~RECAP~

"Naira-ssi the passcode is written down on a sticky note next to the intercom and also please come to the office tomorrow as Pd-nim would like you to sign NDA's things like that. i will take my leave now have a good night." Sejin-ssi says and leaves the apartment and i stand by the door and bow as he leaves...

Naira's Point Of View...

The girls enter the apartment immediately after Sejin-ssi leaves. I help Jiah with my Suitcase. So-Hyun has a packet filled with convenience store food like ramyeon, kimbap, a few eggs and drinks. The moment they step inside, they exclaim "wow". Give them a tour of the small apartment after which they go and settle themselves in the lounge while I go to the kitchen to fill a kettle of water and put it to boil. I then proceed to the lounge and take a seat before the questioning begins

Sophia and So-Hyun both ask the same question without hesitation: "Are you Jungkook's girlfriend?".

"I..." Do I lie or tell them the truth. Before I could say anything Jiah interrupts me and says "Guys don't ask that question today has been traumatic enough for Naira and you asking her this question could trigger her anxiety."

"Sorry Naira we were being inconsiderate," So-Hyun says apologetically.

"Soph, Sohyun-ah come with me to the kitchen and help with the food," Jiah instructs.

After a few minutes, they bring 4 cups of noodles and leave them on the coffee table, a few cans of cold drinks and vegetarian-friendly kimchi.

Jiah hands me a fork and vegetable ramyeon since I haven't figured out how to use chopsticks yet. With one mouthful of noodles in my mouth, I hum in delight at the spicy savoury goodness that comes from this small cup.

"Sohyun I will answer your question tomorrow as I am meeting Bang Sihyuk-nim and afterwards if I am permitted I can tell you okay cause I am not Jungkook's girlfriend I am not even a close acquaintance of his and we only met up coincidently," I explain.

"You don't have to explain the situation to us Naira," Sohyun assures me.

"I just wanted you all to know because it is not like I am hiding something." I further my reasoning.

"Okay leave all that now all of you eat," Jiah says.

After we all finish eating they clean up the tiny mess on the coffee table refusing my offer to help multiple times and I finally give up and wait for them. As soon as they finished cleaning, they helped me change into pyjamas, and Soph said, "We should leave soon since the dorm building will close in 30 minutes, and it will take at least 15 minutes to get to University, and probably another 10 minutes to walk."

"Okay, but don't you think it will be a bad idea to leave her all alone tonight," Sohyun says.

"You do have a point..." Jiah says considering the idea.

"Sorry to interrupt but you couldn't possibly consider the idea I am not that fragile i can look after myself. I appreciate the worry but seriously don't worry i will b fine." I assure them.

To which they agree and begin gathering their bags and putting on their coats and shoes and i see them out of the door we say our goodbyes and they enter the elevator and i wave at them before the door closes and i enter the apartment. once inside i grab the sticky note with the password for the apartment and wifi on it i connect to the wifi and I memorise the password for the apartment after the third time but i also put it on my phone notes just in case. I head to bed, placing my pillows and blanket on the bed and sorting it out before i sleep i hop in and switch the lights off, hours went by reading not being able to fall off to sleep is a normal occurrence since i was in grade 10 thanks to those all-nighters that conditioned my brain like this. It always ends up with me falling off to sleep and not even remembering how.

As my alarm goes off the next morning, I open my eyes and try to find it on the nightstand. I realise I think I fell asleep while looking at my phone and, after I search through the bedding, I find it. I dismiss the alarm and put it to charge. I take a shower and then change into a white turtleneck, denim skinny and my black trench coat with tan boats and dainty gold accessories. Since there is no food in the apartment, I leave and go to the nearest café, where I order a latte and pay. After receiving my order, I leave since I don't eat in the morning.

"Good morning i have an appointment with Mr Bang Si-hyuk," i tell the receptionist.

"Miss what is your name?" the receptionist asks.

"Naira Singh," i reply.

"Okay I see that your appointment is at 10 am so once you pass those electronic gates you will enter the elevator and go to the 6th floor and someone will be waiting outside the elevator to escort you to the waiting room." The receptionist explains to me as she swipes her keycard to allow me to pass through the electronic gates.

"Thank you so much have a nice day," I tell the receptionist.

to which she replies with a thank you and you too.

I reach the 6th floor and like i was told earlier a man was waiting outside the elevator for me he escorts me to this boardroom and then leaves.

After 15 minutes the door is opened and Bang Sihyuk- nim walks in with the man who brought me in here and i stand up.

