When we reach Namjoon's workplace, a private clinic in the rich district of the city, Taehyung has to push me inside with force when I'm about to run away. "No, no, no. You're not running away" he says while laughing and my wide eyes take in the very expensive decoration that surrounds us.

Somehow, whenever I'm in these kind of places where a lot of things cost more than my life, I'll break something. It doesn't matter what, it doesn't matter how careful I am, I'll just end up breaking something.

"You don't understand, Taehyung, I need both of my lungs, my liver, I don't want to have to sell them" I whisper and his laughter doubles. "You'll be fine, we're just going to his office okay?". I won't be fine. Nuhuh. "You know what? I'll just close my eyes, keep my arms crossed and let you move me around okay? If something breaks because of my body, you'll be responsible" I end up deciding and do exactly as I said. I cross my arms tightly to my chest and close my eyes. "I'm ready".

His deep chuckle vibrates against my back as he presses himself against me to direct me slowly. "Are you scared to break something?" he asks with a sweet teasing voice and I nod, ignoring the shiver that runs through my spine. "Don't worry, I'm sure you can't be worse than Namjoon and even he manages to not break them" he coos and I scrunch my nose in thoughts. "Consider me worse on that one".

He stops us and I hear a knock on the door before it opens and only when I'm seated on a chair do I dare open my eyes. I take a look around to make sure nothing expensive stands out and breathe in relief before noticing Namjoon staring at me with a smile.

"It's nice to see you too. Were you scared to see my face?" he asks, his smile slowly becoming a grin. "N-no! Just scared to owe my organs to pay back for something I'll break here" I reply and I see his eyes slide to Taehyung's before going back to me. "For something you 'will' break?". I nod. "Pretty sure it's a curse. Put expensive decorations around me and you're guaranteed one broken a day". He bursts out laughing, his head bending backwards, his beautiful throat exposed- wait no, control your mind, Y/N.

"Hyung, we're actually here for something important. I'm not going to explain why, if Y/N wants to, then she can do so when she wants, but we need you to put a barrier on her" Taehyung steps in to explain the reason of our presence here. Namjoon's eyes grow serious as he looks at me. Well, I guess it would make them feel like I can't trust them if I keep this to myself... "You don't have to tell me, Y/N, it's totally fine to follow your own rhythm" he says, breaking my train of thoughts with a smile.

"It's okay, I can tell you. You remember when my memory made me shut down last time? It was actually a locked memory. My psychologist had offered when I was young to make me unable to gain access to it because I just couldn't seem to get over it. The only way for me to see it again would be for someone with the same ability to unlock it, except, I didn't ask anyone to do that. Which means someone did this against my will and knowledge".

I see his eyes darken as he pokes the inside of his cheeks with his tongue, eyes still on me but not really seeing me anymore. "Do you know who's the bastard?" he asks in an obscure and scary voice. Taehyung puts a hand on my shoulder to calm me as he send me waves of positive emotions through the bond, feeling my aversion towards the tone of his voice.

"Namjoon-hyung, calm down please, you'll scare her. I know how you feel, he's the cause of memories that will forever haunt us, but right now we need to make sure this doesn't happen again" Taehyung explains as he tries to soothe our soulmate with a soft voice. Namjoon takes in deep breaths as he closes his eyes. "You're right, I'm sorry Y/N". When he feels calm enough, he opens his eyes to stare at me warmly. "Was that the only memory that you had locked away?". "To my knowledge, it is" I reply simply. He nods and props his elbows on the desk.

"Did Taehyung here explain to you what comes with my barrier?". I tilt my head. "Hum, no". He slowly takes my hand in his and stares at it. "When I use my barrier on someone, it's a part of my soul mixed with my ability that envelops them, so I only use it on my soulmates when necessary because that means our bond will be stronger and more sensitive to what happens. Touch, emotions, our presence next to each other, our heartbeats, everything will be twice as intense. Now I don't mean to scare you, it can be a beautiful thing, it just means that when you hurt, I will too, when you're scared, I will too. It just... also applies to your nightmares, or memories. I will see them too. So I want you to be extremely at ease with that. It would be an honor for me to go through that with you if it also means protecting you".

I stare at him with my mouth wide open. I turn to Taehyung with narrowed eyes, but his eyes are very serious. "I wouldn't ask this of Namjoon if I thought he would refuse or hesitate, Y/N. This is very important".

Namjoon's hand tightens around mine to get my attention back to him. "Don't refuse my help if you're scared for me, Y/N. This barrier would also allow me to be aware of anyone trying to use their ability on you, I can get a read on their energy and block anything dangerous. This could allow us to find the one after you a lot easier".

"But my nightmares... I don't want you to go through that too" I mumble as I look at our intertwined fingers. "Y/N, look at me, okay? If I have to choose between you being in danger and me sharing your worst moments, then I will gladly choose the second option. To me, it's not a matter of what will happen to me, it's a matter of what I can do to protect you".

I bite my bottom lip as I think about this. We don't know the person's goal, what they intend to do next nor why. If we're lucky in the meantime, I won't have nightmares, I mean, I've been having dreamless nights recently. It could keep going again. No nightmares, just a stronger bond with my soulmate.

"Okay... but if it gets too much, I want you to remove the barrier" I try, peeking at him from under my eyelashes. He gives me a bright smile. "Alright". He stand up from behind his desk and brings me with him to where we can stand in front of each other. His hands on my shoulders, his forehead against mine, eyes closed, it's a rush of energy and warmth that suddenly surrounds me.

It feels weird, but so, so safe. His presence, his touch create sparks against my skin, in the most comfortable way possible. His soul is soft and gives me the feeling that nothing can hurt me anymore. He opens his eyes and leans his head back to look at me.

