The Roller Coaster That Is Life

Nita's POV

Nita's day started early as usual, after her run with Gaho she finished her work out at one of the empty studios at YG. It was her firm belief that dancing worked out every part of the body, and one could enjoy it too. This morning she had been pretty chipper, even though she hadn't had dinner the night before she was full of energy. The music came to an end and she was drenched in sweat, she turned around and found Yang Sangnim standing in the doorway watching her. She bowed, "Good morning, sir," she said while dabbing at the sweat on her face.
"Good morning. I needed to talk to you about something," he said to her, handing her a bottle of water.
She took it, even though she already had a bottle of water siting by the wall, "Did you want to talk to me in your office, it shouldn't take me but a couple of minutes to get cleaned up," she said looking at the clock on the wall.
"No, no, we can just talk here, I don't think it'll take long," he said looking at her.
"Sure, what is it," she asked, trying to figure out what was so important.
"From now on, you'll be going with the boys to their group events," he said, smiling at her.
"Okay, I don't think that'll be a problem. All they have are group jobs today, so I'll just get ready for the day then," she said bowing again, and then heading to grab her things.
"Jamkkan," he said, holding out his hand.
"I noticed you danced as if you compete," he said, Nita wasn't sure if he was asking her or telling her.
"Neh, I used to compete in the states. I find dancing the best way to stay fit, it's fun too," she said, while headed for the door, "well, I better head back to the house, I have to be ready by the time everyone has to leave," she bowed once more before walking out the door.
"I'll walk with you," Yang Sangnim said, catching up with her, "I saw you dancing to Ringa Linga, some of the dance was similar to Taeyang's but there were sections that were different, were they your own ideas," he asked.
"Neh, the girls and I were thinking about doing a fan video of the song and we all didn't want to completely copy the dance so we created different sections and kept some of the original too," Nita said, not thinking.
"The girls?" Yang Sangnim asked, "There's more than one who came up with the different parts?"
"The girls are some of my closest friends, we called ourselves 'The Fan Girls', we copy catted some of our favorite music video of our favorite idols and groups. They often watched me and told me where I needed improvement and where it didn't work," Nita answered, forgetting that she'd never told him about The Fan Girls.
"So you weren't trying to hide that," he said with a smile.
Nita looked at him questioningly, "You knew about The Fan Girls," she asked, surprise clearly heard in the statement.
"I'm the CEO of YG Entertainment, I have to know what my family is up too," he said smiling, "I knew before you entered my office, I just needed to hear it from you."
Nita didn't think he'd check her all the way back to the states, but she shouldn't be surprised, "Will that be a problem," she asked not sure why he was bringing it up.
"No, I don't think so. Do you think others have heard of The Fan Girls, here," he asked her.
Nita thought about it for a minute and was sure no one famous would know The Fan Girls, "I don't think very many people would know about us, I'm sure some fans would, but we weren't that popular in the states. I'm sure the same could be said for Korea too, we're just fans."
"Ok then, you should head back to the house. They probably aren't up yet," Yang Sangnim said while looking at his watch and smiling at her.
After her little talk to with Yang Sangnim she headed home in a taxi. She had something ready for breakfast so all she had to do was shower and get ready. Usually by the time she'd be back everyone would be up and getting ready for the day. As she walked into the house, it was no different than usually. TopCat was sitting at kitchen bar reading a newspaper. The door to the recording room was open, so that meant G was working on music, the practice studio door was open too, which meant T was in there. She didn't see V or D downstairs, so they were still getting ready. She quickly ran up the stairs and to her room. Dropping her duffle bag and water bottle in front of her bed. Gaho was taking a nap on his side of the bed, the animal was completely at home in her room. G would was starting to say that she'd stolen his dog. Nita smiled she loved Gaho, slow poke and all. She quickly showered and got dressed, then just as quickly packed the schedule laptop and charger cord, along with her phone charger cord in a tote, adding her small purse into the tote.
