Nora & the Boys | BTS AU | OT7

Chapter 48

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"Please...can I touch your wings?"

"Nora-ssi?"

It's just curiosity, Nora reminded herself.   

It's just the curiosity of a guy in his mid-twenties, who happened to have witnessed the wings of a myth for the very first time.

Not only Jimin, but it was also Nora's first time like this - having her wings out on display, and exposed to another human's touch.

Even Sumi hadn't come this close to seeing her current form, or touching her extended wings.

Nora could already imagine the scowl on her friend's face, and the constant sulking around, once Sumi finds out about their situation. 

Could she see it now? Nora wondered. The second myth was only a few feet from them, hidden in the shadows of the balcony. A single sliding door separated her and Jimin from Sumi, which in all honesty wasn't much of a barrier for the myth and her teleportation powers.

Nora took a quick peek to the side, eyes squinting to catch Sumi's face within the darkness, but she saw nothing.

No signs of her friend, or the jealousy she had imagined in her head.

Maybe Sumi will remain clueless about this new development, that is...if Jimin was successful in containing his excitement about touching her wings.

"Can I...?"

Nora could still hear the giddiness in his voice, and she let out a sigh. There was no way Jimin could calm himself down, not until, he had satisfied that child-like curiosity.

"Go ahead-" she whispered. 

"Uh-"

Nora turned around, not wanting to see Jimin's face in that moment. "You can touch the wings."

It wasn't that she was uncomfortable with another man's touch on her wings. 

She knew Jimin meant no harm to her. His nature was that of an innocent child, looking forward to make a new discovery in the world of myths. With his personality, Nora doubted, the thought even crossed his mind, to use this chance against Nora.

If it were one of her enemies, who got this close to her, and her extended form, they would have a perfect shot at her vulnerable back and spine.

An attack like that to her wings, though it wouldn't kill her, it could still damage her body long enough for the enemy to land a death blow.

There was no recovering from such an injury.

And even though, in her heart, she knew there was no danger in sight, her body reacted just the same. 

Jimin's presence made her skin tingle, and her back muscles tightened, the wings drawn close to her body, prepared to shield her from anything and everything.

"Wow-"

Jimin whispered behind her, and then she felt it - a feather light touch on her left wing.

The sudden sensation of a soft probing on her lower left wing, knocked the breath out of her lungs. 

It was more of a surprised reflex action then anything else, and Nora froze in place.

The way Jimin's fingers brushed over the feathers of her wing, careful and yet wanting to explore more, pinprick-like sensations on the upper side of her wing, and his soft breath ruffling the feathers - it was a new experience for Nora.