SeoulMates | OT7 Soulmate AU

Ahop (아홉)

Yoongi

I couldn't sleep more than a few hours even though I was exhausted. Yesterday was the most tiresome day I had experienced in a long time but I was worried about Ma-ri. While I was overjoyed to finally have her with us I also felt bad about how everything went down and about the way Jin and Hope responded to her. I knew they would take some time to warm up to her but to completely reject and ignore her like they did, I needed to talk to them asap.

She, on the other hand, slept like a brick. Once she flipped onto her stomach that's where she stayed, it was currently six in the morning. I had already been watching her for an hour with a ridiculous smile plastered on my face. I had so many questions for her, even though we could sometimes see each other's dreams and memories they weren't always clear or sensible so I didn't know her as well as one might think due to our connection. I especially had questions about the dreams regarding her parents, they were recurring and heartbreaking. Each time I connected to one of those dreams I woke up crying.

Light from outside my door funneled in when it was quietly opened by Jungkook, I had a feeling he was already awake too. I pushed my index finger against my lips signaling him to be quiet so Ma-ri wouldn't wake up but I think she was in a near coma and it would take much more than us talking to disturb her.

"Good morning hyung" he whispered then pecked my lips as he always does. If Ma-ri wasn't already there Jungkook would have found his way into my bed last night "Did you get any sleep"

"Morning Kookie, yeah I got a few hours" he gently sat on the bed scanning her body for himself

"Yesterday was crazy huh?"

"Very. Did you talk to Hoseok last night? I don't like that he just ignored her" I frowned.

"I tried to but he's being unreasonable. I explained the obvious but he just shook his head and said to leave the subject alone. Wasn't in the mood to argue with him" He rolled his eyes "What are we going to do? She needs to be close to us but she can't move in here with those two acting like asses towards her?"

"Even if they weren't I have a gut feeling she wouldn't live with us anyway, she's used to being alone and right now that's her comfort zone. She needs to be eased into living with all seven of us and that will take time. Ma-ri isn't used to having people want her and often pushes them away before they can hurt her, I fear she may be the most difficult soulmate to link with" I looked back at the dark brown sugar skin sprawled across my bed with a sigh.

"I wish we could've met her sooner" Jungkook said

"Me too. Is anyone else awake?"

"I didn't hear or see anyone else. I went to check on noona and hyung but they were both knocked out as well"

"Good, everyone needs the rest, especially those three. She's not even dreaming because her mind is so tired. I plan to let her sleep as long as she needs to"

"Can I stay here with you?" He asked with hopeful eyes

"Yeah, be careful not to wake her up though" he nodded, then pushed Ma-ri to the middle of my bed and laid beside her, laying a kiss on her forehead. She stirred a little and unknowingly flung her arm over his torso hugging him in her sleep. We shared a hushed laugh as I pulled the covers over the three of us. I was able to fall asleep again happily knowing Jungkook was just as excited as I was to have Ma-ri with us. I knew we had a long road ahead of us but as long as the eight of us were together I knew we would be okay,

When I woke up again the three of us were still in the same positions. Ma-ri was still clinging to Jungkook whose hand rested on her back. I carefully slid out the bed to use the bathroom. While I was there I showered and brushed my teeth then went back to my bedroom to get dressed. I decided to let everyone rest as much as they needed to and allow everyone to wake up on their own, we all obviously needed it. As I was leaving my room I noticed movement in Hoseok's room, perfect. I knocked on his door softly waiting for him to let me in