SeoulMates | OT7 Soulmate AU

Seoreun-Daseot (서른다섯)

I woke up to the sound of knocking on the bedroom door, it was soft but still loud enough to wake me up. At first, I was confused because I didn't recognize my surroundings but quickly remembered we were at a hotel. I eased out of bed as stealthily as I could so Namjoon wouldn't wake up, succeeding when I saw him still sound asleep in my absence. I opened the door to see Geong-min looking at me with apologetic eyes.

"What's up?" I whispered as I quietly closed the door behind me

"Sorry to wake you I just wanted to check on you guys I didn't realize y'all were still sleeping" she explained

"Still? What time is it? How long have we been out?"

"It's nighttime now, nearly ten"

"Oh wow. We probably would have slept through the night but it's fine. Let him rest" she nodded

"How was he?" his sister asked. Her eyes were sad, I felt so sorry for them-not knowing their mom is a racist and both having black soulmates has to be so upsetting for them.

"Not good, he cried himself to sleep, we both did. What about you, how do you feel?" I asked, following her as she began walking away from my room

"Probably the same as my brother. I feel pretty numb right now because I cried so much earlier, but I cannot wrap my mind around it. My mom doesn't like black people and both of her children have black soulmates, like it feels like a bad joke gone terribly wrong. I just..." Her sentence trailed off as we arrived in the kitchen

"I'm really sorry you have to go through this, I can't imagine how devastating this must be for you and Joon"

"I can't believe it, my entire life my mom has never said or did anything, at least in my presence, that would ever make me think she could be racist." Geong-min sniffled. Her eyes welled up with tears that she tried to blink away. I pulled her into a hug, rubbing her back as she cried again while squeezing me tightly. "And Koshi was so excited to meet my family, I feel like a fool unnie"

"This is not your fault sweetie; this is not on you and Koshi knows that. He doesn't blame you and I don't blame Namjoon, how can we? It's not like either of you knew she would act like that so please do not beat yourself up about it. You are your own person; you are not your parents" I tried to console her

"I know but I still feel like I should have known, somehow" she sobbed

I let her get it all out, holding onto her shaky body until she loosened her grip on me. The shoulder of my shirt housed a huge wet spot which she apologized for and tried to dry off by blowing it, making me laugh at her gesture. She cracked a smile under her swollen eyes and dried lips

"I'm going to make some tea for us, have a seat" I tell her, and she pulls out the chair closest to her reach at the small kitchen table. I give her some napkins I find at the coffee station so she can clean her face

"Thank you"

"Where is Koshi by the way?" I asked, filling the kettle up with water from the tap. I rinsed out the two mugs that were also sitting at the station and put a tea bag inside of each one.

"He's in virtual meeting right now"

"Oh, what does he do?"

"I can't explain it because he's a fucking super genius and it all sounds like a foreign language to me, but I know he works with computers and does coding or something like that" she giggled.

"Okay, guess I should ask him myself when I get a chance" She agreed. The kettle whistled loudly so I turned it off so it wouldn't disturb either man. I made both cups, sitting her right in front of her on the table "No honey so I used a few sugar packets"