She hung the tote on her shoulders and headed down stairs.
"You hungry," she asked TopCat, he looked at her from over the newspaper, with one raised eyebrow.
"You should be," he said, looking at the newspaper again.
"Aaahe, I'm okay, but I might have a some yogurt or something light," she said opening the fridge door.
"You didn't eat, last night did you," he asked, his tone had a hint of accusation in it.
Nita closed the fridge door and realization dawned on her. Last night she had fallen asleep on the sofa in the living room while reading a book. This morning she had woken up in her bed, rested and not hurting from sleeping in an awkward position.
"Did one of you put me in my room, last night," she asked, ready to apologize for causing trouble.
"Almost," he said, still not looking up from newspaper, "I was about to start going up the stairs with you, when Donghae knocked on the door, he came in took you from me, and put you in bed."
"Omo, Donghae was here," she said, wondering why he would come so late for a visit.
"Hmm, he wasn't sure if you'd eaten or not, so he brought over some food, so you two could have dinner together," TopCat said, setting the newspaper aside and looking at her with an expectant look. "You hadn't eaten anything, so your stomach was making noises. . . . . . . . . . Why didn't you eat anything, were you waiting for us," he asked.
"Ani, I called to ask if you guys were eating at home or not because I was worried, with it getting so late. As for not eating, I don't like eating alone, and the food tastes different with company. I'm sorry, and please don't feel bad, it wasn't anyone else's fault but my own," she said setting a cup of tea and coffee on the table.
"Coffee or Tea," she asked pointing to each cup.
"Coffee, thanks," he said taking the mug that had coffee in it.
"What about the rest of us," T asked sitting next to TopCat.
"Just name your poison and I'll have it for you," Nita said with a smile.
"Coffee," G said.
"Juice," T said.
"Tea," V said.
"Milk," D said.
Nita didn't waste any time getting the drinks, within minutes she was placing the filled cups in front of the respective owners.
They all just watched her, she figured she should let them know today's schedule.
"Okay, let's get down to business. Today we have only one thing scheduled, and it's an all-day photo shoot," she said scrolling down her phone, she looked for more details, "for underwear?" she practically yelled the question.
"What that surprises you," T asked, "what, never seen men in their underwear before," he teased.
Nita just looked up at them, it wasn't that she'd never seen a guy in his underwear before. It was the fact that she was about to see Big Bang in THEIR underwear. She quickly looked back at her phone and slide her finger up, to read more.
"It's a major shoot, with other idols too, but you guys are the only ones who will be there together. Sounds like fun," Nita tried to add pep to the fun part, but it sounded so fake.
"You guys want anything to eat, before it's time to go. I can make eggs and toast," she said, turning around and pulling out the things she needed.
"I'll take that," D said, getting up and walking around to help Nita out. He grabbed the plates, "what about the rest of you," he asked not turning around to look at anyone.
"Well if she's making it, I guess I'll eat something too," V said whining a little.
"Two eggs and one toast," T said, coming around and pulling out knives and forks.
"I'll have the same thing he said," G said, pointing at T. As if Nita could see that, but she connected the dots.
"N' you, TopCat, do you want anything," she asked, cracking another egg into the pan.
"I'll have a one egg omelet, no toast," he said, she didn't waste any time getting the food made and feeding them.
"Daebak," V said as his plate was filled in front of him, "that was quick."
"Yea, I'm used to cooking quickly. Living with nine guys and cooking for their fierce appetite, one couldn't take their time," once again going back to her memories. How quickly her brothers, Adien, and Nate, ate the food that she made, still surprised her. They were like monsters.
"Nine guys," G asked, "You lived with nine guys and your parents kicked you out because of a unapproved relationship," he blurted.
Nita didn't remember telling them about why she got kicked out of her house. When she looked up at them, they all had guilty looks on their faces, like they had done something they weren't supposed to do.
