It was another typical day in the café. Hyun Ae was just starting to open the place with Yoon Hee when suddenly her phone was ringing from below the counter.
"Oh. My phone. My phone is ringing," she hummed as she walked towards the counter to get her phone and answered it immediately without even looking at the screen. "Hello?"
"Noona!" suddenly Jungkook called out through the speaker. She flinched a bit and then sighed.
"Ah, why?"
"Come to Big Hit right now!"
"But why?!"
"We'll be having our photoshoot!"
"But I'm working right now! And I have nothing to do with that!"
"I don't care. Just come! Please..."
"But-" she paused when she heard the phone on the other side snatched away by someone, and then she heard someone sigh.
"Hyun Ae-ssi, please," another voice came in.
Hyun Ae bit her lip as she looked up at Yoon Hee, who was now standing in front of her. "N-Namjoon-ssi..." she whispered and then sighed again when her friend tilted her head. "Alright. I'll be there in a moment. Yoon Hee ah-"
"It's okay," she smiled, walking towards Hyun Ae and began to untie her waist apron. "I can handle this place alone. Besides, it has been a while since the last time you have a day for yourself."
"Yoon Hee ah..." she whined, taking back the apron into her hands. "I feel like I'm walking myself toward a chaotic group of boys!"
"As if you don't know that they're crackheads! You're an ARMY! Isn't it fun?"
"I know. It's just... I don't want my existence to be known too much because they know me."
"Hyun Ae eonnie," Yoon Hee called out her name clearly, looking straight into her eyes. "There are times when you should be positive in your life. Since the day that I met you as my senior, I know when you need to take a break in your life and just enjoy doing things with you ones you love. For example, meeting these boys. It's a fate written for you."
Silence filled the air between them, when suddenly both of them, in sync, held out one of their arms and began to sing, "DNA!" Laughter then filled the whole area, indicating the start of Hyun Ae's hectic day.
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"Oh? Hyun Ae-ssi!" Namjoon called out, immediately standing straight up from leaning his back against their black SUV as he saw her walking towards him at the front of the Big Hit building.
"Haha... hi?" she shyly bowed at him, tucking her long side bangs behind her ear.
"You look... pretty today," he bashfully complimented her, placing his hand right behind his head.
"What, you just noticed that? I'm always pretty," Hyun Ae claimed, flipping her hair and then giggling. "I'm sorry I was just kidding-"
"Nah, it's okay... Love yourself, remember?"
"Anyways, what are you guys doing?" she asked, standing beside the leader as both of them were staring at the entrance of the building.
"We were waiting for the rest to come out but they're still inside. Our manager hyungs aren't here for today," Namjoon explained, his voice faltering at the end of the words.
"You guys don't have any replacements?" she asked, turning her head to him. And she had noticed him biting his bottom lip, as he glanced at her. In a weird way. More like pleading. "No way..." she muttered, her eyes beginning to widen when the realization hit her. "Kim Namjoon-ssi. No freaking way-"
Suddenly Namjoon put his palms together and began to spill it. "Just once! Just one day! Please. I told the staff that we got someone who does managing-"
"But why me?! I'm a shop manager, not an idol manager!"
"In return, we'll help you if you need any help!"
"Ah, Namjoon hyung! They just won't come out- oh Hyun Ae-ssi," Jimin suddenly halted and bowed his head down as he saw her standing beside the leader.
"Who?" she firmly asked Jimin. The boy stared blankly at her, and then at Namjoon, who was now scratching the top of his head. Hyun Ae looked back and forth between them and sighed. She walked through the boys, pulled open the front passenger door, and placed her bag inside. The boys were watching her action with confusion, but Namjoon then smiled, knowing that their deal had successfully been made.
"Huh," she sighed again, rolling up her long sleeves as she approached Jimin and began to ask. "Who's not coming out? Which room?"
"Taehyungie and Jungkookie..." Jimin said with a very quiet voice, leading her into the building while Namjoon followed her from behind.
"Jin-ssi and Yoongi-ssi?" she asked.
"They'll be coming down soon," Jimin said almost immediately, as they continued to walk down the hallway of the ground floor, passing by a few rooms before they encountered a group of staff in the area.
