Fateful (book 1 of the OT7 series) ✔️

Chapter 8

Yoongi stopped the car in front of a beautiful, huge mansion which rendered Aerin speechless.

"You guys live here??" She asked in shock. "When you said you guys lived together, I'd imagined dorm rooms, not the White House."

Yoongi looked a bit sheepish as he said, "Yea, Joonie's parents left him a fair bit of inheritance and this place when they passed. I'm not sure who decided to name it The Cottage but it's both our home and our office."

Yoongi left Aerin in the living room while he went to drop off his things in his room. He came back to find her looking at the wall of photos and smiling. That's sweet. Usually girls fawn over the expensive furnishings when they see the house. Yoongi thought as he stood and observed her silently. He noticed she let out a tiny giggle at one of the photos and couldn't contain his curiosity. "What are you looking at?"

Aerin held up a photo of Yoongi in his teenage years and her eyes sparkled as she asked, "Is this you?".

Yoongi let out a groan. He hated that photo and the boys and him had this ridiculous game where he kept hiding it and they kept finding it and putting it back up. He grumbled quietly under his breath.

Aerin noticed his expression and said, "Aww I think you looked cute. So pure and innocent. You would have been someone's first crush for sure."

Embarrassed, Yoongi took the photo from Aerin's hand and hid it in a nearby drawer before grabbing her wrist and pulling her into the office on the other side of the building. She was still laughing as Yoongi entered the security code to the office door.

Taehyung and Hoseok looked up when they heard the door open and was surprised to see the normally stoic Yoongi with a flushed face, dragging a laughing girl into the room. Yoongi dropped Aerin's arm when he saw the 2 boys.

Aerin waved and said, "Hi guys".

They both visibly winced when they saw her black eye. Aerin glared at Yoongi and said, "You said it wasn't obvious and I didn't need make up!"

"No, I said you didn't need make up to look pretty. I didn't say anything about your shiner."

Aerin playfully hit Yoongi's arm to scold him and moved her hair forward to cover her eye.

Taehyung took pity on her and changed the subject. "Aerin, I want to make a sketch of the tattoo you saw. Can you help with the details?"

Aerin nodded and went over to sit down next to Taehyung, who already had a sketch pad ready. As she did, Hoseok and Yoongi left the office together.

She spent the next hour helping Taehyung with the sketch and looking through a database to see if she could find an exact match to the tattoo she saw.

"Come on, let's take a break. I should have enough info to complete the search on my end. Let's go get a drink from the kitchen." Taehyung said.

Aerin nodded and followed him to the kitchen.

"So how are you feeling Aerin? Is Yoongi hyung being nice to you?"

"I'm ok. Yoongi has been so sweet and attentive."

Taehyung blinked in confusion for a few seconds before asking, "Sweet and attentive? Are you sure we're talking about the same person?"

"Yep, sweet as sugar. He's been so comforting especially when I'm worried about Miki. The doctor said she's going to be ok but I think I won't be able to breathe properly until she's awake and I can see for myself she's ok."

"I know what you mean. I went to the hospital earlier today so I can see Kookie for myself."

"You did? How did Miki look?"