Alone | Jake Sim x OC

Meeting the Extended Family

Isabella flopped down on her bed, feet aching and brain bursting.

"Okay, okay, hang on. So we're next door to the other members down this very long hallway, bathrooms attached, then there's the kitchen just across from the stairs when we go down, and the living areas in that general direction?" Jin, on the bed next to hers nodded before opening his mouth to add something to the already bursting archives of her memory.

"And the-"

"NOPE, my brain cannot take any more information today." Isabella squeezed her eyes tight and flailed her arms around in mock panic. Her brother smiled gently and grabbed her hand before it hit a wall or something. Turns out, Jungkook wasn't lying in that one interview when they said they had 'no more bedrooms', at least on this side of the huge mansion. Thus, they ended up moving a bed into (and rearranging) Jin's bedroom to fit her in. Everyone agreed that it would be more comfortable for her to sleep in her brother's room, rather than with a different member.

It was late, and the emotional exhaustion of the day they'd been through seemed to finally catch up to the pair. A forlorn quiet fell under the muffling blanket of evening, and Isabella's eyes slowly drifted across to meet Jin's. A silent request transferred through the siblings, before Jin slowly held open his arms. Isabella climbed out of her bed and onto his, scooting over to hug him as they sought each other's comfort from the cold reality that slowly sunk in. The walls were too white, the sky outside the window too beautiful for a day as grotesque as this. Once again, tears slid down their perfect cheeks.

"She's really gone?" It was phrased more as a question. Seokjin's soft reply came after a moment of hesitation.

"Y-yes. I-" he couldn't seem to continue as his voice cracked with emotion, both quietly breaking down in each other's embrace. Seconds turned into minutes which turned into hours as they grieved the loss of their parents. Two young, magic dragons whose Jackie Paper left too soon.

~~•~~

A Week Later

"Where are you taking meeeeeeeee?" Isabella whined at the hands on her shoulders as she frantically blinked at the blindfold she wore, in a futile attempt to loosen it. 

"Nu-uh." Jimin's playful voice chimed from her right side as she could hear him skipping next to her, the uneven sound of his footsteps contrasted by the rhythmic ones on her left (which she assumed belonged to Taehyung).

"We'll show you when we get there." Jungkook giggled slightly after his statement, and Jin followed reluctantly behind them for supervision purposes. He tagged along, claiming it was just in case they bumped into one of the new staff members and got in trouble.

Finally, they made it to the end of what seemed to be an extremely long hallway with too many turns. Way too many. So many, that by the time Jungkook whipped the piece of cloth off her eyes, she stumbled dizzily into something hard and warm. The something stepped back quickly and she toppled ungracefully to the floor.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" An incredibly tall, incredibly flustered boy leaned down to help her up while the other four behind him laughed quietly at the two flailing pairs of arms.

After a minute of struggling, Isabella managed to regain her footing and the tall boy shyly took a step back. She turned her head slightly to check if the members of Bangtan were still there, and thankfully they were. Jungkook proudly stepped up in front of her, bowing slightly.

"Isabella, meet TXT! Some of the cute dongsaengs we were telling you about!" He jumped up and down giddily, trying to gauge her reaction. The younger boys were looking everywhere but her, their eyes not meeting. Except for one.

"Hi! I'm Beomgyu!" He bounded forward, bowing slightly. Isabella bowed back quickly, not wanting to be rude.

"I've heard of you guys, TXT. You're Soobin, right?" She nodded towards the guy who she accidentally bumped into who nodded, flashing her a tiny smile, "Taehyun and Huening Kai? Yeonjun?" The boys nodded in turn, and Beomgyu beamed at her.

"Yessss!" He grabbed her hand, looking at Jin questioningly. "Can we kidnap her?" Jin nodded at them, smiling. 

"Don't forget to introduce her to Enhypen too, then." They nodded eagerly before almost dragging Isabella's still slightly shocked form into the room they seemed to have come from. 

"H-hey-" Her weak protests fell on deaf ears as the door slammed shut behind them. In half a second since she was 'kidnapped', she realised that:

1. There was a hand still in hers and giggles surrounding her.

2. The lights were out, it was pitch black.

3. She did not like that.

Just as quickly as the hand let go the lights flicked on. Correction: Some lights flicked on, spots of multicoloured stars dancing around the room to reveal a very large, very comfortable-looking couch opposite very sparkly karaoke machine.

"Nope." Her response was automatic, as her eyes widened, frantically searching for an exit.

"No nopes." A hand speedily grabbed her wrist, and once again Isabella found herself dragged further into the room until she was sat down and sandwiched, trapped, between two ridiculously tall boys. Isabella looked away as Beomgyu ran to switch it on, spotting Yeonjun hiding his phone from her when she turned her head. He was texting someone. Her curiosity threatened to get the better of her, but she only caught the last letters of the contact; -esung. The eldest member looked at her with amusement dancing in his eyes at her attempts at seeing his phone screen. He leaned over and whispered in her ear. 

"You'll find out later." That moment, Beomgyu bounded back.

"Why don't we pick the first song?" Once again, Isabella hid in fear.

~~•~~

"INTO THE UNKNOOOOWWWNNN~" Isabella screamed into the mic, her majestic duet with Huening Kai reaching new levels of volume they never thought were possible.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING DON'T LEAVE ME ALOONEEE!" Beomgyu snatched the mic from Kai and screeched the lyric. For a globally known artist with a honey voice in their professional songs, his vocals could break someone's eardrum if he wanted them to.

"HOW DO I, FOLLOW YOUUUUUUUU" They didn't notice the soft click of a door opening as all six of them decided to try and make the loudest, most horrific sound possible for the beautiful finale.

"INTO THE UN-"

"Sorry, are we interrupting something?" Startled, they turned to the door where seven smiles failed to hide themselves as giggles burst forth. 

"-Known." Elsa's voice sounded lonely without the company of ridiculously loud voices over hers.

 Isabella's eyes immediately widened once again, too many surprises following her today. At the door, seven more handsome men seemed to chuckle at her embarrassment. Yeonjun jumped up to introduce them.

"Isabella, this is Enhypen. Enhypen, this is Isabella, Seokjin's younger sister." A moment of silence.

"Hi?" She tilted her head at the newcomers as another song started playing on the karaoke machine. A song she knew she'd heard before but couldn't quite remember it's name. She saw a member step forward, dark brown hair framing a beautiful face.

"Hi Bella, I'm Jake." He smiled warmly at her.

The beat dropped.

Her heart exploded into butterflies.