(Y/N) POV:

I was slowly trying to convince my mind to relax and let go of the past and start accepting my soulmates. It wasn't an easy battle, but it was one I was determined to win. Even though I was flawed and imperfect, I was willing to give what I had to my soulmates, I was willing to begin with them.

Old habits die hard though, I tried not to flinch every time one of them came near me and into the bubble I had envisioned around me but when they did it took all my willpower not to yank myself away, I kept telling myself they were my soulmates. It was just that the word had become associated with all the hurt and worries I had kept bottled up inside me.

I entered through the door with Namjoon, sliding off my shoes quietly and entering the living room but froze when I noticed the rest had gathered there and were seated watching a movie. Heads spun to look at me and Namjoon as we entered, movie forgotten in the background and Hoseok and Jimin's eyes narrowed. Busted.

I tried to carefully edge myself out but the warning glares they sent were enough to halt my steps. I turned guiltily to face them, looking up at them from lowered lashes. It was like standing before a teacher waiting for the inevitable scolding, I braced myself for the impact, eyes clenching shut against the barrage of words I was going to get hurled at me.

"(Y/N)-ah, next time take us with you, okay?" a soft voice said, and I cracked open one eye to see Jimin smiling at me, lips stretched into a smile. There was no anger, no hurt.

I nodded silently.

"You're not off the hook though Namjoon-ah." Hoseok called, staring at him with a glint in his eyes.

I spun to see Namjoon's face paling slightly, I couldn't let him take the fall. I had agreed to go with him. I moved to stand in front of him, trying my best to shield him from view and the threatening promise that lingered in the air. Even though Namjoon towered over me I did my best to protect him, throwing my arms out on either side to form a physical wall between them and him.

"Namjoon doesn't get punished. I decided to go, we're both equal in this." I said, voice firm and gaze surprisingly unwavering as I looked at Hoseok in the eyes and then the others trying to convey through my stares that to get to Namjoon, they'd have to get through me first.

TAE POV:

I watched heart bursting with the sheer cuteness that (Y/N) was unintentionally giving off. Was she trying to tempt me into stealing her away from the rest of them? I realised how much we must've missed in the time we didn't know she was our soulmate. We had unknowingly deprived ourselves on one of the most adorable sights we could ever lay our eyes on.

She was standing in front of Namjoon hyung, even though her height did nothing to shield him from our view she was adorably adamant as she flung her arms out trying to form a physical barrier between him and us. Her face was focused, lips twisted in a determined pout and brown orbs gazing into our eyes unwaveringly strong and slightly threatening. Whilst she didn't look like a threat, her eyes promised something else. A glimpse of the revenge she would carry out.

"Namjoon doesn't get punished. I decided to go, we're both equal in this." Her voice radiated confidence and I saw the true person behind the avoidant behaviour she put up, her was a girl who stuck to her words and didn't hesitate to say what needed to be said. I couldn't wait to see more of her feisty nature.

But looking at her now just made me want to pull her into a hug and smoosh those incredibly soft looking cheeks, they out-rivalled Jimin-ah's. I couldn't wait to get her to slowly open up to us.

I clapped my hands, drawing attention to me instead of the warm eyes focused on (Y/N), breaking off the silent confrontation that seemed to be going on as Yoongi hyung smirked at (Y/N)'s narrowed gaze.

"(Y/N), can I sleepover tonight?" I asked, getting my word in before any of the others could even realise.

She turned to look at me.

"We're not willing to let you go through more pain, earlier on was bad enough." I added, some of the worry leaking into my tone despite my attempts to stay bright and cheerful.

I saw as the fight she was dying to voice died, she saw the reasoning in my words.

"Okay." She replied, I wanted to hear her say my name. Kookie had been rubbing into our faces that she had talked to him without formalities and I wanted to hear my name roll of her tongue. We all did.

Ignoring the dejected looks on the others' faces I eagerly beckoned her over, making her sit next to me during dinner too and tugging her off to bed the moment we all decided to head off to sleep.

"Night, love you!" I called over my shoulder.

A chorus of 'love you too' rang out filling the hallway as Namjoon hyung tugged Jungkook off to bed, Jimin and Jin hyung slipping into one room and Hobi hyung and Yoongi hyung into another. It didn't even matter who's room they all went into; we were used to waking up in another room, in another bed. It was habit.

