Attraction

Part Thirty Six

Vannozzo and Nyala didn't really know what to tell the kids, mostly because they were hungry and dinner hadn't even gotten started.

Jacob, Fernando and Love were quick to figure out something must have happened. Both of their parents were acting..... strange?

Uncomfortable?

As the kids walked around the house, they found it empty.

Vannozzo began grilling with the help of Fernando and Jacob. Love and Arlet helped their mother cook inside the house.

"Did something happen? I thought the Misters were cooking?" Jacob asked.

His father took a deep breath.

Van contemplated not telling them, but they were adults and needed to informed when some big shift happened in the family.

"What I'm going to tell you needs to be kept here. I trust you two to understand. There was a fight between your uncle and Namjoon. He's in our room, your moms are with him. Your dad went on a walk with your aunt. And I think Namjoon and the others are in their rooms."

"Can we know what the fight is about?" Fernando carefully asked.

Their father looked conflicted.

"Is it something bad?" Jacob added.

Their father looked like he had the weight of the world on his arms.

"Ah fuck. It's.... damn. There's no easy way of saying this...Aila is BTS's soulmate." Van decided to just throw out his words.

Both boys stood staring at his father. It took them a while, the only sound between them what was coming from the grill.

"Wait, dad...the soulmate they lost all those years ago, it's aunty Aila?" Jacob had to close his mouth to ask.

"Yes. She's the one."

Both boys didn't speak.

They couldn't speak.

"This is huge. This is... what!? Did you know!? Was this when you met dad? Did you see them fight?" Jacob question after question, him mind running with all the possibilities.

Their dad shook their head no, "I don't know how it got discovered but it did. When we came back, Namjoon and Adrian had already fought. I didn't know what was going on and suddenly Aila left and Jimin tried to follow her but he looked so worked up so I blocked his way. Told him I wasn't going to let him through if they didn't explain what was going on. So that's when he yelled Aila's his soulmate. I was shocked, I couldn't move. Then your father told them off and left after her. Your two other moms are with Adrian. Trying to fix him up."

"Fuck, what about Namjoon?"

"I don't know who's with him but he looked bad too. Both of them got some pretty good hits." He answered Fernando.

"Dad, this is.... What? How did this happen?"

"I guess I can tell you some of the story, but again. It's because I trust you both. Right now, we are going to be family and be there for each other."

*******

Namjoon nor Adrian were present for dinner.

Aila and Brian hadn't come back yet.

The kids didn't pay much attention as they ate their food and joked and talked among themselves like always.

"Wait! I have a question! Is dad going to stay here with us? Does anyone know?" Kcire asked the table.

Both group of soulmates turned to look at him.

"Um, I don't think so. He got a hotel room for the night. He already left." Nyala answered.

"Aww why didn't he wait to say goodbye!" Iletsi asked, her pout making her look adorable.

"You guys all went out for ice cream and he needed to check in. However he did say something about work tomorrow so he might not come by." Maria lied to the little girl.

All the adults around the room knew was just an excuse.

"I wanted to go stay with him." Kcire told the table.

"But tomorrow we leave for Busan. It's the last stop." Jungkook smiled at him.

"I know Mr. Jungkook but I rather be with my dad. I've missed him so much. Maybe we can go to Busan as well then meet you guys there! Ima ask mom once she gets back if I can just stay with him!" His face lit up as he told his plans.

He didn't know how his words made a wound.

"Ohh! I wanna stay with dad too! We should convince mom to come with us." The little girl smiled at her brother. They stared at each other, a silent understanding passing through them before they reached across the table and fist bumped each other.

"Awesome! We can go tonight! I'm sure mom's gonna say yes!" Iletsi about jumped out her seat from excitement.

"I'm gonna say yes to what?" Aila's voice came from the living room.

"Mom!" Iletsi rushed to get her mother and gave her a hug.

Aila felt eyes linger on her. She could feel her body almost shivering as six pair of eyes watched her every move.

"Mom! We want to go stay with dad!" Kcire told her.

"Like at the hotel room?"

"No mom. We want to spend the rest of vacation with him." Iletsi told her mother.

Aila caught the eye of Hoseok and Yoongi. Their eyes said everything she needed to know. This, her kids words were hurting them.

"I don't see why not. Dad must be jet lagged today. How about we call him tomorrow. I'm sure he's gonna say yes anyways and you guys can stay with him."

Both her kids jumped up in the air.

"Wait, can I say with uncle too?" Inaya's sweet question made them all turned to her.

"Yaya, let Kcire and Letsi have some time with uncle. They haven't seen him in a while." Antônia smiled as she explained this to her ten year old.

"But I love uncle! I wanna spend time with him too."

"Yaya, it's ok! Aunty and uncle are probably gonna get back together so we can all be happy again!" Arlet told her little sister.

At her words Inaya, Giovanna, Love, Iletsi and Kcire both started shouting, some of them even getting out their seats to jump around.

"Guys! Please.. don't..."

But none payed attention to Vannozzo.

Aila looked over towards the end of the table, where she saw the looks of her once soulmates, the people she was destined to be with.

She saw the hurt in their eyes and the longing.

It crushed her heart knowing how much they wanted to be fathers, to be parents, to give all their love to nurturing a child of their own.

And it hurt more knowing she was once destined to give them that opportunity.