At the loss of his warmth against my face, I open my eyes to see his delighted eyes peeking at me. "So, not too bad right?" he asks softly and I nod, like in a trance. "It'll take some time getting used to, but it's pretty great actually. Very comforting" I reply and watch as his dimples make an appearance on both sides of his beautiful smile.

Taehyung, now feeling a little left out from our sweet moments, decides to drop himself around my shoulder. "Can we go eat now?".

I laugh and nod my head. "I am quite hungry. What about the others? Can you come, Namjoon?" I ask him and he nods after looking at his desk. "Sure, I can always do this later and take my break now". We leave his office and we follow him, me forgetting about being careful.

Just when I'm about to turn around to say something to Taehyung, my body hits something and I fall down to the floor loudly. And the huge vase that I hit falls next, its fight to stay balanced lost as it crashes to the ground and explodes into thousands of shards.

Taehyung takes my body away into his arms just in time so I don't get shards in my face. Shocked and humiliated, I slowly look at the source of the noise to see the damages I've done. Well shit. Which organ is worth the most? The brain, the heart, the liver? Should I sell my uterus?

"Well now I see why you were scared" Taehyung mumbles just as someone highly ranked runs to us to gasp dramatically at the scene.

"WHO DID THIS? THIS VASE WAS GIVEN TO US BY A VERY IMPORTANT FRIEND-"

I start shaking, uncontrollably so as my mind drifts away to a memory. "No, not now, Namjoo-".

"You broke the vase?  And you think a simple sorry will do? Do I look that dumb? This vase was my fortune, my whole fortune and in mere seconds, you broke it" the man starts saying as he takes slow steps my way. I can see his feet walking on the shards, his boots crushing them further. My whole body's covered by shards and blood and I tremble when his feet stop right in front of me.

He crouches and looks around before taking a huge shard in his hands and running a finger on it, humming happily when blood starts pouring from his wound. "Now to repay for what you've done, I'm going to have to serve myself okay? Which organ do you think is worth the most? Should I try them all?" he wonders out loud as he moves me around on my back, ignoring the cries of pain that leave me as the shards trickle through my skin, slicing the flesh as easily as a knife.

He slides my shirt up to reveal my stomach and I try to fight my way out of his hands, away from him, but the shards make me wince and slip back on the ground, causing a huge piece that moved to pierce my back, reaching my spine. The pain that courses through my body is insane, from my brain to my feet, it's a feeling of fire and shocks spreading around as I scream my pain.

And then he starts cutting my stomach open. And-

"Y/N, Y/N can you hear me, look at me" I hear a voice that brings me back to reality quicker than I thought possible. I stare blankly at the face staring at me, I feel tears drop on my cheeks, they're not mine. "Taehyung?" I mumble, my mind slowly disconnecting from the pain I felt, realizing that it's not mine, my body's fine. "Namjoon... Namjoon!" I hurry and raise from the arms holding me on the ground to see him on his knees, heavy breaths and sweat flowing like a waterfall from his neck and forehead.

I crawl to his side and take his body in my arms, setting my head on his as his body shakes against mine. "I'm so sorry, so sorry" I mumble as he grabs my shirt, feels my stomach and his, feels the smooth skin, makes sure that I'm fine, that he's fine. He breathes in relief when he realizes that we're not hurt physically.

He moves away from me to cup my cheeks, wiping the tears, are they mine? I'm not sure. His face is flushed, confused. I don't care about the bewildered gazes we're getting, I just want to make sure he's fine.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know it would happen, I- the vase, I'm so sorry-" I start but he shushes me softly, setting a finger on my lips. "I'm fine. It's fine. I'm so sorry that you have to go through that so often, it's... terrible" he whispers and a knot forms in my throat as tears start to slide down my cheeks.

"I didn't want you to experience that, I really didn't want that" I apologize to him again but he brings his forehead against mine, his nose against mine. "I knew this could happen. It's fine. It's over now".

Taehyung slides to the ground next to us and takes the both of us in his arms, his strong arms around our shoulders as his head settles in between ours.

"Excuse me, I don't know what is happening right now, but what about my vase-" the man from earlier starts again, his voice a lot calmer but Taehyung just growls at him.

"I'll make you a freaking check, now shut up please". I try to look up but his hold on me makes me unable to move. "I should be the one to pay, I broke it" I tell him but he chuckles softly. "Y/N, don't worry, we have plenty enough to pay for his vase, just think about what you want to eat" he responds quickly, distracting me with food. Damn that man, he knows I can't resist food.

Namjoon strokes my cheek, his hands still there from earlier. "What do you feel like eating? Burgers... pastas... chicken... sushi-". "Sushi?!" I exclaim but cover my mouth with my hands. "Sushi it is, let's go, Bun" he says as they both help me up on my feet.

Taehyung pushes the both of us outside as he stays to deal with the man. "Are you sure this is fine, I'm sure I can help I have money too you know" I say again in worry as I stare at the door. "There's a place with really good sushi you know, it's a high quality buffet, we went there a few times and we've always been very satisfied" he says, ignoring what I just said as he starts ranting about the restaurant. "But the vase-". "They also have these really cute chopsticks, some with bears, bunnies, and cats on them, Jungkook and Jimin always try to sneak them away when we leave because-". "Namjoon" I whine when he keeps ignoring me and he just responds with a laugh as he scoops me up in his arms. "Just let us take care of this, it's not like you didn't tell us beforehand".

"Alright, sushi here we come!" Taehyung suddenly shouts from the door and runs to us before pulling us with him.

"Wait what about the others?" I ask him as we run and his grin widens.

"They'll meet us there, I already called them" he responds with a laugh and I smile, the vase matter already forgotten.