetching us in an hour and I need to make sure we are all ready for today's presentation. Remember guys, if we win this one, we will be top of the score board," she said, while taking sip of her coffee.
She was completely in the zone while talking to her team. Explaining the changes that she had made and how they would benefit the showcase. She hardly looked my way the entire time. I just laid back and watched her at work. She really had a passion for what she did and was really attentive to every detail. The others were also throwing in their own ideas to the last minute changes and it seemed everything was coming together for them.
"Namjoon, I think its best we get going so long and give them a bit of space as well," Hobi suggested in a low voice.
I nodded my head in agreement and gestured to the others that we should leave in order to prepare for our day. I excused us from the table and headed for the door with the others.
"Um Namjoon, before you leave I wanted to ask you something," Zee called out before I entered the kitchen.
"Sure, what's up?' I asked in response.
"Do you think you can ask your manager to send me you're guy's schedule? I want to see if we could work around it in order to prepare you for the showcase."
"Um sure, I will speak to him when I see him later today."
"Perfect, I will text you my email address to give to him," she said with a smile I missed seeing.
I nodded and continued to take my leave. I felt a little disappointed that she only spoke to me regarding work. I wondered if this is how things were going to be between us.
Xxx
I sighed and realised that Jin and Yoongie were right. Zee had changed and was not the same girl I had connected with. I couldn't help but wonder if this was all my doing. If I hadn't been a jerk to her maybe things wouldn't have taken such a drastic turn. I have to fix this no matter what.