Chapter 57: Rumors Spreading

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Minsun had the couple photos and the photo of Suga that her Japanese colleague had got for her in her folder and all the information she could gather about you and his secret visit to Seoul together with V. She would have liked to gather more, but she could do some more research for that once she had a new job secured.

She noticed she lost one of her prints, having the original files it didn't matter really, but right after that you disappeared from the company and a few days later your resignation letter arrived. Everyone was surprised because there were no signs of it. Minsun was the last to see you when you left the office after your lunch break.

Daehyun was genuinely concerned. Being closer to you than any of your coworkers, he knew you had no intentions of quitting or even getting a new job. There were rumors going around the office, clearly started by the one and only Minsun, that you hadn't really been sick those four days you took off.

He tried to call you a bunch of times this last week to make sure you were okay, but you didn't pick up or reply to any of his messages. He had thought of stopping by your apartment and ringing your doorbell, but he was giving you some time. He didn't want to be that creep that drops by your house uninvited after insisting and not hearing from you.

Minsun spent all day visiting the offices of different paparazzi tabloids, negotiating, collecting offers and comparing options. She felt like she had an immense amount of power. People would seem uninterested and treat her like she was trying to scam them. Then she'd dangle the images in front of them and they'd suddenly become nice and eager to please her.

Even if she hadn't made a decision nearing the end of the day, all the major gossip names in Seoul had learned about Suga of BTS' secret relationship with a mystery girl that hadn't been revealed. They were all alerted and scramming to get information through other sources since Minsun had done nothing but tease them so far.

There had been promises of juicy details: the girl was likely to be a person not in the industry, the ring could mean an engagement, the secret could have been kept from everyone for a year or more, Suga might have come to Seoul from the world tour just to see her beloved. The drama and romance had all of them on edge, it was the scoop.

The fight to see who got to publish the exclusive had started the second Minsun left the first office leaving the tabloids empty handed and no one was going to sit around waiting for her to come back. She felt powerful, but she was also dumb revealing so much for them to go by and do their own investigations through their own contacts.

The release of the newest gossip magazine's issues were coming soon and online platforms could drop the news any second if they had the right photographs and information. It didn't take long until the studio where Minsun got her photos also sold them to others. She pretended to have exclusivity, but she couldn't pay that and the team of photographers was in need of the money.

As they got their hands on shots of the concert in Saitama, the speculation about Suga's missing ring and the fact that he changed the letters so it spelled 'SG_A' began. What was he hiding? Was there really another ring underneath the one that he lost? The one picture Minsun had, had been exclusive, yet that one was the most replaceable.

This whole ordeal was a ticking bomb that you ignored, though Yoongi had an idea of what it might be like despite all the variables. You had ignored phone calls and messages from everyone but Yoongi and the staff this last week, you just didn't know how to talk to anyone. You weren't good at lying and you didn't wish to be, so you avoided all contact.

It was early Monday morning when you were munching on some cereal and a message from Daehyun came in. "You might want to turn on the tv. Call me if you want" it said. You swallowed hard afraid of what you were going to see. Taking your bowl, you headed to the tv room and sat on the couch. Before pressing the button, you took a deep breath.

The news came on. "It would seem that Suga of BTS has been in a secret relationship for at least half a year" the reporter spoke and your heart sank.

"The girl is apparently from a small town in northern South Korea, did you know, Shinhye?" the second reporter started a conversation about the details.

"Not an idol? That comes as a shock, but Suga seems to be one of the more reserved members, so we should not be surprised, Seeolhee. They even seem to be engaged!" the woman said and you choked on your cereal.

"Yes! They have a couple simple silver bands in different sizes to suit them, how cute is that!" Shinhye added and photographs of Yoongi's hand and a blurry closeup of your own hand appeared on the screen.

"The lovers seem to have met only a couple weeks ago when Suga sneaked back into Seoul through a commercial flight. His teammate V was with him, could this mean something? That's so romantic! Isn't it Shinhye?" Seeolhee kept talking and with every detail the tightness in your chest increased and it became harder to breath.

The calls to your phone started coming in non-stop after the morning report of the most important news station in South Korea, but you couldn't turn it off in case Yoongi or someone important called. When you saw Jiwon's name flash on the screen, you decided to pick up, you needed someone to talk to.

"Jiji?" you said shyly.

"Americano is Suga who happens to like iced americanos??" he asked excited, but a little unsure "Please tell me I'm not imagining things, baby" You sighed.

"Yoongi. He is" you said defeated and braced yourself for whatever it was that your best friend was going to throw at you for having hidden this from him.

"Oh my god, baby. You got yourself a daddy!" Jiji squeaked excitedly and you shuddered.

"God, please, no. Don't call him that" you said laughing humorlessly as you finally understood what it felt like to Yoongi to hear you tease him when he was being overprotective.

"Well, I wouldn't mind if he was my baby's daddy! How about baby's babe?" he said chuckling and added "and he is! Look at you, baby, you were dating a celebrity and I made fun of you for acting like it. I'm sorry."

"Sorry?" that caught you off guard, he was not mad? "Jiji, I hid this from you, our one year anniversary was a couple weeks ago" you said not believing he was not one bit upset.

"So that's why he escaped in the middle of the tour?" Jiwon asked in a playful voice "please tell me your secrets, I want to get myself a boyfriend as sweet as Suga too" he added chuckling.

"Thank you for understanding, Jiji, you are the best!" you said and your voice faltered.

"No, no, no. Baby, you are not going to cry. You have no right. You are dating the man millions would kill to date" Jiji said resolutely and your stomach dropped, that was the opposite of comforting. You were going to be murdered by fans if you dared put one foot out the door.

"Jiwon, I don't want to die. Think of something that's actually reassuring, you pabo!" you told him suddenly sounding angry and not just upset.

"Oh, baby, that's right! You have to be careful! The paparazzi are going to follow you everywhere" he kept talking and making it worse "tell babe to step up, he must protect." You chuckled at his funny wording.

"I'm at BTS' dorms right now, the staff are taking care of me, don't worry" you shared without hesitating, you knew you could trust Jiwon with serious stuff like this. He'd die before betraying you and so would you for him, that's how close you were.

Jiji gasped on the other side of the phone and was speechless. "When's the wedding?" he asked seriously and you spat out your cereal all over the floor.

"Agh, I need to clean this, look what you have done!" you cursed and clarified "and there's no engagement, it's an anniversary gift." Jiwon sounded audibly disappointed, but he let you go if you promised not to ignore his messages anymore.

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