"How did you know about my being kicked out," she asked, figuring there was something that they didn't tell her.
"Could you tell us about the nine guys first," T timidly asked, not sure about her reaction.
"Seven are brothers, one being an adopted older brother, and two of his friends. We all grew up together. Their appetites could put yours to shame. It was one of the reasons why, my parents always took them with them on their business trips. The chef and maid would be exhausted by the time the day was over," Nita said, looking at them, "Now how did you know about my being kicked out," she asked strictly.
"You remember me telling you that Donghae came last night, well, we talked to him," TopCat said, "we felt bad about you not eating, after we heard your stomach growling. He told us you don't like eating alone and as we got further into the conversation, he mentioned what brought you to Korea. He gave us a brief idea about everything and told us to ask you if we wanted to know more."
Nita looked at her watch, they didn't have time today for her life story, "We don't have time for that right now, how about we talk about this when we have free time, I'm not upset, it was going to come out one way or another. Plus, I'm glad he was here to explain, I don't like anything being misunderstood," she looked at them smiling, "Kaja, we got things to do and people to see." As she set everything in the sink, she grabbed her laptop bag and headed towards the door.

COUPLE OF HOURS LATER

Nita and the rest of the guys were sitting in the make-up waiting now . . . . . For almost three hours. The primary shots were supposed to be taken with the female model that hadn't showed up yet. What was meant to be done in sections with several different people will now have to be done in one go. Nita looked at her watch again, it wasn't as if they had something else to do today, but this was completely unprofessional. You would think that a person would show up on time for their job even if they were ten or fifteen minutes late it would have been alright, but three hours.
"You keep looking at your watch, we don't have another job today, what's the rush," G asked smiling at her. She had to admit it to herself, that when he smiled at her she went all mushy inside. But she tried not to show it.
"It's not that we have to be somewhere or do something. It's the fact that all these people here have been working since this morning, and now we all are waiting for one person. You would think one would be on time for their job," Nita said, slightly annoyed.
"How do you know she doesn't have an emergency," G countered, still sporting that smile.
"Then one call informing someone about her predicament wouldn't hurt," Nita countered right back.
"What if her phone died," he asked.
"Then that just proves how irresponsible she is," Nita answered, her annoyance level rising.
"What if her purse got stolen and it had her phone, charger, keys, and money," he asked again.
Her annoyance level was rising futher up, "Look Kwon Jiyong, where there is a will, there is a way. She hadn't forgot to eat or sleep, or even breath, right. She could have found some way to notify someone about what is going on," she retorted, rather loudly. She looked around the room, and hadn't realized she'd gotten up and was in G's face. She had gotten the attention of the crew working in the room as well. G looked completely un-phased by anything she was doing, still sporting that smile, which only got mischievous as she realized what was going on.
"Well, we know Nita doesn't like late people," T said.
Nita had to force herself to calm down a little bit more, before she said anything. She took a deep breath. . . . . Once . . . . . Twice . . . . . And thrice.
"It's not about being late, if it was twenty or forty-five minutes, it would have been understandable. Something might have come up and she wasn't able to notify anyone, but three hours. . . ." she looked at her watch, "no, four hours now, this isn't right," she answered T, looking him calmly in the face.
Someone walked through the door and everyone looked up to see one of the crew members. He looked at the other woman in the room, giving her a once over and shaking his head. Then he looked at Nita, gave her a once over, nodded, and walked out the room.
"What was that about," G asked, "I think he was checking you out," Nita glared at him, which only brought back the mischievous smile.
Not another minute later, the designer walked into the room, and gave Nita another once over.
"You! You will be fine to model, get ready," he yelled, rather loudly.
Everyone in the room was looking at her, Nita didn't know what was going on, "What is going on here," she asked no one in particular, then her phone started ringing. She checked the caller id and saw that it was Yang Sangnim.
"Annyeonghaseyo, Yang Sangnim," she said.
