Cursed Fate

Chapter 37- a tail from the past

HOBI POV:

I'm pulled from sleep, tugged from it violently from a wrongness and sense of distress that sets each of my nerve cells alight and into a panicked frenzy as I realise the sheets next to me have gone cold, rumpled as if Yoongi hyung had suddenly darted out. The blanket slips off my body and even though it's warm, my body is wracked with a violent shiver.

The bond is urging, compelling me to move, legs swinging out and feet sinking into the carpet. I rush out of bed, darting out the open door into the lit hallway where the others are also speeding out of their rooms from, hair tousled and clothes askew but the expression on everyone's face is the same. We've all felt the distress in the bond and my eyes quickly scan and realise that both Yoongi hyung and (Y/N) are missing. The panic mounts, rising like the powerful crest of a wave, threatening to drown me.

We rush towards (Y/N)'s room because it's apparent that neither of the two of them are in any other room and it's with a violently thudding heart that I enter the room, breaths shallow.

And then freeze.

Yoongi hyung is standing there frozen, even from the back I can tell his body is stiff as though whatever he is seeing has turned him into a statue. We edge forward and when we reach Yoongi hyung's side, I feel my breath catch and then abruptly stop.

(Y/N) is sound asleep, lying on her side with her legs bent up slightly, t-shirt rucked up about her legs and shoulders bare from the large baggy excess of fabric which pool there. But that's not the problem. The problem is whilst she's peacefully sleeping, there's an unknown, large figure who is also sleeping on the bed with his head resting on her stomach as he too sleeps.

But the ice that courses through my blood and sets heavily in my heart is that it's not any of us, it's not her soulmates, who on earth is this stranger who has snuck into our home and is sleeping on top of our soulmate? My head streams countless scenarios about who he might be, how to get him out and above all, how to make sure our soulmate is unhurt?

From the looks of nervousness and fear colouring everyone's faces I know I'm not alone in the thought.

JOON POV:

I feel sick. A sickness that threatens to bring bile up my throat and angry worried tears to my eyes. How on earth do we get (Y/N) out from there, without hurting her and without waking the man who so easily and readily drapes himself over her? Just then the man stirs from where he is face-down on her torso and one arm comes to drape over her waist, settling onto it heavily. The movement causes his sweater to rise, exposing his back which is marked with the ends of a tattoo. But it stirs fury in me, strong and thick.

This has gone on far enough.

JIMIN POV:

The moment the guy nestles his face further into her torso and a large heavy arm settles over her waist, I see red.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" I explode, body bursting with anger before I'm striding forward, telekinesis yanking the man off our soulmate and tugging her towards me, her sleeping figure now cocooned safely in my arms. The moment the two are separated the others rush forward forming a protective barrier between the stranger and our soulmate- who had been caught out in her most vulnerable, unprotected state.

It seems like my yell was loud and my telekinesis not at it gentlest, which was to be expected seeing how wrought the bond was in desperation to protect, protect. In my arms (Y/N) is stirring awake, at first its slow but then her body and mind catch up to what's happening and she bolts to full consciousness, eyes blown wide and body struggling from where I'm holding her close, thrashing against my hold.

"It's okay baby, it's only me." I whisper to her, watching as her body goes from tense and tightly coiled to loose and lax.

"What's happening?" she asks, slightly fearful.