Full House

Chapter 64

Taehyung POV

"So, I was thinking..." Namjoon said as he rubbed Y/N's feet with the blanket.

After a, no doubt, mentally exhausting day, Y/N collapsed onto the couch while the chefs of the house prepared dinner. Namjoon sat at the end near her feet, covering her cold feet with a blanket and rubbing them to help warm her up. I sat in the single seater, fiddling with my fingers and watching the exchange.

"I don't think Yoongi should go back to the Research Centre, at least not right now," he said softly.

I focused on Namjoon, taking in his sombre expression.

"Why?" Y/N asked as she wiggled her feet.

"Well... they're investigating Tae's disappearance. So they might have hybrids there sniffing the area and helping with the investigation. They might... they'd be able to pick up his scent on Yoongi." he explained.

Namjoon had already talked to us about this, but it didn't make it any easier hearing it again. I let myself shrink into the cushions, feeling Y/N's eyes staring at me.

To say I felt horrible was an understatement. I had people searching for me, powerful people that could get Y/N and her hybrids into trouble. I had a reward on my head that Y/N wouldn't take, no matter how much she needed it. And now Yoongi wouldn't be able to do the one thing he could do to help bring in extra money.

Because of me.

But I couldn't bring myself to leave. I didn't want to go back. Watching these guys get so much love and attention from their master, even though she was at work most of the day, it made me realise how lonely I had been my whole life.

Master rarely spent time with me, and when he did, it was nothing like this. I never got the touch I so desperately craved, he never paid full attention to me. Admittedly, it was better than being in the big house, where strangers would come and look at me all the time.

But still, I wanted a master like Y/N. I didn't just want to be 'Taehyung, the rare albino cobra hybrid', I wanted to be part of a family.

Y/N let out a soft sigh, closing her eyes as Namjoon continued to rub her feet. "You're right. That would be too risky."

Jungkook came over from the kitchen, kneeling against the couch in front of Y/N's face. She giggled as he pushed his head towards her slightly, silently asking for scratches. I watched her carefully scratch his ear, him melting under the touch.

A shiver travelled up my spine as I remembered them telling me how Jungkook got hurt. I knew that humans could be mean to hybrids, but that was a whole other level of scary. Jungkook only has one ear! Why would someone want to hurt another person so badly like that?

"It'll be ok, Y/N. We will figure out something, I promise!" he slurred out, sounding intoxicated from the ear scratches.

In the short time that I had been here, I had felt more at home than I ever did with my master's family. Even though I was an outsider, they fed me, let me join in on games, watched movies with me, talked to me, it was like a real family.

"Yeah... we'll be fine," she told him with a weak smile.

Y/N POV

I sat at my desk, mindlessly clicking my mouse. I couldn't concentrate on anything and I felt like my life was spiralling out of control.

Yoongi can't go back to the research centre. Namjoon was completely right. Of course they'd be investigating thoroughly, they had lost a rare hybrid. It would be way too risky for him to keep going there, when anyone could just smell Taehyung on him.