A/N: This is fiction. Some characters used in this story is only inspired by their namesakes.
Hermione Granger, dressed in a white long sleeved blouse paired with a black pencil skirt, waited patiently in the arrival section of the airport. She glanced to her right and saw Ginny Weasley walking excitedly to her side. Hermione couldn't help but smile at her friend. "You do remember that you have a boyfriend, right?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "When Harry learns to sing and dance like them, I'd give up this fandom. Otherwise, he has to deal with it."
"Everything okay in the right wing?" Hermione was ticking off her mental checklist. She reviewed the files on the popular group.
"Yes." Ginny frowned at her friend. "You look so uptight in your tight bun." She reached for Hermione's head and pulled some tendrils to frame her face. "There, looks better."
Hermione arched an eyebrow. "I'm supposed to protect them. I don't need to look good for them."
"You might regret it when you get to meet them in person." Ginny teased.
Hermione shook her head and looked to the man walking towards them. She nodded, "Is everything set up in the left wing?"
Paul nodded. "The exits are guarded. The transport are also secured."
Hermione nodded and then looked to Ginny. "That's how you answer when asked for an update." she teased her friend.
Ginny just shrugged and looked to the muggle clock. "They should be landing soon."
Hermione nodded and stared at the gates just as a plane touched down. "They're here."
"Who do you think has imminent threat?" Ginny asked as they watched the plane park to the gate in front of them.
"My team's gathering more information." Hermione could feel her heart beat faster. She never liked being a personal Auror. She's an over thinker and people can be spontaneous. Spontaneity leads to additional risks that she may not have considered. She doesn't like it when she doesn't have full control. Just thinking about it is giving her hyperacidity.
"You feeling okay?" Ginny whispered when she noticed her friend's deep breathing.
"I'm fine." Hermione she stared at the opening gate. She nodded to Paul and Ginny when a tall bulky man exit the gate and walked to her.
"You must be Hermione Granger?" The man started then looked around. "It's just you three?"
Hermione bit her tongue and smiled. "They will be safe with us."
"I have no authority to use dueling spells here. Had I been give authority..."
"I assure you, they are perfectly safe." Hermione cut him short. "I can list all my credentials but that would take time and I'm sure it would bore the artists."
The man frowned and nodded. He went back to the gate and back to the plane. Within a few minutes, seven tall men in stylish comfortable clothes walked out of the gates followed by a few men in suits who looked like their managers.
Hermione put on a smile as the group came near. She bowed when the group stopped in front of her. "Welcome to London." She smiled to group's leader. "My name's Hermione Granger, she's Ginny Weasley and Paul Newman. We will be your Tourism Event Manager." The other Aurors bowed to the guests.
The leader smiled. "Is that your official title?" He winked at them. "We were expecting Aurors since our country's provided Aurors are set to go back today."
"For the general public, that is our chosen job title, though if you prefer Local Media Coordinators, we.can adjust." Hermione's smile did not reach her eyes.
"Wait, you are the Hermione Granger? Part of the golden trio?" Another member of the group asked.
"And you are the Golden Maknae." Hermione said in confirmation of his statement. She could see Ginny forcing to contain her smile.
"Forgive us, we haven't introduced ourselves." The leader bowed. "I am the leader, RM." He nodded to the one on his left.
"Im Jin. It's nice to meet you." He nodded to the next person.
"I'm Suga." He slightly smiled and nodded to the next.
"Hi, I am J-Hope." His eyes were sparkling as he nodded to the next person.
"I'm Jimin." He politely smiled and nodded to the next person.
"V." He grinned and nodded to the last one.
"Jungkook. I am a big fan. We've read about you three. It's such an honor." He held out his tattooed hand to her, eager to shake her hand.
Hermione grabbed his hand to shake it. She was thankful of the charmed Pin that breaks the language barrier by helping her to understand Korean and her words translate from English to Korean. "We can continue with the introductions at the hotel. The managers will be traveling in one vehicle. We'll be splitting you guys in three groups. Paul, Ginny and I will be in separate vehicles."
"Will you assign the groupings or can we group ourselves?" Jin asked, worried to which member he will be partenerd.
"For now you can group yourselves. Once I get the results of our threat analysis, we will change the grouping as needed." Hermione answered.
"I want to be grouped with you Ms. Granger." Jungkook raised his arm and went to her side
Hermione shrugged and noticed Ginny's pursed lips. She smiled knowingly at her friend.
