Run

12. An Angry Outburst

3rd person's pov

Seo-Jae slammed the door shut in Taehyung's face, her face burning red as she clutched the towel. She couldn't believe that he had seen her naked, if only, for a small second. She swore she could have seen his eyes cloud over with lust, which made shivers run down her spine. Jae thought she would be creeped out by it but that wasn't the case, which was odd, even for her. She buried her face into her hands, trying to hide from the embarrassment she was currently feeling. She let out a small squeal, completely sounding like she was dying while she smacked her head lightly. "I shouldn't have taken so long to get dressed, now he's seen me naked. Oh god... Kim Taehyung has seen me in all of my naked glory." A memory flashed through Seo-jae's head of her best friend walking in on her, he reacted just as Tae did. She remembered how angry her other best friend was, seeing as he ended up having to pull him out of the bathroom. In the living room, the six others were still in shock at what had just taken place. Jin pinched the bridge of his nose, obviously not too happy with Taehyung walking in on Jae like that. Yoongi wasn't particularly that happy either with it, but he couldn't exactly be angry at either party.

"Tae, how many times have I told you not to walk into the bathroom without knocking first?" Jin scolded, "How was I supposed to know she was in there in the first place? It was so quiet-"

"Tae, you are a Bengal tiger. You have a better sense of smell and sense of hearing than she does. How did you not know she was in there?" Jin asked, Taehyung sighed and shook his head. His ears drooped and his stripey tail swayed slowly behind him, "I don't know, Hyung. She smelled like Joonie, so I thought that he was there until I opened the door."

"She smelled like Joon?" Jin tilted his head, looking over at the wolf who smiled sheepishly.

"Hehehe... Whoops.."

"Whoops?" Yoongi retorted, lifting an eyebrow at the wolf.

"I kinda forgot to mention that she has been using my body wash since she didn't have her own." Namjoon chuckled, scratching the back of his head.

"You forgot." Jin raised an eyebrow, "Or we're you secretly relishing in her being covered in your scent first and wanted to enjoy that pleasure by yourself?" Hoseok finished, crossing his arms and gave Namjoon a pointed look.

"Hehehe, sorry."

"It's fine, Joon. Just.. You can't forget to tell us that kind of thing. We don't want a repeat of this happening again." Jin said, Namjoon muttered an okay and rubbed the back of his neck. "Tae, you are going to go apologize to Seo-Jae. And I don't want to hear any objections from you." Jin turned his head towards the Bengal tiger, who was still blushing beet red. "It's okay," Everyone's heads snapped to the right, their eyes landing on Seo-Jae who was limping down the hallway. Jimin immediately rushed to her side, putting his arms under her and helped her to sit down. She gave him a small thanks, smiling at him as he returned the smile. "Taehyung didn't mean any harm and I don't need an apology from him." Seo-Jae said, this threw Taehyung for a loop as he was not expecting her to be so forgiving. "But it's not fine, Seo-Jae." Jin shook his head, "He has a better sense of hearing and smell, he should have been able to hear and smell you. Even if he meant no harm, he still violated your right to privacy."

"Jin, I'm fine. It's fine. This isn't the first time I've had a guy friend walk in on me while I was changing in the bathroom." Seo-Jae shrugged, her comment taking everyone by surprise. They felt jealousy spread throughout their bodies, not liking the idea of someone else seeing their mate naked like that.

"What?" Hobi quirked an eyebrow, looking at her in confusion.

"What do you mean it's not the first time?" Yoongi came around the kitchen counter, standing beside Jin who looked just as jealous. Seo-Jae noticed that all six boys, including Taehyung had this look of jealousy in their eyes. Though, she couldn't tell if it was really that or something else that she was seeing in their eyes. She shifted slightly on the couch, trying to escape the look in their eyes. "Well... When I was a bit younger.. Maybe around 16.. One of my guy friends accidentally walked in on me in the bathroom after I had just showered." She explained. This seemed to cause the boys to explode with more anger, but they kept a lid on it all except, Taehyung.