"Nita, I just received a call from the designer's assistant asking about using you as model for today's shoot," Yang Sangnim said, Nita nearly dropped her phone.
"They have offered to pay you what the original model was going to get plus a bit more, for the last minute request," he continued, "I'm leaving the decision up to you, I know that modeling lingerie isn't part of your job, again this is something that you don't have to do if you don't want to. Think about it, and let me know your decision. If you need more time to think about it, we can always reschedule the shoot. Just give me a call when you've decided. Okay?" he finished.
Nita didn't know what to think, this was a good opportunity but she wasn't sure they'd approve of her body once they knew about her piercings and tattoo. "Yang Sangnim, will they be okay with my tattoo," she asked him nervously.
"Just let them know and they'll figure out what to do, so . . . you are going to do it," he asked her.
"If they don't have a problem with the tattoo, then I don't see why I couldn't do it," she answered back, gaining some confidence.
"That's good to hear. Good luck," he said hanging up the phone.
Still in a state of shock, Nita stared out into the nothingness. She was going to model underwear. UNDERWEAR!!!! In a studio full of dudes!!! What the hell was she thinking!?!
The designer walked backed into the room, "Yang Sangnim said you had something to tell us," he said, a little bit more polite than the first time he had spoken.
Nita was having an out of body experience, she could see everything that was happening, but she wasn't the one talking and acting, "Neh, I have a tattoo and two body piercings, I just want to make sure that's not going to be a problem."
"Show me," he demanded. Nita figured if she had to parade around in her underwear, now would be a good time to get used to the stares and the once overs. It wasn't that she didn't like her body, in fact she was proud of what her body looked like now. But the reality was that not everyone saw what she saw when she looked at herself. Most of the time she didn't care, but today it was different. She was in a room full of people she admired, she didn't want to be judged by them. So she straightened her back and held her head high, she was going to do this.
She boldly took off her top and set it in the chair she had been sitting in. Her hands effortless unbuttoned her skinny jeans and slide them off, placing them with her top. She was now standing in front of everyone in the room, just in her under garments. She heard the swift intake of breaths all around her, the chillness of the air had goosebumps rolling over her skin, and she could feel one gaze in particular over her body, heating a path as it racked her body. She knew without a doubt G was watching her.
"Omo, I didn't think she'd just start stripping like that," V's outburst wasn't a surprise, Nita was kind of hoping for something like that to happen, the nervousness completely disappeared at V's comment.
She started laughing, "Omo thanks, V," she said.
"What did I do," he asked with a confused look on his face.
Designer-nim walked up to her, "That is absolutely beautiful," he turned her around, "the dragons intertwine like lovers, the green one looks so fierce and protective, but the blue one seems just as protective. . . . . . . .let's get started, we've already wasted enough time. We've had the others rescheduled for another day, so we can finish up with you guys today. I'm guessing you will be able to come the next time as well," he asked her, she nodded her head.
"Yes, please let's get started," Nita said heading towards the curtains that would give her some privacy to change. She was handed the change of clothes and a robe. She quickly put on the bra and panties and looked at herself in the mirror, they felt as exquisite as they looked, and then she covered herself with the robe.
Nita felt a bit self-conscious again, "You nervous," someone asked, she nodded her head, not looking to see who asked the question. She was turned around and T placed his hands on her shoulders, "just remember you're sexy and wanted, hmm, everyone wants a piece of you," he said, singing the last part in a familiar melody.
She couldn't help but laugh, "That's GOT7 not Nita," she said.
"I've seen you fan girl over them, but remember here you are the star, they're taking pictures of you. Why? Because you look good, just bring your personality out, besides it's just us today, we're friends and we're here to help." T said with a smile. Nita just looked at him, her friends. . . .she smiled, yes they were her friends and she would accept their help. She nodded her head, letting all the negative thoughts fall off her shoulders.
"We're ready for you," one of the crew members came by the door, calling them to the set. And so her first job as a model was starting.

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