Blood Tie

Chapter 28

Rox's POV

I felt myself stop breathing at the words that tumbled out of Yoongi's mouth. I stood frozen and staring into his dark eyes that held nervousness within their depths. Before I could respond to him, I felt Jungkook push roughly past me, knocking me over in the process and shoving Yoongi out of the way before briskly leaving the girls dorm in anger. I sat on my floor, still shocked at Yoongi's question and Jungkook's reaction as Jimin rushed over to help me up, checking me down for injuries in the process.

"Jeez Rox, are you okay? I wonder what crawled up his butt." Jimin looked towards the door that Jungkook had stormed out of while keeping his arm wrapped protectively around my shoulders. He only let his arm fall when Yoongi walked into my bedroom, eyes taking in the space before landing cautiously on me. I blushed as I met his eyes, taking him in. His champagne blonde hair fell softly to his eyes which held uncertainty in their dark gaze. His bottom lip was held gently between his teeth and he had a light blush gracing his cheeks. He was beautiful and I realized surprisingly that the idea of a date with him sounded nice.

"Ah Rox, I'm sorry, if you don't want to that's okay, I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable." I must have taken to long to answer as the words tumbled clumsily out of his mouth and he dropped his gaze from mine, seeming to shrink in on himself. Before I could lose my nerve, I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his torso and buried my face in his chest. His body stiffened for a moment before I felt him relax and wrap his arms around me, resting his chin on my head.

"I'd love to go on a date with you Yoongi." My voice was muffled as my face was smushed into his chest but he must have heard me as I felt his arms tighten around me and heard a shaky sigh leave his lips. I felt him smile against my hair as he said nothing and just held me. Jimin then cleared his throat, reminding us that we weren't alone. We both jumped briskly apart and I felt my face turn red and saw Yoongi's mirror mine.

"Awe you guys are so cute! For real though you guys can't go on a date until after the party, no couples are allowed in case things happen." Jimin moved his eyebrows up and down dramatically after stating this, making me choke on air. Yoongi immediately moved to my side, patting my back helpfully until I stopped him. Jimin just laughed loudly at my reaction and then appearing to remember something, stopped laughing abruptly now appearing excited.

"Oh I forgot what I came to tell you, I found more girls for the party!"

"Uh, where did you find these girls?" I asked worriedly, not knowing Jimin well enough to know if this was a good or bad thing.

"Well silly, I found them here, I invited your floor!" I felt my eyes grow to twice their size as I took in Jimin's words. I only knew Kai, Rowan and Loki and I've met Riley once or twice, she didn't seem to like me. Jimin continued speaking as if this was the best thing to happen to us.

"So it will be our group plus the girls from this floor who are named Riley, Ayu, Marley, Acacia and Esme. They all seem nice other than Riley who seemed crabby but it should be fun." I merely looked at Yoongi who appeared to be eyeing Jimin suspiciously. My mind flashed to Jungkook and his abrupt departure and his actions towards me before our interruption and blushed at the reminder. Why did he seem so angry when he left and why did he act so territorial and jealous when we were just friends? I mean that's all he wants between us, right?

Jungkook's POV

Yoongi's words echoed in my head as I clenched my fists in frustration. He asked her out, he asked MY Rox out and she didn't tell him no. Did I mean nothing to her, did what happened between us mean nothing? I froze in shock when I realized, maybe I didn't want to be just friends with her. Maybe I wanted more, maybe I just wanted her in general. My head began to ache and I realized I couldn't be in this room anymore, couldn't see Yoongi looking at her like that. I pushed past Rox and Yoongi, needing to be as far away from them as possible. I didn't know where I was going, only that it needed to be far away from her. I briskly walked out of the girls dorm and out into the courtyard, as soon as my feet hit the grass, my wings unfurled and I took off. I didn't think, I just let the wind whip through my wings, taking me anywhere away from here. It wasn't until I found myself landing on the large branch of the cherry blossom tree where I first kissed Rox earlier that morning, that I let myself feel. I sat against the trunk of the tree, stretching my legs out in front of me. I felt a whirlwind of emotions flutter through me as I thought of Rox's delicate face. From comfort to happiness to anger to sadness, finally landing and settling on longing as my heart began to beat heavier and my stomach began to stir. I cared for her more than a friend, I wanted to be with her but was denying myself, denying any feeling that I had for her out of fear. How could I feel this much for someone this fast, it was wrong but it didn't feel that way, it felt right. Now that I finally realized how I felt, I had lost her to someone who was quicker. My stomach churned at the thought of her soft lips pressed against his instead of mine. I brushed the hair out of my eyes and sighed in defeat when a pair of hands suddenly grabbed the branch near my legs. I jumped and immediately pulled my legs back only to find that those hands belonged to Tae who was struggling to swing his body up onto the branch. I didn't move to help and Tae immediately shot me a glare before gritting out roughly, "Would you help me out here, I'm here for your benefit, you ass." I blinked slowly before holding out a hand to him and after he grasped mine, hauling him up onto the branch with me. Tae appeared to huff for a moment or two before crossing his legs and sitting in front of me, staring at me wordlessly. When I did not say anything and merely returned his gaze, he sighed and looked at me pointedly before speaking.

"Well, what happened? Or are you going to just sit here and stare at me like a love struck girl?" I snorted at his comment and slowly shook my head in exasperation. What happened he asks, as if I didn't just realize I lost something I wanted before I even knew I wanted it.

"Well Tae if you must know, I lost the girl that I've been drawn to since meeting her, I lost her because I was too scared and now, she's gone." Tae sat silently for a moment before speaking again.

"Yoongi only asked her on a date, it's not like they are getting married and now that you know your feelings, you can act on them. Plus, don't forget about the party, anything can happen a party, especially a party here."