From the front seat of the car steps down - more like jumps down - Rhea. She adjusts her backpack along with her sketchbook in her arms with utmost seriousness.
"Shall we, ma'am?" you ask her.
She frowns at your sarcasm. "This is business, Y/N. To design a real track cover for V's song I need to get a feel of it. The vibe is important!"
She marches ahead of you, nose in the air.
You chortle. Yoongi had called your phone the other day to finalize today's session but you were in the shower. However, Rhea had been right there and answered in your stead quite happily. God only knew what discussion the two ended up having - but here she was - living the dream.
"You know you can't tell this to your friends, right?" you fall in step with her.
"Obviously. I'm good at keeping secrets!"
"Yeah?"
"I never said a word about you and Suga to Mom, did I?" she retorts in a whisper.
You gape at her. "You - hey - there is nothing to tell!"
She giggles and skips ahead.
Apelbaum's security is thorough, to say the least, and it does not help your confidence that it's the kind of place you'd like to walk into in your swankiest pantsuits, not in a half a decade old cheap hoodie with a strange cartoon logo.
"Ooooh they really went for a Mount Olympus feel -" Rhea whispers, indicating the archways at the entrance. The lobby with its clinking fountain and the soft music add to your nervousness. You start to whistle subconsciously as you step into the elevator.
"What is that tune?" Yoongi's voice jolts you. You hadn't paid attention to the guy who had got in the elevator with you at all. His hoodie had a cute dog on it - possibly a dog grooming service.
"That - agh - you're so sneaky!" you cry out. You can't believe he is still able to escape your notice.
He shrugs, "it's not my fault that you're a terrible observer."
"I know right," Rhea chips in. They both exchange a high five. You try to stick out your tongue but it only gets caught in your mask, leaving you with an annoying stench.
"Seriously, what was that tune?" he asks again.
"There's an old Bollywood film, Dil To Pagal Hai - it's the main lead's theme," you answer. You all reach V's floor quickly and enter a warmly lit entrance hall.
"It's a cool tune," Yoongi remarks, then he turns to Rhea, "so you ready for this?"
"Oh I've got ideas," Rhea answers with enthusiasm. They continue to talk while you take off your mask and take in the high ceiling and smooth modern finishings.
"Shit, I think I need to buy an apartment..." you sigh. Now that the initial anxiety of entering a new place is over, you're beginning to like this.
"Buy one only if you really need it," Yoongi comments.
You laugh. "Yeah, I can't exactly afford to impulse buy property in Gangnam-gu," you pause, "but I might gift myself something after releasing the album. And after things are sorted out with Ribbon ugh."
"What about Ribbon?" he asks, surprised. You haven't updated him on DK's new situation at all.
"Noona!" V's voice interrupts your conversation. You both wave at each other with the enthusiasm of children before walking towards each other and hugging.
"How is your leg?" you ask.
"It's fine really, I'm sorry for - um - delaying - the plan so much," he speaks English so slowly and sweetly that every cell in your body goes 'aww'.
"Let it heal, okay? Don't rush into anything. Once you're well, we gonna dance!" you finish happily.
"I cannot wait," V says, before turning to Rhea with a grin, "And who is this?"
She naturally introduces herself in the language he is more comfortable in. You purse your lips to stop yourself from laughing at how flustered Rhea is while talking to V. She definitely fangirls a lot with Yoongi, but this could be the start of a serious crush.
"Noona - come on in!" he takes your arm and guides you towards his mini recording space with Rhea a step ahead as usual.
Suga follows you all slowly. He observes the way you're arm-in-arm with V, wondering how you ended up getting close to all of them. He's not jealous - not like that - but envy creeps in every time he sees you and one of the boys exhibit skinship. You've built a comfort zone with the others, especially Namjoon, Taehyung and Jungkook. Truth is, it's just you being you, and them being them and the pandemic confining all of you to work out of one building in one city. And definitely them being interested in the girl who has got Suga interested, not that they make it obvious.
You're not insensitive to the fact that Yoongi may have suddenly felt left out. So you call out to him to speed up.
"What is that, Noona?" V notices the cartoon on your back.
"Don't even start," you take off the hoodie, but not before the other two start to laugh.
"Is that poo?" Rhea asks, making V laugh harder.
"Real cute toilet," Yoongi chuckles.
"Swag," V adds.
"Shut up," you advise.
"Ohmo! Is that the famous Yeontan?" you shriek when the tiny Pomeranian runs towards you guys with his signature short barks. You drop down to your knees to pet him. After smelling you all over and getting the confirmation from V that you're no threat, he takes to you easily. You lift him up in your arms.
"Aw he likes Noona," V laughs. "He doesn't let people touch him otherwise," he adds. You're sad to part with him, but you can't take him into the recording room.
"Forget the apartment. After I release the album, I'm getting myself a dog," you announce before swaggering into the recording room.
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Pop Star || Yoongi x Reader
Fanfiction[Short Chapters] Being a pop star means you've got to be on your best behaviour at all times. But what happens when you end up dissing Kpop in front of the biggest Kpop stars in history? Suga thinks you're fickle when he first meets you - though it...
