A/N there will be quite a bit of texting for the next few chapters!

   Seonghwa's pov

   "Jay, why do I feel like shit? Did I drink a whole bottle of vodka or something?" I groaned as I stumbled my way into their room. Jay looked up at me and patted the spot beside them on their bed.

  "What do you remember from yesterday?" They asked.

  "Last thing I remember is us standing in line at the venue... I don't even remember the concert?! Fuckin' hell- what did I drink?"

  "Hwa, why don't you go look at your back in the mirror?" Jay spoke gently. I threw them a confused look before making my way into our bathroom.

  I tugged off my black fishnet top and the black crop top I wore under it then looked at my back. My eyes widened as I saw two very familiar names on my back.

   "Holy shit! What the fuck? Jung Wooyoung and Kang Yeosang... Jay! What happened yesterday?" I shouted from the bathroom.

  "When we sat down to watch Ateez perform, you and Yeosang made eye contact and both passed out. We went backstage where you fainted again because Wooyoung looked at you.

  "Hwa, you found all seven of your soulmates at one go. I had them text me their proof, and they weren't lying. All seven of Ateez have your pink star," Jay explained carefully.

  "So my soulmates are my favorite kpop group? Real funny, Jay, what the hell?" I questioned as I looked at my back once again. I reached behind myself with a washcloth and tried to wash the names off before seeing no change.

  "I told Yeosang you'd call him back if you wanted to when you woke up. Do you want his number?" Jay asked as they took away the cloth in my hands.

  "I want to see the pictures first..."

   Jay showed me all seven photos, two of which had my name as well.

  "I already did the backtracking for them. They're real."

  "Promise?" I asked softly. Jay held up their right pinky towards me. I glanced from their truthful gaze to their pinky before making the pinky promise.

  "I already put Yeosang's number into your contacts. You can call him when you're ready," Jay said.

  "Will you sit in with me?" I asked softly. Jay smiled softly and nodded, already knowing I hated making phone calls.

  "Do you want breakfast first or just your coffee?" They asked as they pulled me to the kitchen. I grinned widely seeing my order already on the table from the cafe we frequent.

  "You are a godsend, Jay!" I exclaimed as I snatched the huge cup of iced caramel espresso shots and oat milk. I looked at the receipt side first then took a drink from the straw.

  "An extra two shots? You never let me get more than four though?" I asked as I continued to sip my coffee and took my croissant sandwich from the bag.

  "Dude, you passed out twice last night due to those idiots. You needed a pick-me-up," Jay said.

  "That's fair. But that makes six shots of espresso..."

  "Don't chug it and you'll be fine, Hwa."

  I shrugged it off and ate my breakfast with my best friend.

  "Were they nice to you last night?" I asked softly.

"Jongho was hesitant to tell me anything, but Hongjoong told me all of their marks and colors and they match yours. Wooyoung misgendered me, but overall they were nice. Yeosang was nice when he awoke and called me last night as well," Jay said.

"What if they don't want me, Jay?"

"Hwa, I gave them a three day time period to call me and send the images. They did both in a matter of hours. If they didn't want you, then they wouldn't have done either." Jay reached over the table and held my hand comfortingly.

  I nodded and looked at my phone on the table. We sat in silence as I debated calling them.

  "You could just text instead, Hwa. I'm sure they'll understand your anxieties with calls," Jay spoke softly and caressed the top of my hand with their thumb.

  "But what if texting irritates them?"

  "If they get irritable over something like texting instead of calling, then screw 'em. You know where the 'block' button is, right? Don't be afraid to use it if the situation calls for it," Jay said.

  "Okay, I'll text them instead," I said as I shakily picked up my phone. I saw the battery was almost dead and walked to my room to charge it as I texted.

  Seonghwa is in italics, Yeosang is in bold italics

  Hello. My name is Park Seonghwa, and my friend Jay gave me your number. Is this Kang Yeosang?

  Hey! Yeah, this is Yeosang. Are you okay after yesterday?

  I'm fine. Are you and Wooyoung okay? I saw both of your names on my back.

  I'm okay! That does explain why Woo was in panic last night haha
He was really worried that he had hurt you, as were all of us, but he's also okay
Do you mind if I give the others your number?

That's okay, but tell them to only text me for now if you don't mind.

I fear for you, Seonghwa
You're about to be spammed by all seven of us haha
If any of us get too overbearing, please let us know, alright?

You won't get upset if I say so?

No, we won't. We understand that we're quite loud guys, so tell us if you need to! We won't know unless you tell us.

Thank you, Yeosang.

My phone buzzed repeatedly with new messages from six different numbers. I began to feel a bit overwhelmed as so many messages flooded through my phone, so I made a group chat with all seven of their numbers.

Seonghwa
Hello! I'm Park Seonghwa

Hongjoong
Hi Seonghwa!

Mingi
Hi!

Yunho
Hey :D

Wooyoung
Seonghwa!!
Are you okay?

Yeosang
Hello again :D

San
Hey Seonghwa!

Jongho
Hi!

Seonghwa
@/Wooyoung I'm okay! Just a bit upset I didn't get to actually see my first concert >:(

Yunho
Now look what you did Yeo!
He didn't get to see his first concert!

Yeosang
I'm sorryyyy!!
Wait
You hadn't been to a concert before?
Hold old are you?

Seonghwa
I'm 24

Hongjoong
Haha he's older than all of you!!

Seonghwa
I'm older than you too Hongjoong
I was born in April

Hongjoong
:0

Jongho
Suck it!
You're not the oldest anymore!
Seonghwa can I ask you something?

