Chapter 16

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     The guys had rented out their favorite BBQ place for dinner with some of the crew. They had one more concert next weekend but they wanted a welcome home dinner. Phoebe was happy to see Paenji there will Tae. Everyone was laughing and telling stories about the tour as soju was poured. Phoebe wasn't sure if she had laughed this hard in a long time. She enjoyed hearing about their behind the scenes adventures and backstage events. 

Hoseok and Phoebe exchanged whispers and giggles as they watched how much Paenji's and Taehyung's relationship had grown. She noticed how Tae couldn't keep his eyes off of Paenji through much of dinner, and Hoseok's ever-present hand on her thigh didn't go unnoticed as well. That moment before they were so rudely interrupted wasn't far from the front of her mind. Her small smile caught the attention of Paenji who giggled and smiled at her. Phoebe answered her back with the same. Paenji looked down for a second before Phoebe felt her phone vibrate in her lap. 

 Paenji: Heard Hoseok didn't come home last night.

Phoebe: No he did not. Heard you didn't come home last night either.

Paenji: How did you know!

Phoebe: Intuition 

"What are you two talking about?" Hoseok whispered.

"About how she spent the night with Tae." She and Hoseok shared a giggle and smile before he quickly kissed her temple before turning back to dinner.

Paenji: I wonder if Chan saw this if he would leave you alone.

Phoebe: Or leak it to the press before we get to do a formal announcement. 

That possibility terrified her. Hoseok asked her to keep their relationship a secret for good reason. While she was sure most of the fandom would highly support it as long as Hoseok was happy she also knew that some in the fandom wouldn't be so kind. The lesser the drama the better. 

Paenji: Oh, yeah that would be bad. Could also leak over to me...

Phoebe: Yeup. 

The Soju seemed endless as everyone kept pouring and drinking. Phoebe grew more giggly as dinner went on. There were moments where she couldn't believe she was doing this with BTS. Being around them as seeing them interacting with each other was a dream come true. She heard Namjoon's voice talking about Hoseok.

"Phoebe, I don't know what you did to Hoseok over here but one day he got all red-faced after a TV interview and he wouldn't tell me what made him like that." Namjoon was laughing obviously still curious. 

"Namjoon!" Hoseok exclaimed

"To be fair Hoseok started it." Phoebe quickly downed another glass of soju as she eyed a slightly embarrassed Hoseok. 

"Just like with Tae and Paenji I don't wanna know," Suga grumbled as he stuffed his face with more food. 

"Thank you Yoongi," Hoseok said as he raised a glass. 

"Wait wait wait. You didn't tell me about this!" Paenji had a wide smile as she looked to her friend. 

"I don't tell you everything! You don't want to know everything." 

"Yes, I do." 

"No, you don't," Taehyung interjected. 

"What if I told you everything!" Paenji exclaimed. Everyone at the table gave her a combined 'No.' 

The night continued on as everyone drank and ate as they talked and joked around. Hoseok could tell Phoebe was starting to get tired as she leaned more heavily on him. 

"You ready to head back?" Hoseok asked putting an arm around her waist. She nodded with a smile. Phoebe remembered him helping her into the car and leaning on his shoulder in the back seat. She could only assume that she had fallen asleep on the ride because she awoke with a massive headache in Hoseok's bed. Phoebe didn't sit up as she noticed Hoseok wasn't in the room. She heard the door open and saw him with a trey in hand a smile on his face.

"Good morning sunshine." Hoseok greeted her. Phoebe groaned under the covers. "Hungover?"

"Mhmm. I passed out in the car didn't I." 

"Yes you did and it was adorable I might add." She felt Hoseok climb onto the bed and sat the trey down. Phoebe slowly sat up taking in the delicious sight of breakfast. "I do apologize for the mismatch kitchenware. We had just moved into this building like a month before tour and I haven't really gotten to the kitchen." 