"Good morning Miss Naira." Bang Sihyuk-nim greets me in English.

"Good morning sir." I greet him back and shake his hand that he put out.

He sits opposite me with the man whom i assume is his assistant sitting next to him.

"First off i am going to explain the events that lead up to your horrible experience yesterday afternoon." He begins fluently in English.

"Okay Sir," I wait for him to continue.

"Yesterday at around midday photographs of yours and Jungkook's meeting was posted online [he then turns to his assistant who holds out the photographs. Bang Sihyuk-nim then places those photographs in front of me] as you can see from these photographs they seem quite misleading from the angle it was captured in. Therefore spreading false rumours w have received an explanation from Jungkook so now we need your side before we move further." He explains to me.

I explain all the situations that lead to this photograph of what looked like we were holding hands but it was me stopping Jungkook from paying for the drinks.

Bang Sihyuk-nim nods in leniency towards the situation before speaking.

"Now secondly I am going to discuss the aeroplane incident. As soon as the photographs were distributed across social media someone who was in the aeroplane recorded the entire exchange and posted it on Twitter there are many fans asking for proof of your employment at BigHit. That brings me to my third point; to address the rumours we will have to prove your apparent employment at BigHit so we did a background check of you and I am going to ask you questions to verify them." He further explains.

"Sure sir." I agree with him.

"Naira you are from South Africa right?" Bang Sihyuk-nim begins questioning.

"Yes sir," I reply.

"Now according to this report, it says you speak Korean and English. From when did you start learning Korean." He switches to Korean.

"I started teaching myself Korean when i started watching Korean drama around 3 years ago and when I came across this scholarship to study in Korea I went for Korean classes for 6 months," I respond in Korean.

"I also found out that you are looking for a job, so I am thinking of hiring you as a Translator and English tutor for BigHit you will mostly be working with BTS since they will be heading to America for a while and you will help them prepare for their interviews. you will also be helping TxT with pronunciation even though most of them are fluent; practising more often will help them keep it that way. Here is the contract it is for 1 year and these are NDA's that have to be signed." He says as he slides the forms to me.

"Thank you for this opportunity sir but what about my studies?" I ask.

"That won't be affected at all since you will only be obligated to help when the groups are in Korea. when they are on their American tours while you are not on Semester break then you will receive an email containing what the group members want to say and you will translate it and email it back to them and do a video call and help with their pronunciation." Bang Sihyuk-nim's assistant further explains.

After much consideration, I look through the contract and the date for my employment says in December 2019 starting date is 5 January 2020 I ask Bang Sihyuk-nim about this. He explains to me it is so that whatever I said in the aeroplane to be facts to which I nod in understanding. I sign the relevant papers.

"Thank you, sir," I tell him.

"It is a pleasure this is Kim Chunho he will be assisting you for a week for you to become familiar with the employees and the building." he introduces the man who is standing next to him.

I bow out of respect and greeted him.

"So before you leave Chunho will escort you to the security department to get your biometrics done as well as your employee ID card. I have to meet up with the group and the PR team now to explain and come up with a solution, if have any further questions ask Chunho he will either answer them or he will inform me." He explains further and leaves the room. To which I bow and bid him farewell.

Both Chunho-ssi and I head out and make our way to the elevator once inside he presses the button for the 18th floor, we exit the elevator once we stop and the door opens. Stepping out we enter the department and the amount of security on either side of me is starting to set off my anxiety which i try and control. We stop in front of the door and the nameplate reads Head Of Security Lee Donghyun. Chunho-ssi knocks twice and in a few seconds, the door is opened and reveals a very tall and muscular man whom I assume is the head of security.

" Good morning Donghyun I have a new member of staff with me. She has to get her biometrics done before we head down to Human Resources from her staff card." Chunho-ssi greets and explains.

"Alright come inside and take a seat." Donghyun-ssi let us enter his office. Once we enter he closes the door and makes his way over to his seat opposite us.

"Good morning I am Lee Donghyun Head Of Security. It is very nice to meet Miss?" He greets me and stops midway not knowing my name.

"Naira Singh, it is a pleasure to meet you too Donghyun-ssi. " I respond to his greeting with an indirect question.

"Well let's get started now shall we?" He questions.

"Sure," I say in agreement.

"First we will do your fingerprints then we have to take out a photograph of you. You will have to sign a few forms, one of which is going to give the company permission to perform a background check on you. Once we are done Chunho will escort you to human resources to get your staff card done." Donghyun-ssi explains the process to me.