I guided her to my room instead, I wanted to slowly start exposing her to us and our rooms were one way to start, a bedroom said a lot about a person. And I didn't want her to feel like an outcast, her room wasn't personalised yet and I didn't want her to feel like we were intruding on her personal space, so I wanted her to enter mine.

I flicked on the light switch, eyes widening at the mess that was spilling out the large wardrobe. Oops. I'd forgotten to clean up after the search for today's outfit, I glanced quickly at (Y/N) standing behind me trying to enter but I turned briskly. Not quick enough though because she was already moving around me, eyes widening at the hurricane that seemed to hit the room on one end.

When I looked at her though, her eyes were twinkling.

"You're allowed to have a mess in your own space, you know?" she said, taking on a slightly teasing tone.

I didn't even realise I had been waiting for reassurance until she had given it, body loosening as I walked over to get some clothes for (Y/N) and me to change into. I grabbed two pair of silky pyjamas, one in navy blue and one in baby blue walking back to (Y/N) holding the two out for her to choose from.

She reached out for the baby blue set, taking it from me before gesturing to the bathroom with a tilt of her chin.

"You can go change first." She offered.

I hurriedly changed in the bathroom not wanting to keep her waiting for long and when she stepped in and closed the door behind her, I rushed to straighten the sheets and steal some pillows of Namjoon hyung's bed. I looked at the large body pillow on my bed, there wasn't any space for it tonight I thought as I flung it onto the next bed.

The door opened and (Y/N) entered, I looked up and promptly burst out laughing.

She was practically swimming in the pyjamas, the shoulders were loose on her, sleeves hanging past her hands no matter how many times she kept pushing them up. The trousers though were pooled at her feet and even though she kept hitching them up the silk slipped out her grasp and continued to hang on her.

She glared at me half-heartedly before she burst into giggles, soft sounds that came out her mouth which was spread wide with amusement. I stopped finding myself entranced by the way her head tilted back as she laughed, slim column of her neck displayed, and face lit with joy. She pressed a clothed hand to stifle them, but her eyes were crinkled with the absurdity of it all.

She was breath-taking and I felt myself fall deeper.

I wanted to capture this moment forever, I wanted to paint her, photograph her, fingers itching to make a snapshot of this scene, of the pure uninhibited expression on her face.

The laughs quietened down before she looked at me softly.

"Let's get to bed." She said moving towards Namjoon hyung's one. I froze.

"Stop!" I yelled watching as she startled and turned.

"It's this bed we're sleeping on." I gestured with flamed cheeks both with embarrassment and slight nerves.

I slid in first, leaving ample space for her to maintain distance if she wanted to although I hoped she liked cuddling. She slid in, almost tripping of the legs of her pyjama pants before lying down, brown waves fanning across the white pillow. I pouted but she made no move to get closer.

Being with her made me feel content, the feeling I got around my other soulmates. I was complete and looking at her slide her eyes shut and utterly belonging I felt sleep wash over me and I drifted off, her resting figure the last thing I saw.

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Somehow during the night I'd managed to acquire a pillow to cuddle on, my habits acting unconsciously as I pulled it closer, pressing it tightly to myself as I fell into a deeper sleep, head burying into the pillow.

But when I cracked open my eyes in the morning I found that it wasn't a pillow I had been nuzzling in my sleep but the crook of (Y/N)'s neck, arms having wrapped around her tightly at some point during the night and she lay asleep, head buried in my chest and the small huffs of breath that tickled my skin through the gap in the top. One arm was under her and one was thrown over her, wrapping around her back. Her legs had somehow become situated in between my own, one of her arm tucked up firmly to her chest and the other over my waist. The silky shirt I'd been wearing had risen and her fingers were lightly resting on the slither of skin, sending delicious tingles up my spine. I squirmed slightly but this only led to her fingers to press flat against my skin, sending warmth flooding through me. I didn't want to intrude on her personal space, so I slowly removed the arm that was wrapped around her, but the loss of the weight made her wriggle in protest, so I settled it back with a smile at my lips.

There was the sound of hushed voices from outside the door, growing louder before the door opened and then bodies tumbling in.

