Black Diamonds are Bulletproof | MYG

Part 98

You were excited to spend the next day with Miso at the HYBE LA offices, while the guys went off and did their own thing again. Jin, joined with Namjoon and Yoongi on their studio tours today. The magnae were quieter about what they were doing today, and you suspected slightly hungover when they all had a variation of water and toast or rice for breakfast. Jimin assured you that Tadakasan had taken good care of them, and that they'd be ready to meet with HYBE tomorrow. You made him pinky promise, which made him smile, before you sent the terrible trio off to do more damage to the city of LA.

You did wonder if you needed to talk to Minho about getting Tadakasan a raise though...

Hoseok and Yeeun had only one radio show in the morning before they came over to visit with TruLuv. Hoseok had offered to come with Yeeun to see TruLuv in one of their performances here in Los Angeles and to say the girls were nervous about meeting a member of BTS was an understatement, but things went well enough for Hosoek to offer to teach them a few dance moves.

You and Miso had conspired early on to make sure that Tommy Choi was indeed with TruLuv every second of their journey in Los Angeles and when you arrived Monday you were thrilled to see the stars in his eyes had dimmed only slightly. And that one of the girls in TruLuv took the opportunity to stand next to him as often as she could.

When Miso had pointed it out, you had spent a few minutes giggling about it behind your hands before you had stepped in to help with translations. Tommy had been practicing, but after nearly ten months of nonstop use, your own Korean was significantly improved, even from where it had been in June. And definitely from where you had been in January.

You stood back and watched Yeeun talk to the other members of TruLuv about their performance while Hoseok stood to the side and checked his phone. You wandered over to lean against the wall next to Hobi and he smiled down at you and wrapped an arm around your shoulders.

"How goes things Hyungsu," he murmured quietly, and you leaned into his hug for a second.

"I think we're doing ok Hoba. The mix tape is going well, the promotions start tomorrow for Bangtan, the venue is nearly ready for us. My wedding planning is going alright. The smaller stuff for Jimin and Tae's ceremony is already underway. I convinced Jin not to buy another car while he was here. The magnae haven't burned the city down, and Namjoon is able to drag Yoongi out of the studio before 2am most nights," you mused and looked back to see him still smiling at you.

"And yourself (Y/N)ie," he asked. "How are you doing?"

You sighed a bit and leaned into him once more.

"I think I'm still ok," you said thoughtfully and then said aloud what you'd only brought up to Yoongi and Jimin so far.

"Hoba, I'm a little worried that when I get home I'll have another breakdown," you whispered, and he made a noise and turned you to look at him.

"Home is where you're safest (Y/N)ie. If you get back to Chicago and need a few days to have a breakdown, then you do. You have been through an incredible amount of stress in four months. It's ok to let some of it out."

Hearing Hoseok say nearly the same thing that Jimin had said was reassuring to you and you smiled to hear his confidence.

"We'll all be tucked into the penthouse, next to your fireplace, and you can sit next to Yoongihyung and watch us all bitch at each other. You can go down and play with the kids, you can listen to Joon and Jin have some weird philosophical talk about the origins of rice again, or just sit next to Jimin and Tae and listen to them talk about weddings," he said and then paused. "Or that damn bathtub again. Noona, I hope you paid someone good money to disinfect that thing before I stayed there," he teased and you broke into giggles.

"Ok first of all, you and Yoongi have the exact same horrified face when anyone talks about the bathtub. You two have very active imaginations Hoseoknim," you joked, and he grinned at you. And then you let out a piece of news you'd been holding onto for a bit now.

"The bathrooms in your place have been upgraded now as well Hoba," you said shyly, and he turned to you again and made a face before he dropped a kiss on your hair.

"Thank your hyung. That one wasn't my idea. I think he just didn't want you guys upstairs in ours all the time," you teased, and Hoseok broke into his normal laugh and made all the TruLuv girls look up and giggle.

Yeeunie watched you both and you knew you'd have another story to share about the bathtubs once she got to Chicago with you all.

The BTS and HYBE-LA meet and greet around the offices the next day went really well and you were so proud you could burst at how much the guys had been practicing their English skills in order to be able to navigate around. From the offices, there was a brief stop to meet TruLuv. You left Yeeun to deal with the aftermath and dragged Hoseok along to the first of the BTS media stops for LA.

He pouted a bit and you realized that this was probably one of the few times in the last three weeks that he and Yeeun hadn't been living in each other's pockets all day long.

"Things are going ok," you asked quietly, and he smiled so suddenly with such a soft expression on his face that you were startled. And then he broke into a super smirky grin.

"Wouldn't you like to know nosy Noona," he teased, and you rolled your eyes and pouted a bit, as he'd no doubt intended. He grabbed your hand to make him look at him.

"Things are very good Noona. Really, really good. But we're not you and hyung, so I don't think you need to worry about planning anything else this year," he said softly, and you smiled.

"Whenever you need us, for whatever you need us for Hoba, Yoongi and I are always here for you," you whispered, and he leaned forward and gave you a huge hug.

You did two television interviews on Wednesday and filmed four promos before Yeeun was able to rejoin the group. You handed her a bottle of water, and she raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't think you'd want more coffee. Yeeunie it's nearly five! You ate today right," you asked her, and she laughed and patted your hand, but opened the bottle of water and chugged half of it.

"I'm fine Eomma," she teased, and you blushed a little.

"I don't want you following my super bad example is all," you whispered and this time she laughed and took your hand in hers.

"Eonni, I know what a bad example you are. That's why I am trying to follow it, but in moderation. Two groups at once, three if you count Hobi's album? That's a bit much for me. I love my girls, but I'll be happy to settle back into just one group at a time again," she explained, and you nodded. That made sense to you.

By the time you got to Jimin's birthday concert on Friday, you were nearly relaxed. You'd adjusted to the time change and were sleeping what you considered fairly normal hours for the tour. The media requests hadn't tapered off yet, but you'd been able to limit the guys to only having one interview and a few taped items per day after the initial blitz.

You watched the concert from the soundboard and were happy with the fan moment when everyone showed off the hearts taped to their ARMY bombs. You'd worked hard before JK's birthday to try and figure out how to do something different for each birthday boy and this was the last birthday you'd have during a concert.

There had originally been a concert for Jin's birthday, but the venue had backed out and now your weeklong break in Chicago was a glorious three week break before you'd all head out to NYC and attend the taping of the Jingle Ball. Then a three-night run at the Garden, and then another absolutely amazing six week break before you needed to be in Dublin.

Now there was an actual space to relax after the Chicago concert, not just relax and oh by the way, cram in Thanksgiving on top of it. Namjoon and Seokjin were flying home to have the time with their families and everyone else was happy to spend time with you at the penthouse. You'd miss celebrating Jin's birthday with him, but he needed to be home, just as much as you needed to be home. You thought the others might split the time between Seoul and Chicago, and you were ok with that as well.

You loved all your family, but you could really use that time with Yoongi right now.