"Okay," I say taking in the explanation.

Donghyun-ssi begins typing on the computer. He asks me multiple questions like my full name and surname, where I am studying, what I am studying etc. I answer them truthfully I mean what am I going to lie about my name?

As I finish answering the questions Donghyun-ssi instructs me on how to place my finger on the thumbprint scanner I start with my left hand and my right hand is followed suit.

I sign with a stylus on a tablet and I am done.

I bow to Donghyun-ssi and leave with Chunho-ssi next to me.

We head down to Human Resources and after 30 minutes I get my employee ID card.

"Naira-ssi I have to give you a few company essentials and brief you on the solution to this scandal as well as your schedule. If you don't mind we can grab lunch at the company cafeteria?" Chunho-ssi asks.

"I would not mind that at all Chunho-ssi," I tell him.

He leads the way to the cafeteria.
"Naira-ssi what would you like?" He asks me.

"I would like a caffé mocha and what do you recommend I should eat; bear in mind I am vegetarian. " I ask.

"They this really tasty garlic knot sandwich." He tells me.

"Okay, that's good then," I tell him.

"Why don't you get us a table Naira-ssi I will bring the food," Chunho-ssi suggests to which I agree.

After a few minutes, Chunho-ssi walks toward the table I have chosen and lay the food tray in the middle before placing my food and drink in front of me.

"Naira-ssi give me a few minutes to grab a couple of things from the reception I will be back soon," Chunho-ssi says to me after we finish our lunch to which I nod.
"Yeah sure, go ahead," I tell him.

Chunho-ssi dashes it. While he is gone i neaten up the table putting everything back on the tray and then I take out hand wipes from my bag pull out one and put the rest back in my bag, and wipe my hand.

I pull out my phone and scroll through Instagram minutes go past until Chunho-ssi is back and sitting in front of me.

"So Bang Pd-nim has asked me to hand this to you," Chunho-ssi says passing a tablet over to me.
I look at him in confusion.
"It has your schedule for the next three months and your real work starts tomorrow. As you start university in early March  you will be helping Bangtan a lot and since they will be heading to America in a few days you will travel with the staff as a translator to make things easier."
Chunho-ssi explains.

"I will be going to America?" I ask to make sure I heard right

"Yes since Bangtan will be attending the Grammys (AKA Scammys)  and doing collaboration performance so you will be needed. With their comeback in February, they will be attending a lot of interviews there as well." Chunho-ssi tells me.

"Oh Okay," I say shocked I didn't expect to be travelling so soon.

"Oh, when you come tomorrow please bring your passport and other necessary documents so that I can give them to the company's travel department for booking your flight and visa. That will be all for today you can go home early since you had a stressful past couple of days." Chunho-ssi says in understanding.

"Thank you so much I will make sure you get those documents tomorrow," I assure him.

I bow and bid him farewell before exiting the building. I take the bus to a grocery store near the apartment. I grab a small tab of butter, mushrooms and onion and a few cans of cold drinks.

I then pay for the goods and walk to the apartment. I enter and place the packets on the counter before going and changing into some leggings and my maroon oversized Batman T-shirt.
I put the veggies and butter away before lounging on the couch and checking my phone.

A bts fansite that i had begun following not too long ago posted something it is a weverse notice I read it knowing that it must be for the dating rumours, it clarified that the rumours were false and to support their statement they had a video of me stopping Jungkook from paying thank god you can see his wallet a little. Then there are several other explanations and finally, proof of my employment at BigHit they blocked out all my details.

Next, there is an apology video post of Jungkook.

"Dear ARMY I am extremely ashamed and disappointed in myself. This misunderstanding hurt many of you guys and that was never my intention.  The English tutor had dinner with her friends that night while I was out with my friends. We met coincidently and had coffee the meeting did not last more than 10 minutes. So I hope ARMY you have it in you to forgive me for my foolishness. Goodbye." He says and bows at the end.

Why must he apologise BigHit proved that we are not in a relationship so why. We did not even do anything wrong for him to apologise. Honestly, I don't understand.

Looking through the comments section of the video many fans are still blaming me and that I shouldn't have done that to my employer and that i should have had manners. Some called me a gold digger, a slut, a whore, and multiple racist slurs while the rest of them were supportive and tried to make the others stop.
Knowing that this is bad for my mental health I put my phone on the coffee table. I grab my suitcase filled with snacks from South Africa so i grab my 5-pack Maggie and take it to the kitchen.

