Bonded

It's time

= nineteen =

"Finally! It's official, huh?" Jimin remarked as you returned to join them while everyone was getting ready to leave with Bang PD giving them some last-minute instructions.

You just smiled in reply, glancing now and then at your soulmate, and seemed to be lost in his own world.

What was going on in his mind?

You couldn't help the unsettling feeling in your stomach whenever you saw him behaving that way.
"Jin?" He flinched upon feeling your hand on his shoulder, snapping out of his daze.

"What are you thinking about?"

He just shrugged it off, giving you a small smile.
"It's nothing, really. Just a bit tired, I guess."

"But, you didn't look really happy when Bang PD introduced me to everyone."

He sighed, pressing his lips into a thin line.

"Well, I was just-"

"Time to go, everyone!" A voice interrupted. You turned to the direction of the voice to see a familiar face- a rather tall man wearing glasses.

"That's Sejin hyung." Jin spoke up, clearly relieved that he didn't have to reply to the previous remark of yours.

You just nodded, watching as Jungkook walked up to him, pulling him away before giving you a shy smile.

You sighed as you saw everyone rushing out of the lobby, some with their bags in hand, while some following the boys as Sejin stood aside, monitoring things.

This is it.

Leaving home for three months.

And suddenly, it all started weighing down upon you as your doubts and insecurities found their way back into your mind.

Just a few minutes ago, you were so determined to make it work, to not feel discouraged by anything.

But seeing Seokjin's mood swings and also realising that you were actually giving up everything in you seemingly normal life for three months straight for a person who didn't even make a single attempt to show that he acknowledged your efforts,

you weren't so confident about what was going to happen in your life for the next three months.

Did you even have an acknowledgeable purpose of doing this?

"Excuse me?" You looked up to see him, Bangtan's beloved manager, towering over you.

"You are....?"

"Oh, I'm- Y/n."

His eyebrows shot up in realisation. "Y/n? As in, Seokjin's soulmate?"

You gave him a timid nod, bowing slightly.

"You are supposed to go with us, right? This way, then." He led the way, as you followed him outside.

But why wasn't this guy saying anything?

Even when he had asked you if you were Jin's soulmate, he didn't have any sort of expression on his face as you agreed.

As if on cue, he stopped, and you did the same as he turned to you. You noticed that you weren't at the entrance of the building, but a huge parking lot lined up with cars, big and small.