Glow

Experts: Dul

The teasing was at a whole new level when we finally come out to the main room for breakfast.

This time instead of Hoseok being a blushing mess... it's me. He leans back cockily in his chair, taking the ribbing good naturedly. The smirk from Yoongi only has me going redder though.

'You mean you went after him?!' Jungkook asks, acting shocked, though the twist of his lips gives him away. 'He's the scaredy cat! He probably thought you'd eat him up!'

The quick reply from Seokjin shocks everyone.

'He'd be so lucky. She's excellent at that!'

The turning of shocked faces to him has him grinning and blushing.

'Stop staring and eat! I didn't make this for it to go cold or to waste!' Seokjin says into the silence, a blush slowly taking over his face as he tries to remove the stares from him.

'I guess I'll have to try that next...' murmurs Yoongi from next to me, causing the next round of whiplash as he calmly continues to eat, ignoring the stares.

The silence is broken from Taehyung stealing food from Jungkook, causing the next squabble.

Ah, I am truly in this Bangtan Life now.

****

'The lawyers have been getting offers for us.' Seokjin adds into the conversation as we clean up breakfast, looking at his messages from his tablet.

'What kind of offers?' Asks Namjoon.

'You name it, it's been offered. Brand names coming to us directly, other production companies willing to sign us, collabs, other law firms offering to add or replace them, North Korea...'

'Wait, North Korea?!' Shouts about half the group.

Puzzled, Seokjin scrolls back and nods after confirming.

'Yeah, I know weird. They're offering something like sanctuary I think. They don't go into the details with the quick notification, but I am guessing it has to more to do with the quarantine and less with us being suspended.'

Looking at the shocked faces, Yoongi quickly but quietly speaks up.

'Everyone who wants to just ignore the North Korean offer say Bang.'

A quick "Bang" from everyone, myself included, lets Seokjin continue scrolling as the rest talk about what this means.

****

'So do we tell them to contact HYBE or do we let the lawyers handle independent contracts?' Hoseok asks, looking unsure of what he just said.

'I would normally offer to just hand it and all the headaches involved to HYBE, but with us in suspension...' Namjoon rubs the back of his neck, considering the problem.

'Can we even leave the dorm with the quarantine still in place?' Asks Taehyung, getting a nod from Jimin.

'Quarantine will end. And we aren't under arrest, so we can't be held here after it lifts. The contracts likely are for when we have more accessibility to their stages and crews.' Yoongi points out.

'What about the other companies?' I ask quietly. The frowns that grace their faces make me regret it immediately.

'As much as I love my friends I don't want to join their companies.' Jimin says, shaking his head.

'I think we could make a point for having an independent acting company for those of us who have offers for that. BigHit kinda fumbled that one for several of us. I got lucky with Hwarang.' Taehyung suggests.