Seonghwa
Yeah what's up?

Jongho
Can you please save me from that minion?
He's gonna ajdicbe

Seonghwa
What?

Yunho
Hongjoong hates being teased by us
And being called a minion

Wooyoung
And Jongho just received a slap from the sound of it

Seonghwa
@/Hongjoong don't beat the poor boy! All he said was the truth
@/Jongho maybe don't tease him haha

Hongjoong
>:(

Mingi
That was the fastest I've ever seen Hongjoong move

Yeosang
Like he just full on sprinted back to his room

Jongho
Thank you for saving me <3
I coulda lost brain cells if he hit any harder

San
Jongho you're the strongest one of us
You could've fought back

Seonghwa
If y'all are gonna fight don't actually hurt each other
Use pillows or something

Hongjoong
I'm filling my pillowcase with bricks as we speak
Brb

Seonghwa
nO
The point is NOT to cause harm!!

Yunho
Could you even pick up a pillowcase full of bricks?

Yeosang
Yunho's askin the real questions

Hongjoong
I will stop ordering our meals
Mingi will cook for us
Wooyoung you can't help him

Yunho
NO IM SORRY

Yeosang
IM SORRY

Jongho
IM SORRY TOO

San
IM SORRY

Wooyoung
HEY SAN AND I ARE COMPLETELY INNOCENT HERE
YOU CANT GROUP PUNISH US FOR WHAT WE DIDNT DO
THATS A WARCRIME

Mingi
Hey what's wrong with my cooking???

The group chat went silent apart from Mingi and Seonghwa

Mingi
Seonghwa I'm not that bad of a cook am I?
I did make raw pancakes once
BUT THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME :(

Seonghwa
Don't worry too much Mingi
I can teach you how to cook
What would you wanna learn?

Mingi
Pancakes :D

Seonghwa
I'm finally on summer break so when you have the time I'll teach you!

Mingi
Thank youuu <3

Wooyoung
HES CUTE AND HE COOKS???

Yunho
Wooyoung!!

Wooyoung
You can't tell me I'm wrong!

Yunho
That doesn't mean you have to be so upfront about it! He's still older than us!

"How's it going?" Jay asked as they stood in my doorway. I smiled widely and clicked to lock my phone screen.

"They're chaotic, Jay! Apparently Mingi can't cook, and I both started and stopped a fight between Hongjoong and Jongho." I laughed happily. Jay looked at me with a fond smile on their lips.

"I'm glad you find them funny, Hwa. You seem really happy to be talking to them," Jay said.

"I am! They seem to think I'm cute as well," I said as I picked up my phone, which hadn't stopped buzzing.

"You might wanna check those," Jay laughed and shook their head.

"I will in a bit. What do you want for lunch?" I asked.

"You're offering to pay for what I want for lunch?" Jay asked skeptically. I nodded, a bit confused. My eyes widened seeing their devious grin.

"I want McDonald's chicken nuggets and a sprite, and Domino's cheesy bread, and a lava cake!"

"You're really trying to make my pockets hurt, aren't you?" I groaned but began our online orders from both places.

"How many nuggets? Ten or twenty?" I began, "Don't answer that. This location has a box of forty."

"They have a box of forty?! Forty chicken nuggets?!" Jay shouted and came to see my phone screen. When they saw me add it to our order, they tackled me to my bed in a hug.

"Park Seonghwa I swear to god if soulmates weren't real I'd marry you!"

"Jay there are two problems with that statement besides the soulmates part: I only like male genitalia and you prefer female. Two wrongs don't make a right here," I said as I struggled out of their grasp. Jay huffed and let me go.

"I see how much you love me..." Jay glared.

"I love you enough to buy you the forty nuggets, but not enough to go sexually straight. Ow! Jay, stop! I'm sorry!" I laughed loudly as they began to beat me with my own pillow.

"Add an Oreo McFlurry and you will be forgiven!"

"Okay! Okay!"

"Is that your phone or mine?" Jay asked as we heard a phone begin ringing amidst our one-sided fight.

"That's yours," I said, "I'm only getting messages, not a call."

"Shit I was supposed to let Maria in ten minutes ago!" Jay shouted and rushed out of my room. I smiled and shook my head before adding a bit more food to our orders for Maria.

I placed orders for both Domino's and McDonald's before checking my messages. My eyes widened seeing a total of seventy-two messages in our group chat, and three or four from each of the seven men in our private messages.

Group chat

Seonghwa
I leave long enough to order lunch for myself, Jay, and Maria and suddenly three of you have been beat?
@/Hongjoong don't beat up my soulmates! They're just playing with you

Wooyoung
I TOLD YOU HE WAS JUST BUSY
BUT NOOO
NO ONE BELIEVES ME :(

Jongho
For all we knew you could've scared him off!

Seonghwa
It takes a bit more than a compliment to scare me off Jongho
Thank you Wooyoung <3
I'm glad you find me cute

Wooyoung
I'm just saying the truth Seonghwa <3

Seonghwa
I have to go and see Maria before she and Jay destroy our apartment
I have no clue when I'll be back online so I'm sorry

Yeosang
Take your time, Seonghwa!

Yunho
We understand!

Seonghwa
Bye byeeee

I smiled widely and finally began to change from the uncomfortable leather pants I wore yesterday to sweats and a hoodie. I heard a crash come from elsewhere in the apartment.

"If that was any part of my Lego collection there will be hell to pay!" I shouted before making my way into the bathroom for a shower.