The voice of the director bringing the scene to an end, echoed around the place, giving the freedom to Jimin to finally pull himself away from the actress whom he was forcibly kissing according to the script.
"Are you okay?" He asked her as she noticed that she seemed a bit caught up in a daze and had yet to move from the spot he had cornered her.
"Ah, yes, em. Thank you for your hard work." She finally made eye contact with him and bowed her head before taking her leave towards her manager and Jimin stood there for a bit, wondering if his acting was too strong and had scared her in reality too somehow.
Despite that thought of his, however, he knew that even if such was the case there was not much he could do. For as long as his coworker doesn't think that he would ever forcibly kiss anyone, that was good enough.
He turned around and walked towards his manager as everyone around him were rushing to clean the scene, having to travel to the next set where they had to film. A villa a few miles outside of the city.
"You were exceptional. I got chills" DongMin commented and Jimin laughed knowing that those words were nothing but his typical statements that he often did in an attempt to encourage him. An attempt that Jimin often found unnecessary but appreciated his friends tries nonetheless.
"Well well look who we have here. You were on time today. Should I get used to it?"He addressed you brushing off DongMin without giving him any verbal reaction, thing that had the man frown visibly at Jimin.
"I am not usually late you know. I am a very punctual person. It just happened once!" You defended yourself and DongMin turned and gave you a look you didn't quite appreciate.
"If I hadn't made sure to give your name to the guards and register you as an employee, you would not only be late, but you would be alongside all those people that are screaming down there!" He uttered and you rolled your eyes as he had mentioned so twice so far since he had given you a stuff card while Jimin was shooting the scene.
"So what? That was your job. I am not gonna thank you for it." You retorted glaring at him and Jimin couldn't help but laugh, enjoying the bickering and rocky atmosphere that seemed to be going on around you two.
"Having two employees that hate each other sure seems more and more promising." He commented as he started walking away and DongMin rushed to follow him, making you do the same.
"I don't hate her. She does. She doesn't know how to leave things in the past and be a civilized human." DongMin's words stroke a nerve inside you making you trip him purposely as he was walking right beside you and when he fell on his knees abruptly you couldn't help but let a wave of laughter escape.
"No need to bow to me publicly. We both already know who is the superior among us " You held your head high and crossed your arms above your chest as you spoke, watching him giving you a glare while he proceeded to collect himself and stand up again.
"If we are talking about superiors among us, that would be me. So you two better move your feet and don't embarrass me around." Jimin's voice disturbed your small satisfying moment making you both speed up your steps towards him as he had not stayed to wait for either of you.
You reached the moving stairs and got on, Jimin being two feet ahead of you. He started waving and smiling as soon as he noticed some fans that had gathered on the above floor after they had gotten to know that some celebrities were there for shooting and you just looked around a bit in away of how much the screaming multiplied by his appearance only.
It was difficult to not look around as you passed by the floors, being a rare phenomenon for you to be in the eyes of a crowd as big as this one. It was a bit overwhelming but as you gazed at Jimin you noticed that he seemed to be enjoying the interaction even though it was brief. His smile seemed genuine and his eyes searched through the faces of people as if he was scanning them.
Once you reached the parking lot you realized that he could have just taken the elevator and would have been done with this way sooner but apparently meeting some people was more important than winning time for himself.
DongMin rushed to open the door of the Van and Jimin entered with you following right behind him. Once inside he proceeded to press a button and lift a wall between the front seats of the car and the back where you were sitting, gifting you two some privacy that left DongMin in a questioning state for what private things could you possibly had to talk about.
Despite his slight displeasure of the fact that he felt excluded he turned on the vehicle and took off, having in mind to reach the destination of the next set just in time.
"Jin told me about what happened yesterday" Jimin got directly to the point, making you feel a bit awkward as you still found it difficult to believe that the him of right now was not the him of yesterday.
"Oh well... what did he tell you exactly?"
"You have seen too much and you know too much. However, he said that you can be trusted for now... and since he says so... It's not like I have any options." Jimin's eyes kept looking outside the window as he spoke making you assume that he may not be very fond of the idea of someone knowing about his condition and it was understanding to be so, as you were no one but a stranger that was by his side for her own profit and such you were difficult to be trusted.
"Even if I know, all I have is assumptions. You have nothing to worry about." You reassured him understanding the pressure that he may be feeling and finding it unnecessary to have it as you weren't someone who would go around exposing someone's weak point like that.
"That sure ain't true. I have plenty of things to worry about. You and your ability to find secrets, someone who is after my career and wants to destroy me at any cost, my own self that may do things that could cost me later." Jimin laughed as he quickly summed up his current state, finding it funny at how much he truly had things to worry about yet he did not have time to do even that.
