==thirty-one==

"Yeah, I did? That's how I got to know that you guys were heading towards the stadium."

Taehyung shook his head, turning a blind eye to a very nervous Seokjin glaring at him.
"Oh no, not that one! I'm talking about the one after?"

Your eyebrows lowered in confusion.
"Uhm, was there another-"

"There was nothing after that text now can you loudmouths stop making up stuff and sit down peacefully for once?" He pressed, gritting his teeth as his gaze zeroed in on Taehyung, his eyes showing clear warning signs.

Oh, but the latter wasn't the only imp present there.

This time, it was Jimin who sprang up from his seat, putting on the most innocent and curious look on his face as his arms rested on the back of your seat.

"But I clearly remember seeing you type something-
What was it Taehyung?"

He turned to his companion who was having trouble trying to control his laughter watching the eldest literally pleading them not to continue with wide eyes.

You tried your best to try and figure what was going on around you, but the three of them seemed to be busy with some telepathy of their own, and your soulmate was visibly on the weaker side while the other two seemed to be having the time of their lives.

Taehyung pouted, rubbing his chin.
"I think it was-"

"Guys, guys. Let's be considerate towards each-other, hm?"
Namjoon intervened by holding up a hand as he turned to the two troublemakers, even though he was clearly in no mood of ending the ruckus. His lips kept twitching the slightest bit, trying to stop the laugh that was about to escape his mouth.

You were now starting to get the idea that the main motive of the whole commotion was to torture your soulmate, getting him to feel embarrassed yet again. And it seemed to be working.

Well then, why not join them?

"Okay, now I really want to know what is this about." You declared, turning around.
"Taehyung, tell me. What did the text say?"

The boy's eyes widened in mischievous excitement, slowly travelling towards your seat partner. "Oh well, should I?"

The latter just sank into his seat in reply, closing his eyes.

"Whatever.

But if you're going to spice it up, then I'll let you know one thing―
after we go back to Seoul, I'm going to make you walk along the Han river on a Sunday evening in that Snow White outfit and disown you in front of the media."

"Hah, as if." Taehyung snorted, landing an annoying jab at the older one's shoulder moments later.

"Come on, don't be such a wuss! We're only trying to help you out here!"

"Yeah, you guys are great at helping a person gain the best experience at embarrassment." Jin deadpanned, rolling his eyes.

You were still trying to comprehend the scene in front of you―
two of the imposters towering over your seat who were dying to spill the beans, a more sensible but not necessarily innocent guy enjoying the scene with much hilarity, the youngest in the vehicle laughing silently in a corner, and a usually unbothered guy getting stressed.

Yoongi sat up straight in a corner, rubbing his temples.

"Okay, I'm done with this tomfoolery.
Listen here, Y/n." He turned to you.
"Hyung was going to send you a text saying that he had something to tell you. Now I do not know if he sent it and deleted it later, or didn't have the guts to send it at all.
And I think he was about to confess today."

And the the group fell silent for a moment, with only the sounds of the van rushing along the road being heard. You were having trouble registering the last sentence that had left Yoongi's mouth, the red tint on your cheeks getting a darker as seconds passed by. Seokjin thought it would be best to hide his face and settle with mentally cursing his cherished bandmates because he was too embarrassed to even say a word.

And then Jimin let out a whine. "This is not fun! You can't just spill out the fact that he was about to tell Y/n that he likes her and be so cool with it, Min Yoongi."

The whistleblower just shrugged nonchalantly, having a last glance at his pitiful senior before he decided to admire the view outside.

You cleared your throat, letting out an awkward chuckle right after.

"Wh-what is going..... on here?"

Seokjin looked up, and you couldn't help but wonder why his ears had gone all red. He seemed to realise that too, and his hands immediately flew up to cover them as he looked down yet again.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, kids, but we've reached the stadium."

Manager Sejin's call left the whole drama in the back side of the van at an embarrassing cliffhanger, and there wasn't a single sound made as everyone quietly got out of the vehicle.

You followed Manager Sejin into the huge concert venue, with seven jumpy men at your heels. You tried to ward off the twitchiness by looking around, trying to ignore the murmurs behind.

Your soulmate seemed be somewhere behind the group, burning holes into his housemates' backs, while the younger were probably discussing whose head they were going to let him have for dinner.

A crew of dancers was already practising outside when you arrived backstage with the others, and the technicians seemed to already be in their positions.

You bade the boys goodbye, avoiding eye contact with a certain someone as they headed towards the green rooms with their scripts in hand.
You were excited to at least be able to see them rehearse on stage, and your anxiety began fading away as you heard familiar music blaring through the speakers outside and saw the dancers responding energetically to the beats.

"I hope you know that have to stay with the staff when you're out here, Y/N."
Mr. Sejin said as he stepped forward to join you in watching the rehearsal.

You nodded. "I understand. I won't follow them around all the time, of course."

"It's not about that." He replied, turning to face you too. "We have no problem with the boys acknowledging you as Seokjin's soulmate and a newfound friend in front of the managers and core employees back in Korea, because we trust them not to leak anything to the media.
But this is a foreign country, and not all the staff present in this stadium right now is to be trusted completely. For the sake of secrecy, and for your own good, you'll have to behave like one of them to not let anyone get a chance to spread rumours before the company decides to make things official."

Making things official.

That was the one thing that scared you the most about your bond, because your soulmate was no ordinary youngster. Declaring that he had found his soulmate, in front of millions of fans in and outside of Korea, was an inevitable risk.

And all you could do was help lessen his anxiety for now by cooperating with the company.

"You know what I mean by all of this, right? I really appreciate how understanding you have been until now, and I assume you know what's best for you and them," He pointed to the boys coming out of the green rooms, getting ready to get on stage for practice.

You glanced at them, before giving Mr. Sejin a firm nod of reassurance.
"I do understand. Please don't worry too much about it."
A small, grateful smile lit up his face.

Jungkook and Hoseok made little gestures of acknowledgment as the group passed by the both of you, and you waved back, giving them a thumbs up.

Jimin came up to you with an impish smile on his face, and you didn't have to think twice before predicting that he was about make another teasing statement. "Miss, take care of your phone, alright?"

Your eyebrows creased at that and you pulled out your phone, only to see a notification pop up at the exact moment.

You looked up at them as you saw the sender's name, while he himself had disappeared from the scene at was already standing with the dance team.

Jin:

I really do have something to tell you.

Meet me in the green room after the rehearsals.

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i'm so sorry for not updating for a long time AGAIN but i just began with college and it's already killing me T^T

i hope i'll be able to bring the next update sooner than this i'm such a disappointment smh but yes i finally have a lot of the upcoming plot planned out (kinda) so that i don't waste time thinking about what to write

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(p.s.: this chapter is trash because i haven't read it even once after i completed writing it so please excuse any mistakes or weird stuff lmao)