"Maknae rides together!" V energetically volunteered. He waited for Jimin to nod in agreement.
"I'll go with J-Hope." RM announced.
"That leaves Suga and Jin together." Hermione summarizer.
"We'll ride with Mr. Newman." Suga announced.
"We'll ride with Ms. Weasley." RM smiled. "Good luck with the three Maknaes Ms. Granger. You will need it." He teased.
"I've been handling childish boys since puberty." She winked at Ginny.
"Are you implying we are childish?" Jimin interjected. "You just met us and you are now judging us?"
"Jimin." RM warned.
Hermione pursed her lips, trying to hide the smile when she was engaging with RM. "I apologise if I offended you. We'll refrain from being so informal with you." She shot a knowing look at her friend.
Ginny rolled her eyes and started to guide her charge to the exit. "Follow me."
Hermione let the whole party walk ahead of her. 'Looks like, he's going to make this harder than I expected.' She took out her phone hopeful to see a notification when it suddenly buzzed and saw Ginny's name.
In these types of mission when the client is highly recognizable especially in the Muggle world, they have no choice but to adapt. Cellphones and internet was a topic that the witches and wizards needed to learn. Hence Hermione and Ginny have adapted to using phones when conversing with each other from afar.
G: They're usually nice.
H: It's not like I'm trying to be friends with them. Don't tell me Jimin's the one you're hyped on meeting?
G: It's Jungkook, silly.
H: I'll have him transferred to your care next time.
G: Don't tell Harry.
Hermione rolled her eyes and marched to. The group. She got to the black SVUs and made a quick check of the vehicles. She opened the passenger door of one of the vehicles and gestured for Jin and Suga to go in. She whispered instructions to Paul before they left.
She turned to the next vehicle and nodded to Ginny. "See you at the hotel." RM and J-Hope smiled at Hermione as they climbed in.
Hermione then turned to the remaining members and sighed. Before she reached the handle, Jungkook reached it first and opened the door. "You first." He gestured for her to get in.
"It's supposed to be the other way around. In you all go." Hermione held the door open as the three Maknae climbed in.
Jungkook who sat next to the door, held it open. "Sit with us here here." He pat the sit next to him. The sit previously occupied by Jimin who moved to the back upon Jungkook's invitation to Hermione.
She smiled. "I have a better view up front." She smiled politely and closed the door. She went and sat in front and instructed the driver to start their travel.
"Ms. Granger..." Taehyung started to speak.
"You can call me Hermione." She knew creating rapport would help get their trust and cooperation. She saw Jungkook and Taehyung exchange smiles.
"Hermione, have you seen us perform before?" Taehyung continued his question.
"I've seen a few videos." Hermione lied.
"Do you have any bias?" Jungkook stared at her.
"Bias?" Hermione frowned.
"Someone you liked the most among the members." Jimin explained.
"Not yet. Maybe when I see you perform live, I'd choose a bias." She kept her eyes on the road, gauging the risks. "Do you have your own biases among your members?"
Jungkook gave knowing looks at Jimin and Taehyung.
"Of course our Golden Maknae." Taehyung was quick to give his opinion. He nudged Jimin to cooperate.
"Yeah Jungkook's great in everything." Jimin played along.
Hermione peeked at her charges. She stared intently at Jungkook. She seized him up, her eyes landing on his tattooed arm. "Don't disappoint." She warned.
"Haven't had any complaints yet." Jungkook mischievously winked at her.
Hermione grinned and turned her attention back to the road. "What are your roles in the group?" Hermione genuinely asked.
"You obviously have not watched any of our performances before." Jimin called her out on her lie.
Taehyung hissed at him.
Jungkook ignored him and quickly answered. "Jimin, Taehyung and I along with Jin hyung are vocalist. RM, Suga hyung, and J-Hope are rappers."
Hermione not thinking much about it just nodded. "So, we're nearing the hotel. The team already put up safety precautions but when we get to your floor, I'll do a final look. Stay with Ginny."
"Understood." Jungkook was waiting on her every word.
"Not gonna lie, I think you're starting to be my bias." She looked back and smiled at Jungkook.
Jungkook took a sharp intake of breath and looked to the other guys who seemed pretty much in the same boat as him. He couldn't believe that the Hermione Granger was smiling at him.