(Y/N) POV:

The words rolled out of his mouth, thick and low, a soft caress against my skin, alluring and enticing. His hair was tousled with sleep and I longed to draw my hands through them and feel them brush against my fingertips. I could feel his arms tightly pressed against my own, the material of the sweater being the only barrier between us. His plump lips were slightly parted as he looked down at me, eyes boring into my soul. My breath hitched in my throat slightly, knowing, seeing the way he was looking at me.

He smiled, a slow easy stretch of his lips, flash of teeth peeking through. I could feel his legs pressing mine down, feel the sheer strength in his body from the way his muscles coiled and shifted from above me and then the comforting weight was leaving, legs spreading and for a moment I thought he was going to get off. Instead either leg came to rest on either side of my thighs, caging me, the heat radiating off him in waves, threatening to swamp me with want. He hovered over me, nearly straddling me had it not been for the gap between our bodies. When he shifted the soft rays of sunlight that were filtering through the window now framed him, surrounding, and encompassing him in a halo of soft, golden light. He was radiant, he was so beautiful it wrenched at my heart in a painful tug of want to admire and revere him.

I couldn't control my urges any longer so I leaned upwards, my legs still caged by his own but my torso shifting so it was almost brushing against his own as my hands poked out from the ends of the sweater, fingers lightly brushing through the soft silky strands of his hair revelling in the way his head automatically tilted into the touch. I entangle my hands further, enjoying this moment of closeness. If I got a fraction closer and he tilted his head down our lips would be close enough to brush each other but I feel content feeling him so close to me, seeing him as he appears when he wakes up and still feeling the irresistible tug, accepting every part of them. It's a moment where there are no walls, no barriers, and no masks. I see them for who they are and I accept them wholly for it.

Jimin's head tilts downwards, meeting my own gaze with one matched with the utter content I'm feeling.

"Beautiful. So beautiful." I whisper, hands fluttering to rest at his nape, feeling the warmth of him under my touch.

And then his eyes are crinkling and his smile gets wider, cheeks bunching up from the stretch and I know...that the magnetic pull I have in no way lessens on seeing the angelic person in front of me, rather I lose myself further.

And I lean forward to press my lips in a soft, tender kiss to his cheeks, lips lingering as I try to express how much he means to me. How much they all do.

I was so lost in Jimin that when he blushes slightly and slowly gets off me, I realise we are surrounded by our other soulmates. Soulmates who just witnessed everything. But the looks in their eyes are not angry, rather they have deep expressions of intent. Looks that make me involuntarily shiver under the combined power of them all.

I slide out of bed feeling the gazes heat my back and the moment I enter my room; I grab my face between my own hands and groan. Whilst they didn't seem bothered by it, how on earth was I going to look them all in the eyes?

JIMIN POV:

I stare at the space where she just left, unable to fully process how quickly the situation had changed and somehow she was the one teasing me with the way her body was so close to mine but not brushing, the way her fingers lightly trailed themselves across my scalp and entangled themselves into the strands of my hair. And the way her lips parted as she spoke, lips I had so badly wanted to press together but somehow didn't, my heart pounding loudly because of the words she'd just spoken, her soft voice filtering my ears.

Just then I'm knocked over by one of my soulmates tackling me and I can tell by the height and the way their body feels over mine, innately recognising it as Tae. Now I'm pressed into the mattress, pinned under his strong lithe body as he looks at me with eyes swimming with desire. I feel myself going lax under the way his hand roughly fists my hair, tilting my head backwards and then his mouth is sealing itself vehemently against my neck, sucking, tugging, and nipping at my skin, my back arching slightly under the force. When he parts his chest is heaving and the look of complete want has lessened slightly but the intensity of his look still makes me squirm under him, unable to help the way my body responds under his, wriggling to press closer. But as quick as he pinned me, he's getting off, leaving me staring at his retreating figure with my mouth agape.

Chuckles fill the air and the bed is shifting as the rest of them get off.

An arm comes to pull me up, tugging me off the bed and to walk with him.

"Let's go Jiminie. Time for breakfast." Yoongi hyung says as he side-eyes me with a understanding look in his eyes.

What on earth had just happened?

NAMJOON POV:

I sit at the table, mind flashing back to the way (Y/N) and Jimin had been wrapped up in each other, so lost in each other that they missed the way we shifted closer, bond thrumming with both want and joy. And then the way Jimin had looked so beautiful pinned under Tae who marked his neck with a feverish intensity that I knew I was struggling to contain. That all of us were trying to bottle inside.

(Y/N)'s aura had been encompassed in elation as she propped herself up towards Jimin, the lingering trace of desire vanishing over the larger force of joy that had practically radiated off her as she looked up at Jimin. The auras in the room where flooded with happiness, need, desire and love, the combined force of everyone's auras swamping me almost.

I knew that the bond we all shared was becoming stronger, the final link with (Y/N) strengthening as she opened herself up gradually to our affection and her, she was initiating it too. I couldn't and didn't want to ask for more.

