Make Me STAY

CHILL

Rose was outnumbered.

She tried not to run down the corridor as she looked behind her for any signs she was being followed. When she reached the right door, she quickly opened it and closed it behind her. She breathed a sigh of relief. She was safe in here.

A voice behind her made her jump.

"What are you doing?"

Rose turned around to see Chan sitting in his desk chair, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Hiding."

Chan's brows furrowed.

"Hiding?"

"Yep."

"From who?"

"Your kids."

Chan laughed.

"And you thought my studio would be the best place?"

Rose scoffed as she sat down on the sofa behind him.

"They won't disturb you when you're working. They're scared of you."

The leader shook his head as he chuckled.

"Fair. Hide away."

Leaning her head back, Rose let out a sigh. Peace and quiet. Finally. She closed her eyes and took a few deep, calming breaths.

"Is it that bad?"

Rose didn't even open her eyes as she replied.

"No. It's just... overwhelming?"

Chan hummed.

"What did they do?"

"Jeongin carried a box for me."

"Oh? How... awful?"

Rose lifted her head and looked at Chan.

"I was carrying a box of merch samples, and he appeared. Out of nowhere. And took it off me."

"And then?"

She leaned back again and covered her eyes with her arm.

"Seungmin brought me my favourite drink and snacks."

"He's been doing that for months."

"But now I know why!"

"I'm not sure what the problem is."

"Everywhere I look, one of them is there! How am I meant to get any work done? It's like they're all on a unified mission to accost me at every opportunity!"

"They are."

Rose sat up.

"They are?"

Chan shrugged his shoulders.

"We talked about it. The potentials wanted permission to act as if they were already soulmates."

"You talked about it."

"Yeah."

"Without me."

"Yeah?"

Rose stood up.

"And you decided, Oh, Rose won't mind if instead of slowly introducing one new soulmate at a time, we throw four at her at once. And on top of that, Minho decided to stop being a gentleman. My butt is sore from all his surprise attacks!"

Chan did his absolute best not to laugh at that last statement. 

As Rose went towards the door, Chan grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. He sat her on his lap and held her in place. She stopped struggling and crossed her arms.