"Oh hello," Hyun Ae greeted, nodding her head a bit at the group as they did the same to her.
"Ah, she's the manager I told you guys about," Namjoon pointed out when a woman with a clipboard walked towards him.
"Oh, it's Park Hyun Ae-ssi?" the woman said, then turned to Hyun Ae and gave her a glad smile. "Please take care of them, and here. Schedule for them today. I hope you can do this."
The woman handed over a clipboard with a few papers clipped onto it and Hyun Ae immediately scanned her eyes through the timetable. "Don't worry. I can do this. I once worked as a PA, so this should be fine," she said, nodding at the woman.
"Really? Thank you so much!"
"And oh, how many days are their managers not here?"
"Most likely a week."
"A WEEK!" Hyun Ae said, swiftly turning at Namjoon with widened eyes, her brows cocked up, and her wide smile that was too wide, more like a clown smile. "I AM SO EXCITED TO DO THIS! IT'S NOT A DAY, BUT A WEEK. YAY!"
As if she had lost her mind, she clapped her hands vigorously in front of the group leader before her facial expression went stern. She handed out the clipboard to Namjoon, and began to say in low voice, "hold this."
Jimin, as he witnessed this situation, made a quick run to a room that was a few steps away from them. Both Jungkook and Taehyung were lying freely on the carpeted floor, laughing as if they had nothing to do on that day.
"Ya, both of you!" he shouted in the room, sounding a bit scared. "Hyun Ae-ssi is our replacement! You guys better-"
"Hyun noona?!" Jungkook suddenly froze on the spot where he lay down. He then quickly stood up, pulling Taehyung up with him. "Oh no, hyung! Run for your life-"
"Oh, you're not running anywhere. While I'm still nice, get yourselves here now," suddenly Hyun Ae said as she appeared at the door entrance, arms crossed over her chest as she stared at the two boys. Jimin could only stand outside, beside his leader in silence while leaning against the wall.
"We were just playing around, so..."
"Aw. On your working day? Come here," Hyun Ae called out with her open arms. She slowly walked towards them with a smile, then stood in between the two and placed her arms behind each's shoulder. "You don't mind even though I'm a year younger than you?" she whispered to Taehyung on her left side as she leaned closer to him.
"What do you mean?" Taehyung asked in confusion as he looked at her.
She then gave both boys a chuckle, before tightening her arm around their necks, doing chokeholds on both of them.
"Ah, noona!" Jungkook shrieked, holding tight to her strong arm, trying to pull it away, but failed because he wasn't in the right position to do so.
"Noona, noona!" Taehyung also shrieked, slapping the girl's arm as quickly as he could, though he knew that it wasn't helpful at all.
"You guys have a tight schedule today, and you're wasting time? You guys are unlucky for having me as a replacement!" Hyun Ae chuckled, shaking both of the boys, still hugging the boys' necks.
"Okay, okay! Forgive us... Bangtan noona, forgive us!" Jungkook begged, slapping her arm numerous times before she finally let both of them go. They gasped for air as she patted both of their backs.
"Hah! I'm a tough one, I thought you know that!" she said to the maknae before she began to walk towards the door when suddenly the sight of Jin, Yoongi, and Hoseok came into her view.
"You're the replacement?" Jin asked, his head tilted to one side as he chuckled. He then glanced over to his younger brothers that were caught by her earlier. "More like a bodyguard."
"What the fu-"
"No cursing," Jimin quickly stopped her. And that was when Hyun Ae turned around and saw him with a camcorder in his hands, recording her.
"Bangtan Bomb. Of course," she said to herself, slapping her forehead before she began to introduce herself in front of the camera. "My first day as BTS manager, ARMY! Please help me by giving positive advice and spirit-"
"She'll be done with us sooner!" Jungkook suddenly interfered, throwing his arm around her shoulders. "Our Bangtan Noona!"
"What the fu- umph!" she was cut off again by his hand over her mouth, dragging her out of the camera's viewfinder, towards the exit of the building.
With one hand, Namjoon moved the camera that was still in Jimin's grip, recording himself, and sighed. "I never thought that this is the fate of our new manager," he smirked, shaking his head.
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