Date: December 11th
Time: 7:11pm
Location: Namjoon's house, dining room
Mood: More than a little confused
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The large brick house framed by trees and surrounded by other homes of the same style sat quietly in the winter night. Though the moon's light was blotted out by a curtain of clouds, the atmosphere became a bright one as a gentle snow began it's descent to coat the earth in a sparkling white. Outside, it was a peaceful scene.

Inside was different story.

Nine people sat around the dining table, one with a dry erase booklet in front of her. The game went as such: the first person in line pulled a card from the deck and drew a picture of whatever it said. Then they were to pass it on to the next player and that person had to guess what the drawing was, putting their guess on the next page. The third in line was to draw what the second person guessed, and so on and so forth.

The problem was, the players didn't want to play fair and would draw the most ridiculous things to distract from what the picture really was. Maybe that was what Taehyung kept doing to Y/n. She thought that either he was as strange as Jimin had said he was, or he was intentionally fucking with her.

Because there was a dick.

She stared down at the booklet and bit her inner cheek to keep from laughing. Was she supposed to write down penis and hand it over to her boyfriend? Somehow, that seemed wildly inappropriate.

But a dick was a dick.

Blushing, she turned the page and wrote out her answer.

Manly bits.

Without hesitating, she shoved it over to Jimin who was just finishing up another bickering match with Yoongi. Upon seeing her answer his forehead wrinkled in confusion and she had to look away or she would start laughing out loud. Taehyung? Cool as a cucumber. You'd think he did this everyday.

Maybe it was a hobby of his.

Was she gonna ask?

...nah

"Baby," came Jimin's whispered voice, rife with puzzlement. "What-"

"No cheating!" Jin squawked from across the table. "Here Y/n, have a beer."

Barely holding in laughter she nodded and accepted the cold bottle from the older man, turning her head away from Jimin to take a sip. Taehyung was there to meet her eyes. There was a lively and mischievous twinkle to his own irises and almost a challenging sort of look to them. Like he wanted her to play along, as if to see if she was the type to shut the fun down or keep it going.

But he was too beautiful, gazing at his face for too long would make her butt fall off. Or something.

A sigh of frustration came from her right side as Jimin flipped the page and began to draw...whatever it was he thought 'manly bits' was supposed to mean. She resisted the urge to look.

"How do you and Joon know each other?" Jin questioned with a nod towards Namjoon who was now staring at the picture Jimin had drawn without blinking.

Before answering, Y/n enjoyed the bitter taste of the beer as it washed down her throat. The taste and the warm feeling the drink brought forth made her feel like she was with her own brother, since on occasion they would drink together as they talked about their day. Lately he had enjoyed hearing about the adventures that the kids got up to and had voiced that he thought the daycare had been a good move for her, socially. Of course he was unaware that Jimin worked there as well. For all he knew, his little sister was working with toddlers and Hyuna.

"We at-attend the same u-university."

She had to agree with Seo-Joon that the daycare had helped with her (still limited) social skills. A few months ago she never would have been able to answer Jin's question.

"That's right, I think I remember him telling me that now. What's your major?"

Both hands clasped her bottle to keep her fingers from shaking and over and over again her internal dialogue was concentrated on not cringing away from the conversation or hiding from everyone. But it was the arm draped over the back of her chair and the warmth of Jimin at her side that kept her steady. His fingers drumming on her shoulder in a playful manner stopped to soothe gentle patterns when he noticed her pause.

"F-f-forensic science." Oddly, the only thought in her head was: she couldn't say forensic science to such a beautiful face such as Seokjin's! The man had to be a demigod or something. This wasn't normal. Jimin regularly attacked her heart but Jin was attacking her senses.

"Oh?" Her answer caught the attention of Hoseok from the other end of the table. "Me too!"

"Namjoon, what the hell?!?" Kitty loudly questioned as the book was passed on to her. Jin gasped and went to cover Jungkook's ears.

Unbidden, Y/n's gaze shot back to Taehyung. A random bubble of hilarity was invisible but present between the two and at the same time they both had to bite back a laugh. He turned his into a cough while she hid behind the beer bottle as she took another sip.

"What is it?" Hoseok leaned over in curiosity to look at what Namjoon bad written but his mate covered it to prevent from ruining the game.

"I have to draw this?" Not waiting for an answer she went to sketching.

"What field are you looking into joining?" Hobi directed his question toward Y/n while Jin uncovered his son's (brother's) ears and patted him on the head.

"Blood spatter." She replied quietly. "What about y-you?"

"Criminal justice. I watched Sherlock—the BBC version—and I thought he was the coolest. I want to be like that. Detective Hobi Holmes."

