The New Managers

Chapter Forty-One

Published: April 12, 2020
Word count: 1993

Yoongi nods. "They always hang out. They're good friends. He's probably worried about her thinking they're something."

Mina's cheeks flush and she quickly shuts her mouth.
"Have you seen any of her work on the official page though?" Jungkook asks. "I've only seen a few pictures she's posted, yet she constantly is taking pictures."
Namjoon nods in agreement and sits down by Yoongi on Jungkook's bed. "Yeah. I noticed that too."
Jin stretches his arms above his head. "Let's just put this off for awhile. BigHit hired her, so we can't really complain. We have a tour to focus on."
"You're right. Talking about our worries will just stress everyone out." Mina nods. She looks at her watch. "Oh! Look at the time. Seokjin-Nim, you only have a little over an hour left."
His eyes brighten. "Really??"
"Yep. How about we go get something to eat before you go?"

SuHee falls backwards on the bed, almost hitting her head on Yoongi's legs. "I'm down for food. But only if you don't get into me for talking a nap."
"I'd be fine with going to bed early." Yoongi shrugs.
"Sweet. You, me, And Jin are going to bed and the rest can do whatever they want.... within reason."
Jungkook snickers. "Who needs reason?"
Mina points at him. "You guys have to go to bed tonight. No more of these midnight pancake runs. You'll make yourself miserable."

"Yeah. Get plenty of rest or I'll tell Doctor Nam about the run."
The others eyes widen and Yoongi snorts. Tae huffs. "Why are the managers being so mean today?"
"Your sleep doctor needs to know if you can't fix it yourself."
Mina glances at SuHee. "Aren't you Doctor Nam? Nam SuHee?"
SuHee shakes her head. "No. His name is Nam too, pabo."
"Oh." Mina blushes. "I should know this."
"Maybe you need some sleep too." Jungkook suggests.
SuHee lets out a breath and stares at the ceiling for a moment before starting to doze off.

Jin jumps up and quickly shakes her back awake.
"Heyyyy! If I'm not allowed to sleep yet, neither are you."
Mina snorts and stands too. "Come on guys. Let's go get supper." She strides toward the door and opens it just in time to see Yoonhi walking down the hall.
She stares after the girl and grips the doorknob tighter.
"Noona?" Jungkook appears behind her. "What is it?"
Mina is silent and then shakes her head. "It was nothing. Sorry. Let's go."
SuHee whines and sends Jin a halfhearted look. "I just want to sleep." She complains, sitting up lazily.
Jin grabs her hands and tugs her to her feet. "Come on, come on!"

Namjoon gets in on the fun, nudging her on the shoulder.
She sends them both a look and looks back at Yoongi. "Help ME, oppa,"
Yoongi stretches out on Taehyung's bed. "Nah. You guys have fun."
"Hyung, don't sleep on my bed!" Tae whines.
SuHee does the Fake Love choreo and sings falsely. "Now use the bed! Now use the bed!"
Yoongi snorts and rolls over.
"Come onnnn."
Namjoon takes hold of her shoulders from behind and gently pushes her out of the room. SuHee huffs and lets him lead her outside. Jimin looks at Mina and frowns. "Did you see something, Noona?"
She shakes her head, "Don't worry. It's nothing."

Once at the restaurant down in the lobby, they sit together and make small talk about the tour. Mina doesn't say much, staring down at the food and chewing slowly. "What's wrong, Noona? You've been acting weird ever since we came down here." Jungkook pouts.
Mina doesn't answer as she nibbles the inside of her lip, staring a hole through the glass of milk.
"Noona. Noonaaaaa! Go Mina!"
Mina jerks to attention. "Huh?? Uh! Sorry... I've just been thinking a lot."
"What are you thinking about?" The Maknae asks, looking slightly worried.
She pats his head and forces a smile. "Don't worry about it. Just manager stuff."

He nods after a moment and his attention is drawn to the conversation when he hears his name randomly. Soon, it's time and SuHee announces that Jin can finally sleep. Jin scarfs down the last of his food, jumps up, grabs his jacket, and runs crookedly down the hall, yelling. The rest of the group laughs and Tae follows him to make sure he gets to the room safely in his wobbly state.