I enter the kitchen wash my hands then take out the mushrooms, onion and butter broccoli from the fridge I take out how many mushrooms I wanted and then cut the onion in half then put the remainder in an airtight container and back in the fridge. I let the mushrooms soak while I put one kettle of water to boil and peel an onion I then rinse the mushrooms and onion together. I stop when i hear my doorbell ring. Who could it be? I know the girls are busy today. I wipe my hands and i go check.

Forgetting that I could check on my intercom to see who it is I open my door and see a tall figure standing in front of me wearing a bucket hat and full black clothes and a mask. Head down and not looking at me.

I stand frozen behind my door thinking that I am going to get murdered, oh lord such a short life I had but at least I did almost everything I wanted to. I love you mum and dad even that devil of a child. Oh Krishna please make this painless.
My stupid thoughts are thrown out of my head and my voice comes back.

"Who are you?" I say as I try backing away to try and close the door. That is until the guy looks me dead in the eye and tries to slam the door but the guy holds the door with one hand and my wrist in his other hand. He pushes both of us inside and slams the door behind us.

"Naira-ssi it is me Jungkook." The mysterious man says and removes his mask and it is Jungkook.

"Oh my god, I just thought I was going to get murdered. My poor heart." I say as I rub the palm of my hand where my heart is to soothe the pounding.

"I am a harmless guy Naira-ssi. " He explains.

"You think I don't know how harmless you are. From my perspective, you looked like a murderer." I scold him not realising who he is. To which he laughs.

"I am sorry Naira-ssi." He apologises.

"It is okay so what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to make sure you were okay seeing those comments can do a lot to a person's mental health." He tells me.

"I just switched my phone off and was preparing to cook until someone looking like a grim reaper interrupted me and nearly gave me a heart attack. But other than that you could say I am fine." I say sarcastically. I notice Jungkook looking guilty and he suddenly found the wooden floors quite interesting.

"Jungkook-ssi I was joking anyway I am cooking do you want to stay for dinner it is nothing special it is just ramyeon and mushrooms are you okay with that?" I ask.

"If you don't mind making me a share then i won't say no." He says.

"Okay. You can sit in the living or you can come to the kitchen and sit there." I tell him.

"Okay lead the way." He motions me to head on first. Which i comply with.

I lead the way to the kitchen and he follows me, i pull out a stool from underneath the floating island by the window.

"Sit here," I say.

I begin prepping the mushrooms and onion. I dice the onion and slice the mushrooms.

"I hope you don't mind this, i don't have any meat because I am vegetarian," I ask him.

"It is cool don't worry about it, hmm Sihyuk hyung told us that you will be helping us out with our English," He speaks.

As I am putting the onion and mushrooms in a pan to caramelise a little bit I turn to him and answer: "Yes I am."

I then place a tablespoon of butter and a.t and black pepper in the pan of mushrooms and onion and let it cook. Then put the ramyeon to boil after a few seconds i pour the seasoning into the pot and wait for 2 minutes.

I take out 2 bowls a pair of chopsticks and a fork as well as 2 pot coasters.

"Can you take this out and leave it on the coffee table while I bring the pot and pan?" I ask Jungkook.

To which he agrees and helps me. I carry the pot and pan to the coffee table before I could ask Jungkook to place the pot coasters down he does it and I place the pot and pan on each.

"Thank you," I say to him before I go to the kitchen to grab 2 cans of cold drinks and then place them next to each bowl.

"Thank you for the meal." He says nicely with the cutest smile ever as I tell him to eat first

"Honestly I would consider this a meal but, no problem. Thank you for understanding." I tell him sincerely.

"We have to be as humans not everyone is the same so there should be no room for judgement. " What he had just said is so true and I couldn't agree more with him.

"So true and I couldn't agree more Jungkook-ssi. " I say making sure he knew that I agree with him.

Jungkook and I talk a little throughout dinner but it was mostly us being quiet not knowing how to spark up a conversation.

At the end of dinner, Jungkook leaves after asking or more like insisting to do the dishes and had lost as I would let him do such a thing.

"See you tomorrow Naira-ssi. Goodbye." He tells me as he waves and I tell him the same and repeat the actions he then enters the elevator and he is gone.

I enter my apartment throw the remaining bits of food that is on the plate in the bin and then wash them up before going and doing my 3-step night skincare routine and finally calling it a night.

To be continued...

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