Jungkook's POV:

As soon as our manager showed his face in the door I remembered the strange conversation him and RaeJae had earlier. He treated her differently, almost inappropriately but we could be reading it wrong... I mean he's a professional!

I glance at RaeJae who has somehow ended up behind me, almost like she's hiding. Her face looks blank, however, making it extremely difficult to read her.

"Hello, BTS!" The man next to Manager Hobeom exclaims. I almost completely forgot he was there...

"Anneyeonghaseyo," We all bow at our unknown guest.

"My name is Keone Madrid," He starts with a cocky smile, "I will be your choreographer for your debut, and hopefully more experiences to come,"

"Woahhh," Taehyung gasps in amazement.

"It's nice to meet you!" J-Hope smiles widely as he bows a few times.

"Would all of you mind introducing yourselves to me?" He asks, Namjoon nodding for us.

"I'm Rap Monster, this is Suga hyung, Jin hyung, J-Hope, V, Jimin, Jungkook, and Rain,"

Hmm... guess he's already taking on the leader role, huh?

"Ah, it's nice to meet you all. Didn't mean to eavesdrop but we got to see you threes mini performance," He raises his eyebrows proudly.

I can almost feel the blush on RaeJae's face behind me. It's still strange to me, but for some reason I really like it when she uses me as a shield of sorts... almost like it make me feel useful in some way. It's hard to explain.

"RaeJae-Ssi, your flexibility is very impressive," Our manager compliments, Rae bowing reluctantly.

I can't tell if she's just really shy or if he's treating her differently... I'm quite awkward myself so I'm not a very good judge of character.

"So how about I take the Maknae line for today while the hyung line visits with Hobeom hyung?" Keone suggests, our manager nodding in approval.

"I'd like to discuss part of our debut as well... I was going to wait until your first practice but since you all are here," Hobeom shrugs, "Just make sure you all meet with me in about thirty minutes to an hour,"

"Ne, hyung," All of us nod respectively, Namjoon, Yoongi, J-Hope, and Jin all following him.

"What was that, RaeJae-Ssi?" Hobeom raises his eyebrows.

She almost flinches behind me as if he tried to hit her. Why is she so frightened around him? Did something really happen yesterday between the two of them?

"N-Ne, Oppa," She practically whispers.

"What?" He puts his hand to his ear.

"I said, 'Ne, Oppa," She says much, much louder earning a smile from him.

"That's what I like to hear! Use that beautiful voice of yours," He almost cheers, waving his hand before taking the hyungs away.

~30 Minutes later~

"Yah! My god, You kids look dope together!" Keone exclaims with a huge smile on his face.

As much as I would like to be humble, I do have to admit that Jimin, Taehyung, RaeJae and I all look cool together. We all surprisingly dance well to hip hop style songs, including RaeJae with her small frame.

"Alright, I'm going to go check in on Hobeom hyung. Take a break, go to the bathroom, get some water, do whatever you need to do," He tells us.

I nod while watching him exit the practice room. RaeJae immediately sits down in the middle of the floor in an attempt to catch her breath. I notice how her chest continuously rises and falls, somewhat of dark circles under her eyes apparent to anyone who cares to look close enough.

"RaeJae-Ssi? Gwaenchanh-a? [are you okay?]" Taehyung kneels down beside her, "Need some water?"

She seems to get a bit flustered at his question for some reason because she only shakes her head  while pulling herself up.

"Are you sure?" I ask worriedly.

"Don't worry," She sighs, still out of breath, "I've got my own water,"

That isn't necessarily the thing I was worried about...

"I have to admit, I didn't think you little maknaes would be able to pull off those big moves," Jimin chuckles, repeating some of the dance we just learned.

"Yah! I told you I'm a fast learner," RaeJae defends.

"And I'm good at everything I do," I smile while creating a halo above my head with my hands. It is true though... I can pretty much do anything I set my mind to.

"Guess what I overheard earlier," Taehyung whispers mischievously while making a funny face. Raejae immediately laughs at his foolishness which for some odd reason makes me feel uneasy. I want to be able to make  her laugh like that too... she always seems to have something burdening her.

"Manager hyung was telling someone that we are going to have our pre debut interview soon,"

"Wooooow, that's scary!" Jimin chuckles nervously.

"Oh no," RaeJae sighs, "I can already see us in three years cringing at the fetus,"

We all burst out laughing until tears escape our eyes. She is definitely right though, At the moment I think I look fine but what about in three years time. I don't even want to think about that!

"What kind of questions do you think they'll ask us?" I cock my head at Taehyung.

"Probably like where we come from, a bit about our families, maybe who we met first or something," He explains, trailing off when Manager Hobeom appears in the door.

