Soulmates •Book 1•

Chapter 1

All the Ateez members sat in your living room, some laid on the cozy couches as others seated themselves on the circular rug placed perfectly in between all the sofas. They landed in the states a few hours ago and got themselves settled in your place before gathering in the brightly lit kitchen, concocting a plan of surprise.

The original plan they came up with while they were still in Korea was to simply hide out at your place and surprise you the second you stepped foot inside your humble abode. However, they decided to switch gears and come up with something different. After creating the new plan, they started to wander around and take a proper look at your place.

It was rather small, but had a hand full of rooms on the second floor, the largest room being claimed by you of course. You decided on this house a few years into your adult years, thinking that a large house would be a perfect fit for you; a big house for a single person wasn't ideal but for you it was.

You loved the fact that you had so much open space, being able to have all sorts of different rooms just for your obsessions and trinkets that kept you happy. After wandering about and getting a little bored, they all gathered back in the living room to simply hang out.

That's brings us to now.

It's about 9 P.M. and you still haven't come home yet. Your brother, Yeosang, has been growing worried as time ticked away; thinking about all the things you could be doing at this "late" hour. What if you were hooking up with someone? One night stand?

Ew that's gross, scratch that off...

Getting drunk out of your mind with friends? The poor boy was worried sick and his thoughts weren't helping with his pacing that he started seconds ago.

"I thought your sister was gonna be home by 8. Its already 9 and she's not here yet. Are you sure this is the right house?" Hongjoong asks, setting his phone down on the arm rest and looking over at Yeosang who's bitting his nails and pacing about.

"Don't rush her! She's probably stuck in traffic or something.." Yeosang replies, his voice trailing off as his minds goes haywire at the new thoughts flooding in his head.

"Well, when she gets here, don't embarrass yourself, Seonghwa." Mingi says, whilst patting the older's shoulders a few times before walking over to seat himself down next to Yunho on the two seater.

"What do you mean?" Seonghwa asks, his tone giving away his nervousness as he eyes the younger.

"We already know your little secret so no need to play dumb. Yeosang texted it in the group chat on our flight here." San replies, wiggling his eyebrows in a playful manner as he watches the older grow flustered.

Seonghwa glares over at Yeosang, who finally decided to take a seat on the couch, more specifically next to Wooyoung. The younger looks up at him and smiles innocently as he leans against his friend and goes back to biting his nails, his gaze shifting from the clock on the wall in front of him to the door every two seconds.

"I won't embarrass myself, okay?" Seonghwa mutters, more to himself than to his band members as he crosses his arms and tries to hide himself in between the couch cushions.

"Yeah, we'll see about that," Jongho says, raising his eyebrows slightly before making his way over to the kitchen, his eyes widening at the sight of all the food laid neatly on the shelves. San decides to follow the younger and when his eyes lock on the fridge's contents, him and Jongho share the same content smile.

"Don't eat everything in the fridge! Y'all already had dinner!" Hongjoong exclaims, looking over at the pair who seem to be scheming. San and Jongho look over at Hongjoong, eyes locking with the older before they start digging in the fridge.