"Did I do anything improper yesterday? I asked hyung too but he said he didn't know"
"What? No...I mean.."Your mind trailed unconsciously to the way he had addressed you yesterday night and the bold actions he had made. The way he had caressed your hair and placed his hand around your neck, the way he had stared at you in that provocative manner even his smirks and misleading words. They sure didn't seem proper to you and as such contradicted the negative answer you tried to give him.
"Guessing from your reaction it seems I did. I apologise." He sincerely hanged his head, making you feel slightly bad and unsure for if he wasn't himself,you didn't find those actions as something he had to take responsibility over but considering how messy the situation was,you just accepted his apology.
"Anyway, it doesn't matter. What happened yesterday it's in the past. We have to focus on the present now. That guy from the elevator,which proved to be the manager of the actor Jeon Jungkook, do you think that he can lead us anywhere? I mean for now I don't see any way to reach at the route of who's orders he was falling if it wasn't Mr Jeon's orders." You changed the subject and Jimin rubbed the temple of his head as he was thinking for a moment then pushed a button and spoke to DongMin.
"Can you perhaps find me Jungkook's schedule from today onwards?"
"Well I can do that but I will need some time. However, I sure know where he will be mostly today." DongMin replied getting the attention of both of you to the speaker.
"Where?"
"It's been all over the internet, have you not seen it? He has to film a scene at the pools at the 'Grande' hotel. We have our night scene on the ballroom of that hotel tonight too." DongMin informed you and Jimin pressed the button again, bringing you back to your closure and security.
"We seem to be in luck." He smiled as he looked at you but you couldn't much his enthusiasm as you didn't understand what did he exactly had in mind.
"Could you explain what did you think of please?"
"It's simple really. Wherever the actor is, his manager is along. All you have to do is be there at their set and leave the rest to your weird powers. I am sure we won't get out of it empty-handed." Jimin seemed to be quite secure of his thoughts as he was obviously overestimating you and your so-called powers but his security just made you more nervous cause you knew that it didn't work like that.
It has never been that simple nor it ever worked out of your will. You seriously could be wanting to find something about someone for months and find nothing only for a month later to appear from where you least expect it. Whatever this curse you had was, it had its own timing but doing what he asked would not hurt you anyways.
"I will give it a try." You concluded with a rather visible determination on your face and Jimin couldn't help but catch himself thinking about how admirable he found that trade-off you. For he rarely had met someone who makes their mind on something so quickly and brings their words to action without failure.
"What, why are you looking at me strangely like that?" You noticed his stare and the slight smile on his lips and couldn't help but question that weird-looking expression he had while looking your way.
"Oh nothing. I just got carried away." He replied and even though you wondered what was it that he got carried away you didn't question him.
Silence fell between you after that and he laid back in his seat as comfortably as he could, closing his eyes in hopes of getting some rest and you tried your best to keep quiet and let him do so.
Your eyes travelled outside the window thinking about random things that kept catching your eyes, like street signs and the different colours of the vehicles you passed by. How come that most of them looked so well cleaned that the sun reflected on them so well.
Such a silly thought yet it drove you back to memories where your mother would be washing your dad's car in the evening, with the then little you tailing after her with a smile, as you couldn't help but find the process entertaining despite the fact that you used to always get out of it drenched to the bones.
Your mom never scolded you for getting mixed with the process, all she used to do was make sure to change your clothes soon after so you wouldn't catch a cold and then you both would serve dinner to your father and he would eat in a rush before going to sleep so he will be well-rested for his next day at work.
The memory of the car shining clean at the next early morning mad your face fall, as despite how sweet the memories once were now they tasted bitter for their validation had become unclean. Any words he had ever said, any hugs he had ever given you, any claims of love towards you or your mother, they all had become doubtful. Your childhood memories had become nothing more but an unsolved case of what was a lie and what was not.
The unpleasant thoughts had caused you to feel physical heavy suddenly and upon realizing that you tore your eyes away and turned your head around only to realize that it wasn't only your feelings the cause that you had felt physically heavier suddenly but also Jimin's head that someone had found it's way to you and was leaning against your shoulder.
His eyes were closed and his face was quite near to yours yet for some reason you found yourself unable to look away or move for an instance and you reasoned to yourself that the reason to that was because you wouldn't want to disturb his sleep. However, even if you were afraid of disturbing his rest, you should at least look away yet you did not.
If someone was to look at you right this instance they surely would have found you strange but you just couldn't help but stare and keep thinking the same thing over and over again. How can someone that looks so peaceful be so scattered?
---To be continued...
(The chapter is not proofread so if you find any mistakes, let me know, thank you for reading~)