JIN'S POV

I glanced up at her and she had that nervous faint smile on her face and that honestly pained me. I am now questioning everything I do, if I am making her awkward or uncomfortable... I don't know. Because I never intended to make her feel all that.

"Um... So, do you have anything in particular?" She asked, her hands on the table, fidgeting with her fingers.

"Huh?"

"About the song. Have you thought about any theme?" She asked.

Honestly, I have. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. It makes me enthralled and complacent knowing that I am collaborating with her. There is this pinch of awkwardness but there is also this weird peace. Something like, everything is gonna be alright.

I inhaled deeply, "I have gone through all of your albums and solos. It's something like what you said- connecting human emotions with the cosmos. Most of them are motivational and get over things like heartbreak and dark emotions. And they were honestly beautiful. But I think, won't it be great if we connect light and bubbly emotions like that?"

"You mean, instead of a get over song. Writing a get in song?" She asked.

"Exactly. Getting over emotions is one thing and feeling emotions is another and beautiful. And what could be more beautiful than love?" I asked and a weird fear crawled over my being. Hope that I won't make it awkward.

She was pouting a bit, her eyes fixed on the sheet of paper while playing with the pen between her fingers. Her entire being was so naturally charismatic. A subtle charm, like the moon immersing in the ocean, a beauty not compared.

"I like it," she said looking up and meeting my eyes and a sort of madness ran through my veins but I contained myself. I felt so happy for no particular reason. Maybe because at least she didn't take me wrong.

"Won't we be facing ships if we do something like that though?"

"They already do ship us. It would surely be heightened but we would get good music," I said, unsure.

She nodded, "let's see. First, we have to tell Aera and RM about it. Let's write that down, also the symphony, we have to see. And also-"

"Calm down. We'll see to it one by one. First, let's construct a temporary structure. I needed some papers, I used up all mine," I said on reckoning the wasted sheets of paper.

"Yup, it's there in the third drawer. I'll get them for you," she passed with a ready smile.

"No need. I'll get them for myself," I smiled and walked up to the table by the side of the room.

Now third drawer horizontal or vertical? I looked back and she was engrossed in writing something, so I can just open both?

I opened the drawer, and finally, I found empty sheets.

"Ahh," an involuntary reflex came out of my mouth as my finger was pricked slightly by the agape staple pin.

Before I could even look up, my hand was already in her hands.

"What the heck do you think you are doing? How very careless!" She blubbered on examining the little blood oozing out of my index finger.

I was just watching her. I had no reason for my fluttering heart. I felt nothing but utter disdain at the thought that I could see nothing but her.

She rushed back to her bag and brought a band-aid with her. So very her, the band-aid was yellow in colour with small teddy bear prints, that made me smile.

She looked up and I immediately broke the eye contact, looking down at my fingers.

"All done," she said with a proud smile, "Can you write? Should we take a break?"

"It's just a prick! You think I should be admitted for it?" I chuckled.

"No I mean-" she flinched suddenly at the loud sound that echoed the room. Maybe some construction taking place nearby. Her eyes were closed shut with a force and her palms were fisted by the side.

"You okay?" I asked and she opened her eyes finally, letting out a breath and nodded. Mutely walking back to the desk. That felt odd but I shrugged it anyway.

After a few hours of brainstorming, we did come to certain conclusions. There was no awkwardness, no stuttering, everything was smooth while we were working. Both had contented smiles.

"Let's go. If RM and Aera are still there, we can inform them of the same," she passed and I nodded.

As I stepped out behind her, a little object hit my head with a force. That didn't hurt much, but it was so anticipated that I flinched and yelped lightly.

I looked up, rubbing my forehead only to find Taehyung with a Nerf Gun?

"What do you think you are doing?" I asked, frustrated at his unprofessionalism.

"H-Hyung, ha ha... I-It..." He fumbled.

"Tae, there you go!" A bullet hit him on his chest and came behind him, Jimin!

"I won... Oh.. hi, Hyung?" Jimin said with a nervous and embarrassed smile.

She burst out laughing at the scene, standing beside me.

"Who told you, you can do this?"

"Actually, Hyung, it was... You know," Jimin stuttered, looking to his right with every word he spoke.

"I know," Mi Yi said all of a sudden. Her face was all red due to the futile attempts she gave to impede her laughter.

"Dami, I want you out in five seconds. If not, you are so dead!" She warned.

"5... 4... 3..." She stopped as Dami came out to our vision, her hands up in the air as if showing an imaginary white flag. One hand had a nerf gun, bigger than Tae and Jimin's.

"Literally Dami, where even is Aera?" She castigated.

"She's here!" She countered moving back and pulling with her, their leader!

Mi Yi rolled her eyes, her expression was telling how frustrated she was.

"Where's Namjoon?" I asked Tae.

"He's here too!" Taehyung chuckled while Jimin pulled Namjoon along.

"Anyone else in hiding?" Mi Yi asked and all of them shook their heads that were hanging low.

"Put down your weapons except for Aera and Dami," she said. Weapons? Those are nerf guns!

"And you both, bring your guns here before I kill you!" She warned and damn? Can anyone be intimidated by that? She looked cute while saying that.

But I guess her band members did, they came and handed her their guns.

She passed me one and reloaded hers, "Jin shi, Its nerf or nothing!"

"Huh?"

She aimed at Dami or Aera I don't know but that hit Aera right at her forehead.

"Ouch, that hurts!" She blubbered.

"Exactly!" MI Yi passed and walked ahead, reloading her gun and aiming at someone.

Everyone understood by that point. Taehyung quickly scooted to pick up his weapon. But sadly for Jimin, Dami picked up his gun before him.

"That's cheating miss-" he was interrupted when I targetted him and that hit him in his chest.

And this was how we ended up in a nerf battle on the first day of our collaboration.

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(A/N: Poof! What did I do?)