Seven

                                    

                                          
Minji's Pov 
The sun is setting but still blazing down on me, Taehyung, and Shep. It's reflecting off the water of the creek, making it appear on fire. I toss my baited line into the water and lean back in my lawn chair, the dog watching my every move. We've been down here fishing since we finished our morning chores hours ago. My dad had some business to take care of in town so I told him I'd help Tae with his so he didn't have to worry about it all when he got back. It's about the only help the stubborn bastard will take from me.
"So how long you think you're gonna be in town for this time?" my brother asks as he pops the top on a beer from the cooler.
"Not sure. I'll know more once I get the contract today I hope. Why?"
"Just askin' is all. I'm leaving in a few months to get back on the circuit. Dad hired two more guys to start though so he won't have to pick up any extra work with the rodeo stock."
"I didn't know you were heading back out." My brother is a professional bull rider. He's been crushing the rode circuit for a few years now. He hurt his shoulder some months ago and hasn't been able to compete since. The rode never really stops though. They ride from January to November so he missed out on a lot of the season with it being July already.
"Yeah, I'm going to wait 'til they start up again in January. I won't get the points I need now to qualify so there's no use."
"So the shoulder is all healed up?"
Rolling his injured arm, he nods. "Good as new. I took it slow. I needed the break anyway."
"I hear that." I chuckle, tipping my beer back, savoring the icy cold brew.
"Didn't take you long to find another label though. You had me worried there for a minute little sis." He tosses me a cocky smile. "Thought you were gonna stay home with us normal folk."
I beam him with my bottle cap. "Jinnie is good at what he does. Speaking of," glancing at my watch, "he should be here any minute with my new contract." Just then we hear someone pull up, the gravel drive crunching beneath tires. Shep bounds off, barking playfully.
"Think he'll find us down here?" Taehyung asks me, sounding way more concerned than I am.
"Shep'll bring him to us."
"You're right."
Slouching down in my chair a bit farther, I'm startled upright when I hear a woman's voice talking sweetly to Shep. My brother looks over at me questioningly. Slowly, I crane my neck and look behind me. Hanni is picking her way across the bank, Shep trotting happily at her side. Dog's a damn flirt. I can't say that I blame him. She looks especially hot today in a sundress, little flowers dotted all over it, and flip flops, her hot pink toes sexier than they ought to be. My brother and I stand to greet her. Out of the side of his mouth he says "Omoo, she lost? I'll help her find more than her way." I elbow him in the ribs, satisfied when he lets out a grunt of pain.
"Well, hey there, darling, didn't expect to see you here today."
"Don't call me 'darling'.'" That's all I get in the way of a greeting. My brother snickers.
"Course not, Sugar. Wouldn't dream of it." She rolls her pretty cat–like eyes, done up just enough that I noticed.
"Seokjin and I had lunch and went over your contract."
"He told me. I was expecting him to bring it for me to sign."
She's standing in front of us now, Shep sitting at her feet.
"His mama called and asked for a favor. I told him I could bring it out to you since I was coming this way anyhow." Her voice is all honey when she speaks of Jin and his family, but goes back to prickly pear when she says, "Well, are you gonna introduce me to your friend or did you leave your manners on tour?"