At a young Ateez were kidnapped along side a group of girls by a scientist. He was obsessed with soulmates and creating them. Each member was paired with a girl. The scientist did many experiments on them, trying to connect their souls and bodies. He called this project love. He gave names to each one of them based on the emotions connected to being in love: Subject joy (Luna) + subject happy (Hongjoong), subject silly (wooyoung) + subject shy(Mia), subject jealousy(Stella)+ subject annoyed (Yeosang), subject trust(hazel) + subject loyal (Yunho), subject attract(seonghwa)+ subject fond(aurora), subject safe (jongho) + subject secure(Maya), subject intimate(ruby) + subject desire (San), subject respect (Delilah) + subject value (Mingi). He each gave them each a necklace that says their subject name. Their necklace are connected to the one their are paired with. It half of the other necklace. When the two necklaces are connected, they form a whole. The boys had heart shaped necklaces with a cutout of a key on one side. The girls had the key necklaces that fit in the cutout. Each key cutout was altered to fit only one key. The back of the boys' necklaces say project, and the back of the girls' necklaces say love. They have been here for five years. The 98z are 12, the 99z are 11, and the 00z are 10 now.

"Project love is complete and a success" the scientist said to his workers, "now onto the next phase, project hybrid, but for now, let's all rest" They all leave the laboratory. A guard putting Jongho and Maya back in their cell. Once they were inside, Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Luna, and Aurora ran to them, checking to see if they are okay.

An hour later

"Are we ever going to get out of here, Joonggie?"
Luna asked Hongjoong with her head on his shoulder.

"I don't know, Luna," Hongjoong said, as he rubs her hand that is intertwined with his with his thumbs, "But let's not lose hope, okay." Luna nodded. She looked at the youngest ones, who were huddling together. She wanted to get them out of here back to their family for the boys. The girls and her are orphans, they have no family. She still wanted them to get back to the orphans and have a chance to be adopted. They suddenly heard a commotion outside.

"What was that?" Mingi asked.

"I don't know," Hongjoong said. Then, they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. They got scared.

"I thought they were done for today," Maya said, scared. Jongho hugged trying to comfort her as Luna and Aurora rushed to her to comfort her as well. They looked up when the footsteps got close to see police officers.

"Are you guys okay?" One officer asked them as another okay the cell. They stepped inside.

"Yeah, we are okay," Seonghwa and Hongjoong said.

"Let's get you guys out of here. Your families would be happy to see you guys" that same officer said. They got the kids out of the building. They got the boys back to their families and for the girls they sent them back to the orphan they lived at.

~Timeskip:12 years later~

The boys are now a world famous Kpop group. They don't remember much of what happened 12 years ago, same with the girls, they only remember a few things.The girls all got adopted by a CEO of a company. His wife was infertile. They just wanted to adopt three girls, but the three girls they wanted were inseparable with five other girls. So, they decided to adopt all eight of them. Aurora and Luna were to took over their father's company as CEO and Co-Ceo in the upcoming months. They were the only ones that got into college since they were very smart. The other girls took over their mother's restaurant. The girls became fans of Ateez. Everytime they see the boys, they get this feeling like they know them somehow and feel this connection towards them. 

Right now, Luna and Aurora were at the restaurant helping out since it was busy today for some reason. It was an hour before they closed and all the customers mostly left. They were just cleaning up a little, so they have less to clean later.

"Guys, did you hear that Ateez are going to do a concert in our town tomorrow," Delilah said.

"Yes, I heard," Mia said, "I wanted to get tickets, but they were all scolded out."

"Same, here" the other girls said.

"Well, you guys are in luck," Delilah replied, smiling, "Because I got us front row tickets to the concert."

"Really! You are the best, sis!" Maya said, hugging her as the other girls, except Mia, Ruby, and Stella, who were in the kitchen, came to join the hug. They suddenly heard the bell on the door ring, signaling someone to come into the restaurant.

"Welcome to the Taste of Life," Aurora greeted the customers, getting out of the hug, "You can sit wherever you like." They saw that there were eight boys,who looked like friends. They all had masks on. They look familiar to them.

"Would you like us to combine two tables? So, all of you can sit together." Luna asked. She was feeling some kind of connection towards one of them. The other girls feel that too. The boys felt that as well.

"You don't have to do that. Four of us can sit at one table and the others at another," One of them said. Luna nodded, gesturing for them to take a seat. The boys went to sit. Luna went to one and gave them the menu and Aurora did the same with the other. One guy at the table Luna was serving kept staring at her, same with Aurora's table. They each looked at the guy in the eye and felt tingles in their bodies, making them look away from them.

