Unsollicited

Twenty

They decided to go in the shower together. They are really acting like a real couple now. Jin is washing her hair and when he rinses it, he notices something. "Eh... Allison... Did you get dark highlights?" Allison turns around and looks up at Jin. "What do you mean? I never colored my hair before." Jin can feel his blood run cold to his feet. "Then why are there patches of black hair in your hair?" Allison tries to see but her bobcut doesn't allow it. "Let me check yours." She says and Jin turns his back. "There is black with you too." She says in wonder. Both gasp. "S-so this means..." "That we are..." "Really soulmates?" both said the last bit at the same time.

They rinse themselves and get out of the shower quickly. "But this is impossible. The others always gotten their color completely changed after the first time sex..." "Yeah, that's the general consensus..." "But why is it in streaks then?" "I don't know... I'm so surprised at it too." Allison exclaims while drying her hair, completely in disbelief. "Maybe we should consult a doctor of some sort?" Jin wonders. Allison nods. Both are baffled.

They are at breakfast together and quiet. It still feels so awkward now that the proof is there. Jin keeps glancing at her, torn because now it is perfectly clear they do belong somehow to each other. And their bodies fit. If only their personalities... "So I just texted Lena. She is as surprised as I am." Jin is shaken up from her sudden speaking up. He grabs his phone. He texts Namjoon about it, breaking his silence to the others. Namjoon almost instantly replies.

"Hyung, that is amazing news! See? There was no mistake! And even if it's just in streaks... it still is some progress, no?"

Jin frowns at reading this and puts his phone back down. Allison curiously looks over her cup of coffee and her eyes follow his every move, even when he places the phone back down. "Jin, what's wrong? What did they say?" "Nothing. I'm heading in for work today. Not sure what you are going to do." Allison feels how he is blocking her again and decides to drop it. "I'll go to the library and do some research on our... ehm... condition." She turns her eyes away while sipping her coffee. Somehow Jin feels close and far at the same time. He pulls her closer and pushes her away.

Jin walks into work. He is on the set for a fashion shoot for a brand they are ambassadors of. The others are curious and are looking at his hair.

"There! I see the streaks!" Jungkook shouts in triumph and Jin sighs and rolls his eyes. The rapline looks at him being all melancholic. He hasn't been himself ever since Allison appeared and somehow things got even worse. The stylist noona's are sighing. They got a real project on their hands. Will they dye his hair full on black again, or full on pink? They are discussing it with Jin's manager.

Namjoon puts his hand on Jin's shoulder and pulls him apart. "Jin, talk to me. Talk to me with respect. Don't lash out or stomp off like last time. Face me and face yourself." Namjoon takes a seat on a part of the set. The others noticed the serious mood and decided not to play around the pair.

"What do you want from me, Namjoon? Do you want me to be all over her? Head over heels with her? Infatuated? Gushing? I had to endure all that from all of them and you. I gruelled at it. I pushed it away and tried to ignore it all. I'm not like this." "No Jin, what you aren't, is this, whatever you are now. Jin, you are not incapable of loving. Just... do it your way, as you always have done. In everything. I know you might not be melodramatic about your soulmate. Heck, I even know the trouble you went through. I saw how you got hard, sour, bitter and angry. But most importantly, I saw how you did all that by yourself, to yourself. And we all saw that. Hyung, we all care about you still. You were there before we met our soulmates. You will always be an important part of our lives. Even if our loyalty lies with our soulmates. We will always be like your brothers. Loving you, caring about you, letting you care about us."