Due to unfortunate circumstances, Seokjin's younger sister winds up living with Bangtan in their dorm until a certain saesang situation arises. Hiding from the world behind a bright smile, what happens when she meets an artist in the Belift band Enh...
"No way, you have an indoor laser-tag arena!?" If Isabella's jaw dropped any further it would be buried four stories below her in the dance studios. Beomgyu, who was next to her secretly watching her reaction, hid his proud smirk. Instead, he shrugged nonchalantly as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"You don't?" She stared at him, mouth moving without any sound being produced. Eventually she found her voice.
"What kind of question is that?! Of course I don't have an indoor laser tag arena, not all of us are members of a world-famous group." She was almost crying at this point, taking in the sheer amount of swag energy being produced from the tall beige walls splattered with splotches of bright colour.
"Well, this was a fun way we used to train our stamina up back in the trainee days." Taehyun sidled in next to them, handing a vest and laser pistol to each of them. "You've played before right? You're okay with this?" Bella nodded, recovering from the shock.
"Soobin, Beomgyu, and I are on the blue team." Taehyun patted her shoulder with a gentle kind of affection. "You, Yeonjun and Kai are on the pink team." Isabella grinned at the team arrangements, tugging her vest over her head and grabbing the gun.
"Pink and blue? Why not red, or some other colour?" Beomgyu gestured to the two eldest of the groups.
"Hair colour." He said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world before jogging off to meet his team in the blue corner. She couldn't help but stifle a laugh at the group's method of choosing team names; it was slightly more creative than her brother's way, anyway.
Her vest kept slipping off her shoulders as she followed Yeonjun and Huening Kai to the other side of the area, leaving her struggling to adjust it every few seconds. The so called 'other brothers' she met in the car were just watching her, mirth dancing in their affectionate gazes. One finally stepped forward to help her.
"You know, Taehyun originally struggled with these too." Yeonjun's pink hair tickled her forearm as he bent to adjust the straps, clicking something into place so they wouldn't fall. When he stood up her head barely reached his chin. Bella could feel warm arms circle around her from behind, and the eldest completed the sandwich from the front.
"Please trust us with anything you need to say, we're here for you. I know it can be a lot to be thrown into this, and I know you've been through a lot beforehand. You don't have to keep smiling with us if you don't want to, it's important to have a breakdown every once in a while."
She could feel Kai snuggle further into her back despite his height, and found herself relaxing into their grip. This was nice.
"Tears aren't a weakness. Tears aren't something to be ashamed of, or something to hide. Tears just mean you've been strong for others for so long that you need someone to be strong for you. Please let us help, you've been so strong Bella."
She pulled back from them, an unreadable expression on her face.
"Thank you." Her voice was barely a hoarse whisper, hands holding the pistol in a death grip. She mustered up a smile. "I'm fine, don't worry about me."
Kai and Yeonjun looked at her, nothing like pity in their gazes but their hearts shattering for the woman in front of them. Huening Kai reached out gently, his finger brushing her cheek lighter than a flower petal floating to the ground. It came back slightly wet.
They didn't say anything for a few moments as Isabella's own hand drifted up to touch her cheek. She stared at the moisture for a few seconds, her gaze slightly raising to the company she was in. As soon as her eyes locked with Yeonjun's, she broke.
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't be doing this here. We were having a bestie day, I won't keep ruining it like this. I promise I'll stop-" Once again she was engulfed in a bone-crushing hug.
"Anything, I know we met just over a week ago, but we'd do anything for you Bella. Please talk to us."
It took a few minutes before she drew in a deep, shuddering breath and sat down. "What about the others? Aren't they waiting to play?" Kai grinned at her, pulling a walkie talkie from a pocket in his vest and clicked it on.
"Hey guys, we'll need about ten more minutes, that okay?" Static crackled as she stared at him in disbelief. These boys were on a whole other level.
"That's fine. Please make sure she's okay." Soobin responded a chirpy noise of agreement could be heard from Beomgyu and Taehyun. A second after the communication line went silent again, they heard a scream from the other side of the arena. It sparkled back to life.
"Sorry, Soobinnie hyung saw a spider." They could hear the smile in Beomgyu's voice. The silence that followed seemed to grow heavier, before they fixed Isabella with a stare that in her opinion was way too intense for this situation. She felt the mood shift again, and mustered up the words she couldn't seem to find.
"I don't want you guys to leave me. It-It's selfish, I know. But there's a chance, and I do..." She avoided their eyes, dropping her gaze to the folded hands in her lap. "I like him."
They barely heard the words, but they still caught it all the same. Internally, the hyung and he makne of TXT fist bumped each other.
"But I don't want to take the chance of him leaving. If there's a bad breakup that'll affect you guys, and I...don't have a very good track record of keeping relationships, platonic or not. Plus, there's no proof he even likes me." Yeonjun scoffed a that.
"No proof? I say go for it. Also, I promise we're here for you and we will never leave. I won't pry, but you can call Jin or us anytime you want, we'd be happy to hear from you. Your brother may ask a few invasive questions though." She didn't look convinced, but nodded all the same. A few smiles were exchanged and they stood up, Kai informing the others on his walkie talkie that they were ready. The lights dimmed and they all took off running, screaming obscure nonsense in an attempt to 'intimidate' the other team.
Soobin silently placed flowers on his eardrums' grave.
DOUBLE UPDAE YOOOOOOOOO
So the pLoT aCtUaLlY sTaRtS... Anyways have this thing I found.
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