Her Astronaut

✯14✯

Nova felt like she was suspended in the air.

Time stood still.

She couldn't process what was going on around her.

All that was going through her stream of consciousness was a single word.

One single word that was sure to be her demise.

Yeobo.

Hearing that in Seokjin's voice was her undoing.

The upside? She was no longer emotionally spiraling.

As soon as his arms wrapped around her waist, her body instantly relaxed, her heart rate normalized and her emotional state began to regulate. It was the most natural reaction to melt into his embrace.

She now lived within those wide shoulders.

Time to call the DMV and update her address to the Dominion of Worldwide Handsome.

Even though it was the realization that Seokjin was potentially flirting with her that initially send Nova into an overload spiral before crashing into Chris Martin, being held by the idol in such an intimate way was not alarming. In fact, it was calming. Her thoughts were no longer clouded, she could think and reason clearly.

Nova had no intention of leaving his embrace anytime soon.

"Yeobo?" She heard again making her grin like the Cheshire Cat. She was no longer in reality. She was on cloud 9.

"Nova?" The sound of her name whispered in her ear broke her trance.

"Apparently we like pet names, Yeobo?" Seokjin once again whispered in her ear, this time in a playful flirtatious tone.

Fully in a conscious state and no longer in the blissed-out nirvana, Nova pushed herself out of Seokjin's embrace but not before he gently held onto her hand.

She didn't let go as he laced their fingers together.

"I'm sorry if I overstepped. I saw the interaction with Chris Martin-hyung and got concerned."

"No, I needed that." she smiled softly.

Both of them stood staring at each other, a soft smile on his face causing a slight blush to color her cheeks further. She broke his gaze, afraid that any more eye contact would cause her to melt or internally combust. Her eyes flicked down to where their hands were connected and fingers intertwined.

She couldn't help but smile.

"Are you going to be okay?" he asked with a slightly concerned expression.

Recounting how much his physical touch calmed her down at that moment, Nova knew that with him nearby she would make it through the night.

"I'm going to be."

・✪・

"Holy shit," said Cass quite frankly.

"I second my mother," Elle agreed just as gobsmacked.

Nova rolled her eyes.

"It was odd, how everything began and ended with him. I began to spiral after those texts, yet it was his presence that calmed me. The entire night was memorable. Especially their performances."

Knowing full well what songs BTS performed the night before Cass and Elle turned to each other with shock written all over their faces.

"You watched their performances?" asked Cass carefully, "Including My Universe?"