βallerino ✧ Yoonmin

BACK IN TOWN

March 25, 2021
South Korea
5:35 AM

The fifteen hour flight to Seoul was exhausting, Yoongi had long forgotten about the ridiculous time difference within the two countries so of course the length of the flight was going to hit him like a brick.

He woke up a couple hours before landing, he was able to look out the window and see the plane slowly losing altitude, and soon enough, it landed at the Gimpo International Airport in Seoul.

When the pilot notified everyone that the plane had landed, he gently poked Hye Jin's cheeks attempting to wake her up, unsurprised his efforts went unnoticed, the young child was completely knocked out.

He sighed, grabbing the seatbelt and undoing it, then bent down to pick her up. At times like these, he was thankful he didn't have any carry on luggage with him and everything had been checked in.

He squirmed his way through the pit with the sleeping child curled up on his chest, and quickly got out of the plane and headed to the inside of the airport, the child never budging to wake up.

Once downstairs, he found a fairly tall man in a black suit with a tablet that had his name flashing on the screen.

"Um, hello." He said as he walked towards the male, unsure as to what he was doing there. Was it really necessary to do this?

"Hello Mr. Min, my name is Jinyoung and I'll be taking you to the hotel," the black haired male smiled at him and insisted on helping him with the only bag he was carrying, which was Hye Jin's pink Barbie backpack.

"I'm assuming both of you are tired, would you like to wait until tomorrow to meet up with Mr. Bang? Im sure he'll be willing to work according to what best fits your schedule,"

"Ah, no it's okay. Just let me take this lazy girl to the hotel and call my assistant to make sure he's already here," Yoongi said as he got inside the fancy black car, and straddled the girl in the seat. He closed the door, and walked around to get himself on the front seat.

He dialed Jason's number, and asked if he had already landed as well, luckily he had and then asked if he could please watch Hye Jin while he went to meet up with the CEO of the academy where he'd be working for now on.

Jason agreed without hesitating whereas he had already grown accustomed to babysitting his boss's sisters when they were younger, he was kind of like an uncle to them now. Yoongi treasured him enough as to offer to pay for his flight and have him accompany him on his trip to Seoul as well.

After ending the call, he slipped his phone in the pocket of his black slacks, and turned to face the front.

Everything was so familiar yet so different at the same time. It had been almost five years since he'd been here. He wonders what happened with everyone.

After moving to Canada, he stayed in contact with Namjoon and Jungkook for the first year and as the time passed, the calls turned into only texts, and the texts turned into occasional likes on social media. After the second year, he changed his phone number and lost track of everyone.

He couldn't help but let his mind wonder about Jimin.

Sweet little Jimin with a little too much spice sprinkled on top.

He thought about him every now and then, but never let it keep him from moving on with his life. He was just curious, last thing he heard was that he graduated with honors, and that was about 3 years ago through a post that Namjooon was tagged in by Jin.

At least he seemed happy.

The drive through the buildings and crowds of people was fairly long to the hotel, and after a quiet two hour drive they finally arrived at the hotel and quickly went up on the elevator and to his suite.

The young child was still surprisingly asleep, probably a trait she got from him. He took her pink flats off her small feet and tucked her in the bed. When Jason came knocking on the door, he thanked him, grabbed his coat and ran out of the building to where Jinyoung was waiting for him.

"Okay, let's- let's go now," Yoongi said, still trying to catch his breath from running downstairs so quickly.

"You didn't have to rush Mr. Min," Jinyoung laughed, but put on a straight, profesional face soon after.

"Yeah, yeah I know," Yoongi pulled the door opened, grabbing the seatbelt and checking his phone.

He had a text from Hye Rin, telling him to call her when he had a chance. He sent a quick text to her and then put his phone away again.

The drive to the Academy was rather short compared to the drive from the airport, it was only about 30 minutes away from the hotel. Yoongi internally thanked every god out there, that meant that he wouldn't have to wake up extra early to go to work.

The car came to a full stop in front of a tall, white building with black windows all around. Some people were lingering around outside, some sported tights and loose silky shirts, other just wore sweatpants and a tshirt, Yoongi assumed they were students.

Jinyoung showed him the way inside, and he couldn't help but let his eyes wander around every chance he got. Most practice rooms had big glass windows which allowed him to get a clear view of the dancers, other were pitch black which probably meant those were used as private practice rooms. Some doors were wide opened, which Jinyoung was kind enough to let Yoongi in and actually see the inside of the room.

He studied the rooms, and noticed that most of them were similar. They had wooden floors, mirrored walls, stretching benches, and lockers in the far back corners.

It was rather early in the morning which made sense as to why there was hardly anyone around, he took one last glance around and then stepped out to continue the quick tour that Jinyoung was giving him.

As they were heading out, the double doors were swung open, a small figure with pink hair pushed between the two of them, making his way to the end of the hall and into a practice room. Yoongi could hear the man muttering non-sense to himself, curse words flowing out of his mouth complaining about being late.

Jinyoung sighed, and Yoongi couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia. The doors where pulled opened yet again, but this time it was by Jinyoung himself. He apologized in regards of the rude student, and proceeded with the tour.