"You're already that cool," Yoongi disagreed in a quiet grumble. "You don't need a degree to tell you that."

"Oooooh! Hyung!!" Hoseok grinned brighter than the sun, clearly flattered. "I didn't know you liked me that much."

"Shut up."

Hobi laughed jovially until Kitty passed the book to him. Then a funny expression overtook his face and Y/n had to force herself to look away and not look at Taehyung this time.

Neither of them noticed Jimin, who had definitely taken note of their subtle exchanges. They were getting far too comfy for his liking, but he reminded himself to be still and let it go. It wasn't often, or ever, that Y/n socialized so much and she was doing really well.

Although he could feel her anxiety through the bond, other than the stutter in her voice she wasn't letting that show. He didn't try to hide the loving gaze reserved only for her. It wasn't like she would notice it anyway. Unlike everyone else. Even a blind man could see the sweet and adoring way he gazed at his mate. More than once his pack mates (other than Hoseok who thought it was, quote: 'So, so sweet!') had rolled their eyes at him. He brushed it off. They were just jealous because Y/n was the best soulmate in the world and they would have to be stuck with their destined ones because she was his.

"Is this...what I think it is?" Hoseok asked, directing the question mostly to himself.

"Definitely." Kitty replied, only for Jin to scold again about cheating.

And so it went on and on, each time the next person in line got the book there were strange looks exchanged. All until it came to Jin, the last to guess who found nothing concerning about it at all as he wrote down his answer.

Taehyung stared at his written answer, slack jawed. "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?!?"

Jin smirked and lightly tossed the book back on the table in front of Taehyung. "My face isn't the only gift I posses."

"But—but HOW?" To prove his incredulity, Taehyung flipped to the front page and showed everyone at the table the male genitalia he had sketched. Below that was a single dot that no one really noticed.

The display was met with many different reactions. Y/n, unable to help herself, burst into giggles. Jungkook and Jin reacted likewise. Hoseok sighed, Kitty rolled her eyes, Jimin looked highly offended and Namjoon, for no apparent reason at all, fell out of his chair.

"You showed my mate a dick?" Jimin wasn't very happy at all. Wasn't that like, some sort of sexual assault? Whatever it was, he hated the idea that she had seen it.

There was a small argument of sorts between them, hence the reason they didn't take note that Y/n's laughter had subsided as she tried to understand what Jimin had just said. It was that word again.

Mate.

It really bothered her. But why? By mate, did he mean soul mate? Or was it like a European thing he was trying out?

"But look at this-" Taehyung interrupted and flipped over to the next page to Y/n's answer: manly bits.

A soft whine left Jimin at the cuteness of her answer. Never in a million years would he have thought she had been talking about what she had actually been talking about. Which was why he drew a picture of a man with an arrow pointing to his armpit. Armpits are manly. Or something.

Next, Taehyung flipped to Namjoon's guess. He had mistaken the arrow pointing to the armpit and assumed it was directed at the drawn man's nipples. Hence his answer: nipples.

Kitty had taken the opportunity to draw a very well endowed feminine chest. Hoseok has guessed: boobies. Yoongi had drawn a picture of a hand with the middle finger standing up. Jungkook had left to let Bunny in the house and didn't guess, which left Jin to write out the final guess.

And mysteriously, his random guess what correct.

Carbonara.

The random dot in the first picture that Tae had drawn: What Carbonara looked like from space.

"HOW?" Taehyung was desperate to know the secret to his hyung's genius.

Jin shrugged. "Lucky guess."

"But-"

The conversation was cut short when Jungkook dashed into the room, eyes wild with fear.

"Hyungs!!! I didn't mean to!! But I opened the door and a bat flew in!!"

As if to prove it's existence, a large, black bat flew through the door, narrowly missing Jungkook's head. This was met with varying degrees of horror.

Hoseok (the alpha, let's remember that) screamed like a little girl and flew backwards out of his chair, followed by Yoongi, but only because the former had grabbed onto his chair at the last second and pulled him down as well.

"What in the WHOLE ENTIRE FUCK!"

Namjoon sprang into action and shoved Kitty under the table after her incredulous scream, deciding soon after to join her and leave everyone else to fend for themselves. They could handle it.

Probably.

Followed by the bat was Bunny and Dodo, the two felines avidly chasing the intruder by leaping onto the table and sending beer bottles, the game box, and Jin's centerpiece ("MY POINSETTIAS!!") into utter destruction. Taehyung, mostly unfazed by the event, ran off to find something to trap it with. Jungkook stood in the doorway, secretly enjoying the chaos.