My eyes slid over to where the hyungs were bustling around cooking breakfast, lingering touches and heated gazes suggesting that they too had been heavily affected and were struggling to keep control over themselves.

YOONGI POV:

The past few days had been mounting the desire we were all struggling to suppress. The day after Namjoon and I had woken up with (Y/N) and she had so naturally responded to soothing Kook pushed me further into falling for her, heart and soul brightening with how she didn't hesitate to provide comfort. Nor did my eyes miss the way that Kookie had been unwilling to let go, pulling her to remain on his lap. They made a beautiful sight, the two youngest entangled in each other, unable to part from each other. The way Kook's larger frame had cocooned (Y/N)'s. it had sparked a fire in me that was only growing the more I saw how perfectly she fit in with us. I'd seen the way the others had reacted, had heard the way that Hoseokie had expressed his pent-up desire on Jiminie, had heard the way their moans echoed off the bathroom walls, magnified by my ability until it was all I could hear.

But I knew she was hiding something. Something big. Something dark. It weighed heavily over her and I saw in moments where her eyes were shadowed with pain, with a remnant of her past. And I wanted nothing more to help her. To tell her she wasn't alone. But I knew if we pushed too much too soon, the fragile connection we'd slowly been strengthening would shatter. And I didn't know how long it would take to repair.

I wanted to give her space but I saw the way she jumped at times when one of us suddenly arrived in her room, saw the way her hands frantically scrabbled to hide her tablet. But I just hoped the day where she would confide and trust us wholly would come quickly.

HOBI POV:

Watching (Y/N) was slowly becoming one of favourite things to do. The way her body both shied and craved tactile comfort. I saw the way her body instinctively leaned towards the touch and the way her cheeks dusted with a soft blush when she saw our eyes flooded with longing. But more than that I saw the way she cared for others. Not just us. But people around her.

I saw the way she always thanked the staff at the cafés we'd taken her for lunch, saw the way she selflessly helped others, always willing to give and give. She was caring for her friends, open and affectionate with them with an ease and fluidity that didn't yet exist with us. But hopefully would one day.

I loved the sleepy expression on her face when her eyes first blinked open, the way her hand would fist slightly as she rubbed at her eyes. The way she preferred large sweaters so her hands would drown in fabric and make the cutest sweater paws I had seen. I was so drawn in by her little mannerisms and behaviours that I found I was learning so much about her just by seeing. I wanted to know how much more I could find.

What toppings did she like on her pizza? What was her favourite ice cream flavour? Favourite scent? The questions increased day by day, one titbit of information being replaced with another question.

I wanted to get to know her more, and I was fully intent on making it happen.

It was time for some one-to-one time with (Y/N).

(Y/N) POV:

I heard the chattering in the kitchen as all of them settled down for breakfast and as much as I wanted to sneak out the door and make myself scarce, I knew after yesterday I owed them more than that.

And I knew that eventually I was going to have to muster my courage and say what I was longing to but was scared to. I had to tell them more about me. About who I was, who I had been. But the thought made me feel like my heart was in a vice, lungs being brutally squeezed in an iron-clad grip.

So I slowly dragged myself to the kitchen, poking my head around the side and sighing when I saw them all seated around the table. Just then Yoongi met my eyes and I knew there was no escaping now, he'd seen me. I slid into the kitchen, fingers fiddling with the hem of the white shirt I was wearing.

I sat down next to Hoseok who beamed at me, sunshine bursting out of him, and I beamed back on instinct, unable to help but respond to the dazzling smile.

Whilst eating, the others stared chatting about what they were going to do for the day. Whilst none of us had classes, Jinnie oppa and Tae were going shopping, Yoongi was heading off to the studio with Joonie to do some work for a private music project, Kookie was meeting up with Gyeomie and Jimin was heading to the dance studio for practice. That left Hoseok and me. But the others warmly extended their invitations to me, hope lighting up their eyes as they waited for me to accept one of them. They'd all expressed their eagerness for me to go with them but faced with so many opportunities, I didn't know which to choose.

But my decision was made for me.

"I'm taking her on a date." Hoseok announced from next to me with a joyful tone. I looked at him startled. I wasn't the only one. The others looked too with varying degrees of happiness, understanding and disgruntlement.

"We were going to pamper her." Tae exclaimed, mouth frowning in disappointment.

Hoseok looked undeterred.

"You should have said. Today is for (Y/N) and me. If that's fine with you?" he added turning to look at me. Waiting for me to confirm or reject.

I was giddy inside, jumping around in joy and I knew it must've shown, I couldn't hide the smile that stretched across my face, cheeks warm from knowing that I was going on a date. With Hoseok. A date. With one of my soulmates.

I nodded eagerly.

"I'd love to." I said, realising too late by the others' deflated expressions that they'd been subtly trying to spend time with me.

But Hoseok had been upfront about it and I'd accepted. And I couldn't help the burst of butterflies fluttering in my stomach in anticipated nerves for how today would go.

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