"Shh..." I hissed trying not to disturb (Y/N). They all clambered to their feet, trying to look for all the world like they hadn't been arguing outside my door.

They all bustled around the bed, cooing and awwing loudly until I glared again. Jin hyung was the first to whip out his phone and soon the others followed suit, I saw Yoongi hyung slip his phone back into his pocket and trying to pretend that he hadn't been taking photos.

"Hey no fair! You guys are wearing a couple set!" Jimin pointed out, voice rising with indignation before Kookie's eyes focused too and he huffed.

Jimin had been too loud though. (Y/N) stirred before pushing herself upright, freezing when she realised, she was surrounded by all of us. The sheets were at a bunch at our feet and it was then I realised that she had somehow lost the pyjama pants at some point during the night. Her long legs on display, body only covered by the loose silk top which hung low on her, the V-neck giving unintended exposure of her collarbones and shoulders.

Before anyone could say anything or alert (Y/N), Yoongi hyung was already moving, muttering about messed up sheets whilst drawing them back over her, pretending like he was just straightening them out when really, he didn't want her to feel embarrassed. The tips of his ears were red, but he managed to stay composed.

She drew the sheets to her chest, using them as some sort of barrier whilst she took in the silence.

"So, who wants to go on a breakfast date?" Hobi hyung chimed looking pleased as he drew the attention onto himself, flashing his signature heart-shaped smile whilst pretending to blush under the attention.

(Y/N) POV:

I had woken up in the middle of the night from a nightmare I couldn't recall and only my loud gasps and thundering heart for company. Next to me Taehyung slept, arm stretched out unconsciously for something to hold. His face was smoothed out and undisturbed, hair tousled. My fingers reached out automatically to push the hair off his forehead, he leaned into the touch. I froze thinking he'd been awake, but he just sighed and nestled close.

I withdrew my fingers, waiting for my body to calm down from the panicked state I'd woken up in. The day was drawing close and as usual the plague of nightmares and sickening nausea had begun to swamp me once again.

I didn't want to sleep on my own and even though Taehyung was on the same bed as me, I felt alone. I tentatively edged closer, sheets brushing my legs making me realise that at some point I had kicked them off, maybe when I had thrashed awake and felt the sheets tangling my skin had made me feel trapped. Taehyung's arm was still flung out open and I scooted closer, desperate for the comfort I knew my soulmate could provide. I lay my head on his arm, unable to control myself as I closed the distance, body seeking out the warmth his radiated. I stopped, a reasonable gap still between us and I reached out to place a hand on his chest, the steady thumping of his heartbeat being the lullaby that soothed me.

Just then Taehyung's body shifted, an arm coming to wrap itself around my waist, hand settling on my back and I melted under the secure feeling it gave me.

"I've got you...." He mumbled and I tilted my head up expecting to see his eyes open and looking at me, but it had been a subconscious reassurance. I felt safe and protected, even though Taehyung wouldn't remember, I was grateful for him and in that moment, I felt truly thankful that he was my soulmate.

"Thank you, Taehyung-ah." I replied, even though he wasn't awake to hear me.

I felt the bond strengthen, I didn't know how but it felt like the tether between him and me was solidifying, the connection between us firming.

And it didn't bother me, it soothed me.

(WHAT?! IT'S HAPPENED...AND NO-ONE KNOWS?? MAYBE THERE'LL BE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK BUT THEN WE'LL BE BACK FOR THE FINAL DAY AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL HAPPEN! WHAT DATE IS COMING I WONDER? AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY BTS ARE GETTING THROUGH THE BARRIERS BECAUSE BEHIND IT ALL IS JUST SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO BE LOVED. FLUFF. I WAS SO SURE I WAS GOING TO THROW EVERYONE OFF WITH A TWIST BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED, TAE WANTED CUDDLES, (Y/N) WANTED CUDDLESS...I HAD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. ACTUALLY WAIT...I CAN'T JUST SKIP THE FIRS DATE EVEN IF IT'S FOR BREAKFAST, CAN I?? OH WELL...I GUESS LET'S JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT EVEN, I DON'T KNOW. 3K READS?!! WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE YOU ALL? THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS!)

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