"Let us know when you are ready to order," Aurora and Luna said to the table they were serving. They nodded. Luna and Aurora gave the guys one last look, before leaving.

"Do you guys feel this sense of familiarity and connection towards these girls?" Yunho and San asked their group.

"Yea, we do," the other boys said.

"We don't know why." Jongho and Yeosang said at their table.

"I think it has something to do with these," Hongjoong and Seonghwa said, pulling their necklaces from inside their shirts, "I saw the girl that was serving us have a key necklace."

"Maybe, they each have a key necklace that fits one of our necklaces ," Minho and Wooyoung said.

"How are we going to know which one fits ours?" Jongho and Yunho asked.

"Well, do you feel more connection towards one of the girls?" Seonghwa and Hongjoong asked them. The others nodded. "Then, I think the key necklace of that girl fits yours." They pressed the bell on the table since they were ready to order.

With the girls

"Do you guys feel this sense of familiarity and connection towards these boys?" Hazel asked.

"Yea, we do," the other girls said.

"We don't know why," Maya said .

"I think it has something to do with these," Luna said, touching her necklace, "I saw two guys at the table I was serving have a heart shaped necklace with a key cutout"

"Maybe, they each have a key necklace that fits one of our necklaces ," Delilah said.

"How are we going to know which one fits ours?" Hazel asked.

"Well, do you feel more connection towards one of theh boys?" Aurora asked them. The others nodded. "Then, I think our key necklace fits that boy." They heard a ding, signaling the boys are ready to order. Aurora and Luna went to take their order as Maya went to turn the sign to closed on the door, so no other customers came in. They came back and gave the order to Stella. Hazel, Maya, and Delilah went into the kitchen to help with the cooking as Aurora and Luna got the guys' drinks. They take the drinks to them. They went to stand behind the counter and watched the boys. They saw them take their masks off and gasped.

"It's Ateez," they said and looked at each other, smiling. They are seeing Ateez in real life. They wanted to tell the other girls, but didn't want to distract them. They wanted to take pictures, but that would be rude. After 30 minutes or so, their food was ready. Aurora and Maya got the food for Seonghwa's table. Luna and Delilah got the food for Hongjoong's table. Maya and Delilah were shocked to see that the boys were Ateez. They wanted to squeal, but they kept their cool. They placed their food on the table.

"Enjoy your food" they said, "Let us know if you need anything." They went back into the kitchen.

"Guys! Ateez are eating in our restaurant!" Delilah shouted once they got into the kitchen.

"What!" The others shouted back.

"Shut up! They might hear! You don't want them to think we are some crazy fans!," Aurora shouted. The boys heard that, smiled and laughed.

"You're not helping either," Luna said to her, laughing.

"Are those eight boys them?" Mia asked. Delilah, Maya, Aurora, and Luna nodded.

"Are they more handsome in person?" Hazel asked

"See for yourself," Maya said. The girls opened the door of the kitchen a little bit and peeked out. They saw Ateez peacefully eating. Ateez saw them and just smiled.

"Wooyoung, looks so cute," Mia said, dreamy. 

"Same with Yeosang," Stella said. The other guys agreed.

"I can't believe how lucky we are to meet them randomly," Ruby said.

"Thank you, God, for making Ateez choose to eat at our restaurant," Hazel said. Luna and Aurora looked at her and shook her head at her, smiling.

"I'm just glad they came when we didn't have school kids or they wouldn't be able to eat peacefully," Luna said. The others agreed with her.

"Should we ask for a picture before they leave?" Maya asked.

"We can, but let's not force them, okay" Aurora said. They nodded. Mia, Ruby, Stella, and Hazel started cleaning the kitchen, while the others went out of the kitchen to finish cleaning up the restaurant.

"When we go out, don't stare at them too much, okay" Luna said. They began cleaning up the counter, and the unoccupied tables, while Ateez was eating. After an hour and 30 minutes, Ateez finished eating. Luna, Aurora, Maya, and Delilah went to get their empty plates and cups. They put dirty dishes in the sink and stepped out. Ateez went to the girls.

"How much do we owe you?" Hongjoong asked.

"You don't owe anything. It's on the house," Luna answered.

"No, we must pay," Hongjoong replied, shaking his head. He didn't like getting things for free just because he was an idol.

"It's not everyday we get an idol eating at our restaurant," Aurora said.

"Can we have a picture with you?" Mia said, "this can be your payment." The boys thought for a while.

"Okay," Hongjoong said, "but in return we would like to ask you questions and do a small thing for us."

"We will do anything for you," Hazel said as the girls agreed.