"Alright my maknae line, let's get started with me,"

I quickly pull myself from the ground and fall into step with Jimin and Tae. Raejae takes a bit longer to follow us but I can already feel her ducking behind me slightly. What is going on between here and manager hyung?

RaeJae's POV:

Ugh, I really don't want to go with this man... but how am I supposed to avoid my own manager? It's simply impossible, I'd have to quit.

But those dämn contract papers I signed have me locked in for a good amount of time.

As we enter the small recording room I can already feel his gaze on me. Actually, perhaps I'm being too paranoid. I should at least try and get along with him before jumping to conclusions.

He starts by smiling widely at the four of us, "In my hands I have the lyrics of your debut song,"

I can't help but gasp along with the boys. This is the song that will always have a special place in our hearts...

"I'm allowing the rap line to build off their lyrics if they want to, but the chorus unfortunately is a little less flexible. The song is called 'No More Dream'"

He hands me the lyrics and I start to skim them. A small smile makes its way to my face when I see that the song actual has some quality meaning behind it and is not just random lyrics.

"Some of you will obviously have longer parts than others but this album will have plenty more opportunities for all of you to shine,"

The way our manager speaks now would actually gain my respect if he hadn't harassed me earlier..

"Also, I've scheduled an interview for the eight of you," The four of us nod excitedly as if we hadn't already heard about it, "It's this coming Wednesday,"

I slowly feel my smile fall since this Wednesday is in literally five days. That just makes it all the more nerve racking! This is the interview that will give everyone their first impressions of us!

"Now I'm gonna let you all go, study those lyrics! Rap Monster has the music to it,"

Wow, he actually didn't do anything creepy-

"RaeJae-Ssi, you stay with me for a moment though,"

Spoke too soon...

"Um, actually I really have to go to the bathroom so-"

"It will only take a second,"

He seems to stare at me intensely which only makes me shrink even more. What does he want from me? My mind cycles through billions of things I could do to remove myself from this situation but the only thing that pops into my head was what Yoongi had told me.

"Oh, uh... sure. Jungkook?" I say, him turning to me with his eyebrows raised, "Could you just tell Yoongi Hyung that I'll be a second because I'm with Manager oppa?"

Jungkook looks completely confused but agrees to follow through with my request anyways. Both Jimin and V pat me on the head before leaving, the air immediately becoming more tense.

"Suga doesn't seem like the type to get close with a little girl,"

"Excuse me?" I turn around to face the grown man who's now towering over me.

"Why would Suga wait for you?" He smirks, "perhaps you have a thing for older men?"

I scowl at his comment, taking a step back to try to escape his nasty stares. How on earth is this man a well respected manager? Even more so, how has he made this far?

"Why are you so scared of me?"

"I'm not scared," I scoff, standing up straight.

"Then let your oppa get closer to you,"

Suddenly, I feel something snap within myself, "Okay, I don't know if this is how you treat girls or something but I find it very vulgar. I understand that you're my elder and I respect you in that aspect, but what I don't respect is you getting in my personal space,"

His eyes widen with amusement, "Oh? So you're a feisty fourteen year old... I like it,

I feel my breath hitch in my throat, disgust staining my vision making it very difficult to control myself.

"I quit!" I basically yell, my face bright red with anger.

He bursts out laughing, holding his stomach until he finally catches his breath to say something, "You, my child, are very stupid. That contract you signed yesterday has you locked in for five, whole, years,"

I stare at him in shock. I knew that it was a long time but five freaking years?! "I don't care, I'll rip it up,"

"Aish, such a dumb girl,"

My confidence is quickly fading.

"I'll file a complaint on you," I mumble under my breath.

"Whose gonna believe a fourteen year old child against a well respected businessman?"

I grit my teeth, stomping towards the door but he grabs my hand, "Just remember, I own you,"

My eyes widen and I feel myself start to shake. Those were the exact same words my father threatened me with everyday before I finally got the courage to get emancipated. I quickly yank myself from his grip and storm out into the hallway.

"Yah! Woah, woah, woah, RaeJae!"

I feel Yoongi's hands gripping my arms tightly as he stares into my eyes. Worry is written all over his face and I want nothing more but to break down into tears.

But just like always, the tears never come.

The hallway is completely silent apart from my sharp breaths which are becoming shakier and shakier with each fleeting moment. My eyes shift from Yoongi's face to see the rest of the boys just staring at me with shocked expressions.

I slowly gather myself and step away from Yoongi, "Um, did you guys hear any of that?"

"A-Aniyo!" Namjoon answer rather quickly.

"Oh," I let out a sigh of relief, "Sorry I just get really nervous when I talk with manager hy-"

"Why do you wanna quit?" Taehyung asks me, furrowing his eyebrows in disappointment.

"TAE!" Namjoon shouts at his friend.

So they did hear...