Phoebe giggled. Of course, he would have his office and bedroom sorted out but nothing else. She wondered why he hadn't just hired someone to buy the stuff and deliver it to him. 

"So why didn't you just hire someone to do it for you?" Her question made him pause. 

"I... I didn't think about that..." 

"Hoseok! You are literally a multi-millionaire and you didn't think to hire someone to outfit your kitchen?"

"It all happened so fast!" Hoseok laughed. Phoebe giggled at his answer. She often forgot he was rich by the way he acted and it was fairly well known he forgot too. Until it came to clothes. Phoebe scanned the tray of food and chowed down pleasantly surprised by how good it was. 

"You wouldn't happen to have a Tylenol and a gallon of water?" The food was helping with the headache but she knew what she needed to get rid of it quickly. Hoseok nodded before disappearing into the bathroom. It didn't take long for him to reemerge with a glass of water and her pain killer. Phoebe sighed and smiled as he handed the pill and glass to her. 

"Let me go get you a bottle of water," he said as he kissed her forehead and walked out of the doorway. After downing the glass of water she took a few more bites of the Nutella toast Hoseok had put together for her. Hoseok hopped back down on the bed and handed her the bottle. He moved the tray out of the way so he could be closer to her. Hoseok moved behind her and positioned her between his legs. Phoebe rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. She didn't want to go to sleep again but she took in his vanilla scent and listened to his quiet humming. 

"What did you have planned for today?" She asked enjoying the feeling of him playing with her hair. 

"Nothing really. We all expected to be hungover. Was there something you wanted to do today?" 

"Eat a ton of fried foods." Hoseok laughed at her request. 

"I think I can handle that." He buried his head into her neck as he held her against him. Phoebe chugged the rest of her water before sitting it on the tray. 

"What do you usually do on your chill days?" 

"Write music or work on existing projects," He answered. 

"I'm guessing I can't sit in?" Her eyebrows rows in her curiosity." 

"There's a couple of songs you can sit in on," He chuckled, "If that is what you want." He planted soft kisses on her neck. His soft lips felt like heaven on her skin as he ran a hand down her thigh. Phoebe let out a soft sigh as she smiled. Her phone went off with her boss's ringtone. Phoebe let out a frustrated groan as she leaned over to grab the phone. 

"Phoebe? Oh, thank god. Listen we have a bit of an emergency. We have an editing project that needs to be finished today so we can send it off to the printers tomorrow."

"How many chapters do you need me to edit?" Phoebe leaned against Hoseok's chest. 

"Ten. I've emailed you the login information. I owe you lunch! Bye" 

Phoebe didn't get to say goodbye before she heard the beep. After rolling her eyes and looking at Hoseok she mouthed "I'm sorry." He chuckled before lightly kissing her temple. 

"You can use my laptop if you'd like? I'll let you sit in on my secret mixtape." Hoseok grinned at her making the butterflies in her stomach go wild. 

"Sounds like a fantastic plan." 

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JiLin1998 #1
Chapter 1: Ohhhh Jhope!! Didn‘t know he could be so confident
AlyssaWonderland
#2
Chapter 26: This story was so cute! I loved it so much!
CapriquariusMei
#3
Chapter 2: Awww....only on Chapter 2 atm, but it's a really cute & fluffy beginning so far! Also, love the story cover!! It's simple & easy on the eyes.
Tbh, for this chapter, I was a bit surprised because the texting part kinda reminds me of what I'm doing for one of my stories (similar in the sense of finding love through the help of technology, I think). Though, I suppose it's common nowadays.
Hope you don't mind a bit of unsolicited suggestion, but I think it would be helpful for readers to visualize how Phoebe looks like if you can give a bit of description in the first chapter. I was having a bit of trouble trying to imagine how she looks like. Is she an Asian-American, or a blonde Caucasian, and etc.
Anyways, I look forward to your updates. Meanwhile, I'm glad to have chapters to catch up at the moment as I wait for your future updates! :)