"You let somebody walk in on you?!" He shouted, making Seo-Jae jump. Fear filled her entire body, Taehyung's actions putting her in a state of unease. She flinched so much so that she unconsciously scooted back into Jimin's chest, trying to get away from the tiger's rage. Her actions did not go unnoticed by Jimin nor Namjoon, who immediately stormed over to Taehyung and smacked him harshly on the back of the head. Not liking the smack, Taehyung growled harshly at Namjoon making Seo-Jae's entire body shudder in fear and press herself further into Jimin. Tears pooled in her eyes, as she seemed to make herself smaller. Jimin wrapped his arms around her, rubbing her arms with his palm to help her calm down but it wasn't working. Namjoon smacked Taehyung once again, causing the tiger to growl even louder. Namjoon not liking the hostile attitude thrown at him by his younger pack mate, growled right back with just as much ferocity. Seo-Jae was now at the point of becoming hysterical as this simply reminded her too much of the times her father would get angry and destroy things around the house, now, he never, ever abused her. He never was the type to hit a woman because he was angry, he wasn't that kind of man. But he did have anger issues, which led to a lot of things being destroyed in the house. Hoseok looked over at Seo-Jae, his heart breaking at the sight of her tears. Jungkook backed away from the two, keeping himself away from the fight while Jin got very annoyed. Yoongi taking notice of Seo-Jae in hysterics knew that they needed to get those two to stop, or it would be a matter of time before they shifted and fought.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." She repeated frantically, which Yoongi noticed seemed to be a coping method.

"ENOUGH!!" Roared Hoseok, which stopped both Taehyung and Namjoon. The two glared at one another before turning their attention to Hoseok, who was seething at this point.

"What the hell do you two think you're doing?!" He snapped, which immediately put Jungkook, Yoongi and Jin on edge. Seo-jae started crying quietly, burying her face into Jimin's chest and held onto him tighter.

"He started it when he-"

"I don't want to fucking hear it, Taehyung. Look at what you and your little outburst has done to Seo-Jae." When Namjoon and Taehyung looked at Seo-Jae who was crying in Jimin's arms, their hearts broke at the sight and their eyes softened.

"Jae, I.." Namjoon was at a loss for words, all seven hybrids smelling her fear. Jimin whispered sweet things to her, rocking her gently and shot a glare at Taehyung. Taehyung's eyes softened, his tail and ears drooping at the sight of the young girl in Jimin's arms. Knowing that same fear himself, Taehyung couldn't help but feel extremely guilty that he let his anger get the best of him. Without saying anything, he took off down the hall and into his shared room with Jimin and Jungkook. Namjoon sighed heavily, rubbing his face with his hands as he felt too guilty to say anything to her. Hoseok gave Namjoon a look, telling him that he needed to apologize.

"Jae, i'm so sorry things got out of hand. I.. I shouldn't have escalated the issue further, I.. I didn't mean to make you so nervous." He apologized, but Seo-Jae said nothing and continued to bury herself into Jimin. Namjoon stood to his feet, feeling extremely distraught because of Seo-Jae's fear and walked out of the room to cool off. Jimin continued to soothe her, hoping that she would calm down soon. Hoseok walked over to the pair, he bent down in front of Seo-jae and looked to Jimin, who nodded. "Jae, what has gotten you so worked like this? Was it Taehyung's attitude towards your story?" Seo-Jae sniffled and shook her head, "No.. Their argument." She sniffled again, as Hoseok reached up and wiped her tears. "It reminded me of when my father would get angry. He never got physically abusive towards me, he isn't the type of hit a girl. But he would throw things around the house and break a lot of stuff, while yelling and ranting about whatever made him angry." She explained, Hoseok looked at her with sad eyes, Jimin held her tighter and squeezed her shoulder for comfort. "I'm sorry, Seo-Jae." Hoseok said, "It's okay. S'not your fault."

"I'm going to start on dinner. Anyone want to help?"

"Ooh!!! Me!!" Jungkook shouted, raising his hand excitedly. His excitement and beaming smile was enough to make the group, including Seo-Jae laugh.