Y/n watched the bat with love. It was soooo cute! Quietly she wondered if it was possible to keep a bat as a pet. Just as soon as the thought crossed her mind, she pushed it away. The cutie probably had a family to get back home to. Poor thing was obviously scared. She wanted to help it....

The only thing in her way was an extremely wary Jimin, who had come to stand behind her and shield her head protectively, his hands formed into fists as though he were going to punch the bat if it came near.

"We need to help it-" she tried to tell him, but was drowned out by another (un)necessary scream from Hoseok as the mammal took to flying in circles around the light piece hanging above the table. One of the cats dived in for the kill, instead getting tangled in the chandelier and swinging to and fro, the lights flickering as the angry cat screamed and the bat tauntingly flew just out of reach.

The scene was made all the more dramatic as Jin screamed, "JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!"

Taehyung ran in not a moment later, armed with a white sheet which he flung towards the bat. With ninja like reflexes, the animal dodged the attack and flew off into the next room, it's exit marked by the crash of the now destroyed chandelier shattering onto the dining table.

Momentarily forgetting that strange black thing she wanted to kill, and now free from the confines of the light fixture, Dodo stood on her paws and inspected the mess she had made, rather proud with the level of destruction she had achieved this day. If there was one thing she loved, it was breaking shit.

"My baby," coming round to cup her face in his hands, Jimin inspected every part of Y/n he could see. "Are you hurt? Are you scared?"

Rather than answer his query she touched his hand. "Jimin, the bat he—its scared, w-we have to save it."

"Y/n," he spoke gently, preparing himself to let her down. He did not want his mate going near a wild, possibly carrying an assload of diseases animal. But Wolfy refused to let him tell her no. He was having the best day of his life and nothing was going to ruin it!

Really, this was such a wonderful day.

"And WHY are you manhandling me under the table instead of being sweet to me like that?" Kitty's question drifted back to them, intermingling with Jin's weeping for his deceased poinsettias and Hoseok's apologies to Yoongi.

"Y/n's right." Taehyung cut in with a nod toward the shy woman. "Come on, we can do this together."

"The hell you can!" Jimin slapped at the hand stretching towards his mate. "And don't touch her." He bent to murmur in Y/n's ear. "Red, don't let him touch you. He's the weirdest of them all."

"O-ok." Y/n replied to his friend instead, much to his chagrin, ignoring him and walking with Taehyung from the room.

Of course Jimin trailed after them, feeling slighted and asking Wolfy for his input.

He didn't really have much to say. He was truly having a splendid time.

They found the bat hanging from a corner of the living room. Jimin involuntarily flinched at the scary sight, sure the bat was trained on his every move and waiting for a moment to strike. The other two didn't appear bothered at all so he kept his own fear quiet. Especially in front of his mate. He was supposed to be the protector. Not scared of that blood sucking, fanged, creepy looking bird...thing.

"It's so cute!" For the first time since they'd arrived, Y/n didn't stutter or hesitate at all when speaking.

"It really is." Taehyung also gazed at the bat lovingly.

Jimin paused. Something they both had in common. They were CRAZY. They shared this. HOW DARE THEY.

"That's it!" He decided then to put a stop to literally nothing. With determination and finality that had the very gods quaking in their thrones, he grabbed Taehyung's wrist. "Tae Tae is mine!"

The bat, enjoying the unexpected plot twist in this soap opera, gave out a series of clicking sounds to express his awe. Humans were so interesting.

"Um..." Y/n looked to her boyfriend, completely dumbfounded by his behavior. "Huh?"

"Baby, I'm sorry, but he's mine." Jimin apologized but refused to back down.

All evening they'd been sharing those looks, smiling at one another and run off together to save wild animals, but he'd had enough! Since he was five years old and walking into his first year of grade school, Taehyung had been his best friend. They'd been through so much together. It was ok that Tae was close with their other pack members because that's what they were. A pack. A family. But Y/n? She was his soul mate and he would love her more than anyone forever and then longer than that. But what she wasn't allowed to do was march her cute little butt in here and steal his bestie. He wouldn't have it!

"That's fine." Y/n forfeited without fight, or even understanding what was going on. "You can have him."

Jimin smirked triumphantly. That's what he thought.

That's. What. HE. THOUGHT.

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Random share time: Any funny animal stories?

I'm scared of bats. Once I went to this bat cave (It was a trip to the mountains and the cave had historical significance) and I asked the tour guide: "Are the bats gonna swoop in and dive straight for my head when they see me??" Tour guide: *chirpy voice that indicates this bitch is a fucking dementor and clearly gaining energy from my misery* "It's never happened before but that doesn't mean it won't!"

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Edited 8/2/22