Learn To Be Real | KTH

Chapter 37

"Excuse me?" Manager Nim questions quietly with a raised eyebrow.

"He means you need to stop being a dick, Manager Nim, and to start treating him with respect. We've all had enough of you tormenting him, and it's time for it to come to an end. We all want Tae to come back and be a part of the band again, but I'm not going to let that happen if you don't grow the fuck up and start treating him with some respect." Yoongi speaks up from behind me.

"I don't want to be pushed to the point where I'm starving myself and faking every single little thing again. I won't do it. I'm done hiding who I am and how I'm feeling from the fans. I'm done hiding it from the boys, from the fans, from the media. I don't care if they ridicule me, but I can't handle it if I don't have the boys to back me. And I'm keeping my girlfriend as well. You're not telling me who I can and can't date, whether I can or can't date. Those seven are the most important people in my life and you're not taking them away from me. But I'm not returning to being an idol alongside the others if you're not going to support me and give me the respect that I need." I add, gripping onto Yoongi's hand tighter in attempt to keep me calm.

With that, the arguments and negotiations begin. I quickly lose track of time as we go back and forth for what seems like forever. Though, we eventually come to a conclusion and end up with me rejoining the band.

As we finally exit the building, both Yoongi and Hobi have an arm around me. There's a ton of fans outside now, pictures being taken left and right as the boys surround us. I just keep my head down, letting the boys guide me through the crowd of people. I try to ignore the millions of questions that are being thrown our way as we pass through everyone. It takes much longer than I'd like, but eventually we manage to reach the car and I don't hesitate to climb inside once we've reached the van.

We quickly all climb inside, taking quite a few minutes before we're able to get out of the parking lot due to all the fans.

"Jin hyung? Can we please stop at the café down the road? I wanna go visit Miyeon at work and it's nearly her lunch break." I request softly. Jin just smiles back at me through the mirror, nodding his head in response.

I just give him a tiny smile in return, running a hand through my hair before resting my head on Hobi's shoulder. He smiles down at me, ruffling my hair lightly.

"You did so well in there, Tae. I'm so proud of you. Thank you for coming back." Hobi whispers softly. I just give him a tiny smile as well, not bothering to say anything in response either.

Thankfully, we soon reach the café. Grinning to myself, I quickly push past the others and race inside. I ignore the others, hurrying inside and looking around, soon spotting Miyeon in her usual spot behind the counter. She grins over at me, quickly grabbing two drinks from behind the counter before walking around and over to me. I just smile, meeting her halfway and taking mine from her hand so that I can take it in mine instead, lacing our fingers together.

"How'd it go?" Miyeon asks softly with a smile as we sit down at our usual booth. The boys come in together just a couple seconds later, looking around most likely for me. Though, when their eyes land on us, small smiles spread out across each of their faces before heading past us and up to the counter in back.

"It went okay, I guess. I got my job back with a few conditions so that hopefully none of this shit happens again. Took a little longer than expected, which is why I'm a few minutes late." I explain quietly with a tiny smile. She just grins, shaking her head at me as she reaches across the table and takes my hand in hers.

"Don't worry about being a few minutes late, baby. It sounds like we're not gonna get to spend as much time together after today anyways considering you got your job back." Miyeon replies gently, rubbing the pad of her thumb over the back of my hand lightly. I just smile at her, picking her hand up and kissing the back of it before setting our hands back down again.

"You don't have to worry about that either. Part of the agreement was that I got to take my lunch break here. I have to be able to have time in my day for you." I inform her, trying to hold back my own grin as one spreads across her soft lips.

"Really?" She questions, trying to stay quiet. I just chuckle, nodding my head.

"Yes, baby. Really."