Rigged Pet | Rapline

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Nia scrunches her face in discomfort as she wakes up. Her throat is sore and her head is pounding.

She feels arms around her and she hears soft snores, connecting them to Yoongi.

She doesn't remember falling asleep, or how she got into bed. She does remember pleading with Yoongi to leave her alone, and she feels grateful that he didn't.

Though, she feels horrible for yelling at him. Nia's sure he knows she didn't mean it, but it was still shitty for her to do. Especially since he was only trying to help her.

The room is pitch black, apart from the street lights that show through the windows. She can hear the distant voices from a television, assuming that it's the other guys sitting in the living room.

Nia slowly sits up, gently removing Yoongi's arms from around her. She leaves the bedroom and enters the bathroom.

She relieves herself before washing her hands and splashing water onto her face.

With quiet footsteps, she walks into the living room, smiling softly at Hoseok who's splayed out on the couch, sleeping with his mouth wide open.

She beelines for the kitchen, grabbing a glass and filling it with water. She downs the whole thing before refilling it and taking a seat at the kitchen island.

Nia wonders what happened to Namjoon. She knows he and Hoseok undoubtedly heard her outburst, but did that prompt him to leave?

Did she run him away?

What if all of this is too much for him and he's forcing himself to come around for her?

She sighs, taking another sip of water. She goes to place the glass down on the counter, but it ends up tipping over and falling on the ground, shattering into pieces.

"Oh shit." she whispers, standing up and tiptoeing around the glass.

Hoseok jumps out of his sleep from the noise, "Huh? What's going on?" he looks around the room frantically before his eyes land on Nia, "You okay?"

"Yeah sorry, I dropped a glass." she apologizes, successfully grabbing the broom and dustpan without stepping on any glass.

He rubs his eyes, "Oh." he then stands from the couch, "Are you okay from earlier?"

Nia clears her throat a little as she sweeps, "Um, I guess." she scoops all of the glass shards up and throws them away, "I'm sorry if I worried you."

"Stop apologizing." Hoseok approaches her, taking the broom out of her hand and putting it aside, then wrapping his arms around her.

"I'm sorry for trying to convince you to do something more when you clearly didn't want to. I was being an asshole." she chuckles, getting comfortable in his hold.

He sighs, "And I apologize for making Namjoon leave."

Nia furrows her brows and pulls away from him, "Why'd you do that?"

"We got into an argument and it drove him to leave. I know you wanted him here, so I apologize for that." Hoseok explains.

She notes how before he was saying "sorry" but now he's saying "apologize", which makes her believe that he's not really sorry for making Namjoon leave.

"Are you actually sorry, or are you just saying that?" they stare at each other for a moment before Hoseok chuckles, "You got me."

Nia kisses her teeth, "Yeah, you are an asshole. Did he say anything before leaving?"

"Yeah, that he hoped you were okay or something." he shrugs. She sighs as she looks at him, "Why don't you like him? What were y'all even arguing about?"