"Even killed someone for us?" Yunho asked, smirking. The girls' face paled.

"Except for that and any dangerous things," Hazel said nervously.

"You do mean that, right?" Mia asked, nervously. Yunho, wooyoung, San, and Mingi laughed.

"No, I'm just playing with you," Yunho replied, chuckling a little. The girls signed in relief.

"Okay, you can ask us anything in return for the picture," Luna said. The girls took a picture with the boys on Mia's phone using a selfie stick. After all of them sat at a table, a couple pulled up chairs.

"What are the questions you wanted to ask us?" Aurora asked them.

"Well, do you guys feel this sense of familiarity and connection towards us?" Hongjoong asked. The girls looked at each other.

"We do, do you guys feel the same?" Luna replied. The boys nodded.

"There must be a reason behind it, which I believe are these necklaces," Hongjoong said, pulling out his necklace, "this leads me to my next question, where did you get your necklaces?"

"We can't remember very well, just bits and pieces," Luna explained, "When we were little a man in a lab coat gave us these necklaces along with other groups of kids that we can't remember who."

"Did this same man call you by a weird name?" Seonghwa asked. He feels like he is connecting the pieces to the puzzle.

"Yea, he called me subject joy or joy sometimes" Luna said, "I was always with someone called subject happy or happy."

"I was called subject fond or fond with someone called subject attract or attract," Aurora said.

"I was called subject shy or shy with someone called subject silly or silly," Mia said

"I was called subject jealousy or jealousy with someone called subject annoyed," Stella said.

"I was called subject trust or trust with someone called subject loyal or loyal," Hazel said

"I was called subject secure or secure with someone called subject safe or safe," Maya said

"I was called subject intimate or intimate with someone called subject desire or desire," Ruby said

"And I was called subject respect or respect with someone called subject value or value," Delilah said. The boys were shocked to hear that.

"I was happy" Hongjoong said

"I was attract," Seonghwa said

"I was silly," Wooyoung said

"I was annoyed," Yeosang said

"I was loyal," Yunho said

"I was safe," Jongho said

"I was desire," San said

"And I was value," Mingi said. The girls were shocked as well by this discovery.

"Do you remember anything from the man in a lab coat?" Hongjoong asked

"Well, that man did some experiments on us with our pair partners, which now I'm assuming is you guys. He called what he was doing project love," Aurora explained.

"He was going on and on about soulmates and creating them," Luna added.

"I think these experiments are where our connections towards each other come from," Seonghwa said. The others agreed.

"So, you are saying we are soulmates?" Mia asked. Seonghwa nodded.

"Last question, what does the front and back of your necklaces say?" Hongjoong asked.

"Joy in the front and love on the back" Luna said

"Fond and love" Aurora said

"Shy and love" Mia did

"Jealousy and love" Stella said

"Trust and love" Hazel said

"Secure and love" Maya said

"Intimate and love," Ruby said

"And mine says respect and love" Delilah said

"What do yours say?" Luna asked.

"Happy and project"

"Attract and project"

"Silly and project"

"Annoyed and project"

"Loyal and project"

"Safe and project"

"Desire and project"

"Value and project"

"Now, do you guys want to try connecting your necklaces with ours?" Hongjoong asked. The girls placed their key necklaces inside the boys' necklaces. The necklaces fit perfectly together. They let go of the necklaces. Luna looked at Hongjoong and saw some memories.

"You are Joonggie?" She asked.

"Yes, you must be Luna?" Hongjoong asked. Luna nodded. Luna along with the other girls hugged their boys. Hongjoong returned the hug.

"We were so worried about you guys, hoping you are doing okay," Luna said, "we are so glad you guys are doing okay,"

"Same to you," Hongjoong said, letting go of the hug.

"Now, you guys are a famous Kpop group," Mia said as she held Wooyoung's hand.

"Speaking of Kpop group, we need to go back to the hotel, we have a big day tomorrow," Hongjoong said as he stood up along with the boys and the girls.

"Would you guys be coming to the concert tomorrow?" San asked them.

"Yes, front row seat," Delilah said excitedly.

"Great, we will see you there," Yunho said.

"Before we go, can we have your numbers to get in contact with you?" Hongjoong asked. The girls nodded and gave the boys their numbers. The girls gave them one last hug, before they left. Once they left, the girls went back to cleaning.

"I'm so glad, we found them," Luna said.

"I don't have to be single anymore," Hazel said. The other girls rolled their eyes at her.

"Let's finish up, so we can go home and get a good rest for the concert tomorrow," Aurora said. They nodded and continued cleaning.